Chapter 5
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At the sight of Thalia being drug over the cliff by the Manticore, time seemed to stop for young demigods. After a moment, Annabeth shock wore off and ran towards the cliff to try and save her sister in all but blood. When suddenly she was tackled from the side.
"You stupid git of a girl! Are you trying to get yourself killed as well?! Your friend is gone, she's dead the sooner you accept it the sooner you can move on!" exclaimed the now identified lieutenant of the hunt Zoe.
"What do you know?! What do you care?! She's alive! She just has to be!" yelled a crying Annabeth
"She was a…" Zoe started to say but was interrupted
"She's not dead." Said Perseus
"What do you mean she's not dead? Did you not see her fall over the cliff how can she not be?" replied a hostile Zoe
"I am a god princess, I know a lot of things you don't and when I say she isn't dead, that means she isn't dead. Simple enough for you princess?" said Perseus
"God or not your still just a disgusting male who knows nothings." answered a spiteful Zoe
"Listen and listen well princess, I know what you have been taught by your mistress and believe all men are the same. However, I can assure you that where I come from, men real men do not act the way they have been portrayed to you and if you continue to insult me because I am a male then you insult half of the people in my kingdom and that I cannot allow. One more, just one more outburst like that princess and you won't have to worry about men ever again. Do we understand each other!" ranted Perseus
"You…" Zoe started to say when
"Zoe! Retain from making the situation worse. We cannot afford to lose you." Artemis said to Zoe
"Milady! Y… you… do not believe his outrageous claims?! Asked Zoe
"I said enough Zoe! He can and will do exactly what he says. I am ordering you to let it go." replied Artemis
"Your will Milady," said an upset Zoe
"Perseus if the demigod is still alive, where is she then?" asked Artemis
"Right here." Said Perseus with a big smirk on his face as he snaps his fingers and a portal into space opened and out fell the demigod and Manticore.
"Monster! Open fire!" yelled Zoe
"NNNNOOOO!" yelled Annabeth, as Thalia looked up to see a parade or arrows headed for her.
"Fuck!" exclaimed Percy as he quickly created another teleportation portal so he can once again save the demigod. The corresponding portal opened right next to Thalia as she was suddenly jerked into the portal as the arrows struck the Manticore.
Once Perseus had stepped back out of the portal he sat the young demigoddess on the ground, when without warning she lunged forth on her knees and wrapped her arms around his legs saying thank you, thank you, over and over.
Perseus froze in shock as his face started to turn red. This was not caused by the hug, or the appreciation being shown to him be the demigoddess. No, what caused this was the fact of where Thalia had her head placed. Yes… Thalia was hugging his legs as the side of her head was firmly pressed against his little Storm-breaker who it seems is becoming excited.
"Uumm…cough cough…cou…could you… could you please let go?" asked a stuttering Perseus
"Why I'm trying to thank you for saving me," Thalia said slightly angry
"I… I… know but it's just this position is uncomfortable and rather embarrassing," replied Perseus
Uncomfortable and embarrassing Thalia thought to herself. In an attempt to see why this strange man would call a hug embarrassing she turned her head straight ahead and the first thing she saw was his crotch that was slightly bulging behind his pants. As Thalia let go of the hug she threw herself backward mumbling "oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods" as her face turned a nice shade of red.
"Ha, typical male and his harlot." rang from out of the group of hunters
"Excuse me," Perseus said as he snapped his fingers and a golden glow surrounded the group of hunters. Once the glow faded all of the hunters had been de-aged into babies.
"What have you done!" screamed Artemis
"I did as I said I would. Be thankful that this… was all I did to them." Replied Perseus
"Change them back now!" demanded Artemis
"Do not make demands of me Fiona! You will not like the consequences!" Perseus said angrily.
"Are you threatening an Olympian goddess?!" asked Artemis
"I do not threaten as you can plainly see Fiona, no it….." Percy was saying before a dark raven landed on his shoulder.
After a moment of silence, the raven disappeared. When suddenly a golden glow illuminated the area once again as the hunters of Artemis were returned to their proper age.
"Artemis," said a reluctant sounding Perseus "I apologize for my actions towards you hunters. I can be headstrong and a bit stubborn at times, but as a prince of Asgard I represent all of Asgard and as such I apologize for my actions."
