Chapter 10 Part 2: Percy Calls The Council
(Author's Note)
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Chapter 10 Part 2: Percy Calls The Council
[Recap: Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Oracle of Camp Half-Blood, was suddenly attacked and encased in ice by a mysterious figure who burst into her cave. Bestowing on the young Oracle a warning to give to Percy. "Tell Perseus to not challenge my champion, I have ordered him to do anything to win… and my Leonidas would never fail me.
After meeting with Artemis, Percy learned of a coming event, the Promised Day. A single day in which all gods would lose a considerable amount of their strength, so much so that they could be truly killed and forced to Fade into the Void. While the weakest gods who were already dying, like Triton, would Fade this day. It was also during this time that Percy learned that many Olympian were going to die this Promised Day, and if anyone were to attack Olympus, then it would be then. So he was tasked by the goddess of the Hunt to assemble the campers and prepare for the coming attacks on Olympus, only three short weeks away.]
(Later that afternoon - War Council Meeting Room)
Percy was standing in the War Council Meeting room several hours later watching and waiting as his fellow Council members quickly made their way in after he called an emergency meeting to tell them everything that Artemis had told him, as well as Zeus' plans to kill him. Surely, this wasn't going to be a fun meeting. As he was thinking about how on earth he was going to break the news to them, Gardenia the daughter and head of the Persephone cabin came up to him.
"Hey, Percy." She greeted as she approached, offering him a small wave. "Can I talk to to real quick before the meeting starts?"
Percy let out a quick breath, he didn't really want to considering what he was about to say, but he nodded nonetheless. He stepped to the side of the room and gestured for her to follow him. "Of course, Gardenia, what is it?"
"Someone robbed my cabin last night." She whispered to him.
Percy's eyes widened, bringing him fully into the conversation. "What? What happened? What did they take? Did someone break in?"
"I got up this morning and went to our roof to tend to the flowers we have up there like I do every morning, as you know." She started, sending a quick glance to Travis from Hermes. "But when I got up there I noticed that someone had cut off a few of the petals from one of my flowers."
Percy blinked. He was about to tell them news that could literally change all of their lives, start a civil war on Olympus or turn the demigods against Olympus and here Gardenia was talking about a flower. He took a breath to calm himself. "I'm sorry, what?"
"Someone snuck up onto the garden we have on my cabin last night, sifted through my plants and herbs and cut off the petals of one of my flowers." She told him as if this were really important.
"Are they dangerous?" He asked, trying to figure out how this was a big problem. "What are they?"
"They're called Moonwalker Hyacinths and no, they're not really dangerous." She told him, sending another look to Travis who now had noticed her looking at him. "They're stimulants-"
"Ha, stimulants." Travis chuckled to himself from a few feet away.
"Don't even start with me, Travis," She glared at the son of Hermes. "Because I know that it was one of your cabin members that defiled my beautiful flowers."
Percy let out a breath, putting his hand to his head and trying to stop his forming headache. "Gardenia?" He called to get her attention from Travis that was currently sticking his tongue out at her. Once she turned back to him he continued. "What's this… whatever you called it-"
"Moonwalker Hyacinths." She supplied helpfully.
"Yeah, those. What are they, exactly?" And why should I care right now, he asked himself.
"Well, they're a small genus of bulbous, fragrant flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae that are native to the Mediterranean. They are exclusively lavender in color and only bloom under certain conditions-"
"Can you got the point, please?" He asked, trying to not sound like a jerk, but he had much bigger things on his plate at the moment right now than mere flowers.
Gardenia looked a little miffed that she couldn't keep talking about the flower, but complied. "Well, like I said, they're a stimulant-" From his seat Travis snorted, causing Gardenia to briefly glare at him again. "That was used in ancient times as a sort of powerful caffeine, in a way. It stimulates the mind, causing the mind of whoever to digests it to become hyper aware and alert, incapable of falling asleep for some time depending on the amount taken. Ancient demigods used it when they fought Monsters that had the ability to put people to sleep. Or for when they had to engage in long, night time battles. It's a very rare and valuable flower, not to mention all of the specific conditions it needs to bloom. It took me two years to get it to that state and someone went and cut its petals off!"
Percy blinked. "Is it dangerous? Should we be worried?"
