Nico di Angelo: A Darkness Comes at Dawn

Chapter 13: Oceanus

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Percy POV 💧

I felt happy. Yay! No high school! Instead, we get to go to the Mariana Trench, my home turf! Athena decided to send us here because she knew it was the deepest of the waters. I was thinking about Jason and Kymopoleia. The seven were yet sent on another quest...away from high school. We were taking the repaired Argo II.

Wise Girl and I were currently in my cabin. The mini-figure of Coach Hedge kept yelling at us, but we didn't care. We were in the process of making out.

"So, what are we going to do about this prophecy, Wise Girl?"

"Oh, you are such a Seaweed Brain. C'mere." 

"Pucker up later, lovebirds!" Leo yelled from outside the cabin door. "There's something interesting ya may wanna see!" Wise Girl and I both blushed. How long was Leo there?!

"Valdez!" I growled. "You are so dead!" Wise Girl and I were still blushing madly already. 

"Repair boy!" Wise Girl yelled. "You're gonna be sorry after we open this door!"

"Wait..." Leo stuttered. "No!" She opened the door, judo-flipped her, and acted like nothing ever happened. 

"Hurry up, Seaweed Brain! We have 'interesting things' to see." She then left and went to the main deck. Leo was still on the floor, moaning and groaning.

"Dude... you're girlfriend's brutal."

"I agree. That's why she's awesome." We then all got onto the main deck. Leo pointed straight ahead.

"There's an undersea palace. Reckon we should check it out?" His body was still aching from getting judo-flipped by Wise Girl. Jason and Piper looked as if they have just been making out, like we did. Frank and Hazel were holding hands, like a cute couple would. I have to agree that out of Wise Girl and I, Piper and Jason, Leo and Calypso, and Frank and Hazel, the award for the least naughtiest couple would have to go to Frank and Hazel. 

"Well," Wise Girl started, "Let's go check it out." Leo landed the Argo II on an undersea mountain ridge next to the palace. "I say Frank, Leo, and Hazel should guard the ship. The rest should go." No one argued because a) Wise Girl was the smartest, I mean who could compete with a child of Athena besides Athena herself and other Athena children, and b) her logic was good. Frank was a ranged fighter, so he could guard the ship. Hazel could use Mist to simply hide the ship. And, Leo was the only person who could pilot the ship, of course he would guard. 

The four of us swam towards the palace. We were in sight of the guards while I recalled what I heard from Hermes right after the Second Titan War. 

~~Flashback~~

"After the war, Prometheus fled and sent a bunch of Excuse notes saying why he joined Kronos blah blah blah. Krios also fled. Mount Orthys crumbled slowly afterwards. Oceanus has also retreated into the depths."

~~End of Flashback~~

And here was his palace. 

I turned and saw 100 mermen swimming our way. Shoot! We allowed ourselves to be captured! I could out-swim them, but my friends couldn't. They surrounded us. In the middle was a merman bigger than the rest, with a horn of a narwhal.

"Greetings, young heroes." He said. Yep, he was definitely Oceanus. This was not how I thought this day was gonna go...