The quest had started off on a good note. Zoe and Bianca sat in the front, with everyone else sitting in the back of the truck. After a reluctant acceptance, Zoe was chosen to be the one to drive. And since Bianca had no beef with Zoe, she was chosen to be in the passenger seat.
However, Zoe had been trying to teach Bianca about how to track and other wildlife things. Yet she couldn't even find out the exact formation for plants to be put into a tracking position. So Zoe had to double-task afterwards. And she completely ignored all of Thalia's complaints about it.
Soon Zoe started going crazy with driving, pressing the gas pedal even harder. In response, Thalia snapped her fingers to manipulate the mist and created another deception around the van. "Are you trying to kill us!?" Zoe didn't even answer back, just kept driving.
A grumble escaped Thalia's lips, throwing her head to the side of the car. Hours passed since that ordeal, and soon enough they stopped at a museum.
"Are you serious? A museum?" Percy asked rhetorically, glaring over at Zoe but she only shrugged carelessly. Everyone else started exiting the car, while he glared at Zoe. Hopping out of the car, they all started walking inside.
"So all of a sudden, the Bane of Olympus is in a museum? What? Are we supposed to do it? Look at history? That is stupid! We are literally supposed to save the world, not go into a museum!" Liam complained, and he was for sure bored at this point.
"Are thou questioning tracking that was taught to me by Mi'Lady Artemis herself?" She fired back, getting the fire between the two to increase.
Would you guys stop arguing? Percy thought, growing impatient at the duo as they fired at each other. He glanced over to Thalia but she was already gone somewhere. Looking over to where Bianca was, she is also gone. Where the Tartarus did they go? He continued in his mind, looking backwards but seeing Liam and Zoe still arguing.
Weaving deeper into the museum, he disappeared behind a door. A whole rush of power suddenly burst into him as his head blasted backwards. Multiple figures stood in front of him, and they seemed pretty confident.
"Get the kittens out of here! Someone-get the other bones!" A figure roared. He easily figured out the figure as Atlas, and he already knew all of their plans. Percy easily weaved through multiple figures in his way, before he burst into a full on sprint. Quickly and swiftly, he easily grabbed the fabric as he yelled back, "Take that, Atlas!"
Orders were suddenly being blared around the room, but Percy left it before anything happened or changed. Looking around the room, he tried to look for the others but nothing was in sight. A loud slam was heard to the left, and pulling out Riptide, he ran towards it with Zoe's hunter fabric in his hands.
"Guys! Anyone!" he yelled out, and then he saw a hand be raised in the air as Liam came out of whatever fell.
"Uh-Present!" He yelled back, but Percy was getting worried.
"Where are the others?"
"I have no idea man. The last thing I saw was a fist before you appeared." Liam answered back, finally looking at Percy and taking a good look. "Percy, your whole sleeve is gone but you're carrying a silver one. Did you dye it? Because it looks amazing!" He told Percy.
"What?" He glanced down at his sleeve and just realized that it was gone. "Dang-it!" He yelled in frustration, throwing Zoe's fabric onto the ground. Screw that. He thought, as he just realized the Spartoi are going to follow them no matter what.
"We need to get together with the others, like now Liam! Let's go!" Percy encouraged, but Liam was standing there still.
"Percy. Um. What the Hades are those skeletons!?" He screamed, pulling out his sword. A grunt of annoyance came out of Percy, and he turned around to see all 12 Spartoi marching over to them. These guys are so annoying. The thought he couldn't hold in as he spoke it out loud.
"We need to get out of here. Only a Son of the Man Downstairs or another Death entity can destroy them! We do not have those powers, SO RUN!" He screamed out but Liam wasn't about to just give up.
"Are you serious!?" One Spartoi managed to get ahead of the others and it slashed at Liam. Liam quickly deflected the strike before stabbing the Spartoi. Yet nothing happened as it aimed its gun at Liam. Percy quickly jumped forward, pulling the skeleton down with him as they both fell.