Gardenia shook her head. "No, I don't think so. There are some side effects, such as it being lethal in explicitly high doses, but as it's such a rare flower, I don't even have enough flowers to even get near that level. As it stands I only have the one small pot of five flowers, with that little amount all it would be able to do is keep you from falling asleep for a few hours at most."
"Why would someone steal it?" Percy asked, trying to figure out of this flower was valuable or something. "Would they even know what it was or be able to use it?"
She shook her head. "Most likely not." She admitted. "It is a very rare and little known flower, with only a few being in the states, so the likelihood that a random person knew how to turn it into a concoction, let alone knew what it was, I'd say it would be very low. The process for converting the petals into the-"
"So you're saying that it's not likely that someone stole it one purpose?" He asked, interrupting her. "What if it was just an animal or something?"
Gardenia looked like she was about to say something, but a flash of fiery red hair burst into the room and launched itself at Percy at full speed. Percy was about to draw Riptide until he recognized the person currently latching onto his side.
"Rachel?" He asked in bewilderment. "What's-"
"Oh, P-percy. Th-thank the gods!" She embraced him in a tight hug out of nowhere before briefly looking up at him, her eyes were wide with fear. "We n-need to call the C-Council! The camp is under attack!"
Instantly everyone in the room- which was the entire Council, including Thalia and Annabeth who Percy asked to join- froze at once and all silently looked over to where Percy, Gardenia and now Rachel stood. Out of reaction, Percy wrapped his arm around the frightened girl and instantly noticed that she had ice hanging from her clothes and hair. "Rach," He whispered in bewilderment, noticing how she was shivering and using his body heat to warm herself up. "You're freezing. What happened?"
"A-a Titaness appeared in my c-cave yesterday and f-froze me to the f-floor." She told them through chattering teeth. Percy didn't know when he did it, but Will had collected a blanket from somewhere and brought it to the freezing girl. Percy took it from him and wrapped it around her as he helped her to a chair.
"It's okay, Red, it's okay." He reassured her as he helped her sit. Will, Annabeth and Thalia were around him trying to get a look at Rachel, but the son of Apollo quickly shooed them away so he could check up on her.
"Let me through." Will ordered as he forced his way to Rachel, almost pushing Thalia out of the way, a dangerous move at any other time. Once he was at Rachel's side he brought a hand to her forehead. "Gods, she's freezing." He muttered to himself before looking back up to the girl. "Rachel, can you hear me, Rachel? Can you tell me where you are?"
Said redhead weakly shook her head, her eyes fluttering open and closed as she wobbled. "Y-yeah, I'm at… t-the B-Big House…"
"Good, good. Just keep that blanket on you, okay? We need to get your temperature up, it's dangerously low." He told the girl with a soft voice he always used for patients. With a slightly more commanding one he spoke to Leo. "Get over here, use your fire, we need to warm her up."
"On it, ese." Leo nodded, making his way over and using a low, controlled flame in his hand brought it close to Rachel to help her warm up and melt the ice still stuck to her.
. . .
After bringing Rachel's temperature back up to a safe degree and bringing her copious amounts of coffee, Will declared that she was well enough to tell the Council what she meant. Without preamble, she started. "I have been having visions about two figures fighting for three weeks now." She looked right to Percy as he sat across the table from her. "All I could see for weeks were colors dancing, running, jumping and fighting in my mind. It didn't make any sense… that is, until yesterday."
"What happened yesterday?" Jason asked from his spot at Zeus' seat.
"The image finally became clear," She told them all, not removing her eyes from Percy. "...It's Leonidas, he's… going to kill a man dressed in a royal purple toga… then kill you."
The room full of teenagers and young adults was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Every pair of eyes along the table made there way from the Oracle to the head of the table where Percy and Clarisse sat. Percy stiffened by the news, but ignored the looks of surprise or worry from everyone in the room, including the horror-stricken one from Annabeth.
"...What else?" He asked after nearly a full minute of silence.
"I painted a mural of my visions on the ceiling on my cave." She told them, her voice dropping slightly. "Amongst the swirling colors, I saw you two on Olympus, fighting to the death…"
"Are you sure, Rachel?" Annabeth spoke up from next to the Oracle. She was worriedly looking from Rachel to her boyfriend, her eyes wide and fearful. "Percy's going to…" She bit her lip, not able to finish the last word.
