Author's note.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or The Kane Chronicles.
Anyways, enjoy chapter 6!
Chapter 6
Amy's POV
We were currently talking to Carter and Sadie Kane, trying to figure out how the five of us were supposed to host the gods. Apparently, we weren't the only ones who had no idea how to.
Carter was pouring over a book, reading like there was no tomorrow while Sadie was asking the god she had in her head (I think it was Isis, but I could be wrong), if she knew anything. In other words, they were being no help at all.
Finally, after two hours, Tina slammed her hands down onto the table and demanded.
"How hard can it be to host a few gods? I mean seriously, can't we just summon them and then have them allow us to host them."
Everyone looked at her. Nobody said anything for a moment and then Sadie said.
"That's not a bad idea."
"Are you kidding me? That's a terrible idea! Only Penny could get away with that!" Carter exclaimed.
"No think about it. We summon five gods, make them allow those five to host them and poof, the five of them go off to the Duat to find the triplets." Sadie said before adding. "Besides, it's not like we have a better idea."
"But what if one of the gods decide to blast them?" Carter asked.
"Eh, we've all been there. And also if one of the gods were to blast Nico or me, then they would have to talk to Penny who would then kill them." I replied smiling as I thought of my violent friend.
"Ok then." Carter said grudgingly. "Which gods should we summon anyways?"
"Nepthys, Anubis, Thoth, Geb, and Atum." Tina replied without much thought.
So of course, everyone stared at her in shock. She just raised her eyebrow and asked.
"What?"
"Two things, one: I would never guess that you would suggest those gods and goddesses, and two: I wouldn't expect you to even know those gods and godesses." Sadie replied before adding. "Besides, Walt is hosting Anubis."
"Please, I've hung out with Penny long enough to know who several Egyptian gods and goddesses were, plus I've been giving some thought on who would host them." Tina replied. "And also, more than one person can host a god/goddess, they usually just like hosting one at a time."
"But why those gods?" Carter asked.
"Well we'll probably need Nepthys since she knows Penny the most. Anubis is similar to Nico in a way so I decided that he should probably host him. Besides, Penny knows Anubis. Thoth matches Annabeth perfectly with their know-it-all attitudes. Atum is a creator, he made several things, so he'd probably go well with Leo. As for Geb, I was running out of gods that might fit the five of us." Tina replied and everyone stared at her because she had planned this out almost perfectly.
The only thing I could think of to say was: "I'm not hosting Nepthys."
Tina laughed and said.
"I really didn't expect you to want to. I'll take Nepthys you can take Geb."
"Who's Geb?" I asked.
"Earth god, like Nut but he has to do with the earth." Carter replied.
I nearly choked. Earth god? As in, a god that could be like Gaea. I shook my head and said.
"I'd rather have Nepthys."
"Oh come on, Geb probably isn't like Gaea. And that was before you came to Camp Half-Blood so you can't really judge." Tina chantised me.
"She almost destroyed the entire camp, and the entire demigod population, I think I have a right to judge." I snapped.
"Um... what are you talking about?" Carter asked.
"There's this goddess, well primordial, who's an earth goddess and she almost destroyed the entire camp a few months before we met Penny." Leo explained. "Everyone, even the new campers, know about it and therefore we are a little wary around gods/goddesses who control the earth."
"Oh that makes sense." Carter said before snapping his fingers and saying. "How about instead of hosting Geb, one of you hosts Nut, the sky goddess?"
"That'll work." Tina said nodding.
"I'm cool with the sky goddess." I agreed before adding. "I think I'm going to laugh at her name before this is all over though. Seriously, that goddess must be a real nut."
Leo started laughing.
"Ugh, why does everybody say that?" Carter groaned.
"Maybe because her name is Nut?" Tina suggested.
Carter didn't reply to that.
Tina's POV
I could describe everything we had to do to summon and start hosting the Egyptian gods, but I'm not going to because that took a long time and Leo's senseless chatter made me forget most of it.
Anyway, I now have the river goddess, Nepthys, in my head. And she is just as annoying as Penny said she was.
"Ok so now we just have to get to the Duat and rescue the triplets, no problem right?" Leo said cheerfully.
Wait a second. Nepthys said in my head. The triplets are in the Duat?
"Yes. I would have thought you already knew this." I said to her. The others looked perplexed for a moment and then they realized that I was talking to Nepthys.
Oh this is not good! Not good at all! Nepthys exclaimed.
"Why?" I asked.
Let me take control so I can tell everyone. Nepthys said.
"Only if I can have it back after you are done." I said.
She confirmed that she would give me control back and then she started speaking.
"If Penny is in the Duat, then the triplets are in more danger than they would be if Penny wasn't there."
"Why?" Nico asked.
"It has to do with her fatal flaw." Nepthys began.
"Power?" Amy suggested. Nepthys shook our head.
"Hubris?" Annabeth suggested.
"No. Niether of those are her fatal flaw." Nepthys replied and when Leo opened his mouth to say something, she said. "Loyalty isn't her fatal flaw either."
"What is her fatal flaw?" Nico asked.
"Normally, I wouldn't tell anyone this information, mostly because Penny would make me fade, but Penny's fatal flaw is what no one would expect it to be." Nepthys said uneasily.
"Which is?" Leo prompted.
"Her fatal flaw is fear." Nepthys said shocking everyone in the room.
Author's note.
We are done with this chapter! Was anyone surprised to learn Penny's fatal flaw? I'd be surprised if you weren't. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed Chapter 6 and remember to REVIEW!
