Chapter 11
Written by rachel76
Edited by Don Kaufman
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The list of characters mentioned in this story belong to the various authors that created them. This is a fan-fiction story.
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We wake up when the alarm sounds out loud at 6:30 AM, “BZZZZZZZ . . . !!!”
I reach over to the alarm clock and turn it off, “Click!” We get ourselves ready for the day. The fairies pack up their bedrolls and pillows into their satchel. I help Brianna change and powder Robert. Once he is all set and ready in his carriage, Brianna and I get ourselves ready for the day. The fairies take out their food bags and make their own cups of honey-water. Brianna pushes out Robert in his baby carriage. I close the door. It is now 7:25 AM. We enter the main lobby. We see Mr. Clausen with an employee from the company.
“Good morning, Richard.”
“Good morning, Mr. Clausen.”
I hand the keys to Mr. Clausen. He hands the SUV keys to me in exchange. We enter the restaurant to have our breakfast.
“So, how did it go yesterday?”
“It went fine, sir.” I then explained what we did yesterday while we have our breakfast. Brianna feeds Robert from time to time while she has her breakfast as well.
“Hmm . . . so, you were able to defeat their ten best warriors. I am not surprised by that, Richard. What is going to happen today?”
“I need to do some one on one training with Percy Jackson. I need to get him up to speed in controlling the water element.”
“Well, good luck with that. I will check with the three Shaolin dojos here on Long Island. I’ll make sure they have our 3D-Server system. They do have their own web sites.”
“How is it going with sales here in the Northeast?”
“There are still some companies who refuse to purchase the hardware version of your system. When that happens, I offer them the software version. They are more willing to pay for that. Then, as their budgets and profits show improvement, then they purchase the hardware version.”
“That seems to make sense.”
“Yes it does, Richard.”
We get done eating our breakfast. We shake hands again before we part our ways. Brianna and I clean up Robert before we head back to the room. Once we are in our room, we put on the multi-pocket coats. We see the fairies have cleaned themselves up from their breakfast. They flutter quickly into the pockets. We make sure the fairies’ food bag is filled with what we need for the day. There is another satchel for Robert. It contains diapers, powder, wipe up towels, and food for Robert. We then exit the room and the hotel. I activate the beeper on the set of keys. “Beep! Beep!” We find the SUV in the parking lot. It is black in color.
We all get in quickly. The fairies flutter back out and sit on the back seats and the floor of the SUV. We leave by 8:10 AM. We take the interstate and the State Road to Montauk State Park. We find the entrance to Camp Half-Blood by 9 AM. We see the pillar of earth that I raised up is still there. I park the car and get out of it. I concentrate on the pillar. I tap my toe to the ground again and slide it back two inches. The pillar of earth quickly enters back into the ground. I get back into the car and enter their property with no problems. We follow the road to where we were yesterday. Once we open the doors, the fairies flutter out and stand on top of the SUV. We get Robert out and set up his baby carriage.
Soon, we see Chiron trotting toward us. He stops before us, “Good morning, Richard.”
“Good morning, Chiron.”
“What are you planning today?”
“I need to get Percy up to speed in being a better water bender.”
“That’s good, Richard. I will focus the other demigods to work better on their weapons’ skills. Join us at 3 PM. I need to make sure they are handling the weapons right.”
“I’ll be there, Chiron.”
“That’s good, Richard. You’ll find Percy at his water side cabin.” Chiron turns around to get ready for the day.
Several demigods point the direction to Percy’s water side cabin. Brianna and I take turns pushing Robert down the trail to the small lake on the property. Soon, we see Percy is walking about his cabin.
We see him stare at the water. He raises his hand and brings up a stream of water, then lets go of it. The raised stream of water flows back into the lake. He quickly turns around once he senses us near the cabin. He walks toward us.
“Good morning, Percy.”
“Good morning, Richard. I hear my father telling me that you will do some one on one with me today.”
“That’s right, Percy. Then at 3 PM today, we’ll meet with the others. Chiron is having them focus on weapons handling today. I’ll be there to help them make sure it is done right.”
