Chapter 40

Chapter 40:

The sun was slowly rising as its first rays hit Percy's face. The demigod had spent the entire night on top of the Fist of Zeus, and it was not a comfortable thing to experience. It was after all just a pile of rocks stacked together. But there was one reason Percy didn't move away or even sleep in her own place. And that reason was currently sleeping on top of him.

Thalia and him had spent the better part of the night making out ontop of the rocky structure. She was excited and a pretty good kisser. The rocks were painful and uncomfortable, but Percy was distracted enough to ignore all that. In the end he had gained three more levels in the kissing skill;

Kissing, Lv- 12 (5%)

It is what it is. The higher level you are the better kisser you are. And remember practise makes perfect.

Your level is kissing leaved the person feeling happy for the six hours

5% chance of turning them on.

The last part was new for Percy, but it kind of made sense. After the intense make out session Thalia had laid down on Percy's chest and fallen asleep. The son of Poseidon wanted to do the same, but for some reason couldn't bring himself from looking away from Thalia.

She made him feel happy just be being there. He had spent the night mostly looking at the stars or at her. Sleep hadn't come for him, but Percy wasn't to bothered, thank you Gamer's mind. Time seemed to flow past quickly as Percy spent the night thinking about the future and his role in all of this.

Was he a hero? Well he did save people constantly so yeah, he was. Was he a leader? The camp did look up to him, so yes, he was. But most of all Percy saw himself as one thing, and one thing only, himself. Despite all the titles he held, official and unofficial, he was still himself. And the only thing he should be doing is whatever the hell he wants. And right now he wanted to be there for Thalia.

Percy gentle shock her, "Thalia. Wake up."

The daughter of Zeus grumbled, "five more minutes."

Percy smiled, "you better wake up or I'm going to make you."

"Fuck off."

"You asked for it," Percy smiled as he summoned a blob of water over Thalia's head and then let it loose drenching her head to toe.

"AH!" Thalia shrieked as she quickly got up, "PERCY JACKSON!"

Percy threw his head up and laughed hard falling off the stone structure and hitting the ground. He rolled on the ground holding his stomach in pain as Thalia growled angrily at him.

"You asked for this!" Thalia shouted as she sent a blast of lighting right at Percy shocking him.

Defence- 296,376,730

"Damn that stung," Percy laughed as he got up. He snapped his fingers drying Thalia off in a second.

Thalia huffed looking down to make sure she was fully dry, "asshole."

Percy smirked, "hey it's not my fault. You didn't want to wake up."

Thalia gave a similar smirk, "or maybe it's because pouring water on me is the only way for you to get me wet."

Percy blushed, 'really? You want to go there? Well two can play it that game.' Percy bent over, he was inches away from Thalia, "really? Because you very pretty hot and heavy last night. And I distinctly remembered feeling a wet spot along my thighs."

Thalia blushed. She gritted her teeth, "sh-shut up."

Percy smirked, he gave her a small peck on the lips, "I win. Now come on. The sooner we tell Chiron about our quest the sooner we can find your brother."

That last sentence sobered Thalia up as all the flirting and sleepiness was pushed to the side, she was all business now.

The two quickly made way to the Big House where they saw Mr. D sitting on the porch with a coke in hand.

"You know those are horrible for your digestive track," Percy commented.

Mr. D snorted, "I'm a God. I don't care."

Thalia rolled her eyes at her divine half-brother, "where's Chiron Mr. D?"

"Inside," Mr. D took a sip, "is this about the Roman camp thing?"

Percy and Thalia nodded. The God of wine sighed, "this is a stupid mistake. I don't know what Hera was thinking."

"Do you know anything about the Roman camp that might be useful?" Thalia asked.

Mr. D nodded, "yes, I know a lot."

Percy turned to Thalia, "you learn what you can from him. I'll find Chiron and the other Head counselors. I'll meet you back in the War Room."

Thalia nodded, "okay." Percy wanted to kiss her goodbye, but he couldn't, Mr. D you cock blocking asshole. Percy took off at super speed zooming across camp trying to find Chiron. He found his old mentor in the Arena practising archery. Percy then went to call the other head counselors.

Some were cooperative, like Charles from Hephaestus cabin and the Stoll twins from the Hermes cabin. Some were…..not that much of a morning person. Percy had to move at near mach 1 speed just to doge Clarisse's spear.

Eventually they all met up in the war room with Percy and Thalia standing side by side at the head.

