All Rights Belong to Rick Riordan

Chapter 24

The Twins

(Percy)

We arrived on the Washington Mall in a flash of light, yet surprisingly despite the mass of people around us enjoying the summer weather around the reflecting pool, no one paid much attention to the pair of immortals that just appeared out of nowhere amongst them. To one side the white Mausoleum of the Lincoln Memorial dominated the view at the end of the artificial lake and the other the marble obelisk of the Washington Monument. Both of the former presidents had famously been sons of Zeus.

I turned and looked downwards towards the goddess and noticed she was still holding my hand which was kind of embarrassing because to others we likely looked like a rather odd couple, what with the age and general body size difference between us. The last thing I wanted was anyone getting the wrong idea, if anything our attire was not exactly helping us to not stand out either. I was wearing a full-length coat in June and the goddess was wearing all silver, jacket, skirt, leggings, shoes you name it.

"Err. Lady Artemis do you actually know where we are going then? I didn't hear that bit of the conversation." I inquired before letting go of her hand. Not that I didn't mind it too be honest, it was more the fact when my arms were by my side, it was at least halfway up her torso for her and it looked far to comical.

"Err. We are looking for a girl's boarding school around here." She replied after looking strangely longingly at her now fallen hand in front of her.

"Wait you didn't get the actual details from Aphrodite; you know the little things. DC is a big place you know." I asked surprised by the vagueness of her answer.

"I know that Perseus, I just well forgot, Ok." She snapped back defensively. Considering what had happened today already I was cutting her a lot of slack for that oversight.

"Well then Milady would you like to message her again and get the little details this time, or should I?" I asked abruptly.

"NO! I don't want to talk to her and neither are you either. We will find them without her help." She said angrily as if the mention of Aphrodite was a major problem.

"Ok then little miss huntress, hunt away then, lead us to the prey." I said sarcastically as she glared at me.

"Perseus quiet or I will turn you into prey. Iris show me the location of Amy daughter of Aphrodite and Suzie Daughter of Venus." She called out and I was surprised when an image formed in mid-air before us without the usual technical hassle of summoning the rainbow goddess.

The image changed to a large Victorian era manor house in Georgetown with a sign saying Lady Clarence's School of Ladies Fashion before fading.

"Well, I guess that answer that question, although what did you mean when you said daughters of Aphrodite and Venus?" I inquired curiously I thought she had called them twins earlier.

'The pink goddess managed to as mortals would put it 'fuck up' when she conceived them and had twins but of both aspects at the same time. Apparently she got lost in the moment or something like that. I would really rather not go into more detail on her love life, I am sure you can use your imagination to work out what happened. I learned enough about it this morning to scar the hunters forever." She explained with a shudder. I doubted I wanted to know what she got up to in her 'private' either, I mean I was still as much of a virgin as she and the Hunters were after all.

"I guess I really don't want to know do I? Besides I thought you didn't have Roman hunters?" I asked.

"Technically speaking it is Huntresses, as Artemis I have Hunters, Diana had Huntresses and as you do know, I am not really in a position to be picky at the moment." She explained sadly.

"Well then should we leave here? People are starting to stare at me." I stated noticing all the people beginning to look at me funny. Then again who wouldn't notice someone who was almost seven feet tall and wearing a long coat on one of the hottest days of the year alongside a much smaller girl, they were clearly getting the wrong idea.

"You really aren't very inconspicuous are you now. Do you really not have any control over your appearance at all? Perhaps make yourself shorter or hide the wings." She questioned holding her hand to her chin and looking me over.

"No same as I also can't flash around by myself, though I should have the power, my mortal side prevents it." I explained I had spent almost a week trying to do it back on Orthrys with no success.

"Unlucky then, four domains and you can't even do that, no wonder us gods are better than Titans.' She said sarcastically with her tongue sticking out, looking extremely cute for a little girl.

"That's not fair, I didn't choose this and besides your dad tried to make me a god. Besides I am pretty sure you are half Titan as well. I just got the short end of the stick. At least I am not schizophrenic like a god." I argued back.

