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The Ever Twisting Wind: Threshold Breakthrough

Chapter Twenty Six: Quest for the Celedon

Beta: ShadowofAxios

Andi finished reading what must've been the tenth report form her various servants she'd sent out looking for the Technodjinn that apologetically informed her that they had found no trace of the tin cans. Ever since the Chameleon had shot her like the cowardly assassin the bucket of bolts was, she'd redoubled her efforts at hunting the blasted Technodjinn down. She was itching to pay the scrap heaps back for that. But the damned mechanical menaces were being bloody elusive!

While the pain of being shot was gone, Andi still felt a phantom itch from the area where she'd been injured. It had hurt damnit and she wasn't about to let it go! At the very least she was going to give that pile of junk a piece of her mind. Now all she had to do was catch him!

"Wendy! Where are the other reports!?" Andi demanded as she finished the last report and slammed the clipboard holding them down onto the dining table.

"That was all of them," Wendy said warily from where she sat across from her in the dining room where they always held their daily after breakfast briefings. "I'm sorry Andi, but like I said we didn't find any trace of the Technodjinn."

"Pit!" Andi cursed irritably and Wendy flinched slightly at the goddess' anger.

The sight had Andi restraining her fury immediately.

"I'm sorry Wendy, it's just…" The young goddess trailed off, unable to find the words to describe her anger and instead just growling in frustration.

"I know. I'm upset too. I've seen you hurt before…"

"But never as a goddess." Andi finished for her with a sigh. "We got cocky. We thought becoming one meant I was invincible."

"That and we should have been safe in New Rome." Wendy puffed up her cheeks. "I thought Lord Terminus protected the boundary?"

"Terminus isn't really all that powerful." Andi reminded her partner with a sad shake of her head. "The Promerian Line, his primary source of power, wasn't very effective even back in the old days, what more now when it holds even less meaning to even less people? It's amazing that it and Terminus himself has any power left at all. In contrast, the Chameleon is a major god from a pantheon of the modern age. He eclipses Terminus by leaps and bounds. In almost every way."

"Don't let him hear that," Ida said as she walked in. "Lord Terminus is a proud god. You'll offend him."

"I know," Andi said with a roll of her eyes. "But he isn't here, is he? And unlike any other god, he's restricted almost entirely to the Promerian Line. So there's no chance of him eavesdropping even if I did invoke his name."

"Yes, but still better to not get into the habit of invoking the names of other gods. Especially when you're saying something they might find insulting. Most are not as limited as Lord Terminus."

"I know. I'm sorry. I'll do better." Andi said with a tired sigh as she extended her hand towards her mentor. "You have some new correspondence for me, Ida?"

"I do." Ida agreed as she handed a letter to the goddess. "And it's something that I hope will help make you feel a little better."

"What is it?" Wendy asked curiously as Andi opened the letter.

"It's an invitation from a certain son of Apollo," Ida said with an amused grin that prompted a happy one from Andi herself.

Will felt giddy as he sat across from Andi, as they both had some dessert as part of their date at the Cheesecake Factory in Queens. The atmosphere was pleasant, even despite Andi venting about current affairs. To be honest, Will actually found her animated irritation quite alluring.

"And whenever I try to track them down, bupkis!" Andi pouted, shoving a forkful of cheesecake into her mouth, cheeks puffed out in an adorable manner.

Being the good boyfriend he was, he replied dutifully. "I'm sure you'll find them eventually. They have to surface at some point, right?"

His goddess girlfriend nodded sternly, wagging her fork in the air. "Of course! And when they do, I'll make them pay tenfold for sniping me like that!"

Maybe it was weird, but he found her beautiful when she was all worked up. Then again, she was a goddess, maybe they could look beautiful in any circumstances? Probably. Not letting any of his wandering thoughts show, he nodded to her as he continued being as supportive as he could.

Seeing her pause mid-bite, she put her fork down and smiled sheepishly at him. "Sorry, I've been talking up a storm, huh? Um, is there anything you want to talk about? Like, how are things at Camp?"

