Chapter 2: Chaotic Trio {2/4}
"This bed sucks..."
Zachariah, Silena and Luke had to make a stop to get some rest. Although Zach had no problem with sleeping in the car. Silena and Luke decided to stay at a cheap motel for the night.
The motel had two floors and the room that they rented for the night was on the second floor. The room was pretty standard, one bed, a small fridge, a table,a chair, a Tv and it had a bathroom.
Zach was currently laying on the uncomfortable bed watching the news on the TV. His jacket was on top of the table and his shoes were next to the door.
Silena was taking a shower in the bathroom. Zach contemplated peeking on her, but decided against it as he was afraid that she'll be disgusted with him if she caught him.
Luke went out to get some dinner.
The news report spoke of a car crash that occurred a hundred miles away from their current location where five people died. Zach found that pretty depressing and changed the channel. Into a cartoon, an old episode of Ducktales. Oh, I love this show.
Eventually, the Daughter of Aphrodite came out of the bathroom wearing a white bathrobe, drying her hair with a towel. The son of... Someone simply smiled at her, with his lips closed, of course.
"So..., What exactly are we going to do with the bed problem?" Silena asked Zachariah as she approached the bed.
She was referring to the fact that there's only one bed there. "One sleeps on the bed, one sleeps on the floor and one can sleep on the bathtub." He suggested.
"Why would anyone sleep in a bathtub?" She asked while she finished drying her hair.
Zach looked away a little embarrassed as he actually slept on a bathtub on a few occasions.
"Really?" She probably noticed his embarrassment.
"Really." He confirmed.
He heard her sighting before she said. "Are you comfortable sharing?" Hearing that, caused the unclaimed Demi-God to widen his unnatural blue eyes in response.
"You mean...?" He asked while staring at Silena's face. Sadly, he didn't notice that he had a pretty perverted looking smile on his face.
"Don't get any funny ideas, Zachariah Roosevelt." She stated in an amused tone.
"I have a lot of funny ideas, like when I filled Ares's Cabin with crickets." After he said that, Silena burst into laughter.
"HAHAHA! Wait?! You did that!?" She asked him while laughing, since every single one of Ares's children started to throw tantrums over the noise that the crickets made.
Zach only gave a thumbs up as a response. Which caused her to laugh even more.
As she laughed, Luke opened the door with two bags on his hands that probably had takeouts inside. "What's so funny?" He asked.
"Ummm, Ares's Cabin plus crickets. " Zach informed him.
"You did that?" Luke asked with an apprehensive look.
Silena only laughed harder as Zach immediately looked away embarrassed.
The blond boy only sighed before he handed one of the bags to Zach. "A Chilli Burger with Pepper Relish and a large portion of chili fries with that Brazilian soda that you like."
"It's called Guaraná Antarctica , and thanks." Zach corrected him before grabbing the bed with his dinner.
"And...Spinach, sweet potato & lentil dhal with a bottle of water." Luke said as he handed to Silena.
"Are you on a diet?" Zach asked her as he ate a frie.
"No, I just like eating healthy." Silena said in response. Considering her lovely figure, Zach could see why.
"And... chicken and fried rice with Coca-Cola for me." Luke spoke as he opened his bag.
As the three of them opened, they ate their dinners. Zachariah had to ask something important. "So, how exactly are we getting to Venice?" He asked his brother for everything but blood.
"We're taking a plane." Luke informed him.
"Ummm... Can we take planes?" He asked because the air is Zeus's territory.
"Zeus doesn't really hate me or Silena and I don't think he dislikes you enough to actually do something, especially since the quest is definitely more important." Luke answered him.
"Wait, Zeus dislikes Zachariah?" Silena asked as she drank some water.
"Yes..." Zachariah answered. "Don't ask why..." Thalia forced him to swear that he would never tell anyone what he did to make Zeus dislike him. "The feeling is mutual if you want to know, Zeus is definitely my second least favorite Greek god." He told her before he opened his cheeseburger and placed some chilly fries inside of it.
"Who's the first?" Silena asked him as she drank some water.
"Whoever my father is..." Zach admitted, but he was open to changing his opinion if he ever meets him. "I'm keeping my expectations low, but I'm gonna admit to you two right now, I'm really hoping that I actually find my mother and Hermes simply doesn't give me the address of a tombstone."
Saying that, however, caused Luke to look angry. To the point where he actually placed the plate on the table before rubbing his eyes. Zach immediately regretted saying that as Luke probably didn't think that it was possible and If it was, he would probably attack Hermes on the spot in fury as a result of it.
"Wait, you actually think that they would do such a thing?" Silena asked, as she was aware that the Gods were insensible jerks most of the time but this crosses all limits.
"Yes." Zach told her. "But, if that is the case, I'll just visit her and leave flowers on her grave every week."
"Zach... That is both adorable and depressing." Silena told him as he ate a bit of her food.
"I know..." The boy with light brown hair replied as he took a bite of his cheeseburger. "Need some ketchup..."
AWESOME!
