Bab 122: PJ680
Chapter 671
She pushed her hands out, desperately trying ot pulled herself out of
wherever she was. She could feel something, a cold breeze just
outside her gelatinous prison. She broke through the white continent
and suddenly the cover snapped causing her to be shoved down.
Thalia fell down on the metal floor as she began to pant. She coughed,
spitting out what felt like volumes of the white milky substance she was
drowned in. She panted and looked up, she found a pod around her
height hanging above her head. It's cover was torn apart, inside was
that milky white substance she was immersed in, she was trapped in
that thing.
She got back up and realised she was in a hallway of some kind. The
hallway was big enough for a four lane highway to fit inside. It's wall
were red and purple, the colors mixing and churning, almost in a
hypnotic way. And hanging from the ceiling of the hallway wasn't just
one pod but hundreds.
Each of the pods had a shadowy silhouette inside of it, and each of
them were hanging by a long thick cord which pulsated blue with
energy.
'Where am I?' Thalia asked herself as she got back on her feet. They
were shaky, but after a few steps she found herself able of walk without
issue. It was like her feet were asleep, in fact it felt like she had just
gotten a well rested nap. She was very energized, whatever that pod
did to her at least she got a good night's sleep out of it.
Thalia looked around, 'okay, so what's the last thing I remember? I
think...it was me, and Percy. We had just defeated that demon and said
goodbye to Christy, John and Jet. We were walking back when
suddenly I felt sleepy...super sleepy. And not just me, Michael and
Clarisse felt it too. They fell asleep before me. And Percy...he wasn't
affected though.'
Thalia cursed, 'okay, whatever is going on I can deal with it. If someone
kidnapped me then Percy is probably on his way right now. The best
thing for me to do right now is survive, find a way out of this place,
maybe find Michael and Clarisse, assuming they are here as well.'
Thalia quickly began walking down the hallway trying to find an exit.
SO far there seemed to be no end to the giant corridor, it twisted and
turned and seemingly went on forever. Thalia found herself walking for
what felt like hours, but she knew it had only been minutes.
Thalia grumbled, 'where the Hades is the exit?!' she kept walking and
eventually the hallway narrowed down until it back the size of a normal
school hallway with a double door near the end.
Thalia was weary, nothing good can come of this. She reached for her
can of mace and bracelet and activated them arming herself with her
shield and spear. She walked to the door and slowly pushed it open
peeping to the other side. Thalia's eyes widened, she saw nothing,
nothing but darkness, and then suddenly something pulled her
forwards.
"AHHH!" Thalia yelled out as she was sent flying through the darkness.
She dropped her spear into the bottomless pit below her as she flew
across the dark void. She went head over heels and flew faster and
faster.
Suddenly the darkness gave way to light and then suddenly Thalia was
throne onto the floor made of marble as she rolled before getting back
up and looking around. She was inside what looked like a king's
chamber. The room was decorated like it belonged to the 18th century
filled with paintings and beautifully designed furniture. The room had a
cupboard the size of a small car and a marble bathtub big enough for
ten. Oddly enough the room didn't have a bed.
"Welcome daughter of Zeus, I should have expected you of all people
would have escaped."
Thalia snapped her fingers summoning and chain of lighting she turned
and crouched ready to attack at a moment's notice. She saw a man
standing near one corner of the room smiling at her like he had not a
care in the world.
The man was dressed in a fine expensive looking suit, the kind Thalia's
father wore on a daily basis. His face was black and had no features,
like a shadow come alive. And on his back were a pair of giant wings of
black and white three times bigger than his body.
Thalia narrowed her eyes, "who the Hades are you?"
"I am Morpheus," the man pushed off the wall and bowed, "the god of
dreams. Perhaps you have heard of me."
Thalia's eyes widened, "you're a god." she lowered her hands and
stopped channeling her lighting, "sorry about the light show, wasn't
sure. Where am I?"
"You are somewhere safe," Morpheus nodded to her, "here no one can
come after you. Not the Gods, not any kind of monster and most
certainly not Kronos."
"Then...this is your realm?"
Morpheus nodded, "indeed it is."
Thalia's eyes went wide, she immediately was on the offensive once
more channeling lighting into her closed fists, "then you are the one
who kidnapped me!"
"Well that would mean you didn't come here of your own desire,"
Morpheus said looking unfazed by the lighting in Thalia's hands.
"What?! I don't even remember getting here! Last thing I remember
was falling asleep in Percy's arms!"
"Indeed, and after that you did what you always do when falling asleep.
Come into my realm," Morpheus snapped his fingers and the richly
decorated room disappeared. Thalia found herself floating in mid air
once more with nothing to support her.
Out of reflex she flinched, she conquered her fear of height but it was
still there, and right now it was very strong. She watched as slowly the
world around her began to shirk. The darkness gave way to the hallway
again which then became smaller and smaller into the size of a planet.
The planet was covered with hallways running across it like roads.
Those white pods hung above the hallways and between the small
paths was nothing but darkness.
Thalia looked to Morpheus, "this is your realm?"
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Morpheus nodded, "indeed, it is. Every God has one, but other than
fellow immortals no one is allowed to visit. A rule the Fates enforce
quite strongly. But I am an acception, my realm is accessible to all
humans once they sleep. Their minds come here, and they dream."
"That pod," Thalia said in horror, "you're saying I've been it before?"
Morpheus nodded, "everyday since the day you were born. When you
sleep you dream. And if you dream, that means you come here."
"T-then how did I wake up?" Thalia asked, "how am I standing here
talking to you?"
"A mistake on my path," Morpheus admitted, "you see I am a bit
strained right now. My powers are weakening. Usually I would be able
to hold you in check just fine, but now...well I'm stretched a bit thin as
they say. You are one of the most powerful demigods I have ever seen,
your will was strong enough to break you out of my hold."
"But...Michael and Clarisse...they fell asleep before I did. They...you did
that didn't you?!" Thalia roared, "why?! Why did you pull us into your
realm?!"
"To protect you," Morpheus spoke as he spread his wings, "you of all
people must understand Thalia."
"What do you mean?!"
The god sighed, "months ago Kronos came to us minor demigods with
a deal. An offer, he would give us the attention and respect we
deserve, and in return we must support him in the war with the
Olympians."
"What?! Why would you do that?!"
"Wouldn't you?" Morpheus shot back, "if you were ridiculed every
single day of your existence, if you were called a 'minor' as your official
title, though you are a hundred times more important that they claim
you to be? If your children were forced to live together, unrecognized
for the power they hold within...if they were called nothing more than
'unclaimed'...wouldn't you rebel?"
"I….maybe...but that still wouldn't excuse betraying the world to a, a
madman!"
"We thought so as well," Morpheus nodded, "we asked for more time,
but we had decided, we would never join Kronos."
"Who's we?"
"The council of minor God."
"You have a council of minor Gods?"
"Yes, or did you think we all just existed for the service of the great
Olympians?"
