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Ch 17

FRANK

Here we go again, Frank thought to himself. Annabeth's brilliant plan to get everyone out was basically the same as before: RUN!

Which was why they happened to be sprinting to the door when they bumped into the Stolls.

"Hey!" Travis whisper-shouted. "Fancy seeing you here!"

Annabeth glared at him. "Travis! This is no time for jokes!"

The other brother put his hand to his heart in mock hurt. "He's not Travis, I am!"

The first brother (Connor or Travis?) shook his head. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our captain!"

Annabeth glared at the both of them. "Well then I'm sorry, Connor, but we need to go!" Annabeth turned on her heel, Percy in her arms, and kept marching to the door. Everyone else followed.

The first brother stepped forward and poked Annabeth's arm. "Only joking, you know, I am Travis."

Annabeth shot him a glare that could kill a monster.

Travis shrunk back.

"Thalia, go scout ahead," Annabeth ordered. The door was only one hallway away. Frank could see light, sweet light, streaming out from underneath it.

"All clear," Thalia reported.

"Reyna, does the door creak?" Annabeth asked as the crept forward.

Reyna shook head. "I just oiled it." Reyna slowly pushed the door open. True to her word, no creaks, squeaks, or squeals were emitted from the old door. Sounds of the party Lady Gaea was throwing wafted down the hallway. The 'hosts' (more like captors) were well entertained.

They slipped out into the night and sprinted for freedom.

o.O.o

PERCY

The mist shimmered in front of them. Poseidon and the rest of the Council shimmered into view.

Percy scratched the back of his head from where he was sitting on the beach, his tail half in the water, and his upper body being lapped by waves. "Hey dad."

Annabeth stood beside him, her boots in the water. The other merfolk sat in the water beside Percy, and the other humans stood back on dry land, waiting for Percy's signal. Will had brought Nico over once he heard that everyone made it back safely.

"Percy!" Poseidon all but screeched. "Are you okay? Who's that? Where's everyone else? Who do I need to go murder?"

"Woah! Dad!" Percy said, holding his hands up. "Hold up on the murdering for a sec, okay?"

"Fine," Poseidon grumbled.

Aphrodite couldn't take it any longer. "Piper? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, mom, I'm fine!" Piper replied.

"How about your nails, honey? How are they?"

PIper sighed.

"And your hair? Piper, is your hair okay?"

"Mom, can we not talk about beauty for once!"

Aphrodite was shocked. "Piper! Beauty is the most important thing in the world! I mean, there was this one time that-"

"I found your long-lost daughter."

Aphrodite shut her trap.

"Don't worry, Aphrodite," Poseidon reassured. "You can go see Piper's hair in just a few moments. We're going up there."

"No! Dad, wait!" Percy tried. But it was too late. Poseidon had already swiped through the mist. Percy sighed. "Ready to meet my dad, Annabeth?"

"Um, I'm getting Will," Nico decided. "Oi! Will! Get your sunny butt over here!"

"Yes sir, Mr. Death Breath, sir!" Will shouted back as he started walking over the water with the other humans.

Nico sighed as Will planted a kiss on his cheek with a smirk.

"Quit the PDA!" Jason told them.

Piper just smirked and pulled him in for a kiss.

Hazel laughed, and said, "Look who's talking!" With that said, she turned to Frank and pecked his cheek.

Leo turned to Calypso and smiled seductively (or at least what Leo thought was seductively). "Hello my dear."

"Leo," Calypso said sweetly, "that face isn't going to get you anywhere."

Leo pouted.

"That face will, though!" Calypso tackled Leo, kissing him.

"Well," Annabeth said, "it looks like there's a common theme here."

"You don't say," Percy responded.

Annabeth squatted down to Percy's eye level. "Should we go with the flow?"

"Um," Percy said. A wave knocked Annabeth on top of Percy. "I think the universe is saying yes." Annabeth reached her head forward and her lips crashed into Percy's.

Of course, the Council had to choose that exact moment to appear.

