It's Halloween and to celebrate I give you an omake
So listen tight and keep clear
As Naruto makes Olympus a nightmare
Though no fault of his own on this eve of the dead
As the gods go screaming to their beds
Just remember to turn off the lights as I tell the tale
It was October thirty first, Halloween day and the camp was in disarray
As campers ran every which way
For none could have guessed that what they needed was lost
was the remote that let them watch films that they loved the most
Now sit back relax as I tell the tale
of how three children sent the gods into a spell...
Naruto in his costume for Halloween along with Charles Beckendorf got out of the taxi in front of an old smith shop. The duo were on an important mission as it was movie night to celebrate the holiday and Mr. D took the remote for the mega TV the cabin nine campers had been working on by quote'n'quote mistake. Most thought the god took it to keep Chiron from watching TV while he was sick with a cold. Naruto Learned the reason was Apollo losing a date with a teacher who had a crust on Percy's former Latin teacher. The god was petty upset as he thought he could sweep her off her feet only to have a bowling ball smash his ride when he tried to play it cool with the woman who was still upset that she had yet to hear from the trainer of heroes.
"So this is your dad's workspace?" Naruto asked as Charles opened the door to the warehouse.
The older boy shrugged his shoulders. "One of his sub locations. Mom met him here when she had a broken down car. He mostly lets us come and use his workspace for a small fee or something as he is suppose to be a car repair man."
"Why not that mason blacksmith shop on-"
"Because," a gruff voice boomed from under a 2001 Saturn, interrupting Naruto. "That was a gift to a lover I had when I had my first kid here in the so called new world. Can one of you pass me my eight thirteenth wrench?"
Blinking Naruto passed a wrench to the hand sticking out from under the car. Only for the god to toss it back.
"I said eight thirteenth not seven twelfths!"
"Here it is pops." Charles handed the correct tool to his father while patting a depressed Naruto's back. "Its ok, they both look similar to someone who doesn't use tools often Naruto."
A dejected Naruto nodded his head. After all the time at camp Naruto hoped that his help with the smith's work would have made it easier to help their father but apparently not. To Naruto family was extremely important and while he wasn't related to Percy by mortal standers, he was related to his brother and everyone at camp by the mythos of the Greeks and was determined to defend his family. looking around he noticed an odd pile of trash. Walking over he began to look though it.
"See anything you like?" At the sound of Hephaestus's voice Naruto squeaked and turned to see the twinkling eyes of the god before him. A full bell chuck came trough the gods lips as he view the young demigod before him acting like a stared mouse. "That's all going to the dump later but if you want you both can go though it if you want."
"Are you ok with that lord Hephaestus?"
Waving his hand the god walked back to his project. "I need the space for a new project so you both can take what you like."
"We were looking to see if you had a spare remote for movie night..."
"Are you saying that you dont want to see what I'm not needing? Im sure I have a spare remote in there... Now where was I yes..." The god disappeared around a pile of bolts and scrap and the tow demigods looked at one another with the head camper biting his lip before nodding. It wouldn't hurt to look though the scraps...
Right?
...
"Hey Zack! You free for a sec!"
Zack blinked his eyes as he looked up from the magic formal book he had borrowed from Athena's cabin after enchanting James glasses to make reading in the dark possible without a light source... so James could get around Annebeth's policy of no reading after 10 pm. "What's with the box of parts Charles? I thought you and Naruto were only going to get a remote."
Huffing, Charles placed the box down. "Dad had a bunch of scrap he was going to throw away and let us take some. No remote, well, not all of one but that where you come in."
"Huh?" Came the unelegant reply from the camp enchanter.
Naruto hopped from one foot from the other. "I was wondering that with your magic and Beckened-"
"Just call me Charles if you cant get my name right."
"-Charles skills as an engineering we could make the greatest remote for the moves."
"... Well I got nothing to do till tonight anyway. What could happen?" Zack asked before wincing. "I didn't mean it."
Naruto was confused. "So you won't help us?"
"No, I mean yes... No. Wait... Gaaahhh!"
Poseidon stared at his hand as the cyclops added three chips to the pot. The annual poker game this year was challenging as Frodo, cyclops child of Dionysus and a nymph granddaughter of Apollo was in the game this time. Usually Frodo ran the bar for the miners and rented out his space for the poker game for the past century.