Will was about to answer, when a flash of light from the side halted him. He tensed, thinking that they were being attacked but paused in reaching for his weapon when he saw his… Father?

"Hey Andi! Son! I kinda need a favor if you don't mind. I know you won't." The sun god greeted with a winsome smile.

"Lord Apollo." Andi greeted him unhappily. Her lips set into a firm line.

"Father." Will greeted with more enthusiasm, hiding his discomfort at the tension between the two deities. His eyes shifting between the two, his nerves on edge.

"Apollo, what emergency could you have for Will since he's in the middle of a date quest?" The goddess of the wild asked, going for another bite of her cheesecake.

"That's not a thing… Did you make that a thing?" Apollo asked, his jaw slacking a bit.

Will would have never thought to see befuddlement on a god before.

"Mhm!" Andi chirped, looking triumphant as she took another bite of her cheesecake.

Her victory was cut short when Father promptly retorted.

"Well then, I have a side quest to this dating quest."

And just like that, the goddess was frowning again. Will understood why. He hated side quests too.

The demigod's eyes bounced between the two with building worry since he did not want to be caught in this possible 'disagreement' between gods.

You never wanted to be in the crossfire in these situations.

"And you can't ask Percy to do it? I mean, he's not at Camp right now. Plus he's awesome at these things." Andi stated, putting her fork down as she looked like she was contemplating how to use it as an improvised weapon.

"Oh, he is." Apollo nodded, his smile never faltering. "Yet I'd rather have one of my kids do it. Gotta spread the love, you know?"

Andi looked at the sun god firmly, clearly not wanting to budge on the issue of their 'date quest'.

Before things could continue to escalate however, Will was struck by an idea that could potentially defuse the situation. "I'll do this side quest if I can ask for a small favor to cash in later."

The two deities paused, Andi looking wide eyed while Apollo's smile stiffened a bit. The demigod had learned a lot by hanging out with Andi, especially about how the relationship between his Father and girlfriend had been strained lately. He was thus happy to be able use his limited skill at negotiating to work out a compromise.

His Father's eyes narrowed slightly at his request but otherwise seemed to roll with it. "Fine, sure. One minor favor. No immortality though."

The god made it sound like a joke, but there was a stern undertone to it.

Nodding, Will answered. "Thank you, Father. What is this side quest about?"

The young goddess across from him sighed and leaned against the table. "Alright, if Will is okay with this then I'll allow this too."

"I'm just going to take him to the side, it's a touch personal Andi." Apollo beamed and wagged a finger. "No eavesdropping~!"

Apollo pulled Will out of his seat and dragged him away to the side of the building. It didn't seem awkward at all, especially when the god put his hands on the demigod's shoulder. And no, he was not being sarcastic at all! Nope, not at all!

"Alright, Will. I know I'm butting in on your big date plan. I'm honestly sorry."

Will hummed disbelievingly at his Father's apology, but nodded along to the god's words.

"Now, while this is a big favor to me. It's also my amazing plan to get you on dad's good side! I know, you don't have to thank me, but you still need to do this… side quest."

"Alright… so what monster do I have to slay to get on Lord Zeus' good side here?" Will asked, looking reluctant but if it helped him not get shocked by a stray lightning bolt, he was all for it.

"Awesome, great! Now, side question. How far have you two gotten? Because you aren't dead yet so you still haven't hit a homerun, right? Which really is a shame considering all the effort I put in to help you the last time you tried for it."

"Dad!" Will blushed, looking both angry and embarrassed at once. "That's kind of personal."

"Nonsense, like we don't look into our kids doing the horizontal tango." Apollo brushed off as Will's face paled. "We'll get back to that later. Now, as an amazing boyfriend, how about you being able to boast about taking your goddess girlfriend to a concert on Olympus, hm? By the best rocking god around?"

Apollo nudged him, a knowing look on his face. Will couldn't even muster a response to that.

