•Peace•

•Chapter Fifty-Three•

"Yeah!" A few of them cheered. "The Joke man has gone too far!"

"I say we strike! I say we kill those ugly mutts! Before they kill us!"

"Yeah!"

So the goons don't like what the Joker has done, huh?

Neat, maybe I can benefit from whatever distraction they cause.

I sneak past the doorway and continue down the hall.

I pass several cells, obviously a cell block, but each cell was filled with dangerous monsters, one held the giant Hellhound, which growled at me angrily once I passed, another containing a Lydian Drakon, and other monsters that weren't quite as sentient as the ones that hissed my name.

Eventually I hear a series of voices speaking in Ancient Greek, making me speed up my walking to try and listen in to the conversation.

"We must celebrate tonight! We finally have the elusive Perseus Jackson in our hands!" A monster cackled.

"Raaaaaaah!!" The monsters cheer.

"Am I the only one who thinks this alliance is pointless?!!" A monster speaks up, and I finally make it to the room, peeking in, all sorts of monsters, ranging from Kelli to Laistrygonian giants, (although most of the monsters were Dracanae, typical foot soldiers) were crowded in the tall room. I assume it was like the goons lunch room but for monsters instead.

"Ha, it is pointless. A mortal! Has our mistress gone crazy?" The main speaker- Antaeus- oh great my brotherish- said.

Hang on, if he's considering someone else his mistress...

Who exactly are we dealing with?

"More than crazy, lunatic.." Kelli grumbled. "I can't stand that mortal clown."

Many other monsters grumbled their agreement on the topic.

"We mustn't talk behind Kampê's back.."

I froze. No...

Kampê?!!

Schist schist-

I stepped back, pressing myself against the wall.

We were lucky the first time we killed Kampê.

The greatest nightmares of your greatest nightmares..

Even the gods shutter at the thought of her.

"Kampê will hear us not.. we are on her side to get revenge on the gods, and cause pain to Perseus Jackson.. what does she care if we think her alliance worthless."

I slowly step back, turning to go back down the hallway from where I came.

If this was really Kampê, I needed backup. I needed a whole ocean of water, I needed..

The caged monsters growled at me as I passed them, nipping at the bars hoping to get to me.

I paid them no mind at first.

What if I killed them so they won't be a factor later on?

Lemme cook.

It only took me a few minutes to coax the monsters near enough to take a good few stabs causing them to explode into dust, but I didn't get all of them before the obvious screeching and growling attracted goons and monsters alike.

Hey, I got a few, good enough. Time to book it.

I passed by a room with a water cooler, and it made me pause.

Actually...

...

30 seconds later I was running down the hallway with a giant water jug under my arm.

I shoved my hand into my pocket and retrieved riptide for emergencies as I was about to turn a corner, we wouldn't want to be caught off guard now would we?

Luckily that came in handy as a monster- a little tiny hell hound, awh- jumped at me like a rabid dog, but it didn't get the chance to kill me to death with its cuteness and beady little red eyes.

My ultimately awesome reflex skills had me slicing through it without a second thought.

I heard some shouts, which presumably means they found I've escaped, so now I really should book it outta here before I run into Kampê.

That would not be good.

It was obvious Kampê had enough of being trampled upon without a decent roll to play in the previous wars.

It was her turn to slay.

good for her! But also, why me? Why my era- my century?

Perhaps sassing all those monsters wasn't my best move.

But who are we kidding, if I didn't, who would take up the mantle of Persassy in my place?

I looked behind me to see if anyone was catching up, when suddenly, I ran straight into a wall.

"Woa-"

"Percy?!"

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Yall know I love ending with cliff hangers 😂

Man I have an intense fight scene to write soon. I'm gonna cry.

Oh well.

Hope you enjoyed the random mid week chapter!

Have a *phoneytasticy* day

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