"Are you sure? Have you seen yourself in a fight?" She huffed indignantly whether at being called half-Titan or schizophrenic I wasn't sure.

"Huh? What has that got to do with anything?" I asked baffled.

"When you get into combat it is like you become someone else, a lot colder and more calculating. Normally you can't think your way out of a paper bag but give you a target and say kill and suddenly you gain clarity and deadly efficiency far more than normal ADHD most demigods have." She explained surprising me, almost like I was an attack dog, the worst part was I couldn't argue against it too much. In the past it was normally Annabeth telling me what to do but with her gone now, who was the one now holding the leash?

"Huh I just think about things more I guess then, as it could be more dangerous than normal for others if I mess up." I explained roughly.

"Do you know what the name Perseus meant in ancient Greek? No. It means The Destroyer just like Perses is the Titan of destruction. That is what you become in combat: a physical manifestation of destruction towards an adversary. No matter what the odds you always succeed somehow." I was taken back by my name's translation, although I knew most Greek now; I had never thought my name actually had meaning beyond being a general name.

"I don't always win; the Chimera beat me when I was looking for your dad's bolt." I admitted.

"You were also only twelve years old at the time versus one of the most dangerous monsters known in myth and its mother in an enclosed space while defending mortals. I know what happened; we were all watching you most of the time. Hephaestus still does repeats of your old quests when ratings drop. Need I remind you that Bellerophon needed Pegasus and a specially made spear to defeat it and had time to prepare. Just getting out of alive was impressive enough." It was great to know that I am still a source of amusement on Olympus.

"Think about it no matter what the adversary you have been pitted against you always succeeded in the task required. Even if you were defeated you still accomplished what mattered and survived time and time again in the long run. Hades you have defeated numerous armies, gods, Titans, Giants and even a primordial when the entire council couldn't." She argued.

"That wasn't all me though, I had help." I protested attempting to downplay my actions but she remained staring at me and I knew she was right. I did have a knack for the impossible when it came to a fight. Hades, I even managed to fire a bow properly, albeit once at point blank range. I noticed that we now had a small crowd staring at us, I don't know what they were hearing through the mist but they were obviously amused by the concept of a young girl calling out a much larger figure. Hopefully they thought we were siblings or relations of some sort and not anything more nefarious.

"I think we better leave now before we overload the mist around here, it has enough to deal with concealing our essences and hiding your weapons on top of what we just said. Take my hand quick." Artemis called and I quickly complied before my view of the Capitol and the Washington Memorial was lost.

We appeared this time in a quieter area of urbanization with older style building and I guessed we were near to our destination.

"So do these girls know we are coming?" I asked when we arrived and was surprised when I noticed she now appeared to be Diana.

"No as far as Aphrodite knows, they are not aware us gods exist." Diana replied letting go of my hand and looking at me. Thankfully the Roman goddess was a lot taller than her Greek counterpart which meant I didn't have to look down so much. I mean she was still unusually tall for a woman at around six feet but I was still a full head taller than her still.

"Great then first step is demigod 101 then, why have you changed aspect anyway Milady?" I asked confused. I mean I was not complaining if it meant I was not going to be looked at like I was a child abductor or worse. Besides I was exactly going to say she looked anything but stunningly beautiful in this form.

"Well technically Suzie is a Roman so it is appropriate. Besides people are less likely to stare if they see me in this form ordering you around and arguing with you. They will just probably think we are a couple or something like that." She said but upon the last line she visibly blushed.

"Not going to lie but it was really embarrassing seeing all those people watch us before, the only way it could have been worse is if Hestia was doing the arguing, at least you looked closer to my age than an eternal eight-year-old." I admitted.

"What's the matter don't like being told what to do by a girl Perseus?" She said curiously her silver eyes almost challenging me to refute it.

"No, are you kidding me they are generally the only ones I actually listen to without question. My mum, Annabeth, Thalia albeit sometimes with her and well you." I said noticing that blush again.

"Good I expect it to stay that way, I won't however ask you to follow all the hunter's instructions because I know they would abuse it. They are my hunters, not the Amazons and you are not their slave. Now let's find those twins and get out of here." She said finally.

