Chapter 5

Sorry this has taken me so long to get out, I have just been super lazy, and caught up in school and sports. I will try to be better at updating in the future.

Thalia's POV

"Dang it, why did the boar have to leave not in the middle of the dang desert" I exclaimed

"Calm down Thals, we couldn't have gotten it to go further if we tried," Grover said still slightly in awe of the blessing from the wild.

"Still it couldn't have left us in a worse place the only thing around us is a closed taco shop an—" I was interrupted as blinding headlights blinded our rag-tag group.

The lights dimmed as a pink limo pulled up beside us. I summoned Aegis and my spear while the hunters summoned their bows and Annabeth opted to use her hunting knife.

The door opened revealing a beautiful lady in a scantily clad dress. A scent wafted from the open door of the limo smelling way too much like the aphrodite cabin for my liking.

"Aphrodite, what are you doing here" Zoe Growled.

"My my Huntress thats not a very nice way to meet someone, besides I just want to talk to Thalia. So some privacy would be nice." The love goddess flicked her hand and the formally closed taco shop glowed with light and my friends were teleported to the doors.

I was dragged into the limo her kids might not have been strong but she had a grip like a steel clamp on my arm. She snapped and my weapons went away "We won't be needing those" Aphrodite said.

As we approached the doors automatically opened for us and I was pushed in by the love goddess.

Like the outside of the limo, the inside was completely pink every chair, the floor, and the roof of the car.

" I feel bad for you, on a quest for love and you have to do it with such dreadful company," Aphrodite said

"Wait wait wait, who said this was a quest for love?" I asked

"Such denial, why else would you have gone on this quest if not to save the man you love? After all, he was the one who consoled you after you reawakened." Aphrodite said. She leaned forward and tapped my forehead and instantly I was pushed into memories.

Start of Vision

When I woke up from the tree I watched Percy help me up and his sea-green eyes encaptured me and now every time I saw them or the ocean I was reminded of this moment.

The vision changed once again and it was after Annabeth had told me about Luke's betrayal, I had stormed off into the woods no one dared to follow me in except for Percy.

"Go away" I yelled at him, tears were streaming down my face and electricity was sparking around me.

The idiot just kept walking towards me and when he was a about six feet away from me he stopped and said "Just this once I will let you beat me up, go ahead" he told me.

"What makes you think I need your permission to beat you up" I asked jokingly

He chuckled and thats when i threw my first punch he ducked and said "Oh come on you gotta do better than that"

He started sprinting away. It took me a second to get over my confusion before I started chasing after him, completely forgetting about Luke.

I was faster than him so it didn't take too long for me to act him and when I did I tackled him to the ground and put my knee on his chest, and on his face was a small smile.

The next morning Percy had a few bruises on his shoulder and chest courtesy of an angry daughter of Zeus.

End of Vison

"If that wasn't chemistry I don't know what is." Aphrodite said

"What are you doing here Aphrodite I am sure it wasn't to reminisce with me," I said

"Well advice never hurt anyone, but you will have to venture into my husband's junkyard, don't take anything or you will regret it immensely. Pass that on to your friends. But first and foremost your love life is quite the hot topic for me right now and I want it to last as long as possible. Of course, I might throw in a few wild cards to make… it interesting but I want you to save Perseus."Aphrodite said

"Thank you for the advice lady Aphrodite" I forced out. "I better go get my friends so we can leave," I said

Annabeth's POV

I get that Thalia is angry with me but seriously she has given me the cold shoulder this whole trip and it's starting to get on my nerves.

All of us were sitting in the newly opened taco shop waiting for Thalia to finish her audience with the love goddess. I had a feeling it was about her and Percy but I wasn't sure I don't think she liked him like that.

I was so deep in thought when the door to the restaurant opened and the little bell dinged I jumped up with my bow drawn. Once I realized it was Thalia who opened the door I calmed down and felt a bit embarrassed.

"I have been gone five minutes and you already forgot me, I'm hurt Annie," Thalia said.

I blew a raspberry at her in response.

"Aphrodite gave some helpful advice, we have to go through Hephestus's junkyard she said under no circumstances are we to take ANYTHING," she emphasized. "Once we step outside she said we would be in the middle of it, and in her words the mean huntress knows how to get you out" Thalia finished.

