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-Ch. Flashback-

-Percy's pov.-

My neck tingled as if somebody else was looking at me. I turned, but it was just a statue of a young girl holding an Easter basket. The detail was incredible, much better than you see in most garden statues. But something was wrong with her face. It looked as if she were startled, or even terrified.

"Ah," Aunty Em said as she saw me look at the statue. "You noticed that some of my creations do not turn out well. Some are marred so they don't sell. Faces can be hard to get right."

"You make these statues yourself?" I asked.

"Oh, no. I have some little helpers with me, they might be the same ages as you three. They live with me now since two of my sisters have passed away a long time ago." She explained.

Annabeth had stopped eating. She sat forward and asked, "Two Sisters?"

"I'm done watering the flowers, Auntie." I turned around to look at the person who said that to see-

-Flashback ends-

-Narrator's pov.-

Percy turned around to see a boy with blue eyes and shoulder-length lavender hair that was tied to a red band. He was wearing a black jacket with a large dark blue line on each side, under it was a royal blue shirt, he also wore black pants and black boots. The boy- who looked the same age and height as Annabeth, looked at her, Percy and Grover in confusion, "Who are you all?" He said in a shy-like voice which almost sounded a bit feminine(if you squint.)

"My name's Percy, she is Annabeth and he's Grover." Percy said making him nod, "I'm...Epel." He said while Annabeth gave Percy a nudge with her elbow making him quirk his brow at her, "He asked." He mumbled to her. "They're our guests, Epel. Since your done watering the plants, why don't you wash your hands first then find something for them?" Aunty Em said to Epel who agreed and walked away.

"You don't really-"

"I insist, Annabeth. For all I know, you might not have that much." Aunty Em said, cutting her sentence off, "What's the harm Annabeth?" Percy asked but she just shook her head. "We should leave, I have a feeling we shouldn't even be here" Annabeth whispered as she glanced at all the statues, spotting a statue of a Satyr, Grover nodded as he chewed the wax paper off the tray which Aunty Em didn't find that strange since she didn't say anything, but she did quirk an eyebrow at him.

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While that happened, Epel-or should I say a disguised Mika sighed in relief as she walked away from them. She wanted to check on the three closely to see if they didn't have any injuries after she last saw them from Argo's SUV, luckily they only have wounds that looked like burn marks and had dirt covering all over them.

After washing her hands, Mika began searching the back of the warehouse until she found an office room. She spotted an account book that showed six of the most recent sales, they were all shipments to the Underworld to decorate Hades and Persephone's garden. According to one freight bill, the Underworld's billing address was DOA Recording Studios, West Hollywood, California. She folded up the bill and stuffed it in her jacket's pocket.

Mika went out of the room then found the front counter. Going in it, she opened the cash register and found twenty dollars, a few golden drachmas, and some packing slips with the words , each with a little leather bag attached for coins.

"I know you like to play dress-up little Mika. But I didn't know you were already finished dealing with the copy of my youngest sister already." Turning around, she saw a girl with light purple hair which was tied to twin ponytails, she wore a white dress and was almost the exact height of Medusa Lancer, it was Stheno. The eldest sister of Medusa.

"Stheno! I didn't know you were here!" Mika said surprised while the other giggled. "I'm just here to check with you three, so what happened?" The Servant said and Medusa Lancer appeared. "We didn't get to kill her, but somebody left her head." The lily servant said and explained with Mika what had happened a moment ago. "So someone has beaten you to it then gave you something...Mika, may I-" But before the Assassin-class Servant continued, they heard a crash and a yell that sounded like. 'That is my Uncle Ferdinand!'

"Whoops..." Mika mumbled as she ran to where she happened to see Percy and Annabeth fighting Medusa Rider, well trying to since the Rider Servant was fast. She was now wearing her original outfit without her usual blindfold which should have a mark on her forehead. Where was Grover? He scrambled somewhere.

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"You shouldn't have tried to fight me, especially you! Son of Poseidon!"

Medusa said in an angered tone while Percy's eyes were closed shut whilst holding his sword, Riptide, afraid if she'll turn him to stone.

While they did that, Annabeth sneaked behind her with a dagger, but before she could strike, Medusa swiftly turned and did a sidekick at the knees making the demigoddess fall on her side and lose her weapon. Percy then took a chance and was about to swipe riptide at where her neck was but she ducked down to dodge and side kicked his feet before throwing him over to Annabeth.

"A bold move, and here I thought you two hate each other just like your godly parents." Medusa said and was about to turn them to stone, but before she could do that, she heard Mika's voice call her "Rider! The Satyr!!" Turning around, Medusa quickly sidestepped to let the half-goat fly past her to hit his friends instead.