Frowning he tossed in the same amount plus two more. As the nymph next to him folded the sea god wished that he was tricker-treating like the mortals would be. Even if the holiday wasn't like the celebrations Greece had it was still fun. Sipping his drink the god tapped the table.
"So how about we raise the stakes my lord?" Frodo tapped his mug before drinking it. Poseidon tried not to think of the rum he lost last round from 1598 to the barkeep. "If you bet on the next hand to let me operate without paying tax for the imports for the next year along side access to the game room for a week for my stock of tenth century nectar wine?"
"I'll accept the import cost not the game room Frodo. But why would you want...?"
"Detective Slaughter shut down my mine source during a fight. That son of Ares is a pain in the ass."
"Oh." Poseidon knew of the son of Ares much to his immortal blood wished he never had. Unlike most children of Ares Slaughter like being a cop for the NYPD instead of a solider... and dangling gang members from high rise windows along with other... things. "I'm in."
-Five minutes later-
Poseidon cursed as he walked out of the bar into the sea. After losing the last hand he knew it was best to leave before his loses increase more. Moving along the lit path he watched as several nymphs swam on by towards the spa. As much as he wanted to the sea god wasn't in the mood for a spa. Or nymphs.
The sea god didn't notice a shape above him. Nor in his distracted state take note that his wandering that he was moving to the outskirts of the city.
"Why are we watching this again? Even I know this movie isn't at all accurate and scientifically correct."
"Ssshhh! Percy, let's just enjoy this while we can."
"I think that he's right." Annebeth turned to glare at the nymph who spoke. The nature spirit did not pay any attention other than pout as one of her sisters took Naruto and place him on her own lap. "Why this movie anyway? I lost a potential bf because he freaked when I brushed his leg in the 90s."
Charles lifted the remote. "Why don't we change it? I'm not sure that I can finish this."
Click
...
Zeus groaned and rubbed his head as he head to his main residence after being forced to listen to another copyright case between Apollo and Hermes. He would have preferred to have done it on the mountain but to his irritation it had to be a moral court room. "I can wait to sleep in my own bed tonight."
Seeing the open door of his temple he smiled and closed his eyes as he walked up the walkway into his temple.
Or at least he tried.
Bam!
Zeus cursed as the doors suddenly slammed closed on his face smashing his nose.
"#^_%#รทรท!" The lord of the sky cursed as he held his ichor dripping nose.
...
"How about this?"
An Apollo kid snorted. "That movie stinks. Change it."
Click
...
Seeing the opening door Zeus idly wondered if the automatic opener was broken. 'Note to self, check ti see if I fried the circuits again then blame it on faulty wiring.'
Getting up he was about to step through the doorway the doors once again closed, this time hitting his foot.
...
"No." Came the unanimous call of the demigods and nature spirits.
...
Zeus stared with lightning flickering in his eyes as his temple doors opened and closed as if it had a mind of its it's own. He had an idea that it was Hermes or Apollo who rigged this little prank up to prevent him from getting his rest. Flecking his jaw the lord of thunder glanced around to see if anyone was watching. Seeing the coast was clear the god walked away from the door to get some distance.
Apollo and Hermes glared at one another as they drank in the local pub. While the brothers were usually on the best of terms for the vast majority of the time ever since the events in France, the dynamic duo were spending the holiday trying to see if they could do something to get over the lawsuit.
"This is your fault you know." Apollo grunted out as he waved over the bar keep to refill his glass.
"My Fault?" Grunted the god of messengers as looked away from the mid twenties raven head who was not so secretly flirting from across the room to the god. "If dear old dad-"
Apollo cut off his brother. "Not that. The reason we're here on Halloween instead of being at the woman hosted collage party."
Hermes snorted as his brother began to complain about all the hotties they were missing out on. Getting up he made sure he had his game face on an approached the women who turned out to be dressed like a ninja or one of those women from mortal combat. Kitana or was it Mileena? He forgot which was which.
"Your being watched you know."
That was not an opening line he was expecting. "Excuse me?"
"Your being followed. Not that you'll notice in any case unless you knew what was following you." The woman said as she sipped her drink. Glossy eyes peered up to the god as he felt a shiver down his spine. This mortal was dangerous. "The Lonely Assassins are after you."
