Chapter 11
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"Wake up daughter of Zeus" a distant voice cooed in Thalia's head, as she thought gods why does my throat hurt so much "c'mon wake up, I have not got all morning," said the voice again. Blinking the sleep from her eyes Thalia slowly sat up stretching the kinks from her neck and back before rubbing her sore throat
"Is your throat sore little demigod?" asked the voice, with amusement evident in her voice
"…" Thalia tried to say yes but she couldn't even say that
"Here let me help you," said the woman as Thalia's throat began to feel a warming sensation to help soothe her throat.
"Thank you, I don't know what was wrong" informed Thalia
"Well that would most likely be because you were throat fucked by the prince's godly cock," the woman said with a smirk playing on her lips
At that statement, last night's actions came crashing back into Thalia's mind. Quickly turning around she spotted Perseus naked form lying on the bed. "Oh my gods, he's going to hate me when he finds out. What have I done…?"
"Shshsh, dear child he won't remember a thing. Well, he will remember the blowjob part, thinking you were helping him with his apparent curse from Aphrodite" said Freyja sending a pointed look at Thalia causing said girl to blush. "But that powder was some of the strongest of my love potions, although he will remember tad bits, he will think it was a dream.
"Are you sure, I mean he is intelligent…" started Thalia before being interrupted by Freyja
"Dear child if you need a battle plan to defeat thousands of enemies then Perseus can think of one in a snap, but one it comes to common sense and the opposite sex, let us just say he needs to be more… educated" said Freyja with a laugh
"Oh yeah, he did say the lessons you were teaching him got a bit too hands on," said Thalia raising her eyebrows
The goddess had the decency to blush as she said "well I thought instead of teaching him all my lessons that been theory from textbooks, I could be a bit more… physical. But alas my efforts were in vain, but now he's forming a relationship with you and someone else, I can't wait to see more of what happened last night" said Freyja causing Thalia to blush again
"What other person?" inquired Thalia
"All in due time my dear. Now I think we should wake your friend up before she gets any more physical" informed the Asgardian goddess of love
"What?!" turning round Thalia saw Annabeth on the other side of Perseus practically dry humping his leg "Annabeth!" storming over to her friend she pulled her off her crush before trying to shake her awake. "Annabeth, wake up" getting no response Thalia tried the old fashioned way and delivered a slap to the daughter of Athena's face only to receive in response;
"Mmmm, yes Percy harder" causing Thalia to growl on anger and jealousy
"Here let me," said Freyja before gently rubbing the girl's inner thigh causing her legs to quiver and her to orgasm once again, this caused her to wake up and to let out a silent scream. Realizing no sound was coming out, Annabeth rubbed her throat and tried to speak again "…" and still nothing came out. Looking at Thalia, Annabeth pointed to her throat silently asking what was wrong. Thalia who was now laughing at her best friend on the inside silently thanked karma, as she looked at Freyja to explain it to her.
"Do you not remember when you followed Thala and snuck into the tent to watch Thalia and Perseus?" asked Freyja causing Annabeth to blush and nod, "well after Perseus finished his um… excellent performance on Thalia, knocking her into a pleasure induced state of unconsciousness, you decided to try it out as well did you not?" asked Freyja
"Oh my gods, tell me you didn't!" cut in Thalia causing Annabeth to look down sheepishly
"I'm afraid she did, her curiosity got the better of her and she attempted to perform oral on Perseus. Of course, she did not know about me giving him some love dust causing his more sexual primal side to be unleashed. It is obvious that when he felt a pair of warm lips around his manhood again he thought it was you, Thalia, so he began throat fucking Annabeth, who he thought was you" explained Freyja
"Annabeth what's wrong with you, you know I love him!" Thalia practically shouted although Annabeth couldn't respond only point at her throat asking for help. "Need help, well too bad. That will teach you to suck on something too big for you, now go and get dressed so we can get cleaned up" said Thalia pulling Annabeth to her feet and giving her a slap on the ass as she walked past causing Annabeth to rub the ass cheek that was sporting a red outline of her handprint.