"So that's what we have to do," Thalia concluded explaining to them the task that they were given.

"A Roman camp?" Annabeth asked in amazement, "that's….surprising."

"Not really," Clarisse grumbled drinking from a mug of coffee, "remember back in Boston when we wondered whether there could be such a thing?"

Percy nodded, "yeah, but that was just speculation. This, this is real. And the Gods want us to ally with them."

"Sigh, I see," Chiron looked saddened as he rubbed his temples vigorously, "I never thought this day would come."

Lee Fletcher raised an eyebrow, "anything you would like to share Chiron?"

The half horse sighed, "I knew about the Roman camp. I remember the war they waged on us."

"Of course," Annabeth said scratching her chin, "you are immortal, so it would make sense."

"So do you know anything about them you think we should know?" Percy asked.

"Yes….they hate Greeks," Chiron said with a depressed look, "unlike the original Roman, who had a healthy respect for the Greek culture, these Roman's are both afraid and distrustful of us."

"Great, so we are sending them off into a lair off people who hate them and will do anything to kill them. Great. Just great."

"I have to agree with Lee on this one," Percy spoke up, "but we really have no other choice in the matter."

"Okay then," Annabeth spoke up, "I get why you're going. You're basically the only one who can get out of there alive if this goes South. But why is Thalia going?"

"She's daddy's little girl," Travis snarked, "why do you think she's going?"

Thalia narrowed her eyes, "actually, I'm going because I know one of the Romans."

"Really?" Chiron asked in surprise, "who?"

"My brother, Jason," Thalia smiled saying that out loud, "he's alive."

"Thalia that's amazing!" Annabeth said hugging her friends, "but how?"

"It seems Hera took him away because he's a roman demigod and not a greek one. And since we belonged to two different pantheons we couldn't stay together."

"This is good news," Chiron said with a smile, "now we can-"

Suddenly the door slammed open as Leo ran into the room. He jumped onto the war room table and pounced on top of Percy pushing him down.

"Of," Percy had the air knocked out of him as Leo stood on top of him with his head lowered.

"Where were you master?! I want to go for my walk!" Leo said whining.

"Okay boy, just get off of me," Percy commented as Leo did just that.

Annabeth and the other's blinked, "hey Percy I have been meaning to ask me about that dog….ah, whose is that?"

"It's mine. Oh right, I never told you guys," Percy smiled scratching Leo's ear "this is Leo. I have been taking care of him for the past few days. You haven't seen him much because he basically spends time sleeping or going out for training with me."

"Training?" Clarisse asked in surprise, "he goes into the ID's with you?"

Percy nodded, "yup. Why just yesterday he managed to take down a Gergosa all on his own."

"Woah," Thalia said in amazement, "that is one powerful dog." She then bent down scratching Leo behind the ear.

Percy smiled as Leo wagged his tail, "good woman. Pretty woman. I like. Is she your mate master?"

"W-what?!" Percy asked blushing, "no Leo!"

"But she smells like you. And you smell like her."

"No Leo she's not!" Percy asked as he face palmed himself.

The rest of the war council looked at Percy with a worried look. Annabeth spoke up, "ah, Percy...are you okay?"

Percy nodded, "yeah, I'm fine. It's just….look let's move on. Chiron Thalia and I are leaving right away, that means I won't be able to train the campers today."

Chiron nodded, "don't worry I'll take over."

They quickly discussed the rest of the arrangements and the couple quickly got ready to leave. Percy left Leo in Annabeth's care. The dog whined and begged to come with Percy but the demigod refused, it was to dangerous, plus the Roman's might not care for a large demi hellhound walking around in their camp.

Thalia and Percy meet up under Thalia's tree, which at this point should really be renamed something else. Percy had changed into his skin tight super fabric legging along with his goggles and Fric shoes, they had both agreed to have Percy run the distance.

"You ready?" Percy asked put his goggles on.

Thalia dumbly nodded as she gave Percy her backpack to store away. While he was doing that her eyes were drawn to Percy's leggings. They were skin tight and gave a great view of Percy's muscular thighs. Thalia couldn't help staring, they were so bloody firm! They had to be considering at what speed Percy was know to travel at.

"Ah, Thalia? Are you okay?" Percy asked snapped Thalia's concentration from his legs to him, "were you just staring at my thighs?"

"What? No, I-ah, no. Not at all," Thalia shook her head vigorously.

