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Chapter 28: Plans, Plans and More Plans
Camp Half Blood
Percy's POV
The lunch bell had just rung, Annabeth, Chris and I made our way to the mess hall. As we entered we saw Terra standing near the entrance talking to Katie Gardner.
"Hey Terra, Katie, how goes your first day at camp?" I asked. Katie and Terra both smiled at me.
"It's going great Katie has been so kind to help show me around camp and get me settled in the cabin." Terra said.
"It was nothing, it's just good to have someone my own age in the cabin for once, eveyone else is so much younger than me." Katie said.
"Well, my dad and Theseus have allowed me to invite any friends that I want to my table for meals both of you can join us if you'd like." I offered.
"Terra go ahead, I need to make sure the younger campers behave." Katie said, Terra hugged her goodbye and followed Annabeth, Chris and I to my father's table.
"It's going to be so great having friends sit at the table this year. I need to thank Theseus and my dad again when I see them." I said as we all sat at the Poseidon table.
"Who else is going to sit with us?" Annabeth asked curiously.
"Well, I invited Luke since his siblings have been giving him the cold shoulder since he came back." I said. Annabeth smiled at me and held my hand.
"That's sweet seaweed brain." Annabeth said. Terra and Chris both smiled at us and said, "Awe!" Annabeth and I just glared at them before we smiled mischieviously. Luke walked into the mess hall and I could see the other campers avoid looking in his direction. I stood up and motioned for Luke to sit with us. I got a dirty look from Travis, Connor and Clarisse. My eyes turned a dark forest green when I saw that and I stared back at them until they looked away, which didn't take long. Damn, I love these new abilities. Luke made his way over to us and sat down at the table.
"Luke, we're all glad you could join us." I said sincerely. Luke sat next to Annabeth and across from Chris. Everyone said hello to him after me.
"I wish everyone else was as happy to see me as you all." Luke said sadly.
"Hey, buddy don't worry everyone will come around soon enough." I said. As if on cue Thalia and Nico walked into the mess hall hand in hand. They walked toward the Poseidon table, when they saw Luke sitting with us they frowned, turned around and sat down at Zeus's table together. Luke and Annabeth both saw this and they both shook their heads sadly. "Annabeth told me what happened Luke, I'm sorry."
"I made the mess and now I lost a good friend and made another enemy." Luke said.
"Thalia still cares for you, she's just mad." Annabeth added.
"Well, Nico hates me though." Luke said.
"He's just jealous thats all." Annabeth said. I cleared my throat and everyone looked at me,
"I wish it was just jealousy, but I think Nico blames you for Bianca's death." I said. Annabeth's eyes widened in realization.
"You really think so?" Annabeth asked.
"Yes, when Nico finally forgave me it was only after he spoke to Bianca, he and I talked many times about that and he said the real traitor was Luke and if he could ever get back at him he would." I said. Luke sighed audibly.
"Just great, not only is Thalia mad at me, most of camp hates me and now Nico is out to get me. My life just gets better and better." Luke said. We all looked at him sympathetically.
"Well it looks like we have another mission guys." I said. Everyone looked at me curiously.
"What mission?" Chris asked.
"Operation Forgive and Forget, we need to help our friend Luke here get Thalia to forgive him, the other campers to forgive and forget, and Nico to do the same." I said.
"How are we going to do that?" Annabeth asked.
"Well, you and Chris are the brains of this operation you'll figure it out." I said confidently. Annabeth and Chris looked at each other and gulped visibly. This might be harder than I thought.
"If you all can help me I will be eternally grateful." Luke said with a smile. It was the first smile that I had seen on his face since the ship.
"We'll do our best. We have a lot of planning to do." Annabeth stated.
"We're going to need more help though." Chris said.
"Who else is going to help us?" Terra asked. We all sat there thinking of others to help in our mission.
"I got it, I know of two people in camp that do not hold a grudge against Luke and I bet they feel left out of a lot of camp activities." I said. Annabeth looked at me and then smiled knowingly.
"Calypso and Rachel." Annabeth said.
"Bingo!" I said enthusiastically. I looked around and saw Rachel and Calypso sitting together at the administrator's table. I motioned for both of them to join us. They both walked over reluctantly carrying their trays. We all said our hellos and they sat at the table.
"We have a mission that we're working on and we need help." I said. Rachel and Calypso both looked at each other and shrugged.
"What mission?" They both said at the same time.
"We are going to help our friend Luke here with his problems. He needs us to help him get Thalia to forgive him, the other campers to forgive and forget, and lastly to get Nico to do the same." I said. Both Rachel and Calypso exhaled visibly.
"Sounds like a tough mission, I'm in." Rachel said.
"I know what its like to be an outcast. I will help as well." Calypso said.
"Thank you both, we all need to make plans to achieve our goals." I said. We spent the entire time at lunch eating and planning how to help Luke. This wasn't going to be easy, but we all knew we had to try. After lunch everyone left except for Annabeth and I, we walked toward the big house for a meeting that I had scheduled earlier with two specific Olympian gods. As we entered the big house I saw Athena and Theseus waiting for us in the great room. I checked around to make sure no one else was around. Annabeth and I hugged both of them and then we sat down on the sofa across from them.