Thalia narrowed her eyes, "so the council members rejected the
offer...I'm guessing you didn't?"
"No, I did as well...at first. But then I realised, why should my children
suffer for the hubris of the Gods? Why must innocent blood be spilt?
Blood of children that have never even gotten a chance to live?"
Thalia stopped glaring, her lighting started to fritze out. She
unclenched her fists. She looked at the god, this faceless being and
realised that he might in fact have point.
"So I made a deal with Kronos," Morpheus continued, "if I brought
every single demigod in the world into my realm and kept them there
then he would promised me that he would not hurt them ever again. He
would take his fight to the Gods themselves and leave the minor Gods
and the demigods out of it, for good."
"Y-you kidnapped us...to protect us?"
Morpheus nodded, "indeed I did. I took your mind and locked them
here. Your bodies will be alright, unharmed and untouched. When the
war is over you will all awaken and you can begin again, away from the
Gods, away from this war."
Thalia looked at the world below here, the world of dreams. The white
pods that littered the surface of the world, those were all demigods,
Greek and Roman. She understood now, she realized what he had
done.
"You...you saved us," Thalia finally said as she looked up with tears in
her eyes.
Morpheus nodded, "yes...I did."
Tears fell down Thalia's cheeks, "t-thank you." She walked forward and
moved closer to Morpheus.
"You need not thank me child...we are family, this is what family does,"
Morpheus spread his arms wide as Thalia moved to hug him. She
lowered her head and bent down, Morpheus slowly closed his arms
around her, when suddenly Thalia brought her elbow up into the man's
jaw.
Thalia was surprised to see her elbow go through Morpheus's face,
almost like it wasn't there. Thalia quickly moved back and summoned
lighting to surround her.
"Why did you do that?" Morpheus asked with a hint of anger in his
voice, "I'm trying to save you!"
"Because you're fuckign insane!" Thalia roared back and she charged
forward and threw a punch at Morpheus head.
"What do you mean?" Morpheus asked as he dodged the punch, "I
saved you! All of you!"
"And what about the world?!" Thalia asked as she swung her leg at his
head only the God to flap his wings and dash backwards, "what about
the thousands, if not millions of humans that will die because of the
battle between the gods and the Titans?!"
"Who cares about the humans?!" Morpheus roared as he snapped his
wings forward sending sharp metallic feathers at Thalia.
"I do! I'm one of them!" Thalia ducked to the size of a ball placing Aegis
in front of her. The feather bounced off the indestructable weapon,
Thalia quickly charged forward sending a bolt of lightning forward.
"Some will die, yes, but you will still live! We will still live!" Morpheus
easily dodged the lightning bolt, but Thalia had covered the gap
between them quickly as she began fighting him once more.
"So you expect me to just sit by and allow genocide to happen?!"
Thalia asked as she pushed Morpheus chest only for the lighting
covered fist to pass through unfazed. But just then the lighting started
to explode outwards, Thalia smiled, the lighting was draining into the
god.
"ARGH!" Morpheus roared in pain as he smacked Thalia with one of
his wings sending her flying back.
"You might have saved us, but the rest of the world will suffer for that,"
Thalia felt pain, all over, how did that little pat from his wings cause so
much damage?!'
"So what?!" Morpheus growled as he leaped forward and grabbed
THalia by the shoulders.
"Wrong move featherbrain!" Thalia roared as she exploded with lighting
shocking the minor god. Morpheus roared in pain, but he pushed
through bringing Thalia flying down back to the dream world and into
the fancy looking room.
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Morpheus slammed Thalia down into the floor breaking the girls back.
The room shock, but the floor below didn't break from the impact.
Thalia gasped in pain as she laid there motionless.
"Don't worry," Morpheus said as he walked away, "the pain is
temporary, remember this isn't even your real body, just a mental
projection from your mind. You will heal in minutes."
Thalia gasped through the pain, "I hate you so much."
Morpheus growled, "why? Why do you hate me?! I only did this for you
and my family!"
"Because you didn't think about anyone else! The humans-"
"-Will survive!"
"No they won't! Not after Kronos! You know how he is, do you really
think he will stand the followers of the Gods to exist long after they
have died?! He would kill them just to make sure they don't rise up
against him."
"T-they wouldn't do something like, they are only human!"
Thalia groaned, she could feel her body heal already, "yes, and we
demigods are half humans. We are strong, not because of our divine
side, but because of our human side. I-I was once like you, I couldn't
care for what happened to the humans...but now, after living with them,
trying to be one of them, I realise I am as much a human as I am god."
"You don't know what you speak off," Morpheus growled, "humanity
isn't a blessing, it's a plague. It's the only thing keeping you from
realising your potential to be a God. Why do you care for it?"
Thalia slowly got back up, her body was still in pain, but she smiled, "I
once had the same question you know. I asked Percy, 'Why should we
care? The humans don't care for us, why should we care for them?'
And you know what he said? He said, 'because we are them'. He
believes in them, I believe in them. Every single demigod, we don't just
belong to the divine world, we also belong to the human world. And we
would fight to protect both."
Morpheus remained silent. He meet Thalia's eyes and felt them pierce
into his soul. Zeus always looked down on Morpheus, but never once
did the God fell superior to Morpheus. But now, the way Thalia looked
at him, he felt like dirt.
"You can't leave this room, so don't bother trying," Morpheus finally
spoke up as he walked away, "the cupboard is filled with books and
there is running water, in case you wish for a bath, though you don't
really need one, but I find it a common dream to feel refreshed. You
don't need to eat or drink, and since you are technically asleep you will
not need to do that as well. You will stay here for now until I can find a
way to put you back under your dream."
Thalia looked up at the retreating god, "Morpheus, before you go can
you answer me something?" The God stopped and looked over his
shoulder. Thalia sighed 'guess that's a yes', "you said I was a the
strongest demigod you ever meet, tell me does that include Percy
Jackson?"
"Correction, I said you were one of the most powerful demigods I have
ever meet. And no, it doesn't include Percy Jackson."
"And why not?"
"Because...because I haven't been able to get him here for some time.
I have heard stories of his deeds, but have never seen his strength for
myself."
Thalia chuckled, she smiled, "oh, well then I guess I won't be staying
here for long after all."
"Why is that?"
"Because if Percy isn't here in your 'dream pods', then that means he's
awake. And if he is then that means he's coming for me, which means
that he's coming for all of us."
"One demigod won't change a thing. In this world I am God."
"So what if your God? He's Percy Jackson. He fought demons from hell
and Elder Gods. He traveled across worlds to return to me, you think
he won't come here as well? He will, and when he does you will regret
ever laying a finger on me or any other demigod!"
Morpheus growled, "we shall see girl," his form then started to fade
before disappearing completely. Thalia sighed she looked around the
boring room. It wasn't all that bad, the worst part is the room looked like
it belonged to an old woman from the 18th century.
'Wherever you are Percy, please hurry up,' Thalia prayed to her father,
something she rarely did. But the situation definitely called for it.