"Wh…what are you playing at Perseus?" asked a suspicious Artemis
"I was reminded by my father of why I am here and who I represent and as such I must act accordingly." Replied Perseus
"I did not see… is that what the dark raven was? Said Artemis
With a nod of his head Perseus said "yes that raven, Huginn is one of my father's most trusted messengers. He and his brother Muninn have never failed at delivering a message."
"Very well then Perseus I accept your apology but please try and not let it happen again," stated Artemis
"Bu…but….Milady! How can you let him get away with treating us in such a manner?!" yelled one of the hunters
"You were warned! He told you what would happen and yet you continued to insult him even after I disciplined Zoe about it. Not to mention if not for him we could have never destroyed those monsters due to the Chronolock they had been placed in. Now instead of complaining set up camp." Artemis exclaimed to her hunters
"Yes, Milady" was all that could be heard from the group of hunters as they began to set up camp.
"Perseus a question." Artemis said, "how did you did you save Thalia while retrieving the Manticore?"
"Oh about that, I didn't really save her because she was never in any danger," Perseus replied to a confused looking Artemis
"What! What do you mean I was never in any danger!" said a pissed off Thalia. "That thing grabbed me and jumped off the god's damn cliff!"
"Granted yes the creature did grab you, but it never jumped off the cliff," Perseus said to Artemis and Thalia
"Bu… but we all saw it happen." Stuttered a confused Artemis
"No… you saw what you expected to see. What really happened was that once the creature grabbed the demigod and started towards the cliff I activated dimensional travel. Which essentially allowed me to send the two into a pocket dimension separate from this one. This way I could summon them back at any time I wanted." Explained Perseus
"Yo…you…you left…me in a pocket…dimension with a monster!" Exclaimed Thalia "Are you freaking crazy?! What if it killed me or worse tried to eat me?!"
"You were never in any danger Sparky, I froze the two of you in time as soon as you entered the pocket," Perseus said to Thalia
"Wha…what did you call me?!"Thalia asked of Perseus as lightening was sparking all over her skin.
"I called you Sparky. You have this little sparkly thing going on around you so I thought it would be an appropriate name," replied Perseus
Thalia stood there seething in anger as she relived the past few moments. When suddenly bolted forward towards Perseus as she grabbed her bracelet which turned into a shield with a horrifying image of Medusa on the front and while simultaneously reaching for a can of mace which transformed into a spear and proceeded to try and stab the prince of Asgard.
Perseus quickly recovered from his shock as he jumped back to avoid being stabbed by the spear.
"What the Hel are you doing?!" exclaimed Perseus
"Y…yo…you… you ass!" screamed Thalia in reply "You imprison me in some place no-one has access to but you, along with one of the deadliest in Greek mythology, and then when you bring us back you make it so I face-plant with the gods damned monster on top of me. And then if all of that wasn't bad enough you think you can give me some fucked up nickname?!"
Perseus kept avoiding the attacks of the young demigod hoping she would tire herself out. However, the anger and rage felt by the demigod provided her with an abundance of energy that allowed her to continue her attack.
"Enough!" yelled Perseus as he froze the demigod in time. Releasing her head and mind from the time freeze Perseus asked: "What is your problem?!"
"You..uh… your…my problem…uh," Thalia said as she tried to escape the times freeze. "Let me go!"
"I am not letting you go until you calm down. So the sooner you do so the quicker this will all be over." Perseus said to Thalia
"I'm never gonna stop until I kick your ass!" replied a struggling Thalia
After a few minutes of contemplation, Perseus said, "I will make you a deal. I will give you one hit on me, but after that one hit, it is over."
Thalia stood there and thought about it for a few minutes and finally replied "DEAL!"
"Fine walk this way," Perseus said as he released Thalia from the time freeze
Unbeknownst to Perseus, Thalia had begun to gather as much electricity as she could and channeled it into the hilt of her spear.
Perseus turned around and said "alright one shot."
"Your funeral," said a smirking Thalia as she swung her fully charged spear like a baseball bat and hit Perseus flush in the chest. The blow sent Perseus flying as he was knocked through a number of trees and ended up causing a 30-foot gash in the ground.
