47 Chapter 44: The most fashionable rescue mission

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Chapter 44: The most fashionable rescue mission

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"Did he really looked like that when he was a baby?" Nyx cried out next to me, "That's so cute!"

Sally nodded, "Yes and when I put him in a bathtub…"

'You know, if I knew how cute you looked when you were a baby I would never trusted you to stop the end of the world.' Chaos laughed.

'Seriously, is there a way to kill the voices in my head without being declared crazy?' I asked, trying not to look at Nyx who was having to much fun asking my mom about my past, which my mom had no problem talking about.

It was an eight hour long drive to Bar Harbor, Maine. Eight hour to long.

Nyx smiled smugly at me, "This is for the name Cat." she said.

Annabeth rolled her eyes, "You called her Cat?" she asked.

I blushed, "Don't ask me about it."

Thalia sat in the Shotgun seat since she was the oldest, or at least looked like she was.

Nyx was around a few zillion year older and I was older then Thalia. Not that my mom would let me in the shotgun seat.

So I was squeezed next to Nyx and Annabeth who were both able to kill me.

Thalia wore her black punk clothes that used to scare me a lot but now, I've seen worse.

Annabeth and Nyx both grew taller than me, which annoyed me a lot.

Especially since I suspected that Nyx did it on purpose.

Nyx wore a special dress for the occasion, school dance, she wore a long dress that was void black but from up her waist she had glittering stars that shone brightly and I recognized even a few constellations and when Nyx told me that her dress was made from the real sky I immediately believed her. She had put on purple lipstick and had make up on her face. Around her glowing white eyes stars small sparkles sprung to life and faded every few seconds.

I had no idea how she did it but she convinced my mom to to do her hair and Sally turned it into twisted Halo (Google it) which looked really good.

When I told Nyx it was just a school dance and that we would not be dancing but rescuing Bianca and Nico she almost looked hurt.

She demanded I wore something fashionable and dragged me through lower Manhattan, buying new clothes.

So now I wore black jeans and a white shirt that had the a wolf howling to moon on it, (Artemis would love it) and I wore a black jacket over it.

My old reeboks were replaced by a pair of Nike sneakers that were of course black with acid green stripes over it,

When my mom saw my new outfit she claimed that Nyx was the smartest demigod ever, which made me worried about the average IQ of demigods since Nyx didn't knew how to pee a summer ago.

But in the end we were the best looking rescue team ever.

I did not know what Thalia, Annabeth and my mom saw through the mist but they all stared at awe at Nyx's dress so it must have been good.

Not as good as I could see it, though.

Not that I would admit it but she looked even more beautiful than Aphrodite, and I met her.

Not that I would tell her that, she would just get cockier and that was the last thing I needed.

Thalia and Annabeth had a few issues with our fancy clothing, saying it was not a dance and we were on a rescue mission. I agreed with her but my mom said Nyx was right and we should enjoy our lives instead of running around, saving the world.

I had not the guts to tell that the sky might fall within a week, hey that sounded actually cool.

When we got to West Over Hall it was already dark outside, which brightened Nyx's mood as she loved the dark for obvious reasons.

"Do you have your magical backpack Percy?" My mom asked.

"Yes mom, and if I don't have it I can summon it." I sighted, mothers.

"Then why are you carrying it over your back?" she asked which was a good question.

I frowned, "I have no idea, I just gotten use to it."

'Well, now she has a point though.' Chaos said.

'It's kind of inconvenient.' Hemera added.

'Leave my backpack out of this.' I said.

"Do you have your spear Thalia?" she asked and Thalia nodded.

"And do you have your dagger and ambrosia?' She asked Annabeth.

"Yes Mrs Jackson, thank you for the ride." Annabeth answered.

"And Nyx," Sally began, trying to think up what she could need. According to my mom Nyx was the most dangerous demigod out there and I should be happy she was my friend and not my enemy.

She was right of course, but I don't like it.

"Please make sure Percy stays alive." my mom finally said.

"Hey!" I protested, "I'm already good at staying alive!"

The girls laughed, "I'll make sure he stays alive, and if he dies I personally drag him out of Tartarus." Nyx said with a smug smile.

My mom nodded satisfied and entered the car, "Stay save you all. I love you Percy!"

"Mom!" I complained but she already shut the door and drove away through the winter landscape of Maine.

"Your mom is awesome!" Nyx said.

"Yes, she is really nice." Thalia agreed.

"Well, I go get some drinks, see you inside." Nyx said and she disappeared in her own shadow.

Thalia sighted, "Serious why did we take her? She doesn't even take it serious."

"Don't worry," I reassured Thalia, "Nyx may look like a loose cannon but in the end she somehow always hits her mark."

'That sounded deep.' Chaos commented.

'Thanks, I thought about it for a week.' I said, with a bit of pride.

'Don't let mom hear it or she will remind us about it every few seconds.' Hemera said.

'I just don't understand why you trust her so much, I mean, she literally would kill someone on camp without regret.' Thalia said while we were walking towards the wooden doors of West Over.

