Chapter 41

Chapter 41:

"Again."

"Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars."

"Again."

"Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars."

Percy smiled at Rob, "are you beginning to see the truth?"

Rob nodded, "yes."

"And what is the truth?"

"Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars."

Percy nodded and turned to the group of Roman demigods, "now, who the fuck wanted me dead?"

The crowd parted and there standing all alone was a skinny Legionnaire with his spear clutched tightly to his side. Percy looked at his title;

George Mathews, Legionnaire

Lv- 14

"So?" Percy asked crossing his arms, "you going to do it or what?"

George gulped, "ah-I ah, I didn't mean-"

"Come on George," Percy smirked as the boy was surprised Percy knew his name, "come and get me."

"H-how did you know my name?"

Percy smiled an evil smile, "because I'm death. And it's my job to know the names of all those who are going to die."

"EK!" George said as his eyes rolled to the back of his head before he fell forward unconscious.

"He killed George!" someone yelled out.

Percy couldn't control himself as he suddenly broke out laughing, "oh my Gods! He actually fainted! Oh this is too good! He actually fainted! World's best army my ass!"

"Percy!" Thalia hissed hitting him across the head, "stop scaring people!"

Percy pouted, "but they started it….."

"I don't care who started it! I'm ending it!" Thalia roared.

"She's crazier than him!" one of the Roman men said.

"Jason," a legionnaire from the 5th cohort called out, "your sister's kind of hot."

"Shut up Mark!" Jason hissed out as his friend chuckled.

"Now then," Julia walked forward, "this competition is finished. And just in time too," Julia held up a piece of paper, "I have received word that the Senate has been assembled, we should go there now."

Percy nodded, "right. Okay then, what are we waiting for?"

"Wait you can't be serious!" Rob called out, "we can't let this guy into the Senate! He could kill us all with one punch!"

Percy rolled his eyes, "dude we talked about this, I'm not here to fight, I'm here to make friends."

"You literally wanted to fight a few minutes ago!"

"You insulted my dad," Percy shrugged, "by the way remind me again what you are."

Rob looked like he was about to argue, but he realised he couldn't. He had made a deal in front of all these Roman Legionaries and if he backed out and didn't keep his end of the deal, it could hurt his image.

So Rob sighed, "Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars."

Percy nodded, "right. And if it makes you feel any better I promise on the Styx not to kill anyone while in the Senate, unless provoked or it's an emergency."

Thunder roared as most looked at Percy in wonder. Percy blinked, "what?"

"YOU IDIOT!" Thalia roared at him, "how many times do you have to be told not to swear on the Styx?! And what the hell do you mean by an emergency?!"

Percy gulped, "you know….in case someone threatens us with a bomb or something. Or-ah,I don't really know. I just kind of-"

"-Enough," Julia spoke up, "first off Thalia is right, you should have not done such a thing Jackson, it could mean your life if anything goes wrong."

Percy shrugged, "I can manage."

Julia nodded, "right, and thank you. The promise does make it easier to trust you," she turned to the Legionnaires there, "I trust this is enough for the son of Neptune to do in order to ensure our safety?"

The Legionnaires all agreed and soon they were off.

The went back to the road leading away from the Roman encampment and towards the far off city Percy saw before. As they drew closer and closer the images of the houses became more and more clear. The houses were white with a roof covered with red tiles on top or a domed roof. Percy could see the beginnings of what looked like a replica of the Roman Coliseum in the back along with parks and restaurants all over the place. It truly looked like a piece of heaven had dropped down from the sky.

As soon as the reached the city limits Percy noticed a marble status in their way. The Praetors and Legionaries all slowed down and Percy and Thalia did the same.

"This is the Pomerian Line," Rob explained in a low tone, "basically it's the borderline of New Rome, beyond it no one is allowed to carry any weapons."

Percy raised an eyebrow, "I assume it's because they don't want anyone dead like Julius Caesar?"

Rob nodded, "yeah."

"Single line people! And have your ID's ready when you enter!" The marble statue suddenly came alive.

Percy studied the statues closely, it was the marble figure of a man with no arms and everything below his waist was still one big block of stone. Percy looked at the moving statue's name and title;

Terminus, God of Boundaries

Lv- ?

"Terminus?" Percy asked aloud.

Julia raised an eyebrow, "you know your Roman mythology Percy, yes, this is Terminus, the God of Boundaries, he guards the Pomerian line and makes sure no one carries a weapon inside."

Percy nodded as they quickly reached the statue who greeted them.

"Ah Julia, how are you Praetor?"

The Praetor bowed, "fine Terminus, thank you for asking."

Terminus nodded and then looked at Percy and Thalia, "and who are these two?"

"The boy is Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon and the girl is Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus. They are Greek."

"Greek?!" Terminus shouted in surprise, "you are going to bring Greeks into New Rome?!"

Percy rolled his eyes, "why does everyone hate us? I mean you don't even know us and already with the hate."

Terminus grumbled, "I do not hate you boy, I'm just…..weary."

"Right….. Sure you are."

"Enough," Thalia said, "let's get this over with before we have another fight on our hands."

"Technically that was a challenge, not a fight," Percy clarified which was rewarded by Thalia glaring at him, 'I am so going to get it now.'

"Right, now where is my assistant? Janet? Janet?!"

"Coming Terminus," a woman called out. She had blonde hair and green eyes with the same shade as grass. She had just finished collecting the weapons of the other legionnaires and had them all stored away on a big cart to the side. The woman turned and walked towards Percy and his group, "another weapons collection?"

Terminus nodded, "yes. Now you two, empty your pockets, and don't try and pretend you don't have any, I can sense them!"

Percy raised an eyebrow, 'I wonder whether he can sense all the weapons I have hidden inside my inventory?' Percy put his theory to the side as he took out Waverider and Riptide, both in pen form.

"I don't know whether you can hold on to these," Percy said, "they are charmed to always return to my pocket."

"I'm sure we can keep them from wandering off," Terminus said as his blonde assistant took the pens along with Thalia's spear in the form of a can of mace.

"So can we go?" Percy asked.

"No!" Terminus yelled out, "what's that on your wrist?"

"Me?"

"No not you, the girl!"

Thalia pointed to her braclet, "this?"

The God nodded, "yes that."

"Well it's my shield," Thalai pressed it and activated it causing the imprinted face of Medusa to appear before them scaring the Legionnaires along with Terminus.

"Don't do that!" the God yelled out, "that can be considered a declaration of war!"

Thalia shrugged, "sorry."

"And what's with that hair?! Blue dye is not allowed according to protocol! And your clothes! The both you are dressed atrociously!"

Percy looked down, "what's wrong with my clothes?"

"It's leather! And your shoes! How do you even run in those! Swap them out for sandals this instant!"

Percy turned to Julia, "can we go?"

Julia chuckled, "yes."

They turned around and left leaving Terminus yelling for Percy and Thalia to come back claiming he had more things to tell them. Percy checked his pockets and found that both his swords hadn't returned to him, it seemed whatever magic Terminus had blocked the charm both Riptide and Waverider had.

But just then a familiar weight came into Percy's pocket. Percy looked in and saw Waverider in there.