"The Lonely Assassins?" Hermes repeated in confusion.
The woman nodded. "They are Lonely Assassins, that's what they used to be called. No one quite knows where they came from, but they're as old. Almost as old the existence, or very close. They have survived this long because they have the most perfect defense system ever evolved. They don't exist when they are being observed. The moment they are seen by any other living creature they freeze into rock. No choice do they have, it's a fact of their biology. In the sight of any living thing, they literally turn into stone. And you can't kill a stone. Of course, a stone can't kill you either, but then you turn your head away. Then you blink. Then, oh yes, it can. They are after you, you have something which they desire."
"Ok, creepy time is over now." Hermes walked away from the crazy mortal so must of had too much to drink. He only went a step before the woman grabbed his arm.
"Don't blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink. Good Luck." Releasing him the woman went back to her drink as if she wasn't just sprouting nonsense. Shaking his head Hermes walked back to his brother who finally notice he was gone.
"So you struck out little bro?"
"...Yeah, you could say that." Hermes bummed out as he sat down. Out of the corner of his eye the god saw a statue of a weeping angle on top of the church across the way.
...
Zack blinked as he saw the remote runes glow before fading. It was probably nothing to worry about after all.
Artemis and Zoe walked though the convenience store shopping for candy. Normally the goddess would not be shopping for candy but Hestia had asked her a favor to have her hunter this year help some children in need have a good year trick or treating... And also one of the children who needed chaperoning was a young mortal who was a fan of the goddess of the moon wouldn't make it past his next birthday. Hestia bribed (aka threatened) Artemis to make this night special before he had to move on. She had tried to say Apollo could help but her brother said that there was nothing he could do.
Artemis whimpered at the sight of all the candy she couldn't have this year. Halloween was the best night of the year as she would go trickster treating with the hunt, usually as a female robin hood and her merry (wo)men. Maybe win a prize or two... It was also the only time where she didn't hunt monsters after she discovered the mortal tradition by shooting what she thought was a sickly horse.
To this day she still maintained that she was drunk that time.
Shaking her head she made sure that they had most of what they came for. Now she needed an outfit for herself and Zoe for the party Hestia said to go to.
"OOH Arty~! Check out this outfit!"
'And this night has gotten worse.' Glancing over to the costume rack Artemis shivered as the third member of the group held up a sexy witch outfit. Aphrodite had insisted on coming along as she loved the holiday. While she didn't care for most of the activities, Aphrodite did however enjoy the feeling of love families had on the night celebrating their deceased members. Usually the goddess celebrated at a party with some mortal she picked up or was a part of a group Halloween event. But this year the goddess of love was a part of Hestia's make children happy scheme.
Both goddess called a truce to their normal banter as they plotted to get Hestia with a trick this year. As the old saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. To do this they agreed to win the annual best group costume award this year Hades was hosting with Hestia in New Orleans.
"I am not wearing that... Thing. I did agree that I would not be in your words an old prune while you also that you'll make sure that we don't look like some dude's wet dream." Artemis hissed as she stared at the twin play bunny outfits in horror. Zoe note her cheek yo make sure that she did not laugh or curse.
"But Arty dear," Aphrodite whined out in frustration. "You said that you didn't want to dress up as Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Or as female versions of Dracula and Van Helsing. Then there was the-"
"I get it." The goddess of the moon quickly said as not to get into the tangent the love goddess was getting into.
"Why not do agents of shield?" Zoe asked as she placed another bag of tootie rolls into the cart. "Or something like a Disney princesses like Mulan and sleeping Beauty?"
Aphrodite blinked and rushed into the costume area as Artemis looked at her Lieutenant with a distressed look. " Disney princess really?"
"What else am I to say about Apollo's new show, Once Upon A Time? Nothing but more of his son's work for subjugating look young girls into believing that they need a male to come save the day."
"I heard from him that the protagonist is a strong-willed woman." Artemis muttered as she went back to the list.
Poseidon walk on the path overlooked the construction for a new turret for the city wall as an young nymph did the finishing touches before dropping her tool. Thus did not at first alarm the god as this was a hazard. However it wasn't normal for a spirit of the sea to be gone for more than five minutes. Poseidon took note as the one missing was a relative to his wife by descent of blood though one of her sisters.
