Percy steered the boat toward the downtown docks. As we got closer, Ella scratched nervously at her nest of books. I started to feel on edge too. I knew why, I'd been here once before. Before Kronos invaded Manhattan. It was a bright, sunny day, and Seattle looked like a beautiful place, with inlets and bridges, wooded islands dotting the bay, and snowcapped mountains rising in the distance. Still, I felt like we were being watched.
Hazel: Um... why are we stopping here?
Percy showed us the silver ring on his necklace.
Percy: Reyna has a sister here. She asked me to find her and show her this.
Frank: Reyna has a sister?
He sounded like the idea terrified him. Percy nodded.
Percy: Apparently Reyna thinks her sister could send help for the camp.
Ella: Amazons. Amazon country. Hmm. Ella will find libraries instead. Doesn't like Amazons. Fierce. Shields. Swords. Pointy. Ouch.
Frank reached for his spear.
Frank: Amazons? Like... female warriors?
Sarah: That would make sense. If Reyna's sister is also a daughter of... Bellona, I can see why she'd join the Amazons. But... is it safe for us to be here?
YN: For you, Hazel, and I, yes. For those two... probably not as much.
Percy: I promised Reyna. Besides, the Pax isn't doing too great. I've been pushing it pretty hard.
I looked down at our feet. Water was leaking between the floorboards.
Hazel: Oh.
Percy: Yeah. We'll either need to fix it or find a new boat. I'm pretty much holding it together with my willpower at this point. Ella, do you have any idea where we can find the Amazons?
Frank: And, um, they don't, like, kill men on sight, do they?
Ella glanced at the downtown docks, only a few hundred yards away.
Ella: Ella will find friends later. Ella will fly away now.
And she did. Frank picked a single red feather out of the air.
Frank: Well, that's encouraging.
We docked at the wharf. We barely had time to unload our supplies before the Pax shuddered and broke into pieces. Most of it sank, leaving only a board with a painted eye and another with the letter P bobbing in the waves.
Hazel: Guess we're not fixing it. What now?
Percy stared at the steep hills of downtown Seattle.
Percy: We hope the Amazons will help.
I leaned over to Sarah and whispered in her ear.
YN: Yeah, cause that worked out well for me last time.
Sarah giggled and kissed me on the cheek. We found some great salty caramel chocolate at a candy store. Then we bought some coffee so strong, my head felt like a vibrating gong. We stopped at a sidewalk café and had some excellent grilled salmon sandwiches. Once, we saw Ella zooming between high rise towers, a large book clutched in each foot. All the while, I was aware of the time ticking by. June 22 now, and Alaska was still a long way away. I could fly there myself, of course, but not with four people. And I can't shadow travel to somewhere I've never been before. Finally we wandered south of downtown, into a plaza surrounded by smaller glass and brick buildings.
YN: There.
The familiar office building on our left had a single word etched on the glass doors. AMAZON.
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The Son of Death (Percy Jackson x Male Reader)
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