Percy was awakened when a plush, black ball of fur landed straight on his face.
"Ahhhhh!"
He jumped out of his bed and landed face first onto the bedroom floor. Rolling onto his back, he looked up to find a pair of giant, black eyes staring at him from his bed.
"Oreo, why the fuck do you insist on making my life hell?" Percy asked
The hellhound gave him a look that said 'maybe because that's were you've been living for the last few months'.
"Good point"
Percy got off the floor and went about his morning. He ate a breakfast he made himself (if he ate the food there he would have had to stay in the underworld). He then took a shower and washed his hair that he had been growing since he got into the underworld. It was about shoulder length and Percy thought he would either cut it or do something with it. Lastly he brushed his teeth before putting on his clothes. He thew his book bag over his shoulder and put his aviator glasses on. He then picked the baby hellhound up. Oreo instantly climbed up his arm and onto his head, where he decided to rest. Percy sighed. He had found the hellhound about three weeks ago when he was sent on a mission by Hades to remove a pack of hellhounds that were disturbing a camping ground in Wyoming.
FLASHBACK
Percy popped out of the shadows and took cover behind a tree. It was dark out and the moon lit up the night, reflecting off his aviator glasses. A warm breeze blew threw, whipping his long coat around and threatening to blow his cowboy hat off. His slightly paled skin made him look like a ghost from the underworld. He sniffed the air and smell hellhound close by. His training from Orion helped him become a tracker that rivaled even Artemis hunters.
'Artemis must be in a good mood.' thought Percy, looking at the moon.
He then peered from behind his tree and looked around. No hellhounds were around. He quickly made his way through the trees, completely hidden in the shadows. The only weapons he carried were his guns on his hips, his sword across his back, and his ever present electric gloves.
Percy quickly climbed the tree and began hopping from one tree to another in the direction of the hellhounds. As a champion of Hades, Percy was not effected by the darkness. While most people had a hard time seeing in dark forest like this, Percy could see perfectly. This helped when he came upon the hellhounds and saw it was feeding time.
The hellhounds were currently feasting on four corpses. Percy guessed they were unfortunate hikers and felt sorry for them. Mortals had no idea about his world and usually had less than pleasant meetings with monsters.
Suddenly the wind shifted and the beasts stop eating. The pointed their noses to the sky as they sniffed the knew sent that just entered the area. Then they all turned towards Percy. The demigod pulled out his sword and a pistol, disappearing into the shadows. He suddenly popped out behind the closest hellhound and sliced open its throat. The monster quickly returned to the underworld. The hellhounds froze as they eyed the Percy warily.
"Alright you beasties." He said in his country accent that he failed to lose. "Time for a well deserved ass kicking."
On that note, he charged.
Small Line Break
Percy was standing in the middle of a pile of steaming gold dust. All around him were evidence of his resent battle that he had won. He took a deep breath to calm himself down before turning to leave. A sudden noise made him spin on a dime and pull out his gun. He quickly lowered it when he saw it was just a baby hellhound sniffing at the different piles of dust. It came to a stop when it saw Percy, it's big black eyes looking right into his icy blue ones. Percy knew he should have killed it, but something told him no. Instead Percy holstered his gun and picked the monster up. It barked and liked his nose, causing Percy to smile; something he hadn't done in a while since the depression of the underworld was getting to him.
Anyway, Percy looked the pup over and saw a several things weird. One, it had a white spot on its head and underbelly. Two, usually hellhounds grow really fast, but this on seemed about a month old and was the size of a chihuahua. Weird.
"Well little guy, I guess I can take you in. You seem harmless enough. Now for a name. Let's see. Fluffy?"
The hellhound gave him a look that said 'fuck you man'.
"Okay then, how about Beast?"
Another face. This one said 'You insult me'.
"Ummm, Oreo? Since your black and white."
The hellhound seemed to smile at that one.
"Okay, Oreo it is."
With that Percy jumped into a shadow and traveled to the underworld.
FLASHBACK END
Percy was oh so rudely interrupted from his thoughts when some one yelled his name in his ear.
"What the fuck man?" Asked Percy as he turned to see... Persephone?
