Chapter 9 : Oh, Hello.
Disclaimer: No matter how much I wish I was James Patterson, I'm not, so I don't own Maximum Ride. I'M SORRY IF MAX IS OOC! Also, Rick Riordian is my hero, and I love him, (IN A FRIENDLY SENCE!) but I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Hola mis amigos. Well, first off, serious won. And so thats what this is. But. There's this guy. And I think I like him. But the worst part is, I still like my boyfriend! Like a lot. (I have banned myself from saying the L word.) And apparently, the reason for him breaking up with me was to protect me. So I still think he's a douche, but I think it's kinda sweet. I have literally tried everything from saying I l-word him to pouring fake blood on myself and acting like I'm dead. He didn't find me. The other guy did. And I think he might like me! Because he was freaking out, and I scared the shit outta him when I sat up and was like 'Hey!' But anyways. I like a douche bag who's 'trying to protect me', and a super adorable 'I-act-really-macho-and-cool-but-I-like-hugs' guy. So. Help.
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Max P.O.V.
Ms. Jackso- ahem... Sally, as she told me to call her, sent us off to camp two days (Wait, fuck, math. They got there late at night, then they slept in, had breakfast and left. So 1 day. I guess.) later. It probably would've been sooner, but considering that we had stayed up all night talking, we needed sleep. Percy let me crash in his room, and between the kiss I pressed to his cheek, and his mother's squealing, his face couldn't have gotten any redder. But we slept well and woke up to have blue pancakes. (Dammit I'm hungry now.)
We waved goodbye and after we ate a few blue cookies, we left. Our morning was spent lazily flying through the city. Percy led the way all the while rambling about his camp. His exuberance was so over the top that is soon started affecting me, and we became a happy, bubbly mess. But when we almost flew into a tree, we calmed down a bit. As we soared over the large expanse, I listen to Percy talk. And talk. And talk and talk and talk. I was glad when we finally landed. I walked a couple steps and ran into what seemed like and invisible wall. And damn it hurt.
"What the fuck?"
I looked at my surroundings and blinked when I saw... Absolutely nothing.
"Uhh, Percy?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure we're in the right place?" He gave me a weird look.
"Course, why- oh, yeah, you're mortal. Forgot we just went over that. Hang on." (No Max can't see the camp. Just because.) He snapped his fingers and buildings appeared out of seemingly nowhere. My mouth fell open as I stared at the impressive... Well, camp.
"That better, Bird Girl?" Percy asked teasingly.
"Yeah thanks, Surfer Boy." I said still a bit in awe.
"Here," he said still hyper, "I'll show you around. Come along, Pond!" Percy said the last sentence in a British accent. I wrinkled my eyebrows, not really knowing what he was getting at. (SORRY BUT I LOVE DOCTOR WHO. I'M DRESSING UP AS 10 FOR HALLOWEEN. I MEAN I KNOW PERCY DOESNT WATCH TONS OF TV BUT DOCTOR WHO.)
"Wait, no TV, sorry." He started off down the hill and I followed him, listening to his talkative ramble.
Thalia P.O.V.
Thalia thought Percy Jackson was a complete dumbass. Mainly because he interrupted his own funeral. Again. It was a really somber ceremony. None of the campers laughed or smiled. Chiron had stood and said since didn't they have a body, they would just burn the shroud. Zeus' daughter watched as the beautiful turquoise fabric burned. Chiron had picked her to get up and say something. It would've been Annabeth, but when Malcom told everyone exactly what the little bitch did, the campers decided it'd be best just to completely ignore her. Now the Sky Princess was standing up on that god-awful (stagey thing) and everyone was looking at her.
"I was his cousin. For those newbies who don't know." She let out a watery laugh and continued. "I thought he was a dork at first, we all did. And while he is a dork," some campers gave a shaky smile, "he proved himself to be so much more. He was-" Thalia stopped when she heard voices. Her eyebrows wrinkled. Everyone was at the funeral. Who was that?
"...and this is the mess hall, (Don't they have the funerals there? And idk what its called.) and oh gods who died?" Every head in the hall turned towards the voice. And as Thalia lifted her eyes, her face mirrored those around her.
Percy Jackson stood in the entrance, some other girl standing behind him. (For you funny people this is you. If you wanted serious, keep scrolling.)
But Percy was alive. And here. And Thalia was going to kill him.
"You bastard! You bastard you're alive?!" The pissed huntress yelled loudly. He scratched his head sheepishly.
"Uhhh, yeah about that... I have a story." He tried to explain but Thalia flew down towards him. He opened his arms, obviously expecting a hug. Her fist surged from it's place at her side and connected sharply with his face. He stumbled back, his hand touching his nose as blood started to spew.