"That's what you get ass-hole!" said a smiling Thalia
"That looked like it hurt," said a voice coming from behind Thalia
As Thalia turned to see who it was that spoke she was surprised to see the still standing and smiling form of Perseus.
"Ho… ho… how… ar… are… you… there?" asked a surprised Thalia
"Me? Oh, I've been here since I brought you out of the pocket dimension." Replied Perseus
"Then who or what was that I just hit and how can you have been there all this time?" Thalia asked the son of Odin
"Well to answer your first question that was me you hit. Well, it was sort of me. You see, I used my domain of Space Generation, which allows me to create constructs. So I created a construct of me, which is what you hit." Perseus said the astonished daughter of Zeus
"As for your second question, I am the god of time. So it was relatively easy for me to use Chronolock on myself so that I was outside of time observing events as they unfolded." Perseus said
"You… you… let me cause all that damage so you can… you can show your powers off?" said a steadily growing irate Thalia
"Damage? What damage? I see no damage." replied a smirking Perseus
Thalia turned around quickly to find the forest in pristine condition, with no signs of a battle having taken place.
"Ho…how…how did you…do that?" Stuttered a surprised Moon Goddess as Thalia stood there nodding in agreement.
"Oh… Artemis, I almost forgot you were there." Sais Perseus "To answer your question, I used one of my abilities which are known as Event Negation. Basically, it allows me to undo any event and make things the way they were before."
"Ju… jus…just… ho… how powerful… are you?" asked Artemis with a slight look of fear on her face.
"I am as The Presence made me" replied Perseus
"I know of no god or Titan that can do the things you do. Yo…you must be a primordial!" exclaimed Artemis
At that, Perseus chuckled for a moment before saying "I can assure you I am not a primordial. Primordia's were created by Lady Chaos. I am an Asgardian. My father Odin was created by the Presence to safeguard the world tree as well as eight of the nine realms that comprise the tree. To be the guardian of such my father and his people would need to be extremely powerful, which unfortunately for you and the other Greek gods means that the Asgardians gods are more powerful than the Greek gods. And as I was blessed by the Presence itself I am as powerful as it needs me to be."
For minutes, silence pervaded the area until Perseus said "Uh… hello. Is everyone alright?'
"Wh… wha… what" replied Artemis "Yes… yes, we're fine. Zoe start setting up camp."
Barely ten minutes later and the hunter's camp had been erected. Artemis called for the demigods from camp to gather information as to what happened and once she finished with them she called for Perseus.
As Perseus entered Artemis's tent he noticed that it is bigger on the inside (I don't know where that phrase comes from LOL) and observed Artemis sitting comfortably on some fur pelts stroking the head of a doe that was laying in her lap.
Artemis motioned for him to sit as she gathered her thoughts before finally saying "Perseus, I want to thank you for the aid you gave my hunters. It was apparent that without your aid they would have most likely fallen."
"No thanks are necessary, I am just glad that everyone is alright," replied Perseus
"Not to sound ungrateful, but what are you doing here? The thing you said was that you were going to camp but you never showed, and I was summoned by my father to track you down and escort you to camp." Said a curious Artemis
"Well…" said a nervous Perseus as he rubbed the back of his head. "I…I… sort of…got…lost."
"What!" exclaimed a surprised Artemis "how in Hades did you get lost?"
"It's quite simple really, we Asgardians do not possess any geographical knowledge of your planet. When we go to help or visit a planet, the Bifrost takes us where we need to be and retrieves us from said location. So knowing the geographical locations of places on any given planet was unnecessary, until now." Stated Perseus.
"Oh…I see" replied Artemis "I guess my hunters and the demigods were fortunate that you were lost."
"Well, that and thanks to Lord Hades. If he had not sent me to collect his children I would not have been here." Said Perseus
"What!" Artemis said rather loudly. "Those two demigods you rescued are children of Hades? Father will not stand for this!"
"So I have been told, and that is the reason I did it. No child should be held responsible for the actions of their parent be they mortal or demigod. Especially now that war is imminent." Said a quickly getting irritated Perseus.
After a few moments of thinking, Artemis said: "yes Perseus you are correct, however, I must ask you to keep the information of the demigods parentage to yourself or it may spark another war which we are not prepared for."
