Percy then picked up all the loot the robots from before left behind. The metal was good and having like 50 or so weapons that could kill monster would be a major plus point. Percy also took several shard of the light that shattered in the beginning of the battle, it could be made into a lamp or something in the future.

Percy then tried to absorb the soul of the gigantic robotic snake, it would be so cool if he could do that. Just imagine him riding into battle on that thing! But alas there was a little problem…. THE THING DIDN'T HAVE A F.U.C.K.I.N.G SOUL! Sure okay yeah he knew it didn't have a soul, it being a robot and all. But come one! He kicked it's bronze a.s.s fair and square!

Percy ranted about this for a few moments before he dragged Luke and Grover outside, they were still out of it and Percy didn't want to wake them up, plus great strength training. Eventually all three were out of the forge of Hephaestus and Percy quickly washed his face with water from the stream and waited for the two to wake up.

But as Percy waited he began to think to himself, 'who the hell is Edward Neak? The name sounds familiar but Percy didn't know why. He said he was the son of Hermes...maybe Luke would know.'

Percy then pulled up his status;

Status-

Percy Jackson

Health-700/700

Mana-500/500

Title- Son of Poseidon

(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)

Level-11 Exp- 5,971/40,000

Race-Demigod

STR-32

VIT-34(+4)=38

DEX-31(+4)=35

INT-28

WIS-32

POINTS-5

MONEY- 12,297$/306D

Percy Jackson is a demigod, the son of Sally Jackson and Poseidon. He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it difficult for him to sit still in class. His behaviour has gotten him trouble over the years in various schools. Percy is aware of who is father is, and wishes to find meaning in his life. Percy loves his mother, and hates Gabe, who is a d.i.c.k.

Status- demigod, giving Percy - +4 VIT, +4 DEX and the ability to breath underwater, enhanced strength, communicate with fish, create earthquakes, talk to horses, control water and look cool.(Increase of +1 to VIT and DEX every 5 levels)

Perks-

· Anger of Alecto- whenever the user succeeds in taunting an enemy they are infected with the Anger of Alecto which gives them double their strength but also makes them clumsy and highly ignorant of their surrounds.

HP regeneration: 25%

MP regeneration 25%

Just then grover started to groan as he came to. Percy closed his status and immediately went to his friend and helped him to his feet, "easy there G-man you just got your a.s.s handed to you by a giant snake, I think you can take it slow."

"Percy? Wait what happened?" Grover asked as he looked around, "are we outside the forge?"

Percy nodded, "yeah. I managed to get you and Luke out of there in time."

"WAIT!" Grover called out and then began looking all over the place, "where is that giant snake thing?!"

Percy shrugged, "it didn't follow us out here," it was the lie he had prepared before hand, "it must only attacks those who are inside the forge."

Ping!

Lie success!

Percy smiled as Grover visibly calmed down, "okay then, that's good. But what about the chains?"

Percy frowned as he dug out the note he found inside the forge and gave it Grover, "I managed to sneak in after getting you two out here and found this in the place of the chains."

Grover read the note and then looked up at Percy with a questioning look, "who the hell is Edward Neak?"

"No idea, but he sooo on my shit list."

"So this is a bust huh?" Grover said sighing, "well at least we didn't die."

Percy nodded and then went to Luke and carried the boy over his shoulder, "for now let's head back to Boston and get the train. We might have to settle for plan B."

"What's plan B?"

"Go in, grab my mom, piss on Hades throne and then get the f.u.c.kout."

"Ahh, I think you can do the pissing thing on your own," Grover replied with a weak smile.

Percy smiled back and the two left the forest and walked back to the main road. Percy was getting a little tired carrying Luke over his shoulder but hey, great exercise. Wait did I say that already?

As soon as they reached the road Percy managed to get a cab. Percy opened the cab and tossed Luke in, causing the young man to hit his head on the door handle, "shit!" Percy called out as he and Grover then put Luke upright and finally managed to get in the car.

"Where to?" asked the cabby who was looking at them through the mirror.

"Ah, just a motel or something," Percy replied.

"Sure….you two didn't ruffy the blond kid did you?"

"Waht? NO!"