With Percy;
Percy sneezed, he rubbed his nose and sniffed, 'either I'm getting a
cold for the first time in three years or someone is thinking about me.
My guess would be Thalia….don't worry baby, I'm coming.'
"You okay Percy?" Triton asked.
"Fine," Percy nodded.
Hypnos's room had changed, the pillows had been pushed to the side
with Hypnos levitating in the center which had been cleared out.
"Hypnos said it would take awhile for him to form the bridge Percy," Iris
hald his shoulder, "calm yourself. Worrying will not help."
"I know, but I can't help it, you know," Percy grumbled, "an attack of this
scale, and there was no warning. One minutes everyone was fine, the
next they dropped like flies."
"Relax baby brother, you will do fine," Triton assured him, "just get in,
find Morpheus and get out."
"Yeah, got it. But seriously Triton, the whole compassion thing is kind of
freaking me out," Percy chuckled.
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Triton nodded, "I understand. I realise that I came off very negative
before, it's just that as history tells there haven't really been that
many….good demigod sons of Poseidon."
"You mean Orpheus?"
Triton nodded, "him and others like him. So I judged you before I truly
got to know you. For that I apologize."
Percy shrugged, "doesn't matter Triton, can't blame you can I?"
Triton nodded, "thank you Percy….how're you must know, this doesn't
mean I'm giving you permission to date Mera."
Percy's eyes went wide, "dude, I have a girlfriend!"
"And?"
"I'm in love with her!"
"Still doesn't mean you won't cheat on her."
"Yes! That's exactly what that means!"
"What are you saying my Mera isn't worthy of your love?" Triton glared
down at Percy.
"No! I mean, yes? I mean….fuck!"
Iris chuckled into her hands, "you two are the strangest pair of siblings I
have ever seen."
Before Percy or Trition could respond Hypnos spoke up, "I'm ready."
Everyone became serious as Percy stepped forward, "what's the
plan?"
"Morpheus realm is like any other, it exists outside normal reality, much
like other realms of God, but it is accessible to everyone once they
sleep. That's the easy part, the difficult part is getting you to dream."
Percy nodded, "okay...and how are we going to do that?"
"Leave that to me Percy. I'll make you a way into Morpheus's realm,
once there it is up to you to find and save the demigods."
Percy nodded, "okay, sounds pretty straight forward. What's the
catch?"
Hypnos gave a sleepy smile, "you can't bring anything you're not
sleepin in with you. So if there is something you need, I suggest you
have it with you when you sleep."
Percy nodded, "I see," 'so no inventory huh? I'll be stuck with just
Riptide and Waverider, but that should be enough.'
"Percy, why don't you take out father's Pegasus as well?" Triton
suggested.
"Wait why? Isn't that a bit overkill?"
"No really. Remember Percy this isn't the real world, it's Morpheus's
realm. He controls all, if he wishes he could remove all water in that
place limiting your arsenal and taking away your most powerful
weapon. Take the Pegasus with you, you will need it's power."
Percy nodded, "alright then...well if I'm going to fight a god, might as
well go all out then," Percy said as he opened his inventory and pulled
out the sea stone green symbol of power.
The Gods gasped at it's beauty, even they weren't free from it's gaze.
"Amazing," Iris whispered.
"Never in all my years did I think I would see this again," Triton
admitted, "father will be pleased Percy."
Percy nodded, "I'm sure he will," Percy then reached into his inventory
once more and took out his gauntlet. He put it on his left hand and
flexed smiling at the familiar feeling. "Tsunami!"
The gauntlet exploded forward covering Percy with silk and metal.
Soon he stood there covered head to toe in black armor with white
highlights,
Ping!
Bonuses activated!
+20% MP
+10% HP
+70% Elvish magic
+5 Dex
+2 Str
+3 Vit
+2 levels for water, ice, shadow and earthquake control
Percy opened the helmet and looked to Hypnos, "I'm ready. Send me
in."
The god of sleep nodded, "understood. Please, sit down."
Percy sat down cross legged as he held up the staff of Neptune with
his right hand. Hypnos floated down and sat in front of Percy. He slowly
began to chant in tongues Percy didn't recognize as Percy started to
glow white.
Slowly Percy felt his eyes grow heavy. His head started to bob back
and forth as he grew more and more sleepy. Percy didn't fight it, he let
the sleep take over. Finally Percy's head fell forward, sleep had taken
him.
Hypnos sighed, "it is done."
Triton and Iris sighed in relief. "We need to inform the minor council at
once," Iris told Triton who nodded in agreement. She snapped her
fingers in tending to summon a rainbow. But nothing came out, Iris
frowned and tried again and again but still nothing happened.
"What's wrong Iris?" Trition asked.
"My powers, it's not working. I can't seem to contact anyone via my
messages."
"But why is this happening?"
"I'm sorry, I believe that' my doing," Hypnos said as he got to his feet
smiling, "you see I blocked your powers. This is my little home you see,
I have made this place Iris message proof. Don't want unwanted calls
while napping."
"Oh, I see," Iris sighed in relief, "thank Chaos. Could you please drop
the wards Hypnos? I will be just a minute."
Hypnos shook his head, "no can do Iris. Don't want to risk you and
Triton leaking anything. Well I suppose it doesn't really matter in the
end, after all you won't be alive to do that."
Triton narrowed his eyes, "Hypnos what are you." Suddenly one of
Hypnos pillow flew threw the air and hit triton across the head. The
pillow then suddenly began to glow orange, before it grew bigger and
bigger, and then;
BOOM!
Triton was sent flying back as the pillow exploded. "Triton!" Iris called
out as she quickly went to his side. "Are you okay?"
"That hurt," triton growled as she slowly got up. He held his head, he
was bleeding from his temple, his ichor died his black hair gold.
"Hypnos! Why did you do that?! We are your friends!" Iris cried in
anger.
"Simple Iris, because you are not my friends, you aren't even my
allies," Hypnos smiled.
"I-I don't understand."
"Kronos," Triton spat out, "he's on the Titan's side."
Hypnos nodded, "correct son of the sea, I am on their side. Now, die,"
he snapped his fingers and disappeared in a flash of white light.
Suddenly every pillow in the room started to vibrate and glow orange.
"We need to get out of here now!" Triton called out as he got to his feet.
Iris grabbed Percy and tried to teleport only to find that she couldn't',
"he blocked all form of travel! We can't teleport!"
Triton's eyes went wide. The pillow glowed brighter and brighter as
they started to heat up even more. Triton jumped on Iris and Percy,
"get down!"
And then the room went up in flames.
BOOOOM!
Dream Land;
Percy sighed, "for the last time Kate, no, I don't know what Castle got
you for your birthday."
"You sure? Can't you just read his mind or something?" Kates asked as
they walked into her office in the 12th Precinct.
"My powers don't work like that Kate, you know that."
"Right right, anyway, back to business," Kate picked up a file on her
desk and looked it over, "where are we with the Simpsons case?"
