5 Chapter 5

After telling Lisa about what happened, she decided to take Taylor in. Especially after Taylor told her about her parents. Lisa said that she would give Taylor a place to live and pay her money. In return, Taylor had to protect her from a sneaky guy who was tailing her. Which was fine for Taylor as this type of job is a standard job for her witcher identity. Protecting clients from a vengeful ghost or other monsters is a usual thing in this industry.

She also told Taylor that she can't use her power on Taylor. As if she was shielded by a very sturdy shield which was a pleasant surprise. Taylor changed her name too. Though she changed to that name a long time ago in her dream world. She is now Alora Rose. Anyway, she finished talking with Lisa and retreated to her room. She dialled up the time ratio and changed it that 1 night here would equal to 1 year in her dream.

She was back inside the dream world again. When she opened her eyes, she saw a guy in her office. He is a tall handsome man with black hair, a neatly trimmed beard and sea-green eyes. He smiled at her.

"You must be the rumoured witcher I am hearing so much," he said.

"Yes, and you might be Poseidon," Alora replied as she had already seen his images from a sea monster that worship him. He nodded politely in return.

"So, what is a mighty god of Olympus is doing here? I am afraid this humble abode of mine is inadequate to entertain you so can you please get out," she smiled said without missing a beat.

"Wait, I am here for a job," Poseidon declared.

"You should have said that from the start. Please, take a seat," she said warmly as she offered a seat in front of her desk.

"So, what can I do for you".

"My son, Perseus Jackson is on a quest".

"Oh, a quest? I had heard about that. In my opinion, it is a trap that was made to kill demigods," she said honestly. Poseidon looked troubled at her words.

"Let me guess, you want me to protect the kid?" She asked.

"Right," Poseidon answered.

"That part is fine but what about my payment," before she even finished her sentence, Poseidon put a suitcase on her desk.

"Three million US dollar," he said which she smiled in return.

"Well, I believe we will have a pleasant relationship in future," she said as he disappeared.

"Interesting," Alora mumbled. She silently searched for Percy Jackson in her head and found out that he was in New Jersey, Leeds Point. It seems like they are about to meet her old friend. She grabbed her trusty bat and grabbed the car key and hopped onto her van and left.

Medusa was having the time of her life she hunted down Poseidon's son. Even after all these years, she still had a hatred for Poseidon. It is because of him that she was cursed after all. She still vividly remember the time she was cursed by Athena and made into a monster. It was painful. Her body was transformed down to the molecule and that felt like she was being burned again and again.

"Hey, Meddy. Do you miss me?" she heard an annoying voice and next thing she saw was her body without a head-on its shoulder. Before she could think, she was dead.

Perseus Jackson or as his friend would call him, Percy stared in shocked at the newcomer. She somehow managed to separate the head of Medusa from her body. He saw her grinned at him.

"You must be Perseus Jackson. You are daddy dearest was worried about you," she said it in a weird tone, "anyway, I was hired to protect you. So, let get along from now on," she continued. She then looked at his eyes and said, "you have the same eyes as Poseidon. Like father like son huh".

"Percy! Are you okay?!" Annabeth and Grover came running toward him. They saw Alora and instantly become on guard.

"Who are you?" Annabeth asked still don't let her guard down.

"Greeting, I am Alora Rose. Percy's father sent me to protect him. Let's get along well," Alora said as she stretched her hand toward Annabeth.

"I see. Annabeth Chase," she introduced herself.

"Grover Underwood," the satyr presented his name.

"Well, come let's go. we need to get you to Hades before these overgrown children throw tantrum," she said while she led them to her van.

"Bed and fridge and even a small bookshelf? Your van seems cosy," Grover looked at the interior of the van and said.

"Of course, after all, this is my second home. I mainly live here when my jobs required me to be away from my office," I said.

"Jobs? What do you do?" Annebeth asked.

"I mainly hunt monsters. I also sometimes hunt other things too,"

"Wait you are the witcher?!," Annabeth asked. She and Grover tensed at that while Percy remained confused.

"Well, I guess you can also call me that," Alora replied.

"Witch what?" Percy asked.

"The witcher, she's been activating for while. Due to her, LA is now declared as no monster land as every monster that went there didn't get back alive. Though, she only became famous after she tossed Ares onto the moon. Athena had to drag him back by using a lasso.

Percy stared at her in awe. "You tossed a god onto the moon?! How did you even do that?" Percy asked.

"Well, the trick is pretty easy if you know how to stack up kinetic energy," she answered back.

She chuckled at their confused look.

"Now, where are we going?" She inquired.

"Let's go to the Gateway Arch. I have been wanting to visit there since long time ago," Annabeth said.

"Okay," I acknowledged.

"Wait! What about Hades?" Percy asked.

"Well, he can wait a little longer," Annabeth replied.

In the waking world,

Lisa stared at the sleeping form of Alora. She was quite an enigma. Lisa's power doesn't work on her but Lisa doesn't need her power to point put that the girl has some kind of trouble. Her curiosity got better of her and she went to talk with this girl. After sharing her story, Lisa immediately decided to let her stay with her since she can see herself in Alora. It also helped that the girl is a very powerful parahuman. These days, she felt herself being observed and her power just confirmed it for her but with someone like Alora on her side, she felt safe. Alora, she is a strange one. She looked very confused at a simple act of kindness as if the concept of kindness is something very alien to her. No matter, she will know more about her eventually.