“Okay, so, what is the first thing to do?”
“I need to tell you a story I had on the Avatar World. It is there. I met a water bending master and the Ocean Spirit, La. La helped me connect to the water world. Then, Water Bending Master, Pakku, gave us some words to remember.”
“What did he say?”
“He said, water is the flowing element. Water is the element of change. To master water, you must release your emotions to wherever they lead you. Water teaches us acceptance. Let your emotions flow like water. Remember these words.”
Is that true, father?
It is, my son.
“All right, I’ll try to remember those words, Richard.”
“That’s good, Percy. As we were walking here, I saw you bring up a stream of water. You need to do that each day to stay connected to the water element.”
“Yes, I am beginning to understand that now. So, what is the first lesson for the day?”
“You need to learn how to freeze water to ice.”
“How I do that?”
“With your mind, Percy. I’ll show you.” I look at the water. I bring up a water blob that is about one foot in diameter. I bring it to me and hold it in the air. “When you look at the water, use your mind to lower the temperature of the water.” I turn the water blob to ice and keep it floating in the air.
“All right, let me try it.” Percy focuses on the water. He brings up a water blob that is about one foot in diameter. He keeps it hovering in front of him. He concentrates on the water, he imagines he is lowering the temperature of the water. It quickly turns to ice. He loses concentration of the water ball ice for a second because of the heavier weight. Then he brings the ice ball up higher back to where it was. “Okay, I think I got the hang of it now.”
“That’s good, Percy. Now keep that ice ball hovering in the air. I will send this ice ball to you. Keep it hovering in the air in front of you.”
I move the ice ball to Percy. He keeps both ice balls hovering in the air at the same time.
“That’s great, Percy. Let’s see how you handle a few more.”
“All right, I’m ready.”
I quickly bring out five more blobs of water from the small lake. I quickly freeze them to ice balls. I send five ice blobs toward Percy. He keeps them all hovering in the air.
“That’s great, Percy. Now, send them to me one or two at a time.”
“Okay, Richard.” He concentrates on the ice balls. He sends them to me one or two at a time.
I keep them hovering in the air in front of me. “All right, now try this. I’ll keep them hovering in air. Now watch my feet.”
Percy looks at my feet.
I quickly give my right foot a spin. I create a water ball on my right foot. I kick up the water ball and keep all of them hovering in the air.
“You used your body.”
“That’s right, Percy. Your entire body is a conduit to water bend. The reason is the body contains water as well.”
“I see. All right, let me try that.”
He thinks about his feet. He gives his right foot a shake. Quickly, a water ball appears on his foot. He kicks it up and has it hovering in front of him. He quickly makes it become ice. Then he creates nine more water balls and freezes them. He has them hovering in front of him.
“I’m starting to get a better understanding of this, Richard.”
“That’s good, Percy. There is a property of ice that is available to you. You can make the ice stronger than steel with your mind.”
“Isn’t that what you did against Annabeth yesterday?”
“I did, Percy.”
“Okay, let me make some ice swords on my hands.” He concentrates his mind on his hands. He finds it difficult to do. “How did you grab the water from the air, Richard?”
“Remember, water vapor is hanging in the air all around us. Put your hands out and concentrate on the air in front of you. Imagine you are bringing in the moisture from the air. It is reverse thinking to disperse the water back into the air.”
“Okay, I’ll give it a try.” He focuses on the moisture in the air. Soon, he feels the moisture coalescing in front of him. Then he sees water droplets forming in front of him. He brings them together and forms a water ball. He freezes it and then melts again. He concentrates again on the water ball to break it apart. He quickly creates smaller water droplets from the water ball. He concentrates again makes the water droplets dissipate into the air.
“Whew!! That took some mental power. I need to keep practicing this so it will become faster.”
“That’s right, Percy.”
“All right, let’s see I can make those ice swords on my hands.” He concentrates his mind on his hands. He quickly gathers in the moisture from the air onto his hands. Once that is done, he quickly grows out two feet long swords in his hands.”
“That’s very good, Percy.”
“Thank you, Richard. When you came against Ares, were you able to break Ares sword?”
