Intertwined Destinies

Hello Herc

Ch. 16

Leo's fumbled with the Wii controller nervously but managed to stop the ship two hundred yards from the island.

"Won't Hercules be on our side?" Piper asked hopefully. "I mean…he's one of us, right?"

Jason grunted. "He was a son of Zeus, but when he died, he became a god. You can never be sure with gods."

"Shut up, all of you," Percy growled. "Zoe and I are going. Alone."

Everyone stared at Percy but his eyes were locked with Zoe's. Everyone was looking at them in shock. They looked like they were having a conversation with their eyes. No, the other five quest members were positive they were having a conversation with their eyes.

After a full minute, Jason spoke up. "Maybe we should all go. Seven will have a better chance if he turns hostile."

"And a satyr," Hedge offered. "We can definitely take him."

Percy waved a hand in front of Hedge's face as the satyr collapsed to the deck of the ship, fast asleep. Percy's eyes never left Zoe's.

Percy finally broke eye contact with Zoe and turned to the others.

"Wait here. Zoe and I will take care of this." He said in the same frigid tone.

Percy held out his hand as a shadow gathered until a hooded sweatshirt appeared in it.

"Sweet!" Leo said excitedly but quickly paled when Percy's eyes flickered over to him with an icy glare.

Zoe put the sweatshirt on and pulled the hood up despite the fact it was like eighty degrees out. The sweatshirt was apparently enchanted as her face vanished from view.

Percy's expression slowly morphed into some type of sadistic smile. He offered his hand to Zoe who took it as they walked to the edge of the ship, jumped onto the railing and jumped down to the sea.

Everyone looked over the edge in shock when they saw Percy and Zoe walking hand in hand on top of the water and straight towards the waiting figure of Heracles a couple hundred yards ahead.

As they walked, Percy gave Zoe's hand a soft squeeze. Although her face was hidden by the shadow of her hood, he could see her smile clear as day.

"How do you want to handle this?" He asked softly.

Zoe stopped walking as she thought about it before she pulled Percy closer, whispering her idea to him as a smile slowly appeared on his face. When she finished, the evil smile of his face would have sent a shiver down even his father's spine.

Before Percy could start walking again, Zoe pulled his head down into a soft kiss. Percy's smile lost any kind of evilness, something Zoe could do so easily to him. Percy looked at her questioningly.

"Just making sure you know I love you." Zoe said softly.

Percy nodded, "I know that. But I also know I've wanted to do this since I had that dream on the quest to save Artemis a few years ago." He said smiling. "Most powerful demigod in the world," he scoffed. "Apparently sons of Jupiter aren't much smarter than the sons of Zeus."

Zoe smirked a bit and pulled Percy along as they continued their walk to the island, Heracles' tall figure looking at them impatiently in the distance. Percy pulled up a hood so it was more difficult to see his face clearly.

As they approached the island, Percy finally got a look at the legendary son of Zeus. He was well built, but not too stocky. His blonde hair was close-cropped, Roman style. He had startling blue eyes like Thalia's or Jason's, but his skin was coppery, as if he'd spent his entire life on a tanning bed. The most surprising thing: he looked about twenty, definitely no older. He was handsome in a rugged but not-at-all-caveman way.