Olympia : Expansion Arc

Chapter 16

Arriving by a limousine was fancy enough for Percy's standard. But when they entered the penthouse, it was a whole another level of luxuriousness.

Is that a word?

"Whoa," Percy muttered. As he gaped his surroundings. The living room was constructed like a semi circle with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the ocean. Outside the window was a balcony that surrounded the living room, laid with couches, a couple of sunbathing lounge chairs and a telescope for some odd reason.

The living room itself was impressive. Three couches surrounded a what seemed like a virtual fireplace with a flat-screen TV above it. To their left, built into the black marble wall was a bar complete with stools and racks of bottles of drinks just waiting to be served. On his other side was the kitchen and dining area with angelic white mixed in black marble.

On one end of the room Percy could see stairs leading up, but the entrance of it was closed off with a chain.

"Welcome." Rachel said as she led them in. Percy has been stuck with Rachel for over a week, yet he's never been to her house. "Please, make yourselves at home."

Annabeth whistled. "Nice place."

"Better than my crib," Nico muttered.

"You know we're not allowed to get penthouses and shit." Piper said. "But yeah, it's nice."

"Where's the bathroom?" Reyna asked nonchalantly.

"Over there," Rachel gestured to a door just at the corner of the room.

"I'm gonna go as well." Frank said.

"Well, get in line." Reyna said as both of them went to the bathroom

Line Break.

Percy and the others in turn sat on the couches near the fireplace. Although it's virtual, it gave out the heat as if a real fireplace was there, surrounding all of them in warmth and comfort over the cold night air.

"Crazy night, huh?" Percy said nervously. Everyone looked at him, wanting an explanation. Well, everyone except for Rachel.

"Explain." Annabeth said.

Percy cleared his throat. "I think it's better for Rachel to do it."

Rachel nodded. "Well, where should I start?"

"How about why you kidnapped Percy?" Artemis grumbled.

"Ah, I'm sorry for that. I was just borrowing him. I had planned on giving him back soon, but the timing hasn't been in our favour."

"What did you want with him?" Annabeth asked.

Rachel crossed her legs. "You see, Olympia is in a . . . complicated state right now. The company that founded it, Olympus, will not let you know any of this."

All of them stared at Rachel intently, waiting for her to continue.

"As you know, the Rebellion serves as a last line of defense to protect Olympia from hackers and such." Rachel explained. "One thing you didn't know is that Olympia had been collaborating with people from the Underground scene."

"The Underground scene? You mean the illegal shit." Nico said.

Rachel nodded. "The illegal shit, yes."

"So, what does that have to do with anything?" Piper asked. "We know this."

"Ah yes, that concerns Percy's part in this ordeal." Rachel said.

Percy cleared his throat. "A while ago, an Underground team called the Argonauts approached me with the intention of recruiting me. Think of them as mercenaries. They're not strictly working under the Olympia game company, but they receive assignments now and then. In return, they're in Olympia's good graces." Percy explained. "The guy you saw me kill earlier, Theseus, he was a member of the Argonauts. Well, a corrupt one anyway. I've been working with Jason to see how far he had infiltrated the system."