Perseus nodded to Artemis in agreement and then asked: "what do we do now?"
Artemis sighed heavily as she replied, "we must acquire transportation to camp, which unfortunately means calling on the services of my brother."
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Perseus was anxious after hearing that Artemis would summon her brother to transport everyone to camp. He has read about the exploits of her brother and if what he's read is any indication of what is to happen, Perseus is not a happy camper.
"Artemis is that really a good idea? I can transport everyone to camp so there is no need to bother your brother." Perseus said to the moon goddess
"I appreciate the offer Perseus, but as you just admitted a moment ago you do not know where you are going and would only serve to get us lost. It is unfortunate but this is the only way." replied a somber Artemis
"Shit" Perseus mumbled under his breath as he had to admit to himself that Artemis made a good point.
"If that is all I will go and check on the demigods," Perseus said to Artemis
Artemis's expression saddened a little before she said: "do you not want to wait in here until it is time to leave?"
"I feel… it would… be… inappropriate." Replied Perseus
This reply shocked Artemis as she asked "wh…what do you mean inappropriate?"
"As you are a goddess of maidenhood some such as you hunters may believe that I am a danger to said maidenhood and the longer I stay in your tent with you the more they believe that I am committing inappropriate acts towards their goddess," Perseus replied
"My hunters would neve…" Artemis started to say before Perseus cut her off
"Artemis right now there are five… six… no eight of your hunters standing outside of this tent with their bows drawn and arrows notched. I do not want to hurt them because of them misunderstanding the situation, so it is best if I go and check on the other demigods." Perseus said as he walked out of her tent to reveal eight hunters standing there with their bows drawn and arrows notched.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" Artemis shouted at her hunters as Perseus just walked off chuckling to himself.
Perseus could still hear Artemis chewing out her hunters as he reached the demigods.
"Hey is everyone alright?" Perseus asked the assembled demigods
"Yes… thanks to you. Thank you for saving us." Said the demigod now known as Thalia
"No need to thank me," said a smiling Perseus, "how could I let someone as cute…uh never mind."
"Di… did…did you… just… call me…cute?" asked a blushing Thalia.
"Uh…um…ahem… may… maybe." replied an equally blushing Perseus.
"Excuse me! I hate to interrupt you two flirting buts its cold can you do anything about it?" asked an impatient daughter of Athena
"We were not flirting!" they both shouted out at the same time.
"Whatever. Can you do something about the cold or not?" Annabeth asked beginning to get on Perseus's nerves
"Yes, I can but you little demigod need to learn some manners." Replied Perseus who had a scowl on his face
Perseus looked over as he felt a hand touch his arm to find it was Thalia who said: "please, it's really cold."
The scowl melted off of Perseus face as he looked at the daughter of Zeus and finally said: "fine, you could take lessons from your friend daughter of Athena."
Annabeth just sat there and scowled as Perseus once again used his power of Spatial Tuning which allows him to control the flow of time in that particular area and rewound time until the weather resembled that of summer.
"There give it a few minutes and you should start to warm up," Perseus said to the demigods.
A few minutes later Perseus asks "everyone feeling warmer?"
"Much warmer, thank you," said Annabeth
"Be… bet…" Thalia started to say before she keeled over in an unconscious like state.
"Thalia!" Annabeth exclaimed.
"What's wrong with her?!" Asked Perseus
"I…I don…I don't know" replied Annabeth "what did you do to make the area warm?"
"I used Spatial Tuning to rewind time in this area to the summer when it was warmer," Perseus said to the daughter of Athena
After a minute of contemplation Annabeth asks "when you turned time back in the area did you turn time back for us demigods as well?"
"Since, you demigods were in the affected area then yes you would have been affected as well," Perseus replied
"Holy Hades!" Annabeth yelled out as an eerie echo of a sneezy permeated the area.
"Fucker!" mumbled Perseus rather loudly.
"What?" Annabeth asked Perseus
"Nothing, tell what did you figure out?" Perseus asked the blonde demigod.
"Because you rewound our age when you turned back time, Thalia reverted to last summer in which her body and life essence was still stuck inside a tree. The worst part of it is at the time the tree had been poisoned in an attempt to kill it." Said an exasperated Annabeth
"Shit! I didn't know that!" exclaimed Perseus "Ok if turning time back made her ill again if I forward time around her she should get well again. Correct?"