(Diana)

We walked side by side through the streets of Georgetown and I admit it was probably a lot more comfortable for him with me in this aspect. It no longer looked strange to see a younger girl accompanied by a late teen who was clearly unrelated by their contrasting looks, even if we were technically cousins. The size difference between us was also much less even if he still towered over me. As Diana I was about six feet so even then, I was taller than most other women but I came up to just below his chin.

Finally, we arrived across the street from the 'school' I had seen before. How can a place that teaches fashion of all things be a school? Only Aphrodite's children would think of something so stupid as teaching fashion, I hoped it was not a sign of their character.

"So do you know what they look like Milady?" Percy asked.

"Actually, no but if the disturbance in the courtyard is anything to go by, we may have a candidate." I said noticing a commotion to the side of the entrance.

"Perseus go fly up on to the roof and keep an eye on it from there while I take a look, don't make a move unless I signal you." I ordered and watched as his wings appeared through the back of his coat before he leapt into the air with one beat of the metal wings. I noticed the faint distortion about him as the mist tried to conceal his form until he landed on the school's roof.

I made my way quickly across the road between me and the school before vaulting over the fence and climbing up a tree. From my vantage point I could see the figures of eight individuals. Two were on the floor surrounded by the remaining half a dozen.

The two figures on the floor were clearly our targets. It was evident from the shared looks as well as the weak scent I was detecting from the duo. The problem was someone else had detected that scent, which leads to the other figures who were now taking it in turns to lash out at the demigods who were coiled up in an attempt to lessen the blows.

One look at the aggressors told me everything I needed to know. Laistrygonians. However, unlike normally when they appeared these ones were females. Normally they preferred to stay in the tribes up north while the males did everything. Then again, they had suffered heavy casualties in the last two wars, just as the demigods had done, perhaps these ones had been sent out in the male's place while they reformed.

I looked upwards to see Percy leaning over the roof like a golden gargoyle spear in hand the light reflecting of his face and making his eyes shine. Normally I would have just shot the monsters and problem solved but that required me to actually be in the hunt as a group and currently the hunters were eighty miles away tying my hands. Fortunately however, my accomplice had no such limitations and was not bound by the ancient laws.

I noticed him looking at me waiting for the signal, so I drew my bow and notched an arrow aiming right between the furthest Laistrygonian girls, the ones closest to him. After I was happy with the shot I fired.

(Percy)

I had watched the figure of Diana run across the road before gracefully leaping into her concealed spot in the tree, as such from the ground she was practically invisible from below but I could make out her slender figure just fine from above. I watched her observe the figures below that I already regarded upon arrival. I had bad memories of the time the giants visited my school in the seventh grade, back when I was used to getting thrown out of them all and actually still attending. Joe Bob and his friends had tried to kill me with flaming cannonballs in a game of dodge ball before Tyson had killed them all.

However, they were paragons of male beauty compared to the females, they had to be the ugliest females I had ever met. It was like someone had superimposed a fat ugly girl's face on a male giant's body and simply added bulges for breasts on the front. However, my attention was focused on the apparent leader among them who seemed to directing the abuse of the two panicked girls on the ground. Now on inspection she was as ugly as the others but with one distinction, the tattoo she had on left forearm. BC luvs Joe Bob.

I couldn't believe my luck; out of all the possible monsters it was like receiving a sign. We would see who was getting the doggy bag now. One Babycakes to go, I really shouldn't enjoy tormenting monsters but maybe if I did it enough, they would get the hint and leave demigods alone.

I noticed Diana notching an arrow and took is as the signal. The moment the arrow thudded into the pavement all the monster's eyes turned to the point it landed before they focused on the direction it came from, therefore none of them noticed me drop from the roof amongst them.

The first they knew of my arrival was when my spear ripped the head clean off of one before I swung my shield at her nearest friend. My now enhanced strength combined with the shields magic allowed me to practically pulverize the monster's chest inwards, the blow was delivered with such force the edge of the shield actually cut it in half before it collapsed into dust.

