Hero's Journey (A Percy Jackson X Young Justice Crossover)

Chapter 19

A/N This chapter will focus on Zoe more than Percy. Sorry not sorry :) Also, she is pretty hard to write, so sorry if she feels bit OOC. I am trying my best here.

Since my two previous chapters were shorter, this one will be extra long.

Romania
October 17, 03:16

Percy's mind went blank for about a second or so after he woke. The realization dawned on him like a charging Hannibal. Zoe Nightshade, The huntress of Artemis, was kissing him. It wasn't even some chaste kiss on the lips, but rather something much more deep. Instead of thinking about it he let his instincts guide him and he kissed back. His mind was now completely awry and Percy couldn't formulate a single thought. No, that's not true. There were two things on his mind. Most of it was Zoe Nightshade, but (very) small, painfully rational part of his brain was screaming something like 'Artemis will turn you into a jackalope, make you immortal and hunt you until Hades Come.' Percy, being Percy, completely disregarded the rational part and focused on the beautiful young woman in front of him.

Zoe was not faring much better. She acted practically on pure instinct. It was supposed to be small peck on the lips, but before she realized it they were entwined into a deep kiss. Her mind long since fried. This was completely new experience for her. Even when she was with Heracles this brief period of time it was not like that. The son of Zeus had this aura of lies and pride around himself, like everything was always about him and he deserved everything. With Percy, she felt wanted, needed and safe. When she first kissed him there was this small spark that ignited something long since buried deep inside her. It was almost magical. For this few moments, she let go of any conscious thoughts and swam with the current. The closest thing to an actual thought was 'He smells like a sea breeze'. It really scarred her, but also felt right. Like it was supposed to be. She just accepted reality and focused on Percy.

The two of them would probably stay that way for whoever knows how long since they both had quite impressive lungs, but the sound of (fake) coughing brought them back to earth.

"I don't want to interrupt the lovers, but I think maybe you would prefer a better scenery... and less witnesses?" It was the Flash. Both Zoe and Percy quickly separated and turned their own shades of red with Zoe being close to Speedy's old outfit and Percy mimicking Red Tornado's plating. This caused rest of the Team and other leaguers who just arrived to let out a chuckle. Well, Batman stayed dead serious, but it was balanced with Wally and Artemis both rolling on the floor laughing.

Zoe's eyes suddenly had this faint silver glimmer to them and her expression hardened. "Not. Another. Comment. From anyone. Or I will gut you with a spoon." The threat fell on the barren land and only caused more giggles, chuckles and general laughing. Seeing that Zoe is getting more embarrassed he acted. Of course with his graceful social tacitness he decided that the best way to ease her was to pull her into a hug. She didn't protest.

Finally, Wonder Woman managed to calm herself and the other leaguers. She decided that the couple had enough embarrassment for the night. "It will be best to move. I imagine the whole 'incognito' was already blown the moment whole league appeared in Dracula's Castle. Let's just hope there will be some rational explanation and people won't start gossiping about Vampire Count returning to..."

"It was Scarecrow." Percy interrupted his cousin. "I saw him during the... nightmare. I woke up just for a brief second two or three times. He was always there and quickly sent me back."

"He was not working alone." Kaldur added what Percy couldn't have known. "Scarecrow had some kind of help. They..."

"Deimos and Phobos. Twin sons of Ares." Zoe jumped in. "They wanted to use us as a batteries trapping us into endless nightmare and sapping our energy."