"Jeez Percy, I've been calling your name for a while. You daydream more than a dead person."
"Oh haha. Is there any reason why your in my room?"
"Yes. Something came up in Poseidon's realm so he is coming for you tomorrow. You have day off. I was wondering if you wanted to come shopping with me. Your clothing style is really killing my vibe"
Percy raised an eyebrow.
"What's wrong with my clothes?!"
The goddess rolled her eyes and said "This is the twenty-first century, not the Wild West. You need something else."
"I do have modern clothes for your information. I just prefer these just in case a battle breaks out and I need to fight."
"How is this battle attire, you have no armor. Plus it's ugly. If you want to look like a demon from hell, you got to at least get some style along with it. Just hold on a second and I will go talk to Hades about going to the surface" She said before disappearing.
Percy plopped down on his bed and took out his iPod. He scrolled through his playlist and selected "Sail" by AWOLNATION. Even though it was a pretty dark song, When you spend almost a year in the underworld, you kinda pick up on the seriousness and gloom. To be honest though, Percy liked it. His "don't take no shit" attitude is what got his jobs done.
Oreo walked up to his bed with a ball in his mouth and Percy took it and threw it, only for the hell hound to come back with it. After a few throws, Percy threw it into a shadow and Oreo ran after it.
Persephone came back five minutes later and said "Alright Percy, let go."
She took out two pearls and handed one to Percy.
"Where we headed?"
"New York. Manhattan to be precise."
Percy nodded and put the pearl under his foot. With a small stomp, the pearl broke and a bubble encased him. Both Percy and Persephone floated to up and disappeared.
They appeared in an alley with none in it. The bubble popped and switched from his battle clothes into his regular clothes which consisted of a sleeveless hoodie, a t-shirt. His ever present gloves still on his hands, crackling slightly with electricity.
"At least you have some taste in style." Commented the goddess, eyeing my arms. Percy just rolled his eyes.
Persephone smirked before changing her age from twenty-five, to thirteen. She wore a pair of demin short shorts and a tight t-shirt that showed off her c cup breast and a nice size ass. On her feet were a pair of Jordan's and Nike calf socks. Her hair was braided into one giant braid that reached mid-back.
Percy raised an eyebrow at her and she just shrugged
"I spend a lot of time in the underworld. Going to the surface is the only time I can see other boys, and I want them to like what they see. But don't worry Percy, I only want you to see what's under."
Percy narrowed his eyes at her.
"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times. I'm in love Hestia, and I will not mess our relationship up."
Persephone waved her hand dismissively. "But is that maiden goddess here? Nope. I'm offering you a chance at what she will never give."
"I don't care. Neither of us are ready and when we are, I will only do it with her. Even if we never have sex, her love will be enough for me."
"And what makes you so sure that while your training, she isn't somewhere lying in bed with a man between her legs."
At this Percy put his fist through the brick wall. "Hestia will never do that, and if you are going to act like this, I'm leaving."
He took a step towards a shadow when Persephone grabbed his hand.
"I'm sorry Percy. What I said was mean and unfair to you and Hestia. I guess I was jealous that she has you and I got a guy who rules dead people and has a small dick." She apologized
Percy cracked a rare smile.
"It's okay. But as long as you stop trying to jump my bones. I'm with Hestia and you have Hades. Think about how he would feel if the only woman that still shows the slightest affection towards him just up and left for a guy she met nine months ago."
The goddess nodded and wiped some tears she didn't know she shed.
"Well then Percy. Let's go shopping.
LINE BREAK
Percy hated the mall. It was crowded, loud, and worst of all: full of horny teenagers. In the first twenty minutes he was there, he took over a hundred selfies, and hugged quite a few girls. Also, he got numbers, snapchats, Facebook names, and instagrams from a lot of people. He kept none of them of course. Persephone got a few guys to talk to her, and one even slapped her in the butt. The guy then earned himself a punch from Persephone, but he said it didn't even hurt, so Percy stepped in. Well, more like stepped on the poor guy. The guy took a full round house kick to the chest which sent his a good ten feet back. After that, Persephone took him shopping. She said that if he wanted to "look underworld", he was going to need more... black.