"Because if you did it would be a crime if I brought you guys to a motel. Who knows what you two might do to that kid."

"Holy shit man! We aren't going to **** Luke!" Grover exclaimed

"Actually I meant it would be a crime for me to not bring him to a hospital," the cabby replied as the situation slowly became more and more awkward.

"J-just drive," Percy replied as the cabby took off. They made it to a motel where Percy paid the man and took Luke out. Grover got them rooms and the three quickly went in and shut the door.

Inside Percy and Grover waited in silence for Luke to wake up. Grover was looking at the news while Percy was checking his inventory. He had;

30 Bottle of water

Tooth of a hellhound

Torch

34 pancakes

7 Apples

6 Bananas

10 Oranges

Picture of Mom.

Gabe's head

Horns of the Minotaur

Potion, low level x 5

Staff of healing, High level

13 swords

6 katanas

3 helmets

3 shields

17 helmets

A bow

A quiver

A Greek spear,(25)

Cape of Scales,

Helmet of Troy

Gauntlet of Kefka

Sword of Kefka

Imperial Gold Spear

Climbing gloves

Shovel Buster

Necklace of the damned

Scroll of hidden treasure

HNI,

Essences of Shadow, Crafting item,

Celestial bronze blades; (50)

Shards of light, (6)

Razor whip

Snake statue

Yeah he had a lot of shit. Maybe it was time to sell some on the HNI. Percy heard a groan and turned to see Luke waking up.

"Hey take it easy Luke," Percy said as he helped the boy up.

"What happened?" Luke asked as he shook his head, "did something hit me?"

"Yeah I giant robotic snake," Grover replied as he handed Luke a bottle of water.

"How are we even alive?"

"I managed to get you two out, the snake didn't follow use once we left the forge. I did however managed to sneak back in and find this," Percy then handed Luke the note from before.

Luke emptied his bottle of water and then took the note. After reading it fully he looked at Percy with a raised eyebrow, "who the f.u.c.k is Edward Neak?"

"We thought you might know," Percy replied with a shrug, "him being a son of Hermes and all."

"Hmm, I don't know who this Edward guy is but whoever he is he now has the chains," Luke replied as he rubbed his forehead, "damn I must and hit my head pretty hard."

Percy and Grover shared a look as a flashback to the cab came to mind, "yup." Percy said, "totally. You must have hit your head pretty hard."

Luke then reached into his backpack and took out a tin box. He opened it and inside was a square piece of yellow cake, kind of looked like a lemon square. Luke ate the cake and in front of Percy's eyes the bump on his head vanished and Luke became more focused as the dizziness vanished from his eyes.

"Woah!" Percy exclaimed, "what is that? Is that like a healing pill only a son of Hermes can use?"

Luke handed Percy the tin box and Percy used Observe;

Ambrosia,

Food of the gods. It heals demigods when eaten, but eat too much and they will burn from the inside out. WARNING: Never give to humans, they will instantly combust.

+100% HP restored with 1st time consumption (-25% HP restored with additional consumption.)

[Cool down period before someone can eat this with no -25% HP, 12 hours.]

Percy's eyes widened, "holy shit!"

Luke smiled, "yeah I know it smells great righ? It's called-"

"-Ambrosia," Percy replied as he inspected it again.

"Yeah that's right. You know your greek myth Percy. It has it's twin, Nectar," Luke then took out a thermostat and gave it to Percy. Percy saw inside was a golden liquid that kind of looked like caramel syrup.;

Nectar,

Food of the gods. It heals demigods when drank, but eat too much and they will burn from the inside out. WARNING: Never give to humans, they will instantly combust.

+100% MP restored with 1st time consumption (-25% MP restored with additional consumption.)

[Cool down period before someone can eat this with no -25% MP, 12 hours.]

Luke then continued, "anyway I'm surprised you didn't know about this sooner. Didn't the healers feed you some when you were in the med bay?"

Percy shook his head, "no I heal fast. Also being the son of Poseidon make me heal everytime I come in contact with water."

Luke whistled, "wow, that's amazing Percy. Anyway putting the food of the gods aside what's our next move?"