"Well I have a pretty good lead right now, but I would like some time
before giving any promises."
"And by that you mean wait until the killer strikes again and catch them
in the act."
Percy grinned, "you know me so well captain."
Kate chuckled, "I should. After all I did train you. Alright, be careful and
if this plan even hints at risking the lives of other people I want you to
scrap it and go for the killer directly, got it?"
Percy nodded, "got it. Anything else captain?"
"Actually there is, George! Come in," Kate called out.
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In walked a man with brown hair and purple eyes. He was pale and
stood around 5 feet, very short, especially compared to Percy's
impressive 6 feet. The short man wasn't fully human though judging by
his large hands and feet, Percy could also sense magic roll off him, he
resembled a nature spirit of some kind, if he was to guess George was
a dwarf.
"This is George, a dwarf from the underground colony in New Surp.
He's a magical being, like you, so the department thought it would be
best if you two worked together."
Percy shrugged, "you do know I don't really need a partner right?"
"You are literally the best cop we have on staff Percy. Even before you
officially became a cop you were catching criminals. Plus you know
how to use your powers to help in an investigation, which is something
most magical cadets joining the force has no experience with. I want
George to learn from you and after he has enough experience I'll take
him off your hands."
Percy nodded, "alright, sounds good captain. I'll get going then," he
walked away and turned around, "coming George?"
"Y-yes sir!" the dwarf replied as he quickly followed Percy out.
"Mark I need that report on the lab analysis by noon?" Percy called out
as he walked to his desk.
"Hey just because you have super speed doesn't mean the rest of us
do!" Mark, a son of Ares shout back.
Percy chuckled, "yeah yeah, just get it done."
George quickly walked besides Percy, "I just want to say ser, it's an
honour. I mean, Gods be praised, you're Percy Jackson! You saved the
freaking world!"
Percy chuckled, "well not really. My wife did that, I just made sure
nobody killed her while that happened."
George nodded, "right ser. Honestly I'm surprised I got you as my
partner, I've heard about the things you did, bringing the divine world
out of hiding. Helping the mortals and the supernatural worlds coexists,
you're a hero back in my town ser!"
Percy smiled, "well here am I your partner George, and nothing else.
Got that?"
George nodded, "sir yes sir." the Drawk saluted, Percy couldn't' help
chuckling.
"Enough of that, time to get to business. Now unless my memory is
foggy your people are excelt with mud and the like yes?"
"Yes sir, if there is one thing we know it's our dirt."
Percy nodded, "good. In the crime scene we found trace amount of dirt
on the victim's clothes. I believe it's from Central Park, but I want a
second opinion. Go down to the morgue, the medical examiner in
charge, one Alexis Castle will help you finding the body. Use your
powers to find out where exactly the dirt is from. Got it?"
George nodded, "got it."
"Good, no go," the dwarf quickly walked away, "oh and George,
welcome to the NYPD-supernatural crimes unit."
George smiled, "thank you ser."
Percy smiled watching the drawk power walk to the morgue, if nothing
else the little guy had spirit and that is truly what counted in the end.
Percy felt his smart phone ring, he pulled it out and found the caller ID
displaying a picture of Thalia and himself on their wedding day. The
daughter of lighting hated the white dress, even though Percy and rest
of the guests swore she looked like an angel from heaven. And
considering they actually knew what angels looked like now that was
saying a lot.
Percy picked up the call, "hello sweetheart."
"Your daughter is climbing trees again," Thalia grumbled.
Percy chuckled, "well I'm sorry who was it again that told her that Gaea
might wake up any moment and try and swallow her hole?"
"Hey it was a good motivator to make her fly at the time!" Thalia shot
back.
Percy rolled his eyes, "fine, I'll come over and help get her down."
"Don't you have work?"
"No, just a little paperwork, besides I can always take an early lunch,"
Percy got up and put on his jacket, "see you in a bit."
"Great, oh and could you please pick up some eggs on the way home?
We ran out."
"Got it, love you."
"Love you."
Percy put away his phone and put a hand up, "ID create: Time
Dilation!" he entered the partial time frozen red world of his and took off
in a rush of speed.
Percy smiled as he ran passed the reconstructed New York. There
were no buildings here, bigger than ever. People now lived side by side
with that which they called monsters. The world was finally at peace,
and it was all thanks to Percy and his friends.
It was soo good, it was almost like a dream. A dream he didn't want to
wake up from.
Percy Jackson
Health- 15,400/15,400 (+2000) = 17,400
Mana- 8,325/8,325 (+2000) = 10,325 (+20% more mana, +1,865) =
12,190
The Gamer
Title- Son of Poseidon
(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)
Level-49 Exp- 127,050/150,000
Race-Demigod
STR- [Original- 150] 0.146 (+11+20+75) = 106.146 (Layers of seals
applied - 10)
VIT-150 (+11+20)=181
DEX-100(+11+20)=131
INT-150
WIS-100
LUC-100
POINTS- 50
MONEY- 25,221,683$/ 20,856 D
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Percy sighed as he fell back on the couch losing his tie. He looked over
at the kitchen counter and waved his hand pulling a glass out of the
cupboard telepathically and bringing it to him. He then filled the glass
with water before taking a drink of the pure creation.
"Long day?" Thalia asked as she walked in and sat down next to Percy.
The demigoddess had aged well. She still had her hair in a pixie cut,
but Percy liked it that way. It reminded him of when they first met. Her
breasts had grown two more sizes from child birth while her hips had
also grown wider. She looked far more mature now, and Percy swore
she related to Aphrodite in some form.
"You bet," Percy grumbled as she put his arm around Thalia pulling her
close. "Had a new member join the department, a dwarf. Ended up
becoming his new partner."
"Kate's doing?"
Percy nodded, "yup. How did you know?"
"Because you hate partners. You prefer to work alone."
"Well I like to think of it as because I already have a partner," Percy
said kissing Thalia who chuckled.
"Don't forget Micheal and Clarisse are coming over tonight, as well as
Annabeth and Luke."
Percy groaned, "right, today's the day we kicked Kronos's ass. Forgot
about that."
"We were in a fight for the sake of the world, and you forgot?"
Percy shrugged, "hey can you blame me for wanting forget that day?"
Thalia sighed, "not really no. Anyway come on, get up. Bethany wants
you to make her a cake, and I really don't want her to start crying
again."
Percy groaned, "oh come on. I just got back."
"Oh don't play coy with me Mr Jackson," Thalia warned as she walked
to the kitchen, "I know your limits, and you haven't come close to
reaching them yet."
Percy grumbled, "fine, Mrs. Jackson. I suppose my cooking skills are
legendary after all."
Thalia smiled, "well it's your own fault really, who told you to have such
a high skill rate in baking?"
Percy stuck his tongue out, he waved his hand causing all the
cupboards in the kitchen to spring open as different items started to
float out and set itself down on the counter.