"What did Aphrodite want with you Thalia, she doesn't pay anyone a visit to give helpful advice," Zoe said

"Nothing important," Thalia said sharply before walking to the door and exiting. We all shared a look and quickly followed the angry daughter of Zeus

As soon as we stepped out of the door the world spun for a moment and when my vision came back to me I was sitting in the sand surrounded by my companions and junk of all kinds.

There were cars, weapons, armor, and a foot… wair a foot. Oh no oh no please don't be what I think it is.

"Um hey guys does anyone else see a giant metal foot, Please say it's just me," I asked I looked at my friend's faces Zoe and Thalia both paled when they noticed what I was talking about.

"Let's just get out of here as fast as possible we will take the long way, remember touch nothing we don't want to make any of the gods angry," Zoe said

Zoe studied the sky for a few seconds before she started walking I checked the sky and realized she was using the stars as a compass. "I need to learn how to do that" I muttered

Me and Bianca walked together taking up the rear "Are quests always like this" Bianca asked.

"No this one has been pretty chill so far" I answered "Wait a minute this has been calm for you, We rode a boar across a few states how is that calm?" Bianca exclaimed

"That's nothing my second quest with Percy we stole Blackbeard's pirate ship and sailed it through the Sea Of Monsters or as mortals call it the Bermuda Triangle," I said

"How many quests have you been on?" Bianca asked

"This is my third one, but when I was seven me. Thalia, and Luke ran across the country fighting monsters to get to Camp Half Blood so this isn't actually too bad." I said

"Dang, that's a lot of stuff," Bianca said

"Just the life of a demigod" I responded

Bianca looked at me dumbfounded before she asked "Who is that Luke guy?"

"He was like my brother, he joined Kronos about two and a half years ago he is one of the people who kidnapped Percy," I answered

My attitude towards the subject must have tipped her off that I didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"Woohoo"i heard Grover cheer "We are out of this stupid junkyard"

Apparently the junkyard didn't like being called stupid because just as he finished his sentence two refrigerators (weird right?) rose from the junk piles both of them were ten feet tall and seven feet wide.

Rusted robotic legs sprung from the bottom of the machines and started making their way towards us creaking with every step. I looked at Thalia who just shrugged and pointed her spear at them and a lightning bolt arched from the sky hitting spears and blasted into the refrigerators blowing them up.

"That was fun," Thalia said with a smile before walking to a pink pickup truck that had a letter that said this might help y'all – Aphrodite

"More help from the love goddess I don't like her interest in this quest or more importantly you Thalia but it is a gift nonetheless we should use it," Zoe said.

Time Skip

Riding in the bed of that truck sucked and what was even worse we had just run out of gas. We were right by a river stream.

"Where are we" Bianca asked "About 2 miles from Hoover Dam" Zoe answered

My face split into a grin i had always wanted to visit Hoover Dam, Thalia looked at me knowingly before shifting her gaze to Zoe "Is that the way we have to go" Thalia asked

"It is" Zoe confirmed Thalia's expression soured slightly but I didn't feel like pressing the issue, especially with everyone here.

We started making our way up the stream towards Hoover Dam.

Aphrodite's POV

I watched as the demigods made their way to Hoover Dam in their task to rescue the son Poseidon.

I walked over to my fire and sat down cross-legged with some chocolate and threw a few into the fire and I muttered "Here you go Dad"

Percy's POV

"What was it like?"I asked "What was what like" Uranuos questioned

"The beginning before the gods, before the titans what was it like?" I asked

"It was great. It was peaceful Chaos created it all and she created me and my siblings Gaea the earth, Pontus the sea, Tarturus the pit, Nyx the night, Erebus the darkness, and me the sky. We loved each other and Chaos trained us in our powers. We played and eventually, our love for each other changed me and Gaea formed a romantic relationship which I assume you know and then Nyx and Erebus followed soon after." The primordial answered

"What about Pontus?" I wondered aloud

"Before Mother left he asked her for a wife and so she created Thalassa and together they formed the sea into a paradise full of life and the top soon followed it was beautiful and perfect" Uranus finished.

This took me way too long to get out and I am sorry I will try to do better but I can't make any promises. I know the primordials aren't all siblings but it just made it easier for me to write than listing all the parents and everything. I hope you enjoyed, as always please review.

Sincerely,

Toxin1316