Lunar's Plight

Shopping

'Do you not remember that Arty hugged us when you activated the failsafe?' Instinct countered and I had to agree with him

'Alright, but still, we will have to adopt.' I say as I keep looking at the empty space next to my bed 'You know what would look good here?'

'A weapon rack?' Instinct answers and I nod

I turn around and take one last look at Thalia before walking out and freezing my door so no one can get in. I make my way over to the Hephaestus cabin and knock on the door to have Beckendorf answer the door.

"Hey Percy! How are you?" Beckendorf says enthusiastically and I smile

"Hey Beck, I was wondering if you could build me a weapon rack." I ask and Beck smiles

"Of course, Perce, Oh, by the way. Your brother Tyson was asked to go to Atlantis to help in your father's forges so you won't see him tonight" Beckendorf says and I smile sadly

"Thank you, Beck," I say as we walk into his cabin to work on the weapon rack

(Time skip a few months, the end of the summer season)

I walk out of my cabin with Thalia following me looking less than presentable but I learned to deal with that.

"Hey, kelp head. Why don't you ever go out with one of those girls that obviously try to get your attention?" Thalia asks and I chuckle as I turn towards her and back pedal towards the pavilion for breakfast

"Why would I? I don't like them, so I don't want to lead them on" I answer honestly causing Thalia to look at me weirdly

"Normally, a hero like you would be hanging with as many girls as possible but you seem to only hang out with Beckendorf, Me, Annabeth, Connor and Travis, and Luke. And even then, you seem to disappear for hours at a time not to be seen until dinner time" Thalia says and I chuckle as Instinct rolls his eyes at me mentally

'Told you she would notice' Instinct tells me and I glare at him mentally

"I tend to do training on my own. Allows me to focus on controlling my powers, you never know when you will need to kick Heracles' ass again" I say as if I did it on a daily occurrence which I had almost done in the distant past

'Ahhh, good times. Oh! Remember the time when Heracles was being a dick and we broke his arm to the point where it still worked but was facing behind him?' Instinct says fondly and I laugh a little

"You, kick Heracles' ass? I'd like to see you try" Thalia challenges and I smirk

"Just ask Annabeth and Luke. Or better yet, ask Phoenix when he shows up. He will tell you how I killed Heracles when I found out he stole some special items" I respond as we reach the pavilion only to notice Phoenix waiting for me with his arms crossed and a serious expression on his face

As Thalia is about to respond I quickly walk to him and open my mind for him to mind message me.

'Meet at our usual spot, I have information from Jade regarding a few things' Phoenix says mentally and I nod

'Alright, I'll be there' I respond quickly before taking my seat at Table three where Thalia sits next to me

"What was that about? One moment you're laughing then when you see Phoenix with a serious expression you sober up and become dead serious like you're trying to impress him" Thalia says with a confused expression

"I guess something is serious enough for him to be serious" I lie weakly not very keen on lying to Thalia

"Well, I knew you were bad at lying but I didn't know you were this bad" Thalia says while laughing