Hey what's up readers, sorry about the delay, had a family get together so my schedule was totally shot. but now I have the next chapter ready for you. also I was wondering if Tartarus ended up possessing Nigel's body, what do you think his design change would look the most like? Meliodas (possessed by the demon king) or Zeldris (possessed by the demon king)? these are from the Seven Deadly Sins Anime/Manga. please let me know in the reviews. also, the poll on my profile is still up so please go vote.
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Chapter 12: I meet my dad for the first time.
Jason walked ahead of me as we started heading out of camp to meet up with Reyna, the rendezvous point we decided on was a halfway point between where the hunters were and Camp Half Blood. Just outside of New York City.
As we walked, I was trying to tie my bag of holding to my belt, which proved to be more difficult than I expected.
Jason noticed what I was and chuckled. "Need help there?" He asked.
"No no I can handle-ah! Got it!" I said as I finally tied it up. I continued walking as I started thinking about something that had been bothering me. "Hey Jason, mind if I ask you something?" I asked.
"Yeah?" The blonde replied.
"Ya know how Demigods sometimes have prophetic dreams or dreams where their parents talk to them?" I said.
"Yeah, we do." Jason nodded. "What? You have any lately?"
"No, that's just it, I haven't." I said, as I caused my chest to turn to shadow and pulled out Rebellion. "All I've had are blackouts. No dreams or visions."
The son of Jupiter took a moment before replying as I put Rebellion back where it was. Then he looked at me.
"Well, your dad is the personification of the abyss, maybe those blackouts were his way of talking to you, and you just weren't able to tell?" He suggested.
"Maybe." I shrugged. All this talk about my dad actually reminded me of something. "Hey, you ever sang the Camp campfire song?"
Jason smirked. "Yeah. Why? You sang it?"
"Yeah, did when we were around the fire drinking coffee, and you woulda loved what my verse was." I grinned.
(Flashback)
I sat around the fire as everyone was drinking the mocha coffee Hayden and I had made, as well as making a ton of s'mores.
That's when Conner Stole decided to say something. "Hey guys, why don't we sing the Camp campfire song?"
Everyone looked around as Percy chuckled. "It's been awhile since we sang it." He then looked at me as I took a bite of my s'mores. "But we did get a new friend recently so...sure, why not?"
As he cleared his throat, he signaled to the Apollo kids, who started playing. Then after that, the campers started to sing.
"Oh, things couldn't be worse when your parents run the universe! Oh things couldn't be worse when your parents run the universe!" They sang.
The stole brothers started off first. "Our Dad is Hermes, he messengers things, You'll know his sign by his shoes with those wings. We'd wait by the phone, but the phone never rings! Oh no! When your dad's a god, life can be tough. We met the guy once, and once was enough!"
"You ready Annabeth?" Percy asks.
Annabeth sighed. "Here we go again, alright. My mom's Athena. She's smart and she's wise. She's sworn off gluten and she's sworn off guys. But if she came to camp, it'd be a surprise. Oh no!
Then Percy and Piper joined in. "Oh No!"
Annabeth laughed as she continued. "Oh, and my stepmom, she hated me, and my dad worked all day, so I left Virginia and I ran away!"
I nearly died laughing. "Seriously?"
Percy then called. "Everybody!"
"Oh, things couldn't be worse when your parents run the universe! Oh things couldn't be worse when your parents run the universe!" The campers echoed.
Katie, a daughter of a Demeter went after that, and then Grover, Percy, Piper, Nico Hayden and Will did a duet and even Chiron sang. Which then only left…
"Hey Nigel, it's your turn!" Percy said.
I looked around as I saw everyone waiting. I wasn't much of a singer, but I figured. "What the hell? What's the worst thing that could happen?"
I cleared my throat as I let the words pour out. "My Dad's Tartarus, who would've known? He gave my mom cancer and left me alone. I honestly don't care if he calls me his own oh no!"
"Oh no!" Everyone joined in.
"But one thing's for sure, if we're ever alone, I'll knock him right down and break all his bones!" I finished.
"Oh, things couldn't be worse when your parents run the universe! Oh things couldn't be worse when your parents run the universe!" The campers sang.
"Oh but I don't care where my dad might be, as long as you guys are here with me!" I sang as we readied the final chorus.
"We don't care where our parents may be. As long as you are here with me, As long as you are here with me!" We all finished as we all started laughing.
(End of flashback)
As I finished retelling the story Jason was still laughing at what I had used as my verse. "You seriously said that?" He asked as he held his stomach.
"Well it was true." I said, shrugged.
We kept walking through the woods until we reached the main highway. And by this point my feet were killing me, so I decided to sit down.
"Tell me again why we didn't just use one of the Pegasus?" I asked as I sat down on a curb while Jason tried to hail us a cab.
