A/N
Brade1991: some of them will play their part later, but I think I have enough material for this and maybe one more chapter of Percy vs Assassins before it get's too repetitive.
Jump City
September 7th, 20:16
Percy was getting ready for 'clubbing' with Cheshire. Or rather he was sitting on the couch, waiting for her to get ready. He decided to finally start reading instruction for the belt he received from his father. It was quite strange that it had exactly the same design as his other, non-magical belt. Of course Percy had no idea which pocket contained which items. He found the goggles/mask by complete accident. After examining other containers, he found one that magically refilled itself with Ambrosia and stored small vial of nectar that seemed to never end. It was somehow similar to Cornucopia, but with only godly food. Quite useful as personal first aid kit. Another pocket contained fourteen sided box. Inside, there were fourteen pills, each in separate compartment. Each had a small symbol of one of the Olympian gods on it and there was a copy of same symbol under it. There wasn't any note, but Percy knew better than to try any of it. He could practically feel the divine energy in each of them. He continued to pillage through other pockets. Many were empty, presumably to store other items. One was a water container. It was nice to know that he always had some more water. Of course in normal situation he could summon salt water wit his trident, but in might not always work and additional backup is not bad. Finally, Percy found small, thin book. When he pulled it out, a folded letter fell out.
My dear son.
I am sorry for how things turned. We weren't exactly honest with you. We did not abandon the world millenniums ago. It happened only two hundred years in the past and it was a slow process. The mist started to fail. With new inventions, new threats and this meta-humans running around we were constantly at risk of exposure. People slowly started to expect to see monsters, gods and heroes. Should we stayed, everyone would see us. Gradually, one by one gods left this dimension. The last one was Ares, who was forced to leave when he staged World War Two and was defeated by Amazon, daughter of Zeus. By now you have figured out why this dimension is so different. I am truly sorry we did not warn you, but we really hoped you would just create a normal life for yourself. Still, I am proud knowing you chose to become a hero. Yes, we still watch you. Hephaestus TV catches everything from multiple dimensions. We can't intervene, but we can watch. You make me proud son. Remember that. I wish I could tell more, but Fates will kill me.
One last thing: Cherish your new friends. Don't let them go.
Poseidon.
Percy's emotions raged inside him. On one hand he was angry at gods for lying to him. They deliberately hid major information from him. They still made his life into reality show. On the other hand... No. there wasn't really another side of this stick. They just tricked him again. At least they could no longer influence his life. He was his own demigod now and he was forging his own destiny. He decided to open the instruction and quickly go through it. The belt was rather complex design made by Leo and Hephaestus. It had an enchantment that allowed it to change shape, mask it into normal belt if needed. It could also cram his suit inside much like Flash ring, except when activated it put it directly on him, cramming his previous clothes inside. Having to undress to the briefs in front of everyone to put a suit might work for a speedster, but not for a demigod. The belt, outside of what Percy already found was supposed to have several sets of celestial bronze handcuffs which should be indestructible in this world, mask spiked with tech which he didn't care about at the moment, a pocket which can become gun holster just in case, a thin, long rope and some other useful stuff. Oh! And large pocked in the back could fit more inside than it looked like. There were also this fourteen pills. Each could grant Percy access to the domains of corresponding Olympian. Each held small part of their essence that would grant him domain he needed or asked for at the moment. They were incredibly powerful and were supposed to serve as last resort if things went south. After consuming he had anywhere between one hour and a day before the effects faded. It all depended on intensity with which he used said power. There was also the downside. After using the pill he would need to wait 48 hours before taking another. When essence entered him, a part of the god would influence him, his actions and to some extend thoughts. Percy decided not to use it at all for now. Not until all else failed. They were too powerful and dangerous.
Someone suddenly grabbed him and pulled back, trying to choke him. Percy's instinct kicked in and he tossed this person through the room. He expected whoever it was to crash into something, but he instead gracefully landed on the floor and took battle stance. The man was dressed in orange and dark-bronze suit resembling a tiger. He didn't have a chance to take a closer look because the assassin lunged at him. To any human or even some metas this would probably be impossible to block, but Percy not only grabbed him mid-punch, but also delivered quick counter punch putting into it enough strength to actually put him unconscious.
