AN: Well, spring break is over and the rain stole my social life so the chapters may come faster! (oh yeah, and now I have testing!!) Bit more cursing in this chapter.
I was back in the same forest that I had been in when Ouranos had first contacted me. But this time it was even darker and the plants seemed to be even more dead. I was afraid to even crawl somewhere because I could not see my hand in front of my face.
"Little half-blood is afraid of the darkness, isn't he," Ouranos taunted in a sickly cold voice, void of any feeling.
"Go screw yourself!" I shouted, angrily.
"Now that's not how you want to treat me, is it?" he asked, menacingly, "you've seen how weak your friends are when you get hurt. I could have healed that with a wave of my hand! Now, why didn't your precious gods do that for you?"
"Because they didn't feel like it!" I retorted and yes, I know how lame that sounds, "what have you done for me at all?"
He chuckled in response, "What have the gods done for you?"
"Well, let's see," I began, sarcastically, "Oh, that's right, one of them gave birth to me!"
"You are on the wrong side," he explained, getting tired of my comebacks, "the gods are weak. They barely defeated my son, but that's only because they had a precious hero to do their fighting for them. I can easily defeat the feeble gods and I can give you whatever you want. Maybe your father?"
"Yeah, but if I kill you I can save innocent lives so I think that's a bit better than being reunited with my traitor father," I yelled, "So how about you take my father and your power and shove it up your ass!"
"I am a Titan!" he began, angrily.
"No shit, Sherlock!" I shouted, interrupting him.
"You will not talk to me like that!" he screamed, "you will pay greatly for this. And I will start by slowly torturing your little girlfriend Alex!"
"She can kick your ass any day!" I yelled back, "and she will help me kick your ass to Tartarus, when we find your little hiding spot!"
"Sure, you will! Your little girlfriend isn't as powerful as you think she is! One of her most talented brothers joined Kronos and he became his second in command!" he retorted, "that is the same thing she will do! Hermes' kids are weak and they are all imbeciles!"
"They're stronger than you! Luke only became a traitor because your son is more powerful than you," I countered, hoping that would get him weak.
"MY SON WAS A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING ASS!" he screamed, angrily.
"Guess he got it from you," I muttered, before I began to lose sight of the forest.
"Jon, wake up, you were shouting in your dreams," Alex said, looking at me with concern in her eyes.
"Ouranos tried to get me to join his side again," I explained, drearily, tired of people wanting me to join their side. Only if this happened more in gym, I thought.
"What?!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, and he said that he would start by killing you, but I told him that we would kick his ass from here to Tartarus," I replied, grinning.
"Well, we could do it faster if you packed up so we could leave," Thalia urged, looking at me suspiciously.
"What? Do you think I'm going to join him?" I asked, defensively. Her look said as much.
"No, it's just that there must be something more than the eye sees to you if Ouranos wants you to join his side so much," she remarked and then Thalia turned her back to us, ending the conversation.
"Don't mind her, Jon," Alex pleaded, when she saw that I was about to further the conversation, "just get packed so we can kick Titan ass."
I quickly got packed and we left the little patch of woods just outside of Miami. Then we caught a bus to Miami's downtown and we began to meander around.
"So, where would he be?" I asked.
"He is the sky, so I'm guessing he would be somewhere up high," Thalia answered and I just stared up at all the buildings that were skyscrapers, which was pretty much all of them.
"How about the Olympiad Hotel?" Alex suggested, out of the blue.
"The what?" I inquired and she pointed at a poster.
It was a sign for the Olympiad Hotel saying that it was the tallest in the city. It had a picture of a huge building that looked like it was disappearing into the clouds.
"It's worth a shot," I said, breaking the silence after we had looked at the sign, "and according to this it's just around the corner."
We ran around the corner and down the street in front of the hotel. We had to crane our necks upward to see the domed top. It was a bright blue hotel that almost blended in with the sky. The entrance was made out of pure marble and in front of it was a fountain with three figures that resembled Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. When we walked in the doormen eyed us suspiciously, but nonetheless they still opened the doors.
The inside was just as stunning. It had two marble staircases, inlaid with gold, on opposite sides of a black marble reception desk. Waterfalls cascaded down everywhere, right behind gold statues of all of the major Greek gods and goddesses.
"Wow," was I could manage out.
"Understatement," Thalia remarked.
"I'm guessing that he would have the penthouse suite," Alex was trying to get our attention back on the mission and we walked over to the black reception desk.
The woman was a perpetually smiling, skinny, blonde, young lady and she kind of creeped me out. The only facial expression she seemed capable of was a happy one.
"How can I help you?" she asked, sweetly.
"Yes," Alex began, "our parents are staying in the penthouse suite and they didn't get enough keys for all of us."
The lie was perfectly executed, but a frown crossed her face (finally!). She typed quickly into her computer and then she looked back up at us sweetly.
"I'm sorry," she apologized, "there isn't anyone staying in that suite at the moment."
Thalia pushed forward, stared straight into the woman's eyes and she snapped, "there are people staying in the penthouse suite and you are going to give us keys."
I was about to hit Thalia for her stupidity when the woman gave us another smile, "Oh, yes, here are your keys."
"Thank you," Thalia said, taking the keys away from the woman.
"Enjoy your stay at the Olympiad Hotel," she called after us.
"What did you do?" I asked, confused.
"I manipulated the Mist," she replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
We got onto the elevator with two middle aged women. Thalia pressed the button for the penthouse suite and we all got ready for the upcoming battle.
"Perfect," one of the women said, "three half-bloodssss for Ouranossss to 'ssssave'."
Oh shit, I thought, pulling out my knives.
AN: Yay, they are going to get to Ouranos soon! And I have a potty-mouth!