“No, Percy.”
“I didn’t think you would, Richard. All of their armament is made by Hephaestus. It is designed not to break or chip.”
“I didn’t think it would.”
“So, what is next to learn?”
“It is time to create a water tornado around yourself. From that, I’ll show how to create those water cannons on your arms.”
“Okay, Richard.”
“What you need to do is learn how to walk on water first.”
Percy smiles, “Like this?” He steps out onto the water and doesn’t sink.
“You’ve got it.” I step onto the water and do the same thing. “Now with your arms, swing them around yourself in a circular motion. You are reaching out to the water to bring it around yourself. Create a water tornado.” I swing my arms around in one direction. I create a water tornado around myself from the waist down.
Percy tries it as well. Soon, he has a water tornado around himself from the waist down.
“Now, let it lift yourself up! But, don’t shoot out of it!!” I let the water tornado lift me higher.
Percy does the same thing as well.
“Now, rotate your arms in one direction. Create a water tornado around the arms and hands!” I spin my arms. Quickly, two water tornadoes appear on my arms. I aim my arms upward. The tornadoes are ten feet long on the arms.
Percy is able to do it as well.
“Now, bring them down together in front of you. Let those two twist around each other like this!” I bring them forward. Soon, they twist around each other. “Now shoot out a water vapor fist. You jerk your arm forward and bring it back quickly. Aim it at the lake!” I jerk my arms forward. Quickly two vapor fists are circling around each other. It hits the water level and creates a big splash!!
Percy tries it. Quickly he sends the water vapor fists at the water level. It too creates a big splash!! Percy is now smiling.
We concentrate on the water tornados and let ourselves come back down to the lake water level. We walk back to his water side cabin.
“All right!! I just learned a new offensive tactic. Thank you, Richard!”
“You’re welcome, Percy. The most important thing to remember, you must never do this water bending in anger. If you do, someone will find a way to defeat you.”
“Sigh . . . I get it now. It must be done with a calm mind that is balanced.”
“That’s right.”
“So how are we going to defeat these demons, Richard?’
“With fire and ice, Percy. I’ll show that to you tomorrow. Right now it is time for the noon meal.”
“All right, I’ll wait until tomorrow.”
We all walk to the dining hall. We see the same arrangement for us at the head table. I put the fairies’ food satchel on the table with the three plates. They quickly get out fruits and nuts they want to eat. They make their own honey-water cups.
This time, roasted chicken is served with two different vegetables. We go through the same reciting of the phrases we said yesterday.
It takes about forty-five minutes to eat and drink the lunch today. As we leave, Chiron comes up to me.
“How is he doing?”
“I am expanding his control of the water element. He getting the hang of it very quickly. He has made his own ice swords, water arm cannons with a tornado around himself.”
“That’s good. When are you going to focus on the demon problem in Japan?”
“I’ll be doing that tomorrow. For the next two hours, I need to get him focus on more tactics. I intend to do a demonstration water fight with my fairies on Thursday. Once he sees that, hopefully he will be better prepared for the unexpected from me later in the day.”
“That’s good, Richard. I’ll see you at 3 PM today at the amphitheater.”
“See you then, Chiron.”
We all walk back down to Percy’s water side cabin.
“So, what is the next item to learn, Richard?”
“I am going to throw a huge water ball at you. It is going to engulf you with water. You must create an air bubble so you can breathe. You must protect yourself as you take control of the water ball.”
“Hmm . . . that’s a challenge.”
“Yes it is, Percy.”
We both walk out onto the water. We are two hundred feet from each other.
I concentrate on the water. I bring up a large water ball from the lake. It is twenty feet in diameter. Percy concentrates on what he must do. I quickly send the water ball toward Percy. It quickly engulfs him. He concentrates on the air near his skin. He quickly creates a thin layer of air around himself. He then expands it so he can breathe. “Pant. . . .pant . . .” He concentrates on the water ball. He quickly lifts the water ball high up in the air. He sends the water ball to me.
The water ball quickly engulfs me. I react faster in creating the air bubble around myself. I then lift the water ball above me. I send the water ball toward Percy.
