Quite a few of you were like 'well, she's a nice person for stabbing her sleeping boyfriend', but there was somebody (you know who you are) who was 'KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL' which is interesting, but worrying…
To lMM- who was too lazy to log in again- you put the same review twice, so thanks for that- one more review :D And yes, William got his ass kicked by Nico.
OHMYGODSHOUSEOFHADESISOUTTOMOORW!
But I can't get it until Wednesday D:
Tobias's face was a picture as Crystal walked in, Callum in one arm and the trident in her other hand.
"Hey." She grinned casually.
"What are you doing?" He asked, his eyes fixed on the trident.
"I'm going to stab Alvie." He blinked blankly, then his brow furrowed and he frowned. "I was thinking sea energy might wake him up or something."
"Yeah, but you can't do sea energy."
"Can any of you?" Crystal asked, looking around at the assembled siblings and cousins. They all looked at each other, a ten-way conversation silently flowing between them.
"We haven't tried." Sage eventually replied. Crystal looked at them as if they were stupid. Sage bristled, glowering at her.
"Sage…" Tobias warned. Sage just folded her arms and sulked. Tobias sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Does anyone know where Dad or Lou are?"
"I killed them and ate their livers." They all turned and saw Leo standing in the doorway. "Sup." He grinned.
"Since when were you cannibal?"
"Since I took an arrow to the knee."
"Will you stop that?!" Elsie cried, but she was laughing. "Gods, Dad, you're so annoying."
"Well, duh." Leo noticed the trident and his eyes widened. "That's not Lou's one, is it?"
"No." He relaxed slightly.
"Good. She hates it when people take her one."
"Where are they?" Alokia asked.
"Percy and Lou?" They all nodded. Leo smiled. "I killed them and ate their livers."
"Dad…" Elsie warned, folding her arms pointedly. Leo waved his hands in the air.
"Fine, fine. They're, um…" He paused. "Damn, I don't know. I saw them by the lake, but that was an hour ago, so they could be anywhere." He tilted his head to the side. "Why? What are you going to do?"
"We're going to stab Alvie and hopefully wake him up." Alvie suddenly coughed. Tobias moved forward and rolled Alvie onto his side as the younger brother drooled blood. "That's lovely."
"I'll go and look for them." Leo left.
"Daddy!" Charlie protested, scrambling to his feet and tottering quickly after his father. They heard Leo laugh.
"You'll never catch me, tiny!"
"Daddy!" Charlie disappeared. Elsie and Alokia ran after him.
Crystal set Callum on the end of the bed and slowly padded forward, holding onto the trident tightly with both hands, using it as a support. Alvie had stopped coughing, but blood was staining his pillow at a rapid pace.
Elsie and Alokia returned a few minutes later. Elsie was grumbling to herself while Alokia looked nervously at her older sister, obviously trying to calm her down.
"What's the matter, Elsie?" Sage asked.
"Bloody idiots in the bloody way with their bloody stupidity…" Elsie cursed colourfully in Ancient Greek.
"Ares?"
"Not, Aphrodite's lot." Tobias pulled a face. "They're after you again." Tobias mocked a scared whimper. Elsie gained a twisted smirk, her eyes glinting mischievously. Then she turned to Crystal. "And they think you and Alvie are super-duper adorables!" She said in a cruel imitation of the Aphrodite girls.
"For someone that hates that lot so much, you're very good at impersonating them."
"Shut up, Max." Elsie growled, bunching her fists.
"Mm… don't fight…" Alvie mumbled, rolling onto his other side. Tobias grabbed a cloth from the bedside table and mopped up the blood on Alvie's face, before attempting to ease the pillow out from under Alvie's head.
"Stop it." He said, not looking round.
"What?" Elsie and Max protested together.
"You're glaring at each other."
"He started it." Elsie muttered. Something in Tobias snapped.
"I don't care who started it!" A sudden hush fell over the room. Tobias sighed, his shoulders slouching. "I can't stop you two killing each other, watch this lot and look after Alvie."