"All right Percy what did you need to talk to us about so urgently." Theseus asked curiously. Athena looked like she was on the edge of her seat with curiosity as well.
"All right, Annabeth and I have an internal camp mission that we're working on that impacts two camp visitors." I said.
"Which two camp visitors." Athena asked.
"Triton and Calypso." Annabeth said. Athena and Theseus both raised an eyebrow.
"What about them?" Theseus asked.
"I'm sure neither of you had time to notice, but they have been hanging out together a lot." Annabeth said. Athena and Theseus both smiled knowingly.
"You're suggesting that Triton and Calypso are together?" Theseus asked clearly amused by the thought.
"Yes, I think they could be falling in love and we were worried about the reaction they would get from Poseidon and Amphitrite." I said carefully. Theseus and Athena both looked at each other and their smiles disappeared.
"A valid concern." Athena said, I could tell that she was thinking that over.
"Do either of you know what they think of Calypso?" Annabeth asked curiously.
"I know dad never had a problem with her, he understood why she helped Atlas, dad understands the importance of family." Theseus said.
"I agree and I know that Calypso dislikes her father now considering how he treated some of her siblings during and especially after the first titan war." Athena said.
"I agree, after this latest encounter with Atlas she pretty much hates his guts." I said matter-of-factly.
"What about Amphitrite?" Annabeth asked worriedly. I could tell by Theseus's reaction that he agreed with the worried tone in Annabeth's voice.
"Yes, Amphitrite is the wild card here. She has been trying to get Triton married for two thousand years to no avail. I think she's starting to question his sexuality." Theseus said amusedly. I smiled because I knew Triton very well and he's definitely not gay.
"He's not gay right?" Annabeth asked. The rest of us laughed at the question, Annabeth's face turned red with embarrassment.
"Believe me he's not gay, he just doesn't want someone who only thinks of him as the son of Poseidon or the heir to the throne of Atlantis. He hasn't found the right woman yet." I said. Athena and Theseus nodded in agreement.
"So you think he really likes Calypso?" Theseus said trying to change the subject.
"Well, they met at my bedside on the research ship and when they saw each other, well let's just say I think it was love at first sight." I said. Athena and Theseus stared at each other smiling.
"Well, I know about love at first sight." Theseus said as he held onto Athena's hand tightly. Athena blushed furiously. For as long as I live I will never get over Theseus's ability to make the goddess of wisdom blush. It has to be one of the wonders of the world.
"What would you like us to do?" Athena asked, I could tell she was trying to get her blushing under control.
"Well, we would like you to gauge Amphitrite's perceptions of Calypso. We want to see if she will stand in the way if Calypso and Triton get serious." I said.
"We'll help as much as we can." Theseus and Athena said at the same time.
"What about Poseidon?" Annabeth asked.
"I don't think that dad will have a problem, in fact I was going to talk to him and have him join in our plans." Theseus said with a mischievous look on his face.
"You have a plan don't you?" Athena questioned.
"Let's just say that I know my father well and he will be overjoyed to help us." Theseus said. I hope he's right because it could backfire.
"You two leave this to us, but keep us posted on how Triton and Calypso are getting along." Athena said.
"We will and thank you both for the help." I said as Annabeth and I got up and hugged both of them before we left the big house. Annabeth and I walked hand in hand to the beach and sat down to watch the ocean before us. It was a beautiful day as usual at camp without a cloud in the sky. The ocean was a beautiful blue-green color and shined as the sun beat down upon the waves.
"What about Luke, I know we came up with a few ideas, but none of them seemed good enough?" Annabeth asked.
"Well, I did find something out about Luke, did you know that he learned to play the bass guitar in the underworld?" I asked.
"He never told me, you have an idea don't you?" Annabeth asked.
"Well you know how we were talking that Luke needed to get involved in a high profile camp activity. I was just thinking with Chris here and since he can play the drums. Nico can play the keyboard and synthesizer, and of course Will Solace can play lead guitar. Why can't we have a camp band? Just like the band that Theseus, Apollo and Hermes have on Olympus? This would be high profile and would allow Nico and Luke to work together for the good of the camp." I said.
"Are you sure that Nico would join if Luke is there?" Annabeth said.
"Well, I thought of that, who is Nico scared of in a one on one fight at camp?" I asked.
"Well, he's not scared of me or Thalia, but he does have respect for us. The only person ... You wouldn't?" Annabeth asked.
"Oh yes I would, he either joins or I'm going to kick his ass." I said ominously.
"Thalia and Nico are going to be mad as Hades at you." Annabeth said.
"That's true, but they're both scared of me so they'll get over it." I said. Annabeth just looked into my eyes. "What?"
"I like it when you get all bad ass, mighty seaweed brain." Annabeth said with amusement in her voice and mischief in her eyes.
"Well, it is for a good cause." I said as I leaned forward and kissed her softly. We made out on the beach for a good thirty minutes before the dinner bell rang. "Let's go, we need to implement my plan, that means we need to start assembling the band. I have a perfect place we can practice." We both ran off the beach hand in hand toward the mess hall. We had a plan to help Luke now, let's hope it works.
AN: So it looks like Athena and Theseus are going to handle the whole Triton/Calypso or TRIPSO thing, while Percy and the others try to help Luke. Let's hope Percy's plan works.