I threw the spear at the one furthest away who had backed up wearily, the point of impact no concern as the detonation removed all trace of it from existence.

Four seconds and the odds had been dropped by half. Although they were all now facing towards me with clubs they had summoned from somewhere in hand.

Babycakes herself took a swing at my head but I simply leaned backwards and kicked her in the side so she fell over before I drew Chasing Wisdom in throwing knife form and simply tossed them at the remaining pair striking them both in the throat and watched as their essence was absorbed by the blades as they fell to the floor afterwards. Slowly I turned towards the fallen figure, who was struggling to rise holding her ribs.

"What are you?" Babycakes stammered out as I paced towards her drawing Maelstrom and dragging it along the floor, the blade cutting through concrete like a hot knife through butter.

"Oh me? Just the one your precious boyfriend failed to kill a few years ago, now I am kindly just returning the favour, nothing personal." I said simply although it was a lie this was totally personal.

"Wait your that Jackson kid, it was years before Joe Bob reformed then he was defeated again in the attack on the Romans, for that I will kill you!" She shouted suddenly lunging forward. However, before her hands reached me, I simply froze time and stepped to my left and held Maelstrom out wide before letting time flow again, leaving nothing in her path except a dual metal blade. The giantess had no time to consider stopping before her own impetus decapitated her and her body collapsed into a pile of dust.

"Lady Diana all done." I called and watched as the Roman goddess dropped from the tree and made her way over.

"Ok the first few were flawless kills but what was up with the showmanship for the last one, why not simply kill her?" She asked confused.

"Her boyfriend tried to murder me a few years ago, I never got a chance to kill him before Annabeth did. So here was my chance to get revenge. By the way can you summon a Hermes delivery box?" I asked cryptically earning an eyebrow raise, however the goddess complied summoning one from somewhere and handed it over to me.

"What do you need that for Perseus?"

"Sending Joe Bob, a doggy bag from Babycakes." I said simply as I scraped the golden dust into the box with the flat of Maelstroms blade until I had a good amount. After that I folded the lid down and simply wrote on the top using Riptide.

Joe Bob the Laistrygonian

Tartarus

Here is that doggy bag you promised Babycakes

She fit in it quite well

Regards

Percy Jackson

When I was done, I simply added a drachma and watched the parcel disappear.

"Was that really necessary Perseus?" Diana asked curiously having been watching over my shoulder as I worked.

"Necessary no, funny to do, yes. Why can't monsters just get the hint and stay dead, Nemea and Mrs. O'Leary excluded." I argued back before straightening up and retrieving my weapons now lying around the courtyard from the golden piles that were dispersing in the summer breeze.

"You really haven't changed since you shipped us gods Medusa's head, have you?"

"I got a lot taller, more heavily armed and tired of watching my friends die. They hurt demigods, they get death, simple." I said and began to walk over to the fallen twins who were still on the ground where they had fallen. The goddess following behind.

"Perseus leave them to me, I will help them, go secure the area or something. They may not trust a male at the moment." Diana practically ordered putting her hand on my back, nodding at her request I simply flapped my wings and returned to the roof and chose to observe from there.

(Diana)

Once Percy had flown of again, I walked to the fallen demigods' sides, I could tell they were still alive but had been beaten unconscious by the monsters. I used a little energy to return them to consciousness and was surprised by the power it drained from me, normally such a minor act was not even noticeable to me. However, like everything I did nowadays it all seemed to put a greater strain on me.

Eventually though the pair began to stir before they both sat up at the same time and looked at me curiously.

Up close I could make out there appearance closely, both were unsurprisingly largely identical. Brown shoulder length hair and multi-coloured eyes. However, they were only differentiated by the wrist bands they both wore which I thought were more than a coincidence as who I guessed was Suzie was wearing purple while who must be Amy wore orange in its place.

"Who are you? I don't recognize you from this school and where did those bullies go?" Amy asked curiously looking around the courtyard. The only sign of them now was some rapidly disappearing golden piles of dust that were slowly being blown away.

"My name is Diana but I have others as well; the question is do you know who you are?"

