Chap 8 - Nick is an Embarrassment and I get a Gift

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Time skip
Percy's POV
Right, so now we are facing the mother of all monsters and her precious son and Annabeth is standing protectively over a fainted Nick. I almost feel bad for Poseidon for having a child like this. Almost.

"This is the son of Posiedon? He is an embarrassment to the gods." Spat Echidna.

I snorted, I wanted to say 'I know right' but I managed to kept my mouth shut, barely. I drew Télos as the Chimera lunged towards Annabeth and Nick. I swiftly swung my sword and cut of the Chimera's poisonous tail, causing a piercing shriek to erupt from the Chimera. It turned to me and I could see its neck was turning red. I blasted a combination of water and lightning at it. As gold dust rained down on us, an agonizing scream came from my right.

"You killed my son and for that you shall pay!" Screamed Echidna.

She lunged towards Annabeth and as much as I'd like to see her get ripped to shreds, where's the benefit of letting a quest member die. Besides I'll have my revenge, just later on.

Before Echidna could claw at Annabeth, I thrusted Télos through her back. She froze in midair and slowly crumbled to dust. Annabeth faced me, wide eyed.

"You saved me." She said, throwing herself at me.

She tried to smothered me in a hug, she also went in for a kiss but I quickly pushed her off. I looked over at Nick and he's still out cold. Then I realized the glass window had broken somewhere in between the fight. I kicked Nick out the window and watch him drop down to the river. He still had to talk to the river spirit, so really I helped him by pushing him off a 630 ft structure. You're welcome Nick. I turned around to see Annabeth gapping at me.

"Don't worry 'bout the idiot. He'll wake up in the river. Let's go down." I said.

I teleported us beside the river and we waited for Nick to emerge. All the while, Annabeth was trying to kiss me for saving her life. Finally after 10 agonizing minutes, Nick came up from the water.

"We have to go to Santa Monica. My father asks for me." He said, smirking smugly at me.

"Let's head to Las Vegas first to rest then from there we head to Santa Monica." I said, rolling my eyes at him.

Annabeth nodded at me while Nick was grumbling under his breath about how he is suppose to be leader. I rolled my eyes again and started walking along the road. The rest followed and not long after, we reached a small diner. Since the two of them were complaining about being hungry, we went in. The diner looked quite familiar.

"What can I get ya?" Said a waitress approaching our table.

"3 cheeseburgers with fries and soda. Please." I said.

"Can you even pay for all that?" She asked, eyeing us suspiciously.

"Of course we can." I said, pulling out my credit card.

She nodded and sashayed off but not before winking at me.

"Where did you even get that?" Annabeth asked me.

"My dad gave it to me. It has an unlimited amount of mortal money and drachmas." I said, shrugging.

Suddenly Nick grabbed the card out of my hand and said, "Ha, now I have unlimited money."

The card immediately turned to ashes in Nick's hand.

"Hey! What gives!?" He exclaimed.

"It can't be stolen or used by anyone but me." I said smirking, pulling out the card again.

Annabeth looked at me with more lust while Nick glared scathingly at me.

The door suddenly chimed. I looked over and felt my eyes widen. It's the diner where Ares asks us to retrieve his shield and as a 'thank you gift' he gives us a backpack containing the lightning bolt. Ares plopped down on a chair opposite us and I could see Nick and Annabeth get angry in the presence of Ares. Since I'm Chaos' son, I'm not affected by him. It was the usual 'Hey I'm a god so you have to do what I say. So I say go get my shield that I lost. Ok thanks bye.' Annabeth and Nick ended up getting the bastards shield.  It took me about 15-30 mins the last time I did it so, let's give them at least 45 mins. What? It's not mean, let's face it Nick will probably faint again and Annabeth will have to get them and the shield out of the amusement park.

Since they'll take some time, I decide to teleport myself to a nearby mall. It was small but there were lots of shops here. I changed my appearance to 18 years old because a 12 year old wandering around a mall by himself is a little weird and suspicious. Someone might mistake me for a lost boy or something. I passed a mirror and I looked as I did before the time travelling. I can't wait 'till the war, then I won't have to keep changing my age over and over again.

As I walked through the mall, I could feel eyes on me. I know I'm good looking but I'm still uncomfortable with the attention. I walked through the mall but nothing caught my attention. Finally I gave up on walking around aimlessly and decided to see how the idiots were doing. I reverted back to my 12 year old form. Then I teleported to the amusement park and almost laughed at the sight. Annabeth was cowering from the mechanical spiders and Nick was trying to be heroic by making a small wave to wash away the spiders only to end up drenched along with Annabeth. I waited at the entrance for the two. When they came out, Nick passed the shield to Ares, and being the oh so generous god he is, gave us a ride west on a smelly, animal infested truck and the backpack containing the bolt. But don't worry I'll unlock the animals cages and help them escape. I wonder if the lion would eat Nick if I asked nicely. Nah, he's probably too sour and bitter for the poor lion.

I didn't really fancy going into that truck so I was thinking of ways to go to Las Vegas. I could teleport but that would take to much energy. Suddenly dad's voice popped up in my head.

C- I know you're thinking of ways to go to the Lotus Casino without going into that van so I think I should give you your birthday present earlier. It should appear next to you in 10 seconds.
P- Thanks dad.

"Percy, are you coming? The truck's leaving." Asked Annabeth.

"Nah, I got my own ride. My dad said he was giving me an early birthday present." I told her.

All of sudden a flash appeared besides besides me. When the light died down a midnight black motorcycle is revealed.

"Wow, thanks dad

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"Wow, thanks dad. Well, see you guys at Las Vegas." I said.

I switched back to my 18 year old form and hopped on my new motorcycle. I revved the engine and caught a glimpse of Annabeth drooling over my 18 year old body and Nick glaring at me and the motorcycle. Next stop Lotus Casino, Las Vegas.

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