"I can't believe her" muttered Thalia
"Come now, you cannot really blame her, I mean look at it," said Freyja slowly rubbing Perseus morning wood
"Stop he'll wake up!" hissed Thalia
"Oh please, last night sapped him of nearly all his energy, he will not be awake for a while yet" replied Freyja calmly massaging his balls with the other hand causing the prince to moan
"Heyyy! Hands off, he's mine!" growled Thalia pushing the goddess off and grabbing hold of Perseus cock from Freyja
Freyja just laughed before replying "Well, I best leave you to it, be a dear and take care of that boner for him, once you're done leave the tent and he will awaken and like I said earlier he will only remember getting the blowjob." And with that, the Asgardian goddess vanished from sight.
Turning back to look at Percy, she trailed her hands downs his hard abs before resting before his manhood. "So you won't wake till I leave, well I'll just help you with this big problem," said Thalia talking to herself whilst slowly stroking his hard cock. "Time to get to work"
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"Oh hey Percy, everything alright?" Thalia asked as she observed the prince coming back from the river. "Must have been for a bath" she thought
"Oh, hey Sparkles, yeah I am doing well thank you. And thank you again for helping me last night, although I can barely remember a thing. What did that test reveal?" Perseus asked as he rubbed the back of his head
Laughing nervously Thalia replied "it's fine, what are friends for. The test last confirmed that Aphrodite did curse your…you know…manhood. To keep the curse from taking effect we will have to repeat the things we did yesterday quite often. Now go and get packed we're leaving soon"
And with that Perseus walked off blushing as he went to go and pack his things, as Thalia went to talk to Annabeth even if she would be doing most of the talking as Annabeth has yet to regain her voice.
"Hey Annie, your throat ok?" asked Thalia innocently only to receive a middle finger in response "Annabeth! Such actions are unbecoming of a lady" only to get a look that basically said 'after last night we can forget the etiquette of being a lady' causing Thalia to laugh and nod her head in agreement.
"Thalia, Annabeth coming on were setting off" shouted Atlanta readying the Pegasi for the flight to Mount Orthys or at least as close as they can get.
"Percy come on, we're leaving" shouted Thalia
"Coming sparkles" Perseus shouted back as he walked over to where Blackjack was asking the Pegasus how he was doing and what not before climbing onto his trusty steeds back and then holding his hand out for Thalia, who grabbed it and with Perseus help was lifted onto Blackjack in front of Perseus.
"Is everyone set?" Zoe asked, to which she received a chorus of yes's "Then let's be off"
And with that, the two hunters, two demigods, and Asgardian prince set off for San Francisco and the Titan's stronghold.
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Meanwhile On Othrys
"What's the matter goddess you look a little… tired?" Atlas said tauntingly to Artemis
Normally, Artemis would respond with a scathing retort but she had to concentrate on holding up the sky.
"Do not worry little goddess, soon you will be free of this burden and I will show you what it's like to be taken by a man," Atlas said with a perverted smirk
"I…I…swe…swear…on…onc…once…I ge…get free…I will cut…cut his dick…off and…shove it wh…where Apollo does not…shine." The moon goddess thought to herself as sweat and fatigue continued to wrack her body
After a while, Artemis started looking around as she heard the faint sound of "Arte…"
Thinking she was beginning to lose her mind, Artemis returned to concentrating on holding the sky.
"Artemis" she heard again.
"Who is that!" Artemis exclaimed in her mind
"Focus, Artemis focus on my voice." Instructed the familiar voice
Artemis closed her eyes and started to focus on the voice. As she did Artemis realized she knew the voice and the goddess it belongs to "Aphrodite?"
"Yes! Thank the gods I got through. Artemis you must not lose hope, Perseus and the quest will be there soon to save you." Aphrodite said encouragingly
"So…tired…can't hold…much longer." Replied the exhausted goddess
"You must Artemis, you must hold on!" Exclaimed Aphrodite
"Will…try…need them…to hurry." Artemis thought in between gasps
"Artemis, listen to me. Open up your senses. Open them as wide as you possibly can." Instructed Aphrodite
"Wh…what… good will…that do?" Questioned Artemis
"Just do it!" Aphrodite ordered
Artemis opened her sense and found nothing "I…I feel…nothing.'
"Do it again and this time, open them as far as you can and look, I mean really look," Aphrodite ordered once again
Once again Artemis opened her senses as wide as she possibly could and still found nothing. She was just about to stop when she noticed a faint light glowing. She concentrated on the light and felt a warmth spread through her. "Wh…what is…that?" Artemis questioned
"Thank the gods you found it. That is Perseus. You must concentrate on his light; it will provide you with the strength necessary to hold the sky until he arrives." Answered Aphrodite
With her eyes closed, Artemis once again began to concentrate on the light of Perseus. The more she concentrated on it the brighter it became and the brighter it became the more warmth and strength flowed through her body, increasing her power so she could still hold the sky.