'Just when I needed to get ready for the party.' He thought as he moved to where she was swimming before stopping. Eyes narrowing he's some of his Trident as the indisputable sight of bloody water rose up from the depths.
[Play Jaws theme song]
Moving though the water the god swam over the wall that separated his kingdom from the chasm formed by the continental shelf. Down Below in the dark where mortals could not see without their technology the god of the seas saw the injured body of the nymph floating with a dark shape circling her. Quickly reaching the young nymph Poseidon began to race back towards the city.
The god knew that they were some things that he cannot fight without being prepared and carrying a subject who couldn't fight... alongside fighting a monster in its territory was foolish. Glancing back god cursed as the shape of whatever attacked the nymph grew ever closer. Shifting her weight the god blasted at the shadow with his weapon but missed as it moved out of the way.
The god new he was being hunted by an apex predator as everything in the surrounding area was hiding it fleeing. Taking his eyes off the monster to look and see how far he was from delivering her to safely so he could focus on removing the threat.
That was a mistake.
Looking back the god's eyes widen and he jerked his body to the side as the giant shark barreled past him with jaws opened. He knew the monster. Morals would call it a megalodon but he knew it as once the son of his little brother.
"Akhilleus!"
[End Jaws theme song]
Charles and Zack looked over the remote that they had cobbled together using material supplied by the former's father. Naruto and Beckendorf found several parts of a remote for Zeus's old TV he blasted with his weapon because his favorite team lost the world series, Apollo's old game boy color, a calculator that Athena smashed into a wall, an old ww2 field radio that Ares took, and a beat up mini R2 unit for comic con 2003. Sparks were flicking out of the mechanical device as the duo tried to understand what was wrong with it.
"Check the wiring on this side Beckendor, I think the heat is warping the runes here." Zack said as he triple checked the rune sequences.
"One moment, I have to redo the processing system and replace the buttons here." The smith grunted as he worked. He was missing his favorite episode that was perfect fro the holiday. "Got it."
Zack nodded as he took a step back and frowned. "That's not good."
"Whats not good?"
"That melted rune there. That tied the magic to the remote to act as a universal translator to make it work on any Television we wanted to use but..." He trailed off into silence.
"But what?"
The son of Hecate gulped. "Well it could have made whatever was on come to life."
Beckendorf laughed at that. "Dude, if Halloween movies where coming to life wouldn't the camp be the epicenter?"
"Well..." Zack couldn't fine fault with the logic of that. Halloween was a magicians best night for spell casting. His father met this immortal mother on Halloween night after trying to use an old magic scroll. She took the scroll after having in his words hot magical sex. "Your right but I think we should be ready for an attack just in case."
...
Ten fields away from camp half blood
Demeter screamed in terror as her scarecrow in her pumpkin patch chased her with her father's original weapon. Behind it an army of angry Karpoi of various holiday vegetables and fruits dressed in costumes all singing off key This is Halloween.
"HADES! I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" The goddess roared at the ground as she blasted at the scarecrow.
...
"Your probably right."
Hera hummed a tune she heard from the coffee shop on 13th and park Ave that she loved carrying some of hers and Zeus's favorite pastries. Some nice pumpkin pies and zucchini bread with apple cider to celebrate the holiday. Turning around the bend to her husband's temple she heard a bang and Zeus's body flew past her.
Looking over her shoulder Hera saw him with his rear in a wall stuck. "What happened to you? Did your favorite decide to punch you?"
Zeus wiggled himself out of the wall. "No. I have been trying to get though the doors of my home for the past hour with no success."
Hear pursed her lips. "...Sure..."
"I'm not crazy!" Zeus snapped as stood up. "Watch this!"
Hera followed her younger stressed out brother and husband to the entrance of his building rolling her eyes. 'I should probably make sure that he won't do anything more stupid then the usual.'
Walked a flew feet she smacked her face.
...
Apollo was getting annoyed. "Would her stop that!" He roared.
Hermes hand shot out and grabbed his brother. "Ssshhh!"
Moving the hand away Apollo looked at his brother. "What is it?"
"We are being followed."
Apollo blinked then looked around. "All I see it that weeping Angel over there in the cemetery."
"It's been following us."
"Hermes relax. Why don't we call it a night and meet up my sister and held to the party?" Apollo stated as he placed an arm around his brother turning him away from the statue. They only went a few steps when they heard the shattering of glass under foot.
