He did not look happy. “Say good-bye George and Martha.”, “I may not see you for a while, Percy,” Hermes warned. I raised my sword and faced the giant. Right? But I had battled some pretty serious monsters before. “A special surprise for dinner,” I said. She obviously did’t like what she saw. “Any suggestions?”. “I was late with a delivery. I staggered to my feet. A rusty water tower rose above the urban blight. If you don’t want to buy something. “How did all this stuff get down here?” I felt the need to whisper, but my voice echoed anyway. “Oh I see! “Both wise and strategic.”. Any why do I want to help out Hermes?”, “He’s not so bad,” I said. But you promised to take me out for a special dinner tonight. “That was amazing.” I agreed. Just lure him over there. I charged him head-on. “Besides, two innocent snakes are in trouble. Like a lot of magic items, it was designed to morph into a smaller item for easy carrying. I looked around and I saw a brown delivery truck parked in the middle of the Great Lawn where no cars were allowed. ONE I BATTLE THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD The last thing I wanted to do on my summer break was blow up another school. Under different circumstances, I would’ve enjoyed the view of the glistening Husdon River and the rooftops of the surrounds neighborhood. “That thing only shows aerial images, right?” I asked. If we did that, New York would be destroyed everytime Aphrodite lost her hairbrush, and believe me, that happens a lot. The Sea of Monsters 3. When I finally came up for air, I said, “Rats?”, "Oh, gods.” She pulled out her phone and check the time. “You’re cute and you’re sweet, Percy. I turned and found that we were standing in a factory-sized cavern. The Battle of the Labyrinth 5. “I don’t appreciate sneaking about! “Did he just call me Hermes’s kid? Because of the smoke, debris, and chaos, you probably just call it the Packing District now, since so many of you had to move out. Let’s get out of here.”. I grimaced. “Oh, George and Martha?”, George and Martha were the two snakes that wrapped around his caduceus- his staff of power. If you’ve ever tried running up a wet slide, it was kind of like that, except at a ninth-degree angle and with no side-just water. “But where’s the giant?”. posted 11:38 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 with 97 notes. now I want to see- I mean, show me the location of fire-breathing giant Cacus.”. “Too dangerous.”, Annabeth raised her eyebrows. It was almost enough to make me turn vegetarian, except for the pesky fact that I loevd cheeseburgers. Looking up at the tiny speck of daylight above us, I got vertigo. Pinnd to the inside was a glittering array of gold and silver watched. I dropped next to her in the shallow puddle of muck. The waiter brought fresh-baked bread and cheese, a bottle of sparkling water for Annabeth and a Coke with ice for me (because I`m a barbarian). Those purses and coats … the giant must’ve brought them down here for some reason.” She gestured toward the bulldozer. I felt a dangerous amount of pressure in the city’s waterlines, and I summoned it all into the broken pipes. The giant climbed from the pit., his velour housecoat steaming, and his face spattered with slime. Oh, sometimes if I find a high-quality item I’ll make my own copies. I’m not sure why he bothered. “Always Hercules. Either he’d lost something important or he’d had too many espressos at the Mount Olympus Starbucks. Unfortunately, the giant had extremely good hearing. The idea is too horrible. Very annoying. Besides, the subway had rats. Annabeth veered to the giants left. “And do be mindful of the caduceus. Show yourself.”. We gods do have many.”. The Eiffel Tower glowed in the distance. Her face shone like a goddess’s, and believe me, I’ve seen goddesses. First, I didn’t want to lie to Annabeth. Please do not kill me! “I did promise.”, Hermes rubbed his hands. Before she could protest or cause me bodily harm, I grabbed Hermes’s arm. Sirens screamed in the distance, but I didn’t want more police involved. Even stranger: several old cars had somehow been brought from the surface, each filled with suitcases and mounds of purses. The claw dropped, smacking Cacus on the head and knocking him to the ground. Even if Annabeth could get it started, I wondered how she could see her target from down below. A not-so-clean waterfall slammed Cacus in the face. If he wanted something from me, it was also bad news. “Percy … I love the picnic. She stowed our blanket in her backpack and put away the food. But Annabeth and I had been fighting together for years. I put out my arm to hold Annabeth back. I knew the caduceus could turn into all sorts of helpful things- a sword, a cell phone, a price scanner for easy comparison-shopping. But alas, the only demigod who ever defeated me was Hercules himself.”