A/N: Sorry guys, high school. Enjoy.
Changes are at the bottom.
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Danny Phantom or Percy Jackson
Chapter 16: Danny Doesn't Want to Be A Guinea Pig
Annabeth's POV:
I dragged Percy onto the rowboat, his knapsack getting caught onto the hull. I grabbed his knapsack, and slung it onto the boat, the contents spilling out, for it was bitten in half. Unfortunately, most of Percy's stuff had floated away. The only thing left was a bottle of multivitamins Hermes gave him.
I leaned out of the boat, and tried to salvage whatever I could from submarine. When everything floated away, I was left with a bottle of Dr. Pepper, Hermes' thermos, Danny's weird green thermos, a ghost ray-gun, some ambrosia, a few Confederate uniforms and some sailor's shirts. After about fifteen minutes of making a sail from the Confederate's uniforms, I started to look around for Danny or Tyson. I doubted I would find either of them though; even they could not have survived an explosion like that.
Sure Tyson and Danny were somewhat fire-proof, but, once again, that was a BAD explosion. Even if Danny survived, Poseidon would probably kill him for being in his domain.
Tucker's POV:
I smiled as I leaped onto my bed in my suite; this was possibly one of the best ideas I have had yet. We had almost finished building most of the ghost equipment we would need to get Dan Phantom out from his prison.
We would unleash Dan onto the half-bloods if they chose to battle, and nobody, not even Danny, could beat him. When I thought about it, the only reason Danny won that battle was because Dan did not expect him to his parent's ghost equipment.
Then it hit me.
What if we could not stop and contain him? What if Dan does not work with us and we could not capture him? Or would not agree to work with us in the first place? Jeez, if Dan got loose…
By the gods
If someone like Dan got loose on the world… he would be unstoppable. This might have been one of the worst ideas I have had yet.
Danny's POV:
I woke up coughing up water, and I was wet from head to toe. As I got up, I realized I had never seen this room before. What happened?
Then it all flashed back to me, the Confederates, Scylla and Charybdis, the boiler room, the guilt about Tyson, and sinking into the sea god's domain.
Shit.
The sea god's domain. I am probably in a room down at the bottom of the ocean, and Poseidon is most likely right outside that room, thinking of a worthy punishment. That or I am already dead (completely dead) and in Hades, and awaiting judgment.
Other-worldly moans, wails, and screams of furry and pain echoed in the room, coming from a door in the center.
Most likely Hades.
I started banging on the door, yelling thing such as,
"Please! I do not belong here! I died too soon! I have a quest to finish!" My pleas must have had some sort of effect, for the moans, wails, and screams stopped. There was a moment of silence before laughter rang in my ears. I yelled in frustration, went ghost, and charged the door, ectoplasm charging through my hands as I blasted the door and rammed into it.
I was surprised to see that the door had nothing but a stand in it, with restraints around a dented up metallic cylinder; yet the restraints were broken from my surge of energy. I took a look at the cylinder; it was a Fenton thermos.
There was another furious scream as a force from inside the thermos caused it to leap forwards. The leap caused me to jump in surprise and fall backwards. I twisted onto my front side, got up, and picked the thermos up. There was laughter again, as if occupant knew who was holding his thermos, as I knew who was occupying. It was Dan Phantom's thermos, the one I caught him in.
Dan lied in the rubble weakened and surprised.
"That power…ah..." he moaned in pain"…It's not possible! I don't get that power until ten years from now!" I walked up to him, clutching my stinging side.
"I guess the future isn't as set in stone as you think it is." I took another deep gasp and let loose another wail, this time more powerful than the first. It sent Dan flying, it shattered windows, it even caused the Fenton RV to collide with Dan on a building, knocking the building down. It took so much power that I became human.
A menacing hand shot out of the remains of the building, and Dan flung the rubble off of him.
"Well, that's it, isn't it?" He said. I gave him a menacing look, eyes glowing green from anger.
"Time's up!" I pulled out the Fenton thermos, and Dan was engulfed in the blue light from the thermos. He was only able to say a few words before he was sucked in.
"I'm too weak to escape! And you're too late to save them!"
And that was the last time he had seen this thermos. Why it was in Hades, or Poseidon's lair, I did not know. All I knew was that I wanted it out of here, and in a safe place in either Camp or home.
I grabbed the thermos and looked for another way out.
"And what would you be doing with that, Daniel?" I jumped at the voice and turned around, ready to face whoever held me here, god or not.
Tucker's POV:
I walked into Luke's room, and he was looking over some pieces of paper. He looked over at me and waved for me to come over.