Her mane of frizzy red hair bobbed as she nodded. "We can't be sure, what I saw, is only one possible, the most likely future." She paused to wrap her arm around her friend's shoulder supportively before looking back to Percy. "I can't say that you're going to die… but if you're going to fight Leonidas… then it's almost guaranteed."
"Wait wait wait," Malcolm spoke up from his seat, addressing Rachel. "I feel like we're missing something here. Since when have did we declare Leonidas a traitor?"
"Yeah," Pollux interjected. "I don't see how you getting frozen by some Titaness means that Leonidas is-"
"We think that Leonidas was sent by Zeus and Ares to kill me." Percy cut him off, surprising the entire room with his words. Within a second all eyes turned back to him. All at once several voices broke out.
"What?" Leo called out. "That's loco! Leonidas is our friend-"
"He wouldn't do that," Mika agreed. "He's harmless."
"Where's your proof?" Katie asked in a calm voice.
"What are you talking about?" Nico asked in a deathly calm voice.
"What do you mean, 'sent by Zeus and Ares'?" Damien asked.
"Why would my dad want to kill you?" Jason asked in a confused tone.
"That's impossible-"
"I met with Artemis this morning." Percy cut them all off, his voice raised to be able to speak above them all. He glared at all of them until they sat back in their seats and went silent. He then proceeded to tell them all about their discussion, about the Promised Day, the gods that were Fading, Zeus and Ares' plans to kill him and their fears that Leonidas was the mortal in the Prophecy. After taking almost twenty minutes to explain it all, he let out a breath, continuing what we was talking about earlier.
"She sensed that I was in danger the night that Avery broke into Annabeth and I's apartment and tried to kill me. So she woke me up and alerted me. We then learned that Ares had controlled his mind and ordered him to kill me." He sent a quick look to Sherman from Ares. "Your father tried to kill me on two different occasions." Percy's eyes moved to where Clarisse was sitting silently and still as a stone next to him. "I'm sorry, but it's true."
"You said that Zeus was trying to kill you too?" Jason asked from his seat right next to Percy, his voice stiff, not like he was accusing Percy of lying, but like he didn't want to believe it. "What do you mean? What makes you think this?"
"Artemis told me that Zeus and Ares have been conspiring to have me killed… and that they have tried to kill me several times already."
"Not that I don't believe you, Percy." Piper spoke up from further down the table. "But do you have any proof? What if-"
"Zeus asked me to kill Percy." Thalia spoke up suddenly from spot at Artemis' seat, attracting the attention of the entire room. After letting out a shaky breath she continued. "He came to me months ago before Percy left to travel with us… and he told me that the gods were on the brink of civil war. All of Olympus is choosing sides and he asked me to join him… and kill Percy."
From all around the room eyebrows rose in shock. "But why?" Laurel asked. "Why would they want to kill Percy? He's saved Olympus on numerous occasions. And why are they on the brink of war?"
"There's been a new Prophecy." Percy answered, looking to everyone in the room. "Foretelling the destruction of Olympus."
"Fuckin' Minotaur-shit." Clarisse grumbled from next to him, dragging her hand across her face before looking to Percy. "It's always a gods-damned Prophecy! What did it say this time? What's going to happen?"
Percy opened his mouth to speak but Rachel beat him to it:
"Olympus beware the Mortal of Might,
The heir shall strike War and Love in the night,
A long forgotten foe shall rise, an Angel and Lion in disguise,
The Mount shall fall and the Sky will rise,
The Son shall follow the fate of those before,
And slay his father at the door."
After finishing, Rachel shrugged to Percy's shocked face. "I'm the Oracle, if I didn't know the Prophecy, then what good would I be?"
Malcolm from Athena, not surprisingly, was the first one to speak. "Have you been able to work out what any of it means?"
"The 'Mount' has to refer to Mount Olympus." Paolo said. "It sounds like Olympus will be destroyed to me."
"Let's break it down part by part before we get ahead of ourselves." Amethyst spoke up in a calming and passive voice. She looked to the son of Poseidon. "Have you been able to piece anything together, Percy?"
He shook his head. "Not really," He admitted. "But Artemis told me what the gods think it means. First, they think that I, as one of the strongest mortals in history, am the 'Mortal of Might' in the Prophecy."