We do this two more times. On the third time, Percy quickly learns how to create an air bubble around himself very quickly. He then sends the water ball back to the lake.
“Whew!! You’re right, Richard. I need to practice these tactics everyday.”
“That’s right, Percy.”
“Okay, what is the next tactic to learn?”
“The last one for the day is that water helix you tried yesterday to protect yourself.”
“Like this?” He quickly brings up a stream of water. He has it swirling about himself.
“That’s good, Percy. Now you need to expand your mind to multi-task water bending.”
“You mean I need to do offensive and defensive tactics while I’m protecting myself.”
“That’s right, Percy.” I bring up a water ball from the lake. I send quickly toward Percy. He lets the water ball get absorbed into his water helix. Hold them in air this time. Come up with a weapon to attack me.”
“Yes, Richard.”
I quickly create a water helix about myself. I then create a water ball from the lake. I toss the water ball toward him. He quickly catches it and hovers it in the air. I create another water ball and send it toward Percy. He keeps it hovering in front of him. He thinks hard about a weapon to create. He creates two water tridents from the water balls. He sends them toward me very fast.
We keep at this for the next half hour until 3 PM. We finally walk back to his water side cabin.
“That’s very good, Percy. You’re getting it understood very quickly.”
“Thank you, Richard. Let’s get to the amphitheater. Let’s see if the demigods are handling the weapons the right way.”
“Yes, let’s get there.”
The fairies fly around us as we walk toward the amphitheater. Brianna pushes Robert’s carriage along the way.
We enter the amphitheater and see everyone there. We see an assortment of weapons on a table.
Chiron speaks up, “All right, watch Richard closely how he uses it.”
I walk up to the table. I see a staff, two batons, iron claws, sledge hammers, long swords and short swords, to name just a few. I pick up the two batons for starters.
“You must learn how to use the batons first before you learn how to use two swords. I’ll demonstrate.” I quickly go through the motions of using the batons. I create an “X” to trap an imaginary weapon at me. I even somersault in the air to dive over a weapon. I also do the windmill attack as well. I do the traps at various elevations. I quickly bring up a baton to hit the imaginary foe while I trap the weapon. I come to a stop. Everyone is breathless, soon. They clap their hands for the demonstration.
I then use the staff. “There are two types of contests. The ground match and the balanced beam match.” I quickly go through the moves again. Some of them are similar to what I just did. However, they quickly see the triangle defense stance. They see it is a good defense to learn. I come to a stop. “Don’t be complacent with that triangle defense position. Your opponent could use a sword to cut that staff into two pieces.”
I then pick up the long sword. I go through the motions. Quickly, Annabeth sees she needs to learn some new moves and to increase her hand strength.
After the long sword, I use the sledge hammer. Again, I quickly go through the motions for the sledge hammer.
I then pick up the two iron claws and put them on my hands. They quickly realize I am a much better fighter than they are.
After that, I pick up the two sickles. I go through the motions for the sickles. Once I am done with that, Chiron stops me.
Everyone is breathless. Then they breathe in and out. Soon, they quickly clap their hands for the demonstration.
“Now, there are lot more weapons to learn. You also need to know how to defend yourself against these weapons. It is now 4:30 PM. We are now done for the day. Richard will be with Percy again tomorrow morning. At 3 PM tomorrow, I’ll have some different weapons out here. But this time, Richard is going to demonstrate some weapon combination moves with his martial art forms. This is to get you in the right frame of mind when I send you to the Shaolin dojos here on Long Island.”
We all leave the amphitheater. Everyone is mulling quietly on what they saw. I get my family back to the SUV rental and loaded up. I drive us back to the hotel. Once we are in our rooms, Brianna and I take a good hot shower. The fairies take their own as well. We have our usual dinner in the restaurant while the fairies have theirs in the room.
We watch the sunset like we did yesterday. We get back to our rooms and get ready for bed. Once we are changed and ready for bed, the lights are turned off and the alarm is set on the clock again for 6:30 AM.
Soon, we are fast asleep. We get peaceful dreams during the night.