Percy quickly tied an apron on, "so what happened at work today?"
"Nothing much," Thalia told him as she cracked a couple of eggs into a
bowl, "Annabeth wanted me to look into something, said she found a
bug in our system."
"Hm, and?"
"Just a worm, nothing the 'goddess of the net' can't handle."
"I still can't believe people call you that."
"Hey it's not my fault I'm the best computer geek in the goddamn
world!"
"It is when your father's the king of Gods and pulled a few strings with
Athena to plant the knowledge in your head."
"And I suppose having The Fates giving you the powers to become a
God is totally fair?" Thalia raised an eyebrow.
Percy started to whistle as he avoided making eye contact with his
wife. The woman chuckled as she and her husband slowly began to
make dinner for their guests.
"Pass the salt will you?" Percy asked.
"Salt? Aren't you making a cake?"
"Yes, but I'm trying to make the cream sour."
"What?! Why are you doing that?!"
"Because the foam is way to sweet, I may have added way too much
sugar and vanilla extract."
"Fine, just don't over do it." Thalia gumbled.
Percy looked over his wife's shoulder, "what are you making for
dinner?"
"Chicken pot pie," Thalia replied.
"Nice, can you make some fries with that?"
"Carefull with the junk food Percy, you're going to end up fat at this
rate."
"Oh please, I literally run at the speed of sound to get to work. I don't
think a couple of extra fries is going to bother me much."
"It is when you eat for ten men."
"Hey I don't say anything when you stuff your face with pancakes!"
"That's because pancakes are the food of Gods!"
"Ambrosia is the food of the Gods."
"You know what I mean," Thalia grumbled.
Percy chuckled, "I do." Percy began whipping cream at super speed
causing a little to spill on his face.
Thalia chuckled, "be careful Percy, or else you're going to end up
looking like Khonie after her date with Leo." Percy and Thalia chuckled,
she used her finger to wipe of the cream from his face, swallowing it,
"hm not bad. You didn't make it too bitter."
Percy smiled, "I see, so you like the bitter white creamy stuff?"
Thalia blushed but rolled her eyes, "you are still such a perv Percy."
Percy chuckled, "well in my defence you made me this way."
"What?! Bullshit!"
"Yeah, remember? It's all because of you," Percy pretended to cry, "you
took my innocence, I was just a little boy, sniff sniff."
Thalia raised an eyebrow, "really? And was it that same little boy who
asked me to sex with him every chance he got? Do you even
remember how many times we almost got caught?!"
"Hey that was because of Goblin's Growth and you know it!"
"You were a beast Percy," Thalia shivered, "I swear even after all this
time you still act like a horny little boy."
"Well excuse me for getting turned on," Percy huffed, he looked at the
stairs and sent a wave of mana out. He could tell Bethany and her
friends were all upstairs playing. Percy smiled, he bent down and
whispered in Thalia's ear, "you know, if you want I could take us into
my time dilation ID for a few seconds."
Thalia's cheeks tinted red, "seriously Percy? Now?"
"Why not," Percy wrapped his arms around Thalia, "I swear Thalia you
just look sexier and sexier day by day. I thought you were hot before,
but now, damn, if I was still 13 I would faint from lack of blood flow to
the brain every time I saw you."
Thalia groaned, "Percy, Bethany will get suspicious."
"We can be quick," Percy kissed her neck and slowly brought it
upwards, "if you want I can even..." Percy whispered into her ears
causing Thalia to grow crimson.
Thalia broke out of Percy grip and turned around. Percy was surprised,
'did I take it too far?' But just then Thalia jumped on him throwing her
legs around his hips and her hands around his neck. She kissed him
so hard Percy hit the counter behind him.
Thalia broke the kiss, "five minutes."
Percy grinned, "you got it." And in a flash of light they were gone.
A few hours later;
Ding Dong!
"I'll get it!" Bethany called out as she ran to the door opening it
revealing an older couple.
Chapter 677
The man had sandy blonde hair with a small scar on his cheek while
the woman had stormy grey eyes with her blonde hair tied back in a
pony tail. The man looked old, but still handsome dressed in an
expensive suit. The woman wore a lab coat over a sweater and a pair
of jeans.
Bethany smiled, "heya Uncle Luke! Aunt Anne!"
Luke grinned, "hiya kiddo!" he scooped her into his arms and grinned,
"how have you been?"
"Fine uncle Luke," Bethany chuckled, "where's aunt Christy?"
"Oh she couldn't make it pumpkin, she's taking care of Andrew."
"Why did something happen to him?"
"Oh no sweetie, you see Andrew is just very young, he can't stay
awake for long. So aunt Christy didn't want him going outside today."
"Okay, I'm glad he's okay, I like playing with him!" Bethany smiled.
"Well I'll be sure to bring him along next time," Luke smiled as he put
her down.
"Where are your parents Bethany?" Annabeth asked looking around.
"Here Annabeth!" Thalia called out as she and Percy walked out of the
kitchen to greet their guests.
Annabeth raised an eyebrow, Thalia's apron looked hastily tied on
along with her crumpled shirt. Percy's shirt was untucked, something
Percy never did when he was working. Annabeth sighed, "really you
guys? Again?"
Thalia hit Percy on the chest, "told you they would notice."
Percy chuckled, "hey super speed can only do so much."
"Were you guys hunting again?" Bethany asked her parents with
innocent eyes.
Thalia smiled, "yes honey, daddy and I were hunting monsters again."
"Which was it this time? The 60 foot look Snake of the damned?" Luke
asked stuffing a chuckle.
Percy smiled, "no, it was the 100 foot one, but in the end not a problem
for Thalia and I?" Percy and Luke laughed while Thalia looked she was
going to murder the two of them.
Percy and Thalia quickly went to the kitchen while Bethany went
upstairs to play with her friends. Luke and Annabeth poured
themselves glasses of wine as they sat next to the counter overlooking
the kitchen.
"How's work Annabeth?" Percy asked as he finished up the cake he
was making.
"Not bad," Annabeth replied.
"Really? Nothing exciting happened?" Luke sounded surprised, "you're
the mayor of Gardiner island Annabeth, surely something is going on?"
"No, it's all quite for once. Thank the Gods. Which is why I was able to
squeeze in a few hours in the lab."
"What are you working on now?" Thalia asked.
"A way to track Mist dead zones. They have become a problem lately,
figured it would be best to find and get rid of them."
"That's good," Percy replied, "don't want to many of those lying
around."
Ding Dong!
"I'll get it," Percy said as she rushed towards the door immediately and
pulled it open revealing another couple. The man had black hair and
brown eyes with short hair combed backwards and a goatee that was
cleanly trimmed. The woman had light brown hair with darker brown
eyes. She was taller than the man, though still a few good inches
shorter than Percy. She wore a evening dress that hugged her curves
and exposed her powerful muscular arms while the man had a blazer
over his shirt and a pair of expensive looking shoes.
Percy grinned, "Michael!"