Percy handed the Nectar and Ambrosia back to Luke making a mental note to get some for himself, "I don't really know man. Just wing it I supposed."

"Okay then, next stop LA."

Percy and the others quickly took a bath and got into a change of clothes. Percy now wore a blue shirt with a black hoodie. They all quickly left the motel and took a bus to the train station.

Once they reached Percy and the rest were disappointed to know that they had just missed the last train to LA, the next one being tomorrow morning at 8!

"God damn it!" Percy replied angrily as the group of questers walked along the road aimlessly, "now what?"

Luke shrugged, "just wait I suppose. There really isn't much we can do."

Grover nodded, "so let's make the best of this. Let's explore a bit, relax and enjoy the small things in life."

"Oh okay. Let's relax doing that while my mom is stuck in the Underworld," Percy snapped back causing Grover to put his head down in embarrassment. Percy was getting tensed, his failure in getting the chains along with the fact he would basically waste a whole day was getting to him.

Luke put his hand on Percy's shoulder and calmed him down, "look Percy we will get there okay? We just can't do it now. So let's take this time to relax and, because tomorrow evening we will be in LA ready to go into the Underworld."

Percy sighed, "I'm sorry G-man."

Grover smiled, "neah it's cool Percy."

Luke nodded, "good. Now that that's settled let's go and get some coffee."

"Wait why coffee?" Percy asked.

"Because coffee in the true nectar of the gods, Mr. D said so."

"Isn't Dionysus the god of wine? Why would he say coffee in the nectar of the gods?"

"He likes to eat coffee beans raw. Says something about them causing him to becoming a hyperactive hamster, which the next best thing to being drunk, which he can't be due to the ban Zeus placed on him."

Percy shrugged, "that is one weird god." He then followed Luke into a Starbucks as they ordered a drink. Percy got a cappuccino, while Luke got a double shot vanilla mocha cocoa with whipped cream and extreme form. Yeah, needless to say Luke is basic as f.u.c.k. Grover on the other hand got a black coffee which he spiked with a little bit of nectar when no one was looking.

The three sat near the entrance with a view of the door, in case monsters managed to find them. The three enjoyed their drinks as Percy felt his worries wash away. "You know what this was a good idea," Percy said with a smile, "I feel better already."

Luke smiled, "see what I tell you? Starbucks is the best."

Grover laughed, "says the basic white girl."

"What was that?" Luke asked with narrowed eyes.

"N-nothing!"

"What? You want me to Iris message Juniper and tell her you have been thinking about Nymph's and their….help me out here Percy what was it?"

"'Healthy bodies'" Percy supplied.

"Right, their 'healthy bodies'. Are you sure you want me to do that Grover?"

"NO! Please no!" grover yelled out in a panic.

"Then tell me, whose basic white girl?"

"Me, I'm a basic white girl."

"You're goddamn right."

Percy laughed at this and then suddenly an idea hit, "wait! Why don't we Iris message him!"

"Who?" Luke asked confused.

"Edward Neak!" Percy exclaimed, "let's just Iris him and ask him fro the chains."

"What makes you think he would be willing to negotiate with us?"

"Ah…..I don't know. But we have to try something!"

Luke sighed and then nodded, "okay let's do it."

They finished their drinks and quickly went to the alley next to the shop. Percy took out a water bottle and made it into steam as a rainbow slowly appeared.

Grover then finished out a drachma and tossed it in, "Oh Iris goddess of the rainbow accept my offering. Show us Edward Neak, son of Hermes."

The waited for the image to appear but then a voice came out of the rainbow, "the person you are trying to reach is unavailable at this time. Please try later." The rainbow then tossed out the drachma into Grover's waiting arms.

"Well shit," Luke exclaimed throwing his arms up in the air.

"Wait what does this mean?"Percy asked.

"It means he has some way of blocking Iris's powers," Luke explained as he began leading the group out of the alley and back onto the street.

"You can do that?"

"Yeah pretty easily actually. Just need enough power for it. that's the reason people can't just call up the gods willy nilly."

"Did you just say 'willy nilly?'" Percy asked with a smirk.

"Why? Isn't that cool anymore?" Luke asked.

"Ah, guys," Grover said trying to get their attention.