"If you do this, I promise you you'll get that homerun later. No question! You don't have to thank me."

Will replied, red faced. "Alright, fine. Just… please let's stop talking about this."

It was a private matter! One he didn't want to discuss with his Father of all people!

"Good. Now, take my lyre, the original lyre by the way, and go look for one of my missing Celedons. I need it as backup for the concert I mentioned earlier."

Taking the original lyre, Will could only blink in disbelief. "How did one of your golden automations that work as your backup singers just go missing?!"

"Apparently it got a touch ambitious for its own good and wants to be 'discovered'. I think she's somewhere around Time Square or the Theater district. Now the really bad thing is that they can make mortals go nuts depending on the lyrics of the songs they sing." That his Father could say that with a smile on his face was deeply unnerving to Will. "So you'd best hurry up and find her before she does something like that."

Will refrained from hitting that smiling face with the original lyre in his hands. Instead, he just took a deep breath to calm himself and replied, "Yeah, okay. I'll get her back for you."

"Thanks Will! You're the best!"

Apollo was about to leave, but suddenly stopped. He pulled out a small box and handed it to Will.

"For later," he whispered to his son and left in a burst of light.

Will looked down at the box of condoms his Father 'gifted' him. XL size. Zeus approved even. He wanted to throw it away, but he knew he could not to piss off his Father, so much to his embarrassment he stowed them in his bag.

Or at least that's what he told himself.

Heading back to his girlfriend, Will informed Andi about the quest.

Annoyance crossed her pretty features as he finished and she pinched her nose. "Some automation is being so stupidly reckless like that? Ugh, this is why I hate machines. Will, you have my blessing. I won't be able to help, but I'll be nearby to watch you being amazingly heroic."

She leaned over and pecked him on the cheek before pulling back to smile brilliantly at him.

Will's face flushed, but felt a tingle run through his body like lightning from the kiss.

"You got it!"

He was just thankful she wasn't too upset about this. Just in case, he leaned over and pecked her on the cheek this time and headed off.

At his Father's suggestion, Will's first stop in his search for the missing Celedon was the iconic Times Square and much to his good fortune, he promptly struck the goldmine.

"Thank Tyche!" Will said with a relieved sigh as he spotted the golden automaton moments after he made it into the Square.

The mechanical woman was singing her metal heart out. He probably should have paid more attention to her lyrics since she supposedly had the power to manipulate people with her singing however he honestly just wanted this side quest done so much that he largely tuned it out. Besides, all she was singing about was dreams and such so it wasn't really important.

That and it was too Disney for his tastes.

She is certainly passionate. Will noted idly. She'll need to work on her lyrics though.

He seemed to be in the minority when it came to this opinion though as the Celedon had managed to attract quite the crowd. All of which had been enthralled by her magical voice and were swaying to the tune of her song like zombies at some rave.

Even if he didn't seem to be affected yet, Will decided it was better to be safe. Thus it was whilst using his own audiokinesis to block out the Celedon's song entirely that the son of Apollo pushed through the throng of insensate mortals.

After getting past a particularly sweaty man, he was just a few feet within tackle range when their eyes met. Her metallic ones immediately widened in fear seconds before she bolted like a frightened deer.

"Oh no you don't." He muttered as he quickly gave chase.

Having a girlfriend that could literally run like the wind definitely helped his agility. Plus whatever blessing, if any, she imparted didn't hurt either. Between that, he kept up with the untiring automaton easily.

"Why are you chasing me!?" The Celedon cried out desperately as she rushed down an entrance to the subway. "All I want is to build a future of my own! Don't I get the freedom to do that at least!?"

At least she's not using her voice to turn the mortals around me. Will thought as he ran past the crowds of mortals, many of whom were looking at their little chase with curiosity.

They were proving quite the obstacle however. Since they blocked his line of sight and made it tough to keep track of the fleeing Celedon. So much so that jostling through the people in the station and leaping the turnstile altogether, Will almost lost sight of the fleeing Celedon at times but he doggedly kept up his pursuit and finally managed to corner her on the train platform.