After a few hours, Percy found himself sitting outside Victoria's Secret. He had completely changed his battle outfit, and to be honest, it was actually pretty cool. He was wearing a multi-pocket, zip up, high neck, black jacket. He left it open so that it showed a custom black shirt he got. It had "I'll stop being cool when Hades gets a tan" in bloody red letters. For bottoms, he was wearing black jeans and a pair of black and white high top Adidas. The best part about the Adidas was that they already came with a skull and cross bones on the lip. He also wore a black belt with a skull buckle. Around his neck was was a chain with another skull on it, but no cross bones. Persephone even got him to get three black studs put into each ear.
Finally after hours of walking around, she ran into Victoria's Secret. Percy was lying on a bench outside with his ear buds in and a surprisingly soft book bag behind his head. How could something so full of weapons, be so soft. Then again, Percy also kept other stuff like a tent, a pillow, and a sleeping bag in it.
Percy snapped out of his thoughts when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He pulled out his ear bud and looked to see a really tiny girl with bright green eyes and red hair. Percy raised an eyebrow at her.
She instantly turned red and stammered, "Um, i-is your name P-Percy."
Percy slowly nodded his head
"There is a woman inside Victoria Secret looking for you. She said her name was Persephone."
Percy sighed, what did she want from him now. He stood up and stretched, bringing him to his full height of five feet and eleven inches. He was about a foot taller than the girl next to him. He followed her into the store and to the fitting room in the back.
"Persephone I'm here, what do you want?"
Then a door opens and out walking Persephone still in her thirteen year old form. But instead of a fully clothed Persephone, she was wearing black laced panties and a bra that barley held he boobs. Out of the corner of Percy's eye, he saw the tiny girl look at her b cup boobs, then Persephone's c cups, and bowed her h in defeat.
Percy looked Persephone dead in the eye and said, "What did I tell you?"
Persephone raised an eyebrow
"This isn't for you, this is for me. I just wanted to know how you think I look in it." She said, striking a sexy pose
Percy kept a straight as he calmly turned around, and walked away.
"I'm going away now. See you when you get home. I'll be there later tonight. Bye"
Persephone pouted. She could have sworn this would have worked.
"He's not gay is he?" Asked the tiny, green eyed girl.
"Of course not, just very faithful to the one he loves."
"He has a girlfriend?"
"Yep"
"Is she scary like him?"
"No, she's actually very sweet."
"That's weird ."
Percy had left the mall and was walking through the streets. The breeze was blowing and it was a perfect day. That was, until the wall he was standing next to collapsed. Percy jumped back and pulled a gun from his book bag. He crept through the hole, and what he saw blew his mind. First, it was the guy who broke the wall. He was stumbling around like breaking a cement wall only dazed him. Next was that it was a school gym, but it was on fire, holes covered the floor, kids were running around, and four Laistrygonian Giants. These guys were about eight feet tall, with big muscles, and they thew cannonballs that were on fire. Percy aimed his gun and pulled the trigger. There was a click, then a clack, and the gun exploded in his hands.
It didn't hurt, but it did manage to make all four Giants turn to him.
"Ahh, another demigod to devour." Said one with a "I love babycakes" tattoo on his arm.
Some of the kids were staring at Percy like he was crazy, others were still running around screaming. There was one about his age seemed to be trying to fight the monsters, but he had no weapon. This must have been the first demigod the giant was talking about, since Percy was "another demigod to devour"
"Aye you!" Yelled Percy to the kid.
The kid turned and Percy tossed his sword to him, which he caught. Percy then pulled out his ax and charged. The kid charged the first two while Percy got the other. It would be easy to kill the once the got inside their guard. Percy ducked under a cannonball, and baseball slid through one of their legs he lodged the axe into its calf. Using the momentum of the slide, he swung upwards and onto its back. He let the axe during the swing so he pulled out two of his throwing knives and lodged them into the giant's head. The monster exploded in flames and Percy dropped to the floor and rolled away. He stood up and sprung Heavy Hitter from his wrist. Not a second later, a cannonball hit the shield and exploded. If it wasn't for his first powers, Percy would have been roasted.
