Percy Jackson and the Gaia System

The bull's head exploded as it slowly fell to the side allowing Clarisse to stand up and remove the spear from it's neck. The demigoddess panted as Percy walked up to her, "anyone hurt?"

"No, but these things always hunt in pairs. Where's the other one?"

"I got it, Michael's hurt but I managed to stabilize his health before I came for this one."

Clarisse nodded, "good," she looked around and sighed, "gods this is a fucking mess."

The rest of the night was spent taking the heavy metal bull away from the camp fire ground. Percy helped out with that, he was technically the strongest demigod there so he was stuck with the heavy lifting.

Michael managed to make a full recovery by morning and meet up with Percy later to give him what the first Colchis Bull left behind as loot. It was 300$ a celestial bronze ingot, which was new, and a map, this time showing directions to one of Hephaestus's secret forges located in Montana, this one had the symbol of an Ox next to it, which means that it probably has a giant robot bull hidden somewhere.

It was a few days later when Percy found himself near the campfire again with a fully healed Michael sitting next to him.

"All I'm saying is you need a cooler name for your attacks you know?" Michael said pointing a finger at Percy, "like 'Destruction punch' or 'Breaker fist', not Earthquake Form, that's just so lame!"

Percy sighed as he looked through his item list, "why exactly do you want me to have a nickname for all of my attacks?"

"Because it would sound cooler!"

"'Earthquake Punch' is cool!"

"To you maybe, but as an attack it just sounds so….lame."

Percy ignored Micheal as he continued to look through his item list. From the moment that he had seen the description about what the venom was something had been bugging him. He didn't know what, but whenever he got feelings like this it usually meant something was up, something big.

Just then he noticed it, the very thing he got from hunting that Lamia with Artemis on his Birthday nearly a year ago;

Lamia's fang

Consuming this will cure a person of any snake venom.

If this thing could really do that then Percy already had the solution for the tree problem! Percy grinned as he got up startling Michael.

"Where are you going?" the son of Apollo asked.

"Bathroom," Percy replied as he walked towards the Big House leaving Michael behind.

"I know you're lying Percy!" Michael shouted back

"Fine I lied! I'm actually going to bed, night!"

"That's also a lie!" Michael shot back but Percy ignored him as he made his way towards the Big House.

As he approached the building he noticed Chiron standing outside with Mr. D and a man who looked like a walking mummy. Percy quickly moved to the shadows as he quietly moved closer. There wasn't much shade near the Big House so he had to get created. Percy closed his eyes and activated his Shadow Spy skill;

Shadow Spying, Lv- 1 (90%)

You can use send your mana to infected another person shadow. For a certain time you will be able to hear whatever the person say and hears.

Mana- 10 MP every minute it is in use

Limit- 12 hours.

Percy rarely ever used the skill, usually for eavesdropping on teachers and such, but now he used it to spy on Chiron's conversation with the others.

"I am telling you Lord Dionysus I did not poison the tree!" Chiron protested loudly.

"And I believe you Chiron, but father doesn't. He think you are a spy working for Kronos."

"But I am not-"

"I know old friend," Dionysis interrupted, "but father's orders are final. He has ordered you gone and has ordered Tantalus here to replace you."

Percy's eyes shot up in surprise. He wanted to jump out right now and call bull shit on the whole situation but luckily he used Gamer's mind to maintain his cool and waited the conversation out.

"Dionysis the children-"

"-Will be fine, I swear it on the Synx," thunder rumbled signalling the legitimacy of the God's oath, "now leave before Zeus forces me to make you leave. And be safe, do you have anywhere to go?"

"My cousins," Chiron said after a few seconds, "they should be able to help me until this is all over."

"Then go."

"Good bye Lord Dionysus, remember your promise."

"Always." Percy heard the clicking of Chiron's feet as he walked away. The demigod wanted to jump out and see his teacher one last time but he knew he had to wait. "Tantalus go inside and make yourself comfortable, I just need a quick drink and then I will join you."

"Of course my Lord," the thin man had a frail voice to match, like he hadn't had anything to drink in a long time.

Percy heard the door slam shut and decided to move, slowly sneaking away when suddenly, "where do you think you are going Peter Johnson?" 'Well shit,' Percy cursed, 'I knew I should have leveled up my sneaking ability!'

Percy sighed as he walked out of the shadows facing Dionysus with a hard look, "why?"

"Chiron is the son of Kronos," this surprised Percy but luckily Gamer's mind helped him process this, after all everyone was related to everyone in the Greek Pantheon, "Zeus believes this attack on camp, the poisoning of the tree, was done by Chiron."

Percy raised an eyebrow, "is Zeus a fool?" The sky rumbled but Percy didn't really care as he carried on, "Chiron loves this camp, he cares for us all, even more than some of our parents do. Why would Zeus ever think that?"

Mr. D shrugged, "I don't know Peter. But what I do know is that we have a spy amongst our midsts."

"How?"

"Campers do patrol the borders at night, the only way anyone could have attacked the tree is if they knew when the patrol timing where, something only a few handful of people here know."

"Like?"

"Me, Chiron and the Head counselors."

Percy frowned, he didn't like the sound of that. They might not be as close as Percy is to Michael or Nina but the head councillors and the son of Poseidon had nothing but respect and liking for each other. If one of them was a spy…..this is something he would have to look into.

"Now I think it is time you went to bed Peter, and do not mention a word about the spy to anyone, understood?"

"Understood. Oh and I found a cure by the way," Percy said pulling out the Lamia fang tossing it to the god who caught it, "Lamia fang, can cure any snake poison."

The god nodded, "ture. But these are only effective on a man, not a tree."

Percy blinked, "wait….." Percy Observed the fang again;

Lamia's fang

Consuming this will cure a person of any snake venom.

"SHIT!" Percy cursed throwing his hands up, "I can't believe this! Fucked over by a technicality! It's just one word, 'person'! Just one word and everything get's fucked up!"

Dionysus smiled as he threw the fang back to Percy who quickly put it away, "it still matters. It's magic is tuned for humans not tress."

"Wait...isn't Thalia, the one inside the tree human?"

Dionysus nodded, "yes, but she is dead and the tree is the living one. Don't think too hard on this, go to bed Perseus, we have a long summer ahead of us."

Percy clammed down sighing, "right, night Mr. D," Percy turned away from the god walking to his cabin. He suddenly stopped halfway as his eyes shot up, "wait….he called me Perseus!"

The next week went by quickly for Percy and the rest of camp. Tantalus was a very cruel and nasty camp worker, he was also the dumbass who tried to steal an apple of immortality from the Gods and got sent to Hades for his trouble.

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