"Are you going to question it now!" Percy asked rhetorically, and this time Liam shook his head as the duo started running fast. A roar was heard in the distance, and that is when Percy knew they screwed up.
"Hades! Did I seriously have to get both the Spartoi and Nemean Lion to chase us! We can't turn around, we can't kill the Spartoi so it would be a suicide mission, got any ideas Liam!?" He yelled, and Liam was quick to respond.
"Um!" Silence followed them both as Percy started to get embarrassed by the whole ordeal. Tartarus would for sure tease him about this for the rest of his life.
Yes I would. Tartarus spoke through Percy's mind as he heard the chuckle throughout the Mind Messaging.
He groaned at Tartarus' ironic voice.
Shut up. Percy responded
Oooooh. You said a bad word! I'm telling Nyx! Tartarus easily replied, as the Mind Messaging cut off.
"Well um.." Percy started to think about the best way for them to go to Mt. Othyrs, and he found it out. "My father spoke to me when I was gone! He told me to go to Mt. Othyrs! Are you ready Liam!?"
"Aye' Aye' Captain!" Liam responded.
They quickly looked around, and found a bus stop. Both of them jumped onto it, "Here's the money! As far as you can go West to Mt. Tamalpais!" He said urgently, and both of them quickly got to the back of the bus. But Liam was bored, "Here's a gold coin! Go!"
And everything changed, as the mortal had just received millions of dollars. He started driving crazily, but Percy manipulated the mist to make the mortals see this bus as a bird.
A voice suddenly entered his head, a raspy and one that seemed like it never received water in years, "Perseus. I don't care if you have Tartarus' and Nyx' blessing. Multiple varieties of pain should've been cursed upon you. Yet nothing happened, nothing changed and you did not become any more miserable. As you can see, I am Akhlys. And since you, yourself, I am growing weaker. So, how would a curse be pleasant for you-"
Ahklys did not finish her sentence as Percy had just created a piece of poop in his mind.
"Excuse me!" Akhlys shrieked, clearly disgusted by the Son of Poseidon's antics.
"Excuse you! Now you are dismissed, bye '" Percy retorted out loud.
The bus driver turned around along with Liam as a sharp turn was made, and the whole bus started going wobbly along the street.
"Dude are you okay?" Liam asked.
Percy gave Liam a pointed look. The son of Poseidon pointed at the bus driver, mouthing the word mortal, hoping Liam was smart enough to understand what I was trying to say. But then again would, a psycho immortal spoke in my mind and said she hates me, be the first thing that comes to mind.
"Ohhh, sorry sir, it's just that my cousin here just came out of the psycho ward!"
Percy facepalmed, this was gonna be a long ride.
After a long while of silence and the taxi driver asking us. A loud clang sounded on the roof of the car.
A bony, white hand suddenly broke through the glass of the driver seat.
The driver, known as Jose, screamed like a girl kicking the bony hand.
Distracting him, the bus began to veer off course and drove to the left.
Liam screamed as he leaned forward grabbing on the wheel turning it right.
At the exact moment, another spartoi hand broke through the glass of the car, this one on Liam's side.
The Spartoi's hand grabbed Liam's hand, pulling him out of the car.
Liam started screaming even louder as Percy grabbed on his foot.
The car started to turn left, once more.
Unfortunately, they were on a highway full of cars.
The dark fluorescent blue bus smashed into a Honda Civic, causing both cars to flip over.
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After a long while of spinning with zero gravity, let's just say Liam and I should have eaten less for breakfast and Jose should stop taking weird passengers.
Long story short, Jose fainted and the spartoi flew off to Pluto, pun intended.
"Are we there yet?" Liam whined.
You see, after the disaster we were moving on foot. We left a sorry sticky note on Jose's face and walked towards our destination.
"Hey look, a taco bell!" I exclaimed, in hopes of food.
"Let's go!" Liam's demonear instantly changed as he sprinted towards the Restaurant.
However, just as I took a step forward, a limo pulled up in front of me.
The door opened, and he went into guard mode.
Yet he recognized that ugly face, "Ares."