"Guys we have to go back," Percy spoke up stopping everyone in their tracks.

"What? Why?" Rob asked.

Percy held up his pen, "my weapon came back to me."

"What?! How is that even possible?!"

Percy shrugged, "I don't know. Guess the charm on Waverider was too strong for Terminus to hold back."

The group quickly turned round and walked back to Terminus and his assistant who were busy freaking out.

"Something wrong?" Percy asked startling both people.

"Yep!" Janet yelled as she covered her hand with her mouth.

"Wrong? No, nothing's wrong, why would you think so?" Terminus asked though Percy could tell he looked nervous.

"Really? You sure you haven't lost something? Like one of my weapons?" Percy asked pulling out Waverider.

Janet and Terminus sighed in relief, "oh thank the Gods," Terminus said, "I thought we lost that! Wait! How did you get that back?!"

"I told you it has a very strong charm on it," Percy explained.

"B-but that's impossible! No mear charm can hold up to the power of a God!" Terminus looked like he wanted to pull out his own hair, but he didn't have any hands to do so.

Percy shrugged, "I don't know….so what exactly are we supposed to do?"

"I don't know! This has never happened before!" Terminus all but yelled.

"It's alright," Julia spoke up, "he can bring the pen with him."

"What?! Absolutely not!" Terminus shouted, "the rules clearly state that he is not allowed to bring his weapon inside New Rome!"

"But Terminus he swore an oath not to-"

"Rules are rules!"

Julia sighed and turned to Percy, "I'm sorry. I tried. Is there anyway you can deactivate your pen's charm?"

Percy scratched his chin, "well…. There is one thing I could do." Percy then transformed Waverider into it's trident form and stuck the prongs into the ground. Percy then stepped back slowly, "stay."

Thalia laughed, "you really think that's going to work?"

Percy shrugged, "I hope so."

"Good Gods boy!" Terminus shouted, "where did you get such a weapon?!" Terminus was staring in awe of Waverider.

"I made it," Percy replied.

"You made that?!" Rob said as he also admired the weapon, "you sure you aren't the son of Vulcan?"

"Vulcan? Do I look like Mr. Spock?" Percy asked.

"No Percy," Thalia said, "Vulcan is the Roman version of Hephaestus."

"Oh, then no. I am sure I'm not a Vulcan, though the power to paralyze someone with a touch does sound pretty cool."

"Such power," Terminus continued practically drooling at the weapon, "truly a weapon fit for a God!"

"Alright then let's move on, the Senate is waiting for us," Rob said as the group quickly moved forward.

Luckily this time Waverider didn't return to Percy's pocket, the verbal command to stay must have worked.

Percy entered the city and was immediately struck by how many people there were inside. Each of them was ether a demigod, a Legacy, or a former Roman Legionary. Percy wondered what would happen if anyone attacked New Rome, with no weapons inside the city the people won't be able to defend themselves. But considering that every adult here was at least level 20 Percy would guess that the citizens of New Rome could handle themselves pretty well.

There were many college age kids around, several of them waved at the legionaries as they passed by. There were parents outside walking with their kids, the shop keepers were busy trying to score customers. People were everywhere hanging around fountains talking, relaxing, and just having a good time.

"This place is amazing," Thalia said looking at everything in wonder.

"Yes it is," Julia nodded in agreement, "most would say this is worth the 10 years of service required to enter."

"Do the Greeks not have something like this?" Rob asked snarkily.

Percy shook his head, "no. But I'm beginning to think that maybe I should build one."

"Build one? You're just going to build a city?" Rob asked skeptically.

Percy nodded, "yeah. I am," Percy looked around as he saw demigod couples everywhere enjoying life.

From a military standpoint this made sense. Have a place for soldiers to rest after war and if the time comes you can call on them again. And any child they have will also automatically join in the war, that is probably why there are so many members of the Roman camp when compared to the Greek camp.

Since the Roman demigods get to retire and live a life, they get to have children, who are also accepted into the camp, making sure that the Legion never ran out of members.

But it wasn't just that. He wanted this life for himself and the other demigods, a future where they could be safe. When all the war and fighting was over, just a place for them to retire to.

Ping!

Legendary Quest Alert!

Create a safe Haven for the Greek mythology!

Requirements for the Quest to be considered complete;

Obtain a minimum of 6 Km stretch of land under your name

Establish a barrier around said piece of land. (Note: Barrier should be strong enough to not let high level monster inside.)

Build a minimum of 20 buildings

Have enough living room for 100 people.

Have the basic utilities needed for living, (Water, Electricity, Drainage, Hospital, Pool, Wifi, Wifi, Wifi)

Establish a college and shcool inside the Haven

Name the Haven

Rewards,

10,000,000 Exp

300 Points

20 Level Skill disk (5)

10 Level Skill disk (5)

5 Level Skill disk (5)

1 Level Skill disk (5)

Failure,

All the Greek demigods will die young and will never see old age.

Personal guilt

Do you accept?

YES/NO?

Percy's eyes shot open so quickly he felt like his eyelids were about to tear open. '10 million Exp?! Fuck yes I want to accept!'

Percy pressed yes and the box dissolved itself. Percy smiled until suddenly realization dawned on him. 'Wait….I have to build a city?! What the fuck?! How do I do that?! I can't even build a shelf!'

Percy was ripping his hair and hitting himself in the face over and over again while Thalia and Julia looked at him from afar.

"Should we try and stop him?" Julia asked.

Thalia shook her head, "it's times like this when I learnt that the best thing you can hope for is for Percy to just calm himself down."

And sure enough, like a switch had been flipped, Percy suddenly straightened up and a look of calm fell over his face. He had activated his Gamer's mind and used it to calm himself.

'Okay think Percy think. The first thing you need is funds. Lots and lots of money. Okay that won't be a problem. I have a freaking treasure chest filled with gold, good thing I didn't give it to Chiron yet. I can use the Gold to buy the land to build the haven on. Then I need to build actual buildings…..maybe I can get the Hephaestus kids to help me with that. Maybe they could draw up the designs and I can build it myself, or even ask Annabeth. That's it! I'll ask Annabeth! I'll get the designs from her and build it myself!. After all I do have super strength and super speed, what else do I need?'

Percy kept thinking about his new problem and soon they reached Senate building. The building itself was located on the west of the Forum, which was basically the heart of the City. The building had a white-dome on top with pillars holding up the ceiling. The steps leading up to the senate was also marble and looked polished form frequent use.

The Legionaries and Percy entered the Senate and inside reminded Percy of a mix between a high school lecture hall and the Amphitheater back at Camp Half-Blood. The hall was in the shape of a semi circle filled with cushioned seats all facing the raised stage on which was a podium and two chairs.

The Legionnaires quickly took the seats on the left of the stage near the back, while Julia and Rob lead Percy and Thalia towards the front rows. There Percy saw the front row was also occupied by ten other senate members most of whom were all older demigods, one even looked around 50, which meant Edward Neak wasn't the oldest demigod Percy had ever seen, this guy was.

Julia and Rob got onto the stage and the Greek demigods followed them.

"Ah hm," Julia cleared her throat but no one paid her any attention. Many of the senators were discussing amongst themselves.