Before the smoke could clear, Percy tok the two throwing knives and readied them. When the haze finally cleared, Percy launched the knives and the sunk into the face of the ugly beast. It staggered for a second before it collapsed on the ground and burst into flames. Percy looked just in time to see the last giant killed by a girl that wasn't there five seconds ago. Percy quickly grabbed his fallen weapons and walked up to the two other kids. He got there just in time to hear the girl say, "grab him and that guy and come on." Then she vanished through the hole in the wall. Teacher came running into the gym and asked what was going on
"Orion did it!" Yelled on student.
Percy didn't get to stick around to see what would happen because apparently the kid named Orion grabbed Percy and the big dude who broke the wall, and the ran out into the streets. They quickly jogged down the sidewalk until some invisible hands pulled them into the alley.
The girl from before reappeared and leaned against the wall brick wall behind her.
"Laistrygonian giants. Never thought I would see them this far north. And it would take a lot of balls to attack with him around." She said, pointing to the big dude. Percy looked at the trio closely. The girl had blond hair and stormy grey eyes that seemed full of knowledge. Orion had dirty blond hair and sky blue eyes. He was well built and poked his chest out a lot, so he must be a gloater. Then came the biggest dude. Percy looked closely and saw a single eye in the middle of his head. He was a cyclops. Percy was about to say it out loud when he figured it would sound stupid.
They were Demigods, they would have know.
"Where did you find him?" Asked the blonde girl, still talking about the Cyclopes.
"What do you mean where did I find him? He goes to the school with me. Just ask him." Said Orion.
"He can talk?" The blonde asked
"I talk. You very pretty" said the cyclops in a deep voice,
The blonde took a step back with a disgusted look on her face.
"Anyway, who's he then?" She asked, pointing to Percy this time.
All three of them stared at me for a few seconds and t was starting to annoy Percy.
"My names Percy." He said, sticking out his hand. The blonde was the first to talk.
"My name is Annabeth, daughter of Athena and this is Orion, son of Zeus, and..."
"Tyson!"
"Tyson."
"Your a demigod too, right?" Asked Annabeth Percy.
Percy nodded and the blonde sighed in relief.
"That's good. We need strong demigods like you around more often. Orion could have been killed."
Percy only nodded, not saying anything about the attempt to flirt. Orion looked genuinely hurt.
"I could have taken them on. I beat the Minotaur for my fathers sake."
Percy raised a brow. Orion thought killing that hamburger was hard. Percy coughed into his hand to keep from laughing.
"Is something funny?" Asked the son of Zeus.
"Um, well. Let's just say you killing the Minotaur is a very small feat."
Orion's nostrils flared with anger.
"And what have you done. I've never seen you at camp before and no demigod can survive long without help."
"Well if you must know. I killed a pack of hellhounds when I was ten."
Orin's eyes narrowed to tiny slits.
"Bullshit."
Percy raised his eyebrow again, and took off his jacket. He then proceeded to remove his shirt and showed everyone the three scars across his chest.
"I cannot tell you any more than I already have. I must be going now." Percy said, putting on his shirt and jacket. He began to step into a shadow until a hand grabbed his arm. He turned to see Annabeth with a slight blush on he face.
"Um... w-will we ever see you again."
Percy smiled his rare smile and it nearly stopped Annabeth's heart.
"Only time will tell I guess." He replied before jumping into the shadows and disappearing.
The three remaining people stared wide eyed where he disappeared.
"He just shadow traveled." Stated Annabeth. "Only children of Hades can do that."
If Orion was mad, he was pissed now.
"I have to tell my dad. He will want to know about this. That would explain the dark clothes and asshole attitude."
Annabeth turned to him. "You will do no such thing. Percy just saved your life, you owe him."
Orion wanted to yell at Annabeth, but the look in he eye told him do do the exact opposite.
"Fine, lets just get to camp."
Annabeth nodded and the quickly jogged into the street to get a ride.
Done. Sorry guys for the long wait. I've been busy and I haven't had any time to type. I hope this chapter was good and plz review. All reviews are greatly appreciated. You guys are awesome. See you next week.