"It seems like the logical conclusion," stated Annabeth
Perseus focused his concentration on Thalia as he sped time up around her to bring her back into the present, all the while mumbling something about "know it all goddesses and the brats."
After a minute Thalia opened her eyes as the color came back to her face she asked: "What happened?"
Annabeth spent the next few minutes telling her what happened and how she felt that it was Perseus's fault that she got sick.
"Annabeth! How can you say that he didn't know and it was you who kept complaining that it was cold, so that makes you guilty by association." Thalia said to Annabeth
"Bu…bu…bu" Annabeth stammered
"Just let it go," Thalia said to her best friend
Thalia then got up and walked over to where Perseus is now sitting and sat beside him and said "thanks for saving me again" as she nudged his shoulder
"I am sorry I did not mean to make yo…" Perseus was saying before she interrupted him
"Hey! You didn't know. You did what we asked of you and there was a little hiccup to it, but I'm fine now and it's thanks to you. So thank you." Thalia said blushingly to Perseus
Perseus's face lit up with a smile as he started to say "I told you before you're to cu…" before Artemis cut him off.
"Perseus!" Artemis yelled
"Yes Artemis, I will be right there. We will have to continue this conversation another time." Perseus said to Thalia as he made his way over to Artemis
"AARRRRGGGGG!" Thalia growled out. Her chance to see if the handsome prince really thought she was cute ruined by her half-sister.
"Yes, Artemis?" Perseus asked as he walked up to the moon goddess
"Perseus it is getting close to the time for me to summon Apollo if you would make sure the demigods are prepared when he arrives I would be grateful." Replied Artemis
"Of course, is there anything else you need?" Perseus asked
"Yes, I have chastised my hunters about their behavior so hopefully there will not be any more incidents in the future," Artemis replied
"That was unnecessary but appreciated Artemis," Perseus said as he made his way back to the demigods.
As soon as he approached the group of demigods Perseus said: "get packed up your ride to camp will be here soon."
"We have a ride to camp? Who is it? How will we get there?" The daughter of Athena asked rambling off questions at a rapid pace
"Evidently all of you are riding with Apollo so get ready." Replied Perseus
"A…Apo…Apollo?" asked Thalia "can't we find another ride" side the suddenly looking fearful demigod.
"Afraid not. I have already tried to convince Artemis to use alternate methods but she has refused." Stated Perseus
"Hunters, demigods close your eyes until I say it is safe!" Artemis exclaimed to everyone loudly.
Suddenly a bright flash of light lit up the night sky as Apollo the sun god has arrived.
"Yo! Lil sis, what's going on, you need me to help teach your hunters archery? Glad to do it." Apollo said with a bright smile on his face
"Apollo, you damn fool you know I am older than you so quit pretending otherwise and if you so much as touch or even look at my hunters in a perverse way I will castrate you!" Artemis emphasized to her younger brother
"Sis you wound…" Apollo started to say when he observes someone he didn't expect "HHHHEEEYYYY! Perce, what's up? How did you manage to run into my lil sis's girl scouts?"
After a huge sigh and a mumbled "idiot" under his breath, Perseus replied, "alright Doc, for one my name is Perseus, not Perce, and two I kind of got lost and ran into them."
"And they haven't tried to castrate you yet? My man!" Apollo exclaimed as he held his hand up for a high-five.
Perseus not understanding the gesture threw Storm-breaker hitting Apollo square in the chest.
"Apollo!" Artemis yelled as she summoned her bow and pointed it at Perseus and asked: "Why did you do that?"
"I… I thought he was about to attack me." Replied Perseus
"You fool! That was a gesture of some type of goodwill!" said an irate Artemis
"I…I…I did not know. I am not on Midgard often and know little of its eccentricities." Perseus said as he retrieved his weapon. "My apologies Apollo, I did not know what the gesture meant."
"Fuck! What did you hit me with Perce?" asked a slightly dazed Apollo
"Storm-breaker. It is the weapon gifted to me by the Presence." Replied Perseus
"No wonder it hurts like Hades." coughed a still sore Apollo as he summoned so ambrosia.
