370Happy new year! May 2016 be a succeful year for all of you!
Hey! I'm back from my slumber on this story. To be honest, I had a huge block for a while and then, too much ideas at the same time. It took me some time to organize them and I finally have a beginning of a plot... no, in fact, I have a succession of different adventures, and then the rest of the plot... Sounds like Naruto, too much filler...
ANYWAY!
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To the chapter now.
"Alright, let's go to the next one… The closest is… Demeter's bunker." Announced the silver eyed man as he walked out of the underground shelter, followed by everyone.
They walked toward the bunker, well, Percy glided, using his board to do the minimum effort.
Inside this bunker was an incredible view.
The inside looked nothing like a bunker, it actually had walls covered by a light wood, the floor was in warm carved stones, giving comfortable walking even barefoot.
On the sides, at the bottom of the walls were squares of soil, ready for culture. They walked in a bit farther, and on the right side was an entrance to a small library with different books about chlorokinesis, as well as different, and more effective methods to grow plants.
On the left side was a small corridor leading to two rooms, one were a small bedroom with five beds in it.
And in the other was a… reserve, and in it was a stock of lost seeds, of either flowers, trees or fruits. Demeter ran in and squealed.
"Oh my Chaos! Look at all those seeds! Look! Forgotten cereals! That is so incredible! I forgot there was such an important stock!" Said the usually indifferent goddess as she began to look in the stock.
Everyone sighed and Artemis had the courage to comment.
"Now she won't ever stop with her rant about cereals… thanks a lot Percy." Dryly articulated the virgin goddess with a sideway glance. Percy simply let out an embarrassed smile.
At the end of the main room was a large stairway leading down, all in decorated stone with a carved wood rail.
The group carefully walked down, after all, no one knew what was in this building apart from the completely distracted Demeter.
When they were at the end of the stairs, they wore confused and shock faces.
"How… how is this possible?" Wondered Athena. In front of them were endless cultivable fields, literally endless. Percy frowned.
"I… I don't know. Let me a moment to analyze as much as I can." Proposed Percy. Athena sneered at him.
"Like a mere sea spawn could explain something I don't know." Percy's face hardened as Poseidon's became angry, while the fiancés face became annoyed at the tone the Wisdom goddess was using.
"This mere sea spawn made your almighty King and father join the creator and have an exploitation system you developed in his head, so shut up." Growled the son of Poseidon as he booted every analysis routine he could.
In his visual field, multiple calculus, graphs and data windows flashed in and out.
Too concentrated, he didn't see Athena flash in a spear and point it at his neck.
"I know, and you still have to answer to this. You only are free for now because the bunkers you found could be useful. In clear, you are just an expendable pawn." Growled the proud goddess.
Artemis flashed in her bow and aimed at her sister, Poseidon flashed in his trident, pulsing in a sea green light, Apollo looked angry, as well as a good part of the present people, apart from Ares and Dionysus.
Percy's windows closed and the results were brought up in front of him in a shortened version. He reduced the window and his eyes glowed gold. He spun on his left heel, in the same motion, he swatted away the weapon with his metallic left hand and kicked the goddess in the stomach, sending her crashing in the stairway.
He took out his gun and pointed the barrel against her head, the whole silver gun burning in an eerie blue flame. A series of metallic slams indicated he sealed himself with adamantium by his feets.
"I am no pawn Athena. I never was and never will. The times I saved the world wasn't for the gods, it was for my friends, and you Athena, aren't one of them at the moment." Growled the mechanical warrior.
The war goddess nodded and Percy unsealed himself and put the gun back while spinning it on his finger.
"To answer the question, it is apparently an experimental room were the space is bounded to the individual, an intricate spell, probably from Hecate, or perhaps Night, actualize and create a parallel, and yet connected dimension in a pocket room. In simple, it is a multi-dimensional room that is bigger on the inside." Explained the Guardian.
Everyone stared at him in either shock or wonder, the shock coming from Artemis, Gaea, Poseidon, Thalia and Nico. Percy blinked and stared back before agitating his hand before him.
"I simply read what the software displayed!" Exclaimed the god. Thalia sighed in relief.
"Gods Kelp Head! Don't scared us like that, I thought you actually became intelligent!" Everyone nodded in agreement and Percy's eyebrow twitched.
"Whatever, the ceiling is made in some sort of glowing stone so that the plants can grows… Next bunker?" Asked Percy. Everyone nodded, Athena doing so in a hesitant way.
Percy, after walking out of the underground construction, redeployed his gliding machine, and Athena lost it.
"Where did you find this by the way? I've never something like this before." Wondered Athena, her curiosity overtaking her fear. Percy turned his head to her, a small smile on his lips.
"In Poseidon's bunker, my predecessors built it during the Civil War. Aerial Superiority. And Zeus wouldn't have been able to do anything since they would have been in, or more precisely, on water." Poseidon smirked as he heard the ingenuity his children showed in building this while Athena gave him an unimpressed look.
"I asked seriously Perseus, answer seriously please." Retorted Athena. Percy's face hardened and a blade slowly slid out of his right arm.
"This is strike two Athena, at the third one, you lose your head. I did find it in Poseidon's cabin, along with a note in Old Language of Atlantis." Said the cyborg with an even voice, and finally, they arrived at the second bunker.
"Guys, this is the Hermes Bunker!" Exclaimed Percy as he literally kicked the door open. And when they entered, they saw a completely modern loft style house, the ground was in a grey parquet, the walls were a soft white and on the ceiling were LED lamps. They walked in, amazed at the sight. Hermes had a satisfied smirk on his face, until Demeter talked.
