John approached Percy with an irritated look in his eye, "what happened out there Percy? You were distracted today. We almost got hurt."
Percy sighed, "yeah I know. But relax, I would never allow anything to happen to you guys. But I figured you all needed experience fighting in a real life or death situation. You can't always expect me to show up at the last moment."
John sighed, "yes, I suppose you are-"
"You son of a squirrel!" Leo barked as he tackled Percy and began to bite into his arms, "you nearly got me killed!"
"Relax Leo!" Percy said flicking the dog's nose stunning him. Percy pushed the dog off of him and got up, "it was to make you stronger boy. Don't tell me you can't feel yourself becoming stronger?"
Leo grumbled and looked down, "I do feel a little bigger," he commented. Leo was now around 1 feet and 4 inches big. He was the size of a normal age dog, but something told Percy he wasn't going to stay like that for long.
The three began walking back to the Mess Hall as Percy started talking to John about how his life was at the military. Percy was genuinely interested to know about his brother, after all the man couldn't be cooler even if he tried. He was a freaking naval officer who fought in world war 2, and was the son of Poseidon. The only way he could be even cooler was if he had somehow killed Hitler and fuked his wife.
Percy and John sat down at the Poseidon table today as the two brothers continued to talk about their respective lives. Just then Percy noticed Thalia walk in from the corner of his eyes. She looked sleepy with bags under her eyes and a hand held up to her head.
'Yup, definitely a hang over,' Percy told himself as he sighed, 'maybe she doesn't remember last night.'
Percy took off a piece of meat from his plate and gave it to Leo, who snarfed it down in seconds. The dog then began to whine and beg for more food and Percy gave in, after all who was he to talk about restraint when it came to food?
'He still acts like a dog,' Percy realised seeing Leo behave so well mannered, 'maybe I can eventually get the wolf out of him, but for now he's just a big dog.'
Percy noticed Annabeth walk into the Mess Hall in the corner of his eyes. 'Might as well give it to her now.'
Percy got up and walked towards Annabeth, "we need to talk."
Annabeth blinked, "what about?"
Percy pulled her to the side of the Mess Hall, he looked around, everyone was focused on their own food or conversation. Good. Percy opened his inventory and pulled out Argo's personal journal that he had been reading last night, "I need you to decipher this."
Annabeth took the leather bound book and opened it up. She read a few pages, skimming through each of them. "Percy this thing has codes and encryptions I can't even begin to understand."
Percy nodded, "I know. But you're the smartest person I know belonging to a cabin filled with geniuses, I'm sure you, and a couple of your siblings you trust, can figure this out."
Annabeth could hear the warning in Percy's voice, he was nervous about something. "Where did you get this book?"
Percy looked at her, "it's Argo's personal book Annabeth."
Annabeth's eyes widened as she looked at the thing in her arm. Percy told her about the island's underground base. About how Argo was using science to decrypt and understand the supernatural. And like Percy, Annabeth also felt drawn to that forbidden knowledge.
"Are you sure you want me to decode this?" Annabeth asked, "you might not even get anything useful out of it."
Percy nodded, "yeah. I'm sure. Anything Argo could have written down in there could be of importance. You find out what that is, and we just might find our trump card in this war."
Annabeth nodded, "okay. If you're sure."
"And I hope this goes without saying, but make sure you carefully chose who help you," Percy warned her, "you know how tempting the knowledge in this book is."
Annabeth nodded, "I'll make sure not to pick anyone who is too obsessive or compulsive. Don't' want to accidentally creates another Argo."
Percy nodded and just then he saw Thalia come towards him, 'shit! Shit! Shit!' Percy started to panic, he activated his super speed and zoomed away before the daughter of Zeus could even say a word to him.
Annabeth blinked, "ah...you're welcome?"
Percy ran to the Poseidon cabin and dropped down on his bed. He was mentally exhausted. He screamed into his pillow muffling his voice.
'Why did I run? Why? I should have stayed there and talked to her like an adult! Fucking hell. And I forgot Leo, great. Just great.'
Percy turned around and stared up at the ceiling, he knew he should probably study or train, but right now he wasn't in the mood. It felt like nothing was going right for him. He knew it was whining, he knew he was acting like a kid who was confused.
'Honestly after everything I have been through one would think I would be mature right now.' Percy sighed, and slowly time passed.
Just then a misty cloud started to form in front of Percy. The son of Poseidon was startled and immediately got up. He looked at the cloud and slowly a rainbow formed, 'an Iris message,' Percy realised.
An image in the rainbow came up and Percy saw a man with black hair and grey eyes. The demigod's eyes immediately lite up in recognition, "Edward?"
Edward Neak, the son of Hermes who stole the chains of Hephaestus. Percy remembered the rich Boston native and his fun party going persona. Only now none of the fun was in Ed's face, in fact the demigod looked scared beyond belief.
"Oh thank the Gods I reached you in time Percy," Edward sighed with a sigh, "you wouldn't believe how nervous I have been."
"Ed what's wrong?" Percy got up quickly, "you look scared."
"I am," the man admitted, "Percy, I need your help."
Percy nodded, "name it man."
"Percy things have been going….bad. There's this crime family, the Fanico family. They are a big deal in Boston and a few days ago-"
"-Don Fanico was found dead in the docks. Yeah, I know," Percy nodded remembering the incident he read in Kate's file two days ago.
Edward looked startled, "how do you know that?! It isn't even on the news!"
"My mom has a friend in the police department," Percy replied, "I managed to sneak in a pick on one of her case files."
"Was it detective Beckett?" Edward asked.
Percy nodded, "yeah, how did you know?"
"She questioned me a few hours ago about the murders. Damn she was hot."
Percy narrowed her eyes, "why did she question you? Ed….what's going on?"
Edward rubbed his temples and sighed, "okay, this is why I called you. Look Percy right now I'm… I'm in deep inside the Abyss. Last week I heard from Biggy that an illegal auction was happening in New York and the thing up for bide would be a game changer for everyone."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "what sort game changer?"
"The ability to hide a demigod's scent in all the ways possible. It would efficiently make a demigod a mortal in terms of scent, meaning we could hide in plain sight."
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