After a few moments Apollo finally regained his footing and asked: "alright Artemis, you summoned me for something?"
"Yes, I need for you to transportation us to Camp Half-Blood." Replied Artemis "It will be my hunters and I as well as Chiron's half-bloods and Perseus."
At this, Apollo's brow raised "I thought Perseus was already at camp? When he left the throne room that is where he said he was going?"
With a smirk on her face, Artemis said "he… he… he got lost! She got out before laughing at Perseus's situation.
Apollo looked stunned for a moment before a big grin came upon his face and he joined his sister in laughing at the Norse god. "He… he… he got lost. Hahaha" Apollo barely got out before suddenly falling to the ground.
Apollo looked up only to find Storm-breaker laying on his chest with him unable to move it. "What the fuck!" Apollo yelled
This only served to increase the laughter from Artemis as her hunter and the demigods joined in.
Perseus stood next to Apollo and said "now that's funny" as he himself began to laugh at the sun god.
"This is not funny," said a red looking Apollo "For god's sake Perce this thing is crushing my chest get it off of me."
With a smirk, Perseus hold his hand out as Storm-breaker flies back into his hand.
"H…ho…how…can…you lift…that thing?" asked an out of breath Apollo
"Only I and people I deem worthy can hold Storm-breaker." Replied Perseus
"Alrighty then, no playing with the hammer got it!" exclaimed Apollo "Let's get this show on the road before I get hurt again," Apollo said as he transformed the sun chariot into a minibus.
The hunters got on first as the piled into the back to be as far away from the males as possible. Then Annabeth and Grover boarded the bus leaving only Artemis, Apollo, Perseus, and Thalia.
"HHHEEEYYYY! Even littler sis what's up? Glad to see you're not a tree anymore, I hate it when pretty girls are turned into trees." said a flirting Apollo
"I…I'm… fine" Thalia said as she looked at the bus apprehensively before walking over to Perseus, "ar..are… you riding on the bus to?"
"No, I thought I would just follow along behind the bus. Unless you want me to," replied Perseus
"N…no…no… I just thought we could get to know each other better." said a nervous Thalia
Seeing the nervousness of the young demigod Perseus said to her with a slight blush "Alright, I am glad to ride the bus with you."
"Really!" Thalia exclaimed with her face turning red with excitement.
"Yes really." replied Perseus as he boarded the bus and took a seat near the front.
Thalia happily sat next to him as Apollo boarded the bus and announced: "who wants to drive the sun today."
"Apollo" growled Artemis
"Don't worry sis I got it covered" replied a smiling Apollo "Thalia, why don't you come up here and give it a go?"
A look of terror came over her face as she stuttered "n…n…no…no tha…no thanks"
"Come on baby sis I won't let anything happen to you," Apollo replied as he led her towards the driver's seat.
At seeing the look of terror on Thalia's face Perseus said: "Apollo this is not a good idea."
"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Said a still smiling Apollo
Six and a half minutes later
"Apollo you dumb mother…ooof!" yelled Artemis as the sun chariot was out of control and Apollo was currently laying on a couple of hunters, due to Thalia's rather unique driving style.
"Thalia! You have to calm down!" exclaimed Perseus
"I…I…I go… I got this." Replied a terrified Thalia
"To Hel with this!" yelled Percy as he stopped time around the sun chariot. "Artemis please come up here quickly!"
After picking herself up off the floor of the minibus Artemis smacked Apollo in the back of the head which earned an "OOOOWWWW!" from the sun god and hurriedly approached Perseus.
"What did you do? Why do you need me?" asked Artemis
"I froze the minibus in time and I need you to tell me how to get to camp. If you can give me a clear direction in my brain I can transport all of us there in one piece." Perseus replied
Artemis closed her eyes and concentrated on the directions to Camp Half-Blood. Once she had them in mind she touched Perseus's head and began to transfer the information.
Once the information transfer had been completed Perseus looked at Artemis and said: "thank you no please take a seat we should be at camp rather quickly."
"Everybody hold on!" Perseus shouted as the minibus was engulfed in a bright light once again, as the light faded the bus was nowhere to be found.