"Thank you Perseus, now hurry!" Artemis ordered
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At the San Francisco Pier
"Zoe, do you know where we're going?" Thalia asked as they flew towards San Francisco.
"Yes. We are going to the pier; we must gather some information before we go and rescue Lady Artemis." Zoe replied
"How are we going to gather information at a pier?" Atlanta asked her lieutenant
"We must capture Nereus the Old Man of the Sea. Once captured, he will answer any question we have." Responded Zoe
"Why do we need to do that? I can sense where the Titans stronghold and that is where Artemis should be is it not?" Stated Perseus
"I know where Milady is, but what we need is more information pertaining as to why she was targeted. Why would the Titans need Lady Artemis out of the way? If we can find that out, maybe we will finally get a step ahead of our enemy" Zoe said.
"Very impressive battle acumen," Perseus said to Zoe. "I can see why Artemis made you her second in command."
Zoe looked at Perseus and gave a slight nod at the compliment.
"I do have a question. How will capturing this Ce…Cee… Lo… Green help us? Perseus asked
"That's the Old Man of the Sea!" Hissed Zoe
"Oh sorry, how will capturing this old man of the sea help us?" repeated Perseus
"Boy's" Zoe mumbled "Nereus the old man of the sea, is said to have knowledge about almost everything. If captured, he will answer any question, so if we capture him he will answer our question."
"How do you plan on capturing him?" Perseus asked
"Me…capture… him? No, no, no… boy, you will capture him." Zoe said with a commanding tone
"What!" Perseus exclaimed, "What do you mean I have to capture him?!"
"Why? That is easy, he is a male and neither Atlanta nor myself are going near him, and as a god from another pantheon, there is a chance you will confuse his senses so he does not try to flee. Not to mention you are the most powerful of everyone here, so it falls to you to capture him." Zoe answered
At that Perseus, just face palmed as he shook his head in disbelief at the situation.
Soon Perseus and the quest members landed in a dark alleyway just off the boardwalk of the pier.
"Thank you, Blackjack, Porkpie, and B-Diddy for your service. I will reward you once we have completed the quest." Perseus said to the Pegasi "Oh and Blackjack hang around we may have need of you yet again."
Blackjack neighed as he said in Perseus's mind "will do boss, I could use a little more action. Chicks on earth dig heroics and scars."
Perseus just smirked and shook his head as the three Pegasi fly away.
"Now how do I find this…old man of the sea?" Asked Perseus
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Thirty minutes later
"Where are they?" asked a pacing Perseus
"Calm down Percy, they should be back soon," Thalia replied
"Yes boy, please stop your pacing it's driving me crazy." Said Atlanta "See there they are now."
"Finally" sighed an exasperated Perseus "What took the two of you so long?"
"Twas not easy to find…how do you say…Hobo clothes in your size." Zoe said as she and Annabeth produced a bag of dirty, disgusting, and fowl smelling clothes.
Perseus stared at the clothes for a moment before saying "No and not just NO but FUCK NO!"
"Perseus, you must wear these clothes so that you can get close to him." Stated Annabeth
"No! As Zoe reminded everyone not that long ago I am the most powerful one here so I should be able to use my powers to trap him." Perseus countered
"And how do you plan to get close enough to trap him?" Asked Zoe
"Simple." Said Perseus as he conjured what looked like a letter "all I need is this. Wish me luck."
All the quest members could do was watch in disbelief, as Perseus walked onto the pier yelling "message for Cee Lo Green. A Mr. Green, A Mr. Cee Lo Green."
As Perseus started to approach the end of the pier he noticed an odd rotting fish smelling odor coming from one of the bums and yelled out once again "message for Cee Lo Green, is there a Cee Lo Green here?"
"There is no gods damn Cee lo Green here!" the bum who smelled like rotten fish yelled
"Oh, let me check the name again." Perseus said "Damn it, I got the name wrong. I have a message for the old man of the sea!"
The bum realizing, he had just identified himself, got up to run only to find that he couldn't move, "what did you do to me?!"
"You are trapped in a time stasis field. You cannot move until I let you." Replied Perseus
"Impossible! Kronos is the Lord of Time and you are not he!" Exclaimed Nereus.
