/Hey guys, before we get started, I wanted to address the whole Luke Redemption thing. I will just go ahead and say that this was my fault. I rushed the last one a bit. Though one person pointed out that Luke defeating Death was a stretch. Well for one thing, it's a video game. That's mainly why I cut out the fight, because it's gameplay which is hard for me to write about.

So not a lot of people liked how I handled Luke. That's fair. I'm very sorry about how I handled Luke./

Source: Blazing Saddles

Nick was tapping and scrolling through his tablet while Godzilla was eating a mouse. He hummed a little tune before a voice spoke to him "Excuse me."

Nick looked up to reveal Annabeth with a concerned expression "Ah Miss Chase. How can I help you?"

"Please, call me Annabeth." Annabeth pursed her lips before asking "I wanted to ask... About Percy."

"Which one?"

Annabeth resisted the urge to laugh "About... Dracula."

Nick's grin turned into sadness as he asked "What is it you wish to know?"

The Daughter of Athena played with her hands a bit before asking "How did he become so powerful? I mean it isn't just because of the powerful soul he stole. There has to be more."

Nick nodded "You're right. There is more than just that soul. You see, his powers come from a realm filled with evil and negativity. It's called the Chaos Realm."

Annabeth blinked "Like the primordial that created the known universe?"

"No, as in Evil incarnate." Nick shook his head "Because of Dracula's link to Chaos, he has become evil incarnate. Every one hundred years, he is resurrected. His link is what gives him his incredibly dark magic. That is why he is the King of Vampires. His power rivals gods. Even your gods."

Annabeth was certainly speechless. She pondered it over "If he was evil, why did he love me, or her?"

"That is a good question but I believe the Love Goddess knows it best. Love is the most powerful feeling in the world. It's what caused the Trojan War. You unfroze his undead heart."

Annabeth looked down and finished in a whispered tone "Until it was all taken away."

Nick nodded sadly "Yes. That is why I sympathize with the King of Vampires. He loved only one thing and it was taken from him."

It was silent until an alert came up on Nick's tablet. He took a quick look and his eyes brighten "Ah! Here's a lighthearted one." Nick looked up at Annabeth "I think it's time we called everyone back."

Nick conjured a microphone and spoke "Attention audience members, we'll be returning to our regularly scheduled program. Please make your way to the living room now."

Soon enough, everyone was walking out of the various rooms and back to their usual spots. Percy and Luke were coming out of the training room bruised and bloodied. Annabeth looked at Percy and demanded "What the Hades did you two do?"

"We were... uh... Trying to... Sort out some stuff." Percy panted before sitting down on the bean bag hard. Nick snapped his fingers and both of their wounds closed back up and the bruises turned back into a normal color. Showing no signs that they were beating the crap out of each other.

"Now that everyone is back, I have a good one for you guys. It's a comedic world. To help relieve some of the depressing atmosphere the last two gathered. Allow me to introduce you to two people that become good friends."

Nick tapped onto his tablet and everyone paid attention to the screen.

The screen started up with the location being a jailhouse mainly seen in the 1800's in the Old West. A black woman walked up to a billboard singing:

"The camptown ladies sing this song, doo darr doo darr. The camptown race track five miles long all doo doo dah day."

"Hazel!?" Frank asked shocked at seeing her on screen and wearing a cowgirl outfit along with a sheriff star.

"Me?" Hazel was shocked.

"From detective to Sheriff, that's a Hades of a promotion." Jason said.

As Hazel was singing, she was putting up wanted posters before a commotion happened to reveal a man hanging upside down on his bed. Hazel looked at the audience and stated "The drunk in Number Two must be awake."

"Did... Did she just look at us?" Leo blinked in confusion.

"No, she couldn't have. She was probably looking at someone else." Annabeth shook her head.

"But who's the drunk that she's referring to?" Piper asked.

"We'll find out, won't we." Jason said more as a statement rather than a question.

The drunk in question was a man with long black hair and had a stubble growing. He moaned in tiredness as he was attempting to wake up. Hazel walked up to his cell and asked "Are we awake?"

The man opened his eyes to reveal his sea green color as he looked up (or down?) at Hazel.

"Percy? What is he doing in a cell?" Thalia asked in confusion.

"Maybe he's a criminal who got caught by her?" Luke suggested.

Percy in the screen spoke "We're not sure. Are we... Black?" Hazel nodded "Yes we are."

Percy shrugged "Then we're awake. But we're very puzzled."

"Why would he ask if she was black?" Leo asked as he narrowed his eyes at Percy on screen.

"Well this is the 1800's so people weren't exactly friendly to black people." Annabeth said.

Back to the screen, Percy was trying to climb up to his bed but was getting nowhere. Hazel asked "Need any help?"

Percy stopped and said "Oh... All I can get." Hazel unlocked his cell and helped pull him down from his bed to which Percy thanked her. Hazel helped him to a chair nearby where he pulled out a bottle of alcohol to which she put a hand on his arm. "Maybe you should eat something first." She suggested and Percy declined.

"Oh no thanks. Food makes me sick." He drank straight from the bottle and took four to five big gulps before sighing.

"Jeez, what happened to me?" Percy asked as Annabeth hugged his arm in slight worry.

"Man drink like that and he don't eat, he is going to die!" Hazel said as she stared at him. Percy was silent before he asked "When?"

"What's your name?" He answered "Well my name is Percy. Most people call me... Percy."

Everyone snorted or giggled as if they were expecting a different name from them.

"Good to know his name." Leo said in sarcasm.

Hazel couldn't help but laugh a bit and smiled "Ok Percy. Since you are my guest, and I am your host. What is your pleasure? What'd you like to do?"