"Attention!" Rob shouted startling everyone with his booming voice. Percy simply raised an eyebrow, if he remembered correctly Rob had a thing for Julia, ah the things we do for love.

"Thank you," Julia nodded to Rob, "now senators I am sure you are all wondering why I have gathered you all here today."

"Is it about the Greeks that have supposedly come into camp?" one of the senators, an older man with black hair and a thick beard asked. Percy looked at the man's name and title;

Edgar Winston, Son of Mercury

Lv- 27

'Wow, a son of Hermes,' Percy realised, 'I never would have guessed. He doesn't quite look the part.'

It was true, Edgar was frowning, and that was scary. Percy had rarely ever seen a son of Hermes frown, the last one he saw frowning was Luke, and that was when Luke had to go back to spy on Kronos.

Julia nodded, "yes, it is Edgar."

"Are the two behind the Greeks?" another senator asked. A chubby man with brown hair and a sweaty brow. Charles Lame, son of Bacchus.

"Yes, they are," Julia stepped to the side, "make your case."

Thalia and Percy nodded and stepped up.

"You want to take this?" Percy asked in a whisper.

"Why?" Thalia asked.

"Your a daughter of Jupiter, they like Jupiter. Plus I might accidently piss them off, again."

Thalia nodded as she spoke up, "Romans, greetings. I am Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, or in your case, daughter of Jupiter."

The senate went into a ruckus, everyone started talking about Thalia and what she represented.

"I have come from the Greek equivalent of Camp Jupiter, camp Half-Blood," Thalia continued, "we were sent here by the Gods in order to form an alliance against Kronos-I mean Saturn, and his forces."

"Why should we trust you?" one of the Senate members asked.

"Because Kronos wants us dead just as much as he wants you," Thalia shot back.

"And what guarantee can you make that you will not betray us?"

"Simple," Thalia crossed her arms, "mutually assured destruction. If we betray you then we won't have the manpower to stand up to Kronos."

"Then why should we ally ourselves with you?" another voice asked. This time it was a blonde boy who was so thin Percy wondered he was just a skeleton wearing a human face. His name and title floated above his head;

Octavian, Legacy of Apollo

Lv- 13

"What do you mean?" asked Thalia surprised.

"I mean you are Greeks," Octavian spat out with hate dripping out of his tongue. Percy was impressed, for a 11 year old he certainly had a lot of hate to give out. "And we all know how Greeks are," Octavian said addressing everyone in the room, "she will back stab us the moment we have our backs turned!"

Thalia raised an eyebrow, "we are allied with the gods. If you don't ally yourself with us that means you do not ally yourself with the Gods. Does that mean Camp Jupiter wishes to ally itself with the Titans?"

"What?! No!" Octavian shouted.

"Really? Because that's what it sounds like to me," Thalia said narrowing her eyes at him.

"I-I didn't mean it like that! I jus-"

"-Give up kid," Percy spoke, "you lost this one."

Octavian blushed and sat back down. Percy could tell the hate hadn't gone anywhere, it was still there, festering, growing. 'Maybe I should keep an eye out for this guy.'

"Yes, like I said we need to come together on this," Thalia said, "Romans, Greeks, together."

Many of the Senators spoke and most were looking uncertain when suddenly Julia stepped in.

"Senators before you give an answer I must tell you one thing," Julia then proceeded to explain to them what Percy had done. How he casually swore by the Styx to non violence in the Senate and how she believed he genuinely wanted peace between the camp.

While before the Senators looked suspicious, the mention of Percy's oaths swayed them towards trust rather than doubt.

"See," Percy whispered into Thalia's ear, "it all worked out well in the end."

Thalia glared at Percy, "don't think you got off easy Mr. I am still going to kick your ass when we get back to camp."

When Julia was done the Senate began to talk amongst themselves again. Finally Edgar got up, "we understand you all wish to join forces, and the fact that you are willing to swear on the Styx to that is truly impressive. But you have to understand, we have spent thousands of years fighting and fear the Greeks. We need to be sure of your commitment."

"What do we have to do to prove ourselves?" Thalia asked.

"Simple," Edgar replied, "what do you know off the symbol of our camp?"

"You can't be serious!" Julia cried out, "Edgar that is suicide!" Even Rob nodded, the look on his face told Percy he was scared for them.

"We need to be sure they are on our side Julia," Edgar simply repeated himself, "this will prove their power and their loyalty."

"But Edgar-"

"-Enough!" the man said in a harsh tone shutting Julia down. He turned to Percy and Thalia, "so what do you know of our camp's symbol?"

Percy and Thalia shared a look. "Nothing," Thalia admitted.

"Then it is time I gave you a history lesson," Edgar said as he began his tale, "you see we have lost something, something of great value to the whole camp."

"Yeah, thanks to the fifth cohort!" a Ghost floating in the back spat out. Jason and the other Legionnaires of the 5th bowed their heads in disgrace, but Edgar ignored them.

"This symbol was a large Eagle made out of Imperial Gold-"

"-Wait," Thalia interrupted, "Imperial Gold?"

Egar and the other Romans looked surprised, "yes….you have never heard of this?"

Percy and Thalia shook their heads, "we mainly use celestial bronze weapons in the Greek camps."

Edgar and the other campers nodded, "I see… well the imperial gold was a metal made during the time of ancient Rome. It was made by the priests of the time using very ancient and powerful sorcery to create it."

'Like Waverider,' Percy realised as he idly wondered whether about the process of creating the metal. Percy remembered that he had an imperial gold spear stored somewhere in his inventory, maybe he should check it out later.

"Imperial Gold was Rome's answer to Celestial bronze, which was rare itself. We used to have more…, but after the incident with the Fifth cohort and the Eagle..."

"What happened?" Percy asked, his curiosity peaked.

"There was a Praetor, Marcus Varus from the fifth cohort. He believed himself to be part of the prophecy of seven and wished to bring glory to the camp to fulfill it."

"I'm sorry prophecy of seven?" Percy asked.

Edgar sighed, "it is an ancient prophecy, with no signs of being fulfilled any time soon. But that is not important. What is important is that Marcus believed himself to be one of the chosen demigods in the prophecy. He consulted with an Augur-"

"-An oracle," Julia supplied seeing Percy and Thalia's confused faces.

"-And he found that the answers he needed was in Alaska. So Marcus, in his hubris, took the whole of fifth cohort, most of our imperial gold weapons and the Eagle itself and set out to prove himself…..he never came back. He disappeared in that land, no one knows what happened to him."

Percy narrowed his eyes, "wait that doesn't make sense. How can someone just disappear like that?"

"Alaska is the land beyond the Gods," Julia explained, "once Marcus went there the Gods could not help him. Whatever killed him managed to stay hidden up there, scouts found not a trace of the missing cohort, the weapons or the Eagle."

"What's so important about this Eagle anyway?" Thalia asked, "isn't it just a big decoration piece?"

"It is more than just that," Rob said, "it is fused with the powers of the Gods themselves."

Percy's eyes widened, "so that means-"

"Yes," Edgar nodded, "the Eagle that was stolen was empowered by Jupiter," he turned to Thalia, "your father. The Eagle would destroy all the enemies of Rome in it's path, victory was always guaranteed when the Eagle was at the head of our army. We lost it once before, but luckily we found it. The second time we lost it…..it stayed lost."

