Chapter 26
Zoe POV
Jumping off the wall near the highway I landed on the infernus giant's back and stabbed him in the neck. I rolled off his back so I have an easier time landing while the giant disintegrated. "What the Hades was that!" I yelled at Thalia and Tomas. The two friends tried to mutter an apology but I cut them off, ever since the junkyard the two had been clumsy and unfocused "That's it I was going to let thy keep your conversations with Uncle...whatever his name was but clearly I can't so who wants to start."
Both demigods looked at each other than at the ground "If you wish we can do this one on one." I said and both nodded. Grabbing Tomas I dragged him off a ways into the woods. "Ok so what did he say." I demanded.
"He said he knew who my mother was, he even told me she was Hera." Tomas said and my jaw dropped at the assertion. "There's absolutely no way she could be my mother but it still makes sense. When on that field trip to Olympus where Luke stole Zeus's bolt I caught her staring at me like nine times and even Chiron said I look just like her. Then when I was first finding my way to camp I got lost till who found me, Argus. The one guy who never leaves camp ever just woke up that morning walked fifteen miles away from camp and brought me back." He half shouted.
I took a deep breath, how the Hades was I supposed to fix something like this. Either 'Uncle P.' honestly believed he was helping when he said this or he was just trying to make my life even worse. "Tomas I can't tell what to believe. What you need to do is decide what you want to believe. If you want to believe Hera is your mother that fine, as mothers go I'd say she's not that bad. Lady Artemis may not exactly getting along with her but contrary to popular belief she doesn't hate her." I said.
"Hera often gets misrepresented in myths like when Artemis was beaten just after arriving on Olympus. Hera wasn't the one who hurt her, it was a nature spirit jealous of Hera and Leto, Hera found her and stopped the nature spirit." I paused taking a calming breath. "Look what I'm trying to say is don't let thy self get lost in what is and what might be focus what you do know. If thee wants to know who thy mother is, great. Set goals and push thyself to the limit but don't let thy fears limit you."
"Thanks." Tomas said sarcastically "I'll send Thalia over."
'It's going to be a very very long day' I thought.
Percy POV
"Are you sure about this?" Bianca asked.
"As sure as I can be." I said quickly knocking on the door "We need to reach Mount Tam before sun down and I'm not sure if we can get there in time without a car."
A few seconds later the door to the small suburban home swung open. A young boy about 10 years old opened to door "Hello" a small boy no older than ten said "Can I help you."
"Um yes we're looking for a Frederick Chase." Bianca said nervously. The boy simply left the door open and ran down the hall screaming 'Dad there's two kids at the door for you'.
"Kids? We're barely older than you he is!" Bianca complained.
I chuckled slightly at her antic "Can I help you kids?" Mr. Chase asked.
"Hi we're friends of Annabeth." I said, inside I saw Mrs Chase sending the boys upstairs.
Once he got over his shock Mr. chase quickly invited us inside "So what's all this about? What happened to Annabeth."
"Look I'm not gonna sugar coat it Annabeth was captured and we need you to drive us to mount Tam so we can save her." I said
Okay I'll ju-"
"Oh heck no you are not going after her!" Mrs Chase screeched "All that girl ever did was cry and put our children in danger!"
"But she my daughter." Her husband reasoned.
"Oh no she's not and don't give me that crap that her mother was a greek goddess that just created her for you. Face it Frederick that woman just dump that child on you and the hospital screwed up the DNA test. Now you need to get your head on straight this is your family not some demon girl if thoseā¦.those things want to eat her than let them and good riddance!" She screamed.
I was in utter shock when she said that and what's worse Mr. Chase was actually agreeing with her. "Are you freaking kidding me." I yelled accidently starting a small earthquake in the living room and causing Mrs Chase to pale dramatically.
"She was your daughter, even if she wasn't your biological daughter you still raised her for seven years, how can you just let her die without even trying! And you!" I said looking straight at Mrs Chase "Annabeth ran away because of how you tormented her. How can you even live with yourself knowing you made a very scared 7 year old girl feel so hated in her own home that she ran away. I have seen and heard a lot of horrible things in my life but this definitely take the cake, you don't even deserve to be parents!" I Getting an idea I made a small burst of sea green light go through the room.
"What was that?" Mrs. Chase demanded but her voice held no confidence.
"That was a curse on your family placed by a son of Poseidon so I'd be really careful around any body of water if I were you." With that said I turned around and dragged Bianca out of the house and just for good measure I forced a glass of water on the coffee table to explode making Mrs. Chase scream in fear.
"Um not that I disagree with what did but what kind of curse did you place on them." Bianca asked after we went a good distance from the house.
"I didn't place a curse on them I just made them think I did." I deadpanned "The light show was a just a cheap trick any demigod can do with the right training and breaking the glass of water just helped solidify the belief. Now for the rest of their lives they'll be scarred to even take a drink of water and they'll always remember what they did to Annabeth."
Bianca nodded getting a small smirk and said "You know while we were in there I came up a new idea of how to get a ride to mount Tam."
AN: Okay first things first I am so sorry about the long wait my life is just getting really hectic. Second sorry about the short chapter but I want to do the whole rescue attempt of Annabeth and Artemis in one chapter if I stuck it on the end of this one I wouldn't have bee updating for another couple weeks a least. And last but not least what are your thought on a story where Percy is friends with Artemis and Apollo from before they even left delos (where they were born). A friend gave me the idea and I thought it might have potential but I want to see what you think BTW Percy would be an angel in that story (No connection to modern religion at all.) Angel is more of a god like nature spirit in this case.
Please review