"Well Diana my name is Suzie, I am seventeen and an orphan, this is my sister anything else you want to know before we leave." The Roman demigod said coldly.

"What if I was to tell you your mother was alive and I know more than just your names already?" I said simply and watched as both their mouths open slack jawed.

"That's impossible, we were told our mother died in childbirth." Amy practically cried out.

"Is it impossible that gods exist?" I asked cryptically hoping for a reply.

"What you mean like Jesus and God and all that stuff, no was atheist besides what has this got to do with anything?" Suzie demanded.

"Simple what you know as the Greek and Roman gods still exist and your mother is a goddess." I stated as a matter of fact.

"Err Ok we will be leaving weirdo, I have had enough weird crap for one day without a loony bin escapee telling me about go-" Suzie never finished her statement as I changed aspects.

(Artemis)

"How the hell did you do that, you were our age now you're a kid that's impossible." Amy cried out in shock backing up on the floor away from me while her sister was still left speechless with wide eyes.

"As I was saying the gods still exist. My name is Artemis goddess of the Moon, Hunting, Childbirth and Virginity." I stated simply.

"You are a God, how is that possible?" Suzie cried out finally regaining control of her mouth.

"Not God with a capital G only Chaos could be treated as that level of importance but no one has seen it in thousands of years at least. But otherwise correct, I am a goddess and so is your mother." It was technically unnecessary information, although we gods knew of the creator none of us had actually ever met it, the only one who had were the primordia's and they were elusive enough as it was but even then they had not seen their progenitor for aeons.

"Ok then Di-Artemis whatever, who is our mum then and how come she never came to help us, or visited or even cared about us? Instead, when our dad died, we got thrown into boarding school and treated like crap by those girls who were here earlier, where did they go anyway?" Suzie demanded and considering their situation I did not disagree with their anger. This was certainly not the first time I had gone through this same situation.

"Suzie please call me Diana, Amy, you may call me Artemis. I will explain why afterwards. The girls who attacked you were not really girls; just like us gods being real, so are the monsters from the stories. The 'girls' that were attacking you were really a race of cannibal giants and as for their location they are now dead, killed by my friend who is standing watch on the roof." I said indicating the figure that was looking down at us from the roof, although his wings were once again concealed.

"As for your main question Suzie. Your mother is Venus Roman goddess of Beauty, Love, Desire, Sexuality and Pleasure and Amy yours is Aphrodite, Greek goddess of the same." I explained.

"Wait how is that possible, how can we have different mothers?" Amy argued.

"Aphrodite and Venus are one and the same just like I am both Artemis and Diana, we gods have two different aspects or personalities one Roman and one Greek. Your mother managed to conceive the pair of you as both. It is little more than a technicality now but in the past, it would have caused major problems that is why she had to avoid the pair of you. However, she asked me to come here today and I saved your lives in the nick of time."

"Problems! We have spent the last two years since our father died in this shithole school surrounded by shallow bitches. Our boyfriends turned out to be the same guy and to top it off we have been getting beaten up constantly by those girls that you now tell us were cannibal monsters in disguise. How could our worries have been worse than our mothers!" Suzie shouted and to be honest I could not argue with her on any of those points.

"Suzie, you need to calm down before you annoy the really powerful little girl in front of us." Amy told her sister and if anything, I was more annoyed with being called a little girl than Suzie's rant itself. However, I realised that with two of them appearing older than me, it was likely not helping them to take me seriously. Two young women being talked to by a younger 'girl' was not always going to work, these two were mentally more mature than say Jacqueline after all.

(Diana)

"I am not a little girl despite my appearance, so watch your mouth, Amy. Show a little respect. Me and your mother as well as the other gods are bound by rules older than time itself which is ironic because I know the embodiment of time and he is far younger than me but that is beside the point. (In fact, he is the guy on the rood, but you are not allowed to know that.) Your mother has been watching you all your lives and protecting you but she cannot directly interfere with your lives, none of us can to our children. The only thing we can do is send you to one of two places where you could live with other demigods but that presented a problem with you two. Until recently Greek and Roman demigods were not aware of the other due to past disagreements and occasional war here and there. This difference of opinion would have resulted in your mother needing to separate you forever. Besides you remaining unaware of your heritage likely protected you from getting involved in two recent wars where you could have died." I calmly explained after changing aspect.