"I actually thought it would be some sort of dumpster, I am quite surprised to say the least." Hermes' pouting made a few gods laugh, and their children too.
They walked in and began to visit.
In the first room was a wall full of boxes, which made everyone frown. Until they began to open it and realized it was full of different types of flying shoes. The Stolls, who were miraculously the cabin leaders, both of them because differencing them was just a pain, and they never separated so it was useless to try, looked like kids in a toy store.
The different gods began to wander inside the welcoming bunker.
Artemis began to eye the different rooms, looking for something too dangerous to let go.
From the side of her vision, she saw Percy discussing with Hephaestus with a smile.
Probably about his enhancements, they do get along better since he became half robot. Thought the amused Huntress. But then, she saw that the Smith gave her fiancé something, making her suspicious.
What is this idiot planning?
She shrugged it off, and walked in a room with, aligned on it, the latest computers, but what made her nervous wasn't this, it was, on the wall, a large tactile screen with detailed blueprints scrolling. She recognized famous governmental buildings with showed all the security system.
"Percy! C-Can you come for a minute please?" Asked the goddess. Percy walked in, followed by the whole group. The cyborg narrowed his eyes at the sight.
"Hermes my man… What's that?" Asked the Thief god. Said god smiled proudly.
"An invention from a long time ago, a self-updating screen that displays mortal's blueprints. The godly buildings can't be displayed, too much magical interference." At that, everyone relaxed, all gods were nervous that the sons of Hermes could have access to their temple's secrets.
Percy nodded and walked to the screen, eying it with interest.
"I got to create something like this for my system." Muttered the assassin. Gaea raised an eyebrow.
"Do you seriously need this? I mean, you do control time and… well… you are a brutal type of fighter, even as an assassin. You can simply destroy the doors…" Commented the Primordial on a skeptical tone. Percy stopped, opened his mouth, and closed it back, making his girls laugh.
"Come honey, let's go to the other bunkers…" Invited the Titan of Marriage. Percy nodded silently and sulkily walked out, earning laugher from the council.
The exploration continued. No one could enter Apollo's bunker as it was too bright inside, it seemed like it reacted to the god's presence and reflected and amplified his sunny aura. So they left the exploration to Will Solace.
The Ares bunker wasn't particularly interesting as it was simply a military barrack with all sort of weapons, but no firearms, which made Percy wonder if it even existed, apart on Annabeth's dad's plane and his of course.
When they reached the Hera bunker, everyone, apart form Hera and Percy was surprised.
Inside was in a temple like fashion, with small statues and shrines to the council, and in a side room, a large part of the minor gods too. All was in white marble with gold outlines. In the main room was a number of chairs stacked in a corner. Percy frowned in confusion.
"This bunker is used in ceremonies, mainly for weddings." Explained the owner and Percy nodded in understanding.
"Well… we have the place for my future weddings." Simply commented the son of Poseidon with a smile, making all the fiancées blush.
They then left the god of wine and his son at their bunker, which Percy knew was a giant wine cave, to the delight of both the father and the son.
Then, they arrived before Athena's one, and the goddess looked at it proudly, next to an excited Malcom.
"Finally, you can go run along now Perseus." Dismissed the goddess. Percy gritted his teeth.
"Oh you really are a pain in the ass." Commented Percy as he called for his scythe. "I already destroyed your palace, want me to do the same with this?" Asked the cyborg as he then took out the Master Bolt. Athena eyed the two weapons warily, knowing the destructive power he know wielded. She shook her head.
"Then you shut up." Dryly answered the cyborg. Athena eyed him hauntingly.
"Don't speak to me like that! I am a goddess." Percy gave her a cheeky smile.
"And I am a god. And officialy husband of the Queen of Olympus, so I am your King. So, shut up." Athena's face hardened as she heard everyone snicker behind her.
"I should kill you Sea Spawn." Percy's smile widened.
"Please, take a number." The laugher increased. Athena faced the demigods, that were grouped on the side and shouted.
"Keep quiet if you value your life!" Roared the vexed goddess. And suddenly, the atmosphere became heavy. Percy's face became blank and the gods' became hard.
"Athena, in case you didn't notice, you are threatening demigods, whose parents are next to you." Athena whirled around and faced the champion of the Hearth.
"I don't care! I already killed demigods for disrespecting me and I can do it again." Retorted the goddess. Percy smiled in an insane way.
"True. But do you know what happened to the last person who attacked someone I cared about?" Asked the god of Ice as he walked toward the goddess of Justice, who looked paler.
"I made him fade." Whispered the go in her ear, making her shiver, from fear or pleasure, Percy didn't know, neither did the concerned goddess.
"So, wisdom goddess, what is your decision? Will you swallow your damn pride?" Asked the man. Athena nodded and Percy's posture showed a relaxation.
"Good! Now visit your bunker and join us for the next one. Be quick." Said Percy. He heard a snicker and faced a laughing Thalia.
"Your dam pride." Snickered the daughter of Zeus. Percy chuckled. And Zoë scowled
"Do you want a dam snack?" Thalia laughed even louder and every deities looked confused while the demigods looked bored. And Zoë looked even more annoyed.
"Don't mind them." Called out Malcom. "It's a private joke from one of their quests." Explained the son of Athena just before entering the bunker.
"I still don't get that joke." Commented the demi-titan as she narrowed her eyes to the laughing cousins.
"Don't worry, you'll eventually find out…" Chuckled the hero as he walked toward the next bunker, Zeus' one.