"Well... That was fast. I expected you to take some time with Bronze tiger. He is after all one of the world's greatest martial artists." Cheshire was leaning over the door frame of the bathroom. She was now wearing long red dress with cur on the right side which gave her much more mobility. She had stilettos, but Percy was certain that she could still kill, most likely using said pair of footwear. Her hair was pulled into a long tail and tied with silver ring. Percy put on his belt and activated the camouflage. It turned into normal belt and merged with his outfit. Gotta love Valdez-tech. Percy turned to Cheshire.
"We going?"
"I think we shouldn't leave him here just like that. Or this little kitty might escape." Cheshire smiled. Percy picked Bronze tiger like a sack of potatoes.
"Won't it look a little strange that we defeated master martial artist?"
"Right. We will dump him in some dark alley and give police an anonymous tip. Happy?" Jade wanted to leave already.
"Ok. But we will deal with it once we return. For now..." Percy pulled a pair of celestial bronze handcuffs from his belt and bound the assassin to the heater. "This should hold him until we return."
Watchtower
September 7th, 21:16
Wonder Woman came to Captain Atom who was standing in front of holographic screens.
"Any news?"
"We are still tracking him. Right now we established that he is somewhere in Jump City, but we have hard time pinpointing his location." Diana wanted to leave, but Atom stopped her. "There is more." An image of crashed plane appeared. "Apparently this is the plane he was supposed to travel. It is possible that it was an attempt on his life."
Diana didn't know how to react. So many dead, so many collateral casualties. All because someone placed a bounty on a teenager. "And what about who put the bounty?"
"Right now Batman is working on it." Diana scowled. Right now in her book Bruce was on probation. He had no right to kick Percy off the team. It was not his decision to make. "And you believe that is enough?"
"Diana. I know that right now you and Bat aren't on the best terms. I agree with you that he was wrong and shouldn't have kicked Percy off the team. But fighting inside the League will just weaken us more." Captain atom tried to soothe the conflict.
"Maybe it's exactly opposite. For too long we accepted his actions. Batman is running around without supervision. He trust no one, but expects that we will all trust him. Percy was right. He is a hypocrite living a delusion." Wonder Woman got angrier and angrier with each second.
"Whoa. Maybe slow down a bit." Atom took a step back. Since the fight two days ago morale were really low in the League. It was even worse with Diana. She was constantly on the edge. "He is still your friend. I know Percy got really close to you, but aren't you taking it a bit too far?"
Diana frowned. "Percy is my family." She stormed and left.
Recognized Wonder Woman 0-3
Jump City
September 7th, 23:45
Percy was setting in a lounge and playing with his phones while Jade was dancing. Honestly, he had no idea why was he even needed. She tried to pull him onto the dance floor, but he wriggled off. As time passed he was starting to get bored. There wasn't much to do. For last six years he was mostly separated from the mortal world. Now he found himself in here and he had no idea what to do.
"May I join in?" A woman about his age asked. She had high cheekbones, a sharp nose, green eyes and long brown hair. She wore a sleeveless dark green dress that ended on her knees and perfectly hugged her figure.
"Why not. What's your name?"
She giggled. "It's impolite to ask for a name without introducing yourself." Percy wanted to correct himself, but she did not give him a chance. "My name is Nyssa. Nyssa Raatko. And you might be..."
"Percy Jackson. Nice to meet you."
"So... what are you doing in this club? I don't believe you came here for the Wi-Fi, because they don't have one and most people come here to either drink or dance. In some cases both.."
"Well, my friend dragged me here. I am new in town and she decided I need to have some fun." Percy half-joked.
"So where is this 'friend' of yours?" Nyssa asked smiling.
"Someone on the dance floor. She tried to get me to dance, but I am not really in a mood right now. It's been a really tiring day." In truth, Percy was still angry at the gods. They lied to him before sending him into the unknown. He wanted rest not world ridden with crime, powerful aliens and villains trying to kill him on every step.
"Oh. So I take you wouldn't want to dance with me for a bit..." She looked really disappointed. Finally, Percy understood that she was flirting with him.