"Which wars, Iraq and Afghanistan?" Amy enquired simply.

"No, we recently fought the second Titan and Giant wars, it was us gods against our ancient enemies. Of course, the mortals don't know anything about them, did you hear of chaos across Manhattan two summers ago? That was the second Titan War. The giant war was last summer. We don't get involved in the wars of mortals anymore. Hopefully there also won't be any more divine wars now either."

"Oh, Ok then Artemis." Amy commented not really commenting further.

"So, what happens with us now Diana? Do we get to go to where the other demigods are, or are we stuck here?" Suzie asked me. At least they were using the correct corresponding aspect names already.

"That girls is up to you. I can send you both to stay at Camp where you will be with your other siblings and you can and train there until you feel confident to live on your own back in the mortal world. Alternatively, you can come with me and join my hunters. Where you will be immortal and can stay with other girls of your own age forever while we hunt down monsters, although we still do occasionally visit the others camp." I explained pitching them the basic summary.

"Ok we can live forever, what is the catch? No deal is that good Maam." Amy asked sceptically.

"Don't call me maam, address me as Lady Artemis or Lady Diana from now on ok. As for the consequences if you could call them that for joining my hunt you have to swear of the company of men. No boyfriends, no lovers, you must remain a virgin forever unless you leave the hunt with my consent. The other is although you are immortal that only means you cannot grow old or get a disease and die. You may however still be killed in battle or accidents. Any other questions?" The girls quickly scooted next to each other and started whispering to one another quietly.

"Are you sure about the whole no boy thing?" Amy asked curiously turning towards me.

"Certainly, although you may meet them again, especially when we visit the Camps, you are not to engage in romance." I stated simply.

After that they both returned to whispering for a few more minutes before they both stood up and looked at me.

"Lady Artemis/Diana we accept your offer on one condition." They said in unison. Well, that was positive, albeit it depending on the condition.

"What is it then?" I asked hoping it wasn't something stupid, I was actually starting to like the pair they had a flair of attitude and it was becoming clear Suzie was the more dominant one but she reminded me a little of Thalia and her rebellious streak. Sure, it could be a pain to deal with, but I preferred the hunters to be free thinking.

"Can you do something about our ex-boyfriend? Ever since we caught him, he has been spreading rumours about us saying we had a threesome with him. Everyone around here believed him." Amy said shamefaced.

"I am afraid I can't do it girls. I am not allowed to do anything against a mortal, unless they attack me." As I said it, they looked crestfallen.

"However, I have a friend who can certainly do anything. So do you accept?" I asked and they looked a lot happier.

"Yes Lady Artemis/Diana." They called out.

"Good then repeat after me. I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis or Diana in your case Suzie. I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood and join the hunt." I explained slowly.

"I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis/Diana. I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood and join the hunt." They both said in unison.

"Very good I accept your pledge, welcome to the hunt. Now we have to call my friend down and we can deal with that disgusting friend of yours. Perseus get down here." I shouted upwards to the figure on the roof.

(Percy)

I simply took a step of the roof where I was standing, and falling to the sound of twin screams before landing on the ground in a roll before getting to my feet and looking at the staring girls. The two twins were staring at me like I was insane.

"Perseus did you really need to jump off a five-story building?" Diana enquired indignantly.

"No Lady Diana, but it was faster than the stairs. Now I take it these are your two new recruits?" I said simply more as a matter of fact whilst turning towards the two daughters of the love goddess.

"Yes Suzie, Amy please meet Perseus, son of Poseidon and Guardian of the hunt." Diana said introducing me to the two girls.

"Hi nice to meet you both." I said looking down at them with a smile and they both immediately blushed in unison. Well, this was going well, less than two minutes into their new life in the hunt and they were already tempted. Although to be honest I had to admit they were quite cute and if I had to guess around my age. No, I swore an oath not to flirt with the hunters.