"Tucker, one of our new ghost recruits was able to send a small probe into Clockwork's Tower, and we were able to get more pictures before it was destroyed like the first one." I looked over the pictures; one was just of the mechanics of his tower, another was of Clockwork's viewing room, and just a blank, square, indentation in the wall. "See any similarities from the first?" I looked at both sets of photos, and realized two of the photos were taken in the same spot; where the Dan's thermos used to be.
Of course, it was most likely Dan's thermos. When Danny told him and Sam about what happened, Sam asked about the thermos and Danny did not know what happened to it. It just disappeared. Later, I suggested that Clockwork took it, but Danny was not sure. He decided to see if somehow it had been left at the Nasty Burger or something. But that photo proved it; it could not be a coincidence that there was one in Clockwork's Tower since all other intact thermoses were accounted for, and the only one missing was the one Danny caught Dan in.
"Maybe Clockwork moved it." I suggested. "And actually, the reason I came here involved the thermos." Luke turned over to me, and I had his full attention.
"Alright, what about it?"
"Well… what if after we let Dan loose, we can't re-capture him? If he even helps us, after he's done he might try to get rid of us; he could see us as a threat it his whole 'world domination' gig." There was a slight pause before Luke laughed.
"Well he's been contained before right?"
"Yeah, but…" he started leading me out of the room.
"He's been defeated before, correct?"
"Yes, except…"
"Then it shouldn't be a problem! I mean, it's an army of monsters, half-bloods, ghosts, and Titans against Dan Phantom. Phantom vs. Titans; who would win?"
"Titans… I guess…"
"Then it shouldn't be a problem, Tucker. Goodnight." He shut the door in my face, and I started walking back towards my room.
Annabeth's POV
A spa, this was going to be great! As the lady guided us through the spa, Percy asked the lady,
"Did a kid that was about six foot three with crooked teeth walk through here? He has a deep voice, and talks like an elementary kid." The lady frowned.
"And have you seen a kid that's a little taller than me, skinny, blue eyes, and has raven black hair?" I asked.
"I'm sorry, but the descriptions you two gave me do not match anyone that has checked into the spa. But I'll keep an eye out." She directed us to the main building, and I followed.
Danny's POV
I spun around to meet a smirking, middle aged Clockwork. Wait, Clockwork? What was he doing in Hades (or Poseidon's realm)? Then I mentally smacked myself: I was not in Hades. I was in Clockwork's Tower, which means…
Of course! Why did I not see this sooner? Clockwork was the only one who knows exactly what happened at the Nasty Burger, so I guess he was the only one who could have taken it. A distant memory of something Tucker said came to mind, but I waved it off.
"You do know that this tower may even be as safe as Olympus; where were you going to hide it? In some large, not-so-secret vault, lying in view, in your house?" I rubbed the back of my neck laughing slightly.
"Hehe… I'll just give this back to you." I handed the laughing thermos to Clockwork, and he hovered over to the opening, replaced the restraints, lasers, and the door.
Clockwork explained that it would have been catastrophic if I had sunk into Poseidon's realm. There would have been a small battle between me, Triton, and his group of soldiers. So he stopped time, and had a portal bring me here.
"Although that was not the only reason I brought you here." Clockwork said "You need to know about the Great Prophecy." My eyes narrowed.
"You mean the one that's supposed to come true when I'm sixteen?" I asked. Clockwork smiled, and turned to look at a window of time.
"I see that someone leaked some information. I cannot tell you the exact prophecy, for I have sworn over the River Styx not to; but yes, the prophecy involves what happens when the next half-blood child of the Big Three lives to be sixteen." His face became more serious as he became elderly, and explained, "But you are not the one of the prophecy."
"What?" I exclaimed. "But I'm the oldest child of the Big Three! What, I don't live to sixteen?"
"Well, you're half right." Clockwork turned away from the window. "But you're also half wrong." I furrowed my eyebrows.
"What do you mean?"
"You see Daniel" He once again turned around to another window. "I've known who the Prophecy was about since the Oracle first gave it. The gods pestered me, stating they would throw me into Tartarus unless I would tell them who. But that was against the rules. Their rules.
"When the prophecy says "half-blood" it almost always means half god, half human. But you're a different case. You are half a half-blood, and half a dead half-blood." I tried to do the math, and…Ouch. My head.
"So I'm one fourth human, one fourth god, one fourth ghost, and one fourth dead god?" I asked, slightly confused.