"I'm not going back!" The golden woman shouted defiantly as Will backed her into a wall. "Not until I've had a chance at breaking out."

"Yeah, I don't care about that." Will told her dismissively.

The Celedon winced and fumbled around for a response.

"T-Then… I, uh, challenge you, son of Apollo, to a singing duel! If I win, you let me go and-"

"You are ruining my date. My date with my goddess girlfriend. All because you wanted a solo gig? Yeah, no chance!" Will shot back angrily, cutting the automaton off and strumming a simple chord on his Father's lyre.

Immediately, a bubble of energy surrounded the Celedon and sealing it in. The automaton shouted something, perhaps a denial, but no sound escaped the bubble. At the same time, she banged her metallic hands against the wall of the bubble, but it just jiggled like Jell-O.

"It's sound-proof." Will told the automation as he walked over even as the bubble and its captive slowly shrunk down to the size of a marble.

"And is easy to transport." The son of Apollo said as he picked the marble up and put it away in one of his pockets.

As he patted down his pocket to confirm the marble was stored away safely, a tiny gust blew onto the platform and in its passing Andi appeared next to him, brimming with a wide smile that was simply glowing as she offered some applause.

"Well done, Will. That move with the lyre was inspired." His girlfriend praised him as she stopped clapping to give him a hug.

"U-Uh, thanks?" Will said with a blush. "I was just fed up with the interruption to our date and did the first thing that came to mind?"

"And I love you for that." She kissed him on the cheek and flashed him a beaming smile. "Better get that stuff back to Apollo. I think his concert starts in an hour."

They were about to set off when suddenly the walls of the subway began to shake and rumble ominously. Andi cursed and suddenly earthen appendages broke out of them, followed soon after by bodies as a horde of six-armed Gegeines pulled themselves out of the walls and began to swarm onto the platform.

"What in the…" Will frowned, holding the Lyre tight as his instincts flared. Taking a small glance, he could see Andi tensed up, looking around as her jaw unhinged slightly.

"Was that-? So the sleeping earth wants to play?" Andi said with a groan. "Well, let's play then! Will, dust them."

"You can't help?" Will asked, with just a touch of annoyance as he used his Father's lyre to send sonic booms at the advancing ranks of the earthen giants destroying two or three of them at a time. Despite this however, they just kept coming out of the walls and charging them. He briefly noted how the mortals were all cowering or fleeing from the fighting and breathed a sigh of relief that they at least weren't about to be caught in the crossfire.

"Will, it's still the middle of the quest. I can't help you." Andi told him, sounding frustrated.

"I hate the Ancient Laws right now." Will replied, thoroughly annoyed as he plucked a few more strings, causing rays of intense light to scorch several Gegeines and transforming their clay bodies into terracotta.

"Hmm… I think I'll keep those. They'll be nice garden ornaments for my palace." Andi said distractedly. "My staff will have a grand ol' time using them for target practice during combat training."

"Glad to please." Will dryly quipped as the clay monsters kept coming in waves yet he wasn't even feeling threatened. Not when he was destroying them with every use of his weapon. Normally he wouldn't think he could pull this off, but with his Father's lyre? He felt confident in his chances.

It was just as he was reveling in this unusual sense of confidence that a terrible sound that was a cross between a roar and a hiss suddenly filled the platform.

You just had to jinx yourself, huh? Will scolded himself as he turned to its source, only to be greeted by the sight of a massive serpentine drakon slithering its way out of one of the train tunnels towards him.

Its jaws were wide and dripping poison from its sword sized fangs, droplets of which burned holes into the track below it. It's dark scales seemed to eat light all around it, making it look all the more menacing as it closed on the demigod.

Grimacing, Will held up the lyre, closed his eyes and let the soul of music pass through him. That wasn't hyperbole either. As a son of Apollo, he could literally tap into the essence of music and call upon it for inspiration. And in this case it delivered in the form of a soft lullaby that he began playing on the lyre.