"Yeah man it's totally not cool," Percy said ignoring Grover.

"Really? When I was your age it was the coolest thing one could say."

"Guys," Grove Tried again.

"Wait how old are you? 42?" Percy smirked.

"Hey! I'll have you know-"

"GUYS!" Grover roared out causing the two to turn back.

"What?" Luke asked.

"I found him," Grover then pointed to a newspaper stand on the side of the road. Percy and Luke turned and on the cover of The Times was a picture of a well dressed man in a black suit. He had black hair and grey eyes and on his face was a smile that can found on Luke and every son of Hermes back in camp. Below written in bold was; 'Edward Neak, the genius of Boston.'

"You have got to be kidding me," Percy said in a dazed tone. They quickly purchased the magazine and sat down on a bench reading all that was written about Edward Neak.

The man had a mysterious past, most demigods did, and the first time the public caught wind of him was when he was 17. He had just designed a website which people complain to the government about their situation. This lead to hundreds to domestic violence cases being reported via this website and even common problem like fixing a sink. He single handedly created a virtual platform for the whole city of Boston where people could interact with anyone they wanted.

He then spent most of his time creating new methods of security leading to the foundation of Half-Blood Inc. the leading monopoly in Boston for security.

Percy looked at this and a light bulb light up in his head. This was why he got a familiar feeling when he read Edward's name. The guy was rich and not a d.i.c.k, which was rare. Percy had read about him before, during Yancy academy, Nancy even did a project on him.

"So this is the guy whose a.s.s we need to kick," Luke said as he finished reading the article.

"Holy shit," Grover said with an open mouth, "if what this thing says is true, this guy is a bloody millionaire!"

Percy nodded and got up, "doesn't matter. This Edward guy seems okay enough, but we still have a quest to finish."

Grover sighed, "okay then. So where to?"

"Where all rich people go during this time of the day," Percy replied as he hailed a cab, "his office."

The building that hosted Half-Blood Inc. was huge. It had the company's name in bronze above the door and the lobby was filled with greek paintings and statues. This Edward guy was really pushing it with all this Greek stuff.

As the entered they were searched by two security guards, let's call them…..dumb and dumber. Percy used the Mist to conceal some of the divine stuff in their bags, like the Nectar and Ambrosia, and the two let them through.

Percy and the others got into a lift and pressed the top floor button, what? He is the owner and CEO of a very powerful company, of course he would be in the top.

The doors opened revealing a woman with blonde hair sitting behind a grey desk. All around the room where paintings of Hermes, okay this guy was obsessed with this stuff. The woman saw the three boys and smiled, "hello. Can I help you?"

Luke took charge as he put on a charming smile, "ah yes. You see me and my friends here have a dilbert for Mr. Edward," he then waved his hand over his backpack manipulating the Mist, "we need to see him."

The blond woman continued smiling as she looked at the bag, "that's a bag."

Luke looked stumped, he waved his fingers again, "no this is a box."

"No….that's a bag."

Luke sighed in defeat, 'a clear sighted mortal great.' "Just tell Edward his family is here to see him."

"I was unaware Mr. Neak had family," the blonde said in surprise.

"Yeah. I'm his half-brother, and those two are his cousins," Luke said pointing at Percy and Grover who waved.

"Hm, you do have the same smile as him," the secretary said, "okay I'll tell him. By the way whatever drugs your own please make sure Mr. Neak doesn't find out, he hates the stuff."

"What? I'm not on any drugs!"

"You just pointed to your bag and called it a box," the blonde explained with a raised eyebrow.

"Ju-just call him, okay?" Luke said with a sigh as he walked away to a laughing Percy and Grover. "Shut up!"

Percy and Grover agreed to stop and the three then sat down on the couch in the corner of the room and waited. Soon, after what felt like forever, the blonde woman called them over, "Mr. Neak will see you now."

Luke muttered, "finally," under his breath as they walked to the door on the other side of the room, "look guy's while we are in there let me do all the talking. Maybe we can convince this guy to help us instead of kicking his a.s.s."

Percy and Grover nodded, "lead on."

The door lead to an office which had glass windows instead of walls on two sides, leading to an amazing view over the Boston skyline. There, standing behind a large desk, was a man in a grey suit whose back was turned to them.