Zach thought as he was more than pleased with the current situation. Currently, Luke was sleeping on the floor with a sleeping bag that he brought. While Zachariah was enjoying himself besides Silena as they shared the cheap motel's bed. She smells so nice... Silena was wearing some adorable orange pajamas, while Zach was wearing a baggy T-shirt that Luke landed on him and his white briefs. Both were under the blankets with Silena laying on her stomach and Zach was laying on his back. Just a little closer... Truth was, the bland looking boy was trying to move her arm to wrap around his torso.
It was pathetic, but this the closest he would ever get to being intimate with Silena. Honestly, Zach highly doubts any girl will ever be interested in being more than friends with him.
There we go... Now her arm was on top of his chest. I can sleep satisfied now. He thought as he closed his eyes to get some sleep.
Or not, as there was someone knocking on the door. I bet my revolver that it's a monster. Zach purposely used electronics on the way there, which probably attracted some creatures. Luke tried to order him to stop but he knew that it was pointless and Silena didn't really pay attention to him.
The knocking on the door continued, and it eventually woke his friends up. With Luke actually sitting up and looking at Zach. Silena also looked at Zach, probably assuming the same as them. After a few more knocks, Zach had enough of it and simply moved to answer with Silena and Luke looking as he did.
You ruined my chance of cuddling with a Daughter of Aphrodite, so prepare yourself for a world of pain. Wasting no time, Zach abruptly opened the door. Only to see a guy wearing painfully obvious burglar clothes that even included a mask. Just a random robber? Zach was disappointed. "You know, if you wanted to be any more obvious, just write a sign saying "I'm a burglar" or something like that." Zach said sarcastically.
"Look kid, hand over everything you have before I-" The guy pulled out a small revolver from his pocket and tried threatening the bland looking boy.
"WATAAA!" But before the guy could finish his threat, Zach kicked the revolver off his hand with a kung-fu kick that he saw in a movie. "Woooh! AAATTTA!" Before he delivered a jump kick into the guy's face that sent him flying off the balcony.
"What the hell!?" He heard someone asking from his left, only to see another burglar. Before the guy could have any sort of reaction. Zach charged towards him and delivered a drop kick on his chest, which sent him flying into the wall at the end of the balcony.
"Hey, wake up!" Hearing a third voice on his right. Zach looked down from the balcony and saw a third burglar trying to awake the first one that Zach knocked up. An evil smile appeared on his face, and he climbed on top of the balcony's ledge and prepared himself for a manoeuvre. "The hell happened to you?!"
"This!" Zach yelled to call his attention, before he jumped down from the high place and performed a flying knee drop, landing perfectly on the third burglar. "This was almost fun." Zach spoke as he stood up from the top of the guy that he just knocked over.
"Having fun?" Luke, who just came down to check on him, asked.
"Not much..." He was still a little upset that his semi-cuddling with Silena got interrupted. "You got any rope?".
After tying the burglars up. Zachariah, Luke and Silena went back to sleep and once morning came around, they called the police using the phone of the motel but left the place before they arrived. The rest of the ride was as quiet as it could possibly be, with Zach simply sitting there playing his Game Gear while Silena read a magazine and Luke simply paid attention to the road. The boy with light brown hair was still annoyed over his missed opportunity to cuddle with Silena. But he needed to get the hell over it, and prepare himself for whatever they would have to do in Venice.
Ironically, the ride ended quicker than Zach predicted, probably because he was distracted with his game. It took long for them to arrive at an airport, and even less for them to board a plane to Venice.
"If we manage to solve this quickly enough, can we wander around Venice?" Zach, who was sitting right in the middle of the economy class right in between Luke and Silena, asked.
"I doubt we will solve this quickly, but yes." Luke spoke as he read a book about something that Zach didn't understand to pass the time.
"Ohhh, there are so many places I want to visit." Silena spoke enthusiastically.
"Can I go with you?" Zach asked.
"Sure, I just wish we had a camera." Silena spoke sadly as she probably wanted to show her sisters when she got back.
Zach then reached inside his jacket and pulled something out. "Like this one?" It was a digital camera, an Olympus C-2.
"Where did you get that?" Luke asked as Zach didn't have a digital camera.
"From the pocket of one of those burglars." Zach admitted to him and Luke only looked at him apprehensively."What? They ain't going to need it in jail."
"Did you take any photos?" She grabbed the camera from his hand in order to check. Indeed, Zachariah took a very lovely photo of Silena when she wasn't looking. She then looked at him with Zach looking away embarrassed. Suddenly, Silena wrapped her arm around Zach. "Say cheese!" Out of nowhere, she took a photo of the two of them with the digital, while kissing Zach on the cheek. "Just because the photo was great." She said to Zach as he blushed from the kiss.
Luke simply rolled his eyes and went back to his book, and Zach prayed that he won't tell Thalia or Annabeth when they get back to the camp.
"So, how long until we land again?" Zach asked.
"Six hours and forty five minutes." Luke answered his question without taking his eyes off the book. "So sit tight until then."
"Ahmmm..." He grunted before he closed his eyes and tried to take a nap.