"Fine. But only for a moment." They went to the dance floor. Soon, Percy forgot about Gods, problems, assassins and all the troubles. He just had fun. Somewhere in the back of his head there was this ringing sound about danger, but Percy dismissed it at being too paranoiac. While they were dancing Nyssa got closer and closer. Percy felt her enthralling scent. His mind clouded and he could only focus on her. Her beautiful eyes, shining so bright. So green. So... Perfect.
After some time Nyssa pulled Percy out of the dance floor and they walked to the exit. His mind was focused solely on her and how beautiful she was. How her dress hugged her perfect figure while she pulled him outside. She dragged him to a remote, dark room and locked the doors behind. Percy was subconsciously aware of surrounding, but his mind did not want to proceed anything other than beautiful image in front of him.
The room was dark, with doorwindow blocked with perfectly black something that made it impossible to see inside. There was a chair in the middle and few unlit candles surrounding it. The only source of light in the room was one lit candle under the chair. Nyssa pulled dazed Percy and sat him on the chair.
"I must admit, you have the strongest mind I've ever seen. I perfected this spell for almost a year and you still managed to resist it. I had to repeat it time after time to wear you down. Impressive. Really impressive." She talked, but Percy only registered beautiful, flawless voice and not the meaning. He was too focused on how her eyes gave slight green glow in the darkness to see how she lit the candles and stood in front of him. Now that there was more light in the room, the strange markings surrounding the chair and old symbols became visible. "Let's begin the proper spell. I hope you won't resist me, will you sweety?"
Percy wanted to scream, to pledge his undying loyalty to this perfection in front of him, but some part of his mind fought. Some small, mostly insignificant part of his mind tried it's best to stop this. To regain control over his own thoughts.
"What is that? You are still resisting? How is this even possible." For a moment Percy heard something screechy in her voice, but he dismissed it. There could be nothing wrong in this perfection of his. She spoke again, confirming that it was just an illusion. "Now sweety. Look me deep in the eyes. How do I look?" Nyssa was talking with her smoothing, perfect voice while fixing her already flawless dress around her upper chest. Percy couldn't resist looking a bit lower than the eyes until they started glowing with eerie green light. He was enthralled by them instantly, but in this brief moment he pulled a small box out of his belt. The rational part of his brain that took control for this moment managed to get the box and open it just enough to pull a pill, but he did not take it. He did not even know which one was it. She started chanting in what Percy recognized as latin, but spoken backward.
"Eticaf atpecearp aem muirepmi" The runes on the ground started to glow. Some part of Percy's mind tried to resist, but he was slowly submitting to her power. No! I can't surrender.
"Erebil erretimid" The light from the candles surrounding him changed to green. It can't end this way. I will not become a slave!
"Em tipicca aluger" Ring surrounding his chair started to glow with green and golden light and shot up a pillar of light completely cutting Percy off. If I surrender, she will either kill me after or force me to use my power on her enemies.
"Iuqes metatnulov maem" He could feel a veil surrounding his every thought getting thicker. His body already gave up for the most part. I. Won't. Be. A Slave!
With last effort, Percy managed to take the pill and swallow it. Immediately, a power surged through him. It felt as if he just drank a gallon of nectar. Strangely, it didn't burn. Instead, this power surged through him, releasing every single cell of his from the foreign influence. He heard a voice speaking to him, but there was no sound. It seemed to be somewhere in his mind.
Perseus. I, Hera, Queen of Olympus lend you my power. I grant you the strength of mind worthy of the rulers. I cleanse you of foreign influence as no king nor queen should be controlled with force. I give you presence with which a king should walk and command. May this gift serve you well and maybe you will forgive my deceptions.
Percy stood up and in an instance activated his armor and summoned his trident. He could feel the renewing power of the sea course through him, further stabilizing him and granting him total independence. With a quick flick of his hand he swiped the floor with water from his gauntlet and cleared the symbols.
"NO! That is not possible. No one can resist my charm. I made sure of that." She screamed at him. The green light in her eyes died completely. Only now it occurred to Neptune that most of the time she was muttering the same spell under her breath. He was so charmed that he did not notice it before, but not it was clear.
"The sea can't be contained. You can try, but it ends badly. Now, tell me why you did it?" Percy aimed his trident at her.
