Dark Dawn

Percy - Battle of the Heroes

"Hello, Rascal."

"Jackson," Rascal coolly greeted me. "What brings you to this part of the world?"

"An arrogant, self-centered jerk. I happen to be looking for him."

"Have you checked the mirror lately?"

"Don't need to, I'm looking right at him."

"It appears sass runs in the family." Rascal darted a look to a grinning Jay. "Too bad you don't have your sisters' good luck or skill."

I laughed, "Rascal, I don't need luck. I'm the most skilled fighter you're ever going to meet."

"Have you fought Tori or Kendall anytime recently?"

"Ah, Kendall. Where is that brat, I'd like to kill her too while I'm at it."

"Last guy who tried that mysteriously disappeared." Tori threatened.

"Are you saying that you're going to make me disappear?"

"You underestimate the power before you."

"Are you challenging me to a fight?"

"Woah, you show up at my school, you interrupt my activities, you come here looking for me and I'm the one challenging you?" Rascal had walked closer so that we were now standing a few feet from each other. "No, you challenged me."

"Well then, do you accept?"

Rather than responding to me Rascal turned to Tori, "Go get it out of the lab."

"But it's not ready."

"I'm ready for it."

"Which weapons?"

"All of them."

As Tori ran back to the lab Rascal turned to me. "We have more power than you've ever seen. I could mess with your mind until you break."

"Who do you think you are Scarlet Witch?"

"Hardly, I'm not that attractive. Closer to the Master."

"Who?"

"Doctor Who? Don't you watch...never mind. Have you heard of Valentine?"

"Like the holiday?"

"Gah, Thanos?"

"Jason's the Marvel nerd."

"You're hopeless."

"At least I can fight better than you."

"Oh, really? Have you ever seen me fight?"

"I don't need to. You're obviously overconfident and untrained. I've been at Camp Half-Blood for years and I've very rarely seen you training."

"I trained at night. Usually with Tori and Kendall."

"Why at night?"

"I had to work."

"Not a bad excuse, but was that really the best you could come up with?"

"Trust me, if I was making it up it would have been a lot better, like 'I had to visit Cloud Cuckoo Land' or 'I had to investigate a UFO attack' anything more interesting than work.

"You're either genius or crazy, because your thought process is simply puzzling."

"Well that's simply flattering, probably a mix of both. But I really must stop stalling, I believe my weapons have arrived." At that moment Tori ran out of the castle carrying something like a utility belt. She tossed it to him and he used the Force to bring it through the air and around his waist.