A few hours must have passes by, as Zachariah Roosevelt opens his eyes and noticed that everyone around him was sleeping. Oh great, what am I supposed to do now? The boy with unnatural blue eyes thought as he doesn't know what he is supposed to do for the rest of the flight. I need to pee... He decided to stand up from his seat in order to make his way to the bathroom. Passing by the sleeping beauty that was Silena and a sleeping beast that was a bald and hairy guy that was sitting next to her. Once he passed by all of the sits, he walked towards the plane's bathroom and entered. After doing what he needed to do, he took a look in the mirror, removing his glasses to look at his bland face.
The reason to why he was doing that, was because he was trying to imagine his mother by using his unremarkable features as reference. I'm a five out ten in looks, though I may pass as six without the dork glasses due to my eyes. Sadly, he was unable to picture anything and honestly, more often than not, the Demi-Gods usually take more after their Olympian parent. So Zach assumes that he got his average looks from his father.
Having enough of his face, he decided to go back to his seat and maybe try to snuggle with Silena. Once he stepped outside of the bathroom however, Zach felt a little strange. His whole body felt really heavy, like he was about to pass out and there was no way that was normal. What the hell? Zach thought as he moved back to his seat, but before he could pass by the seats until he arrived at his own. A weird noise was heard by him, coming from the direction that he just came from.
Moving his unnatural blue eyes to the direction that he came from, he was able to see someone from afar. He barely reacted to that, but he did stood in plain sight to whatever that was to see him and started down with a smirk. He couldn't see what it was properly, but he could tell that it was a monster.
The boy simply stood there in complete silence, awaiting for anything. "Well?" Until he has enough. "I'm waiting." Not enough space to use my scythe and firing a revolver doesn't sound like a good idea. It was his line of thought at the moment.
His response, was whatever was staring at him from a distance moving out of his line of sight. Usually, I would just run after it and would kick it's ass in a spectacular way. He thought. But, there a huge chance that this plane would crash down as a result. So he decided to awake his friends up for help.
Immediately moving past the seats, Zach awoke Silena first. "Hey, Sleeping Beauty..." He had an nearly uncontrollable urge to kiss her like the Prince did in the story. But Zach was no Prince and he definitely doesn't want his first kiss to come from a unwilling partner. "Silena, wake up." But no matter how much he tried, she wouldn't wake up. "What the...?" He tried to shake but there was still no response.
"Luke?" He decided to move to Luke, but the was no response from him either. "Hey!" He slapped Luke's face, but there was still nothing.
Zach then looked around him. "CAN ANYONE WAKE UP PLEASE!" The boy with light brown hair yelled as loud as he could, but there was still nothing. "And, no response." He spoke to himself. "So... Either all of you are pretending to be asleep to piss me off or that thing put you all in some sleeping spell or some nonsense like that." And he has a feeling that is the latter. "Okay... So... I'm gonna go kick the monster's ass while all of you enjoy your naps." Zach then moved pass all of the seats a third time before he reached for Luke's backpack to pull out Luke's sword which was disguised as a small dice. Luke really needs to get a new sword. "I'm borrowing this for a bit." He told the sleeping Luke before he moved towards the direction where he saw the creature.
Zachariah walked in a very casual manner while twirling Luke's sword on his hand. He whistling the theme song of his favorite game, Sonic The Hedgehog. Going more and more deep into the plane, he simply awaited for the monster to appear so he could identify it. Eventually, Zach arrived at the spot where he saw it but it wasn't there. But then he turned around and saw it, standing right in the spot where Zach was not ago. "Really?" The bland looking boy asked. "Okay..."
Without any type of warning Zach charged at the thing he saw in a very high speed and once he closed the distance, he delivered a drop kick on it. Only for him to actually pass through and slide on the floor after he fell. "AAAHH!" He grunted as he fell on the floor. "What the hell!" Moving his head to check, he noticed that it wasn't there anymore. "Oh, you wanna play hide and seek with me?" He asked as he stood up.
With Luke's blade at hand, Zach searched around for any sign of the creature. Walking slowly pass the sleeping passengers, not understand what exactly was the thing that he was facing getting at. "Come on, it's not a surprise attack if I know you are there." Zach commented.
In his search, Zachariah ended up moving towards the first class. Where he saw the passengers there also sleeping peacefully. "Thank you," Zach ended up stealing a cup of orange juice from one of the sleeping passengers that was next to the entrance of it. "I prefer grape juice to be honest." He commented as he placed the cup back where it was.
After saying that, he moved foward again. Looking around at each step, prepared to attack at the first sign of danger. But so far, so nothing.
Until...
As soon as Zach took the eight step. He heard a noise coming from behind him, but as soon as he turned around, he was greeted by an attack that he almost didn't manage to block. "What the hell!?" It was Zach's reaction to the thing that just attacked him.
It wasn't a monster, or at least not one that he has ever face. The thing in front of Zach was a humanoid creature, but it had no features whatsoever on it's body, it also had a color that Zach had never saw before. "?,,,?" The thing said something that Zach couldn't understand.
"What!?" Zach asked before the thing pushed him with enough strength to sent Zach sliding on the floor. Once he regained his balance, Zach saw that the thing had a sword, a strange sword that looked like it was made of whatever was that thing made of.
