The Time-turner Chronicles

|3| Chapter 26: Hermes, the spy of the Gods

I finished demigod diaries and started ship of the death and I have a question. Should Percy free Lamia and give her back her children? Should he lift the demigod scent? I have no idea.

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"Cheaters?" I asked out loud.

"How did we cheat?" Katie wondered.

"I did not cheat." Tyson cried out, looking slightly panicked.

"Nyx and Percy summoned the pigeons!" Tantalus said angrily, causing Nyx to scowl. "We did what?"

"Those pigeons were not summoned by us." I said.

"The boundaries are weakening, that's the reason the birds could enter the campers!" Katie said, her eyes glaring daggers at Tantalus.

The poor birds were just minding their own business but the ridiculous driving of you four drove them crazy, and so they started attacking the innocent campers" Tantalus shouted, though it looked like he had a hard time believing his own ridiculous claims.

Dionysus threw up his hands in an exaggerated manner and yelled, "wel...l I need to check on the...strawberries!" And with that he flashed away.

Nyx summoned a void black dagger in her hand. "Well it looks like Dionysus has business to attend."

None of the campers made a move to stop her.

Tantalus began to laugh nervously but as Nyx drew closer it quickly turned into panic. "You can't do that, I'm a son of Zeus!" He yelled seeing her smile. He then looked at me and Katie, "you guys can't let her do this! I am the camp director!"

"Well you are technically a monster! You killed your own kids." Katie spat. "Bad king." Tyson agreed.

"Well if anyone thinks we should spare him, raise your hand." Nyx said and I could tell she was really pissed o! this time. Tantalus should've congratulated her instead of accusing us.

None of the campers liked Tantalus enough to stand up for him. A few even gave her thumbs up.

'Maybe you should not kill him.' I suggested.

'I think she is no longer listening to reason.' Aether commented.

Nyx shadow traveled away and reappeared sitting on Tantalus' neck, her legs wrapped around him and her dagger onto his throat. The weight of Nyx made Tantalus stumble backwards and fall to the ground but Nyx shadow traveled on top of him. With her knee on his throat and her dagger on his forehead.

"I can't die!" Tantalus yelled.

Nyx smiled evilly, like she was enjoying this. "This dagger I made myself, it's made of hardened void. You know what that means? It's literally made out of nothing."

"I've never heard of such a thing." Charles Beckendorf said, genuinely interested in her dagger.

"Because it doesn't exist. It's made of nothing but hardened and do you know what happens if I decide to write my name with it on his skin?" Nyx asked with a sadistic smile.

"It hurts?" I wondered.

"Yes, it hurts a lot but all the wounds this blade causes will be sucked into the void. They will never heal unless I want it too. Not even ambrosia will help."

"That's really cool!" Travis called out. "Can you imagine how many pranks you could do with such a knife?"

He gazed at a few Aphrodite campers with a sneaky grin.

It was kind of disturbing to see how many of us were okay with Nyx torturing Tantalus but he kind of had it coming. We are demigods"So now apologize and give me the golden Laurel!" Nyx hissed.