Chương 78: Chapter 78

Edward looked at it and smiled, "ah yes. Uncle Hephaestus' forge. I remember that. You have no idea how difficult it was to sneak in there, get the chain and get out without activating the giant robot snake. Who even builds something like that in the first place?"

"We know," Luke said with a sigh, "we recently got very...personally with the thing."

"You actually fought that thing?" Edward asked impressed.

"More like ran away," Luke replied as the two half brothers nodded in memory of the robot.

"So what do you need?"

"We need the chains," Luke replied frankly.

"Well okay then, how about….no."

"Why not?"

"Well basically their mine and I don't want to give them to you."

"Well actually their Hephaestus," Percy cut in, "and I am sure he would love to know you have them."

"Are you threatening me?" Edward asked with narrowed eyes.

"Basically...yeah," Percy replied back shurgging.

Edward smirked as he sat down in his seat, "well good luck with that."

Percy frowned, "look we need your help. I promise I'll give the chains back after we are done using it."

Edward raised an eyebrow, "really? You promise?"

Percy nodded, "yes I do."

"Do you swear on the Styx?"

Percy was about to open his mouth when Luke cut in. "Percy wait," Luke interrupted, "you don't know what you are doing. If you swear on the Styx you will be making an unbreakable promise, and if you do break it something bad will happen to you, something really bad."

Edward laughed, "he doesn't even know that? What type of idiots did the Gods send on this stupid quest of theirs."

Percy got angry, he was pissed beyond belief. Gamer's minds kicked in and helped him control himself but that didn't change the fact that Percy wanted to slap Edward across the face, "look here asshat, the Gods did not send me. I am doing this quest to find my mom and bring her back."

"Really?" Edward looked intrigued, "so you didn't get a quest from the Oracle sending you to get something or another for the Gods?"

"Yeah I did, but I don't give a damn about that. All I care about is getting my mom back."

"And where is she right now?"

Percy looked Edward died in the eyes and in a serious tone replied, "in the Underworld."

Edward looked surprised, "w-what?!"

"Hades kidnapped my mom and is holding her for ransom. He want's the lightning bolt of Zeus, which he thinks I stole. So I need the chains to capture Hades and get my mom back, because I didn't steal the damn lightning bolt."

"Who the hell are you kid?"

"My name is Percy Jackson, I am the son of Poseidon."

Edward looked at Percy, at his face, eyes and then smiled and threw his head back laughing, "haha! Oh Gods this is amazing! You're like a modern day Orpheus!"

Percy grimaced at the comparison, it was similar. Orpheus went to Hades to bring back his lover and he was going to bring back his mom, only difference is Orpheus failed, he wouldn't. "So will you help me?"

Edward looked at the three kids in front of him and then got up and paced around his large office. The silence hung in the air for a long time before Edward spoke, "do you know I named this place Half-Blood Inc.?"

"No I don't," Percy and Luke replied with Grover simply shaking his head.

"It's because of Hera," Edward explained, "her contribution to camp is just as important as the other gods there. You see while she couldn't have demigods of her own, she still loved them all. It's just Zeus she hates and by extension some of his children. But when camp Half-Blood was built Hera took this opportunity to protect her new family. She placed a spell over it, this spell influenced everyone there to consider the people there family. It wouldn't affect everyone there directly, more like made way for them to think in such a way."

Percy looked stumped. So did he like camp because of this spell or because he liked them? No. Wait, his Gamer's mind made him immune to tricks like that so he must just like camp because he does.

"When I left camp I never wanted to return, the way the unclaimed were treated were inhuman, neglected, forgotten. I didn't want to see that anymore, so I came here. I used my demigod skills and built my empire. Whenever I can I help this city but for now this is my home. But that being said, I still love camp Half-Blood. Despite how fucked up it is."

"But things have changed now," Grover replied in a pleading tone, "people are being treated better."

"Sure they are," Edward replied with a dismissing wave, "they will try, but in the end the unclaimed will remain the unclaimed."

"No, they aren't," Luke spoke up finally as he looked right in his half brother's eyes, "the unclaimed are no longer unclaimed."

"What? How is that possible?"

"It's because of Percy," Luke then turned to the son of Poseidon, "he came into camp and the first night there defeated the Minotaur. The second night he revealed himself to be the son of Poseidon and the next night told each and everyone of the unclaimed there just who their godly parent was."

"WHAT?!" Edward yelled out loud, "how did you do that?"

"I just… I just knew I guess. I can't really explain it, I just get a feeling from demigods that helped me identify who was how."

Luke nodded, "yup, though that was a lucky guess you made when finding out Ethan Nakamura's mom, serious how did you feel he was the son of balance and vengeance?"

Percy shrugged, "he just felt very balancy to me, and did you see his eyebrows?" Percy shivered, Ethan had some big ass eyebrows.

"Look why should I believe a word you are saying?" Edward interrupted them, "it would be nice if they were treated fairly, but that only happens in fairy tales, and this isn't a fairy tale."

"I Luke Castellan swear on the Synx that everything I just said about Percy and the unclaimed was the truth," the blond son of Hermes said and just then thunder cracked outside drawing everyone's attention to the clear blue sky.

"Ah, is that supposed to happen?" asked Percy worried.