"What the hell are you?!" Zach asked as he never saw anything like that before.
"?,?" Once again, Zach didn't understood a word that the thing told him. But once it was done talking, it charged towards Zach.
"Being it on sucker." Zach returned the favor and also attacked.
The moment the two closed the distance, their blades started to clash with one another. But there was an considerable difference as Zach wasn't really a swordsman, so it was clear that he was simply swinging the sword with aggressiveness, applying constant pressure. The thing however was using flawless technique and skillfully countering his attack. But Zach's reflexes allow him to avoid his counter-attacks.
This thing is good and it seems to have strength and speed that actually match mine. Zach could tell simply by how he was able to counter it's attacks. I need to get creative. The boy with light brown hair thought as he exchanged attacks with that thing, doing his absolute best to not to hit any of the passengers that were unconscious around them. Which was the main reason to why this fight was particularly difficult for him.
Until he decided to try his luck during an skillful feint, Zach actually tried to tackle the thing into the economy class. But that was proving be difficult as the thing must weight more than a ton, and that's for someone that actually wrestle with a Minotaur and won. Luckily, through sheer perseverance, Zach was able to push the thing pass the gap that separate the first class and the economic class. Unfortunately, as they passed it through, the thing grabbed Zachariah by the hips and lifted him off the floor and slammed him into the floor, hard. Once he hit the floor, the whole plan shaked with the impact.
"AAAHH!" Zach grunted. "Did you powerbomb me!?" He yelled as he stood up and immediately delivered a drop kick into the thing's torso which sent it sliding into the middle of the economic class. Immediately afterwards, Zach charged towards it and stepped into the arms of one of the chairs and used the impulse to jump and preformed a stab attack towards the thing. Only for it to grab the blade with it's left hand. However, before it could retaliate, Zach stepped back and delivered a push kick into the bottom of the blade, which pushed the sword into the thing's chest.
The thing at least reacted to the stab, by stepping back while it looks at it. Or at least he assumes that it's looking, since the thing didn't really had eyes. Zachariah decided to waste no time and he took four steps back and jumped to reach his backpack in order to pull out his revolver, which was disguised as an bronze lighter. Once it morphed into the Revolver, Zach pointed towards the thing. Only to notice that the thing was gone and the sword was in the floor.
"Show yourself!" Zach yelled while he pointed his revolver with his right hand. Looking around the place that was crowded by sleeping passengers, Zach moved and grabbed the sword, holding it with his left hand. "Just what the hell are you!?"
"?..." The thing spoke to him and once again, he couldn't understand what the hell was it saying. "?!"
Although be couldn't understand what that thing was saying. He could however, hear the sound of it's voice. The voice sounded like an complete amalgamation of several different voices that didn't really matched in any particular way. But the most important part of it, was the he could follow the sound of the voice and it lead him towards the bathroom that he went into not long ago.
Hidden in bathroom? Really? He thought in amusement. "É melhor você não tá fazendo o que eu tô pensando quê você tá fazendo ai dentro." Zach spoke in Portuguese before he opened the door with his revolver ready to fire. "Mas que porr-" The son of... Someone, almost cursed in Portuguese as he opened the door. Mostly because the bathroom was empty and he could swear that the voice was coming from there.
"?!" Unfortunately, Zach heard the thing's voice from behind him and he turned around immediately, only for the thing to grab his right wrist when he tried to shoot it and then his left wrist when he tried to hit it with the sword. "?'? ? ?..." It kept speaking in an nonsensical way as it held Zach's arms.
"Shut the hell up!" Zach yelled at it before he dropped his weapons. "And take this!" He then also grabbed the thing's wrists and pulled into the floor, placing both of his feet the thing's stomach before he use them to pushed the thing into the bathroom. Once the thing hit the floor, Zach was able to break free from it's grip and reached for his revolver.
"? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?." The thing spoke again as it stood up from the floor.
"Faz sentido ou cala a boca!" The boy yelled in Portuguese before he shot the thing in the face.
"?!" The thing said something as the bullet made a whole on it's featureless head.
"Headshot!" Zach yelled as sees the thing stumble a bit, indicating the the bullet did damage.
But then, the thing simply opened it's right arm widely and Zach saw it's hand morphing into a giant claw. "Holy-" He immediately jumped through back into the economic class to evade the giant claw. Standing up as soon as he landed on the floor, Zach created some distance between himself and the thing, with his revolver pointing at it. It didn't took long for the thing to enter the economic class as well. The thing's head which Zach just shot was convulsing in an exceptionally unsettling matter.
"Zach!" Hearing his name, Zach moved his head to the left and saw Luke and Silena with their eyes open.
"Hey, I hope you two had a good nap." He joked as he signaled them to look at the thing.
Luke and Silena moved their head to look, only to widen their eyes at the sight of the thing that Zach was fighting.
"What is that!?" Silena asked in shock.
"No idea, but it's putting my skills to the test." Zach commented as the two of them got up from their seats.
"? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?." The thing spoke as it's head morphed into a different shape, now the thing's head resembled some type of helmet.
