Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Author:Rick Riordan [Riordan, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction - Young Adult
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

PERCY ALREADY FELT LIKE THE lamest demigod in the history of lame. The

purse was the final insult.

They’d left R.O.F.L. in a hurry, so maybe Iris hadn’t meant the bag as a

criticism. She’d quickly stuffed it with vitamin-enriched pastries, dried fruit

leather, macrobiotic beef jerky, and a few crystals for good luck. Then

she’d shoved it at Percy:

Here, you’ll need this. Oh, that looks good.The purse—sorry,

masculine accessory bag—was rainbow tie-dyed with a peace symbol

stitched in wooden beads and the slogan Hug the Whole World. Percy

wished it said Hug the Commode. He felt like the bag was a comment on

his mas sive, incredible uselessness. As they sailed north, he put the man

satchel as far away from him as he could, but the boat was smal .

He couldn’t believe how he’d broken down when his friends had

needed him. First, he’d been dumb enough to leave them alone when he

had run back to the boat, and Hazel had gotten kidnapped. Then he’d

watched that army marching south and had some kind of nervous

breakdown.

Embarrassing? Yeah. But he couldn’t help it. When he’d seen those

evil centaurs and Cyclopes, it had seemed so wrong, so backward, that he

thought his head would explode. And the giant Polybotes…that giant had

given him a feeling the opposite of what he felt when he stood in the ocean.

Percy’s energy had drained out of him, leaving him weak and feverish, like

his insides were eroding.

Iris’s medicinal tea had helped his body feel better, but his mind stil

hurt. He’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where

their missing legs and arms used to be. That’s how his mind felt—like his

missing memories were aching.

Worst of al , the farther north Percy went, the more those memories

faded. He had started to feel better at Camp Jupiter, remembering random

names and faces. But now even Annabeth’s face was getting dimmer. At

R.O.F.L., when he’d tried to send an Iris-message to Annabeth, Fleecy had

just shaken her head sadly.

It’s like you’re dialing somebody, she said, but you’ve forgotten the

number. Or someone is jamming the signal. Sorry, dear. I just can’t

connect you.

He was terrified that he’d lose Annabeth’s face completely when he

got to Alaska. Maybe he’d wake up one day and not remember her name.

Stil , he had to concentrate on the quest. The sight of that enemy army

had shown him what they were up against. It was early in the morning of

June 21, now. They had to get to Alaska, find Thanatos, locate the legion’s

standard, and make it back to Camp Jupiter by the evening of June 24.

Four days. Meanwhile, the enemy had only a few hundred miles to march.

Percy guided the boat through the strong currents off the northern

California coast. The wind was cold, but it felt good, clearing some of the

confusion from his head. He bent his wil to push the boat as hard as he

could. The hul rattled as the Pax plowed its way north.

Meanwhile, Hazel and Frank traded stories about the events at

Rainbow Organic Foods. Frank explained about the blind seer Phineas in

Portland, and how Iris had said that he might be able to tel them where to

find Thanatos.

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