Percy chuckled, "sure…..you do realise you can look right? That part of the boyfriend/girlfriend deal. You get to stare at me and I get to stare at you."

Thalia smiled, "as if you wouldn't before."

"No I wouldn't!"

"Really? What about that time you gave that motivational speech? Remember that? Your eyes were glued to my chest."

"No, they were glued to your hips," Percy shot back before he put both hands over his mouth realising what he just said.

Thalia smirked, "well I don't blame you," she said looking at her own behind, "they are very perky."

Percy sighed, "let's just get this over with."

Thalia laughed as Percy carried her like a bride and carefully put her inside his inventory. He then took off at speeds just below Mach 1 running across country towards San Francisco.

He passed through New York and took the I-78 into Jersey city. Percy' current max speed was 932 miles per hour, which is passed the speed of sound. But Percy never crossed that threshold, he didn't want to cause a sonic boom while running down a highway, that would damage so many cars and tear up the roads.

So instead Percy maintained a constant speed of 700 miles per hours, just below the speed of sound. So at this constant speed Percy crossed Pennsylvania in half an hour.

He travelled for around five straight hours. Three times he ran out of gas and was forced to stop at a Taco Bell or McDonalds to fill up his stamina. That was why it took so long to reach here in the first place.

Percy eventually stopped in Orinda, the area just before the Caldecott tunnel. He went into a nearby mall called the Orinda Theater Square. It was a pretty okay place, not really a mall per say, more like a place with a lot of streets and a movie theater which played only one movie. Percy went into one of the abandoned streets and quickly changed his clothes, switching his tights for a pair of jeans. He then quickly took Thalia out of the inventory and carefully put her down.

The daughter of Zeus looked around in amazement, "I still can't get used to this."

Percy nodded wiping away the sweat on his brow, "yeah, most can't."

"Are you okay?" Thalia asked looking him over, "you look exhausted."

Percy sighed as as he leaned on the street wall, "just ran for 5 hours across the country, of course I look tired."

"Holy shit," Thalia said in surprise, "I-I'm sorry Percy. I didn't know. Shit, what the hell was I thinking!"

Percy chuckled, "it's okay. Most people don't realise it. They think just because I can do I should do it. The pain isn't really a big deal, what really is a big deal is the boredom. Seriously five hours and all I had to do to keep myself busy was look at the countryside pass by."

Thalia bent down touching Percy's forehead, "you're warm Percy."

"Running for five hours under the hot sun will do that."

"We need get you something to cool yourself off right now."

Percy nodded, "right. Food. Good idea. Can I have ice cream?"

Thalia helped Percy up and took him into a small local deli. Percy and Thalia sat inside way in the back away from prying eyes. Percy lowered his goggles and sighed as he felt his legs throb. There wasn't any pain, just his legs spasming, it was like he was experiencing this form a third person's view.

A young teenager came to take their orders. Thalia ordered a cheeseburger while Percy asked for a steak and a three ice cream cups. The blonde waitress was surprised at the early desert oder but quickly went to get their order.

"So how are you feeling?" Thalia asked.

Percy sighed, "exhausted. But I think I'll get better once I have some food in me."

Thalia nodded as she quickly looked around at the people around them nervously. She looked fidgety, nervous.

"Relax Thalia," Percy assured her, "there's no need to get nervous."

Thalia nodded, "yeah I know. But… I'm going to see Jason again. It's been so long...I don't even know what to say."

Percy smiled, "how about, 'hello, I'm your sister,'?"

Thalia rolled her eyes, "ha, ha. Very funny, True, but seriously, it's been years. I died and came back Percy. Hell I don't even know whether he remembers me!."

Percy smiled, "so tell me about him. What did he look like?"

Thalia smiled, "he had, has, blonde hair, like our mom. But it was not curly like her, it was more straightened out, like mine. He has this scar, along his jaw. Haha, he got it when he tried to bite into a stapler. Idiot. And he has dad's eyes, except they were more...stormy and mine are more-"

"-Electric," Percy said with a smile. Thalia looked surprised, Percy just responded with, "I am very good at paying attention when it comes to things I like."

Thalia rolled her eyes, "so cheesy."

Percy chuckled, "yeah, but you liked it."

Thalia sighed, "so, what's the plan?"

Percy laid back and grumbled, "well after this I take you to Caldecott tunnel, which is just a few miles south west of here. Then ...well I don't know. Did Dionysus tell you something about the camp's entrance?"