"But you think that Leonidas is this 'Mortal of Might' because of his immense strength." Annabeth spoke up from across the table from Percy, next to Rachel. Percy couldn't keep the small smile from forming at the corner of his lips. She has always been quick to pick up on things.
"I have to admit, it does make some sense." Malcolm agreed, nodding. "If I had to pick any mortal to be called the 'Mortal of Might', then it would be Leonidas."
"What else?" Lou Ellen asked.
"Well, the second part says 'The heir shall strike War and Love in the night'. Artemis and I talked about it, and the gods, mostly Ares and Zeus, think that I, as my father's 'heir', will try to kill War and Love."
"So in other words they think that you will kill Ares and Aphrodite." Piper spoke up. "But why would they think that you'd want to kill my mom? You don't have any problems with her."
"Yeah," Leo added. "I can see Ares, since he's a major dill weed and you have some bad blood with him, but why Aphrodite?"
"I don't know," Percy shrugged. "They just think that since I'm the biggest mortal threat to Olympus that it has to be me."
"But you're not the biggest threat to Olympus anymore, since Leonidas arrived." Malcolm told them, looking at Percy. "I'm not trying to say that you aren't a powerful demigod, but if we take into account your personal history with Olympus added with your loyalty with them, then I'd have to say that next up is Leonidas. It does make sense."
"But we've never had any problems with Leonidas before. We've sen no signs of him betraying us. He's been nothing but an amazing guy." Holly stood, looking right at Percy. "I don't believe that Leonidas would betray us or kill you. He's one of the best guys I've ever met. He wouldn't kill you! He's one of your, one on our, best friends!"
"Says the girl that has a crush on him." Chiara told the daughter of Nike.
Holly's eyes narrowed as her cheeks flushed. "How dare you, that has nothing-"
"Alright, alright, let's get focused." Percy cut in, giving the two a serious look. "Sit back down and get serious. We have more important matters at hand right now."
"Agreed." Clarisse spoke up from next to him, giving the two the stink eye. "We need to figure out what the Prophecy means." She looked to Percy. "Anything else?"
Rachel answered instead. "Yeah, there is one thing. The third line talks about an old foe rising, along with an angel and lion in disguise. The woman, Titaness, that came to me, looked like an angel if I ever saw one."
"And with his Nemean Lion Skin cloak and gauntlets he definitely looks like a lion." Percy nodded. Rachel turned to him.
"There's one more thing, Percy… The Titaness came to give me a message… for you."
"What is it?" Annabeth asked her best friend.
Rachel opened her mouth to speak but Percy beat her to it. "To warn me to stay out of her way and avoid Leonidas." He told the group, letting out a breath through his nose. "She came to me in a dream last night, in it she told me that I was in danger. Which isn't that uncommon, you know, but she claimed that she wasn't the one who was a threat to me. But said that if I didn't stay out of her 'champions' way then I would die."
"Champion?" Nico asked.
"Leonidas." Rachel answered softly. "Right before she left, the Titaness told me to warn Percy to stay out of her champions way, that he would do anything for her and wouldn't fail her." She paused briefly to look around the room. "She called Leonidas by name. He's her champion."
"Is there anything else you saw in your vision, Rachel?" Malcolm asked, trying to piece together everything they had and put it down on a piece of paper in front of him so they could review it. "Did you get any sense of what was going to happen or what we needed to do?"
"What was that thing you said about the guy in a purple toga or whatever?" Travis asked. "Didn't you say something about Leonidas killing him?"
Rachel nodded. "I did, but I only saw it in the painting. I don't know who that's supposed to be. I just saw Leonidas over his dead body."
"So we have to prevent Leonidas killing a guy in purple?" Gardenia asked from the end of the table. "How are we supposed to know who that is so we can protect him?"
"Could be my dad," Pollux added. "Dionysus is connected to the color purple with his wine and everything."
"No," Rachel shook her head. "I didn't get a good look at him, but I'm pretty sure that he was tall, handsome and muscular."
Travis gave a small snort. "Then it's not Mr. D is what you're saying?"
"What if it's Frank?" Piper spoke up suddenly, gaining the attention of the room. "The color of New Rome is purple and the Praetors wear purple togas. And he's tall, muscular and pretty handsome. We have to figure out what he wants with Frank."