"Tobias-"
"You need coffee." Percy walked in. Tobias bit his lip, moving back and rubbing at his left forearm like he did when he was worried. Percy put a hand on his shoulder. "Lou's trying to drown Leo at the lake. Maybe a walk will do you some good." Tobias just nodded and left. Percy studied Alvie curiously, noticing the blood-sodden pillow Tobias had dropped near Callum. "OK, what happened? Why did Tobias snap?"
Elsie and Max spoke at the same time, but this triggered another argument. Percy looked from one to the other before snapping his fingers sharply. Elsie and Max, who were both standing, staggered. Max hit the wall and Elsie slammed her shoulder into the door frame. They both complained, holding their heads before sinking to their knees.
"What'd you do?" Sage asked, sitting up straighter with a look of interest on her face.
"I'm not telling you. You're dangerous." He turned to Crystal. "That's my toy." He said, nodding at the trident she still held. "Apparently, you want to stab Alvie with it to wake him up."
"Yeah, I was thinking in the head would get his attention." Percy nodded in agreement, looking very serious. Then he smiled, holding his hand out.
The trident sat comfortably in Percy's hand, unlike it had in hers. Then again, this was the son of the sea god and tridents were like an extension of their body- Alvie had told Crystal that you should run if you saw either Percy or Louisa armed with a trident. You should run from them armed with any weapon, but you had to escape tridents like a nymph trying to escape a drunken god.
Sea green energy crackled about the trident and Percy levelled it at Alvie's chest. Crystal heard Callum's sharp intake of breath.
"Daddy, no!" He cried, stumbling over himself and hurrying towards his father as quickly as he could on the bed and over Alvie. Crystal grabbed him and held him as best she could in her arms, but he fought and struggled.
"Callum, it's OK." Percy reached out with one hand. Callum grabbed Percy's wrist with his small hands and clung on for dear life. Percy managed to take Callum with one hand and balanced the toddler on his hip. "I'm going to try and wake Alvie up."
"Hurt him." Callum mumbled.
"No I won't."
"But sharp."
"He'll be fine. Look, watch." Percy rested the tips of the prongs very gently on Alvie's chest and the sea energy covered Alvie in a green veil. After a few seconds, Percy pulled the trident away and the energy died down, but the veil stayed in place. Callum looked relieved. "See, I didn't hurt him." Callum rested his head on Percy's shoulder, curling his fingers in Percy's Camp T-shirt.
The veil faded slowly and coloured returned to Alvie's cheeks. He sighed and gained a small smile. Crystal smiled in relief, grinning at Percy. "I forgot how tiring that was." He mumbled, pulling a face at Callum, going cross-eyed. Callum giggled and Percy grinned. "Right, you sit with Alvie and keep an eye on him for me." Percy sat Callum on Alvie's stomach. "I'm going to go and find Lou and stabby stabby."
"Stabby stabby?" Sage laughed. "Dad, you're silly."
"Thank you, Sage." Percy rolled his eyes, but he was smiling. "You're just like your mother." He stumbled out, crashing into the doorframe.
"Dad, you OK?"
"I'm fine." He grinned at them over his shoulder. "Tiring stuff this." He said, holding up the trident. And then he was gone.
"Is he OK?"
"He'll be fine. Percy normally bounces back." Alokia smiled. Then she glanced at Elsie and Max. "Unlike these two. What did he do?"
"My brain feels like mush." Max mumbled.
"Wasn't it already that?" Elsie countered feebly. Max glowered at her.
"Don't fight!" Sage ordered sharply. Elsie and Max protested, covering their ears at her sharp voice. Sage looked triumphant.
"Ugh, what's going on?" Crystal looked round and grinned. Alvie looked groggy, but was propped up on his elbows.
"Alvie awake!" Callum beamed. He threw his arms around Alvie's neck and hugged him fiercely.
"Hey, Callum." Alvie mumbled. He looked at Crystal and repeated his question.
"Oh, you know. People wanting to kill each other, people with mushy brains and then people going crazy."
"Nothing out of the ordinary then?"
And he's awake! Woo!
WHO IS GOING ON THIS QUEST?! I CAN'T DECIDE!