Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (plus 1) Discontinued for now

by flameboyant

I've added a new half-blood to the story to see the impact but this half-blood is more like the child of all the gods because "all the gods at once harvested their power onto a child of Hephaestus when the mother tried to burn her child." Thus saving the child, killing the mother, and creating a very powerful hero that will save the gods way in the future with 7 others. Or not.

13. I Plunge To My Death

Wow almost for got to explain that Grover never took Baxie to camp because she smelled like a minor god's child. Oh and one more thing Baxie had to be in almost every quest the gods suck her into, even if there is a number limit there's always room for one more.

Grover's POV

We spent two days on the Amtrak train, heading west through the hills, over rivers, pat amber waves of grain.

Percy says he feels something watching us waiting to pounce.

"Maybe just a mortal. Grover are you sure you don't know what mortals see when I carry this weapon around?" Baxie asks.

"Maybe they see a bat?" I said.

"Guys I don't think this is safe. My name and mug shots are all over the newspapers. I'm the prime suspect for my mother's disappearance. The picture of us getting off the bus before the explosion is everywhere. And worst of all Smelly Gabe had a cash reward out for me." Percy says.

"Percy you can't show weakness! That's just what they want you to do and say! Man up! And, how did they get your mug shot?" Baxie says.

"I..don't..know." He said.

Percy's POV

While Grover sleeps, I tell Annabeth and Baxie about the latest dream I had about the cold voice in the chasm. Annabeth says that voice doesn't sound like Hades's voice and that chasm doesn't sound like Hades's house.

"You've seen him and his house? Wait house? And why would Hades want the master bolt if he already had it?" Baxie asks.

"No I've heard people describe it. Yes, and good question. You can't barter with Hades because he is too powerful and greedy." She said. We fall silent after that.

"Not to bother you Annabeth but what's the story behind you? We all know other's except yours. We have only heard part of it." Baxie said.

"Well actually I know the story." Grover said.

"When did you wake up?" Baxie said.

"I don't like reliving my past but I'll tell you any ways. When I arrived at my dad's doorstep in a golden cradle, carried down by a wind from Mount Olympus, my dad thought it was the biggest inconvenience. He tried to get Athena to take me back but Athena had to explain to him that mortal parents have to raise the half-blood child. Then my dad got married when i was five and had two other kids with his new wife. My step mom hated me and wouldn't let me play with my step-siblings. They completely ignored me and when monsters started to attack me they made me feel like the biggest threat and disaster that ever lived. So finally I ran away and made my way to camp half-blood." Annabeth looks really sad after saying that so we ask are quiet after that for a bit.

When we got to Gladiola's owner's house and got the reward we bought a train ticket that went all the way to Denver, Colorado. We make one stop in St. Louis with a three-hour layover. Being a lover of architecture, Annabeth really wants to check out the St. Louis Gateway Arch during this lay over. The Arch is a national memorial, officially called the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; it honors Thomas Jefferson, Chicago, and pioneers for helping with the Westward Expansion. It is over 600 feet tall. Annabeth tells us all about the Arch and how it was built.

Baxie's POV

We were eating jelly beans throughout the place. Every time I tried to take a blue one, Percy would give me his stare. It had no effect but I wasn't that mean. When Grover tried to take a white one I gave him my stare. It was great because he dropped it and I caught it in a pillow of water from a nearby fountain, and Annabeth looked back at us right when it happened.

Annabeth facepalmed like we were being really annoying. Yay, my hard work was paying off!

"Does the underground smell like monsters?" Percy asks.

"Yes, but the underground always smells like that no worries." Grover says.

We squeeze into an elevator with a very large woman and her Chihuahua. She seems curious about why we are alone.

At the top of the Arch, the observation deck reminded me of a tin can with carpeting. Rows of tiny windows looked out over the city on one side and the river on the other. Interestingly weird.

A park ranger announces that it's closing time. There's no room for Percy and me on the elevator down to the lobby. I just run for the stair but Percy waits for the elevator. Percy is left on the observation deck with the big woman, her Chihuahua, a family, and a guard. I turn around to see if he was OK. Then the big woman suddenly has a forked tongue, and the Chihuahua is not a dog, but a Chimera. It was Echidna, the Mother of Monsters, and her son, Chimera. Chimera has the head of a lion with a blood-caked mane, the body and hooves, of a giant goat, and a serpent for a tail, a ten-foot-long diamondback growing right out of its shaggy behind." Chimera attacks Percy, and the rattlesnake tail gets a good bite out of Percy's leg.

I run closer and throw my axe at the Chimera and when it hits him he chooses to have a tantrum by blasting a hole into the side of the observation deck. Percy drops his sword through this hole. Echidna laughs and taunts Percy, saying that if he were a real hero, he would jump out of that whole and dive 600 feet down into the muddy Mississippi River below. This is exactly what Percy does, asking for his father's help just as he leaps. I take the safer and less heroic way with the stairs.