"But why would Leonidas want to kill Frank?" Jason asked her. "He doesn't even know that New Rome exists. That doesn't make any sense to me."
"Regardless of if it's Frank or not, we have to figure out what Leonidas' plan is before he can start to." Annabeth told the group before looking to her boyfriend. "You said that you and Artemis think that he was sent by Zeus and Ares to kill you, right? Then we need to figure out what his plan is."
"That shouldn't be too hard," Damien joked. "It's not like he's a strategist, he's more of a 'hit it until it stays down' kind of guy. I mean, he's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, now is he?"
Percy noticed that Annabeth looked like she was going to say something but hesitated long enough for Malcolm to speak up. "So what are we going to do about him?" His words brought the room back to all business again. "We can't just let him walk around camp while he could be plotting to kill Percy or anyone else."
"I saw we gather a squad of my siblings, march down to his apartment and take him down right now." Sherman growled, his fists clenched. "By swordpoint if we have to. If the Council teams up-"
"No," Percy cut him off, surprising everyone. "We're not."
Annabeth stood up from her seat, her eyes narrowed right at Percy. "You can't be serious, Percy!" Her voice was just under a yell. "He could kill you-"
"Beth, stop." His words were soft, calm and kind, but they were enough for him to convey his message to her: he had an idea. After a few seconds he tore his eyes from her and looked to the group. "We will be taking Leonidas down, mark my words. Artemis and I talked about it and she thought it best for us to hold him as a prisoner in camp until the Promised Day is over just in case that he is the mortal in the Prophecy. And if not, then him being held as a prisoner will prevent him from being able to kill me or harm anyone at camp. It's a win-win."
The group seemed to take a minute to process all of the information. Percy didn't blame them, in the last hour he had told them so many things that he was surprised that none of them hadn't called him out for being a liar.
After another minute Malcolm spoke up. "But it begs the question, the Prophecy said that 'The Son shall follow the fate of those before and slay his father at the door', it sounds to me that's it's pretty obvious that Leonidas plans on killing his father. So, my question is, who is his father?"
"Yeah, and does he really not know who his father is, or did he lie about that?" Travis added.
Katie nodded. "If he were able to lie about that, then there no telling what else he lied to us about."
"So I say that we figure out who his father is so we can get word to Olympus so they can protect him-"
"No, we're on our own." Percy cut him off. "Zeus has forbidden all contact with us, not to mention that he believes that we plan to overthrow him." Percy shook his head. "He wouldn't believe us, even if he granted us the ability to tell the council. No, we're on our own. I talked to Artemis, she told me that it was up to us to defend Olympus in their stead. That includes dealing with Leonidas." He paused to look every member of the Council in the eye. "It's not exaggerating to say that what we decide to do here will impact the entire world. We will plan to arrest him tomorrow, but for now, we need to figure out who his father is. '
"Well what about Ares?" Leo suggested. "He is the stereotypical example of an Ares kid." He sent a quick look to Clarisse that was glaring at him. "Not that that's a bad thing, of course. But his skill in fighting? That has to be from Ares."
"I agree," Travis piped up. "It also explains his immense strength. Outside of the Big Three, children of Ares are among the strongest-"
"But not the only possibility." Mika cut in from the end of the table. "In terms 've natural strength, I'm the strongest 'ere. But I'm the daughter of neither Ares or the Big Three. He could've gotten his strength from somewhere else."
"Mika's right." Clarisse spoke up next, shaking her head. "Leonidas is not a son of Ares."
"And how'd you know that?" Damien asked.
"Because I'm the former head of the Ares cabin, if anyone could sniff out an Ares kid, it'd be me."
"I agree with Clarisse." Sherman nodded. "He may be able to fight like an Ares kid, but he's not one of us. Besides, he could get his strength and skills from somewhere else," He gestured to Holly and Laurel. "Nike kids are almost just as good in combat as us, he could be a son of Nike for all we know."
"But not really because of the fact that he had a mortal mother." Leo argued. "So his godly parent must be his father-"
"Not exactly," Amethyst kindly cut in. "My godly parent, Iris, fell in love with my mom, a mortal woman, and because of that, decided to use her power to conceive me. There are dozens of examples of gods appearing to mortals of the same sex in mythology. So his godly parent could be Nike."