Percy shrugged "Oh I don't know, play chess... Screw?"

"Woah, haven't even taken her out to dinner." Leo joked and laughed while Annabeth looked at Percy with a deadpanned look.

Hazel blushed and covered her face.

"Well let's play chess." Hazel said before standing up.

The screen cut to show Percy and Hazel playing before she moved a piece and said "Checkmate!" Percy leaned forward to look at the board and asked "What?"

"Checkmate!" Hazel repeated while grabbing a glass and Percy grabbed his bottle. "Well you devious son of a bitch. Happy days!" Percy cheered for her before clinking his bottle with hers before taking a large gulp of the bottle.

"Man, why do you do that to yourself?" Hazel asked to which Percy laughed a bit. "Oh you don't really want to know that."

"I do, I do!"

"Well if you must pry."

"I must, I must!"

Everyone snickered a bit.

Percy sat up properly and began his story "I don't know if you ever heard of me before but I used to be called... The Waco Kid."

Hazel's eyes shined "The Waco Kid. He had the fastest hands in the West." Percy grinned "In the World."

"How fast are we talking here?" Annabeth asked in anticipation

Nick smirked "Oh you will find out."

"Well if you're the Kid then show me something." Hazel challenged him. Percy leaned back "Well maybe a couple years back I could've shown you something. But now..." He raised his right arm to show how steady it was. "Look at that."

"Steady as a rock." Hazel confirmed. Percy rose his left arm to show it shaking like an earthquake "Yeah but I shoot with this hand."

Hazel smiled and shook her head at him. Not believing him to be the Waco Kid. "See I knew you wasn't no Waco kid. You were just pulling my lariat."

"My what?" Hazel asked in confusion.

"It's another word for rope." Annabeth informed her.

"Oh thank you!" Hazel said with a cheery tone before looking back at the screen.

Percy couldn't help but laugh silently as he knew he had no choice but to show her. "Oh deary dear. Well... Ok." Percy stood up from his chair and asked Sheriff Hazel "See that King?" Hazel looked at said king and nodded "Yeah." "Put your hands on both sides." Hazel did just that.

Everyone began to lean forward in anticipation.

Percy spoke "Now when I say go. You try to grab it first."

"Man that's no contest! You a mile away!" Hazel said incredulously.

"How am I going to do that from that far away?" Percy asked to which Annabeth narrowed her eyes. Studying how it's all going to go down.

Percy smiled in confidence. "Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, when you hear the word go, you just try to grab it. Ready?"

Hazel shook her head and smiled. Knowing she was going to win. "Ready." Percy brought his right hand to his lips where he blew on the fingertips before putting it down.

Everyone except for Nick were on the edge of their seats. They watched and waited. No one dared blink less they miss it.

After a few seconds, Percy said "Go!" Hazel immediately slammed her hands together, grabbing the King while Percy didn't move an inch.

"Wait... That's it?" Percy asked himself. Annabeth kept her eyes focused on the screen "Hold on..."

Hazel laughed a bit and opened her hands to reveal... Nothing. She looked at her hands and her jaw dropped "Hey..."Percy pulled the King out of his holster "Looking for this?"

Everyone watched with wide eyes "Holy shit..." Thalia breathed out.

"We didn't even see him move! That's how fast he is?"

"That was amazing!"

"Is he a demigod?"

"No actually. He's 100% human." Nick informed which made everyone even more shocked.

Percy put the King on Hazel's hand. She was in shock before she said "Well raise my rent... You are the Kid!"

"Was! Yeah, I was the Kid." Percy corrected before sitting back down. "Well what happened?" Hazel asked

"Oh well, it got so that every piss-ant prairie punk who thought he could shoot a gun would ride into town to try out the Waco Kid. I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille."

"Uhh... Who?" Leo asked with a tilted head.

"American Film Director. In his time, from 1914 to 1953, he made over 70 films." Annabeth informed him.

"So that means I've killed more than that." Percy said which made the air a bit uncomfortable. Annabeth held his hand. They were no strangers to death. But to have heard how many people he's potentially killed, it was a bit uncomfortable. Though not as bad as what they saw from Castlevania.

Percy continued "It got pretty gritty. I started to hear the word "draw" in my sleep. Then one day I was just walking down the street, when I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it, mister!" I spun around, and there I was face-to-face with a six-year-old kid. Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away." Percy leaned back and looked up at the ceiling before continuing. "Little bastard shot me in the ass!"

Everyone bursted out laughing. Well except for Percy. He rubbed his butt as if he felt pain in that spot.

"So I limped to the nearest saloon, crawled inside a whiskey bottle, and I've been there ever since." Percy finished. Hazel, being sympathetic, handed him the bottle "Have a drink." Percy thanked her and took a drink. That was when the screen faded to black.

Everyone except for Percy were trying to take a deep breath. Percy was simply frowning at everyone laughing at the humiliating explanation for his retirement.

"How messed up is that? To be one of the most dangerous gunslingers in the West to just get shot by a six year old kid?" Piper laughed while covering her mouth with her hand.

Percy sighed before allowing a smile on his face.

"That... That was a good one." Thalia put a hand over her heart and took a lot of deep breaths.

Nick smiled before looking at the tablet and cocked his eyebrow. "Hmm."

Luke asked "What is it?"

Nick looked up and looked at Luke "Well unfortunately, I have to send you back to Elysium."

Luke frowned but nodded. He stood up and hugged Thalia, Annabeth and Percy before Nick snapped his fingers. Luke disappeared and everyone sat back down.

"So uhh... What's next?" Leo asked to which Nick smirked.

"Big Daddy's coming."