Chapter 9: Not Answers

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The day began with Wally vaulting into the kitchen wall. Despite being a speedster, the boy was apparently incredibly unobservant. So unobservant in fact, that he missed the 19 year old, the 5 foot tall wolf, the 7 foot tall Ancient Greek monster, the seagull, the Egyptian plover, and the scorpion curled up in the middle of the kitchen floor. On the bright side, he was moving at a fairly slow speed (for Kid Flash), so instead of an obliterated wall, a lion monster with a chunk of his back missing, and a red splotch, all that resulted was a now awakened group of beasts, a bruised nose, and a caffeine-deprived demigod.

"Hmphghu?" Percy grumbled out, displeased at the fact that he had been awoken from his very fluffy pillow. Interesting fact, it took about 30 seconds for him to regain any memory when he woke up, be it a full sleep or a twenty minute nap. He figured it was just a side effect of his dear aunt stealing his memory for 9 months. 

A groaning Wally shot back up, wondering what he had tripped on on his way to a 6,000 calorie breakfast. Looking at the pile of yellow fur in the middle of the room, he wondered how in the hell he managed to miss that. His first thought however was to scream at the top of his lungs, because he forgot about the newbie and hoLY SHIT THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE KITCHEN!

And that is how the Team woke up to a panicking Wally, a bemused demigod, and about half a dozen animals at varying levels of irritation.

After giving Kid Flash a moment to breath and Percy a moment to remember his life, Percy lumbered over ta coffee maker to get his jump start for the day. When Dick attempted to voice the literal hundreds of questions in his head, Poseidon's favored son simply held up a finger to silence him. In complete silence, coffee was brewed, sugar and cream was added, and Percy drank his morning kickstarter.

Turning towards the assembled sidekicks, he noted that Cred and Gary had disappeared (probably to find a pantry or fridge for food), Othello seemed to be trying to convince Zoe to open her mouth so he could pick around for meat scraps, and Percy could feel Sheila crawling around on his back. Taking a seat on the barstool he used to catch up Zoe on all that had happened since her death, he motioned for them to gather.

"Alright, what do your know?" he asked, knowing full well that answers were desired. As the group silently argued over who got to ask the first question, he debated over how much truth he would tell them at first. 

Robin shot out the first question; "What are you?"

The gods had told Percy that he should not reveal his or the mythological world's status to the heroes. Or at least, anymore than it already had been thanks to Diana. He knew with his luck They figure out at least some truth eventually, but hopefully he'd be able to convince the league that he was an oddity, not that there were over a dozen communities of beings like him. Anyway, back to the question

"I'm the son of an Amazon and an Atlantean. I'm stronger, faster, hardier, etc., etc., plus I can breath underwater." This wasn't a total lie, after all Poseidon did technically rule Atlantis, and Hylla had said many times his mother would have made a great (and terrifying) Amazon. He just left out a lot.

"My turn. I need some names, because I've been calling that guy-" Percy pointed at Robin as he said this, "-Traffic Light since I got here, so I'd like to know what I should actually call you." Dick looked incredibly offended at being called a traffic light, while Wally laughed at his friend's expense

"I am Kaldur'ahm, but you can call me Kaldur." Percy was somewhat worried of this guy's reaction to his actual heritage.

"I'm M'ghann! Or Megan, whichever you prefer." This girl immediately reminded Percy of Tyson back on his second quest; naïve and powerful. He felt a surge of protectiveness in him, which may or may not resurface.

"Conner Kent." This guy Percy would probably get along with. He reminded him of how Nico had become, except taller. Unfortunately for Nico, his body seemed to want to stay at 5'4". This delighted his 5'11" boyfriend, who got his very own Death Teddy to cuddle with at night.  

Percy mentally cursed himself for going off track (dam ADHD), and started paying attention again.

"I'm Artemis," the girl he identified as an archer said. He gave a little smile thinking about his girlfriend who the blond was named for. Unfortunately, he didn't think about any possible misinterpretations of him smiling at Artemis' name.

"The name's Wally, and I" the red head zoomed around Zoe for a few seconds, "Am Kid Flash!" he ended with a touch of drama. Percy gave a grin at this guy, he reminded him a lot of Leo from the little he knew about Wally.

"I'm Robin," the sunglass-wearing kid said. From what Percy could remember from the odd news story he saw, this kid was Tall, Dark, and Bitchy's sidekick. So that meant he had paranoia drilled into his skull. It would take a while for Percy to earn his trust.

"Alright then, well I'm Percy and that (the son of the sea pointed towards Gary, who had returned at some point and was now sharing a set of ribs with Cred) is the Chimera, who now goes by Gary. The seagull sharing his meal is Credo Edepol. This," he said pointing to Othello, still trying to get Zoe to open her mouth, "Is Othello. He's an Egyptian Plover, and loves dive bombing people." He chose not to mention Othello usually aimed for the eyes when he did.

"And this-" Percy waited for the screams to stop as Sheila crawled up his face before settling in his hair. As soon as it stopped, he picked up right where he left off. "-Is Sheila, and as you can see, she's a scorpion. Your turn."

"Wh-" "WHERE DID YOU GET THESE THINGS?!?" Kaldur attempted to ask a question, but Wally had been dying to ask this since yesterday. Unfortunately, Percy gave the Fastest Kid Alive his patented Wolf Glare. Not at full strength mind you, just enough to scare him a bit. "They are not things" he said, making it very clear there was no room for argument. 

Percy softened his glare before answering the question, saying "I found Gary as a... cub, I guess, on my door step a little less than two years ago. Cred just showed up outside my window one day. Othello hid in my hair after a trip to the Bronx Zoo, and I found Sheila wandering the Mojave desert. Now, question time is over. What do you all want for breakfast?"

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