"No, I am Perseus the Asgardian Lord of Time, appointed by the Presence itself," Perseus stated.
Perseus stood there listening to the old god swear at him, as he waited for the quest members to arrive.
"I never thought I would say this to a boy, but well done Perseus," Zoe said
Perseus gave a slight nod to Zoe waiting for her to question the old god
"You know the deal Nereus," Zoe stated
"Yes, yes, ask your question." The old god said in a spiteful tone
"Just one moment," said Perseus "I believe we will make that questions."
"What!" Exclaimed Nereus. "The deal with the Greek gods is one capture, one question!"
"As I stated earlier, I am not a Greek God, but one of Asgard so your silly rules hold no meaning for me." Replied Perseus
"I refuse to do it!" Spat Nereus
"Very well," said Perseus "which would you rather do, be banished to a world with no water or have your head swallowed by a White Hole?" Perseus asked
"Impossible… yo…you…" Nereus started to say as a miniature White hole appeared over his head.
"You were saying?" Asked Perseus.
"I agree! I agree!" Shouted Nereus in fear
"Zoe if you would?" Perseus asked
"Why did the Titans Kidnap Lady Artemis?" Zoe questioned
"As you know war between the Gods and Titans looms once more. Because of this ancient monsters that have not been seen in thousands of years have returned. One of these monsters is vital to the success of the Titans plans. Knowing Zeus would send Artemis to hunt the monster and kill it, the Titans captured her so that they would have time to find and capture the monster themselves." Nereus said.
"What monster are the Titans looking for?" Zoe asked
"That's easy, look behind you." Said a smirking Nereus
As one, they group turned to see what could only be described as a half sea cow half serpent monster.
"Of course!" Zoe exclaimed "I know this creature. It is the Ophiotaurus. In the last war, the monsters had slain this creature and were about to sacrifice its entrails when Lord Zeus sent an eagle to retrieve them before that could happen. It is said whoever sacrifice's the entrails gains the power to destroy the gods."
"That's right! Thank you bitches for leading us right to it!" said a familiar scathing voice from behind them.
Again they turned as one to find Max, Luke, and a small army of monsters gathered behind them.
"I have answered your questions now let me go. I have no wish to be involved in this!" Bellowed Nereus
"Go!" Perseus hissed as he released the old god from the time stasis field before turning to address the two rogue demigods "Do you really think you can defeat us?"
At this Luke smirked and Max and then said "if we were by ourselves no. We wouldn't stand a chance, so I guess it's lucky we're not alone." As a bright light enveloped the area.
As the light faded Perseus stood there in shock at what he was observing.
"Hello, brother." One of the two new arrivals said
"Loki!" Perseus hissed as his hand gripped Storm-breaker so hard his knuckles turned white. "What are you doing her Loki? You should not be involved in this, leave now before you regret this."
"Regret what brother? I am here along with our old friend Ulik the rock troll and my new acquaintances while it seems that you are here with some weak Greek demigods. I believe you are the one in trouble brother." Said a smug Loki
Perseus quickly spun around and began giving orders to the group. "Zoe on my signal you and Thalia take out Max, while Atlanta and Annabeth get Luke. Try not kill them, Zeus wants them alive and back on Olympus if possible. I will handle the rest."
"Stupid boy! How do yo…" Zoë was yelling before Perseus interrupted her
"Zoe! I have a plan and for it to work I need everyone to do as I say!" Perseus explained
"Surrender!" Max yelled from where they were standing
"Surrender? Are you surrendering to us? Alright, we accept." Perseus said sarcastically
"Noooo! You surrender to us!" Max screamed in anger
"Ohhhhh. How about no." Replied Perseus as he looked at Loki "One last chance brother, leave before it is too late."
As Ulik began to growl, Loki said: "I believe we will be fine on this side brother."
"On my mark do as I instructed." Whispered Perseus
"Alright, I gave you a chance Loki and you wasted it." Perseus said in a dejected tone "but I do have a surprise for you."
"And what is that brother?" Asked a smirking Loki
"Heimdall Now!" Perseus shouted as the area was bathed in the colors of the rainbow.
Once the colorful lights had faded Loki's jaw hit the ground as he saw the one person he did not want to see. It was his other brother THOR, along with the warriors three (or as Loki calls them the three moronteers).