Medusa looked at them, before looking at Mika which created a small flashback to someone who had the same kind of emotion in their eyes. After that, she looked at the trio on the ground with a glare. "You're lucky that I'm not in a mood to kill yet, I'll give you all three minutes to run. But If I still see one of you in the distance...I won't hesitate to turn you all to stone." She said and all of them were shocked for a second before running away.

"Rider! Are you alright?" Mika asked when running to her a moment later. The servant only replied with a chuckle and patted her on the head, "They would never have killed me even if they tried their hardest. I'm a Servant of those Fujimaru siblings after all." Rider had said making Mika sweat drop when she forgot.

"Ara, Ara. I never knew you still had that kind of temper, little sister." Stheno said which made Medusa Rider look at her, "E-elder nee-sama! You're here!!" The Rider said while Stheno smiled cheekily. "I thought said that you have no feelings for that guy anymore, but seeing that scene means you still hate him. So why did you lie to me?" The loli like Servant said while the tallest tried to explain. "We'll talk about it later with Eurayle after we leave alright? And Mika?" The girl turned to her and was surprised to be handed new clothes from the Assassin.

"I thought you'll be dirty after a kill so I got these for you, but then I don't want you wearing gardener clothes while your not planting any." Agreeing, Mika left to go change in another room.

"So what made you angry?" The Assassin-class Servants asked the Rider after Mika left minutes ago.

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She had taken off her contact lenses a moment ago and now it was her purple wig that revealed her actual hair. She then changed her clothes, now wearing a white shirt with a few medium-sized black paw prints that looked like it was stamped on with some scattered ink and a dark brown hooded jacket with short caramel-coloured fur linings. She had on dark blue jeans that were tied on by a red belt and tied her red and white rubber shoes with black laces. Mika then took out her dad's(Solomon's) ring from the gates of Babylon (or Inventory since I've been calling it like that) and placed it back on her right ring finger.

As Mika went out of the room, she was surprised to see someone else familiar instead of Medusa Rider and Lancer or Stheno. She has pale skin, light gold eyes and pale blonde hair that was tied by a long thin black ribbon. She wore on a black jacket that had the colour red inside, a black tank top, black denim shorts with a white belt and black sneakers. She's currently eating one of the burgers and vanilla shake from the steel table that Percy, Annabeth and Grover were moments ago. It's Altria, the altered version of Arturia Pendragon, and yes, the king from the Arthurian legend is a woman.

"Altria?" I asked, she turned her head to me and hummed as a reply. I looked around and got confused since she's the only one here, where did the others go? "Master needed that lancer for a mission(Farming Materials) so she left already. Rider and Assassin left with her too." Altria replied before I even asked, I know that most(some) missions are important but she didn't have time to say goodbye though...but I guess that's alright.

I then looked at the food and started to get hungry, "Did you eat all the fries yet?" I asked since I haven't eaten till now, Altria shook her head and motioned for me to sit next to her.

When I did she passed me the tray of fries, two hamburgers and a vanilla shake, "Eat these. If you won't eat them all just put it in a bag for later, we won't waste any food here, alright?" She said and continued to eat her third hamburger, nodding I took two bites on one of the hamburgers, picked up a few fries and chucked them all in my mouth, few seconds later I slurped the shake so I won't get the hiccups. When I finished my burgers, half of the fries on the tray, and emptied my shake I felt full enough from eating so I gave the tray of fries to Altria who seems to still be eating, looking at the clock it was already late at night, I then realized something and turned to the Alter Saber.

"Where are we going to sleep until we arrive home? I don't think we can rent a place at this hour." I asked and she took the last bite of her burger and said, "Don't worry. You'll sleep in the car Rider got while I drive it." Altria said and I remembered that Servants never needed to sleep, but they could if they wanted to.

After that, we left the place that was once a monster's den while carrying a few bags of leftover burgers, shakes, and a couple of other stuff like a cup filled with nacho cheese and a bag of (you guessed it) nachos, we raided the place of its food. I led Altria to where the car was supposed to be from where I remembered, we luckily found it and began to uncover it before we got in, and before Altria started the car she asked me one question "What place would you have wanted to go to for the first time?" I was a little confused when she said that but she looked serious about it. "Well...other than Disneyland...I want to look from way high up at the Gateway Arch," I said, even though I could see everything up high from the Hanging Gardens, but it's way up in the clouds which makes it sometimes difficult to see below from one of its terraces. That and I wanted to actually be there instead of some pictures and videos about it.

Altria nodded at my answer and began to drive the car, it was weird why she asked that but I shrugged it off and started to relax on the seat and leaned near to the side of the window to try to make myself fall asleep.

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