"What. Are you doing to my son?!" Poseidon raged. All five couples broke apart, hastily wiping their mouths. Poseidon raised his trident and pointed it at Annabeth. A jet of water (more like a sword of water) hurtled towards her.

"No!" Percy screamed. He threw his hands up and stopped the deadly stream of water just before it hit Annabeth. His hands shook as he tried to battle his father's control of the water.

Poseidon faltered. "Percy?" His hold on the water disappeared.

Percy dropped his arms and collapsed at Annabeth's feet, who immediately crouched down beside him and helped him back up. Percy leaned on Annabeth, breathing heavily.

"You okay?" Annabeth murmured.

Percy nodded, still trying to find the breath to speak.

Just then, Aphrodite squealed. "Oooo!" She started to bounce up and down like a fangirl. "Poseidon! They're dating! They're all couples! Oh, it's so romantic!"

Hades glared at her.

"What do you mean?" Hephaestus grunted. "They can't date each other! One's human, and the other is merfolk!"

"Tragic love story!" Aphrodite exclaimed. "Even better!"

"Either way, they can't stay together," Hades growled, staring daggers at Will and Frank.

"You know," Aphrodite said, her eyes full of light, "there is a way-"

"Oh no," Hades grumbled, breaking his stare and rolling his eyes.

"-that they can stay together. Poseidon knows what I'm talking about!"

Poseidon looked confused. "I do?"

"The blessing?" Aphrodite prompted.

Poseidon was still confused. "The blessing?"

"The blessing where they can go from merfolk to human and back and all-"

Poseidon's eyes filled with recognition. "Oh. No."

"But you did it once!" Aphrodite whined.

"That was different!"

Aphrodite raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow. "Different in what way? Different as in it was only for your selfish needs?"

"You know, there are a lot of merfolk still trapped on land," Hazel started.

"We could go help them if we had legs," Piper continued.

"But we also need somewhere safe to regroup," Annabeth finished. "Like the water."

Poseidon looked from his son's hopeful face to Aphrodite's pleading one. "Fine! I'll do the blessing, but only if the rest of the Council is okay with it! Majority rules."

Aphrodite raised her hand. "I vote yes!"

Hephaestus pointed at his wife. "Happy wife, happy life. Yes."

Hades gulped. "I like not having pink clothes. Sorry, Poseidon. I vote yes."

"Gah!" Poseidon grumbled. "You're all insufferable!" He sighed. "Gather around, lovebirds!"

"I can totally see how Percy and him are related," Jason whispered to Frank.

Poseidon pointed the trident at the group. A warm green glow emitted from the tips of the trident, enveloping everyone. Percy felt a tingling sensation everywhere. And then, just as suddenly as it started, the light vanished. Percy looked down and saw...a tail. He frowned.

Jason raised his hand timidly. "Hey, um, Mr. Lord Poseidon Sir? I still have legs."

Poseidon rolled his eyes. "Of course you do, you stupid human! You'll only grow a tail if your completely submerged in water, and you'll only get legs if you're completely out of the water!"

Will spoke up. "So then where do we, you know, um, do it?"

Nico slapped Will's chest, blushing. "Will!"

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Details that I promised about the reference: I've decided to put references to other fandoms in every chapter from now on. References might be slightly altered (names may be changed, situations, characters (duh, I'm not going to reference the PJO fandom in the PJO fic), etc.) The guidelines for submitting a reference answer is as follows:

MUST be in a review (it's easier for me to see which one came first)

MUST include the quote from this character(s) in this fanfiction that said the reference, character in the book/show/movie that said the reference, and the fandom it is from.

OPTIONAL: Answer this question: What do the people in the referenced fandom hate (something that pertains to the fandom) (like for the PJO fandom, it is the PJO movies)?

Ex: FOR CHAPTER 6, THE OUAT FANDOM REFERENCE: The quote is "I will find you! I will always find you!" said by Percy to Annabeth. It is from the OUAT fandom, same quote, said by Snow and Charming.