Deadly Love (Annabeth Chase x Male Reader)

Quest Part 1

Staring up at the house that seemed so big at the moment. You swallowed as your throat felt dry. Sighing one last time you ignore your pounding heart and went forward.

You stand next to the trio and frown, "I...I had a dream last night, and I don't believe Hades is the one who would want to steal the bolt." You say, not wanting to go into details.

Nonetheless they ignore you and head to the front gate area. Shaking your head you follow them, sitting in the backseat with Annabeth and Grover as Percy gets a pair of shoes from Luke.

You stare out the window, looking at the passing buildings. "You didn't tell me, but where are we going?" You ask.

"Los Angeles." Annabeth states coldly.

You freeze up for a fraction of a second; that's the last place you wanted to be.

"You're kinda tense." Grover points out.

You force yourself to relax.

"Is there something wrong with L.A?" He asks.

"I just grew up there, that's all." You turn and look out the window.

"This is gonna be one long journey," you think to yourself. "Going across the country. And heading back there, damnit."

You shut your eyes and the next thing you know is that you're at the bus station. With another sigh you shoulder your bag climb out of the car. "Thanks Argus." You say to him before following Percy onto a Greyhound bus to L.A.

You sit next to Percy and all of a sudden he tenses up as three old lady's get aboard the bus. They sit up front until the bus is out of NYC. They announce they have to use the restroom for whatever reason.

"Percy take my hat." Annabeth hands him her Yankees hat and he slips it on before slipping toward the front of the bus.

The three seemingly sweet old ladies turn into horrific beasts with leathery wings, claws, and grossly misshaped legs.

Yanking your dagger out of its sheath you prepare yourself to parry any attacks that come your way. But as soon as they catch a whiff of you they recoil.

"Do I smell?" You think to yourself, going off guard for a split second. Your guard is put up again as the bus swerves left and right.

Without a second thought you lunge at one of the horrific beasts and plunge your dagger into its chest. And a ear piercing screech is let through her lips.

But before the other two could react the bus comes to a halt on the side of the road, causing the lights on the bus to turn off and get replaced by emergency lights.

As the beasts are distracted Percy drives Riptide through one of their chests. "We need to get off now." He calls.

You quickly grab your bag and run out of the bus, and then it explodes. "Holy shit." You mutter.

You all run into the nearby woods away from the crowd around the bus and the screams of one of the beasts left behind in the fire.

"Why did you risk your life like that?!" Annabeth scolds you and Percy. "You're untrained, and you're a child of the big three!"

"We're fine Annabeth." And you soon realize something; everyone else lost their bags except you. "Anyways let's head on before something else finds us."

And with that you walk through the woods for what seems like forever before Percy halts and takes a deep breath, reminding you of the bird demon thing smelling you with it's enhanced senses.

"Something smells great." He exclaims leading you to a place called "Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium".

And you're instantly put off by the stone statues outside. They're too realistic and the faces are all horrified looking. "I don't like the look of this place." You state, and once again you're ignored.

Keeping on guard you follow the three as Percy knocks on the door. A woman answers the door, she wears some form of Middle Eastern clothes that covers everything but her eyes.

"What are such sweet looking kids doing here at this time of day?" She asks.

"We're orphans." Annabeth blurts out.

"Orphans! Oh my, well what brings you to Aunty Em's specifically?" She continues to prod into your reason of being here.

This time you pipe up, "We were split from the traveling circus we're a part of. And our ringmaster told us to come here if we got lost."

She seems to buy it. "Oh dear, come inside. I have food you can have while you wait."

Percy leads you guys in, but even now you're falling under the spell of hunger. You all sit down, Percy next to Grover and you next to Annabeth.

"Um we don't have any money ma'am." Grover pipes up nervously.

You could see Percy wanted to jab him in the ribs, and you wanted to say that you had some money. But she spoke up, "No, no, children. No money. This is a special case, yes? It's my treat for such nice orphans."

"Thank you ma'am." Annabeth smiles.

Aunty Em tensed up before relaxing just as quick, "You're quick welcome Annabeth." She says before walking off to get the food.

Before long she comes back with a tray of burgers, fries, and four large sodas.

As soon as the food is placed on the table all of you begin to dig in, barely noticing Aunty Em just staring at you guys eating. Grover even forgets she is there and starts to eat the paper on the bottom of the tray.

As you all finish she presumably smiles, "So how did you come to this profession?" Percy asks.

"The face is hard to capture when making statues, anyways once upon a time I had two sisters to help me with this business. And I had a boyfriend, but the woman was jealous of us, and tried to break us apart. But my sisters stuck by me, and she ended up ruining all three of us. And eventually my sisters died, leaving me all alone." She answers.

"Can I use the bathroom?" You ask, putting the pieces together.

"Sure dear, it's right around the corner." She points in said direction.

As you pass by her you turn to Annabeth and give her a knowing nod. You finally turn the corner and pull out your dagger, seemingly melting into the shadows.

"Damn, how many monsters are hiding in plain sight?" You think, "So this woman is really Medusa, ugh."

You peek around the corner and see her sitting Annabeth, Percy, and Grover on a bench. Thankfully Percy snaps out of his trance and slowly goes for Riptide.

Medusa begins to take of the face cloth thing, cause you to slam the hilt of your dagger into the wall, snatching her attention. Which allows Percy to pull out riptide and decapitate her.

Medusa's body turns to sand while her head keeps its shape. "What are you going to do with it?" You ask, walking out from your hiding spot.

"Just watch." He heads back the a register. As if knowing there would be drachmas there.

He pries the register open and places the head in a box with a drachma on top, along with a letter addressed to the gods. "Hermès Express." He says aloud and the letter and box disappear.

"The gods aren't going to like this." Annabeth crosses her arms.

"Well I don't care what they think." He begins to walk out and you're soon to follow him after you and Grover raid the cash register while Annabeth makes as much food as your bag could fit.

"This should last us a little while." Annabeth says, placing the final wrapped burger in the bag.

You shoulder the bag and turn to Annabeth, "Why do you think Percy sent Medusa's head to Olympus?"

"Honestly, I have no idea." She shakes her head and leads you outside Aunty Em's Gnome Emporium. "Well what are we going to do now?" She asks.

A/n; So that's all for this part of the chapter. I'll try to update more but I can't promise anything. Oh well, have a great day/night!