"Again."
"Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars."
"Again."
"Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars."
Percy smiled at Rob, "are you beginning to see the truth?"
Rob nodded, "yes."
"And what is the truth?"
"Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars."
Percy nodded and turned to the group of Roman demigods, "now, who the fuck wanted me dead?"
The crowd parted and there standing all alone was a skinny Legionnaire with his spear clutched tightly to his side. Percy looked at his title;
George Mathews, Legionnaire
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"So?" Percy asked crossing his arms, "you going to do it or what?"
George gulped, "ah-I ah, I didn't mean-"
"Come on George," Percy smirked as the boy was surprised Percy knew his name, "come and get me."
"H-how did you know my name?"
Percy smiled an evil smile, "because I'm death. And it's my job to know the names of all those who are going to die."
"EK!" George said as his eyes rolled to the back of his head before he fell forward unconscious.
"He killed George!" someone yelled out.
Percy couldn't control himself as he suddenly broke out laughing, "oh my Gods! He actually fainted! Oh this is too good! He actually fainted! World's best army my ass!"
"Percy!" Thalia hissed hitting him across the head, "stop scaring people!"
Percy pouted, "but they started it….."
"I don't care who started it! I'm ending it!" Thalia roared.
"She's crazier than him!" one of the Roman men said.
"Jason," a legionnaire from the 5th cohort called out, "your sister's kind of hot."
"Shut up Mark!" Jason hissed out as his friend chuckled.
"Now then," Julia walked forward, "this competition is finished. And just in time too," Julia held up a piece of paper, "I have received word that the Senate has been assembled, we should go there now."
Percy nodded, "right. Okay then, what are we waiting for?"
"Wait you can't be serious!" Rob called out, "we can't let this guy into the Senate! He could kill us all with one punch!"
Percy rolled his eyes, "dude we talked about this, I'm not here to fight, I'm here to make friends."
"You literally wanted to fight a few minutes ago!"
"You insulted my dad," Percy shrugged, "by the way remind me again what you are."
Rob looked like he was about to argue, but he realised he couldn't. He had made a deal in front of all these Roman Legionaries and if he backed out and didn't keep his end of the deal, it could hurt his image.
So Rob sighed, "Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars."
Percy nodded, "right. And if it makes you feel any better I promise on the Styx not to kill anyone while in the Senate, unless provoked or it's an emergency."
Thunder roared as most looked at Percy in wonder. Percy blinked, "what?"
"YOU IDIOT!" Thalia roared at him, "how many times do you have to be told not to swear on the Styx?! And what the hell do you mean by an emergency?!"
Percy gulped, "you know….in case someone threatens us with a bomb or something. Or-ah,I don't really know. I just kind of-"
"-Enough," Julia spoke up, "first off Thalia is right, you should have not done such a thing Jackson, it could mean your life if anything goes wrong."
Percy shrugged, "I can manage."
Julia nodded, "right, and thank you. The promise does make it easier to trust you," she turned to the Legionnaires there, "I trust this is enough for the son of Neptune to do in order to ensure our safety?"
The Legionnaires all agreed and soon they were off.
The went back to the road leading away from the Roman encampment and towards the far off city Percy saw before. As they drew closer and closer the images of the houses became more and more clear. The houses were white with a roof covered with red tiles on top or a domed roof. Percy could see the beginnings of what looked like a replica of the Roman Coliseum in the back along with parks and restaurants all over the place. It truly looked like a piece of heaven had dropped down from the sky.
As soon as the reached the city limits Percy noticed a marble status in their way. The Praetors and Legionaries all slowed down and Percy and Thalia did the same.
"This is the Pomerian Line," Rob explained in a low tone, "basically it's the borderline of New Rome, beyond it no one is allowed to carry any weapons."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "I assume it's because they don't want anyone dead like Julius Caesar?"
Rob nodded, "yeah."
"Single line people! And have your ID's ready when you enter!" The marble statue suddenly came alive.
Percy studied the statues closely, it was the marble figure of a man with no arms and everything below his waist was still one big block of stone. Percy looked at the moving statue's name and title;
Terminus, God of Boundaries
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"Terminus?" Percy asked aloud.
Julia raised an eyebrow, "you know your Roman mythology Percy, yes, this is Terminus, the God of Boundaries, he guards the Pomerian line and makes sure no one carries a weapon inside."
Percy nodded as they quickly reached the statue who greeted them.
"Ah Julia, how are you Praetor?"
The Praetor bowed, "fine Terminus, thank you for asking."
Terminus nodded and then looked at Percy and Thalia, "and who are these two?"
"The boy is Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon and the girl is Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus. They are Greek."
"Greek?!" Terminus shouted in surprise, "you are going to bring Greeks into New Rome?!"
Percy rolled his eyes, "why does everyone hate us? I mean you don't even know us and already with the hate."
Terminus grumbled, "I do not hate you boy, I'm just…..weary."
"Right….. Sure you are."
"Enough," Thalia said, "let's get this over with before we have another fight on our hands."
"Technically that was a challenge, not a fight," Percy clarified which was rewarded by Thalia glaring at him, 'I am so going to get it now.'
"Right, now where is my assistant? Janet? Janet?!"
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