"Ugh! You were supposed to be the perfect weapon against my father. I've seen you fight. Even the big blue can't match you. He has strength, but you have skills. You were supposed to be my ultimate tool of revenge." She stopped for a moment and Percy hesitated. Then, her eyes glowed green. "And you will!"
She started speaking really fast. Percy recognized it to be the same spell. Runes, even half-destroyed glowed and repaired themselves. He felt his willpower diminish, but immediately it all returned and with improved power. He focused on the magic in the air and change it's current to flow into his trident. It started to spark with green lightnings, but it quickly changed blue. The runes stopped glowing and Nyssa fell on her knees and screamed in pain. The magic was now being pulled out of her. Percy finally stopped, but instead of releasing the magic he kept it there, ready to strike just in case.
"Who is your father and why you want revenge so bad?" He spoke and sent her his wolf stare. She tried to crawl away while still looking at him, but she stopped when behind her doors opened and Jade walked in.
"I leave you for half an hour and you do what?" Percy wanted to reciprocate with equally mean comment, but she continued. "You attack... you... You attack my mistress!"
"Yes! Come here flower. Come and protect me." Nyssa was now smiling at Percy. Jade eyes became dull and empty as she walked in front of the trident, blocking the line of sight.
"Jade? What is going on?" Percy was confused. In the meantime Nyssa managed to stand up.
"Isn't it obvious? I performed the spell on her when you first arrived in this city. Back when she went to the toilet at the airport. I needed to get close to you, so I implanted this idea into her head that she needed to... What's going on? Why am I telling you this. Agh!" She screamed and fell on her knees. "I implanted the idea that she needs to get you to Lotus Club. I learned this spell and when I saw video of you fighting I knew that... that... NO! Get out of my head!" She started rolling on the floor and screaming. "I... I knew you could defeat my father in battle and end him once and for all. No Lazarus Pit this time. No more Ra's Al'Ghoul ever again. He would finally pay for what happened to my family and what he did to me. I would... I... I would... I would tell you nothing! Cheshire! Put a knife to your neck and if he does anything slice it op..." She didn't finish as she started wriggling in pain. Her mind could no longer comprehend what was going on around her.
Percy wanted to help her, but Cheshire put a knife to her neck. "Don't try anything handsome. We wouldn't want to paint your hair red. It's not really your color." To prove her words, she pressed the knife slightly and few drops of red blood streamed down the knife. He froze, looking at Nyssa with vengeful eyes.
"Let. Her. Go!" Percy's eyes shone with golden light. Nyssa took a step back, but tried to hide her fear.
"We will do it the hard way then. You kill Ra's Al'Ghoul and then she will go."
"release her now!" Percy said with utter calmness, but his eyes practically burned with golden flames. Nyssa tried to say something, but great pain stopped her. She couldn't move any of her muscles without feeling like someone was burning her alive.
Finally, she relented. "Ok. I will do what you ask, but please stop this! Jade! I give you your freedom. I release you from my rule. I surrender your will. You are free. Now make this pain..." She felt the phantom flames weaken, but it still hurt. "Make it stop. Please!" Cheshire fell on the floor. She was dazed and had troubles keeping balance. Percy kept staring at Nyssa with his golden eyes for a moment until the fire died. She then also fell and let a sight of relief. Her body was exhausted from this pain. She had hard time staying awaken. "How... How did you do that? What was this? It felt like my very essence was slowly burning out, but at the same time it painfully regenerated."
Percy ignored her. Instead, he helped Cheshire stand up. "You alright?"
"I will be once I put this knife through her throat so deep it will come out on the other side!" Cheshire screamed and wanted to launch herself at Nyssa, but Percy held her tightly, hugging her. She tried kicking him, although it had no effect whatsoever. "Let me go. I want to end this b..." She was stopped when Percy placed a finger on her mouth. She was tempted to bite it, but curiosity won over her bitter state.
Percy walked toward Nyssa, his trident still charged with power. He used the water from his gauntlet to create a thick, heavy bindings over her hands and legs. She had no way of moving. The water froze, making them even heavier. Percy then pulled out a notepad and pen from his belt and wrote some notes. He attached the note to her and focused on all the power he still had gathered in his trident. Shadows pulled Nyssa and she dissolved into darkness. All the glow and sparkles instantly disappeared. And Percy felt a bit drained.
