•Peace•

•Chapter Fifty-Two•

I hung up the phone, slipping it into my pocket.

Sorry Rachel.. no time to yap.

The hellhound seemed to notice my change in stance and it growled lowly at me.

There was only one way out of the store, and that was out the front door.

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I charged for the door, and the hellhound crouched in wait, obviously knowing I was about to run into its Jaws without much effort on its end.

Unfortunately for it.. I wasn't planning on self lunching today.

I slid out the door and hurled my sword into the awaiting mouth of the very large, very scary hellhound.

It wheezed, having swallowed riptide..
whoops, but it gave me a massive advantage and start as it choked and tried to cough it up.

I knew if I got far enough away from the hellhound riptide would disappear and reappear in pen form in my pocket.

I made a mad dash away from the monster, looking for an area of advantage, usually a good body of water, hopefully fresh. A fountain maybe? Purifying water took too much time and too much energy, and it wouldn't be enough in the end.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket again and looked at the map provided. I knew it would bullet point my exact location to the Hellhound- and whatever friends it might have with it, but I needed to see Gotham on a larger and more portable scale.

I zoomed into my moving dot, locating streets and alleyways to travel.

I spot a fountain in a park near the Wayne manor, most likely due to it being a wealthier section of town. It would take a lot of running but perhaps that would be worth-

I came to an abrupt stop, loosing my phone and it clattered to the ground into pieces.

I didn't have time to fret, because there was a pack of monsters blocking me into the alleyway I just turned into.

"Woah- hey.." I raised my hands, backing away.

The hellhound closed in behind, blocking my exit.

"Okay.. look maybe we got on the wrong foot here.." I chuckle nervously.

"Wrong foot? Haha! What a silly thing to say.. perhaps feet? Shoes? Toes? Hands?"

The weirdly green haired face painted man stepped forward from the crowd of angry monsters.

A mortal?

"You're the Joker?" I said, holding my fists up.

"Yesssss... and you're a powerful demigoddess whos got a fan club of monsters with a vendetta against you! Haha!"

"... what do you want!"

"Oh a lot of things. I don't quite care about you, but you have ties to a family I would love to kill each member.. slowly."

"And these monsters.." I gestured to the snarling group. There had to be over 40 of them packed into the alley.

"I've come to an arrangement with someone powerful! Haha! With her help.. I'll get everything I want.. and she gets to kill you, and whom ever she pleases I care not.."

"Who is she."

"Oh.. you'll meet her! She very much hates your kind.."

"I don't intend to meet anyone today.."

"Oh I don't think you have a choice dear! Oh yes, you're trapped.. so I'll give you a choice!" The Joker grins widely.

"A choice.." I said suspiciously.

"You come willingly.. or we knock you out."

"That's not-"

"Times up! Too slow. Get her!"

I shove my hand into my jeans and pull out riptide, uncapping and baring my blade as the hoard unleashed, the hellhound behind me especially excited.

The first few were weak monsters, easily slashed and killed. but the more they closed in, the harder it was to defeat them.

Woah- that's a drakon?!

"DIE PERSEUS JACKSONNN!"

I was soon forced to the ground, even though I still held on for dear life, hacking away at the monsters.

It was obvious. I was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of them.

40 of them against me? Yeah no biggie. I had water powers.

Well, obviously I dont have good control over my water powers right now.

So just my sword skills against a pack of monsters who didn't care about a fair fight.

Yeah this isn't really fair.

Being essentially dog piled to the ground, making use of my sword was nearly impossible, although some monster were accidentally impaling  themselves on it making them explode into dust.

That still didn't help my situation. Yay.

They all pressed down on me, and the hellhound surged forward eagerly.

"No, no! Don't kill her, idiots! Knock her out! Stay back you mangy dog!"

In a blink of an eye, the big and heavy hellhound slammed into the pile, causing most of the monsters to explode on impact- and also it landed on me, and I don't explode.. so you get the picture..

Ow.

The whiplash made me hit my head against the ground, not to mention the weight of the monster landing on my skull.

Needless to say, I was out sooner than you could say.. blue cookies

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lol hi

Edited this chapter a bit, some of yall were confused why Percy Jackson couldn't defeat a bunch of monsters and a mortal on her own, which is valid. So I've added more context to the chapter.

If it still doesn't sound right lemme know, lol

Okay have a *phonetaically phonetastic* day!

Toodles!

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