'Drama queen,' Percy thought as the man slowly turned around to face them.

Edward Neak, CEO of Half-Blood Inc.

Lv-32

HP:2800/2800

MP:500/500

Race-Demigod

Str-23

Vit-44

Dex-32

Int-42

Wis-21

Luc-9

The son of Hermes, he ran away from camp when he was young and built himself an empire using his skills as a son of Hermes. He now owns a powerful company and uses it to try and help whoever he can. A nice guy at heart, but seriously, do not trust him with you food. Dude's a stress eater.

Edward Neak then smiled a familiar smile, "I heard a little brother of mine wanted to speak to me." Edward had a old smiling face, if Percy was to guess he looked around 30 years old, making him the oldest demigod Percy has ever seen.

Luke stepped up, "my name is Luke Castellan, I'm a son of Hermes."

"Edward Neak," then gave stretched his hand out which Luke shook, "now how did you know I was a son of Hermes? I kept that secret well hidden and away from public eye."

"Well hidden?" Percy asked with a look of disbelife, "bull shit! You have Greek painting and statues littered all over your lobby and a 8 foot tall statue of Hermes right outside."

Edward shrugged, "I was hiding in plain sight."

Luke sighed, "okay looked we found you because we need your help in our quest."

Edward's eyes light up with a spark of mischief, "oh is this a questing party? How exciting! But that still doesn't explain how you found me out."

"With this," Luke then handed Edward the note they found in Hephaestus's forge.

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 f.u.c.k.e.d 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 a.s.s 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.

"Yes it is," Edward replied as he turned to a smirking Luke, "since your still alive you must be telling the truth."

Luke nodded, "told you so."

Edward then looked at Percy and grinned, "so...son of Poseidon huh?"

"Yup," Percy replied.

"Fine, I'll help you guys get the chains."

Percy fist pumped, "yes!" But then something popped up in his head, "wait, what do you mean you will help us get the chains?"

Edward then grew a sheepish smiled as he rubbed the back of his head, "I, ah…. kind of sold it off."

"WHAT?!" the three questers yelled out loud causing Edward's grin to widen.

Half and hour later Percy and his team found themselves in Edwards limo as they headed to downtown Boston. "I still can't believe you sold the freaking chains of Hephaestus!" Percy yelled out.

"Hehe," Edward rubbed his head again, "I told you I needed the cash, I was just starting up Half-Blood Inc. and well...it was either that or be a stripper and let me tell you I may have the body of a stripper but I got none of the moves."

Luke snickered, "yeah I can imagine. We Hermes kids aren't know for being graceful."

Percy nodded at that, "okay so who did you sell it to again?"

"His name is Biggy. He's the informant for Boston."

"And what does he...ah inform?"

Realization dawned on Edward, "oh right you guys don't know. It's okay, it took me a years to even find out about them"

"Who is them?"

"Tell me what happens to clear the sighted mortals? Like the ones that can see monsters roaming the streets day to day?"

"They just...ah…. I don't know."

"Well most live normal lives, not believing what they see. But the rest, the rest do something about it. There are actually a lot of clear sighted mortals around these days and each have their own powers and abilities to keep themselves safe. Like magic, pyrokinesis, sorcery and even magical martial arts."

"Wait so you're are telling me that there are clear sighted mortal out there who can do magic?" Luke asked with a looks of surprise.

"Yup. Anyone can do magic, if taught properly. Anyway as I was saying, these groups of people live day to day in a world crafted by themselves for themselves. It is known by many names, the Pit, the Hellhole, but most, like me, call it the Abyss. Every city has a place where these members of the Abyss meat up, and Biggy is a member of Abyss. Most of the others in Abyss is…. well not the best kind of people."

"What do you mean?" Percy asked with narrowed eyes.

"Most are hitmen for hire using their skills to make a quick buck, there are….less honorable."

"So what you are tell me is that there is an entire society that is powerful and for hire?" Luke asked with a slight tone of enthusiasm, which Percy found radically strange.

"Yeah, but you are going to need a lot of money."

