Percico: Stories to Be Rewritten

Chapter 6

"So, let me get this strait." Mr. D said as he paced his office with an anery aura around him. Nico had called off all the searches for the missing girl, dragging a confused Percy, curious Chiron, and a loud mouth Mr. D to the Big House conference room. Now here they were, Nico leaning on the wall with Percy, Chiron sitting next to Elizabeth at the table, while Mr.D was pacing the floor like a madman trying to understand what was going on. They had sent Alex home to talk to her in private later. Chiron was pouring himself and the other two of age drinkers a glass of Château Gigault Cuvèe Viva red wine,before the camp's resident god got ahold of it and turned it to water, as Mr. D questioned the camper. "You were trying to get Mr. Di Ango and Mr. Jason, who are much older and wiser than you are, to come out of the closet by pulling this stunt. And you were stupid enough to actually believe that this little idea you half baked would work?!"

Elizabeth sat in the chair in front of him, not even fidgeting like most of the campers would be doing if they were in her position. She just sat there, baggy modified teeshirt and all, matching Mr. D's air of authority bit for bit. Nico and Percy looked at each other, both a little admiring of the kid's guts in this situation. They had fought Kronos, Gaia, and many other creatures of mythical nature that would have made a mortal run and scream, but neither of them could even do what she was doing when they got in trouble with this god when they were younger. Most of the other campers as well would be stuttering and begging for his forgiveness by now.

"Yes sir." She said calmly, her eyes locked on the camp's godly director with determination that was a surprise to him. "And it's Mr. Di ANGELO and Mr. JACKSON, sir."

"Whatever. Elisa-"

"Elizabeth." The daughter of Aphrodite interrupted cooly, a smile curving on the edge of her lips as the god of wine and parties' face went red in anger.

"Whatever!" He shouted, causing Percy and Nico to flinch a little. They could tell that he was looking his little patients he had with her quicker than anticipated. "You sent the camp into a state of utter panic! Everyone thought that we had another kidnapping turned war on our hands!"

"Well," Elizabeth said in a cool tone, that only pissed Mr. D off a lot more. His shouting didn't even seem to phase her at all as she continued. "that was an unfortunate risk that I had thought of during the making of this plan. Though, honestly, I thought that it would take more along the lines of three to four days to even notice my absence. Mr. D opened his mouth to scram at her some more, but she boldly interrupted him before he could utter a single word. "But, Mr. Dionysus, you also are failing to factor into the equation my past experiences, are you not? They were in my file that was given to you specifically when I was allowed to come here. You know, the one with all my 'disadvantages'?"

Mr. D stopped dead in his tracks, whirling on her like a hunter on it's prey and hearing something in the brushes behind him. "Wait, what?" Nico and Percy looked at each other, confused by Elizabeth's words as much as the god was. The only one that did not have a look of confusion on their face was Chiron, who was shaking his head in dismay.

"I am sorry, Miss Walker." Chiron said as he got up and moved to a file cabinet in the far corner of the room. "Mr. Dionysus did not bother to read it, and I did not think you would be comfortable with Mr. Di Angelo and Mr. Jackson knowing your... situation."

And for the first time that night, Elizabeth's calmness broke like ice hitting the ground. Nico's eyes narrowed as Chiron pulled out a file that was stuffed with lots of papers, and watch as Mr. D started reading through it. There was an eerie silence was sticky in the air, Nico's eyes focused on Elizabeth as she started to fidget with her hands. Finally, the god spoke as he slammed the file on the table.

"Well, this explains a lot." He sneered, his face lit with a evil, gleeful look. Elizabeth stopped fidgeting and met his eyes. "Are you sure you are a daughter of Aphrodite?"