Two seconds later over what is known as Canoe Lake a minibus appeared out of thin air and proceeded to drop into the lake as a female voice could be heard yelling "YOU FUCKING IDIOT!"
SPLASH!
The lake started to bubble as the minibus rose from out of the water and gently glided to the beach.
As everyone began to depart the bus you could hear the female voice from before still yelling "What the Hades was that you freaking imbecile!"
"It wasn't my fault!" another voice yelled back "I followed your directions which put us above the lake!"
"It's not my fault you can't follow directions!" the female voice now known as Artemis yelled
"I did follow directions you just suck at giving them!" exclaimed the still unknown male
They stood there staring at each other faces full of ire when suddenly they both turned and said in unison "Apollo this is all your fault!" as they both proceeded to smack him in the back of the head.
"OOOOOOWWWWWW! How is it my fault!" a still smarting Apollo exclaimed
"I got this don't worry!" they both replied
Observing the look of anger on both Artemis's and Perseus's face Apollo said: "oh look at the time I got to run." And promptly disappeared with the sun chariot in tow.
As Artemis and Perseus began walking towards the group of assembled demigods she noticed something peculiar and asked "Perseus how are you dry? Did you use your power over time to dry yourself?"
At this Perseus stopped walking with his head hanging down and said "No, it is an unfortunate side effect of the demigod powers I was born with. I can stay dry even if I am submerged in water."
Artemis observing Perseus's sullen tone and expression replied: "I apologize Perseus, I did not mean to bring up that subject."
"It…it's… fine Artemis. If I am to be working with the Greek gods I need to be able working with and talking about him." Perseus said as he resumed walking before turning to Artemis and saying "would you like me to dry you? I have little practice in these powers but I have enough to dry you if you wish."
"That would be appreciated, but known this if you try anything perverted I will castrate you before sending you to Tartarus." replied a slightly smiling Artemis.
With a smirk on his face, Perseus gently placed his hand on her shoulder and she became dry instantly.
"Thank you," Artemis said to Perseus
"Your wel…" Perseus started to say but was interrupted by another daughter of Zeus
"That was so cool Perseus, can you dry me too?" asked an excited Thalia as she approached the two gods
"If you like," replied Perseus as he placed a hand on Thalia's shoulder drying her.
"Wow!" exclaimed Thalia "that's some trick."
"Yes, a neat trick I wish I did not have." Mumbled Perseus as he approached the group of demigods and noticed that Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon had assembled there as well.
"Perseus!" Zeus Thundered (yes pun intended) "Where were you?!"
Perseus rolled his eyes and muttered, "I got lost."
"What? Speak up so we can hear you," replied Zeus
At this Artemis approached her father and lightly said "he got lost."
"He what!" Zeus bellowed before he started to snicker "How did he get lost?" he asked as he started to laugh at the prince of Asgard.
Once the group of demigods heard this they to began to laugh at Perseus.
"ENOUGH!" Shouted Perseus as the ground began to shake (yes Percy has not practiced his demigod powers but they are still emotional based and thus can activate in times of emotional distress). "As I told Artemis, as an Asgardian I am not familiar with exact locations on Midgard. The Bifrost takes us to where we need to be and retrieves us when we are done!"
"Yes, yes, I can see where that might cause a problem" replied Hades. "I'm sure in the future we can provide some type of directions for you to keep you from getting lost."
"That would be most appreciated Hades," Perseus replied as the ground stopped shaking.
Zeus's expression turned from one of laughter to one of disbelief as his brother was actually wanting to help this upstart god from another pantheon.
"Be that as it may, how is coming here to camp going to help you help us?" questioned Zeus
Before Perseus could respond a loud "HA!" was heard from within the group of demigods
"Him! Help us!" a male demigod exclaimed as he walked forward
"Max… do not overstep your bounds," Zeus warned the demigod now known as Max
"Please… father I could beat this god with ease." taunted Max
"I can as well," said a female voice.
A moment later a rather large female demigod walked up and stood beside Max and said "I heard how he jumped my father from behind like a coward. I bet he is too afraid to fight face to face."
"Clarisse daughter of Ares, who told you this?" questioned Zeus
"My cabin and I overheard Lord Hermes telling his cabin that this… this… god attacked our father from behind." replied the demigoddess known as Clarisse
"Be that as it may you do not know the whole story, I am ordering you…" Zeus was saying before Perseus interrupted him.