"So," Percy cut in trying to change the tone of this conversation, "right now we are going into a new world hidden just a few centimeters from us that is filled with monsters and people who can do incredible things?"

"Yup."

"Great, it's like camp Half-Blood all over again," Percy exclaimed throwing his hands up.

The limo pulled up to a coffee shop named 'The Rabbit,' and Percy and the rest got out. "Come back for us in half an hour," Edward called back to his driver who nodded and left them there.

"So...this is it?" Luke asked.

"Yup."

"The entrance to the society that contains magicians"

"But it looks like a regular coffee place to me," Grover said narrowing his eyes, "are they using the mist to block our sight?"

"Nope," Edward replied and then walked in as the three questers followed him inside. The Rabbit looked like any other coffee shop with a barista girl and everything, on a side note, damn barista girls are hot!

Percy looked around and was shocked to see the kind of people in here. Everyone here had a level above 20 and an average of 25. Everyone here was trained and dangerous, "they are not hiding using the mist," Percy whispered out, "they are hiding in plain sight."

Edward grinned, "you can sense the power flowing out of them?"

Percy nodded, "kind of….I think I can."

"Well either way you are right. The Mist is something that can be broken, it can be seen through. But since most of the people in Abyss are clear sighted anyway there really is no point. Also like Percy said, they are hiding in plain sight."

The group then walked to the back of the place and there sitting alone in the back both was a chubby man with a bald spot as big as a plate. He wore a black track suit along with a golden chain and watch. He looked up and smiled, "well well well, if it isn't the son of Boston. I saw that article about you in The Times earlier, really hard hitting stuff."

Edward smiled, "hello Biggy. How've you been?" Edward sat down opposite to him while motioning for the others to join him.

"Oh you know, same old same old. Had a coven of witches come in the other day with the head of a werewolf, wanted a price for it. Needless to say the misses was not pleased with all the werewolf blood leaking on the wooden floors."

Edward laughed, "well that's quite a story Biggy. You'll have to tell it to me later, but for now I came for a job."

Biggy nodded as he sipped his cup of coffee, "yeah I can see that. A son of Hermes, as Satyr and….what's this, a son of Poseidon? Well well well, you certainly have an interesting case for me this time Edward."

Edward smiled while the others looked shell shocked , how the hell did this guy even know about them?! Percy then used Observe on him;

Ben Starwell, Informant

Level-33

HP:1800/1800

MP:1000/1000

Race-Human (Clear sighted)

Str-12

Vit-10

Dex-12

Int-53

Wis-20

Luc-19

The Informant of Boston, also known as Biggy, this man tells people what they want provided they have enough to pay for that information. He used to be part of the Italian mafia before he quite it for the Abyss. He loves his wife but hates her family.

What the hell?! This guy was a genius but nothing too impressive. Did he have some kind of power that helped him figure all that out?

"Right as always Biggy," Edward replied with a grin. He then turned to Percy, "Biggy here has the power to learn information quickly. He can also sense people's powers, kind of like you Percy."

Biggy looked up at this, "kid's got the powers of an informant? Well well well this just got interesting, guess you're not just a useless Greeky after all."

"Greeky?" Percy asked confused.

"Biggy isn't really a fan of the Greek gods," Edward explained.

"Which is why we get along so well," Biggy smiled at Edward, "alright then Eddy I know you wouldn't come all the way down here for nothing, what do you need?"

"Remember those chains I sold you Biggy?"

"Yeah, the chains that bound Hera herself, what about them?"

"Well I need them it's a matter of life and death."

"I would love to help you Edward I really would, but I can't. Those chains are being used to help a lot of people right now I can't just give it to you."

"Like what?" Edward asked curiously.

"Right now they are being used to contain a monster from attacking a colony of fairies living in the Paul Revere house."

"The Paul Revere house?" Luke asked with a questioning look.

"Fairies?" asked Grover.

Biggy nodded to them both, "yup. The Paul Revere house is marked as a landmark in Boston and is used to hide fairies, and yes I do mean fairies like Tinkerbell."

"So what are the chains being used to gaurd?"

