Chapter Six
Percy
Friday, August 6th
Percy stormed back into House and slammed the door behind him. The nerve of his father. Percy couldn't believe him. He was all set to visit his father whom he thought actually wanted to see him and then he discovers it's all just so they can help save the company. This adds up with everything Piper told Jason. Jason and Hazel walked in a few minutes later and Jason slammed the door making House shake again. They all went and sat on the couch. Percy felt that the pen, or Riptide, had already reappeared in his pocket. Stupid magic pen sword thing.
"What're we going to do now?" Bianca asked as she wiped her eyes.
"I don't know about you guys but I am going home," Thalia said. "I'm not going to help someone who lied to my brother, lied to my mother, and used me and my cousins. I'm not."
Percy glared at the wall, "We have to find a way to leave."
"Percy!" Annabeth stomped into House. "What was that?"
"Annabeth," Percy ran a hand through his hair, "What are you doing here?"
Annabeth sat beside him on the couch, "You know Chiron's bosses?"
"More like recognized," Thalia said.
Another person walked through the door. It was Piper. "Hey, what's going on?" She was followed by all of the Omáda team.
"You brought the whole group in here?" Jason protested.
"We're a team," Clarisse crossed her arms.
"Fine," Nico glared at them. "Introduce yourselves, then." A few people sat on the floor and everyone else squished onto the couch and loveseats.
A pretty girl with long brown hair holding hands with a big guy with chocolate skin spoke first, "Well, I'm Silena."
"She's my half-sister," Piper added.
The big guy spoke next, "I'm Beckendorf."
Two guys who looked like twins smiled and the taller one spoke first, "I'm Travis,"
"And I'm Connor,"
"Stoll," they spoke together.
Thalia leaned towards Percy, "Annoying," she deemed.
Percy smirked. The next girl had long brown hair, "I'm Katie."
"I'm Juniper," a girl with green highlights in her brown hair smiled.
From the floor a guy with a small goatee grinned, "I'm Grover." He sat beside Juniper.
A guy with blonde hair stepped up, "And I'm Will."
"So what's going on?" Annabeth turned to Percy.
Percy looked at Jason who spoke, "During the first training day, Piper and I we're talking and she told me about Chiron's bosses, you guys, House and how weird it all was. So I told my cousins."
"And we agreed with him, it was weird. We we're all brought in the same airport, at the same time all to do the same thing. To visit our fathers we've never met," Bianca added.
Thalia took it away, "So today when we heard our father's names we realized they used us. They told our mom's that they wanted to visit us to get to know us it was a big fat lie. They wanted us to save themselves, not to see us."
"And we are not going to help someone who lied to me and my cousins," Percy said. "I don't ever want to see my father again."
Annabeth placed a hand on Percy's arm and looked at him, "So you're quitting?"
"Absolutely," Nico answered.
Hazel nodded in agreement, "So how do you leave?"
"You can't," Beckendorf answered.
"There must be a way!" Nico insisted.
"House travelled to the arena because it wanted to," Katie explained. "And even if you did travel back, the world won't unfreeze until K is stopped."
"Fine," Bianca snapped. "We'll just stay in here and not help."
"What if K wins? We need you for a reason," Will protested.
"No, you don't. You were fine without us before, it's not like you need us now," Thalia crossed her arms.
"Please guys, you can do things we can't do," Annabeth tried.
"Like what?" Percy asked.
"It's true that Chiron's bosses have powers," Annabeth sighed. "I witnessed it."
"I knew it!" Piper grinned.
"Yeah and we need you guys. As their children you've inherited their powers," Annabeth explained. "It wasn't all a scam. They might've used you but we're not. Besides, are you going to sit around for years, or play with your powers?"
Percy glanced at Thalia who sighed, "If K wins everything ceases to exist, right?"
"Yes," Juniper nodded.
"And this happens if we don't help?" Hazel asked.
Grover nodded, "Probably."
"Fine, but I'm doing this for everybody but my father," Thalia said. Her cousins and brother nodded in agreement.
"That's good," Katie smiled as she stood and stretched. "Tomorrows Saturday so no practice but on Monday again the rest of Omáda will be joining you guys outside tomorrow."
"I guess we're leaving now," Travis said.
Conner nodded, "Yup."
Jason groaned, "Guys, incoming message."
Chiron's face filled the screen. "Thalia, Jason, Nico, Bianca, Hazel and Percy. This addresses you only. You're fathers want to have a meeting with you."
Percy rolled his eyes, "Tell them we said no."
"Please, at least consider," Chiron said.
"When?" Nico asked.
"Tomorrow at one. It'll be at the Empire State Building. Tomorrow you'll find that House has relocated in front of there. Nobody there is frozen, just try not to bump into your parents. But when you do go back everything will rewind."
"So our parents are no longer frozen?" Bianca asked.
Chiron shook his head, "No."
Percy's jaw dropped, "You said everything froze!"
"That was our initial predicament."
"So my mom thinks I ditched her at the airport, that's just great!" Percy sighed.
"Don't worry, time will rewind. So, will you go to the meeting?"
"If we show up, we show up," was Thalia's final answer.
Chiron nodded. "Team Omáda, back to your own house please." The TV blinked off.
"Well…bye," Bianca said. She got up and left for her room.
Team Omáda eventually left.
"So are we going to that meeting?" Percy asked.
"Let's get dressed tomorrow and be ready at one. We'll talk about it and see," Thalia decided.
"If we're going to be on time we'll have to get ready earlier than that," Jason reasoned.
"Exactly," Thalia smirked. "Call me when lunch is ready."