Chaos Warriors

Disclaimer; I don't own PJO or HOO!

Chapter ten

Percy's POV

I nod and, sending the water I was controlling back into the pool, follow Meteor back out of the pool room. While we're walking, I decide to study Meteor's wings, since I have nothing better to do. They're like a whole mix of animals. They have the same general shape as a bat's, only bigger, and she has little hooks up at the top where they fold down. Meteor's wings are scaled, and look sort of like a snake's except for the tough webbing in between the bones, again, like a bat's. The scales are a sort of mix between rich red and deep brown, sort of like mahogany, but... Not. It's sort of hard to explain, but mahogany is the closest I can get, but Meteor's wings look nothing like wood. They're folded up, so I can't really tell how big they are, beyond really big. The hooks at the top of her wings are white, and seem to be made out of the same material as the dagger she had at lunch, and while the bottoms of the wings aren't hooked or anything, they are pointed, and look sharp enough to do some real damage in an emergency.

Meteor stops, and, glancing up, I realize I must have been staring, based on the way she's looking at me. Startled, I meet Meteor's gaze as she says, "If you're done staring like I'm some kinda freak show, we've arrived."

I grin sheepishly. "Sorry. It's the first time I've seen dragon wings, and they're really cool."

Meteor's glare softens a bit at that, but she quickly turns, saying, "Well, come on! Don't just stand there - we've kept the others waiting long enough." I nod, and follow her into the rec room.

I have seen the rec room last night, but I was tired, and trying to memorize all of the new names and faces, so I didn't really see what it looks like. It was a huge rectangular room. To my right is a huge flat screen plasma T.V., with what I assume are modern gaming consoles - I had never bothered to see what they look like, seeing as I couldn't use modern technology anyway. There's a large, comfy looking couch facing the T.V., and on the couch are Wolf and Illusion, playing some sort of fighting game. Illusion's character gets killed, and she yells, "goupi! How did you do that?! It shouldn't be possible to pull off that many combos in a row!" Wolf just grins at her.

Yin - Yang, just sighs, especially when Meteor rushes over saying, "I can't believe you guys are playing that without me! You'll pay for that!" Then, Yin - Yang curls back up on the plush arm chair she's sitting in, by a stone fireplace in the corner to the right of the T.V. The left side of the way the T.V. is on is taken up by a game rack next to a large wooden bookcase. On the wall opposite to the T.V. is a table and chairs, as well as a bin full of board and card games. I can also see other tables I assume are pool, fuseball, air hockey, and the like. There's also a computer next to the bin of games. Pushed up against the wall on either side of the door are arcade games, like the ones from the '70s. Lined up on the wall opposite me are more modern arcade games, like Dance Revolution, and some sort of game that looks Japanese, and has a physical table. But it's the floor in the center of the room that looks the most interesting. There's a huge glass panel of some kind, and what looks like a monitor under the glass. There's also six mysterious colored circles around the panel. The circles were red, blue, white, brown, black, and purple. Hmm... Wonder what they could be.

"As long as you're here, you might as well come in." I jump, and see Yin - Yang standing beside me, book in hand. When did she come over?

I nod, and we head over to the others. Yin - Yang sits back in her chair, and I awkwardly sit on the end of the couch, next to Wolf, who hand me a controller, saying, "Ever played Smash?"

I shake my head. "I don't mix well with modern technology. It attracts too many monsters."

Wolf whistles sympathetically. "That's gotta be rough. Well, you can learn. I'd suggest the villager, since it's your first time. All you really need to know is that the d-pad moves your character, and the buttons do different attacks, blocks, taunts, and counters." I nod nervously, not expecting to do very well.

~~~~~~~many games later~~~~~~~

"Scheibe! Who's idea was it to have Hurricane use the villager?" Then, turning to me, Illusion continues, "Are you sure you've never played before?"

I shake my head, "I couldn't risk using modern technology, remember? There's no way I could have safely played this before now."

Wolf grins at me, leaning back on the couch. "Well, whaddaya know? Hurricane's a natural at this."

Illusion looks me over, her one blue and one white eyes sharp and discerning, and just a little creepy. She calmly monotones, "Indeed. Although, he did mention that he is alert in battle, which may be coming into play. After all, Smash is nothing but a virtual battle."

Illusion throws her controller down and sinks back into her seat with a huff, crossing her arms, giving her the appearance of a toddler who has just been told he can't have more dessert. Wolf looks at me, Yin - Yang, the game screen, Illusion, the game screen again, and finally settled on me, a small smile on his face, and a sort of respect in his eyes. "Maybe..." Then, he sort of shakes himself, like a dog shedding the last drops of water from its fur after a storm. "Anyways, you've made some pretty strong first impressions Hurricane! Welcome to the team!"

A/N; Okay, that's done! I'm trying something with this an, where the an is different depending on which site you are reading this on, so I can address different things with other stories. After this point, the an will be different on the two sites. So, here I will actually be addressing something with my other story here on fan fiction, Meeting Mortals. If you read both stories, you probably know that I said I would do winter holiday specials, and never released them. I still plan to do them, but due to it taking longer than expected, I will be releasing the Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's specials at the same time towards the end of winter. This brings me to another thing, which I would love if you could help me with, even if you don't read Meeting Mortals. While planning my Kwanzaa special, I realized I have virtually no knowledge on what Kwanzaa is (I had to look it up, or I would have misspelled it), nor do I know anyone who can tell me anything. So, if someone could leave a review explaining to me what Kwanzaa is, what it's about, and how it's celebrated, that would be much appreciated. I try to make chapters containing religions, holidays, etc. (especially ones I don't know much about) as close to the real thing as possible, which isn't the easiest thing to do when Wikipedia is your best source of information. And with that, I must go and try to write the last few paragraphs of the Hanukkah special of Meeting Mortals! Peace out! -Snowdrop