"Well… the details are sticky since gods can't die, but a dead half-blood is still a dead half-blood. So yes." Clockwork turned to face him, becoming a toddler. "You must inform Chiron about this. I would tell him myself, but I have all of time to look after." Clockwork pressed the button on the top of his staff, and I was in the ocean.
"Gaahhhhhh! Clockwork!" I splashed in the water, and attempted to go ghost, with no prevail. Maybe that surge of power drained me more than I thought. That or this was Poseidon's idea of a joke; make me work to survive in his domain.
Thanks uncle. As if it was a reply, I got smacked in the face by a wave. When I resurfaced, I saw land, and a goal. I started swimming what I thought might be a mile.
…
I dragged myself onto the beach, exhausted. When I got up, the first thing I noticed was that there was an old, three-masted ship on the beach, along with a bunch of other old (and some more modern) vehicles.
When I looked towards the center of the island, I was surprised to see a nice, white marble resort. There was a sign above the entrance to the resort, C.C.'s Spa and Resort. But the strange thing was I did not want to even try to rest in this "Resort". From what Lancer taught us (taught Sam since she was the only one paying attention, and she later explained to me and Tucker when we were trying to study) about Odysseus' travel back home, every island he landed on had a catch to it.
When I saw a lady with a clipboard approach me, I decided it was time to snoop around a little. I went ghost, (yeah, out of the ocean + ghost powers= no coincidence. I am on to you Poseidon!) became invisible, and zoomed passed the surprised woman.
The resort was amazing! Pools, fountains, terraces, and all sorts of animals were everywhere. I was so distracted by the scenery, that I nearly hit a wall. I became intangible right in time and passed into a huge room. One whole wall was covered in mirrors, there was a flat screen TV, luxurious sofas and chairs, a strange out-of-place wire cage, and there was a woman with braided hair next to Percy in front of one of the mirrors.
The woman gave Percy and glowing pink beverage that I do not think was a strawberry shake. Maybe I was wrong, maybe they were good friends, and maybe we could trust them. But my gut said no.
"Percy, stop!" But I was too late. He already drank it. The woman spun around in surprise when I yelled.
"How did you get in here? It doesn't matter, you'll be joining your friend soon anyways." I looked at Percy… or were Percy had been, to see his clothes lying on the floor with a guinea pig on top of his shoe. At first I did not get it, but, of course, at the time my friends did call me clueless; maybe they were right. Because it took me one dodge of a spell to realize Percy was the guinea pig!
I did not want to be a guinea pig. That's all there was to explain why I fled. I flew out of the building as fast as I could, and I saw the braided-hair-woman calling for her assistants to find me. I quickly overshadowed the first person that came into sight.
That person happened to be Annabeth, and she looked amazing; almost just like woman from that other building. I ran into the bathroom in Annabeth's body, and stopped overshadowing her. She clutched her head as she collapsed on the floor.
"Ugh, I don't feel very good." She looked up at me. "Wait, did you just overshadow me? That's so creepy!" She shivered a little bit and I rolled my eyes.
"Whatever, we have something more import to talk about." I explained the situation.
"C.C., wait a minute… Circe!"
"Who?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Don't you know the myths? Circe is a sorceress who turns men into pigs. Odysseus encountered her on his voyage home. He ate Hermes' berries in order to be immune to Circe's magic, yet he still…"
"Okay, okay! Enough of the history lesson! What should we do?" I asked. She rolled her eyes and mentioned something about history repeating itself and said,
"Well we first need to get the multivitamins, if I'm right they are made of the same substances as the berries in the Odyssey that Hermes gave Odysseus." I nodded. "And we should just play along with Circe until we can be with the guinea pigs alone and feed him the vitamins."
"Okay…" I did not have time to finish, because I could hear Circe's assistants outside the bathroom door. I looked over at Annabeth, and she could already see what I was going to do.
"No, no no no no no no no!"Annabeth said shaking her head. "You are not going to overshadow me again!"
"How are we both going to play along? She turns guys into guinea pigs! I'm going to have to if we don't want to get caught." I became intangible as I heard the door open. Annabeth's eyes widened and she said,
"No…"
"Sorry!" I whispered as I overshadowed her. Hopefully no one will notice Annabeth's eyes being green instead of grey.
I had overshadowed her right in time, for the other sorceresses just came in.
"Have you seen a boy with white hair and green eyes?" they asked me
"Ummmm… no I haven't." I was relieved and surprised when Annabeth's voice came out of her mouth instead of mine. I hurried out of the bathroom and to Circe's room.
When I got there, I heard Circe swear under her breath, and saw her dump who I assumed was Percy into the wire cage.
