"No, thanks," Percy replied as he turned to see Alexis walk down the stairs with her hair wet in a fresh set of clothes holding Leo in her arms.
"He's clean as a whistle," Alexis said as she handed him to Kate who scratched the dog behind the ear.
"I still can't believe how calm he is with you two," Percy said as he tried to touch Leo only for the dog to growl at him, "he still hates me."
"Give it time Percy," Alexis said smiling, "after all you two have spent what? A few hours together? He just doesn't know you."
"Oh he knows me alright," Percy said as the two glared at each other, "he knows me very well. Stupid mutt from hell."
"Oh don't listen to the big mean boy Leo," Kate said scratching the dog again, "he's just jealous of how small and cute you are."
"Sure I am," Percy said rolling his eyes. Just then Percy noticed something, Leo hadn't grown….at all. He was the same size when Percy first obtained him from that pot of chance nearly a year ago. 'Maybe something's wrong with him?' Percy wondered as he Observed Leo;
Leo
Lv-1
HP:50/50
MP:10/10
Race- HellHound (1/2)+Wolf (1/2)
Str-2
Vit-2
Dex-1
Int-1
Wis-2
Luc-4
A dog which is a mixture of a hellhound and a normal mundane wolf. It is strong and quick and very lucky. It is also know to be very hyperactive
Likes: Bacon, women and long walks
Dislikes: Percy, men, vaccum cleaners and Percy
He hates Percy
He feels happy getting scratched behind the ear.
Percy was surprised, the dog was still in the same level as before. Percy was sure he would have leveled up by now at least.
'If only I could ask him what's going on, it would be so easy. Maybe I could also ask him why he hates me so much,' Percy thought to himself when he suddenly got an idea.
Percy quickly pulled up his perk tree chart and started looking through his perks. He then found what he was looking for, his Canidae trainer perk;
· Canidae Tamer- user of this perk can control members of the Canidae family with relative ease. This also includes magical beasts like werewolves and Hellhounds!
This perk was useful, but it did have limits. Percy could give out orders, but Leo would still hate him for it. Percy then looked at what new add ons he could use for this perk and immediately found the only he could use;
Communicate- Allows user to talk to and understand the members of the Canidae family. This insures a better understanding between the two.
Percy immediately bought the add on for 2 perk points and turned to Leo whose ears was twitching as Kate continued to scratch behind his ear.
"Alright Leo, tell me why you hate me," Percy said simply drawing strange looks from Castle, who was making a sandwich with Alexis's help, and Kate who just thought it was a silly thing to say.
"Huph," Leo groaned out, but that was what everyone else heard.
"I hate you because you abandoned me asshole," was what Percy heard.
'It works!' Percy realised as he continued, "I didn't abandon you Leo, I just had a lot of things to do."
"Yeah? Like what? I heard you had something called school to go to. Yeah I know, don't even try to hide it. You went to school and left me behind!"
"Do you even know what school is?" Percy asked raising an eyebrow.
"No...but I know you abandoned me!"
"Oh grow up short stuff!" Percy yelled back.
"Ah, Percy are you talking to Leo?" Castle asked as the others simply looked on in surprise.
"I'm only short because you refused to take me with you! You were supposed to train me asshole!" Leo said braking furiously.
"Wow there I think you struck a nerve," Castle said taking a bite out of his freshly made bacon and cheese sandwich, "strange, it's almost like you guy's can communicate."
"It's not that surprising Castle," Kate said petting Leo calming him down, "some owners who are really close to dogs like talking to them and pretending they talk back." She then narrowed her eyes at Percy, "though I have never seen the dogs respond back."
Percy was just about to respond when suddenly there was a knock on there door. "Coming!" alexis said as she walked towards the door and opened it letting an older woman inside, "Aunt Jackson!"
Percy and Leo's eyes widened hysterically as the both jumped to the ground and charged Sally who was surprised to see the both.
"Mom!"
"Mama!"
Percy hugged Sally tightly while Leo rubbed his head on Sally's leg.
"P-Percy? What are you doing here?"
"I came to visit," Percy said breaking the hug, "Gods it's been so long!"
"Yes it has, when did you come?"
"In the afternoon," Percy said shrugging, "Castle and Kate have been keeping me company."
"Have they?" Sally asked turning to the lady and gent in question, "thank you both so much. I didn't even know he was coming!"
"Anytime Sally," Kate said with a smile.
"Yeah he's a great kid. Can totally pop by anytime," Castle said.
"That's because you just want to use me to win at Call of Duty," Percy responded.
"Yeah….so?"
"Thank you both again," Sally said before bending down to pick up Leo and scratching him behind the ears, "and thank you for taking care of Leo. I hope he wasn't to much of a bother."
"None at all Ms. Jackson," Alexis said, "he was easier to take care of then my dad."
"Hey!" Castle shouted and was promptly ignored.
"Well then we better get going," Sally said turning to the door, "thank you all again so much!"
"Bye guys!" Percy said waving at them as they walked out of the apartment and into Sally's.
After she put her stuff away sally sat down with Percy as Leo sat down on the couch snoozing away. They talked for a while, Percy told her how he sailed with Odysseus, and after he assured her he was the original she was amazed. She wasn't to happy about the whole Janai'ngo thing, but after Percy told her he did it save a life she forgave him.
He told her about the prophecy, the revived daughter of Zeus, the children he rescued from the casino and then finally about how they were all preparing for war.
"Amazing," Sally said as Percy drank from a glass of blue milk Sally made for him.
"I know I am," Percy said with a smirk.
"Well Mr. Amazing you should know you have a blue milk mustache growing on your face," Sally said as Percy quickly wiped the extra milk away. "So…. a lot has happened to you Percy, how are you coping?"
"I'm okay," Percy said sighing, "well, I'm trying anyway. I almost it around two weeks ago and nearly ran away from camp, but luckily cooler heads prevailed and I stuck around."
"I see….. I'm proud of you Percy," Sally said with a smile that warmed Percy up, "have I ever told you that?"
Percy smiled, "you never had to."
Sally nodded, "so, what's the plan now?"
"Now? Well it depends. I actually came here for a reason other than just talking mom, thought the blue milk was worth the trip," Percy said finishing his glass, "I need some of your blood."
Sally blinked, "my blood? Why?"
"I need it for a ceremony mom," Percy explained, "with the war coming for us I find myself without a proper weapon. I need something to give me an advantage over the rest, and thanks to Odysseus I might just have a way."
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