Rise of House Neptune

No Stopping Fate

Chapter 4

Demigod dreams suck. When Percy finally managed to fall asleep he dreamt of a young black haired girl around his age running from a thin man with a sword. It appeared that they were in a Casino of some sort, and many men were trying to surround her. She was shepherding a boy of about ten years of age with dark black messy hair as if he had just been woken up from a nap. The girl was wearing a floppy green hat that covered some of her face, but in the panic it was obvious that her face likely was filled with fear. The two looked to be siblings in Percy's opinion as the Olive skin was sort of unique, and they were both shorter than what their ages probably should have had them be.

The man was cursing them saying that their kind shouldn't be allowed to live. The man swore at them calling their father an Oath breaker, and that they should not be allowed to live any longer. The girl in a panic screamed and waved her hands, knocking three full grown men over with a black translucent wall that came straight from out of the ground. She turned to swing her hand, but it was intercepted by the man with the sword and two others grabbed her roughly by the hands and feet. She was kicking and screaming though trying to get to the younger boy who had been carried off by other men. They ended up having to knock the boy into unconsciousness as the ground rumbled around him in his fury of watching his sister get taken away

With the ground rumbling around them Percy wondered if these were more children of Neptune, possibly his siblings? Who else could control the ground like that, because clearly they were demigods.

The images shifted to a dark black place with red like haze in the air. An ear splitting laughter rang throughout the dark cabin, and it screamed, "BRING ME THE WEAPONS BOY!"

When the voice stopped Percy bolted up out of bed feeling as if a thousand spiders were crawling up his body. He was breathing deep, and shaking pretty bad. Jason was at his side in a moment, "Percy are you okay? What did you see?"

Taking deep breaths he felt all the images that flashed through his head fall away from memory, "I don't know."

Dakota the son of Bacchus rolled over murmuring in his sleep, "Kool-aid? Sugar? What a rush."

The two demigods both turned to look at the young man who was Gwen's Optio and they chuckled allowing Percy to shake off the bad dreams. Percy began changing clothes trying to get ready for his journey. He had packed the night before, and it was time to move onto his adventure. The boy was excited as the dream began to fade into the back of his mind. This was the opportunity Jason and Percy had both been waiting for, and they weren't going to let the fact that they were going to go to the Underworld let their spirits down, at least not until they were at the front door.

When the boys were done changing Percy asked, "Sleep alright?"

"Hardly at all to be honest. I wish we would've just left last night. Three days to get this done isn't a lot of time considering if our Uncle doesn't know where the bolt is we will have practically nothing." Jason said bewildered that they even let themselves sleep.

"One step at a time, let's just get to LA first, and we will take it one problem at a time. My father said he would have our transportation waiting in the Tiber, so let's see where that takes us."Percy said easily.

"Wait!" A voice yelled from behind the pair.

Percy and Jason turned to see Gwen running towards them in running shorts and a tank top, and Percy blushed a bright red, "Glad I caught you boys before you left."

Jason and Percy both looked at the blonde girl expectantly, and she pulled both boys in for a hug, "Good luck guys. The fates brought you two together five years ago at the Tiber, and now your relationship and skills will be tested. Trust in each other, and the training you have received from the legion and our little family in the fifth cohort. I know you two can do this, and don't forget please that the most important thing is that you two come back alive. I am sure you two have a plan as you always do, and I am sure I don't want to know, but please if there is anything I can do to help you guys please call for me. Send a water spirit. I will check with Tiber nymphs everyday for messages. Just please know you two aren't alone. The fifth is with you."