"Shadow traveling is really hard. I have no idea how Nico used to do that so often..." Percy muttered to himself before turning to Jade. Only to recieve a slap on his face.
"Ugh. I almost died because of you!"
"You are an assassin. Your job is all about almost dying." Percy joked, but Cheshire only frowned.
"You... You... Ugh! Fine. Let's just go. I had enough fun for this week." Percy wanted to give a witty come back, but decided to stay silent. For some reason to him this woman was more scary than angry Batman.
Jump City
September 8th 11:41
Wonder Woman entered the interrogation room of Jump City Police Department. In front of her sat a woman in dark green dress. She had dark hair and weak green glow in her eyes. Her clothes were tattered and a bit burned and her hands were red. It looked like she kept her arms up to elbow in bucket full of slush for at least few hours.
"So you are Nyssa Raatko. Or do you prefer Nyssa Al'Ghoul." The woman flinched when Diana said the last word. "Don't worry. I am not going to reveal your secret to the police. To them you are still wanted for several 'ritual killing' across the town." Diana reassured her.
"And you are Wonder Woman. What do you want?" Nyssa gave her angry glare, but Diana just ignored it.
"I want information. I know that you encountered Percy. It's obvious from the iceburns on your forearms. I want to know where to find him."
Nyssa thought for a moment before answering. "This information will cost you. I know where he is staying, but you can't expect me to just give this info to you."
Diana gritted her teeth, but remained calm on the outside. "I can get you lessen sentence and protection from death penalty."
"No. I want freedom. It's that or he will never be found. Both he and this girl of his are already dead men walking."
"Girl?" Diana was surprised. Until now all reports stated that Percy traveled alone. "What girl."
"Not talking. I want a lawyer." Nyssa stated. her face was completely empty of any emotion.
Wonder Woman grabbed the table and her fingers deformed it, leaving a permanent mark. She stood up. "I didn't want to resort to this, but you leave me no choice." She pulled the lasso of truth and tied her. "Where will I find Percy Jackson?"
"You will meet him in hell." Nyssa spat. Lasso tightened around her, but her body still felt numb after her encounter the precious day.
"Where is Percy Jackson staying?" Diana grabbed the lasso tighter and golden gleam of it increased.
"You will meet him in... You will... He..." Nyssa tried to fight it, but with each word lasso tightened itself and made it harder to breath. Finally, she gave up. "You will find him in this building." She wrote an address on piece of paper that was laying in front of her. "Royal suite. Now..." She didn't have a chance to finish. Diana snatched the piece of paper and already left.
Happy Harbor
September 8th, 15:30
Conner and Megan returned from school already and they were sitting in the living area. She was cooking and he watched snowing TV screen.
"Can you help me with opening the jar Conner?"
"Yeah..." He stood up and walked over to the kitchen part. Megan telepathically handed him the jar of honey while she was scavenging the cupboards for other ingredients. He grabbed the bottom and twisted the top, but it didn't move. He tried harder, but instead of opening, the jar exploded. He applied to much strength to wrong hand and now the whole kitchen was covered in honey. His clothes were all sticky and a bit torn by flying glass shards. Immediately, he got angry and wanted to smash something, but then he looked at Megan and noticed that she is covered in honey as well. In a span of seconds, his rage was replacement by embarrassment.
"Sorry... I-I didn't mean to..." He tried to apologize, but she only smiled.
"Don't worry Conner. I can always make cookies with sugar like always. I just tried to do some experiments."
Recognized Kid Flash, B0-3
"Hello Guys!" In just a few seconds Wally was in the kitchen. "Oh! You look sweeter than usually Megalicious." To that Conner who gritted his teeth so loud that Megan started to worry about the state of his dentition. KF completely ignored it and tried to zoom in and get closer to the martian, but one of his shoes hit the puddle of spilled honey and crushed glass and he would tumble down if Superboy didn't grab him and lift him in the air. Now dangling, Wally lost his smile and was rather embarrassed.