"What the hell is it saying?" Silena asked as she got behind Zach.
"It's nothing I ever heard before." Luke replied as he tried to reach for his backpack.
"Ummm..." Zach pointed at the thing, precisely the spot where Luke's sword was lying on the floor behind it.
"Great..." Luke said sarcastically.
Before any of the three could do anything else, the thing started to convulse again, only that it's whole body started to shake this time. Zachariah, Luke and Silena justifiably took a few steps back as they don't know what was about to happen. Zach stood in front of them, pointing his revolver at the thing while also shielding his friends as he was the one that could endure the most damage.
Once the thing stopped convulsing, it simply stood still. "F?h?r ?a?s ?u ba??," The thing spoke again, bit this time, it made some sense but he still couldn't understand it properly. "Zachariah." Then it spoke the first sound word that he understood. Which turned out to be Zach's name.
That only made Zach even more ready to shot it.
"Enjoy the life you stole while you can, because when he comes to collect you, there will be no escape for you." The thing spoke in a nearly incomprehensible voice, but they were able to understand what it was saying.
With that, the thing simply disappeared front their sight without leaving any trace.
The trio justifiably stood there, confused about what just happened as they stared at each other. Only for Luke to grab the Revolver out of Zachariah's hand and turn it back into a lighter. Before Zach could ask what he was doing, he noticed that the other passengers were waking up from their sleep. Which indicated that the thing wasn't around anymore.
"W-what the hell just happened?" Silena asked the question that the three of them wanted an answer for.
"Go back to your seats, we'll talk about this when we land." Luke instructed them as he handed the lighter to Zachariah. Then he ran to retrieve his sword before anyone notices.
Zach on the other hand , only had one question at the moment. "How the hell that thing knew my name?" That was the part that he couldn't understand.
Thanks everyone for reading this chapter, as always, you're support means everything to me.
Questions and Answers:
kiki8o chapter 6 . Jul 2
Hi there nice story I found by chance, son of Chaos, like this is the highest you can get.
About the pairing, I thing fempercy is too often seen and in my humble opinion boring, like the only female daughter of Poseidon , princess of the sea, bla bla bla.
I propose Bianca or maybe a minor goddes?
Or no-one at the moment.
What about his powers, does he wins by bringing chaos to the situation or what?
Anyway whatever you chose I will be happy to continue to read thia story.
Bye bye
Yup
It's up for the votes.
More or less.
I appreciate...
report review for abuseGuest chapter 6 . Jun 18
Calypso preview maybe?
At the end of the chapter.
love it so far. But isn't it really weird that the others think he's not that skilled even though he has the most monster kills in camp. Or is it cause they haven't seen him fight seriously in years? Anyway that'd be a cool moment when they find out how good he is in a fight.
...so when's the next update?
Every single fight that Zachariah has ever been in, is like playing a video game on super easy mode. He never had to develop his skills despite killing more monsters than any other Demi-God.
Soon...
I'd go with keeping Percy as he is and have him just be a bro and if people start clambering that he has to be paired with some just say he gets a mortal girlfriend back in New York
I'm going with whatever the votes say.
Or any goddess for that matter like Demeter or Hera
Sorry, maybe next time.
Something with Aphrodite would be nice to get.
Read below, there's a small preview down there.
Another thing I though about is hope it's clear that on this quest Roosevelt is the hero in charge it's his quest and he is the most experienced fighter and the most experienced being out of camp and heck even if unofficial monster slaying quests don't count as actual quests they also still kinda do so he's also the most experienced on quests in general
Again kinda hoping this quest is a eye opener for Luke about Zachariah for him to realises he's far more capable than he, Annabeth and Thalia actually give him credit for
Really really hope Luke admits he's wrong about Zachariahs fighting skills after he sees him in a serious fight similar to how I hope how besotted Zachariah is by Persephone Jackson is toned down about still finds her attractive and beautiful to be sure but he can actually keep his head straight around her after all he can keep his head screwed on around the likes of Annabeth, Silena and Thalia
Little thing to when he gets his own residence at camp be it the cave or whatever hope he has a massive bed a not so subtle gift from Aphrodite
Yeah Zachariah interacting with Aphrodite is something I'm still keen on getting haha
Also maybe a nice trophy room to
With how he got those trophy's know I mentioned previously past fights with the Minotaur but of course some other monsters could recognise Zachariah to and wanting to get away haha
Back to trophy's again that I hope he keeps after he gets it is the is the Nemean Lions pelt
The unofficial monster slaying quest can be counted as quests but the majority doesn't because it make Zach the one with the highest number of quests in camp.
Zach is definitely not more capable than Luke, in a fight he's definitely unmatched, but Zach lacks a lot of Luke's practical skills.
He will partially acknowledges but he wished Zach took fighting more serious. I already explained below on how Zach and Percy will play out. {Let's just say that, when Percy finally starts to feel something for Zach, there will be a lot of competition.}
The preview kind of answers that. (He turns one of the Cabins into his personal mancave.)