"Because she hasn't done it yet." I said.

Annabeth glanced at Thalia and me, "You know Thalia, I think you should just trust Percy's intuition. If there's one thing I learned it's that he knows what he's doing."

I gave Annabeth a grateful nod.

We entered the Great hall and my favourite Manticore was already waiting for me.

"Perseus Jackson, Thalia Grace and Annabeth Chase! Where were you? The dance is inside!" Dr. Thorn said with a french accent.

I raised a brow and Thalia looked questioningly at me.

We all thought the same thing.

They knew we were coming.

Who could've told him? Triumvirate, Kronos? Maybe he had a magic eight ball.

"Come inside! We would not want you to freeze to death, especially with her out there." Dr, Thorn.

And before we could do anything he had already grabbed us by the shoulder and led us to the Gymnasium.

Inside it was a big party, like last time. Things hadn't change this time.

Partying kids.

Balloons.

BIanca and NIco in the corner.

And a Manticore that blocked the exit.

You know, the usual prom at a military school.

"Percy! Annabeth! Thalia! You made it!" Grover yelled excitedly as we entered the party.

"Hi Grover!" Thalia said, Annabeth however skipped the fun and went all danger mode.

"Grover, they knew we were coming."

Grover looked disturbed, "Oh, this is bad. There are two halfbloods here."

"Two?" I asked, faking surprise.

"Yes, a brother and sister." Grover explained and he pointed at Bianca and Nico Di Angelo, "I haven't told them yet, this is the last day before the christmas vacation and I'm sure Dr. Thorn won't let them go away."

"Dr. Thorn is the monster?" Annabeth guessed.

"Yes, he is not sure about Bianca and Nico being half bloods, I think that's why he let you guys in. To find out who we are looking for." Grover said and he glanced at Thorn who was eying us suspiciously.

"We should split up, act like normal kids, distract them from the Di Angelo's." Thalia said.

"Where's Nyx?" I wondered.

"Percy!" a voice behind me, I turned around and saw Nyx smiling at me. She held a glass of cola in her hand and gave me one.

"You guys made it!" she said.

"Yeah, thanks for your help." Thalia said angrily.

"No problem." Nyx said, totally oblivious to Thalia's sarcasm.

"Hello?!" Annabeth said, "We are supposed to act like normal kids."

Thalia nodded and grabbed Grover, "Come Goatboy, let's dance!"

"But I can't dance!" Grover protested but it didn't matter.

Thalia pulled Grover over the dancefloor and tried to dance with him while Grover tried not to kick Thalia while dancing.

"I go invisible, keep an eye on things." Annabeth said, she put on her Yankee's cap and she disappeared.

"Well…" I began but Nyx already stepped forward and grabbed me by the shoulder and pulled me closer.

"We are going to dance." she said.

"But I can't dance." I protested while she moved me around and I guess you could call it shuffling but it was more me being terrified of dancing with Nyx.

"See, it's not that hard." Nyx said after a few minutes and she was right, I was not the best, but it sure did not look like a complete failure anymore. Nyx led me over the dance floor and we shuffled for a few minutes and I noticed Nyx's eyes were shining really bright, more than normal I mean.

"So," I asked, feeling really awkward. "Is this a date?"

Nyx blinked, "What is a date?" she asked.

"You know what a date is." I laughed.

Then her eyes widened, "Percy, the Di Angelo kids!"

I turned around, blushing, I had completely forgot about them, luckily I knew where Thorn would take them.

"You go follow him, I'll get the others." Nyx said and she moved away from me through the crowd.

I ran to the opposite side of the Gymnasium and once I left it I uncapped Riptide and summoned Frost silver.

I turned a few corners, found a few empty corridors, until I finally found Bianca and Nico standing in the middle of the great Hal.

"Percy!" Nico called out, "You are here!"

I nodded and moved towards them, "Thorn, where is he?" I asked quickly.

"Behind you!" Bianca mimed and I turned around making a wild slash with Riptide.

I was just in time to block the spike Dr. Thorn shot me at the end of the great hall.

"Perseus Jackson!" he called out.

"Yo Ugly, your school sucks!" I taunted, not wanting to hear his boring speech about being a unimportant monster.

Before he could react I dashed forward both my swords out.

Something move behind his back and I moved Frost silver and Riptide in front of me, making sure they covered my entire upper body.

Again I heard the sound of something deflecting of my swords.

He tried to fire at me again but I kept on slashing with both my swords, making it impossible to hit me,

Of course if the Manticore was smart he would aim for my legs, but he wasn't.

I closed in on him and smiled as I noticed he was looking more and more...scared.

Once he was in sword reach he raised his hands in the air.

"I surrender!" He called out with his ridiculous accent.

I stepped forward and held Riptide to his throat, Dr. Thorn his shed but there was nothing he could do. "So this is the mighty Manticore?" I asked with a smug smile.

Then I felt something cold and pointy being pressed against the back of my neck.

"No Percy," A girl's voice behind me said, "That was just a distraction."

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