"To keep a low profile. If being with Camp Jupiter and Camp Half Blood for this long has taught me anything, it's that just because it's easier doesn't mean it's the best way." He said as he finally managed to hail us a cab. The car came barreling down the road out of a green cloud of Mist, but as it pulled up I noticed it was a beat up old cab with Greek writing on the side. "It also taught me that the Mist may be effective at hiding things, but it isn't perfect."
As we got in Jason slipped in a good few drachmas in a coin slot and then told the drivers our destination in Greek, or maybe it was Latin, couldn't really tell.
That's when I realized just who in Hades was driving this rolling trash heap, it was three old ladies, very familiar looking old ladies. I face palmed as I realize who they were.
"Let me guess, the fates?" I asked as I quickly buckled in.
"Very perceptive of you Young man." The One in the driver's seat croaked as she started the car. "Now hold on!"
I felt myself get pushed into the tattered seat I was sitting in as the cab sped down the road. Jason was holding on for dear life as he looked at me.
"You knew?" He asked.
"Percy and Annabeth mentioned the fates drove a cab service when we were around the fire one night, and given that there's only three old hags to speak of in Greek mythology it wasn't hard to figure out!" I said as I tried not to let myself get slammed as we took a sharp turn at top speed.
"I heard that!" The third woman towards the end next to the passenger side door called.
"You better watch your tone boy!" The one in the middle warned.
"Well ex-CUSE me for telling the truth!" I said as we suddenly drove over went a speed bump and went flying into the air, before landing and causing my head to hit the roof. "Ow! Son of a-that hurt! You did that on purpose, didn't you?!"
The three women snickered as the insane asylum on four wheels continued to drive madly until we reached the place were we were supposed to meet Reyna, which was a turn off to New York City from upstate New York.
As soon as we stopped both me and Jason were both ejected from the car and onto the sidewalk. I slowly started to lift myself up as I shook my head to stop it from spinning, and that's when I noticed a brown high heeled boots in my line of vision.
"Are you going to get up? Or do you plan on staring at my shoes all day?" A familiar female voice asked from above me.
"Shit." I hissed, raising my head up as I saw it was Reyna, she was wearing the same purple Camp Jupiter shirt as Jason, as well as a brown zip up hoodie and a pair of light brown pants. "Hey Reyna, sorry we're late." I said as slowly got up and dusted myself off. "We had some, transportation issues." I hissed that last part as Jason got up and finished paying the old ladies.
Reyna chuckled, as if our misfortune was like a joke to her or something. "I can see that."
"Hey, you, Son of Tartarus!" The lady in the driver seat called to me.
I turned to face them and nearly upchucked, having to see that she had only one eye, which was hidden by an eye patch and the rest of them had blind glasses on. Gods they looked ancient as hell.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Remember what your prophecy says. Beware the sky and don't try to do everything alone, or that father of yours will make you wish you hadn't." She told me.
I was surprised that she knew what my prophecy said, and the fact that I was a Son of Tartarus. I sneered at them. "I'll keep that in mind." I then turned my back. "Oh and before I forget, if you happen to see or hear from my dad…" I added as I held up my middle finger. "Tell him I said to go to hell."
The ladies looked at each other and then rolled up the window of the car, before driving off wildly again. I turned to face Reyna and Jason who were giving me an expectant look.
"What?" I asked, not knowing what they wanted.
"What did they mean by the prophecy say to not try to do everything by yourself?" Reyna asked.
"Yeah, is there something you're not telling us?" Jason asked.
I sighed. I did not want to have to deal with this right now. "I'll explain it later. Reyna, did you find anything that can help us find out where Leo is?"
"Not much I'm afraid." She said, shaking her head. "I did hear however that a giant bronze dragon was seen flying just south east of Florida, near the keys."
"That's probably Festus." Jason noted.
I smiled, at least we had a lead, not a big one, but a good enough one to know where to start looking. "Good, now we know where to start looking. Starting now, our goal is to get to Florida."
That's when I noticed it was getting late. We had left camp at three and we had been in the cab from hell for at least two hours, though due to their crazy driving it felt a lot shorter, so now it was around five thirty and the sun was going down.
"It's getting late, we should find a place to stay, we can worry about things tomorrow." Reyna said. "Come on, I know a place."
That's when we started walking until we got to the subway, where we took a train to downtown Manhattan, then we took another cab and ended up in front of the Plaza hotel. I looked at the building with wide eyes, then at the former Pretor.
"Wait, we're staying here?!" I asked, jabbing my thumb at the massive hotel in front of us.
The Hunter of Artemis held her chin up high smuggly, I could see a smirk painted across her face. "Well it was either that or camping in the woods." She then looked at me. "If you don't like it I can-"
"No!" I said. "It's fine, I'm just surprised."
"Alright then." Reyna said. "I guess we're in agreement."
"Yeah. I'd say so." I nodded.
I noticed Jason was rolling his eyes. "Alright love birds lets get checked in." He said.