Fine:
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Soon enough the green bathrobe was also off and the Goddess giggled at the sight of Zach on his underwear which revealed his surprisingly unimpressive physique. The plain looking boy then continued to dance in front of her, which she was clearly enjoying by the smile on her.
I want you
I don't want anybody else
And when I think about you
I touch myself
Zachariah then jumped and stood on top of the bed, receiving an amused look from the Goddess of Love before she blew him a kiss. Which he grabbed and placed on his lips.
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
He kept on dancing to the song in front of her as she laid on the bed giving him a predatory look and biting her lower lip as she did. Until she extended her hand and actually touched his leg in a seductive matter.
I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
Sadly, while he was focusing on Aphrodite. He unfortunately didn't pay attention to the entrance where a group of people from both camps were entering the cabin and making faces at the sight of an semi-nude Zach dancing to a very beautiful woman.
Oh, I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
The reactions varied. Some were justifiably shocked with what they were seeing, some people did found Zach's "seduction" dance to be hilarious, some were actually giggling and seemed to be enjoying just as much as Aphrodite. But all of them were probably asking themselves who was that absurdly beautiful woman with him
I touch myself (I don't want)
I touch myself (Anybody else)
Zach then got on his knees and without any type of warning whatsoever, he gave the Goddess of Love, a french kiss on the lips, surprising everyone in the room.
I touch myself (When I think about you)
I touch myse-
"ZACH!" Out of nowhere, the music suddenly stopped and Zachariah heard Thalia yelling his name from behind him. Causing the bland looking boy to immediately stand up and turn around in a hurry and notice a very considerable number of people inside the cabin. There were some people from Camp Jupiter that Zach didn't know, except for Jason. "Errr... Hey..."
"M-mother?!" Piper, who was among the group, recognized her mother in a heartbeat. The Goddess of Love just waved at her daughter.
The reveal that the unbelievably attractive woman that Zach was dancing to and french kissing was Aphrodite herself, caused a lot of the campers to look completely dumbfounded with several whispering in pure and complete disbelief. Understandable, since Zach was having difficulty to believe this himself.
"Ummm..." The boy wearing only white briefs and white socks didn't know how to respond to the current situation. Usually you say the words, "This is not what it looks like" in this type of situations, but I'm going to say something else instead. "Could you guys come back later?" Because I don't want to lose this opportunity. "AAAAAHHHHHH!"
His response unfortunately, was a very powerful charge of static shock coming from Thalia, who immediately approached him and grabbed his calf.
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[Before you ask: Aphrodite absolutely adores Zachariah because he reminds her of Adonis in everything but appearance . Which kind of also adds to why Hades dislikes him, because Persephone {His wife, not Female Percy} thinks the same {It's kind of understandable as I doubt any guy would be happy that his wife, son and daughter are practically in love with the same person.]
Yup
Yes, Zach kind has a habit of wrestling with him and toss him around like a rag-doll when they fight.
He already had one but he gave it to Thalia as a birthday gift.
Great story, but Thalia and Annabeth is getting a little bit annoying now
Get used to it, because they constantly treat Zach like that.
Well looking forward to when Za can hop on Fantasy and and beeline to his mother
I can see also why he'd be annoyed at Thalia, Luke and Annabeth taking over the prep work for his quest
Loved the moment with Annabeth following through on her promise to get him a jacket to replace his hoodie
Glad that Silena is the other camper joint Zachariah on his quest and got a kick out of them talking about what the designs for Luke's truck should be
When it comes to Zachariahs age I think I was placing him as being a year older than Annabeth anyway and really liked getting how he got his scythe
Personally I'm hoping the one who gave him that weapon was either Chaos itself or it was Gaea giving her little brother a present
Okay one thing I'm gonna call bullshit on is Luke's claim Zachariah is the most unskilled warrior at camp I'm sorry that doesn't check out right for me the idea that Zachariah beat every demigod he's fought at camp with and the fact he's become the greatest monster Hunter of his generation on just purely his higher based stats is galling
You mean to say in all those fights Zachariah never ever developed his skills as a fighter it was just all pure unpredictability that he didn't become more and more skilled with all the fights he's been in he hasn't improved just simply no that isn't right to me and I mean Luke being the best swordsman at camp that still checks but really the overall best and most skilled warrior at camp should be Zachariah not just because of his power but also his skill and the fact he's the most experienced fighter at camp due to again the fact he's beaten pretty much every demigod he's had a fight with and the long list of monsters he's dusted
So yeah not a fan of that statement really haha and actually this will relate to something I'll bring up a bit later
Liked getting what the quest actually is about and finding Pandora's box not to shabby for a first official quest
Them going to Venice though is kinda a surprise considering how most quests take place in North America due to it being the centre of the Greeks at the moment kinda surprised the quest is taking them back to the old world and I'll admit when they said Venice I thought it was going to be Venice California they headed to not Venice Venice haha
