Tangled Legacies: A KOTLC and PJO Crossover Story

Gadgets. Can't. Fight. Wind. For the Last Time. Chapter 35: Dex's POV

No, no, no. This was bad. How was I going to explain this? The gaping hole in the wall was not fixable. Could I still blame Keefe if he was- never mind. "Uh... Sophie? We have a problem..." I called.

"WHAAAAAAAT???" Sophie screamed. Geez.

"Um... I may or may not have blown a hole in the- just came see?" I wiped my forehead. Covered in soot. And the edges of the hole were catching fire. "Maybe get Linh?"

"There's a fire?" She yelled.

"Wasn't me!" Marella called.

"I know! It was me! I get it!" I yelled back. A wave washed through the hole, dousing me. And ruined the project on the worktable.

Linh didn't sound sorry when she apologized. But it got worse when the wind showed up. Two dozen miniature tornadoes appeared and surrounded the house. Great. None of my gadgets could fight wind! Yet. This could have been be the work of a Guster or some crazy Greek wind spirits or Roman... I don't know. And then the horse showed up. The horse that moved at supersonic speeds and carried a girl in armor and brandished a sword. The girl shouted at the tornadoes.

"It's me you want! Come on! That's right! Can't catch me!" She yelled.

"We can handle it." Tam appeared in the middle of the yard. Creepy.

"What are you, a child of Hades?" the girl yelled. "Or Pluto?" So she's Greek. Or Roman. A demigod. Anyway, she didn't know about elves yet.

"Nope. But trust me, I can handle it." Tam flicked his hand and half the tornadoes were lassoed in shadows. He reeled them in and they dispersed into breeze that floated away into the sky. The girl rode through the rest of them and they, too, dispersed.

"So can I." She said, coming to a stop. "I'm guessing you're the ones Percy was talking about?" Uh-oh. I would deal with the ruined wall later. I rushed down the stairs. Then realized I could have levitated through the smoking wall. Meh. By the time I got outside, Fitz, Sophie and Biana along with Tam were standing in front of the girl, who had dark curly hair and gold eyes. She sloooowly pulled a gold nugget from her pocket- a gold nugget- and fed it to the horse. She moved as if we had weapons trained on her head. He chewed it easily and ran away faster than we could react.

"Who are you? You're with Percy? He sent you?" Tam asked. He gave her his Death Glare. He used that look way too much.

"Uh... Am I at the wrong house? Percy told me it was this one. I did get the name right? Sophie Foster? I'm Hazel Levesque?" Hazel had her hand on the hilt of her gold sword.

"I'm Sophie! Tam, you're scaring her. Maybe turn down the power on that glare?" Sophie stepped forward. "I'm guessing Percy wants us to explain? Is he busy?"

"No. He was... Planning another prank for Leo?"

"Oh! I volunteer! I can help!" I said.

Sophie rolls her eyes. "Let's just... Come inside."

"About that... There's kind of a giant smoking hole in the wall that I kinda sorta blasted when I was trying to... That's not important. But the point is, maybe we should stay out here." I said.