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Chapter 4: Wait What?

A/N: Dedicated to Fandom-Princess7875 for participating in my cyberbulliyng project!! I got an A+ on it BTW

*~2 days later~*

Tonys' s POV:

After the little "incident" Percy started to heal very quickly, because he's demigod, and now you can look at him and you will never know that the "incident" happened. The same can't be said about Gabe though...The less said about what happened to him, the better. A day later, Percy and Sally asked me to come join them on their delayed trip to Montauk; so that's how I found myself two days later in Sally's car signing "Love is an Open Door" with Percy.

Many years ago Sally told me that Camp Half-Blood was near, only a few miles away from Montauk. She also told me that it might look like a normal strawberry farm to me but how it's actually a demigod training camp in disguise.

As Percy and I hit the last note of "Let it Go" we arrive at our destination: A small cabin on a beach, perfect to escape the outside world. We all put our stuff in the cabin and quickly change into our bathing suits, or swim trunks for Percy and I, and we all get in the water. I order my suit to stay on "guard duty" and to alert me if something fishy happens.

Then all of a sudden Percy starts laughing like something's tickling him and suddenly he's pulled under. Sally and I are scared for a moment before remembering that he can breath underwater. After a few moments he pops back up a few feet away from us and starts to swim in our direction. As he's swimming he must've seen something that frightens him behind us, because he suddenly shoots between Sally and I and looks down at the water.

"Go away please, and don't hurt my family," he asks. Then the sand shifts and we all see something swim away; but it was too fast for Sally and I to see what it was.

"What was that?" I ask.

"It was a blue spotted ribbon tail ray. I'm surprised you guys didn't see it," he answers.

"What can you tell us about the ray?" Sally asks with a sly smile, like if she already knew.

"The blue spotted ribbontail ray is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. They are found in the intertidal zone to a depth of 30 meters and they are common throughout the tropical Indian and Western Pacific Ocean in nearshore, coral reef-associated habitats. They are a small species of ray, not larger than 35 centimeters in width, with a mostly smooth, oval pectoral fin disc, large protruding eyes, and a relatively short and thick tail with a deep fin fold underneath. It can be easily identified by its striking color pattern of many electric blue spots on a yellow push background, with a pair of blue stripes on the tail. The scientific name for the blue spotted ribbontail ray is taeniura lymma," Percy rambles.

I'm honestly shocked at how much he knows about the ray; Though it shouldn't be too surprising considering his dad is the god of the sea and he has Ariel for a niece. Percy notices he's rambling and Sally and I see a blush form on his face.

"Sorry for rambling," Percy mumbles, looking down at the water.

"No, no, no. It's ok! It's actually pretty cool that you know so much about that ray. And I bet you red all that information online," I say, pulling Percy into a hug.

"Ha ha. Nope! I learned that when I was in school, but it still blue my mind," Percy laughs, returning the hug.

Sally on the other hand, shakes her head and looks like she's questioning her life choices.

*~That night~*

BOOM

I wake up with a start and look out the window. Lighting flashed in the sky and rain hit the window. I sigh and I lay down to try to get more sleep. But just as my head hits the pillow I hear Sally, Percy, and a new voice talking loudly over the storm. I walk out of my room like a zombie and I notice Percy, a ginger-haired satyr, and Sally sitting on her bed talking about something that sounds important.

"...during the field trip I was attacked by a Kindly One, and then on the ride home I saw three old ladies snip a string of yarn," Percy says. A Kindly One? Another name for the Furies of Hades. Three old ladies and a string of yarn? The Fates. The Fates cutting a string of yarn? Someone's going to die.

"Wait, hold up. You fought a Fury and saw the Fates?" I ask, not caring if I just interrupted a conversation. Percy and the satyr nodded.

"Oh and hi satyr that looks scared out of his mind. I'm Tony Stark, genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, and godfather," I say, still half asleep.

BOOM

The thunder booms once again but it doesn't bother me, I mean I do live with the god of thunder. But everyone else in the room jumps, especially the satyr.

"Tony, it's time. Get changed quickly," Sally says, well, more like orders, looking at me somewhat distressed. 

I suddenly feel like I drank 100 shots of espresso (Clint dared me to do that once and I didn't sleep for days) and I rush to my room, get changed and come out in like 0.0000000001 seconds. When I come out I see a distressed Sally, a confused Percy, and a very, very distressed satyr. Sally, the satyr and I rush Percy out to the car when we hear a roar. I scan my surroundings as best as I can in the storm, and then...

BOOM

The lighting allows me to see the silhouette of our attacker: The Minotaur. I put on my suit and tell the others to get in the car. Percy and the satyr comply but Sally just looks at me worriedly.