"So you want us to go to Alaska and get your Eagle back?" Percy asked.

Edgar and the other senators nodded, "yes."

"Although it is understandable that you may not be able to do so," Octavian spoke up, "after all Alaska is a very big place. And if the entire Roman legion can't find it, what luck are two Greeks going to have?"

Percy and Thalia shared a look. "Do you want to take this quest?" Percy asked.

"Do you?"

Percy gave her a smile, "I'm always up for an adventure."

Thalia smiled back, "so am I."

Ping!

Quest Alert!

Go to Alaska, find and retrieve the Golden Eagle!

Rewards,

You will be considered as a friend of the 12th Roman Legion forever

Honorary membership

200,000 Exp

10 points

Failure,

Your death

Alcyoneus will be released onto the world.

Do you accept?

YES/NO?

Percy was surprised reading the failure option, 'who the hell is Alcyoneus?' Percy wondered as he pressed yes.

"We accept," Thalia spoke out surprising the Senators and the Praetors.

"Are you sure?" Julia asked, "it will be dangerous, I can't guarantee your life."

"We'll be fine," Percy assured her, "it's going to take a lot to put us down."

Thalia nodded, "yeah," she turned to the Senators, "just to be clear, we get this giant golden Eagle for you and you agree to become our allies in this war?"

"We were already allies," Edgar said, "this will just prove to us that we can trust you."

Percy nodded, "understandable. Just because we both serve the Gods doesn't mean we like each other. Hopefully our success in this quest will change your mind."

Edgar nodded, "yes, hopefully."

With that the Senate meeting was dismissed and Julia approached Percy and Thalia, "do you have any idea what you two just did?" she hissed out.

"I am assuming we did something very stupid," Percy said with a shrug.

"Not just that," Julia shot him a glare, "you also endangered this fragile alliance. If you had denied this quest then the Roman would have still worked with you! Couldn't have ever said no to your request! Edgar is an old fool, he remembers his brother dying in the fifth cohort during the expedition of 85, that's why he tricked you into this! And you two feel right into his trap!"

Percy and Thalia looked down, "we're sorry."

"But in our defence he did have a point," Thalia said.

"We need to prove to them that they can trust us," Percy said with a node, "and this is the only way."

Julia rubbed her temples, "Gods give me strength."

"Excuse me," Jason spoke up, "but I would like to join this quest."

Everyone looked at Jason, the boy looked confident, ready. Thalia spoke up, "Jason it's too dangerous."

"It would be easier with the three of us," Jason replied.

"Not really," Thalia shook her head at her brother, "Percy and I have been training together for a long time. We know each other's moves and powers. If you come you would just get in the way."

Jason was stumped that his sister just said that, "b-but-"

"-Enough Legionnaire Jason," Julia spoke, "she is right. Plus this is a quest for the Greeks, they have to do this alone."

"But why?!" Jason asked in anger, "I just found my sister and now she's suddenly going on this dangerous mission and I can't do anything to help her!"

"Relax Jason," Percy said stepping up with a calming smile on his face, "nothing is going to happen to Thalia as long as I'm around. I promise, I would sooner die than let anything bad happen to her."

Jason looked surprised, "w-why would you promise something like that?"

"Because I care for her, duh," Percy said bringing a fist up, "so we have a deal Jason?"

Jason looked unsure when Thalia spoke up, "I would take up the deal Jason," she smiled, "after all Percy was responsible for reviveing me in the first place. And I happen to know for a fact that he always does his best to keep his promises."

The blonde boy looked at the first. He smiled as he fist bumped Percy, "yeah, we have a deal."

Percy nodded and soon the group moved out of the Senate. The group of legionnaires following them quickly broke up into little groups flying all around New Rome and Camp Jupiter to spread the news about the quest given to the Greeks.

Julia and Rob lead Percy and Thalia into a cafe and bought them coffee and some snacks to eat. Percy offered to pay, but Julia refused. In her words, 'consider it a last meal of sorts.'

Percy really didn't appreciate the lack of confidence. Jason joined the Praetors and the Greek demigods and they all sat down near a corner of the cafe. They immediately started talking about the quest.

"So do you two have any idea on where to even start?" Rob asked as he sipped his triple shot espresso.

"No," Thalia admitted as she and Jason shared a lemon square, something that brought back fond memories of the past for the siblings.

"I think I might," Percy said remembering back to what he read about Alcyoneus guy. The name sounded familiar but Percy had no idea why.

"What is it?" Julia asked.

"A name," Percy said, "I don't know how it's related to the quest, I just know that it is."

"And the name?"

"Alcyoneus."

"Never heard of him," Julia said shivering from the cold. Was it just her or did the temperature in the room drop?

Percy noticed the room had gotten cold the moment the name 'Alcyoneus' was mentioned. The others explained it off as a breeze, but Percy knew better. This name had something to do with the quest. If he was to guess it was the name of the monster that the expedition of 85 faced and died too. Meaning he needed to get as much information he could about this monster.

"Do you guys have a library?" Percy asked.

Rob nodded, "obviously. We have a college here and you don't think we would have a library?"

Percy glared at him, "fine, I'll admit that was a stupid question."

"Maybe it would be best to split up," Thalia said, "if we are going to Alaska we will need clothes and other provisions."

Percy nodded, "right. How about you get the clothes and other items we might need. Like a map."

Thalia nodded, "I saw a clothes store a few buildings down. I can go there."

"And I'll go to the library and dig up all I can about this Alcyoneus guy. Hopefull I can find out something that will lead us right to him."

Thalia nodded, "you have cash?"

"How much do you need?"

"A thousand bucks, just to be safe." Percy nodded and took out the amount from his inventory and gave it to her without a second's hesitation.

"And what about finding out where this guy is?" Thalia asked.

"I think I might know of a way to find out where he is," Percy replied scratching his head, "what about transportation?"

"Couldn't you just take us there the way you brought us here?"

Percy shook his head, "way too far for me. Boat?"

"Do I have to?'

"Would you rather fly?"

"Boat it is. How are we going to get a boat?"

Percy turned to Julia and Rob, "can we borrow a boat?"

"Ah, we don't exactly have a boat," Julia said.

"Hm, fine. Maybe I can ask dad for a favour," Percy grumbled out, "I'll ask him later tonight." Thalia nodded and just like that they had formed their plans for the quest.

Julia and Rob were impressed. The way Thalia planned spoke volumes about the way they both trusted and knew each other well. They took on their own assignments and didn't complain, it reminded them of soldiers who fought side by side for a long time. Or maybe a better example would be like a couple that knew each other well.

After the snack Julia took Percy to the library while Jason stayed with his sister and took her around New Rome showing her around, helping her pick out whatever she would need for Alaska.

Percy was taken to a giant building near the Colosseum. The building was made of marble and stood four stories tall. The front was covered with open windows and on the top was a painted glass celine depicting all 12 Olympians looking down into the library. The outside was filled with college age students hanging out by the stairs but the inside was empty. Which made sense, after all how many college student want to spend their summer break inside a library?