The preview of a potential Persephone Jackson was nice to get ended on a little to dramatic of a note with the whole loved you since the first moment I saw you deal plus him fretting over if he's someone she cared for and one concern I have over Zachariah being so gaga over fem Percy in particular has me worried it's going to be one of those shit cases where he's going to ignore other girls feelings for him due to all his focus seemingly being on fem Percy alone especially since you stated it'll be a while before fem Percy sees him in that light makes it all the more concerning
In summary while I'm still in favour of Persephone Jackson over Percy worried Zachariah will be ignoring the other girls with feelings for him
Still liked the reveal of some of the things in the preview like the fact he gets into a fist fight with Ares which I hope Zachariah wins, the fact he's willing to bring Clarisse on a quest shows a improvement on their relationship and the reveal he's going to be meeting Bianca and Nico before even Percy
Now on this quest to get Pandora's box back even if it's different from the quest where Luke got his scar I still hope on this quest a fight occurs that looks like it'll have Luke get his scar but Zachariah takes that hit for Luke so he gets the scar not Luke
I also hope this quest drastically changes Lukes evaluation on Zachariahs fighting skills because it's occurred to me Luke and the others likely haven't seen Zachariah fight a monster in years or fight seriously at least not since they got to camp and it's clear they haven't seen any of his recent fights with Monsters so what I hope the reality is Luke, Thalia, Annabeth etc while knowing Zachariah is powerful haven't seen him fight seriously in years
Like Zachariah doesn't act serious when he beats the other demigods because he doesn't have to be serious to beat them he can show off a bit and just have fun but when it comes to life and death fights with actual monsters Zachariah gets serious and shows a lot more skill
Point is Zachariah is actually a skilled fighter again due to his experience and power this could actually be a nice shock for Luke to have and Thalia and Annabeth to when they most definitely get into a fight with a monster on this quest Luke sees Zachariah be serious in a fight
How to put it I re read this today and with Thalia, Luke and Annabeth it's like they know Zachariah is the strongest Demigod buts it's like they don't fully understand that fact even with the fact Zachariah has killed numerous monsters guess it's kinda of a seeing it to believe it fully kinda deal
As soon as he gets an exact location.
In their defense, Zach isn't the type of guy that plans anything and he would have probably left in the middle of the night to get the quest over with.
Him and Annabeth are super close, as the two know each other for a few years now.
Silena was the only one that accepted going on a Quest with Zach, like I said, he's kind of unpopular on camp because of how fighting is for him. Zach is the type of person that gets enthusiastic about minor things.
Zach's age is unknown, Annabeth just theorized that he's the same age as her.
Explanation: Although, there is some truth in what Luke said (Zach having a complete lack of finesse when it comes to combat.) He does have a lot of in-fighting experience to make up for his lack of technique. But honestly, if you think about it, it makes sense. Fighting for Zach is like fighting on easy mode in a video game. So, he never had to take the fight serious or develop his combat skills in the traditional way like Thalia and Luke did. If the fight gets serious (Which it rarely does for him) Then he takes the fight serious and comes up with very outside of the box methods to fight, which even Annabeth gets shocked with how creative they are.
I know right?
Pandora and Epimetheus presence there is the main reason to why they are suspects. {Which Luke himself doesn't believe that it was them.}
Explanation: That's precisely what is going to be, at first. You see, Zach has a bit of a low self-esteem when it comes to dating as he doesn't really believes any girl would be interested in him that way. So he puts all of his focus and effort on trying to win Percy over. BUT... At first, she will not be interested and will only see him as a good friend, so she bluntly friend-zones him which devastates him at first, but then he gets some advice from his mother to just... Hook up with as many girl as he can until he finds another that makes him feel like Percy did. He will first laughs at the advice because he doubts that any girl will want to hook up with him, but he will eventually follow her advice when the chance presents itself. {The preview at the end is proof enough.}
In summary, he will at first but after getting friend-zoned, he starts to finally see them that way.
Like I said before, he will get along with some of the Gods {Mostly with, Poseidon, Athena, Persephone, Hephaestus , Aphrodite, Ares, Hestia and Dionysus.} He gets along with Ares after the two of them get into a massive slug-fest after Zach challenges him to a fist fight. {If you need a visualization, just type Don Frye vs Yoshihiro Takayama on Youtube and you'll get an idea on how their fight will play out}
Maybe. Luke's failed quest was one of the major triggers for his joining of Kronos, but since his family it's still complete and this quest might be more successful, his bitterness towards the gods will still be there but his family is more important to him than that. Actually, they never saw him fighting seriously, ever.
Zach is always clowning around when fighting, no matter what he's fighting it. {Imagine Dante from Devil May Cry, that's basically what Zach does when fighting Monsters.}
Honestly, the entire camp actually believes that Zach is actually lying about the quantity of monsters he fought. Thalia,Luke and Annabeth, know that he's capable but they think that he's reckless and that it will get him killed some day.
Umm, isn't that CD player a huge risk? Monsters are drawn to electronics if I recall.
Zach wants the monsters to attack. {Luke and Silena don't really question because: Silena is curious if all of his achievements are truth and Luke knows that Zach gets unbearable when he gets bored.}
The content is still interesting and full of interesting puzzles.
-Was his father an ancient god?
-I hope his mother Unlike Billy's mother in Shazam movies.
-Is his father a titan? Or his father is Kratos (I'm kidding).