Thank you Oprheus. Why fight when you can make them take a nap! Will grinned as his fingers plucked away, the pacifying melody making the drakon and the Gegeines stop their attack. The drakon crushing a few of the Gegeines with its bulk as its crawl came to a sudden, unexpected stop.

"That's it, stay asleep." Will whispered calmly. "Don't worry, we're all friends here."

He strummed once more, this time more harshly, the sound coming out deadly even as his hand slammed on the string mid-pluck.

In response, the ground rumbled as twisted metallic spikes erupted from the tunnel. Moving like serpents they moved to skewer the heads and bodies of each of the monsters in his way.

"And now we're not." The blond haired boy huffed.

An admiring whistle had Will turning away from the sea of gold dust that was filling the train platform as the monsters disintegrated to look at his girlfriend.

"Impressive finishing move there, Will." Andi told him with a playful double thumbs up. "You've got this goddess' approval!"

The son of Apollo felt a blush heat his cheeks, but he smiled all the same. "I think you might be biased."

"Nonsense! Every deity is biased!"

Feeling the heat of his blush starting to get a little too intense for his tastes, Will decided a change of topic was in order.

"Well, uh, let's get the Celedon and the Lyre back to Father." Will said as smoothly as he could. "The sooner we're done with that, the sooner we can get back to our date."

It must have been the right thing to say because the smile that Andi shot him upon hearing that was literally glowing and she hastily wrapped her arms around one of his own.

"Come on!" She said cheerfully as she began dragging him enthusiastically towards the Empire State. "I want to get to the afterparty already!"

"The afterparty?" Will asked, blinking uncomprehendingly.

"Oh, you'll see Will. I've got a nice little surprise for you. Trust in your amazing goddess!" Andi said with a saucy wink.

The son of Apollo was many things, but he was no idiot. He had a good idea what his girlfriend was talking about and he couldn't wait either. Heck, his pants were already getting tight at just this little teasing hint.

A relatively short but uncomfortable walk later - Will really needed looser pants!- Will and Andi reached the Empire State Building.

"Evening Stanley," Andi greeted the security guy usually in charge of access to Olympus as they walked past his little desk. "I trust you know who I am?"

"Of course, Lady Andromeda." The man said with a polite smile and nod before glancing at Will, his face neutral. "And plus one?"

"He's my boyfriend, so of course." Andi told him with a roll of her eyes.

"...I'll let the big boss know." The guard said as he picked up a phone and pressed a button on its speed dial.

"Come on, Stanley!"

"Company policy, Lady Andromeda." Stanley said apologetically as the line connected to whoever was his superior up on Olympus.

Andi pouted but relented. That didn't stop her from complaining though.

"Stupid new security policy." She griped. "Sure, there's a war and all but it isn't that bad. Why do we need to make things so stupidly strict anyways?"

"War?" Will asked with a thoughtful frown. "We were attacked by Gegeines. In Times Square. They serve the Earth Mother."

His eyes widened in horror at that.

"Andi, are we at war with G-"

He never finished the name as Andi slapped a hand over his mouth in time and shook her head.

"Don't invoke her. She's still mostly asleep for now, but every invocation brings her closer to full wakefulness. And when she does… Well, this war is going to really kick off. So let's delay that for as long as possible, alright?"

Will nodded enthusiastically. Having just come out of the Second Titanomachy, Olympus was certainly not ready for a War with the Earth Mother. Any delay in the opening of hostilities, even by a little was a boon beyond measure.

"For now, the whole war is unofficial and we want to keep it that way. So pretend it isn't happening and keep on like normal, okay?"

Will nodded again, this time more warily.

"We're preparing, but quietly." Andi added as she finally removed her hand from over his mouth. "But we've gotta keep up appearances. If she wants to have a Phony War for now, then we might as well exploit it. You know what I mean?"

It was times like this that Will was glad Andi was a new goddess. It meant she was a lot less stingy with secrets than the older gods, what with their penchant for mystery.