"Hermes..."
"Yes brother?"
"Was that you?"
"No. You?"
Both paused and turned around and screamed as the statue that was in the cemetery was now behind them, no longer weeping but instead a monstrous statue with fangs and claws. Both gods screamed and raced backyards while not looking away from the stone thing.
"We can't look away!"
"Why not?" Hermes asked Apollo as his eyes began to water.
"It will kill us if we look away. And don't blink!"
...
"Ok Zeus, show me that you aren't crazy." Hera said as she sat down on the ground to see if her husband was nuts.
"Well as soon as I starting entering the temple," Zeus started as he raised a foot to cross the threshold. "The doors close."
Hera stared at the open door and Zeus who was half in and out.
"Then it closes and I cant get in." He continued as he was fully inside the temple before stepping out and the door closes behind him.
"Umm."
"Watch." Zeus began to jump in and out of his home fast and Hera quickly made a note to get her step children to get a look at Zeus.
"Honey you should probably lie down and get some sleep."
Zeus stated at her before getting into position. "NO! I will enter the temple if its the last thing I do today!" He finished with a roar and charges. Hera watches helplessly as the god of thunder crashes though the temple and begins to fall to the moral's city of New York.
"...I wonder if Hestia wouldn't mid extra food for the party?
"Well its not too bad of a costume." Artemis ignored Zoe as she followed the goddesses on the board walk to the party. Zoe went on, "Emma swan and the evil queen work well together. And the children loved it."
"Yeah Arty, think of the children."
"DON'T call me Arty!" Artemis snapped as she tried not to think of all the photos of her with Aphrodite kissing her cheek.
"I had fun." Aphrodite teased the moon as they walked alongside the water. "We should do this again."
"Never."
"Oh hello Artemis, Aphrodite, Nightshade." Turning around the trio of women saw the god of the seas walking behind them dressed as a blood covered Aqua man. "How has your night been?"
"Other than the event we had with the children and then being webbed up by spiders in central park like bondage lovers an hour ago... Good." Artemis hissed out as she tried not to think of how good it felt to be in the webs as her cheeks warmed upped. "You?"
"Akhilleus challenged me by killing one of my subjects then went after me so I killed him."
Aphrodite noddedd her head with approval. "Good. That son of Zeus should have been fin soup by Percy but I am still happy about his death."
"Percy isn't ready to fight a shark armed with lighting."
Artemis pouted. "I would have gone after Akhilleus for you Uncle. I haven't gone hunting in the oceans for some time."
"I'll let you know if something comes up then. Now lets go to the party!"
...
Apollo and Hermes stared as their father twitched where the statue once was, shattered by the impacted of the lord of the skies. Looking closely Hermes noticed something. "Its one of H's automation. Must be his idea of a prank."
"Well it sucks. I'm going to give him a peace of my mind." Apollo stated as he marched off. "He better have a reason why he chose to make a doctor who villain that kills by touch."
"I heard he was a fan."
"APOLLO!" The son god blinked as Ares drove up with Hephaestus with I'm A Barbie Girl playing. The god of war parked his ride and smashed the speakers. "We need your light."
"...Why was that song-"
Ares eyes melted his shades. "Gremlins."
"Gremlins?"
"YES GREMLINS YOU IDIOT!" Hephaestus roared as he lifted the cage with the scale covered monsters inside. "THEY WERE INFESTING MY WORKSHOP AND ARE CAUSING HAVOC THROUGHOUT THE CITY! IT TOOK ME AND ARES HOURS TO GRAB THEM ALL!"
Blinking the sun god used his powers and killed the monsters. As they died the god asked what was on his mind. "So they are the source of the problems?"
"Yes. There shouldn't be anymore problems tonight as Ares destroyed the source."
"Your son and the child of Hecate were upset I smashed their remote. Then Demeter was all to glad to punish them."
"Good."
Naruto sipped his drink as the movie played on the screen not worrying about what happened with all the screaming and crackling of deranged laughter of a woman. Next to him was Kyuubi and a hair critter from the movie Gremlins.
"Happy Halloween Kyuubi."
"Happy Halloween Brat."
This is the longest chapter Ives ever done with 4730 words. I hope that you all enjoyed this and have a spooky Halloween!