"It's being used to gaurd a monster born out of hate and destruction. During the 2000's there was a few magician that went crazy and summoned a demon from hell and tried to make it their slave, things didn't go so well and the thing escaped. It went after the fairies and the people from the Abyss used those chains you sold to seal up the demon in the Paul Revere house."

Edward sighed as he laid back, "so we can't have them huh?"

Biggy nodded, "sadly no. But….if you managed to defeat the demon I wouldn't mind letting you guys keep the chains."

Edward perked up at this, "seriously? Just like that?"

Biggy nodded, "yup yup yup. If you managed to defeat the things I'll let you keep the chains. Interested?"

Quest Alert!

Defeat the demon wolf,

Reward,

+5 stat points

Wolfskin jacket

Failure,

Death

YES/NO?

"Hell yeah!" Percy cried out as he carefully pressed the yes option. Free stat point? Yes please!

Biggy looked at him and smiled, "what's your name kid?"

"My name is Percy Jackson."

Biggy nodded, "okay then Percy, don't get to excited about this. I doubt you can actually kill this thing. It is big, nasty and deadly. It killed people far more experienced than you because it had a bad day, what do you think it will do to you?"

Percy gulped but his resolve remained strong, "I need those chains."

"Very well then," Biggy then pulled out his phone and sent Edward a text, "I texted you the details on where to find the thing inside the house. But there is one more thing you all should know, only one of you can go in there."

"What?! Why?" screamed out Luke in worry.

"Because that's how the seal was designed. The fairies would chose a champion and send him/her in to try and kill the beast, but obviously that never worked out," Biggy stated.

"Thanks Biggy," Edward nodded as Percy, Luke and Grover gathered got up to leave, "I'm sure this is going to help them a lot."

"Hey don't mention it," Biggy said waving them away, "oh by the way, Percy," the son of Poseidon turned back, "you might want to know, there is a rumor going around about a giant army of monsters gathering in the South East. Might be something but you never know."

Percy was shocked but quickly nodded, "thanks Biggy."

Biggy then waved them away, Percy ran out and waited for Edward's limo to pull up. As the rode to the Paul Revere house then began discussing who will go into face the monster.

"It's obvious," Percy replied, "I'm going in there."

"Percy you can't it's too dangerous," replied Grover, "you heared what that guy said, the thing is a literal demon from hell!"

"I need those chains Grover."

"We can find another way Percy," Luke said.

"No really," Edward replied, "I have felt the power of those things. If you want to get Percy's mom back from Hades without getting tricked then you need those chains."

Percy nodded, "yeah. And besides I'm sure I'll be fine."

"Percy this is serious business," Luke said frowning, "you can actually get killed. This won't be like the Minotaur or the robots in the forge. This thing wants to kill you, and can do so."

Percy nodded, "I know Luke…. but I have to try."

The argument was dropped as Luke and Grover knew a losing battle when they saw one. The limo pulled up to an old wooden building that looked like time forgot to touch it. The building was painted black with its windows shut and a locked door with the sign, 'Closed'.

"This place is a tourist attractions," Edward explained, "but since today is Sunday they are closed."

"Wait today was Sunday and you were at work?" Luke asked.

Edward shrugged, "I'm a workaholic. And an alcoholic, but that's neither here nor there."

He then sent the limo away and slowly walked to the house. The group then looked around, the coast was clear. Luke and Edward then set out picking the lock for the house.

"Here let me," Luke replied holding a lock pick in his hand.

"No I got it," Edward replied trying to pick the lock.

"I am faster."

"Well I am better at this."

"Bullshit."

"Well it's the truth," Edward the pulled causing his lock pick to snap, "shit!"

"Let me," Luke said as he went about unlocking the door. Suddenly the door clicked and opened inward, "there see."

"I was just a little rusty," Edward said as he walked in.

"Sure."

Inside the house looked even more Victorian. There was a chair and table in the front with places on them describing them, it seemed they belong to Paul Revere along with the bed on the side of the room, who the f.u.c.k is this guy anyway?

Edward pulled out his phone and took out the information Biggy sent him, "according to this….it should be right around here," Edward said as he walked to one corner of the room and pressed a wooden plank which then glowed blue as the wall began to separate itself revealing a pathway.