"Alright, the boss has cleared your plus one Lady Andromeda." Stanley said suddenly, before Will could reply to anything Andi had said about their newest war.

"Yes." The young goddess pumped her fist quietly. "I think he's coming around to you Will."

"But," Stanley continued, bursting Andi's happy bubble and causing her to pout. "He wants me to have a few words privately with the young man before I let him up."

"What could-"

"I'm sorry, my lady, but it's policy. From your Father himself. I don't have a say in this." He said in polite apology.

"...This is a vicarious shotgun talk, isn't it?"

"Yes." Well, at least Stanley was honest about it.

"Fine! But my boyfriend better be in one piece when you're done. Got it?"

"Crystal, ma'am!" Stanley said, snapping a salute.

Andi frowned but moved over to the elevator to wait for them to be done.

"So, uh, Mr. Solace," Stanley said looking down at his desk where he presumably had written down Will's name on some kind of note. "Lord Zeus wants me to remind you to treat Lady Andromeda with all the respect she deserves or he'll kill you with the Master Bolt, buy your soul from Lord Hades and then torture you for the rest of eternity. Starting with a reenactment of Prometheus' old punishment and that, like I said, is only the starter."

"Okay... that's detailed." Stanley said as he pulled up a printout that must be Lord Zeus' threat. "Uh, tell you what, he said you can read it on your own time."

With that he handed the three paged, single spaced document over.

If Will's boner from Andi's tease at the train platform had survived the talk of the war with the Earth Mother, which it sadly didn't, this would have killed it. He didn't even need to read it to know it would be filled with a long list of excruciating tortures.

"Please sign your receipt." Stanley said as he pushed a handover form to Will.

Gulping, the son of Apollo signed his name.

"Okay, that's the warning done." Stanley said as he took back the form and sighed in relief. "And please do read it. I think there was a threat in there somewhere for a smiting if you don't."

Will just nodded with resignation. Of course there would be, wouldn't there?

"But now onto my other message for you, kid." Stanley said, sounding a lot more happy to be delivering this second missive. "It's from Lord Apollo."

"Father?"

"Yup," the guard said with a nod as he passed another box of divine condoms to Will, alongside a note. "He's given you access to his personal apartments in his Palace up on Olympus tonight. Said you can take Lady Andromeda after his concert to, ahem, enjoy the facilities."

Will blushed but nodded as he put away the condoms and the pass to his Father's palace.

"So, um, anything else for me?" Will asked warily.

"Nope, that's it kid." Stanley said with a shake of his head. "Go meet up with Lady Andromeda. She looks like she's getting impatient."

"Thanks Stanley," Will said as a goodbye as he walked away even as the guard gave him a parting wave.

Like the older man had said, Andi was looking quite impatient indeed. She had her arms crossed as she held the elevator open and was even tapping her foot. "So what did Father do now?"

"...I think there's a line about how I'm not allowed to explain it to you."

His divine girlfriend let out an explosive sigh that conjured a light breeze and caused her bangs to fly up to tickle his face as she stood close to him. "Because of course he would. Let's head up, I'm sure King Mood Killer has more waiting."

A crack of lightning streaked across the mosaic ceiling of the elevator but Andi merely pouted in response.

"You know you are Father, don't deny it!" She shot back, receiving a rumbling sound that seemed to be grudging admittance.

"Uh, is it wise to poke the bear like this?" Will asked warily. "I mean Lord Zeus won't smite me because of it, right?"

"Not if he doesn't want me to talk to him again this century!" Andi threatened with a glare at the elevator ceiling which had transformed into blank white marble as if it was paling.

"Check, Father." Andi smirked in response and there was a thunderous rumble that sounded like Lord Zeus was conceding the point.

Will just looked at his girlfriend in shock. Did she just win one over Lord Zeus!? Really!?

"Of course I did," Andi said, having obviously read his mind. "Father is scary, but if you know the right buttons, you can play him like a fiddle."

