Freak || Percy Jackson x OC

Eighty-Seven: The Gods are a little confusing

SEN

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Sen knew non-mortal souls when she saw them. And she recognized gods when she saw them. And she especially recognized them when she had been flirting nonstop with them.

Apollo?

Apollo smiled fondly. Hello, Sen. You look lovely today.

Everyone turned away from the freight train.

"That's... convenient." Thalia said. "Thanks, uh..."

But he was gone. Apollo had left, taking his mini droplet of sunlight with him.

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An hour later, the demigods were rumbling west. There was no problem about who would drive now, because they all got their own luxury car. Zoe and Bianca were crashed out in a Lexus on the top deck. Grover was playing race car driver behind the wheel of a Lamborghini. Thalia had hot-wired the radio in a black Mercedes SLK so she could pick up the alt-rock stations from D.C.

"Go to sleep." Percy told Sen.

"I can't right now. Not anymore." Sen shook her head. She glanced at Thalia, her eyes lingering for a minute. "I think we should make good with Thalia."

Percy sighed, but he walked over with Sen.

"Join you?" Percy asked Thalia.

She shrugged, so Percy climbed into the shotgun seat. Sen got in the back.

The radio was playing the White Stripes. Sen knew the song because it was one of Percy's CDs, and it was the only one Sally seemed to like. She said it reminded her of Led Zeppelin. The memory made her a little happy; back when Percy had played the CD for her in September, and Sally had come home from her night out, pleasantly surprised at the song choice.

Sen felt sad, suddenly. She missed Sally. She missed everyone, really. She knew that two people would die on this quest, possibly more. Out of a set of six, that didn't leave great odds.

"Nice coat." Thalia told Percy.

Percy pulled the brown duster around himself. "Yeah, but the Nemean Lion wasn't the monster we're looking for."

"Not even close. We've got a long way to go."

Sen shifted awkwardly. "Thalia, whatever monster this is, it's coming for you. They wanted to isolate you from the group, so the monster will appear and battle you one-on-one."

Thalia glanced up. "He said that?"

Sen nodded.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "That's great. I love being used as bait."

Sen thought about how Percy was used as bait in his first game of capture the flag. Sen then though about how she and Percy had jumped Thalia in the most recent game of capture the flag. She studied Thalia's jawline. There was still a faint red mark from Sen's ring.