"Thals, what-"
"It's been five months! Don't you 'Thals' me!" A few traitorous tears leaked from her eyes because here he was. Thalia's dopey little cousin, who was her brother in all but blood, here he was alive. (And he had managed to pick up some chick, but that didn't really matter.) It was so common to lose someone these days, as monster attacks were becoming more frequent, and so many of the immortal's sisters in the hunt had died, and the campers had lost enough in the last few weeks. "What happened to you?! What were you doing that was so important you couldn't contact us?!" Tears were now streaming down the girl's face, her fists were clenched tightly at her side. His face was shocked, like he didn't expect her to scream.
"Thalia, I'm sorry but it was an accident!" Percy said, holding his hands out as if to calm the temperamental hunter down. Thalia opened her mouth to ask how in Hades do you 'die' for 5 months then come back like nothing is wrong, but he stopped her words with his next comment.
"I was held captive."
The Sky Princess saw shocked faces all around her, which mirrored her own, but soon her expression morphed to one of anger, because who thought they could take her cousin, and get away with it.
"What happened?" She growled out. Percy cleared his throat.
"Max and I got experimented on." He gestured to the girl, Max, who had stepped up and laced their fingers. Thalia's eyes narrowed, because she knew there was something he was keeping from her.
"What else?" She demanded, staring him down.
"Well, we might've got wings, but that doesn't really matter, does it?" He asked, a cheeky grin on his face. Then, holyfuckinghera, wings extended from his back. There was small relived whispers before, but now, now you could hear a penny drop. One Aphrodite girl fainted. The girl beside him -Max- gave him an incredulous look, and stomped on his foot. Percy let out a whine of pain, but one look from Max told him to shut it. Thalia gave her a nod of approval, whatever girl could control her kelp-headed cousin had her respect. The child of Zeus shook her head rapidly, and pointed a finger at her cousin.
"Okay, okay, you're telling your story. But first, one question."
Percy raised an eyebrow as a sign for her to continue.
"Why the motherfuckingfuck, does your shirt say, 'I believe in Unicorns'?"
"It was the only one I had!"
(Kay, serious, start here. And funnies, your chapter is over. Sorry.)
And as Thalia lifted her eyes, her face mirrored those around her.
Percy Jackson stood in the entrance, some other girl standing behind him. Thalia sucked in a breath and took a faltering step forward.
"Percy? Y-you're alive?" She asked, drawing in another shuddering breath. He offered her a crooked smile, but she could see the tears in his eyes.
"Hey Thals." He choked out.
"Oh my god. Oh my god. Percy." The was pain in her voice, and there was every right to be. She had been looking for Percy, her little brother, for days, months. And then she'd given up hope. The huntress thought maybe, he didn't make it out this time. But now she knew. He was okay. He was alive. Though as she stumbled closer to her cousin, she could tell he was different.
His eyes were haunted, the look often found in the eyes of a demigod, but this was different. There were layers of shields hiding his emotions. This wasn't the cousin Thalia knew. He'd changed. But the Sky Princess shoved that notion aside and wrapped her brother, her family, in a hug. She immediately felt him stiffen but she didn't care. He had disappeared for 5 months, he was going to endure her hugs.
"Thalia." He said tightly. She gave him one last squeeze and let go. By now, the campers had stepped out from the pews. A fair sized circle had been maintained around the three teenagers, but as Thalia stepped back from the older demigod, people swarmed towards them. The immortal watched her cousins face as the campers closed in on both him and his companion. His expression turned from one of discomfort to full blown panic. Percy looked wildly around him, his hand clenching the girl's. A few of the older campers saw and backed off, but by that time it was too late to tell the rest to back off. Thalia's eyes narrowed at her cousin, why was he suddenly afraid of crowds?
Then something large and black was flung from his back and pushed people away from him, wrapping himself and the girl in, were those... wings? The excited chatter had died down as the campers tried to make sense of what was in front of them. Percy peaked his face out from under the black shield hesitantly and the... wings melted back into his back. He and the girl stood side by side, hands still clamped together. The huntress was the first to break the silence.
"Okay, okay." She shook her head, took a breath.
"You have a lot of explaining to do."
His face grew grim and he smiled thinly at his cousin.
Okay, so these turned out very different then what I imagined they would be in my head. But I'm still satisfied with them. And again, I'm really sorry but I had lack of motivation and I was sick for a few days. Well, it just felt like I was high, everything was just swirling and I couldn't really think, and my stomach hurt. GUYS WE BROKE 12,000 WORDS YAY. But there not too much left to this story, I'll be done soon. Hopefully. I can't concentrate on anything. Yeah this chapy was a bit angsty, but eh. I might try to write pure angst. I've been crying so much lately, I wanna make someone else cry. (Did that sound bad?) Anyway, do you guys think I could write good angst? I mean I know I made you cry when I didn't update, cringe but yeah. AND GUESSSS WHAAAAAT. The next chapter is coming out really soon! Sorta as, gods-im-super-sorry-i-was-neglecting-and-im-sorry kinda thing. So yay! ~Kori