At this, the battle began, as Zoe and Thalia attacked Max while Atlanta and Annabeth fought with Luke. Thor immediately went for Ulik as he was the biggest threat at the moment. The warriors three attacked the army of monsters that Max and Luke brought with them.
Perseus quickly warped behind Loki and hit him in the back with Storm-breaker. Loki hit the ground hard, leaving him dazed for a moment, but a moment was all Perseus needed as he used his power of space generation to create restraints to hold Loki until he could be taken back to Asgard.
"Ho…how…how did…you know?" Loki asked
"Once we discovered Fenrir had been set loose father knew it would only be a matter of time before you and other powerful enemies of Asgard would be called to participate in this war. So we planned accordingly." Perseus replied
"Heimdall" Perseus called as the Bifrost opened to transport Loki back to Asgard
Perseus then began his true task as he teleported to the ocean where the Ophiotaurus was. "Come on Bessie let's get you somewhere safe," Perseus said as he once again used space generation, however, this time it was used to create a round aquarium type object so that Bessie would remain in sea water and be comfortable. Once finished Perseus teleported Bessie and his new home to Olympus for safe keeping.
While Perseus was busy with Loki and the Ophiotaurus, Zoe and Thalia attacked Max.
"I thought you bitches would be tougher!" Bellowed Max "but after what I did to Artemis I should have known better!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU FOWL BOY!" Screamed Zoe
"You heard me, hunter. If you're a good girl maybe, I'll give you a taste of what I gave your goddess." Max said tauntingly
"I WILL KILL YOU!" Zoe screamed as she started firing arrow after arrow.
Max just laughed as he knew anger would cloud the hunter's judgment, however, what he didn't know was that Atlanta overheard his boast and left Annabeth to fight Luke so she could help Zoe exact revenge for their goddess.
Max was so focused on deflecting the arrows Zoe was firing at him that he never noticed another arrow coming at him from the side until it was too late. The arrow fired by Atlanta hit its mark perfectly. Since this vile and disgusting male defiled her goddess, she would take away his manhood. So Max writhed in agony as his manhood was pierced by the arrow. Unfortunately for Max, he dropped his defenses which allowed Zoe to follow Atlanta's example and hit Max in his manhood another four times with her arrows. The hunters stood there smirking in what they thought was a victory until they heard "AAAAA!"
They turned to see Luke holding an unconscious Annabeth when he suddenly disappeared with her.
It was at this Thalia screamed "Annabethhhhh!"
Suddenly Perseus appeared and asked, "what happened?"
"Lu…Luke…to…took…Annabeth." Said a visibly shaken Thalia
"What! How did that happen?!" Exclaimed Perseus
"Atlanta left her and attacked Max." Answered Thalia
"Fuck!" Bellowed Perseus "stay here until I get finished!"
Perseus disappeared and reappeared down the pier alongside Thor who was still battling Ulik. "You must be getting old brother I would have thought you would have beaten that rock troll to a pulp by now," Perseus said in a jovial tone.
"Ah little brother, about time you showed up. I was waiting to show you how a real god fights." Thor replied in the same jovial tone.
"Oh is Sif coming to teach me?" Perseus questioned
"SSHHH! Do not get her started brother." Thor whispered loudly.
"Why do we not see which one of us can knock Ulik out first?" Questioned Perseus
"Yes! Yes! What a wonderful idea. Who shall go first?" Thor responded
"I should go first. You have already had a shot at him so I should be first." Stated Perseus
"I disagree brother. What shall we do to resolve our dilemma?" Thor asked
"Shall we play two to the head to see who goes first brother?" Perseus asked
"Yes, two to the head it is." Thor responded
As the two brothers faced off for their game, Ulik the rock troll became incensed. "What are you doing?!" Ulik growled
"Us?" asked Perseus "we are playing two to the head, to see which one of use gets to thoroughly thrash you."
"Yo…you…you dare!" Ulik growled out as he rushed the two brothers when suddenly each brother swung his respective hammer and hit Ulik in the head simultaneously rendering him unconscious instantly.
"See brother, two to the head always works." Said a laughing Perseus.
"Indeed it does brother, indeed, it does." Replied Thor "Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, come we must leave for Asgard."
Soon the warriors three approached Perseus and Thor only for Volstagg to have a surprise.
"Volstagg, what are you carrying?" asked Perseus
"Tis a new pet for the children," Volstagg replied who was carrying a small hellhound.
Perseus just shook his head smiling and said: "thank you for the help."
