9 》 What The Hell Dick?

                                    

                                          
"Poseidon's underpants, that was insane. I'm going to throw up; that was worse than shadow travel." The visitor, a male teen with messy black hair, began to cough while we all stood still in complete shock. "I'm never doing that again." He stood and noticed us for the first time. His sea-green eyes widened as he took us all in.
                          
"What the Hades?"
                          
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Kid Flash
                          
I could see Robin facepalming and muttering something like, "Knew I shouldn't of left him". I noticed everyone else had fear and confusion lining their faces. Staring in slight horror at our guest who was giving them the same horrified expression. I glanced at Artemis who was glancing at me. We locked eyes and shared a confused but slightly amused look.
                          
Percy looked around at all the heroes in the room before coming to rest on Robin. I had a sudden thought. Percy was staying at Wayne Manor; he came from the Batcave...Dick is screwed. I played out the scenario of everyone finding out Robins secret identity in my head and lets just say, it didnt look good. So when Percy opened his mouth to speak, I intervened.
                          
Percy looked at Robin with a mixture of awe and annoyance. "Di-"
                          
Before he could finish revealing Rob's identity, I raced over and covered his mouth. Percy flinched and grabbed at my head but I jerked to the side. Robin ran over and assisted me in dragging Percy out of the room. "You guys carry on with training," I told them, "Rob and I got this."
                          
"Hell no!" My girlfriend protested. "I'm coming with you." Before Robin or I could argue, she shrunk her bow and sprinted after us. Everyone else was left in stunned silence.
                          
Together, the three of us dragged a struggling and screaming Percy to my room and dumped him on a couch. Percy huffed and yelled, "What the hell Dick?!"
                          
"Wait, Dick?" Then Artemis gasped, "Dick Grayson! How could you not tell me you ass?!" She punched him in the arm playfully.
                          
"B's orders," Robin replied with a grin on his face then he burst out laughing. "I told you we'd laugh about this someday."
                          
Then it was Artemis' turn to laugh.
                          
Meanwhile Percy was just getting more confused. "Wait a second, you," he pointed at Artemis, "didn't know Dick's," he pointed at Robin, "identity?"
                          
Artemis shook her head.
                          
"But you," he pointed at me, "did?"
                          
I nodded.
                          
"And no one out there does?"
                          
"Nope," confirmed Robin, slipping off his mask and placing it gently on the table. Artemis and I followed suit by her taking off her mask and me removing my head covering.
                          
Percys eyes widened and he gasped. "My sister's babysitter is an archer and her boyfriend has superspeed. Damn." Then he chuckled for no reason. Although Percy looked surprised, he didnt seem that fazed by it. I know if I was your average civilian and my friends turned out to be superheroes I would be stunned and freaking out on some level. Percy didn't act like this was the case.
                          
"Hey Percy," I began.
                          
"Yeah Wally?"
                          
"You don't seem that fazed by the fact we're all superheroes. Why is that?"
                          
He shrugged. "I guess that I'm not really that shocked by anything anymore."
                          
I felt as though there was a bit of story there, but I decided it was best not to pry. Artemis, however, did not. "Why's that?" She asked.
                          
"Uuuuuuuuummmmm, I can't really say," he replied hesitantly.
                          
"Is it something to do with the fact you can't touch any electronics except your unbranded never before seen phone? Or these weird DSTOMP tests youre doing?" Questioned Dick.
                          
Percy suddenly got kind of nervous. "Errm."
                          
"So it is," declared Dick, causing Percy to get more nervous. "What are you hiding?"
                          
Suddenly I heard the voice of Samuel E. Wright singing one of his most famous pieces,
                          
Under the sea,
                          
Under the sea,
                          
Darling it's...
                          
The song was cut off by Percy pressing a button on his phone. "Hey Wise Girl," he said, bringing the phone up to his ear. Then he winced and pulled the phone away slightly. I could hear the faint sound of a girl yelling who I assumed was his girlfriend, Annabeth. "Yeah, I know. I'm really sorry but something urgent came up...Yep, I found out what was behind the clock...It was what we were joking about...I know, I'm smart!...How is everything?...NO WAY! Good on Nico...Why am I not surprised? Burning things down is Leo's specialty...Yes you can tell Auntie Piper that Estelle misses her lots..."
                          
The conversation continued whilst Dick, Artemis and I stood listening to one side of the very puzzling conversation. 
                          
"No I've not had any problems, tell the guys in Cabin 9 that their phone works great. And tell Connor that I do not appreciate the ringtone. Anything happened at camp?" Percys face went from happy to stoic as he listened to Annabeths reply. "What?...Tell him that he can go to Tartarus!...You did? Nice." A smile made its way back onto his face. "Yeah, okay...Love you too Wise Girl." The phone beeped and the line was cut off. He then turned to face us and our very perplexed faces. "What?"
                          
"Should we have let him say that stuff to his girlfriend?" I asked Robin.
                          
Robin shook his head. "I learned the hard way that you do not come between Percy and Annabeth."
                          
"No you do not," Percy agreed with a grin. "Besides, she won't say anything. I promise."
                          
"Alright. But if..." I stopped when I heard a loud commotion outside. "What the?"
                          
We all stood and hurried back into the main room. "What's going on?" Yelled Artemis.
                          
"He just appeared out of nowhere," said Miss Martian pointing to a kid in all black sprawled on the floor.
                          
"Yeah, he sorta just fell out of the shadows," Rocket confirmed.
                          
Percy shoved his way through the ring of superheroes and spotted the boy we were all looking at. "Nico," he cried and ran to him. Percy attempted to lift the boy's head up but his hand somehow went straight through his head. I blinked harder to confirm what I'd just seen. The looks on my teammates faces told me that they just saw the same thing.
                          
"Back off!" Percy yelled with ferocity, glaring at us. We all took a few steps back. There was something in Percy's eyes that seemed dark and dangerous. I felt like I didn't want to cross him. Then Percy's demeanour shifted into a worried but gentle one as he whispered softly, "Nico. Nico, cuz. Can you hear me?"
                          
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I think I can honestly say that this is one of the most boring chapters I've ever written. I'm really sorry. I wanted this chapter to be great but it's kinda underwhelming. Not whelming at all. Hopefully I can write the next chapter better.
                          
Keep traught,
                          
~Gingerbreadhalfblood