"Go, I'll hold it off. It's the Mino. Get Percy to camp and I'll just follow you guys later. Stay safe ok?" I say as I fly towards the Minotaur. 

Once I get close enough, I shoot gasoline into its nostrils; It works! It starts wailing in pain and scratching its nose. It rage-quits but quickly finds a new target: The car. It roars and takes off after the car. I fire my repulsor at it, but I just make it angrier. It then suddenly snacthes me out of the air and starts crushing my suit. I let out a scream as my suit starts to form cuts and bruises on my body. Then the Mino throws me at the car, but I somehow manage to keep my suit in the air and avoid crashing into the car.

"Sir, the suit is at 25% capability. I recommend that you land before you crash," JARVIS advises.

"It's either me crashing or Percy and Sally dying. I prefer the former," I say back as I shoot off towards the car and the Mino. "Don'-t" I begin to say, but I'm cut off by JARVIS.

"But, sir-"

"'But sir' me JARVIS."

"Very well sir."

Once I catch up to the car, at the base of the hill, I notice that the Mino is far behind, that's good. Then all of a sudden...

BOOM

Lightning flashed in front of the car and it swerved into a ditch. I hear Percy yelling, good that means he's alive. I then see Sally crawl out, followed by Percy dragging out a not-so-conscious satyr. I land next to them, or more like fall-flat-on-my-face next to them, and start to break off the broken and battered suit off me. Once I take the suit off I manage to stay upright for a few seconds, but I fall afterward. I groan as I stand up, and Sally notices my pain.

"Oh my gods! Are you ok Tony?" she asks. 

I nod in reassurance, but I wince at the movement. Ignoring my pain, I make my way over to Percy and help him drag the still-not-so-conscious satyr. The satyr starts mumbling something about "enchiladas," and I chuckle.

"Grover, be quiet! The Mino is going to hear you!" Percy whisper-yells.

"Percy, the Mino can barely hear or see. It relies almost entirely on its sense of smell, which I destroyed with gasoline. But we still have to hurry. Now all you have to do Percy, is make it to that pine tree; once you cross it you're safe. Go now! Sally and I have....um....Dozer? Rover?...Grover! Yeah, Sally and I have Grover," I say through the pain. Thankfully it's dark so they can't see my pained expression.

Percy just stays in the same spot and shakes his head. "No. I won't leave you and Mom to get hurt. I'm helping with Grover no matter what you say," he says. I 

groan playfully and painfully at his stubbornness. I swear, this kid is going to be the death of me. Percy then grabs Grover's arms, and I grab his legs, Sally close behind us; and then we start to drag Grover up the hill. Once we're almost to the top my body can't take it anymore. I involuntarily collapse, letting out scream of anguish.

"Tony, get up! It's charging at us and it's going to trample you! C'mon, we're almost at the top!" Sally yells, running towards me. 

My body doesn't care if I get trampled, so I have to force myself to get up and run out of the way. The Mino must've seen me running because he ran towards me and backhands me. Sending me flying against a tree. 

I black out for a moment, and when I'm finally able to open my eyes I see the Mino squeezing Sally like he squeezed me a few minutes ago. I turn my head and see Percy looking at his mother in horror with Grover beside him and the pine tree behind him.

"Get...behind...the tree," I croak through the pain. 

Percy looks at me and nods, and starts to drag Grover across the border. Then suddenly, Sally burst into golden light. Wait. She's mortal, mortals don't disappear in golden light, she would've been crushed. So that means she's alive, just.... taken. But- oh no, Percy doesn't know that.

"Mom! NO!" Percy yells, standing in front of the tree again. 

The Mino takes this as a challenge and charges at him. But instead of leaping towards the side, Percy jumps up. I notice it's still raining, so that must be giving him some extra power. He lands on its head and starts tugging on one of its horns. 

It finally snaps just as the Mino throws him off, and he lands some 10 or 15 feet away from me. The Mino charges at him and just as it's over him, he stabs the horn directly under its ribcage. It lets out a roar as it turns into dust. Percy looks out of breath, I start to crawl over to him and he sees me.

"Tony! Oh my gods! You need help, like medical help, like now. I'll get you help, c'mon," he says while putting his arms under min and starts dragging me towards the border. 

Just as we're about to cross I remember that mortals can't cross into Camp without permission. I was about to open my mouth to remind him, but then the unexpected happened. I crossed the border with no problem, and Percy didn't even say the "I Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon allow Tony Stark to blah blah blah..." thing. Wait-... does this mean that- ....does that make me a-....

Am I a demigod?

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