The inside itself was just as big as Percy thought. There were shelves going up to 15 feet in height reaching the floor above it. There were four stories in total, and each was filled with books. Each row was marked in latin, and though Percy couldn't read it he got a general understanding where everything was.

"Come with me," Julia said as she lead Percy to the front desk that was just to the right when one enters the library.

Behind the counter was a young woman wearing a green toga over a brown t-shirt with the band Green Day featured on it. 'Huh, didn't realise it was such a popular band,' Percy told himself as he studied the girl.

She was his age with curly red hair and blue eyes. She had lots of freckles gathered around her nose and cheeks. She had a very flat chest but her curvy behind more than made up for that.

Carrie White, The librarian of Rome

Lv- 12

"Carrie," Julia called out, "we need you help."

Carrie looked up and smiled at Julia, "Praetor Julia. So good to see you. How have you been?"

"Fine, thank you," Julia flashed her a smile.

"Right," she ten noticed Percy and scowled, "and who is this?"

"This is Percy Jackson. Long story short he is on a quest and needs you help."

Carrie scoffed, "you want me to help a boy? Really Julia?"

"Please," Julia nearly begged, "I need to get back to my station, things are probably already getting out of hand. Rob needs me, you know that lumex can't do anything right if it doesn't involve fighting."

Carrie tired to argue but sighed and nodded, "alright fine. I'll do it."

Julia smiled, "thanks Carrie!" she then turned and walked to Percy. In a low whisper she spoke, "Carrie is very...untrusting of guys. Just do what you came here to do and try not to piss her off, or else you will have both me and the entire 12th Legion on your ass."

Percy nodded, "got it."

Julia walked off and Percy was left alone with Carrie. The redhead glared at him, "well? What are you waiting for? Tell me what you want to find boy?"

'Damn, she's worse that Ary,' Percy sighed, "I'm not sure what he is, but I know his name Alcyoneus."

"Alcyoneus? Sounds familiar," Carrier looked around, "follow me."

Percy nodded as Carrier took him to the last row of book. Pressed up against the wall was a series of small shelfs each used to house reference cards for every subject available inside the library. The shelves extended across the entire wall, for the letter 'A' alone several drawers were designated for it.

"Here we go," Carrie said as she check one of the reference notes in a drawer, "we have to look in page 100 in the book , 'Giants and Titans:Enemies of Olympus' in the fourth floor, third row."

Percy nodded and said nothing as Carrie led him deeper into the library. At the very back was a dusty old staircase whose steps looked like they were about to break off at any point. Carrier didn't seem to mind though as she climbed them two at a time.

Percy quickly followed her to the fourth floor and Carrie finally stopped at the third shelf. She brought a ladder and placed it up against the shelf before climbing it. Percy moved to help support the ladder when Carrie stopped him.

"Touch that ladder and I will kill you," Carrie warned him.

"But it's not stable," Percy tried to argue back.

"Don't care," Carrie said as she began to look for the book in question.

Percy rolled his eyes, but said nothing.

"Found it," Clarrie said after five minutes of checking. The book however was beyond her reach.

"I'll get it," Percy said as he got ready to use his telekinesis to get the book.

"No," Carrie snapped back, "I got this."

Percy sighed but kept silent again. Carrie stretched and stretched and just as she was about to reach the book the ladder gave away causing her to fall down. Percy's quick reflexes allowed him to grabbed Carrie and move her away from the falling ladder.

"Woah,"Carrie said holding onto Percy, "that was...how did you move so fast?"

"Great reflexes," Percy replied as he put her down. As Carrier was checking herself for injuries Percy turned to the book up top, it hadn't moved an inch. He sighed and reached out to it with his mind. He pulled it out of the shelf and slowly guided it towards his open hands.

"At least we got something good out of this," Percy said showing Carrie the book before opening it to page 100.

Percy began to use his advance English language skills to read as fast as he can. He quickly found what he was looking for.

Alcyoneus it seems was a Giant. And he wasn't just any ordinary giant, he was the son of Gaea and Tartarus. It seemed that he and the rest of his brothers were born out of Gaea for only one reason, to kill the Olympians.

It seemed that these 'Giants' were special designed to destroy a specific God. Every Olympian had one, and Alcyoneus was born to destroy Pluto, or Hades in Percy's case. The Giants fought in a war against the Gods called the Gigantomachy, and they almost won.

Alcyoneus was the eldest of the Giants, he was considered one of their best warriors in battle and some called him the most powerful Giant when it came to hand to hand combat. Alcyoneus also had the power to control the dead like Hades, but he couldn't raise them up for some reason. He also seemed to be able to control Gold, diamonds and other precious jewels underneath the Earth.

Now Alcyoneus may be scary, but there was two things that scared the shit out of Percy above all else, you know ignoring the fact that he supposed to be strong enough to defeat Hades himself.

One, Alcyoneus cannot be killed when he lives inside the land he was born in. Since Percy assumes Alcyoneus was born in Alaska that means that the only way Percy and Thalia can defeat him was to pull him out of Alaska and into Canada, or even international waters.

The second thing that scared the shit out of Percy was Alcyoneus almost immortally like status. It seemed that Alcyoneus could only be defeated by a God and a demigod working together. So that meant all Percy had to do to kill this guy was find a God, get his help and then drag Alcyoneus across the state of Alaska. Then and only then would this thing die.

'Great, just great,' told himself as he went through a list of all the Gods he knew who owed him one.

'There's Hades for starters,' Percy realised, 'then there is Artemis, who I could ask for a favour, but something tells me she is still pissed at me. Then there is Hermes who might humor my request and finally there is my dad, who just might do it.'

Percy turned to Carrie, "thanks for this. It's been a great help."

Carrier nodded as she turned to put the book on a table, "you're welcome, now leave before-" when Carrier turned around she saw herself talking to no one. The boy had disappeared into thin air leaving behind nothing but a sudden gust of wind.

Percy quickly ran through New Rome at super speed and of Thalia and Jason just as they were about to cross the Pomerian line.

"Hey guys!" Percy said appearing next to them spooking both Jason and Thalai.

"Don't do that Percy!" Thalia shouted as she tried to punch him, but her hands were filled with shopping bags, so she kicked him instead.

Percy chuckled, "okay okay i get it."

Thalia huffed, "well did you find anything?"

Percy nodded, "a lot. I'll tell you later."

They quickly passed the Pomerian line and Percy saw Waverider right where he left it. Percy approached the statue of Terminus who was still gawking at the blade.

"Did she give you any trouble?" Percy asked as he took Waverider out of the ground and turned it back into its pen form.

"Trouble? From a weapon? Are you crazy Greek?" Terminus asked.

Percy chuckled, "sometime I wonder that myself."

Percy quickly grabbed Riptide from Janet and Thalia and Jason got their weapons as well. The three then quickly walked back towards the military encampment. They quickly reached the Praetor's office, the Principia, and went inside to see Julia and Rob hard at work filling out paperwork.

Julia noticed Percy and the others enter, "ah your back. I trust you found the information you seek?"

Percy sighed, "yeah, and then some."

"I see," Julia rubbed her chin, "fine then everything is settled. You two will leave in the morning, I trust you have a plan?"