When I walked in, I tried to think of something that Annabeth would have said.
"Um, the architecture… and library… were pretty… awesome…" I said. Circe smiled.
"Yes, we had the best architects to build our resort, and the best knowledge from the past three millennia. You could study anything here. You can be anything." Her smile grew larger.
"Like um… like ahhh… an architect… or librarian…" I said.
"Yes, but you have the makings to be something even better: a sorceress! Like me!" Circe said. I tried to act as surprised as I could when I took a step back, put a hand to my mouth, and said,
"You're a sorceress! Oh my goodness! And that…would be a great job… a sorceress, um… yeah." I said smiling. "Oh yeah, and where's Percy?" Remembering that would probably be the first thing Annabeth would ask. She motioned over to the cage.
"I helped him realize his true form." She said. I once again got into my surprised act, and said,
"OH MY! Ummm, I guess he does look cuter that way…ummm yeah. Hey before I totally become a sorceress of darkness and join you and stuff; can you let me have a few moments to think about it, and to say goodbye to Percy?" I asked. Circe frowned.
"I guess. But make it quick. You can help me find that little pest that is floating around." She said as she walked out the door.
"Uhhhh, hehe, good luck with that!" I said as she left. As soon as she left I stopped overshadowing Annabeth and flew over to Percy's cloths.
"I really hate it when you do that." Annabeth said clutching her head. I found the multivitamins and passed one to Annabeth then ate one myself.
"Alright," I said, looking at the cage of squealing guinea pigs "which one is Percy?" I asked her.
"I don't know! How am I supposed to know what he looks like as a guinea pig?" She asked frantically.
"I don't know! You've known him longer! There must be some way to tell!" I said.
"Well we don't have much time! She could be back any minute!" Annabeth said, trying to figure out which one was Percy.
"YOU!" I spun around to see Circe and her assistants casting a spell at me. I got ready to see if Annabeth was right about the multivitamins as blue fire curled around me. It had no effect. I smiled and looked over to Annabeth.
"Hey Annabeth,"
"Yeah Danny?"
"I think I know how to figure out which one's Percy…" I held up the bottle of vitamins and heard Circe curse at Hermes as I dumped the whole thing into the cage.
"No! Those ones are the worst of them all!" Circe screamed as the guinea pigs grew, breaking out of the cage and became seven men. And thank the gods that they were all in clothes; that would have been a picture I would not be able to get out of my head.
One of the six huge guys in odd clothes stood up, his beard covered in wax.
"Argggh! What's the witch done 't me!" He yelled as Circe yelled no again. Annabeth gasped as she recognized waxy beard.
"Wait a minute, I know who you are! Edward Teach, son of Ares?" She asked.
"Aye, lass. Though most call me Blackbeard!" he exclaimed. "And there's the sorceress what captured us! Run her through! And then I mean to find me a bowl of celery!" Circe screamed as she was chased by the pirates.
"Thanks guys." Percy said "Sorry that…" Before he could finish, Annabeth gave him a big hug, and said,
"I'm glad you're you again." Percy started to turn red as he said,
"Yeah, me too."
"And me three." I said as I patted him on the back.
"Now let's get going Seaweed Brain…" Annabeth started but I finished for her (to her annoyance),
"Before Circe gets back." If she gets back. I grabbed them both by the sides and flew down the hillside, but I stopped when I heard screaming. I looked to my right to see a pirate cornering the first woman that I had overshadowed, along with a girl who was obviously her younger sister. I had to help them. They couldn't all be like Circe.
I told Annabeth and Percy to go on without me, and they reluctantly obeyed. As they headed towards the beach, I flew foot-first into the pirate's gut. Right in time too, the pirate's sword had been raised in the air and in striking position. My kick had sent him flying back into a rack of towels that were embroidered with C.C's Spa and Resort.
"Thank you." She said as she picked herself up.
"No problem. Now, run!" The woman and her sister ran towards the jungle, and I saw my ride leaving. From the high-point that I was standing, I could see Percy and Annabeth sailing away on apirate's ship.
"Uh-oh." I said as I flew over the screaming pirates, and onboard the ship. Annabeth smiled at me.
"What took you so long?" She asked.
A/N: Yeah, yeah, I know I said I would update on mondays and fridays, but right after that, my schedule became way more complicated. I'll try to update on weekends(TRY is the main word of this sentence). And I couldn't help but keep most of Blackbeard's dialogue unedited, I couldn't think of anything else for him to say. PERCY JACKSON NEWS: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea Of Monsters: The movie in production. Hopefully it will be better than the first.
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