[1] 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄 , p. jackson

x. magic blood defeats psycho grandpa

CHAPTER TEN ───────────
✧₊˚｡({ MAGIC BLOOD DEFEATS PSYCHO GRANDPA })

"  feels like we only go backwards     TAME IMPALA  "

{ PERCY }
JUNE 21ST,  2010
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PERCY NEVER THOUGHT HE'D HATE a crazy blind man so much. He had hated quite a few people before, yes. He was sure of that. A grainy image of a good-looking, blonde boy pops up in his mind. He had definitely hated him. No idea why but he did. Even the thought of his stupid, fucking face made Percy want to━

       BANG!

       He's startled out of his thoughts when Hazel angrily slams the backboard of a bus stop across the street from where the old man binges at his picnic table. Roma's nodding along with whatever Hazel had just said from the bench at the stop while chewing on one of those fusion tacos. He won't lie, they smell really good.

         "Let it all out, Levesque," she says in between bites, careful not to speak when there's food in her mouth. "It's better to do it now before the information of you being dead and coming back to life finally registers and I probably never speak to you again."

       That's right. Hazel's like Gwen. Dead at such a young age but then coming right back to life like a zombie. He hopes brain cravings aren't a side effect of that. Otherwise, Hazel and multiple others probably just brought a Walking Dead episode to life.

       Hazel purses her lips, looking less angry and more ashamed. Frank glares at Roma who just shrugs.

         "You probably should," Hazel mumbles, letting her sword drop to her side. "I'm a bad person. You don't know the things I've done. I should've been sent to Punishment . . ."

        "No, you're not!" Frank exclaims angrily, daring Roma to deny his statement. She ignores him and he ends up yelling into the street for anyone to hear. "She's a good person!"

        "I━ Frank . . . I-I don't . . ."

       But Frank isn't listening anymore, he's glaring at the old man in the distance. "I could intimidate that old man. Maybe scare him━"

       Roma tries not to laugh at the boy who's about to pull his spear out of his bag and charge at the blind man. "Spoken like a true son of Mars, Zhang."

         "Frank, it's fine," Percy says with a small smile. "Let's keep that as a backup plan. But I don't think Phineas can be scared into cooperating. Besides, you've only got two more uses out of the spear, right?"