"Sort of a plan," Percy said with a shrug.

The day soon ended as Jason spent the entire time taking Thalia and Percy around showing them the place. Eventually they had dinner and were given the room in the fifth cohort to sleep in. The room itself was small, just a set of bunkbeds that was pushed to the side of the room with a table across it.

Percy and Thalia were alone in the room as they quickly unpacked everything that was bought. Thalia had gotten them the completely set. A couple of winter jackets with several thermal undergarments along with some studded boots, perfect for ice walking. Thalia also brought some hiking equipment, just in case.

Seeing said equipment brought Percy flashbacks to the illusionary world he saw during his trials. He remembered how he climbed mount Othrys, how he died facing Kronos. Maybe it was because he was in San Francisco and so close to the mountain, but something about this place made Percy feel nervous, like danger was right around the corner.

Percy put the equipment away inside his inventory and then shared with Thalia all he knew about Alcyoneus. And in the end she had the same reaction he did.

"We are so fucked," Thalia cursed hanging her down in sorrow, "we are so dead even Hades will be like, 'nah huh, you too dead for me'."

Percy chuckled, "yup. But luckily I do have a few Gods who owe me one, maybe I can call them and try to pull in their favours."

Thalia sighed, "it's worth a shot."

Percy nodded and summoned a mist using his water powers. He then angled it in such a way that the rays from the tube light formed a rainbow. Percy took out a drachma and tossed it in saying the prayer to Iris and asking for his Dad, might as well ask the God who is most likely to say yes.

The image cleared up and Poseidon appeared before Percy, "ah Percy! Glad you called! How's the quest going?"

Percy sighed and began his explanation. At the end of the story Poseidon was looking shocked stiff.

"A-Alcyoneus? Are you sure?"

Percy nodded, "yeah."

"How did you find out?" Poseidon asked.

"The name came to me in my dreams," Percy lied easily

Lie successful!

Ping!

Your skill has gained a level!

Lying, Lv-15 (3%)

This is your ability to lie to people, the higher the level the better the lie and less chance of discovery!

75% chance of success, less based on how extreme the lie is.

'I might be getting a little to good at this,' Percy told himself as he saw Poseidon nodded his head in understanding, "okay then...this is troubling news."

"Why so?"

"Because Giants don't just show up out of nowhere," Poseidon said with a hard look in his eyes, "they are not like other monsters. If Alcyoneus is indeed alive then someone is behind this."

"Kronos?"

Poseidon shook his head, "not a chance. The Giants hate the Titans, even more than the Gods. They would never work for them. This is very bad news Percy, it means that another group of Olympus's enemies are making their move, sigh it's like everyone just got up and decided,'hey let's be a pain in the ass today!'. I am truly getting to old for this shit."

Percy smiled, "you don't look a day over 1000 dad."

"Ha ha, very funny," Poseidon grumbled, "but getting back to the matter at hand, you need to get the Eagle back for the Romans to trust you, stupid people those Romans. Fine, so you need the help of a God to defeat Alcyoneus."

Percy nodded, "right. I was hoping that you-"

"-I can't Percy," Poseidon immediately spoke out, "as much as I would love to I can't. Olympian Gods cannot travel outside whatever country we are inside right now, at least not with our full powers intact."

Percy grumbled, "great, so we are shit out of luck."

"Not necessary," Poseidon said with a sly smile, "tell me how big can you open up your inventory?"

Percy caught on quickly, "how big is Alcyoneus?"

"If I remember correctly….around 40 feet tall and at least 10 wide."

Percy formed, "I think I can do that. So the plan is what? I throw him into the inventory and bring him back here where you can help me destroy him?"

Poseidon nodded, "sounds like a good plan."

Percy sighed, "it will be difficult, but I think I can manage it."

"Right. And if even for a second you think that you can't do it run away Percy. Just grab the Eagle and run. There is no shame in that."

Percy nodded, "right. Oh and before you leave dad can I ask for one more favour?"

"Shoot."

"Tomorrow Thalia and I set out to Alaska and I was wondering wether you might have a boat I could borrow for the trip."

"You want a boat?" Poseidon asked in surprise.

"Yeah, not a big one, a small one if fine."

"You misunderstand Percy, that wasn't me being angry that you would even ask me such a request. That was me being angry that you thought I would say no. I'm the God of the fucking seas and everything that sails along it, I can get you the Titanic if you wanted."

Percy grinned, "sweet. But please, just something small and fast enough to get us where we need to go. Of course with my powers it should be easy guiding the boat and I can give it a boost whenever it needs it."

Poseidon nodded, "right. Tomorrow morning go into the San Francisco harbour in North Beach Pier 41 and find port number 8. You will find your boat there."

"How will I know it's from you?"

"Believe me, you'll know."

With that Percy wished his dad a good night and the rainbow message disappears.

"Now all we need to do is find out where Alcyoneus is and we are golden," Thalia said with a sigh as she leaned back on the wall.

"Don't worry about that," Percy told her, "I have a plan for that."

"Really?"

Percy nodded, "yeah. Trust me."

"I talked to Chiron," Thalia said as she took off her jacket and threw it on the table, "I explained everything."

"Was he pissed?"

Thalia nodded, "yeah. But after I assured him countless times that we would run at the first sign of trouble he finally agreed."

"Not that we would have needed his permission," Percy said as he took off his own jacket.

Thalia nodded, "right….wait, Percy….are those tattoos?"

Percy looked down and saw Thalia staring at the strength seals on his arm, "oh no they're strength seals. They help limit my strength and when I release them my strength doubles for a short time."

Thalia was amazed, "so back then when you destroyed that marble block..."

Percy nodded, "yup. That was me with all my seals removed."

"Amazing," Thalia looked at the tattoo like seals on Percy's arms, "there are so badass."

Percy grinned, "glad you think so. Now….what do you want to do?"

Thalia smiled slyly, "depends, what do you want to do?"

Percy smiled, "well, I know one thing to help end this long day."

Thalia nodded, "yeah, a good night's sleep."

Percy looked at her, "really?"

"Yes really. Why? You had something else in mind?" Thalia gave him teasing smile.

"So we are just going to sleep? We aren't going to do anything else?"

"Right. Now, do you want the top bunk or the bottom bunk?"

Percy smiled, he could see her trying to look anywhere else but at him, "so that's it huh? You really just want to go to sleep?"

"Yes."

"...okay then," Percy said startling Thalia with his answer, "I'll be on top, you're okay with being on the bottom right?"

Thalia blinked, "seriously? Nothing? I'm your girlfriend god damn it! You're supposed to not be able to keep your hands off of me!"

Percy shrugged, "you wanted to go to sleep. And so that's what we are going to do."

"I was teasing you!"

"Hey I thought you were being serious," Percy shrugged unable to wipe the smirk that was forming on his face.

"Jackson," she said in a foreboding tone,"shut up and kiss me," Thalia grabbed Percy by his shirt collar and pulled him over her.

Percy fell on top of Thalia as he put his hands to the side to support himself as the demigoddess under him pulled him deeper and deeper into the kiss. Thalia rubbed her hands all over him. One was around his neck while the other was on his back rubbing his lower back.