"Anytime brother" Thor replied "come for we must leave. Heimdall!"
And the four Asgardians, an unconscious rock troll, and a hellhound vanished in a rainbow of lights.
As soon as his brother left, Perseus's face turned grim as he teleported to where the quest group currently was. "Why was Annabeth left alone?! Everyone had specific instructions so that this would not happen!" Growled an upset Perseus
"I do not take instructions from a boy!" Hissed Atlanta "and …that…that disgusting son of Zeus dared to brag about defiling our mistress!"
"So you do what? Get pissed about it and abandon your quest mate to get revenge for something that most likely never happened?!" Bellowed Perseus
"Why would he lie about that?" Questioned Zoe
"You as well Zoe? I thought you were better than this." Perseus stated "It is an old but effective battle technique, use your opponent's emotions against them. Say or do something that will impair their ability to think rationally and they have already won the battle. That is why I did not pair the two of you together, I knew how you would react to any derogatory remarks concerning Artemis. So now instead of having to save just Artemis we have to save Annabeth who is a maiden herself, of which your mistress is a patron of."
"Be that as it may, how do you know the boy was lying?" Hissed Atlanta
"It would be difficult to defile someone that is currently holding up the sky!" Snapped Perseus, "what you think the boy is horny enough to try and defile Artemis and have her drop the sky on him and everyone around him?! Daft hunter."
"H…how…how did you…know that she…is holding th…the sky." Stuttered Zoe
"For one, I know what the Titans curse is Zoe. Remember I had a run in with Atlas, so I know he has been freed. Secondly, I can feel her. She has been weakened, so I have been providing her the strength to hold on until we arrive." Replied Perseus
"You can what!" exclaimed the two hunters
"I can feel her in my mind." Replied Perseus
"How is that possible?" asks a stunned Thalia
"I…I…do not know. All I know is I can see her light and it was becoming weaker so I infused it with some of my energy." Perseus responded, "Now we can stand here and argue or we can go and save Artemis and Annabeth."
"This is not ov…" Atlanta started to say as she suddenly disappeared
"What did you do?!" Bellowed an irate Zoe as she notched an arrow in Perseus's direction.
"She… was a problem, so I got rid of it and sent her back to camp!" Perseus said glaringly "and if you are not careful hunter you will join her. You can be a part of the solution, but if you are going to be a part of the problem then I will get rid of you right now!"
"But it is my quest!" screamed Zoe
"I do not care!" Replied Perseus
"Drop it Zoe we need to go so we can save Artemis," Thalia interjected
"Very well" Zoe sighed in defeat
At this Perseus created a wormhole and said: "walk thru and we should be just about where we need to be."
A moment later the wormhole disappeared as Perseus followed the Thalia and Zoe through it.
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Meanwhile on Asgard
"Father! Our mission was a success! And look what else we found on Midgard." Boasted Thor as he dumped Loki on the throne room floor.
"Loki!" Bellowed Odin. "Is it not enough that you try to overthrow my rule time after time, but now you are attacking Midgard?!"
"You know me father, I am always looking to expand my horizons," Loki replied sarcastically
Odin sat on his throne shaking his head before ordering "Thor you and the others leave."
"What! But father why?" Questioned a concerned Thor
"Thor although I am your father, I am first and foremost a king and as such I would think you would have enough faith in me to know what I am doing." Stated Odin
"Aye father, I do. I just worry about everything that is happening." Said a solemn Thor
"As do I my son, but for now, you must leave and ready yourself we do not know when or if you may be needed again." Odin re-stated
Thor and the warriors three bowed before Odin and left the throne room.
Satisfied that they were alone Odin waved his hand and the shackles restraining Loki disappeared. "Did you go easy on Perseus Loki?"
"Easy…easy…easy Hel! The little bastard got the drop on me. He's faster than before, even with that damn inhibitor, and then he stunned me long enough to restrain me and those damn things hurt." Loki replied sulkily
At this Odin chuckled at his son's plight.
"Yes, Perseus is indeed powerful and growing more so by the day. Hopefully, it will be enough when the time comes." Odin said in a desperate tone
"Indeed father, indeed" Loki responded "father I… have some grave news concerning the benefactor of those Titans on Midgard."
As Loki began his tale Odin's eye just widened more and more until he finally said: "May the Presence save us all."
