Here it is guys! Chapter 8! Sorry I took a little while to make it, it's just that I was working on my one-shot of Tyson and Poseidon called: Poseidon and Tyson go Grocery Shopping. It's pretty funny!
-cpcboy 123
8. The WWDTS
After breakfast, me and my friends walked up to Half-blood Hill. We stood there for a moment. I had butterflies in my stomach. I looked up at the glazing sun. I still couldn't believe this was real. In a matter of less than a week, I had been attacked by a drakon, taken to camp, claimed by Zeus, found out my powers, and gotten a quest. But it had to be real. I needed it to be real.
And with that thought, we were off. Percy walked us to the base of the hill. Percy always seemed like a middle-class guy. But, when we got to the base of the hill, me and the rest of my friends freaked out. Right in front of us was a custom made, blue Lamborghini Murcielago. It was custom made because it was a four door, and it had wave designs all over the car.
"Hu-bu-b-b," Justin stuttered.
"P-p-percy, is t-that your car?" I asked in shock.
"Yup," he said proudly, "gift from dad."
"Aaah. Ok. That explains the wave designs," said Paul.
We all piled into the car. Percy and I were in the front seats, and the rest of my friends were in the back.
"How come you get to be in the front?" whined Justin as we started up the car.
"I'm special," I said, "plus, I'm the son of Zeus."
Justin growled. After a while, we arrived at the Pratt Institute, near Clinton Hill.
"What are we supposed to do now?" I asked Percy.
"Can't help you now," he said, "you're on your own now."
He got back into the car and drove away.
"Well," Cynthia said, "let's go to the Brooklyn Bridge, maybe we'll find a clue there."
"And what if we don't, huh genius? How are we supposed to get to London?" asked Addie rudely.
"If we don't," said Paul, "we—aahhh!"
I looked around, and so did my other friends. When I turned around I noticed a gaping hole right in the middle of the sidewalk. When the mortals passed over them, the just literally floated over the hole.
"Paul!" I yelled. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah! Guys! Come down here! There's something you should see," he responded.
We all climbed down. Cynthia did her daughter-of-Hecate thing and lit a light out of midair with her powers.
"Take a look at this," said Paul mysteriously.
At first, we didn't see anything, but when Cynthia got closer, we could make out a greek letter for pi (π). I used my wind powers to clean off the dust. It was clearly a greek letter, made of gold.
"Pi," said Justin, "p in English. Wait, P on an underground slab of rock. This can't be the Labyrinth, because it collapsed. . ."
Cynthia hit herself in the head.
"Why am I so stupid! It means 'door', because in greek, you say it 'porta'," said Cynthia.
I tried banging it with my hand and kicking it. NOT a good idea.
"Then how do we open it?" I asked, rubbing my hands to ease the pain.
We tried everything, and when I say everything, I mean everything. We charged it, we pushed it, we hit it, we touched the Pi sign, nothing worked. Everyone was furious. Here we were, just starting our quest, and we couldn't get past a door. Suddenly, I had an idea.
"Everyone! Use your powers!" I yelled to my friends.
Justin took out his bow and arrow, Cynthia started up a flow of energy on her hands that changed colors, Addie used dark matter from her hands, and Paul just staring at it.
"On the count of three! One, two, three!" I yelled.
We all directed our powers towards the door. I released a continuous flow of electricity from the tips of my fingers. Suddenly, the Greek letter glowed even brighter, and the door finally opened. We all walked in. Suddenly, there was a bright flash of light, and next thing I know, me and my friends are standing in a brightly light room. There was a lady with blond hair and grey eyes—a daughter of Athena—standing at a counter in the center of the room.
I walked up to her and asked, "Um, what is this place?"
"This is the WWDTS!" she responded cheerfully.
"And what is that?" asked Cynthia, walking up next to me.
"The World-Wide Demigod Transportation System!" she said.
"How exactly does that work?" asked Addie, as the rest of my friends joined us at the counter.
"Well," the lady said, "with our state-of-the-art technology, we split up your atoms, and rearrange them at a scheduled location anywhere in the world!"
"Does it always work?" asked Paul.
"Most of the time!" she replied.
"Well," said Addie, "it's worth a chance. We have no faster way to get to London."
"Okay," I said, "let's try it. Take us to London."
The lady nodded. "Please follow me," she said.
The lady led us away from the counter and through the wall. Literally through the wall. We ended up in another large room. There were ten pod-like things a few feet apart. The lady left us alone in the room. A recorded voice spoke through a speaker.
"Please enter the nearest transport pod by pushing on the door."
We all got in one. I could talk to all of my friends.
"Hold on to the handrails," continued the recorded voice.
"Good luck guys," I said nervously.
3. . 2 . . 1 . . Split!" said the voice.
The feeling was indescribable. It was like my body wasn't there, but I could still see everything.
We were in the sky, and going faster than ever, we had broken the sound barrier and were going at 1,437 mph. Whoa. I had no idea how I knew that. I guess it came with the whole son-of-Zeus thing.
I sensed my friends were nearby. Suddenly, my arms materialized before me. I looked down, and my body had re-formed. I looked around, and my friends had reappeared before my eyes.
We all looked at each other's eyes for a moment. A silent message passed between us.
"Help"
Then the free fall began. It would have been the funnest thing ever, falling down at an unimaginable height, 21,349 feet in the air to be exact, but that's beside the point. The wind made my face hurt.
I looked for my friends and panicked for a moment. But then I looked down and saw them, but farther below me. How is that possible?
I put my body in a straight position, head first. That helped me fall faster until I caught up with my friends.
I could see land in the distance. Could that have gotten us to London so quickly? I took a peek down. The ocean was coming at us, and fast. Time seemed to have sped up. The ocean was coming, and we were gonna be splattered into algae.
1,000 feet, 700 feet, 400 feet, 200 feet. I thought it was gonna end like this out in the middle of nowhere, in the ocean. And the worst part was, I couldn't swim. I had never been able to, and no one ever taught me.
I thought I was gonna drown. Goodbye! Suddenly, our fall slowed down significantly, and then, BAM!
Gonna start working on Chapter 9 soon. Read and Review if you want better chapters!
-cpcboy123