"So you're saying that we have even less to go off of now?" Travis asked. "Great. And here I thought that the obvious answer was Ares."
"He could be the son of some minor god of war, battle, or whatever for all we know." Will added. "But we'll waste all of our time debating on who we think his godly parent is, I say that we move on to what we're going to do about him."
"Will's right," Paolo started. "It doesn't matter who his godly parent is, if the entire Council confronts him when we go to arrest him, then there's nothing that he can do about it."
"I don't know," Piper argued. "You guys are forgetting that Leonidas is crazy strong, we can't just treat him like another demigod. We have to be careful so he doesn't have the chance come up with a plan to escape-"
"Escape? Come on, Piper." Leo let out a small chuckle. "He may be strong, but like Damien said, he's not exactly a child of Athena, we can come up with a plan to arrest him no problem."
"Let's just hope you're right, Leo." Piper mumbled to herself under her breath.
"Then I want you and your cabin to start making preparations to keep him imprisoned, Leo." Percy ordered from the head of the table. "Clear out my office, the walls are lined with Celestial Bronze, it's impenetrable, we'll hold him in there. I want the strongest locks and reinforcements you have, got it?" Leo nodded as Percy turned to Lou Ellen and Clovis. "And I want you to put as many wards on the room as possible, we'll have to keep him until the Summer Solstice in three weeks, so we can't afford to have any weaknesses for him to exploit. You and Clovis keep him in a coma if you have to."
"I'll get right on it, Percy." Lou nodded. Clovis gave a thumbs up, shockingly fully awake for the entire meeting.
Percy looked to Clarisse, Sherman, Annabeth and Malcolm. "I want you guys to start planing how we'll take him down. Annabeth, I want you in charge of the plan. Clarisse, start preparing your cabin to take him down. Select your best fighters and them be in full armor and gear. Leonidas is not the type of guy you want to mess with, believe me, we need to take him down as soon as possible. We do not want to tangle with this guy for too long." He paused to give a serious look to the entire group, his eyes stopping to focus on Jason, Thalia, Clarisse and Nico. "I want all of you to promise me that you'll follow this order; if push comes to shove and we can't take him down, then Jason, Thalia, Nico, Clarisse and I will take him on. As the four strongest demigods at camp, we'll stand the best chance of taking him down."
Annabeth let out a low sigh, her voice soft. "That's if it's even possible."
(Author's Note)
Hey everyone, how was that chapter? I know, it was short, but it's a part 2. Chapter 11 will be HUGE, trust me. I'm going to get working on it right away.
I want to address a common 'problem' a few people have had with this story: For any of you who are wondering how no one connected the dots and realized that Leonidas was the one in the Prophecy, you have to remember that only the gods, Percy, Thalia and Rachel knew about it before now. With the gods having their vision of Leonidas blocked like how Artemis said last time. As far as the gods are concerned, Leonidas doesn't exist. They don't know about him. Only his father does.
Another thing, for the same people who are wondering how they haven't figured out that it was Leonidas that killed the hunters, you have to remember that only Artemis, Apollo, the hunters, Percy and Annabeth know about it. And since Artemis didn't even know that Leonidas existed before today, she had to reason to suspect him.
Hopefully that cleared up some of your confusion. Feel free to PM me with any other questions. And yes, before you ask, we'll find out who his father is next chapter.
Anyway, let me know what you thought of this chapter with a Review. And make sure to follow me on Twitter and vote on my Poll.
Fun Fact: Leonidas isn't the first person to think Percy was a god when he first saw him. When Hazel first saw him in Son of Neptune she thought Percy was a god in disguise when she first saw him carrying Juno in disguise. "He'd had an aura of power. He had the good looks of a Roman god, with sea-green eyes and windblown black hair." When Leonidas first saw Percy during their brief fight he initially worried that Percy was a minor god.
Question of the day: 'How do you think this story is going to end?' Tell me how you think the next chapter will go, how the Promised Day will go and any of your thoughts. I'm just honestly curious, but I won't spoil anything, so don't worry. If I were to be honest, I wish that I could read this story like you guys, without knowing everything that was going to happen. You guys are really lucky in my mind.
Here's a teaser for the next chapter since I'm nice like that. Here's the Chapter Title, have fun thinking about it:
Next time: 'How Do You Stop The World's Strongest Man?'