The Son of Apollo grinned, "Percy," the two friends hugged, "you look
good man."
"I can definitely say the same to you."
"Where are the others?" Michael asked breaking the hug.
"In here Michael!" Luke called out.
Percy turned to Clarisse, "hey Clarisse, looking good."
"Thanks sea brain, I try."
"I think the triplets are upstairs playing with Bethany, want me to call
them down?"
"No it's fine," Clarisse stepped inside letting Percy close the door
behind her, "what's for dinner?"
"Thalia's making chicken pot pie."
"Oh dear...should we just order in?"
"I heard that Mrs. Yew!" Thalia yelled from the kitchen, "don't think just
because you gave birth to triplets you are somehow a better cook than
me!"
"I have three kids you have one, thereby I am three times the mom you
are," Clarisse smiled as soon everyone gathered around the kitchen.
"Well I wouldn't say that Clarisse," Annabeth called out as she hugged
her old friend, "from the way these two have been going at it I'm pretty
sure Bethany is going get a couple of siblings soon."
Percy and Thalia blushed as the rest of their friends laughed at their
expense.
"So Annabeth where's Nina?" Michael asked.
Annabeth sighed, "she's with her father and Leo. There had been
problems with Kronos's cage, they needed her help re enforcing it."
"Oh dear, hope nothing happens," Michael sighed as he drank from his
glass.
"If it does we'll be there to stop it," Luke responded flatly, "before it's too
late."
"Yeah," Clarisse replied with narrowed eyes.
"Alright enough talk about Kronos," Percy said, "honestly, the one time
we all get to meet up and immediately you people start talking about
that asshole."
"Well he did try to kill us all Percy."
"And we kicked his ass. If he comes back then we can deal with him
then, but right now we are going to focus on us, and the future. So
there will be now talk of the crazy farmer in this house, got it?"
Michael chuckled, "you're the man Percy."
Percy smiled, "and don't you forget it. Oh and Michael just a quick
question, is that goatee a permanent thing or…..?"
"Oh come on?! You too?!"
"Told you he wouldn't like it," Clarisse told her husband.
"But come on, it's not that bad is it?" Michael asked turning to her
friends. As one they all shook their heads causing Michael to hang his
head in shame, "I hate you all."
"Daddy!" three new voices suddenly called out. A pair of girls with
blonde hair and a young boy with brown hair ran into the kitchen
towards Clarisse and Michael.
"Hey kiddos, what's wrong?" Michael asked.
"Bethany is being mean again!" the girls cried out. The one on the left
was in tears, "sh-she told us that she would feed us to Leo!"
"WOOF!" the giant wolf called out as he ran down the stairs with his
tongue sticking out. Bethany was on his back as she used his collar as
a saddle, yelling at the top of her lungs, "get them boy!"
"AWWW!" the triplets yelled as they ran away from the parents with
Leo and Bethany at their tails.
Percy turned to Thalia, "you know she get's that from you right."
Thalia shot Percy a look, "it's your wolf."
"Yes, I know. But it's a mini version of you currently riding him."
Ding Dong!
Thalia looked up in surprise, "oh, it must be her! Percy get the door, I'll
take care of Bethany and Leo."
Chapter 678
Percy nodded in confusion. He walked to the door, 'who does she
mean? Nina? Mera? Where is Mera anyway?' He opened the door and
stared.
"Daddy!" a little girl called out. She jumped Percy as she hugged his
legs with her tiny arms. She was young, the same age as Bethany and
wore a silver parka with a quiver attached to her back. She looked up
and smiled at Percy with her pearly white teeth. Her hair was red,
bright red and her eyes were as green as the sea.
"Andrea!" Bethany cried out as she jumped off Leo and ran to the girl.
"Bethy!" the girl cried out as she pulled her into a hug, "how are you
little sis?"
"Little sis?! I'm older than you!"
"Na huh! Mom told me you were born a hour after I was!"
"Yeah but I'm still taller than you. Come on! Carlos, Debbie and
Phoebe are being mean again, so I'm having Leo teach them a
lesson!"
"Cool! Count me in!" the two little girls ran into the house leaving Percy
dazed and confused.
"Honestly she acts more and more like Apollo," a voice said in an
annoyed tone, "and even after everything I did to make sure that didn't
happen. Honestly Percy, I blame you."
Percy looked at the woman in front of him. She looked around his age
with red hair that reached her hips tied back in a pony tail. Her eyes
shined silver like the parka she wore. She was as tall as Thalia, and
just as beautiful with full hips and a medium bust.
The woman blinked, "what's wrong Percy? You're staring."
"A-Arty?" Percy stammered unable to believe what he was seeing.
"Yes...why? Were you expecting your other immortal wife that was the
goddess of hunting?"
"W-wife?" Percy gaped, his eyes fell to her hands where sure enough
there was a sea stone green wedding band on her left ring finger.
Percy looked at his own and found two wedding bands, one electric
blue and the other silver.
"Arty!" Thalia called out, "so glad you could make it!" Thalia looked at
Percy's stuck from, "Percy? Honey, what's wrong?"
"I-I'm married to Artemis?"
"Yes...are you feeling alright Percy?" Thalia asked, "are you sure you're
fine?"
"Maybe he's come up with something?" Artemis asked, "did he seem
odd before?"
"No he seemed perfectly fine. Percy maybe it would be better to sit
down."
Percy looked between Thalia and Artemis, they both had identical rings
of their fingers. 'No, no, this isn't possible. I would never...I don't think
of Artemis like that, I….I'm dreaming...I'm in a dream. Why….Hypnos,
he told me, he sent me to find Morpheus, that means,' Percy looked at
the house, his daughters, his family, and tears came down from his
eyes, "this isn't real."
And then reality exploded.
In the real world;
The building laid in ruins. The police and firemen had arrived and were
searching the destroyed pile of stone and wood for survivors.
In the middle of the this all under the wreckage of tones and tones of
metal and concrete was a perfect sphere made out of water. Inside the
sphere were three figured, a bleeding Triton holding the staff of
Neptune, an injured Iris that layed down beside an unconscious Percy
Jackson.
"How are you holding up Iris?" Triton grunted looking down at the fallen
goddess. Her arms were scrapped, the skin on her neck suffering from
slight burns. Triton did his best but in the end he didn't have Percy's
healing powers.
"I'm alright Triton," the goddess smiled, "thank you for worrying. But
you are the one who is bleeding, how long can you hold this?"
"For sometime," the son of the sea assured her, "it's lucky that Percy
had this with him. I can feel my father's power race into me, healing
me, giving me the strength to keep this up."
"Is that how you saved us?"
"Yes, but unfortunately it came at a price. Now Percy won't be able to
use this," Triton grumbled, "I can't believe Hypnos would betray us like
that."
"Ambition makes fools of us all," Iris sighed, "he wanted Morpheus's
powers and titles, Kronos simply gave him a way to do that."
"And he would have gotten away with it too," Triton turned and smiled
at Percy's sleeping form, "I swear kid, you're a little miracle."
