Unclaimed~A Percy Jackson/Leo Valdez Fanfiction

Chapter 25: We Find a Solution

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I was beginning to feel a lot of déjà vu at this point in our quest. It was a constant routine of going out, finding an object and going back to the ship. By now I was worried we'd never find the pithos. And from the looks of it, the quest was far from over. Running through the lines of the prophecy, there was a lot left to encounter. The crash to the sands, a broken spell, and the 'princess' and her powers. Could Chiron be right? How could the prophecy be about me? I was no princess. Then again I know nothing of my past. I shook my head, it was silly.

It was the day after Jade's party. Percy had us up at seven in the morning looking over the map, planning where to go that day. Leo was so tired that he accidentally slammed his face into his cereal at least twice.

"You seriously need some caffeine or something," I told him with a laugh as he wiped fruit loops off of his face for the second time.

He laughed sleepily, "Probably."

"Just make coffee appear or something," I said.

"Ooh! I want some!" Kylie exclaimed.

"No!" I yelled, "Not after last time."

"It's okay," said Leo, "I don't really like coffee anyways. I'll have coke or something."

"For breakfast?" I asked

He shrugged, "Why not?"

"We need to focus guys!" Percy said with a hint of laughter in his voice.

"Okay okay," I smiled, "Where are going today?"

" I was thinking this gift shop not far from here," he said pointing it out on the map.

"Thank god," Kylie said, "I'm sick of stealing stuff."

"No," I gasped, " Kylie Maxwell, sick of stealing?"

"Oh shut up," she crossed her arms over her chest.

"I'll look up directions," Leo said whilst he booted up his laptop.

"How many more locations do we have left?" I asked Percy as Leo typed away on the computer.

" Well we've got three so far," Percy replied, "Looks like about eight?"

Kylie groaned, "My gods."

"Looks like we can take a cab," Leo said, "It's about five miles from here, should take us less than ten minutes."

"Perfect," said Percy.

"Oh look!" Leo exclaimed turning the lap top so we could see it, "They have a website."

"Maybe it has their inventory listed?" I guessed.

"Oh yeah," Leo said, "Like online shopping?"

"Right there," Kylie pointed to the top of the screen, "Shop."

Leo clicked on the tab and a list of products popped up. He started scrolling through.

"I'm not seeing anything," said Percy.

I shook my head, "Me neither."

Kylie shrugged while Leo started scrolling faster, "It may just be easier to go there where the map can give us a-"