୨⎯ GOOD GRACES ⎯ ୧ ☾P.J☽

40. Are they over? For good? (Ew)

PERCY watched Luke and Autumn, his question still sitting in the silence.

Luke looked at Autumn, still talking to her, "You know about the Great Prophecy," And then he turned to Percy, "And you don't. See? This is how the gods divide us. By wailing off the truth."

"I actually don't wanna know," Percy shrugged, trying to be nonchalant.

"Because you're smart or because you're scared?" Luke asked, looking towards Percy.

"Can I be both?"

Luke shook his head, "I always liked you, Percy," Luke spoke, looking towards the blonde, "You deserve to know the truth."

And with that, they were led to some cages, listening to thuds of some demigods fighting or whatever.

"Demigods and monsters." Autumn spoke.

"Uh, we don't really use that word here." Luke corrected.

"Monsters?" Autumn scoffed.

"We're all children of the gods. Tyson's the son of Poseidon." Luke said as he gestured towards Tyson just creating something in the corner.

"He gets treated like an outcast just because his mother wasn't human," Luke continued, Autumn found herself nodding in agreement, "Here, with us, he can use his talent as a master craftsman.

And they stared at a Laistrygonian blowing into a small, making it on fire as Tyson used it to create whatever he wanted. "He'll be rewarded for those skills," Luke continued. "And he'll be accepted. Not treated like a problem to solve. We are fighting to create a new Golden Age. Where every spirit, every creature, every demigod is free."

"Where do humans fit in your Golden Age?" Percy asked.

"They'll be lucky to survive," Autumn spoke, facing Percy, "A war between the Titans and the Olympians will tear the earth apart."

"What about Camp Half blood?" Percy asked. Still looking at Luke, "You're gonna break your friends, Luke? Cause they won't bow."

"When the barrier falls, Camp won't be able to stand against our assault," Luke informed, "The smart campers will see that and choose to join us. If they do, they'll be spared. If a child of the eldest three were to join our ranks, that would be a powerful show of loyalty to Kronos. We wouldn't need more recruits. We wouldn't even need the Fleece. You could end the war. Tonight."

"Did Kronos tell you about the Great Prophecy?" Autumn asked, looking up at Luke.

"He speaks directly to me now." Luke shrugged.

"And you trust him not to twist the words or a prophecy in his favor?"

Luke shook his head, turning to look at the brunette, "The words are clear."

"It's prophecy. The words are never clear." Autumn shrugged.

Luke froze as Alison spoke up, glancing from the son of Hermes to the daughter of Ares, "She's trying to trick you," She spoke, then, "You think you're so clever. I can see right through it." She snarled. Looking at the brunette.

"Alison. Stand down." Luke spoke.

"All done." Tyson said, finished with the project he was making. He stepped back as Laistrygonians walked up.

"What do you call it?" One of them asked.

Tyson stayed silent before he said, "A bomb." And then the room... it just blew up. Smoke everywhere, everyone was injured, well, not really, but they all fell on the floor.

Tyson walked over to Autumn and Percy, as they hurried to get off the floor, and just like that, they began running out of there.

"That was clever." Autumn said as they dashed out of there, taking the emergency exit and shutting them behind her.

"Thank you!" Tyson grinned as he hurried to lock literally everything, and they slid over to the emergency boats.

"Hurry!" Autumn said as the three just grabbed their things and threw them onto one of the boats, taking it as they began to drive it away.

Percy used the Thermos to push the boat by the wind or whatever, as it pushed the cruise away from them.

Good riddance.

It was already late, and they had to eat something to survive? Right?

Tyson was asleep already, in a corner of his room, while the two demigods made some instant ramen and where eating it.

The boat wasn't that big, but a little bit bigger for three people, "It's good that Hermes gave us some instant ramen that only needed water for it." He said, handing Erika one as she was sitting near the window, her face turned towards it. Percy sat next to Autumn.

Autumn stayed silent, looking at the sky, she cleared her throat, "So, I guess I should really tell you why I've been avoiding you," she spoke, looking up at the sky, clearing her throat before she took a spoonful of her food and took a bite.

Percy stirred his ramen around, looking back at Autumn, "Why did you lie?" He asked, looking at Autumn from the corner of his eyes, as if curiosity was literally burning him, "Like, there was clearly no need for it." He spoke, looking back at her.

"It was." Autumn shrugged, stirring her ramen by her fork as she looked down at it. She sighed, looking up at him.

Percy stayed silent for a moment, "So?" He asked, looking up at the girl.

Autumn bit back her sigh, an exhale escaping her lips as she set the cup down, "I killed my stepdad." She spoke, looking down at him.

Percy's eyes shot up, looking up at her, "Huh?" He asked.

"Well, I killed my stepdad, my mom killed him too, my dad kind of helped, then I lied 'bout my name is because maybe I didn't want people to know my in real life, and how I've been surviving, and how my mom's been surviving." Autumn explained, looking down at him as she stretched a hairtie on her wrist, pulling it off as she tied her hair with it.

"So, you lied, because you murdered your stepdad?"

"Yep." Autumn shrugged, "Now, I guess my moms happy, being married to her childhood sweetheart, and I'm happy, I can go home now, then my siblings are happy, you know." Autumn shrugged.

Percy looked up at her, "I'm... sorry, clearly I've been pushing your boundaries." He sighed, looking down at the girl. He reached down to touch her— but then he just pulled away.

"You can hold me, just this once anyways." Autumn shrugged, an affectionate smile approached Percy's face as he took an arm and draped it around Autumn's shoulders.

"These noodles are.... well." Autumn spoke, taking the cup noodles again.

"Excuse me? It took 30 minutes to make these!"

"Percy, you don't take 'thirty minutes' to make instant ramen in a cup."