A Cat Which is Costing Us a Lot of Money
After a while, Argus pulled the van up onto the pavement and alerted the boys, and cat, that they had arrived. Jason climbed out first and was preceded by Percy. Will came last still carrying Nico in his arms. Once they were out, Argus drove away saying he'd be back in a few hours and to Iris Message him if there was any trouble. The boys stood together wondering where to go first.
"Maybe we can try a pet shop," Jason suggested. Percy looked at him as if to say 'lead the way' and followed as Jason set off.
Five weird shops we don't want to mention later, they stumbled into a modest looking pet shop. On the door was a sign saying 'All pets are welcome'. As Percy pushed open the door a bell rung, signifying their entrance. Will put Nico down now and said tabby ran around his legs in circles happily. Will chuckled to himself and followed the others to the till at the front of the store. When they got there it was empty. Jason pressed a bell which was sitting there alone; to tell the owner they needed assistance.
A dishevelled young man came out with a smile on his face and bags under his eyes.
"Hey, how can I help you?" he asked in a cheery voice, covering his mouth to yawn, unravelling his charade.
"Uhm… Dave," Percy said looking at the man's name badge, "Do you have any cat food. Or toys. Or anything we might need for looking after a cat."
Dave grinned slightly in understanding, "You're new to this aren't you?"
"Yup," Will piped up. He pointed to Nico who was walking between the boys legs.
"Aww, that's a cute little cat," said Dave. He then came out from behind the counter and started walking down an isle towards the right.
The demigods quickly followed after him. They stopped at an aisle full of cat products. There were many different foods and toys, bedding and petting items. Percy couldn't believe it.
"Well…" Jason said, looking at the aisle, "that's a lot of stuff."
Dave chuckled a bit, "yeah."
He looked around a bit and then walked to a section which had some basic things to start off with.
"Ok, so you're going to want to get a litter box and some litter for it." He picked up a medium green plastic tray and a big bag of litter to put in it. He placed them in the trolley Percy had quickly grabbed.
"You also want some bedding," Dave continued walking a bit further down the aisle, picking up some more stuff. He went on with this for about 30 minutes until Percy thought they had bought everything in the shop. They had spent about ten minutes at the food trying to decide whether it would be best to get Meow Mix or Felix for Nico and whether he'd like meat or fish. They ended up getting it all.
"Oh, and a new thing they've just come out with is this," he said selecting a small cardboard box with lots of colourful pictures around it.
"This is a PetCube! It can monitor your cute little kitten; it can interact with him using a laser! It works in the dark, it has motion sensors, it has a camera, it can do everything!"
Dave seemed to be exaggerating but the boys realised that with Nico it would be good to keep tabs on him at all times. They looked at each other in sync and the decision was made.
"Can we have like five of those please?"
Dave looked up shocked, but then smiled, "sure, although I don't know how you're going to pay for all this. Your parents must have to be gods to give you this much money!"
The boys chuckled nervously and Percy quickly pulled out the money they had and paid for it all.
They thanked Dave and walked out of the shop all carrying bags full of things for Nico. Said cat walked down the pavement casually as if the whole world revolved around him. The sun was shining down and it was a beautiful day. The demigods were happy – well save from being a few hundred dollars short.
They were about to round a corner to head back in the direction of where Argus had dropped them off when all of a sudden, someone placed a knife against Jason and Percy's necks. Both of them then dropped their bags and Will wheeled around looking at the three young men who had ambushed them. They had come straight out from an alleyway and now they pulled the three boys into it with them.
Whilst this was happening Nico stood to the side. The men hadn't noticed him yet and he purred angrily wanting to claw those men to pieces for touching his friends. He was preparing to pounce; his eyes wide and crouched low to the ground, when the biggest of the men picked him up by the scruff of his neck. He mewed unhappily and tried to scratch at his giant arms but to no avail. He still had one defence mechanism up his sleeve the men didn't know about.
The alleyway was darkening and Will watched as Nico was picked up – none too carefully – by the biggest man. He wanted to race over there and save him but knew it wouldn't help.
"Aww look at this cute little cat," he said, shaking Nico around like a rag doll. He purred furiously, so much that he was vibrating slightly, and Will saw a flash of something pass through his dark cat eyes.
Recognising it as something that the human Nico did he started to speak when there was a flash of darkness. The next second Nico had disappeared. The man who was holding him stared around in shock at his hands, now empty of the tabby.
When they looked at Will, he just shrugged his shoulders and smiled. "He's a magical cat."
A/N – Sorry this is a bit late. I was… busy. Yep that about covers it.
Thanks for yet again all the reviews!
JustARandomNerd – Thanks! Your reviews keep me going XD Also why is Samuel riding in the camel?
Guest – Yup, I'm continuing! That's cool, I used some of the stuff I knew (which isn't much) as well and just rolled it into a ball of cuteness. I wouldn't mind a cat now, actually.
Bean89 – Thank you! I'm glad it's original, that way I can copyright it and get money… I mean no, I would never try that *erases search history which says 'how to copyright fan fiction'*
Matt – Yes I know, but there's a sequel now. Also I don't see what this has to do with my story. But thanks for telling me… I guess?
Thank you for reading and I'll see you guys next time!
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