The elevator roof boomed in thunderous denial but Andi just shot it the puppy dog eyes and the sound abruptly cut out.

"See?" Andi said with a pleased grin.

Will could only nod in disbelief.

"Don't worry so much, Will. About anything. Let's just go enjoy your Father's concert first, then we can worry about what comes later. Together."

"I'd like that." Will admitted.

"I knew you would," Andi said with a grin as he pulled her boyfriend into a passionate kiss.

The roof rumbled in disapproval but they both ignored it. Like Andi said, they could worry about Lord Zeus' hypocritical helicopter parenting later. Right now, it was time to enjoy each other's company.

Father's concert was truly sublime, but as Will found himself inside his Father's private bedchamber inside the sun god's Olympian palace awaiting the main event of the night he realized that he could barely recall a second of the earlier experience even if it had literally ended just moments ago. Nor could he appreciate how the place was opulent beyond belief. Instead all Will could focus on was feeling nervous at what he was about to do with Andi. It wasn't their first time but he certainly felt nervous enough to think it was.

Andi on the other hand was fully capable of admiring their surroundings.

"Argh! There's so much gold! This is way too extravagant for my tastes." Andi commented as they walked towards the large bed that dominated the room, which like the goddess' observation implied was almost completely covered in gold. "At least the bed looks comfy. Morpheus and Aphrodite approved even."

"How would you know?" Will asked, blinking in confusion.

"See the markings on the sheets?" Andi asked pointing to a series of barely visible markings on said bedclothes. "Morpheus and Aphrodite leave those on all the beds that meet their approval for sleep and sex."

"Oh." And that was all he could say to that. Did Camp have anything with such an approval rating? Mr. D probably would have flipped if there was.

"You'd be surprised." Andi said with a giggle. "Ask Silena to show you the secret room in her Cabin."

"I'd rather not," Will admitted.

Andi just giggled and pushed Will onto the bed.

"I understand. It's not like we need to borrow it anyways." Andi said as she snapped her fingers and Will found himself nude. "Now slip on one of those condoms your Father gave you."

"You knew about those!?" Will asked with a blush even as he reached for one of the two boxes that had been magically transported on top of the pile of his neatly folded clothes over on the right hand side bedside table.

"Lord Apollo wasn't being as discrete as he made you think." Andi told him as she stood there admiring his body for a bit. She tapped her ear playfully. "You know me and sound."

"Oh," Will said, his blush getting more intense. Though whether that was from what Andi was revealing or the way she was leering at him, he didn't know.

"He was being an idiot by the way, and yes Lord Apollo I wanted you to hear that." Andi said with a giggle. "Like if you, and I mean you there Will, wanted to have sex with me you had to do anything more than ask."

"S-So, uh, do you want to have sex?" Will stammered.

"I'd love to~" Andi purred like a lioness as she transformed her clothes into a very sexy, sheer black dress. It was so sheer in fact that without the floral pattern it would be absolutely transparent, thus allowing him a clear view of the goddess' perfect figure. With built-in bust support, it was one of only two articles of clothing she was wearing. The other of which being a thong that thanks to just how see through the dress was, Will had no trouble at all seeing.

"Now, I'm going to make you cum a few times with my mouth." Andi said as she climbed on top him, her breath tickling his pubes and his erect member. "That should help you build up your endurance for when it's your turn to return the favor, that good?"

"I am yours to command." Will told her with full sincerity.

Andi offered him a happy grin at that before maneuvering herself so she could take him into her mouth, pulling off the condom he'd just put on in the process.

"Silly me, asking you to put this on early. Oh well." Andi said with a giggle and a shake of her head as she tossed the contraceptive away before finally getting down to business.

And thus began their coupling for the night.

The next morning, after a truly wonderful night, Andi stood on the Olympian side of the bridge that connected the Home of the Hellenistic gods to the elevator that led down to the Empire State Building waving goodbye to her lover as the doors closed and he began his descent back down to the mortal world. Strangely though, just as the elevator began heading down, the bridge that led to it disappeared.

