Chptr 17

"Frank watch out!" Percy screamed as another Angel attacked and Frank dodged and countered the angel who was using some sort of spike as a weapon. They all carried the white stake and could only stab with it. The angels seemed to be fighting half heartedly though. Percy and the others found two kids about 15 or 16 years old. One was a short, thin Asian kid, with dark eyes and short, dark hair. The other, a large pale kid with blond hair and small beady blue eyes. He looked like he could be a fullback in the NFL. They were being attacked by a four armed giant with red skin and bright green eyes when Percy and Frank found them. There was something off about the whole mission. It had been too easy. However Percy knew he only had to worry about these other kids who were possibly prisoners in some sort of colosseum type battle and he had to help them. "Frank hold them off I found some kids that might need help!"

"Hurry Percy! We don't have much t-" He was cut off as another angel attacked. As he fought Frank felt himself growing stronger and instead of getting tired the battle seemed to rejuvenate him. He almost started laughing as he grew giddy with the sudden rush he felt.

Percy entered the room as the Asian kid was thrown into a cobblestone wall.

"Argh...Daniel look out." He warned his companion weakly. The larger boy dodged the giant's attack and ran toward his fallen friend helping him up. As he did so he noticed Percy creeping along toward the giant. Percy hadn't noticed he had been seen so he was surprised when the Daniel caused a distraction for him.

"Oy! Big ugly! That all you got?" he locked eyes with Percy and nodded slightly. Percy then quickly took out his ballpoint pen. Daniel gave him a puzzled look as if to ask "What the hell is that gonna do against him?" he soon learned as Percy proceeded to uncap riptide and it grew into its full size. Percy attempted to surprise the demon, once he was within range, he lifted riptide in an attempt to kill the beast before it could close in on Daniel and his friend.

"Ahh another plaything." The demon turned slowly and looked at Percy who had frozen in his tracks at the sound of the demon's voice. "I am Absalom. King of the nephilim. What is your name boy?" Percy hesitated. Before speaking his name.

"I'm Percy Jackson. Son of Poseidon." He was really curious as to the answer to his next question. "Why are you trying to kill these kids?"

"Believe me Son of Poseidon, if I were trying to kill them they would be dead. As you will soon learn as you have threatened me with your presence. Your kind disgust me. Greeks." He said "Greeks" with so much disdain Percy found himself being offended.

"You hate 'my kind' so much do something about it freak!" he charged at the monster and attempted to run him through. However by the time he got there the beast was no longer standing there. "Where-" he was greeted by a huge hand swatting him aside as if he were a bothersome flying insect. The demon laughed as he took his time strolling toward Percy. During Percy's attack the Nephilim grew 10 times his original size. "Hahaha you didn't honestly think you stood a chance did you? I am a King. You are nothing." The giant king stood over Percy gloating.

"Hey ugly!" The call came from Daniel who, once the beast turned around punched the giant with everything he had. He instantly regretted this decision as he felt every bone in his fist pop and crack. This feeling was only forgotten when he felt the blow of two fists nearly ripping his abdomen apart as the Nephilim punched the boy with his bottom set of arms lifting him off of his feet and causing him to spit up blood from the pure force of the attack. "AARRGH" The large boy screamed in both pain and surprise as he was then caught by the top set and hit repeatedly with a barrage of fists raining down. He thought he was about to die but he felt his bones and skin holding up to the monster's attacks. Finally the giant threw the boy aside and went back to focus on Percy however he turned only to feel the cold imperial gold of riptide's blade impale him. He froze in surprize and roared in pain as the gold metal burned his flesh.

"You may be a king Absalom. But I am a demigod. I outrank you." Percy said waiting for the demon to disintegrate as all monsters do when he killed them.

"Maybe so boy. But you must realise I am not dead yet!" He roared and lashed out at Percy who jumped back in surprise.

"Hades gym shorts! This is almost as bad as fighting the Giants." He hesitated and was nearly decapitated by a huge boulder thrown from one of the near by collapsing walls. "Frank! We gotta get out of here!" He soon realized Frank had plans of his own. His plans included taking on the four armed beast as a cobra. Frank had become a cobra and sank his fangs deep into the monster's leg and his venom spread quickly throughout the beast's body. The Nephilim roared and attempted to crush Frank's skull with his huge foot. However the serpent was too swift and Frank got quickly became something much larger. He became a burmese python and once the giant began to appear weaker and slow as the venom spread throughout his body, Frank wrapped around him and squeezed with everything he had and the giant fell.

"Percy Now!" He squeezed but suddenly he felt the strength of the monster come back. However it was too late. Percy had already advanced and was poised to strike. Yet the killing blow instead came from the young asian boy Kira. He wielded a glowing Katana blade that cut through the giant's throat and bone cutting it head off in one fatal swoop. Kira looked up at Percy and Frank who had now returned to his human form.

"We should go."

He lifted the larger boy with almost no effort. Kira knew he wouldn't have to struggle. He was a lot stronger than he looked. Kira was stronger than most adult men he knew. Faster too. Kira was an athlete because that was his escape. As he followed Percy through the giant maze he thought of his past. The life he left behind. Kira was a foster child in Japan. He was one of 9 other children living in a small 2 bedroom one story house. His foster mother was the beautiful Akira Yashimoto. She was a young woman who looked of innocents and was beloved in the small town in which they lived. Life was good for Kira and and his family until the day that it wasn't. The day that Akira tragically died. They were the victims of a gang who upon seeing the beautiful young woman walking down the street ambushed and raped and killed the young woman. After her death they were transferred to another keeper. This one, a man. Hashima Soto was an abusive drunk. He was an angry brute who would have violent outbursts at any time. Kira was the only one not afraid of the brute. In saying that Kira didn't fear him because all Kira felt for him was a pure unadulterated hatred. So every chance he got Kira would sneak away to train is body. He trained under the most extreme conditions just so he could learn to endure the punishment he expected to endure once he got back. Punishment he used to fuel his burning rage and hatred for Soto. Then the time came and Kira had had enough of watching his family suffer at the hands of this old fool. So he woke them at the end of the night. Together they broke into the man's safe full of money that the greedy old man never spent. There was nearly ¥500 thousand. 500 Thousand Yen was more than enough to get them a better life. The oldest was 21. So together they planned to go out and get a new home. However Kira knew they couldn't just leave with the man's money. "Go" he told them. "Go and find a place. A new place for us to live the way Lady Akira would've wanted us to live. I will catch up."

"What are you going to do?" Ino, the youngest of them, asked. Kira smiled and kissed the young boy on his forehead. "I am simply going to take out the trash for the last time."