Perseus Jackson: Titan of The Hunt

CH15: The Storm Arrives

(Percy)

I woke up in the morning to find Nemea now laying on my chest shredding my shirt whilst still asleep. Fortunately for me her claws were seemingly harmless against the flesh underneath due to the curse. Quickly throwing the cub off me and onto the floor, the startled cub hissed angrily at suddenly being awakened. For the time being I simply ignored her as she climbed back onto the comfy bed as I checked the clock and saw I had an hour and a half before I was supposed to meet the horse.

Deciding to stay awake and sort my affairs out. I quickly showered and got dressed before searching the room for any items I would need with me whilst I was gone. Short of a few drachmas there was very practical little of use in my mum's apartment. Sure, there were a few spare weapons in a cupboard and under my bed but they were 'basic' celestial bronze and paled in comparison to my new arsenal and would likely only provide unneeded weight on my journey. I removed the pictures of myself and Annabeth from my pack and reverently placed them inside my desk, except for the framed one of the pair of us, when we went on our first date to the beach which I left on the side.

Checking the time, I quickly raced down to the nearest mini-mart and brought two boxes of sugar glazed Krispy Kreme's for the pegasus and some Oreos for me earning a confused look from the cashier, as he wondered what a kid like me could want with enough doughnuts to kill half a dozen cops with diabetes at eight in the morning.

Quickly making my way back to my mum's place, I found them in the kitchen scraping leftovers from a two-day old roast chicken into a bowl, which Nemea quickly demolished ravenously bones and all.

"When was the last time you fed her?" My mum asked appraising the mess all over the cub's face.

"Well Annabeth fed her on the Argo, the night before last I think." I said thinking back to that last night we had together regretfully.

"No wonder she was in such a bad mood when you left, we could hear her scratching through the door." She said pointing at the open door my room and the long gouges in the solid wood.

"I would take it out of your allowance, if you still needed one but that doesn't seem likely now does it?" She stated and I had to agree, I would likely have little need for mortal money soon, other than to buy random things once in a while. However, the door was not a problem as I simply concentrated on it and retconned the damage to it.

"There you go mum, what scratches?" I simply said looking back at her with a smug smile.

"So that is your time power thing, it makes your eyes glow completely golden not only the pupils." She said looking at my face while Paul walked over and looked at the door in amazement, rubbing his hand across the now smooth timber.

"So, Percy are you planning on becoming diabetic or are they all for Blackjack?" She asked looking at the donuts with a smile.

"We have a three-thousand-mile journey; I think he may need them before we get there. Because I am not carrying him to across the Golden Gate Bridge when he complains of having low energy. Last time I didn't feed him he barely made DC without collapsing." I joked remembering him landing in the middle of the Mall. Which ironically led me to fighting the golden fluff ball for the first time and traumatising her.

"So, Percy please try to keep safe just this once and at least and keep in contact, you know we don't like worrying about if you are alive or dead or missing for months on end. Just give us a call either normally or Iris." She said worried and grabbing me into a hug.

"I will and I will try and get back for when the baby is born, I want to meet my little brother or sister. It will be nice to meet a normal one, who doesn't want to kill me like most of the other ones on dad's side." I said jokingly hugging her back.