I hope you are well and happy. See you again.
No problem, to answer your question.
I actually want Zach to be Percy Jackson's equivalent of Kratos, only with a more goofball personality.
Zach is actually the son of a Primordial God.
Thanks and see you again as well.
I have a request:
Could we please get a preview to when his heritage is already discovered and maybe his harem is a little more established?
Also, Female Percy? HELL YEAH!
Here's a small one, but don't go around requesting previews okay?
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The nightmare plagued him once again, but it definitely doesn't bother Zach anymore. Especially since he knows what is it about. Part of him still finds all of this unbelievable, but certainly not as much as the other gods. Which caused a bit of a destabilization of power around. But, Zach didn't care one bit, as the gods kind of deserve it, especially Zeus. Having an urge to laugh at the scene of Thalia shooting him in the ball with his revolver once again. But he had to hold back, since he didn't want to wake his company.
Speaking of which. Zach decided to open his eyes in order to see who exactly was hugging him now, as he's pretty certain that he went to sleep alone at the Hera's Cabin the previous day. Upon opening his eyes, he saw that he was under the embrace of the Queen of Ogygia. I have no regrets in getting her out of that island. That was Zach's immediate thought, as he was greeted by the wonderful sight of Calypso's chest, where his face was dangerously closed too. She was wearing his striped shirt, which looked ten times better on her.
But then, Zach also felt something else, there was another person there with them, and it was hugging him from behind. I bet my breakfast that it's Nico. He was right, just moving his head a bit, he spotted Nico di Angelo hugging him from behind. He was wearing his usual black T-shirt with a skull on it but with black sweat pants.
Speaking of breakfast, I'm hungry. Doing his best to not wake up his bed mates, he slowly sat up on his massive bed. But the moment he did, he noticed that there was a fourth person sleeping there right besides Nico. What the hell? The one besides Nico, was Rachel Elizabeth Dare,
host of the Oracle of Delphi. Did she... had another vision of my future... He was really bothered by that idea. Which caused him to immediately wake her up by caressing her face with his thumb. She slowly opened her green eyes and stared at his unnatural blue ones. "What happened?" He asked her in a whisper.
She sat up slowly and stared into his eyes with a strange expression on her face while Zach kept caressing her face, but she didn't respond him, she just stood up from the bed, allowing Zach to notice that her blue jeans and white T-shirt were dirty with paint. Once she was out of the bed, she moved towards the oversized couch where Tyson and Grover were sleeping on it while his massive TV was on with the game Jet Set Radio in. They slept with the Dreamcast on? Grabbing something from behind. It was one of her paintings. Oh boy... He already knew that it wasn't a good sign. As soon as she close the distance between the two, she showed him her painting. Which the bland looking boy sat on the edge of the bed to take a good look.
The painting showed a grayish atmosphere with blood red clouds. The ceiling is so high that it is invisible from the ground, stretching for miles and miles to plunge into darkness in the form of plateaus. Multiple pointed mountains and volcanic chasm adorn the landscape. A few long, thin, black trees in the flatter area, in the middle of it, there was a strange figure in the color blue, almost the same tone as Zach's eyes, holding his scythe, standing on front of something that he immediately recognized.
"That's... Tartarus." Suddenly, the voice of Nico could be heard behind Zach.
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked the son of Hades.
"Positive." Indeed, the location that Zach was standing in the middle of it, was Tartarus. Nico immediately sat besides Zach to look closely as well. "But, what is that?" He was clearly referring to the thing that Zach was in front of it. A monstrous looking creature, standing at immense height, with purple glistening flesh rippling with muscle. Fingers tipped with razor-sharp black talons. However, the most terrifying and distinguishing feature is his face- in place of a normal face is a swirling whirlpool and inward spiral of darkness.
Zach knew who that was, but he didn't know whether he should tell them or not. Instead, he decided to ask. "Why were you sleeping on my bed?" He asked her.
Rachel looked away for a second before responding it. "It took me a while to paint this, so I ended up falling asleep when I came to show you."
"Okay." It was his answer. Then he looked at Nico and thought about asking the same question, but saw no point in doing it.
"Hmmm..." Unsurprisingly, he heard a noise coming from behind him, which was Calypso waking up. She's so beautiful... He thought as he saw her sleepy face while she sat up on the bed. "What is going on?" She asked the trio.
"Rachel had a vision about me, and came to show the painting that she done about it." The boy wearing only white briefs informed the Daughter of Atlas.
Calypso's response, was to crawl towards them, probably to take a look at the paint as well, but before she did. "Excuse me..." She placed her soft hands on Zachariah's cheeks in order to give him a very long, loving and wet kiss on the lips right in front of Rachel and Nico. Rachel looked away clearly uncomfortable with their public display of affection , while Nico just looked at them visibly bothered though with a glimpse of jealousy in his eyes . The kiss lasted for two or three minutes, until she separated her lips from his and caressed his head while staring at his unnatural blue-eyes with her wonderful dark ones that were accompanied by her very lovely smile. I still can't believe that she actually swore on the River Styx that she'll love me forever. It was still unbelievable to him.
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