Luckily, Conner did not make any comments. Instead, he just tossed KF onto the couch. He fell with a thud. One of his hands got stuck between the pillows.
"Guys! I think I found something" Wally shouted to them and pulled something square wrapped in silver foil. He unwrapped it and found something similar to brownie square. "Oh! Sweeet!"
"Wait! I think it is one of Per..." Megan never had a chance to finish before Wally stuffed the whole thing in his mouth. "Never mind..."
At first, Wally just enjoyed the taste. Strangely, instead of chocolate, he felt like he just ate his mothers lasagna. "It doesn't taste like brownie. What is... UGH!" Suddenly, he felt like a flames coursed through his body. His accelerated healing kicked in and the pain lessened, but he still could barely walk. Megan and Conner rushed to him. His whole body was hot and his muscles were refusing to cooperate with his brain.
"Idiot. Conner! Go get some help. Preferably Wonder Woman. She might know what it was." Megan gently lifted KF in the air using her telekinesis and moved him to med-bay. Superboy rushed to the mission room to get main computer.
"This is Superboy to Wonder Woman. We require immediate assistance in the Cave. Wally ate something that belonged to Percy and now he is in large deal of pain. We fear it might be fatal." The message was short and on point. He wanted to get this out as soon as possible. Even if Wally was irritating and consantly hitting on Megan and not thinking before acting, he was also still his friend and Conner was not about to let one of his friends die because of a food poisoning.
"This is Wonder Woman. Was this thing square and similar to chocolate brownie?"
"Yes. He fou..." Conner was cut short by wonder woman.
"This is bad. How much exactly did he eat?"
"He found a package that contained one square. He ate whole thing in one bite."
"This is beyond bad. Listen carefully. This was ambrosia, the godly food. Mortal bodies can't withstand the power in it. He is burning inside. Try to keep him cold. I will try to find Percy. He might be able to help. Wonder Woman out." With that the connection was cut. Conner tried to call anyone else, but there wasn't anyone that knew how to deal with that type of stuff.
Jump City
September 8th, 12:46
After she ended the call, Diana dropped her civilian disguise and flew at her top speed to the hotel Percy was staying. She practically smashed the entrance doors when they did not open fast enough, but she calmed herself down enough not to do so. Receptionist and guards immediately felt uneasy seeing an Amazon in such state. She was not angry, but rather extremely distressed. Diana knew that if Wally died because he ate Percy's ambrosia, demigod would never forgive himself for that. Nor would the others probably. The tension was already high.
"Excuse me Miss, but I must ask you as to what is the reason you cam..." He did not have time to finish, because she already opened the doors to the staircase and flew up. None of the present guards dared to even get close to her.
She was thankful that Nyssa was kind enough to write the room number or she would have to deal with this receptionist and it would take time. It was luxury she did not have. The press will have their breaking news though... She ignored that thought and walked to the door. There was no doorbell obviously, so she knocked. It might have been because she was still in hurry or because she was worried with Wally, but instead of creating a sound like normal knocking would, she intead created a hole in the doors. They more or less shattered into several pieces in place where she placed her hand. Almost immediately, she was greeted with a pointy end of a trident.
"Seriously? I am really getting tired with all this assassins. Can't you give up? I want one day of rest and relaxation." It was Percy's voice, but he sounded really... bored. He wasn't worried one bit about the fact that someone broke the doors to his room.
"Percy! It's me, Diana. I need your help and I need it now." She heard a lock open and the doors opened. In front of her now stood Percy. He was wearing his usual blue hooded jacket and worn-off jeans. The only change was that now except of the belt that held his pants up he had another one, more loose.
"Oh! Sorry Di. I did not expect you or anyone from the League. Batman made it clear that I am not wanted." He scowled.
"That is not true. The arrogant Bat doesn't represent the views of the whole league. But that isn't important right now. I need your help fast. Wally ate a square of Ambrosia." This caused Percy to shift from angry to disturbed in a snap.
"Alright. Lead the way, but we must hurry. I fear we will still be late." He started running toward the staircase. Diana caught up with him and when they arrived there, she picked him up and lifted him bridal style to get him down faster. He was not happy but also he was too worried to care. "How could I be so stupid. I should have known better than to leave godly food just laying around..."