. That was supposed to scare me! I’d survived a month as Annabeth’s boyfriend, so I guess I hadn’t screwed things up too badly. There was even a bulldozer half-sunken in the mud. Second, she was too smart. Maybe I was imagining that he’d just threatened to petrify me if I told anyone about the theft. “Now you steal my staff.”, “It doesn’t matter.” Cacus cracked his knuckles. She was breathing heavily. Otherwise I couldn’t have tied the tie. and the giant screamed, “Gah!”. Some freak accident way below the surface. When I related what Cacus had said about someone else giving him the idea to steal the caduceus, and about the gods having other enemies, Hermes’s face darkened. Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon … probably the demigod Hazel admired most. I should’ve known Hermes would send someone. I kept a wary eye on the police, but they didn’t turn around. “Cacus wanted to cut the gods’ communication lines, did he?” Hermes mused. The park’s flower beds were bursting with color. He kept patting his pockets and wringing his hands. Since you can’t use the staff, it doesn’t do you any good. And Cacus still wanted to kill me. “She is,” Annabeth said. “Where’s your staff?”. Love acttle! As my eyes adjusted to the gloom, I saw what she meant. The giant grinned. He aimed his glowing bazooka. They’d thing the giant was just like- I don’t know- a gas explosion or something.”, Annabeth gazed wistfully across the Great Lawn. “Okay,” Annabeth said faintly. Log in, Be the first to find out about new Rick Riordan books - sign up for our free email newsletter, Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard Series, Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio’s Journal, For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide To The Norse Worlds, From Percy Jackson: Camp Half-Blood Confidential, The Battle Of The Labyrinth (Graphic Novel). Because you’re beginning to bore me. “I know! I mentally reviewed the picnic list: Comfy blanket? “Cakewalk. I stole many cows- more than any other giant. Percy Jackson And The Staff Of Hermes description (Description is for The Demigod Diaries) What dangers do runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face on their way to Camp Half-Blood? He wiped his steaming greasy hands on his robe and grinned at us. I call for breakfast, and you two appear? Check. And before I swear to anything, maybe you’d better tell us what’s wrong.”. I muttered, “Oh, he’s not really gonna-”. Personal friend, dispenser of heroic quests, and frequent cause of migrane headaches. I was vaguely aware that the tunnel was opening up behind me into a much larger space, but I stayed focused on the ladder trying not to step on Annabeth’s hands as she climbed below me. He had curly orange hair, pale skin, and orange freckles. Annabeth’s favorite pizza with extra olives? “Street vendors, high-end boutiques- this is a wonderful city, even better then Ancient Rome! The streets were bustling with a mix of sidewalk vendors, workers, sjoppers and tourists. He stopped twenty feet away, just beyond the shadow of the crane’s hook. Oh … bad thought. I looked up at the tunnel- all those broken pipes embedded in the rock: waterlines, sewer ducts. I’m a son of Hephaestus. Maybe the giant would drown. I hoped he wasn’t home. He works there. I was in better spirit when I rejoined Annabeth. I figured I’d ask. Hermes glanced at Annabeth, then back at me. The giant swung the staff in our direction. “Some of it looks like street vendor merchandise. And if you went looking for the staff yourself, it might be a little embarrassing.”, Hermes pursed his lips. She was waiting for me to admit the obvious: I’d forgotten. Plus, I’d bather in the River of Styx, which made me immune to most physical attacks. They tend to turn you into small fuzzy mammals or potter plants. I willed myself dry-a handy trick- but I still smelled pretty bad. Then he’d dissolve and return to Tartarus the way most defeated monsters do, and we could go collect the caduceus.
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