"Excuse me! Lord Grumpy pants, why not let them try?" said a smirking Perseus
At this, the entire camp fell silent as they were positive that Zeus the king of the gods would not let this slight to him pass without retribution.
"You…you… you…insufferable… piece… of… Minotaur… dung!" Zeus furiously roared
With a wide smirk on his face, Perseus gave a mock bow and sarcastically said "my apologies Lord Zeus it shall not happen again. But I implore you to give these two demigods any opportunity. It is obvious that it will happen with or without your permission, so why not just get this out of the way."
"Bu… but… but you will …hurt them." said a nervous Zeus although trying to hide it albeit unsuccessfully.
"Oh is that all. I swear on The Presence not to hurt these two demigods if you allow us to spar." Perseus swore when suddenly the morning turned into night and a hologram of two meteors colliding appeared to seal the vow Perseus just made.
"Fine" sighed a reluctant Zeus "I don't suppose I can talk you two out of this?"
"No, father." Replied Max
"No Lord Zeus this is for the pride of our father and our cabin!" Clarisse said loudly
"Very well. Perseus please." Said and anxious Zeus.
Perseus nodded his head in understanding before saying "where do you want to do this?"
Max and Clarisse looked at each other and nodded before saying "right here."
Perseus nodded in understanding before yelling "Begin!"
Max and Clarisse began to approach the god when suddenly Max called forth a lightning bolt and shot it at Perseus. Perseus smirked as he knew that the son of Zeus would start with his strongest attack. AS the bolt approached Perseus he opened a wormhole for the bolt to fly into. What Max and Clarisse were not aware of was that the other end of the wormhole was directly behind Clarisse. So when the bolt came out it struck her in the ass.
"AAAAARRRRRRAAAAA!" Clarisse yelled as she was shocked by the bolt of lightning and fell to the ground. "What the hell are you doing?!" a smoking and still prone Clarisse yelled to Max.
"It wasn't me! He did it somehow!" replied Max
Max made his way over and helped Clarisse to her feet and had a quick strategy session. As the two separated Max ran at Perseus with Clarisse slowly following behind him.
Observing this Perseus used his powers over time to accelerate the speed of Clarisse so that she was neck and neck with Max. Just as they reached Perseus they both screamed as they fell into a wormhole. This time, the wormhole opened over Canoe Lake as the two demigods fell in from about twenty feet above the lake. If that wasn't bad enough Perseus activated temporal looping that caused the event to replay over and over again causing everyone watching to laugh at the two demigods. After about the tenth time Perseus released the loop and allowed the demigods to swim to shore. Clarisse passed out from a combination of being hit with the lightning bolt and constantly being thrown into the lake. Max walked out of the lake seething mad.
"Hey…uh… Max is it? You may not want to play with lightning right now." Perseus said to the soaked demigod
"I knew it! You are a coward shouted Max as he called on another bolt of lightning. However this time as the bolt struck his hand it shocked Max and shocked him hard. "How… how did… you do… that?" Max asked just before losing consciousness.
Everyone in camp looked on in shock as two of the strongest demigods in the camp were taken down easily.
Perseus just shook his head as he looked at the two demigods and said "didn't your father ever tell you water and lightning don't mix. As soaked as you were when you called forth that lightning bolt it amplified the strength of the bolt so much it overloaded even your tolerance to it." Perseus said to his two unconscious opponents.
"Perseus" called Zeus "will they be alright."
"They'll be fine after a little rest," replied Perseus
Suddenly a black crow appeared on Perseus's shoulder making Perseus quickly walk off.
"What is that?" Zeus asked the other assembled gods
"I believe that to be a messenger of some type from Perseus's father Odin," Hades said to the confused gods.
The gods were carefully observing the situation when the crow disappeared as Perseus called out "Lord Zeus, May I speak to you for a moment?"
With an apprehensive look Zeus made his way over to the prince of Asgard where they stood to talk for a moment before thunder boomed in the sky followed by a bright light appeared out of know where slamming into the ground where Zeus and Perseus stood and when the light had faded the King of Olympus and Prince of Asgard were gone.
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