Andi blinked in confusion at this.

"What the-"

"Andi!" Hebe called out as she teleported to the younger goddess' side. "There you are. Come on, we have to get going."

"Get going? Where?" Andi asked, turning to her sister as her confusion just continued to grow.

"To the Grand Amphitheater." Hebe informed her. "Father is summoning all the gods to a conclave."

"All of us? What's so serious that he'd do something like that?"

"I honestly have no idea." Hebe admitted with a shrug. "We'll just have to attend to find out."

Frowning, Andi nodded and the two goddesses teleported to the Amphitheater.

As they rematerialized inside the ornately decorated Grand Amphitheater, they were surprised to find every Olympian god present.

"Even Uncle Hades is here?" Andi noted as she spotted the Lord of the Underworld standing on the stage with the gathered Olympian Twelve.

His presence here just further emphasized how important whatever announcement Father was going to make was and she couldn't help the bad feeling she had about all this.

"Hebe," Andi said, looking to her sister nervously.

"It can't be too bad." Hebe told her in an attempt at reassurance though her own anxiety was clear and it was a weak effort at best. "Right?"

Andi could only nod, not feeling comforted at all.

Father began speaking then, silencing any further conversation. Not just between Andi and Hebe but between all the nervous gods that filled the amphitheater.

"Greetings, my fellow gods of Olympus," Father said, his voice radiating authority. "I am here to announce the decision that we, the Olympian Council-"

At his bringing them into this, the rest of the Council shot the king of the gods dirty looks. An action that showed just whose idea this new decree really was.

If Father was aware of the glares though, he ignored it and just continued with his announcement unfazed.

"-have in reference to the rise of the Earth Mother-"

Again his words engendered a response. This time it came from the gathered gods that made up the audience. Many shuddered. Others gasped in shock. They had all sensed the ancient protogenos' rise but few of them were willing to admit it, mostly out of fearful denial or for a fair few genuine ignorance. Having their king rip off the band-aid on that was jarring.

Just like he had ignored the displeasure of his peers on the Olympian Council however, Father continued unabated.

"-made the decision to decree that all gods are to cut off contact with the mortal world to buy us as much time as possible whilst we prepare for what is to come."

At this statement, the entire host of the gathered gods cried out in alarm. Andi in turn could only stare in shock at the phenomenally short-sighted and foolish course of action her Father had chosen to take. How much time could trying to pretend they were ignoring the problem buy them!? Wouldn't it be better to just use what time they had as best they could by working with their mortal allies!?

How was this gonna work out well!?

"It won't." Hebe whispered as she leaned into Andi's side. "So we need to think up a way to workaround this ruling. Got it, Andi?"

The goddess of the wild was shocked that the usually by the books Hebe, of all goddesses, was asking her to essentially defy their Father.

"Do the MGS proud, Andi." Hebe told her seriously.

Andi could only nod. Her mind awhirl with ideas on how to circumvent Father's decree and do just that.

Done and done! Thanks to Nameless and Axios as always!

Now that was a fun chapter. I like the side story. I mean, sure we got a lot of Apollo as of late. It was some cute cuddle time and then it evolved. Andi is a goddess with wild needs, hehe.

Nameless: I enjoyed the chapter too. A nice way to slip in some couple time, oft overlooked elements from canon, and some family dynamics all at the same time. It was great!

The rising of Gaia is in full swing now. Canon is upon us! Quick Andi, tether Will to your palace! Jk jk, but at least Zeus let her have one final happy night.

Nameless: Speaking of canon, we departed from it a little to give Zeus a legitimate reason to cut off contact with the mortals. It's not a good one, but at least it isn't full blown denial like in canon. Here he's trying to buy time. It's still a pretty silly course of action, but this is PJOverse Zeus. And he's not the brightest bulb when it comes to making war.

He really should talk to Athena more.

Nameless: He should, but he's too proud to do so. Sigh.

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