"Don't beat yourself now. You will have time later. Now it's important to get to him before he dies." They arrived at Jump City Zeta tube which was located in one of the small yard between two houses. The graffiti opened to reveal a large metal tunnel.
Recognized Wonder Woman 0-3, Neptune B0-8
They were both greeted by panicking Team. Kaldur was having video conversation with Mera and Conner tried to get Zatarra on the line. Robin was talking on the phone with Doctor Sandsmark, but she most likely wasn't really helpful considering that words he was screaming at her shouldn't be known to an adult, much less twelve years old aspiring superhero.
"We are here. Where is he?" Percy asked while at the same time doing his best to calm down his emotions before there will be a major earthquake in Maine.
"In the infirmary. But it's really bad. We managed to stabilize him, but he is still getting worse. It's like Cassie all over again. Doctor Sandsmark is not able to help." Megan said, trying to get over robin cursing at Helena.
Percy did not answer, but instead dashed to the room. Rest of the heroes abandoned what they were doing and ran after him, but none of them was really able to match his speed (except for maybe Diana, but she stayed to make one more call). They arrived to see him standing over unconscious KF covered in ice bags. He was strapped to his bed so that he wouldn't hurt himself more. The energy pulsing from him was so strong that Percy could sense it as soon as he entered the room. He summoned his trident and focused on this the energy. He tried to control it, but it was nothing like the currents of power he felt with Cassie. Instead, his body generated this energy and it was burning him from the inside. The sheer fact that he was still alive was an achievement. Percy tried again and again but it didn't work. In a fit of rage he hit the floor. A small spring of salt water appeared, but Percy froze it so it wouldn't distract him. He focused on the energy one again. He could feel the pulses going out. Not pulses. Waves! Percy suddenly remembered what his father said to him. "Waves cannot truly be controlled. But you can guide them, shove them into right direction." Instead of trying to force his will on the energy, he focused on where he needed it. A road it should take. Instead of trying to control it, he gave this energy an easy way. He guided it straight to his trident. He felt renewing power of the ambrosia go through the trident and by extension though him. Finally, the waves stopped. Percy felt great... for about three seconds when he noticed that Wally was barely breathing. He could sense the life energy slowly sipping out of him.
"He is still dying..." He muttered. The rest entered the room now and noticed Percy standing over him. The IV showed that his heart was barely working. Percy contemplated using Apollo Pill, but he still had some of Hera essence inside him so that could kill him, or worse. If he triggered some super-nuclear explosion by mixing two godly essence it would end badly.
"Ambrosia burned him from the inside. To spread, it must have traveled through his veins. His blood was the most damaged part. He needs transfusion now!" Artemis tried to keep her head cool, but Percy noticed that she was panicking the most.
"He is B negative. None of us has that type of blood..." Robin said with resignation in his voice. "And we won't be able to get to the nearest hospital."
"Isn't there a supply in the Cave infirmary?" Conner asked.
"No. It was supposed to be refilled after we moved in, but it is still empty." Kaldur explained with mostly calm voice. He was still shaking.
"My transformation is done on cellular level. I could try and change my blood to match his, but I can't focus enough to to it..." Megan was close to crying as she watched Wally's life escape him slowly.
"I am 0 negative. That should work. I am universal donor."
Everyone looked at Percy. Diana wanted to say something, but Artemis was faster. "Then what are we waiting for?! We must save him!" She screamed with all illusion of calmness gone.
"It's not that simple." Diana finally got a chance to speak. "Percy's blood is half-ichor. The transfusion might not work."
"It's better than nothing." Artemis retorted. No one else protested.
After everything was done, Percy drank some nectar to regenerate. Now, all that was left was waiting.
A/N now that was strange chapter. Regarding few things that happened. Nyssa wanted to use Percy to kill her father. She hates Ra's for abandoning her. She is not magician, only learned one powerful spell. She manipulated Cheshire to get Percy to the place of ritual. The pills will NOT appear often. I have plans for this to be more than one Fanfiction and through entire series they will be the last last possible tool. Also, Wally plot will be extended. Hope you liked it. Don't forget to review.
