6/15/07, Friday
Goode High School, Brooklyn, New York 2:30 pm
Percy POV
I have met & been spending this school year with my half-brother Tyson, a cyclops.
He's nice & great to be around.
He's 8, but tall & smart enough to pass as a 7th grader with special needs.
His grades are above average, but his emotional maturity & reasoning skills are those of his age.
He spent the 1st 7 years of his life in a cardboard box.
Why Nymphs keep abandoning their children is something I'll never know.
Penelope agrees with me.
It was the one question that was a deal breaker for the remaining Naiads I dated.
Thankfully, Big Sis Kym unalived her for abandoning him.
We're in the gym playing dodge ball.
Bullies are ganging up on him, but he can't go all out without killing them, due to being so strong.
Then, a group of 10 Laistrygonian Giants came in.
I immediately ripped their Ichor out before they had a chance to attack.
Then, I knocked out the bullies with the mist.
I'm a bit insulted that the Titans didn't send more after me.
As I thought that, Annabeth entered fighting a pack of Crocotta with her shotgun & 10 Neades entered through the other way.
I quickly repeated what I did to the other giants to them, as Tyson helped Annabeth.
After we finished, Annabeth spoke frantically: "The Cerastes & several Aeternae & Odontotyrannos are outside! We need to go!"
We went to my locker to grab my hoodie & toboggan.
As we went to sneak out, I saw our cyclops allies tearing through them, though the giant snake was giving them trouble.
Annabeth: "Stop, Chariot of Damnation!" she commanded in Ancient Greek.
She tossed a drachma that sank into the pavement like lead through water.
Nothing happened for a moment.
A hellhound, minus its back half, splattered twenty feet from them and disintegrated.
After that agonizing moment, the asphalt changed.
It now looked like blood with the viscosity of molten asphalt (which was fitting, all things considered). And from the gooey blood, smoke arose.
This smoke turned itself into a taxicab, with the words 'Grey Sisters' in English on the front.
Annabeth: "3 to Camp Half-Blood."
As we got in, we noticed they wanted to refuse before noticing how hectic things were.
As soon as they were in, the ladies floored it, breaking the speed limits. A prerecorded message popped up.
"Hi, this is Ganymede, cupbearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!"
I started buttering up our drivers.: "I see old age has been kind to you 3. How are you enjoying the 5 eyes & several teeth Hephaestus made for you?"
Wasp: "You're too kind. They work so well none of us remember who has the original eye or tooth."
The other 2 agreed to that.
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Modern Myths
FanficHades stumbles upon Percy soon after Gabe comes into his life & kills him & takes to helping Percy to the best of his abilities. Percy inspires others to do the same.