I slugged him in the shoulder, telling him to shut up and Reyna tightened her jaw. As we walked in the door to the lobby I couldn't stop myself from staring in awe at how luxurious and huge it was. I stood there looking around for a good minute until I realized that Reyna already paid for our room and checked us in.
A bellhop asked if he could take my travel bag, which was the same kind of bag Ryu from Street Fighters carried. I handed it to him and he then led us to our room. Which as it turns out was the Tower three room suite.
As we walked in, I saw that the room was a warm white color, with a chandelier in the main living room, some fancy chairs, desks, etc, and true to its name, had three bed rooms. One for each of us.
We all got our stuff and started settling in. Later that night I was getting ready for bed, I took a nice long warm shower and started brushing my teeth, that's when I heard the door to my room open, I walked out of my bathroom, toothbrush still in my mouth to see who it was.
When I walked into my room, I saw it was Reyna, she was in some sort of purple nightgown and had her hair down. I had to admit, I liked seeing her with her hair down, made her look even more hot.
She was holding a set of fresh towels, my guess was to replace the ones I had used. I stood there, not exactly sure what to do in this situation, until she spoke up.
"Here, here's your other towels." She said, her face slightly red, she seemed to be trying to keep a straight face.
I looked at myself and realized I was still only in a towel, so I immediately went back into the bathroom and finished brushing my teeth and put on a robe.
"Thanks." I said as I walked out, taking the towels. "Sorry about that."
"It's nothing. It's not like you were completely naked." She said, couldn't tell for sure, but I thought she stared at my left peck for a second. She crossed her arms as she looked away, which made me notice something on her arm. "Anyway I'll let you get dressed-"
I stopped her before she could leave, grabbing her arm, I looked it over and saw a green image of a torch and a sword with the letters SPQR under it as well as several bars, it didn't look like a tattoo, it looked more like a…
"A brand." I said.
"What?" She asked, blushing slightly from me suddenly grabbing her hand.
"This, it's a brand isn't it?" I asked.
"Yes. All the Demigods in Camp Jupiter have them." She said bluntly.
I nodded, I had a feeling, I saw similar marks on Jason and the other Jupiter kids, I just didn't know what they were exactly. "Why? Why did they brand you?"
"To show that we were judged as strong by Lupa, our guardian." She told me.
I gritted my teeth. I had heard about this Lupa from Chiron, real mean piece of work who only acknowledged the strong. I let go of her hand and scratched my head, it really rubbed me the wrong way to know that the kids of the Roman gods were judged by some animal.
"Nigel, What's wrong?" Reyna asked.
"It's nothing." I told her.
She then whistled as two dogs appeared, one silver the other gold. "I'm going to ask you again, Nigel, what is wrong? Why are you suddenly interested in my brand?"
"I told you, it's nothing, just forget it." I snapped.
The dogs then start to growl. "You're lying. Keep this up and they'll attack." The Amazon said.
I realized she had me in a corner, and I sighed as I threw my hands up. "Fine!" The dogs disappeared and I sighed, sitting on my bed. "I'll tell you, but close your eyes first."
She looked at me oddly, but complied, I then took off my robe and put on my sleep wear, then I turned to her.
"Alright, open them." I saw her open her eyes as I turned around, that's when I heard her gasp, the thing she was looking at was a jagged reminder of my lineage, that I had no idea about until now. It was a large scar in the middle of my back in the shape of the omega symbol, a constant reminder of just how different I was to everyone else.
I turned to face her as she had her mouth covered. "My mom told me that I got this mark a little bit after I was born, no one knows how I got it or who put it there, but one thing's for certain, it's caused me nothing but pain ever since, always reminding me how I'm different, and how no matter how hard I try I'll always...be alone." I told her as I put my shirt back on. "Now you know why I didn't like seeing your brand."
"Because it reminded you of your own." Reyna said softly. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"
"It's fine. It would've come up eventually." I told her. "You should get some rest, I'll see you in the morning."
She nodded and then turned to leave. "Nigel.."
"Yeah?" I asked as I got into bed.
"I just want you to know, the fates are right. You don't have to do this alone. You aren't alone, and as long as the others and I are around, you'll never be alone." Reyna said as she was walking out of the room.
"Thanks." I said as she closed the door. I turned out the light and went to sleep, maybe she was right, maybe now I really am not alone anymore.
As I went to sleep I had a dream, I was standing in a black abyss with no clear way in or out. No light or sound anywhere to be seen or heard.
"Where, where am I?" I asked myself as I looked around. "Hello? Anyone there?" I called.
That's when the abyss slowly started to form something, it was a large man with a long black beard, black eyes and hair, he was also wearing black armor, his skin was pale and he seemed to be absolutely jacked. And he had with him a large sword that looked like it came straight out of Dark Souls.
"So at long last I finally get to speak with you in person, my son." The man said in a deep voice.
That one line was the only thing I needed to finally figure out just who I was talking to right now, I felt my brows furrow, my fists clench and my teeth grind as I let out the only thing I thought to say in greeting.
"Hey there, dad."