Perseus The Disgraced Archangel

Quest the III

      "It's okay, buddy." Percy said to the half bull, half serpent sea creature.

     "No, it's not. Sharp object. Going to kill me!" The Ophiotaurus yelled in distress.

     Percy sighed. He capped Riptide and pocketed the weapon. "No weapon, see?"

     The Ophiotaurus quit thrashing around. Percy swam up next to it. He looked at the fisherman's net that the Ophiotaurus was stuck in. He slowly began to unravel each knot, making small talk with the animal. "You know, it's very inconvenient to call you Ophiotaurus every time in my brain. I need to give you a name. Do you have an idea?"

     The Ophiotaurus shook its head. "No. Anything is fine."

     "So. How about Bessie?"

     The Ophiotaurus nodded slightly.

      "Alrighty then." At this point Percy was done unknotting the net. Bessie swam around the archangel, happily enjoying his freedom. Percy lead Bessie to the shore. On their way, Bessie diverted from Percy, coming back with a baby great white shark.

     The poor thing had a cut over an eye, and had a bunch of bruises all over. Part of his caudal fin had a chunk missing, making him seem like he was limping. Percy could tell it was a male because he had a clasper on his pelvic fin.

     Percy knelt down on the ocean floor. He opened his arms to the shark. The pup swam to him. Percy slowly put his hand on the cut over the shark's eye. Slowly the cut began to close. Sadly, the cut couldn't fully heal, leaving a scar. However, it seems that whatever harmed him, missed the eye, so he could still see. Percy next focused on the bruises. Slowly, they started to fade.

     Sadly, Percy couldn't do anything about the caudal fin, so the pup would forever 'limp'. Percy carried the pup in his arms until he reached shore, Bessie following him. Percy summoned water to make a huge ball and had the sea creatures swim in it, while Percy walked to his cabin, the water floating just right above him.

     On his way, he saw a familiar 10 year old. Percy made a mental note of that, before entering the cabin. He settled the animals into the pool where he had Shelby. The 3 instantly warmed up to each other. Percy concentrated and the 2 new animals glowed red.

     Percy looked at the great white. "What happened to you, little fella?"

     "My... mom... she tried to... eat me!"

     Percy calmly stroked the pup's head. "Well, you're safe now. Let's give you a name."

     The shark made a nodding motion.

     "How about... Swim Shady?"

     The shark nodded once more. "Umm. What am I going to eat?"

     "Well. I gave you my blessing, so you will not get hungry nor starve. You also can't get sick, and you are immortal. You're also technically a demon too. But I could see about something for a treat."

     With that taken care of, the demon-animals went to sleep. Percy excited the cabin to still see Nico hiding in a bush. Percy snuck in next to him. He was looking at the Hunters who were in the pavilion. Percy leaned over next to Nico.

     "What are we doing?" He whispered loudly.

     "What the-!" Nico yelled out, not loud enough for the Hunters to hear, though Zoë definitely noticed. He turned to see Percy crouching next to him. He pointed at the Hunters.

     "It can't be cured. It'll have to run its course." Zoë was saying.

     "But how did it happen?" Bianca

     "Those Stolls. They must've slipped some centaurs blood in her drink."

     "So that's what they used those needles for." Percy whispered to himself.

     "So what are we going to do about the quest?" Bianca asked. "Are we going to take someone else?"

     "We don't have time. We will just go with 4."

     "But the prophecy. We have to go with 5."

     "But it said we will lose one in a land without rain. No weather is allowed in due to the camp borders. It is a land without rain." Zoë said, but without any conviction.

     Bianca nodded slowly. The 2 walked out of the pavilion.

     Nico turned to Percy. "Can you keep an eye on my sister?"

     Percy was taken aback. "What?"

     Nico sighed. "There's obviously something going on with you and that Zoë girl. So she wouldn't mind if you go, and you could keep Bianca safe."

     "Nico-"

     "Promise me... Promise me you'll keep her safe!"

     "Nico-"

     "You're going right?!"

     Percy sighed. "Yes. I have to. I'm the Fallen Angel. I have to show them the trail."

     Nico's eyes widened. "Wha- What?"

     Percy revealed his Devil face to the young boy, expecting him to run in fear. But all he heard was "Cool!"

     "So, you can protect her, right?"

     "Nico. It's complicated. Being a demigod, it's hard. And I could, but there are no guarantees. I might be an Archangel, but the gods defeated the Titans. Lot's of things could happen. So, I'll give you a deal. I'll try my BEST, to protect her, and you'll give me a favor to be cashed in at a later date." Percy said, ridding himself of the Devil's face.

     Nico instantly took the deal. He went back to the Hermes cabin.

     Percy went back to his cabin. He looked at his pets, smiling softly when he saw them all snuggled together. They would definitely add something new to Hell. They needed new animals, hellhounds barely even stayed, deciding to take residence in Hades' kingdom. He grabbed his backpack, deciding that he would need it for snacks or something. He lifted up his mattress, which revealed a safe. He typed in a passcode and opened it. Inside was gold bars, and currency from every country. He took out a couple stacks of U.S. Dollars, about $10,000 per strap.

     He walked outside and sighed, then spread his wings and took off, opting to go slower and follow the van that the questers had taken. They were heading southwest. Percy slowly followed, staying within the clouds as not to be seen.

     He had a close call with an airplane, but was able to get underneath it before the pilot saw him.

     The van stopped at a gas station, where the questers got out. Percy softly landed on the roof and waited for them to leave. When they did, he walked in, grabbed a bottle of wine, and walked to the cash register. He paid, using some mist to make him look older. He put it in his backpack, and flew back into the sky.

     He continued to follow the van. Eventually the van slowed down. Percy looked around. He saw the Washington Monument in the distance.

     They had stopped in Washington D.C.

A/N. So... as I said before, more pets. I should probably explain the blessing thing ,but I'm not going to. Like I told someone before, I'm adding my own ideas. I could try adding in some powers that the comic Lucifer has. (That would probably be more in line with how I've been writing hoim, power-wise.)

But yeah. Penny for your thoughts?