"Err- hi Perseus." They both said slowly still staring and to the side I could see Diana's face changing colour.

"Call me Percy." I told them grinning

"Ok Percy." They said dreamily, now I knew plenty of daughters of Aphrodite but I was surprised by the effect I was having on these two. I had never thought of myself as good looking, which was why I was so surprised when I ended up dating Annabeth. If anything, I was generally critical of my appearance throughout my teens, as shown with the incident of Circe's Island.

"Girls! Stop staring at him. Remember the oath you literally just made, that includes him and likewise he is forbidden from relationships with hunters as well." Diana snapped red-faced.

"Yes Milady." They said simultaneously both averting their eyes in opposite directions. Meanwhile the goddess was still looking at me.

"So, Percy are you the Perseus from legend. You know the one who killed Medusa and killed the Kraken, we saw a movie about it a few years ago, although you are much better looking than that guy." Amy asked curiously. Great now I was being compared favourably to movie stars, was I seriously missing something when I looked in the mirror?

"No, I am much younger than that. Although I have killed Medusa and pretty much everything else. Besides that particular Perseus was a son of Zeus. My dad is Poseidon so I suppose he was my cousin." I told them simply.

"What do you mean pretty much everything else?" Suzie asked sceptically.

"For starters I have killed the Minotaur twice, both killed and tamed the Nemean Lioness who you will meet later. Fought and won the last two wars and defeated an army or two albeit with a little help. I have done pretty much everything all the ancient heroes. You know the stuff Theseus, Jason, Heracles did with the single exception of slay the Chimera, although I am looking forward to round two when it rears its head again." I left out the bits about defeating gods, Titans, Giants and Gaia. Hey, I have to leave out some details for a later date.

"If that is for starters, I want to know the main course." Amy asked dreamily again. God this was becoming annoying damned daughters of Aphrodite.

"Amy enough, stop staring at him it is freaky, we made the oath now stick to it." Suzie snapped at her sibling before Diana did, the goddess had just opened her mouth before Suzie beat her to it.

"Thank you, Suzie. Now Perseus the girls here have been having problems with a male spreading false rumours about and have asked us to punish him as a condition to joining. Now I can't do it but could you perhaps find a way of correcting this injustice?" Diana said sweetly with a flutter of her eyelids, wait did I just imagine that or did that really happen?

"Err- yes Milady where can I find him girls? I am sure I can think of something. What exactly has he been saying?" I asked still not clued into much about this situation.

"He said he got lucky with the pair of us at the same time, this was after we caught him secretly dating both of us." Amy explained and I almost had to admire the front this kid must have had. I mean seducing two daughters of the love goddess was impressive, but to claim he had a threesome with them and be believed. The guy must have had more self-confidence than Apollo.

"Ok then I have an idea, where do you think he is currently girls?"

"Down the road is a small skateboard park, between some townhouses, he is normally there. Look for a blond guy wearing a Yankee's baseball cap and green converses, he always has them on." Amy explained pointing in the direction.

"Ok then girls why don't you go for a walk for say ten minutes? Lady Diana perhaps you could explain some of the finer details to them." I asked the goddess, I needed to use my wings for this and they couldn't see me flying overhead with their ex in hand.

"I will give you fifteen Perseus, make sure it is a good one. Come then girls follow me." And with that the trio walked past me, all with matching cruel smiles that already made me feel sorry for my poor victim and I hadn't even met him yet.

As I jumped into the air and looked for the aforementioned skate park, I thought on my initial idea. Now I had no plans on killing or even seriously hurting the poor fool but there is more than one way to destroy someone. He had sought to defame and embarrass the twins with his obscenity, so I would do the same to him.

I soon found the location and sure enough there was my target, he was nothing particularly special. Sandy-blond colour hair, middling height, slightly muscled. He was sitting over the edge of a half-pipe with his arms around another raven-haired girl who had her head buried in his neck.