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Back in Midgard the garden of the Hesperides
"For some reason, this is as close as I can get us to where Artemis is," Perseus said
"To get to Mt. Othrys we must travel through the Garden of the Hesperides." Zoe replied, "and the only way to gain entrance to the garden is at sunset or sunrise."
"I see" responded Perseus "that will give us enough time to come up with a plan."
"The biggest problem we will have is getting by Ladon." Zoe said
"Who or what is a Ladon?" Perseus asked
"Ladon is a hundred-headed dragon that has been assigned to protect the tree of golden apples that was a wedding gift from Zeus to Hera." Zoe replied
"A…a…hun…hundred heads." Thalia stuttered
"Yes next to Typhon, Ladon is the most powerful monster in the Greek world." Zoe stated
"I could summon a black hole and have it swallow him up." Perseus suggested
"No! You will not hurt him!" Zoe hissed
"Why not? According to you, he will eat us the first chance he gets!" Thalia ranted
Zoe looked at the ground for a moment and then began to speak "ba…back when…I was a Hesperide, Ladon was a friend to me. Tis not his fault he was assigned to guard the golden apples."
"What is so special about the apples?" Perseus asked
"If one were to eat an apple they would become immortal." Replied Zoe
"Hmmm, sounds similar to the apples of Idun," Perseus said in an inquisitive tone
"So how are we going to get by Ladon without killing him?" Thalia asked once again
"Simple," said Perseus "Once we are inside the garden, I will form a wormhole that should allow us to bypass Ladon." Perseus responded
A few minutes later the trio had hammered out a plan to rescue Artemis and Annabeth while forcing Atlas back underneath the sky.
"We should rest before the action starts," Perseus suggested
Zoe and Thalia agreed and went to make themselves comfortable when Perseus grabbed Zoe's shoulder.
"We need to talk and quickly, Thalia does not need to hear this," Perseus whispered
Zoe with her eyes wide open just nodded her head as she listened to the Asgardian prince.
"Hey what happened to you two?" Asked Thalia
"Nothing, Perseus believed he saw something so we checked it out. It turned out to be nothing." Zoe replied
Soon the sun began to set as mist started to surround the trio.
"What is this?" Perseus questioned
"It's called mist. It helps to hide the garden from mortals." Answered Zoe "follow closely and I will lead you through."
As Perseus and Thalia began to follow Zoe, Thalia took Perseus's hand in hers and gave him a nervous smile he looked at her. Perseus just nodded and continued following Zoe with Thalia safely in tow.
After what seemed like hours, the mist started to thin until it was gone only to reveal an amazingly beautiful garden.
"By Odin's beard," Perseus said in surprise
"Yes, it is indeed a wonder without equal," Zoe stated
"Halt!" a voice rang out as four young looking girls came forth "leave before you fall victim to Ladon!"
"Sisters, I have come to free my goddess, Lady Artemis. Please do not try and stop us." Zoe pleaded
"We see no sister," one of the Hesperides said snidely "in fact all we see is a traitor, a soon to be dead demigod, and some foolish male that believes he can defeat our father. Now leave before I call Ladon!"
"Call Ladon if you so desire sister, because we are going to the mountain top and nothing, not even Ladon will stop us!" Said a determined Zoe
"Ladon come, defend the tree!" one of the Hesperides yelled out as they disappeared in fear of the hundred-headed dragon.
The ground shook as Ladon started towards the trio and Perseus said: "get ready."
As soon as Ladon came into view, Perseus created a wormhole that led to the far side of the garden. "Go!" Perseus as the two demigoddess's ran through the portal.
Thalia who had gone through the portal first turned to see where Perseus and Zoe were. After a few seconds, Zoe appeared through the portal but started to panic when the portal closed without Perseus coming through.
"No!" Thalia whispered loudly "Where's Percy?!"
"Quite!" Zoe hissed. "Perseus will join us once he completes his mission. Until that time, we are to try and hide and gather as much information as possible."
"Where did he go?" Asked a frightened Thalia
"He is making sure that we do not experience any surprises. Now keep quite before they realize we are here." Zoe responded
"Too late! My traitorous daughter!" Atlas bellowed out in laughter "where is your mighty helper, this supposedly powerful Asgardian god?!"
"Percy will be here; don't you worry about that you ass-hole!" Thalia yelled out in defense of the man she loves
"Then where is this cow…." Atlas started to say before he was thrown from his feet by a shockwave and an enormous "BBBBBOOOOOOMMMMM!"
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