Percy let his full weight fall on Thalia as he moved her to the side. They laid down sideways as they started to curl into one another. Percy's legs were wrapped around Thalia's as his hands found themselves stroking her hips.

Thalia pressed her hand against Percy's back and pushed him forward. She broke the kiss and spoke with a panting voice, "come closer, you might fall off the bed if you stay that far."

Percy smiled as he pressed his pelvis up against Thalia's, "better?"

"Much," Thalia replied as she began the kiss again.

Slowly Percy could feel her rubbing herself up against him. Percy himself was doing his best not to get a boner, but at this point it just seems like he was fighting a losing battle. Percy could feel his pants tighten again as Thalia started to increase her pace.

Percy pulled her closer and pressed right up against her, chest to chest. She then turned to put his back on the bed with her on top. He broke the kiss as he slowly bite her lower lip, he moved downwards, slowly kissing her neck, prickling her skin with hickeys.

"Oh Percy," Thalia moaned as she wrapped her arms around his wide shoulders. She used her grip on them as leverage, as she increased her pace, grinding her clit on top of Percy.

Percy moaned in pleasure into Thalia's neck. He could feel his dick being pressed up against Thalia's body. Just the fact that she was the one to do it threatened to push Percy over the edge, but he held on, he wanted this to last as long as possible.

Percy slammed down Gamer's mind and quickly began to think of how he could make Thalia cum. He quickly brought both his hands and grabbed Thalia's ass cheeks. Percy then deeply kissed her as he used his hands to push Thalia harder and harder into himself.

Percy increased their pace, his hand dug deep into Thalia's juicy ass as he moved her up and down. Thalia broke their kiss trailing her saliva across his face as she moved faster and faster. She bent down and moaned into her ear, "more Percy. Faster."

Percy bite into Thalia's neck as he did as she asked. He moved her enter body faster and faster. He lifted his hips up and started moving it to match the rhythm of his hands. Thalia's grip on his shoulder grew tighter and tighter as she whimpered next to his ear.

'Just a little more,' Percy told himself as he tried his best not to cum in that very moment. The way she sounded drove him crazy, lucky Gamer's mind kept him in check.

Percy felt precum oze out of the tip of his dick but he kept it together. He grabbed Thalia's hips and moved them faster and faster. Thalia's moans grew louder and louder. She grabbed onto Percy's chest with all her might when she suddenly threw her head up in the air with her mouth wide open whimpering unintelligible words.

Percy finally allowed himself to feel the sweet feeling of release as Gamer's mind removed the mental vice on his dick allowing him to cum.

Thalia fell on top of him, she was panting, she was out of breath with sweat gathered on her brow.

"That was..." Thalia couldn't complete her sentence. She simply looked up from Percy's chest staring right at him.

"Yeah," Percy replied as he looked into her eyes, "we should do that again."

Thalia raised an eyebrow, "right now?"

"No, not right now," Percy pulled her close, "later."

Thali pressed her head down on Percy's chest as the two demigods slowly drifted to sleep, thier mutal orgasims made them feel like they were floating on clouds. Percy held her close and soon the two fell unconscious driven to the realm of Morpheus.

The next day;

Percy and Thalia woke up early in the morning, they kissed each other and immediately realised that they both needed a change of clothes and a shower.

After doing that Percy and Thalia meet Jason and the Praetors near the exit to the Roman military encampment.

"Make sure you come back alive sis," Jason told her, "I so do not you to transform into a tree again."

Thalia grinned, "I promise little brother, I'll come back to you alive."

Jason smiled but the his face turned to one of confusion, "hey Thalia, were there bugs in your room last night?"

Thalia looked surprised, "no, why?"

"Well you have these bite marks on you neck," Jason said pointing at them, "there are so many, I'm surprised you didn't notice them when showering. Heck they go all the way down to-"

"-Okay!" Percy jumped in, "I think it's about time we leave, yes?"

Thalia was blushing but nodded, "yeah."

Thalia hugged her brother goodbye, Jason however was still very confused. Percy waved at the Roman Legionaries all gathered near the gate to wish them luck. It seemed a lot of the Romans knew about the quest, and considering they know what Percy can do they also believe that he would be the one who would finally bring the Eagle back.

The moment they reached the service tunnel Percy put Thalia into his inventory again and took off.

The guards didn't even see him run outside. All they saw was the door flying open as a black and orange blur zoomed out into the Highway.

Compared to the great distance Percy had traveled before, the trip from Camp Jupiter to San Francisco was nothing.

In a few minutes Percy had entered the San Francisco Bay Area through the San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge. He quickly went to the North Beach area and quickly found Peir 41. It was very crowded, but Percy just zoomed past all of them and looked around to find port 8.

When he finally found the boat in question Percy checked around for security cameras before he opened his inventory and pulled Thalia out.

The daughter of Zeus looked around, "sweet. So did you find the boat yet?" Percy nodded as he pointed over Thalia's shoulder. The daughter of Zeus turned and stared at the boat docked at port 8. "Holy. Shit."

The boat was was black and white with the name 'Trident Mobile' printed on the side in sea green. The boat itself was huge, at least 24 feet tall with two stories. The boat's windows were tinted black and the overall design was very sleek and modern looking.

"Let's go inside," Percy said as he approached the boat. Percy hopped on the boat with the grace of a dancer, he wasn't affected by the way the boat moved in water. He held out his hand and helped Thalia get on. The moment she got onto the boat the water started to shake the boat a little harder, must be a warning from Poseidon to Thalia.

"This is going to take some getting used to," Thalia commented as she and Percy walked into the boat.

The back of the boat was plain looking with a low barrier near the edge, maybe to make it easier for people to get back into the boat if they fell into the water. Percy saw a ladder attached to the side of the boat and a decently spaced walkway on both sides leading to the front.

The inside of the bottom deck was the very definition of luxury. The room was filled with big fluffy couches and a TV across from them. Further inside was a small dining area with a table and four chairs. Past the dining area was the kitchen, it had a fridge, an oven, a microwave and even a stove.

Next to the kitchen was semicircular couch built into the wall with a circular table in the center. There was a huge set of tinted windows through which Percy and Thalia could see the front of the ship. On the sides of the semicircular couch was a sliding door on the left that lead outside and a set of stairs to the right that lead up.

Percy and thalia climbed it and found themselves on the upper deck. Near the front of the boat was the captain's seat. In front of the seat was a shit tone of monitors and different gadgets. Percy recognized all of them, and he instantly knew how to use each and everyone of those tools.

The rest of the upper deck was filled with another living room with an even larger TV and at the end was a set of tinted sliding doors that lead outside. The outside of the upper deck was open to the sky with a set of chairs and a table left outside.

"Percy, you need to look at this," Thalia called out from the captain's chair.

Percy turned as saw his girlfriend hand him a note that was attached to the ship's wheel. It read;

'Impressed? I know you are, don't even try to deny it son. Anyway just to let you know, this is a Lazzara 80 Sky Lounge, one of my favorite mortal boats. Treat it well and be carefull. Also the boat is locked, use your powers over the sea to activate it.'