As I flew overhead, I snapped my wings closed and plummeted straight down landing on my feet directly behind the boy who screamed in fright, meanwhile the girl jumped away from the pair of us and fell down the slope of the half pipe, face first which was amusing to watch. I never gave him a chance to react as I grabbed him by the back collar of his shirt and lifted him off his feet. It surprised me how casually I was able to lift the boy so the back of his head was almost level with my face, which meant his feet were well over a foot off floor.

Looking past him and around at all his assembled friends who were all staring at us from various positions around the park, I noticed one or two reaching for what I guessed were concealed weapons. Not that I cared as I simply raised a hand and manipulated the mist. The good thing about dealing with mortals is that they are easy to manipulate.

"Your friend said to meet him at the school courtyard in ten minutes, he has a surprise for you, make sure you have a camera." I said and watched them all nod their heads in agreement like brainwashed zombie, turning around and heading in that direction without saying a word.

With them dealt with I spread my wings and leapt into the air and raced back to my destination. Looking down I could see all the school grounds and found what I was looking for, my victim was currently screaming his head off. Obviously, he knew something was holding him several hundred feet off the floor, even if he didn't know what.

Finally, I found the school flag pole, it was summer break for most students except special cases like the twins and so the stars and stripes flag were currently not being flown as I flew parallel to the top point. Now of course in movies or shows they often show a geeky kid being hung from the pole by his underwear. Now this guy looked more like the sort of one who would put them there and for that I had a special form of atomic wedgie lined up for him.

"Listen kid, when you tell people about Amy and Suzie what do you say?" I called to the figure in my grasp as I span him to face me until I was now holding him by the throat with my left hand.

"I fucked those little bitches at the same ti-arghhhhhh." I never let him finish that sentence as I dropped him the remaining eight inches onto the pointed top of the flag pole before I let go completely and left him there impaled up his ass on the two-inch-thick post. He must have sunk a good six inches before it widened a little preventing him sinking further quickly at least. He was inevitably hanging twenty feet in the air about the already five story building. Confident he was securely rooted in place I flew back to the ground and walked away so I couldn't hear all the screaming, squealing and sobbing. The more he struggled the worse his problem got.

After a few minutes I watched from the shadows as his group of friends arrived and began to look for him. After 30 seconds I could hear the sound of laughter accompanied by the sound of running footsteps towards the impaled figure. I merely walked away after casting the mist on the poor victim, so he forgot my appearance and removed all traces of me touching him. Of course, with witnesses around someone would naturally ring the fire department and they would get him down, before the pole went fully Vlad the Impaler on him. Well as long as he kept those cheeks clamped.

Five minutes later Diana arrived out of a side door with the two twins in tow, the pair were now arrayed in matching hunter garb just minus the usual weaponry.

"So, Perseus how did it go? Is our friend having second thoughts about his action?"

"Well, he tried to lie again but then he had an accident and slipped. If you look around the corner you should be able to see where he fell or rather on what he fell." I said indicating the wall behind me to the left and watched as all three strolled past and took a peek before grimacing. However, shock soon changed to smiles on the girls faces and they walked back happily.

"Perseus you have one sick sense of humour, are you sure you were not a hunter in a previous life? Really was that what you came up with? People say I am cruel for turning them into animals and hunting them down, you just took it to another level.' Diana said shocked albeit happily.

'Thanks Percy, Mark will barely be able to walk again. Who knew he swung both ways?" Amy said hugging me surprising me and causing me to blush as I felt her breast pushed up against my stomach and also worrying me if she felt the wings. Fortunately, one look at the goddess to one side was more than enough to remind her that she should not be doing such things. Less than twenty-four hours and I had more skin ship than the last twelve months in the place there should be none.

"Well technically if you ask me it depends on which way the wind is blowing. I offered him a chance to apologise and he decided to keep on lying. Besides, I never liked guys like him when I was at school. Now he is the laughing stock since I invited all his friends to come visit him." I said cheerfully even if the punishment was a little brutal and sadistic.

"Well then girls, Perseus I think it is time we got back and I introduce you to the rest of the hunt." Diana said grabbing the girls by the hand as I placed my left-hand on her shoulder and we flashed out of there.