Iris chuckled, "maybe that should be his new nickname? 'The Miracle
of the demigods'."
Triton chuckled, "seems appropriate." Suddenly pain rushed into his
body as he winced in pain. The sphere of water shuddered causing the
load over them to slowly shift down. Triton immediately recovered and
concentrated on the barrier making the water stable once more.
Iris sighed in relief, "I can hear the mortal law enforcement digging
through the wreckage. They won't reach us for some time though."
Triton nodded, "I can keep this up for now. Have you tried contacting
the others?"
Iris shook her head, "Hypnos's charm is still in effect, I can't use my
powers."
Triton growled, "great so the divine way is useless," he noticed Percy
and an idea came, he smiled, "maybe the mortal way isn't. Iris check
Percy's pocket, he should be carrying his mobile."
Iris nodded as she crawled towards Percy she sighed, "he's wearing
his armour Triton, I can't reach into his pockets."
Triton cursed, "fuck, forgot about that detail. Guess having a building
dropped on you can really mess with your mind huh?"
Iris sighed, "it's alright Triton, the others will hear of this. They will come
for us, I promise you."
Dreamland;
Percy fell down and landed on his feet. He coughed as he unlocked his
helmet's faceplate spitting out something white and sticky. Percy
growled, it was all over his armor's surface, luckily the stuff wasn't
inside it, otherwise that would be awkward.
Percy tried summoning the water from the air to douse himself when
he found that there was not a single drop present in the air. It wasn't
that the air was dry, it was like water didn't exist here. He couldn't feel
it's presence anywhere, not around him and not inside him.
'Right, Hypnos said this was a dream world, that means none of this is
real,' Percy growled, he looked up and saw pods among pods of filled
with something white. There were silhouettes of people inside those
things, 'the demigods, they must all be inside.'
Percy got his feet, they were wobbly for a few seconds but clicked into
place. Percy sighed, this was a strange feeling, being in this place. It
felt familiar, but Percy had never seen it before in his life.
He was in a huge hallway, at least the size of a four lane highway. The
walls were a mix of red and purple swirls moving in an almost hypnotic
way. The white pods hanging above him on the ceiling were creepy,
and very strange.
Percy reached out with his mana sense and he felt a huge amount of
mana being channeled into the pods. There was probably enough
mana in here for Percy to use his interdimensional travel skill several
times over.
Chapter 679
'What is Morpheus doing?' Percy wondered, 'he's not getting anything
back, and from what I can tell he's using vast amounts of mana to
support these guys. It doesn't make sense.'
He immediately used Observe;
Pods of dream,
A container in which the human soul is kept when visiting the
realm of sleep. In it the human starts to dream.
The pod is powered with mana from Morpheus.
Percy narrowed his eyes, 'wait...land of dreams...pods containing
humans….dreaming of their life….fuck, this is the fucking Matrix!'
He groaned, 'alright, first things first, find Morpheus and the other
demigods. If I was to guess they are all in these pods, but it's too much
of a risk taking them out. I pulled myself out, don't know if forcing them
out is a bad thing or not, so might as well not risk it. Okay then...let's
find the God of dreams.'
Percy resealed his helmet and took out Waverider. He looked around
for the staff of Neptune but found it nowhere. 'Shit, something must
have happened,' Percy cursed without the staff this just got infinitely
more difficult.
Percy shock his head, he needed to focus on finding Thalia first and if
he was to guess she was probably hiding in one of these pods. And
since he decided not to fuck with them he should probably focus on
finding the god of dreams.
Percy looked down the giant hallway and sighed, 'no time like the
present,' he then took off in a rush of speed. The hallway blurred
together in a mix of purple and red as Percy ran faster and faster. But
no matter how long he ran or how fast the world around him didn't
change. It was the same hallway, it was the same body bags.
Percy stopp and growled, 'okay, so moving forward doesn't help. What
about...' Percy looked to the the walls. He approached it and ran his
hand along it's surface. The walls felt freshly painted, wet. But at the
same time Percy could feel power radiate off of it.
'Alright then, let's see if I can go through these things,' Percy put away
Waverider and closed his eyes, releasing his strength seals;
STR- 0.146 (+11+20+75+2) = 108.146
Seal Release: Layer 10 Time: 1 1.2 Months
STR- 42,467,328 (+11+20+75+2) = 42,467,436
Percy grunted, he felt a rush of power go through his body. The seal
tattoos on his arm vanished as he grunted, his arms felt hard, like iron.
He stood up straight and took a deep breath to calm himself. He drew
back his right arm and launched it forward.
BOOM!
The wall vibrated hard against Percy's fist sending shock waves across
the wall. The white pods in the ceiling vibrated hard, shaking like a leaf
on a tree. Percy felt the wall groan, but it refused to break.
Percy drew back his hand, 'okay, time to step it up,' he closed his eyes
and began to channel his Body Form perk increasing his strength tem
times over.
Body Form Activated: Full Body!
STR- 42,467,436 X 10 = 424,674,360
Percy gasped at the sudden rush of power that surged through his
limbs. His muscles became more prominent, his kin started to stretch
out. Percy took a deep breath and slowly let it out. Before doing
something like this would have caused Percy immense pain, but
thanks to his tactile telekinesis body enhancement he felt his body stick
together in one piece.
However the demigod knew this would be enough, he needed to take it
a step further. Percy hadn't used this skill in a long time, at least never
like this. He focused on him mana, he felt it vibrate slowly as it came
pouring out in dredges. Percy caught the mana and forced it into his
arm and for the first in long time he felt himself hold back his vibrations
in control.
Percy grunted his power back inside of himself, he hadn't needed this
power in a long time, he had gotten off on pure strength alone. Percy
looked at purple and red wall and drew back his right hand.
He charged his earthquake power allowing it to rumble with energy, he
felt his mana circle around his hand. He felt the power, the pure
destructive force inside his fist. He tightened his shoulder and threw his
arm forward letting out an animalistic cry, "AH!"
BOOM!
The wall was pushed back by the force of the impact. The strongest
punch a human ever made was around 5,000 Newtons, his strength
points were at least 20. That's 250 Newtons per point. Percy had
424,672,360 points to his stat, that was over 106 billion newtons.
Combine that with his Earthquake powers and you get something far
more devastating.
Attack = 424,674,360 STR X 1,200 = 509,609,232,000 Attack points!
That was well over 127 trillion Newton of force.
Ripples of energy went through the wall. Percy could see it trying to
fight back, trying to hold together, dispersing the force behind the
punch. He would have to hit it again.
Percy drew back his left fist and through the fist of colossal energy into
the wall sending out another blast of energy.
BOOM!
509,609,232,000 Attack points!
The wall rippled again, spreading the energy wide and away. "ARGH!"
Percy roared throwing punch after punch into the wall. The wall
vibrated again and again like the bass speaker in club as it strained to
spread out Percy's power.