"I'll say one thing about him," Percy said throwing the note away, "my dad sure does have good taste."

Thalia nodded, "I know. Everything here looks so….impressive."

Percy smiled, "I know. Come on let's get this show on the road."

The couple went down to the lower deck and walked to the front of the ship. In the front of the ship were three sun beds that were extremely soft to the touch. Percy stood at the tip of the ship and looked ahead, the San Francisco Bay was beautiful to see.

"Get back," Percy told Thalia as he closed his eyes trying to connect to the ocean again like he did on Odysseus ship.

It took him a minute, but he finally found that connection again. He pulled onto the sea and suddenly the boat lurched forward. The sea tried to pull it out. But the ship was still anchored in. Percy then closed his eyes and focused on the ship itself. He commanded the ship to raise the anchor and untie to chains binding it to port 8.

Once that was done Percy reached into the sea again, and this time when the sea pulled the boat forward, it responded.

The Trident Mobile sailed across the Bay Area and quickly turned to the West sailing faster and faster.

Just then Percy felt Waverider heat up. Percy opened his eyes and reached into his pocket. Waverider was practically glowing. Acting on instinct Percy transformed the pen into it's trident form and placed the trident bottom first in front of the ship.

Suddenly Percy felt his connection to the ship grow. He could feel every single thing living around him in the ocean. The fishes that swam next to the boat. The way the water moved. Before Percy's connection to the sea felt like a rope. Now it was bigger, stronger. It felt like a steel beam.

'Of course,' Percy realized, 'Waverider enhances my connection with the sea.'

Percy let go of the trident and found that it stood straight all on it's own. Percy could feel a mental connection to the weapon, he could control Waverider with his mind, and through it control the boat and the waters around them.

The Trident Mobile quickly got out of the Bay Area and into open waters. Percy turned the boat North and set sail towards Alaska.

Percy stepped away from Waverider and turned to Thalia who was on the sunbeds.

"This is so cool," Thalia said looking around, "how are you doing this?"

"I can tap into the sea with my powers," Percy explained as he sat next to her, "I can command it and every other thing that lives in the water. Well, within reason of course. Like I can control fishes, but probably not Sea Monsters who are intelligent enough."

"Sweet," Thalia said, "does that mean I can control birds?"

Percy shrugged, "I don't know. Have you ever tried?"

Thalia shook her head, "no, I haven't."

Percy nodded, "maybe we can try it out later. But no we need to focus on the quest. We have the boat, we have the clothes. We just need the location."

"Didn't you say you knew where to go?"

Percy shook his head, "no, I didn't. I said I know of a way to find out where to go," Percy then opened up his inventory and pulled out a glowing yellow ball.

Thalia immediately felt like she was suffocating, It was like she was having a panic attack, but she only go those when she was in high places. This didn't make sense. It was like that ball brought out and made her relive her greatest fears all at once.

"Thalia? Are you okay?" Percy asked with concern.

"T-that ball," Thalia stammered out, "it feels like fear."

Percy nodded, "it was a reward from my trials. The entity of fear, Parallax, gave it to me."

"H-how are you able to not freak out?" Thalia was panting, "it feels so….deadly."

"It's because I already faced my biggest fear," Percy replied with a steal in his voice.

Thalia remembered what he told her. About how he saw them all die by his hands, how he suffered for week believing everyone he cared about had died.

Thalia gulped, 'if he can do it. So can I.' Thalia steeled herself and slowly calmned herself down.

"I'll make this quick," Percy assured her. He turned to the glowing ball, "Parallax, it's me, Percy. I have come to ask a question of you."

Thalia waited for a few seconds in silence. Nothing seemed to happen when suddenly voice came out of the ball.

"Ask your question, and I will answer," the voice that came from the ball felt like a nail being scratched on a white board. Thalia wanted to cover her ears and scream in pain, but she couldn't do that, she wouldn't allow herself be seen as something so weak and pathetic. Not now, not ever. And never in front of Percy.

"Give me the exact present location or any possible future locations of Alcyoneus the Giant," Percy's voice was clear and crisp. Thalia didn't understand it, how could he sound so confident surrounded by all this fear?

"Alcyoneus the Giant lives in Alaska, he is presently on the Hubbard Glacier and he currently has no future locations in mind."

"Thanks," Percy said as he immediately shoved the ball back into his inventory. Percy turned to Thalia, "are you okay?"

Thalia rubbed her temples and groaned, "I'm fine. It's just….that thing brought out all my greatest fears at once. Is that what you got for completing your trial?"

Percy nodded as he hugged Thalia with one arm stroking her arms, "yeah. I can use it a total of three times and Parallax said that he would answer any question I asked."

"Is that why you asked about future locations as well?"

Percy nodded, "yeah, he did say anything. And considering that he is the living embodiment of fear I thought that knowledge of the future shouldn't be too much of a stretch for him. But apparently he can only guess the future."

"Why do you say that?"

"Remember what he said? That Alcyoneus has no future locations in mind? That means that Parallax only knows what other people are thinking and not the future itself."

Thalia nodded, "so, Hubbard Glacier. Do you have any idea where that is?"

"Didn't you buy a map yesterday during your shopping trip with Jason?"

Thalia nodded as Percy opened his inventory and quickly took out the map she bought. It was a booklet of sorts with every page containing a close up map of every state in the US. Percy turned to the last page and saw the map of Alaska there.

Percy put the map down and Thalia and him looked it over.

"Here," Thalia spotted the Glacier first. It was near Canada and closer to the south then Percy previously thought.

"That's not so bad," Percy assured her as he mentally commanded the ship to move towards the new location, "if I was too take a wild guess...I would say we would be at least 3000 miles. Maybe I could have run it if I wanted to hm…."

"You may have been able to run it, but you would have been exhausted by the time we reached there. And fighting at half strength against something that can't be killed unless a God and a demigods work together is not something you want to do."

Percy nodded, "right. Well I suppose it would take us….a day and a half to reach the glacier. That is with my powers. This Boat would normally take 6 days to cover the same distance."

Thalia nodded, "so we have a day and a half to prepare to fight that thing."

Percy nodded, "yeah."

Thalia looked at Percy, "want to make out again?"

Percy shrugged, "why not?"

Thalia pounced on him pushing Percy down on the sun beds as she pressed her lips up against his own. Percy had his hands on her perky behind as he pressed her close. The couple kissed and touched the other forgetting the world around them as the luxury boat they were on speed past the San Francisco area.

Here have a chapter. I don't know I decided to write one, I just did. anyway after this I'm going to be on vacation for the next week, so don't expect any chapters till maybe next Tuesday or something.

So yeah, The Son of Neptune is my favorite story line in the HoO series, I so wanted to do and not have to wait for Gaea and all that, or else this would have only happened in chater 96 or something. So with this I have official chewed up and thrown out the script for the canon stories. Yay!

The limitations of Photographic Reflexes- you can't learn a skill you already know. Meaning if Percy didn't know archery and saw Artemis perform archery then he would gain her skills. But since Percy already knows it wouldn't be effective.

So what do you think? Like it? Hate it? Also I hope you enjoyed the little lemon in sprinkled in there, hopefully this will show you a little of how I might write proper lemons in the future.