There should be nothing there, heck the wall of the house should open up to the outside, but there it is a secret passageway, must be some kind of pocket dimension created by magic. Percy gathered his wits and walked in followed by Luke, Edward and at last Grover.

The passage got darker and darker but never completely pitch black as there was always a faint blue light coming out of the walls that illuminated the path for them.

Eventually the passage lead to a gigantic room which looked like it should be used to store freaking sh.i.p.s. The room was illuminated by a fake sun that was floating on the top. Along the walls were stone like buildings shaped like honey combs, inside which were balls of light.

"Are those..." Luke asked unsure of himself.

"Fairies!" Grover cried out as he ran to one of them. They were scared first but eventually came out of their homes and began to circle Grover, some pulling up his beanie messing with his hair and horns.

"I think they like him," Percy said with a smile.

"They should," Edward replied, "Grover is a Satyr. They both are creatures of nature, the fairies are the same, just a little more...mischievous."

Percy nodded and then turned away from Grover to look ahead and there on the far end of the room was a giant door which was 8 feet tall with pictures of skeletons being broken apart at the spine by something cloaked in shadows with bright blue eyes. The door was sealed shut by bright bronze chains that was pinned on it with silver bolts.

'That must be the chains,' Percy thought as he approached the doors.

"You ready for this?" Edward asked Percy in a whisper.

"No," he replied.

"Good. Being overconfident gets you killed. Stay on your feet, stay alert, and you might just survive this."

Percy nodded and turned to Grover who was now talking to one particularly bright ball of light, "what are they saying Grover?"

His best friend turned to him grim, "I-I….they are saying if you wish to go in there and face this thing they won't stop you. But they are also saying that if you do go….we should ready your casket."

Percy smiled, "who said faries didn't have a sense of humor."

Just then a ball of light squeaked up and Grover translated, "she's saying that they aren't being funny. They lost a lot of people, good people to this thing. Percy…. I don't think this is a good idea."

Percy sighed, "I need to do this." He then threw his bag down and pulled out Riptide.

"Here Percy," Luke said as he handed Percy the time box of Ambrosia and the flask of Nectar, "in case you might need it."

Percy nodded to Luke and put the things in his pocket. He then walked up to the door as the fairies all surrounded him. They then went to the chains and began chanting in a strange language making the chains glow with red Greek words. Before Percy could read them the words disappeared causing the chains to disappear and the doors to open for him.

Percy looked back to Luke and nodded, the son of Hermes looked unsure of this, he hated this plan. But he nodded back, he may not like it but he would support it.

Percy then turned to the open door, all that was seen beyond was darkness. Gripping Riptide hard Percy walked into the darkness as the doors shut behind him killing off all source of light.

Ping!

You have entered the dungeon, 'Cave of the Beast.' You can only exit after killing the monster inside.

Percy sighed dismissing the box, great just what I need another dungeon effect pulling me down. Well atleast I'm not alone. Percy then pulled out the gauntlet of Kefka and summoned all his servants. Zed equipped his swords, Alectos her bow and quiver and Craig had his blade ready.

Percy then took out the shard of light that he got from the forge and threw them all over the dungeon. The light revealed that Percy was now in a cave. The cave was 50 feet tall with stalactites on the top and several pillars lining the walls.

Suddenly two giant blue orbs appeared , similar to the ones the shadowy figure on the door had. The light then revealed what was inside the cave. There standing in front of Percy was a 15 foot tall beast in the shape of a wolf. It was pitch black with blood red highlights running across. It mouth was open as drool fell down in the buckets, it's teeth were long and sharp with claws just as big. On it's back were the wings of an eagle with silvery feathers that looked sharp as steel.

It opened it's mouth and roared, "ROAR!"

Marchosias,

Lv-?

HP:38,000/38,00

MP: 40,000/40,000

Str-42

Vit-43

Dex-33

Int-52

Wis-63

Luc-0

A Marquis of Hell, this demon lost it's way and found itself here on Earth. It has since killed and ate all that opposed it. He gives true answers to all questions asked to it and is known to be an expert in battles.

Kill to get - 30,000 Exp

Percy took out his shield and held it up ready for the oncoming fight. He yelled out, "bring it on you stupid beast!"

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