'Just a bit more!' Percy roared out increasing the speed of his punches.
His Rush perk activated causing his punches to slowly increase past
human speeds, drawing unto the superhuman and then slowly
breaking the sound barrier.
BOOM!
509,609,232,000 Attack points!
BOOM!
509,609,232,000 Attack points!
BOOM!
509,609,232,000 Attack points!
BOOM!
509,609,232,000 Attack points!
BOOM!
509,609,232,000 Attack points!
The fists blurred faster and faster. Each punch moved so past the air in
front of it didn't have time to fully move aside causing small pockets of
air to be crushed into the wall.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The walls vibrated over and over, Percy could feel it trying to fight back,
but he didn't let up, he kept the punches going over and over, he could
feel it straining under his might. And then, at Percy's 106th punch the
wall cracked and suddenly exploded outwards.
BOOM!
Percy stepped back, supporting himself using his hands to keep
himself upright. He looked at the giant hole in the wall and smiled.
Panting he stood up straight and slowly powered down, he couldn't
keep the flow of power going for long.
Chapter 680
There was shadows dancing in the hole in the wall. Percy could see
forms and figures appear and evaporate before he could identify them.
It was like the darkness had a mind of it's own.
Percy could hear the roar of the wind, but there was no wind to
produce such a sound. He felt numb looking at the darkness, it wasn't
fear, no, it was just pure numbness. It was like there was something
there, and that something was nothing.
Percy gulped and stepped forward. He grabbed hold of the broken wall
and stuck his head into the darkness. He looked down and saw no
bottom. He looked up and saw no top. Even the outside of the wall was
blank, it was like he had punched a crack into the very fabric of this
reality,
"I have to say Percy, you surprised even me with that stunt," a voice
behind Percy spoke out.
Percy's eyes narrowed, "Morpheus," he turned around and found
himself staring at a being with a shadowy silhouette for a face wearing
a very expensive suit. Out of the man's back grew wings, black and
white, three times bigger than his own body, power rolled off him, his
very precise seemed to brighten the tunnel.
Percy didn't even have to look at the God's title to know who he was;
Morpheus, God of Dreams
Lv-?
The shadowy face nodded, "she said you would come for her….for
them….I must admit though I didn't think you would."
"Then you don't know me at all," Percy's anger seeped into his voice
as he was reminded once more of why he was here, his friends, his
family. He came to take them back.
"Such anger, careful Jackson, it may just be your downfall," Morpheus
tone sounded like he was teasing Percy, the demigod honestly couldn't
tell, the divine being didn't really have a face to read.
"Where are they?" Percy asked.
"Kind of a redundant question don't you think?" Morpheus shrugged.
"Release them all," Percy demanded drawing out Waverider leveling it
at the God, "or I'll make you."
The God sighed, "typical demigod behaviour, fighting before thinking.
Tell me Percy, do you even know why I did what I did? Why I spent so
much time and energy bringing the demigods here?"
Percy's eyes flashed from red to green, he was barely keeping himself
from jumping the God, "no, but I'm guessing the reasons are
complicated and twisted."
"No, not at all, in fact it's very straightforward," Morpheus explained, "I
brought you all here in order to protect you. I made a deal with Kronos,
if you all stayed out of the war then you will not be harmed, he gave me
his word."
Percy's eyes went wide, "so you brought us in here….to protect us?"
"Yes….and something tells me you don't appreciate that."
"You're right, I think you're insane," Percy growled, "how did you
know?"
"Because Thalia Grace said the same thing, she then punched me in
the face," Morphs sighed, "something tells me you're about to do the
same."
"Right again, but first tell me where she is," Percy's eyes trailed to the
pods, "is she in there?"
"No, no she escaped," The god of dreams sighed, "she managed to
free herself, how I don't know."
"Keeping so many people in here against their will must be hard for
even a God," Percy shot back.
Morpheus' shadowy face lowered, "I...I must admit, I am impressed. All
it took was one look and you figured it out...how?"
"Your pods, you're supplying mana into them, forcing them inside, and
it's draining you isn't it?" Percy speculated, "you couldn't keep her in
there because her will was too strong, she broke free."
"Correct," the God nodded, his wings flappings, "you certainly are a
clever one."
"Thanks, now where is she?"
"Safe, I promise you, like everyone else in here," Morpheus spread his
hands out, "do you not see what I am doing here Percy? I am saving
them all, your family and mine. By bringing them here I have insured
their lives, I'm doing this for us!"
"And what about the humans?!"
"Again and again about those stupid humans!" Morpheus roared, his
wings flapped sending a gust of wind strong enough to knock down a
tree. Percy however stood firm, to him it was just a breeze. "Why do
you care so much about those filthy things?!"
"Because I am one of those filthy things," Percy growled, "and so is my
mother. I have lived in that world for all my life, I have meet so many
amazing people, why in hell would I ever leave them behind?!"
Morpheus growled, "you think they are amazing?! They are horrific!
None of them are worthy of a single drop of demigod blood! They aren't
worth the air they breath!"
"What gives you the right to say that?!"
"I'm the God of dreams boy! I see into their very deepest darkest
desires and you know what I see?! I see death, decay, jealousy, lust,
pain and so much hate! They are only happy when they cause others
pain! They find satisfaction only in making others hurt! Those amazing
people you know? Do you know what they dream about?"
Percy flinched, he was tempted, so very tempted, but he gritted his
teeth, "does it matter?"
"What?! Of course it matters! It matters if the people you love and care
for wish you dead!"
"But they don't do they! They never say that, or act on that impulse! I
wish people dead every day, but I never say that or do anything in that
way!"
"But you don't dream it do you!" Morpheus floated into the air pointing
at a white pod, "this is a son of Ares, you know him I believe, Peter his
name is. You know what his dream is? Of one day besting you and
taking control over the camp!"
"If that's his dream then I can't blame him," Percy growled back, "he
wants power, everyone does, but I know he would never act on that
impulse because he's my friend!"
"Then what about this one," Morpheus pointed to another pod,
"Clarisse La Rue, do you know what she dreams about? She dreams
about a world where she was never a demigod, where none of you
were ever a demigod, she dreams of a world where the gods died. She
hates the very family she has sworn to protect!"
"And yet she stayed!" Percy shot back, "she could have left camp the
moment we cured her off her scent and never looked back. She could
have hide as an ordinary human for the rest of her life and never cared
what happened to the Gods. But she didn't, you know why? Because
we are her family, and she would never abandon family!"
"Open your eyes you arrogant fool! Not everyone is as loyal as you!
Luke betrayed you the first chance he got!"
Percy knew that wasn't true, Luke never betrayed them, he was simply
a spy, but he could never admit that. "Fine, so what? He did so only
because he believed we would live better lives under Kronos's rule! He
did it for us!"
"And what if one day someone else thinks they know better? What if
one day Clarisse changes her mind? What if one day Peter decides to
turn the camp against you? What if one day the very people you swore
to protect decided to leave you?"
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