Thalia nodded, "he did. He said that the entrance to the camp was on one side of the four lanes right on one end of the tunnel."

"Thats….vague and confusing," Percy sighed, "okay. After lunch we'll get a cab and go to the tunnel. And just to be safe we'll check all the possible entrance points."

Thalia nodded, "are you okay Percy? You still sound tired."

Percy nodded, "I'm fine. In all honesty I can actually run some more, but after 5 straight hours my brain is refusing to do something so boeing again."

Thalia raised an eyebrow, "running near the speed of sound is boring for you?"

Percy sighed, "it is when you realise that my brain is still need of stimulation when running at high speeds. Plus the faster I go the longer the trip seems, must be something to do with the fact that things get so boring so easily, but either way I don't want to be doing that again any time soon."

Thalia nodded, "right...so, ah, any idea how we are going to convince the Romans to trust us?"

"I was actually hoping you can help with that."

"Me? How can….Jason. Right."

Percy nodded, "yeah, plus your a daughter of Zeus, and considering that they named their camp, camp Jupiter, they must love your dad. So maybe you can help bridge the gap between the camps."

Thalia formed, "I get that...but it's not going to be that simple."

Percy sighed, "it's going to be difficult, but at least we know we can rely on them if nothing else. They are immensely loyal to the Gods, we can count on them helping out in the fight against Kronos if nothing else."

Thalia nodded, "enemy of my enemy and all that."

Percy nodded as he looked around. The place they were was very nice. The walls were daisy yellow and the wooden tables look locally made. All in all it was a very homely and family friendly place to eat in.

The people around them were mostly family members, most brought their kids along and they all looked so happy. Percy wanted this, the last time he ever had a meal with his parents was a year ago and since then…. Percy took a deep sigh, he should really spend more time with his mom.

"Feeling envious?" Thalia asked with a smile.

Percy smirked, "very. But I suppose not having normal family meals is part of the deal when it come to being a demigod."

Thalia smiled, "yeah. I know what you mean."

Percy then looked to the families around him and one in particular stood out to him. It was a family of three, two mothers and a son who looked like he had down syndrome. The two women sat on either side of him as they helped serve the boy food.

Percy felt pity in his head, but also guilt. He had the power to make that boy's life better. Down syndrome was an alignment right? Shouldn't his healing powers technically be able to heal that?

"Stop staring Percy," Thalia said gaining his attention. Percy blinked as he looked at his girlfriend, he didn't even realise he was staring until she pointed it out.

"Sorry, it's just….sigh, guilt I suppose."

"Why? It's not like you can help him."

"No, I can," Percy said surprising Thalia.

"What do you...your healing powers...are you saying you can heal him?"

Percy shrugged, "I think so."

"Then you have to at least try Percy," Thalia said looking at the boy and his adoptive mothers, "they deserve that."

Percy sighed, "you're right but how? I mean I can't jus go up to them, touch their kid and walk back can I?"

Thalia sighed, "you're right, the Mist would hide the golden glow your power gives off but not you. If only you could go invisible."

Percy blinked, "that's it!" Thalia looked surprised when Percy got up, "I'll be right back." Percy then walked away from his girlfriend walking to the men's bathroom. After making sure he was alone Percy took out the ring of invisibility he had gotten from Ares and slipped it on.

Percy then walked back outside and carefully went over to the kid with down syndrome. His mother's were looking away at the moment, currently looking at their menus. Percy knew there wouldn't be a more perfect time to do this.

Percy reached down and touched the boy's forehead activating his powers;

You are attempting to heal someone with several ailments! Please chose one to heal;

Genetic disorder- Down Syndrome

Poor motor skills

Sub par thinking process

Percy grinned as he selected the genetic disorder first healing the cause of all this. His hand flashed gold alerting Thalia to his process, but none of the mortals noticed it.

Two more flashes of gold and Percy was done. He went into the bathroom and put away the ring before walking back inside the restaurant.

Percy sat in his seat, "any improvement?"

Thalia smiled, "look for yourself."

Percy did and saw that the kid was now eating properly, much to the amazement of his mothers.

Percy grinned, it had worked. Sure they might not realise it now, but they would in a few days time. Maybe one day one of them would notice their kids better motor skills and ask a doctor about it. Then that medical profession would tell them about the miracle that he witnessed in their child.

"You know," Thalia said smiling at him, "you should probably open up a hospital or something. After all, there are plenty of people who could use your help."

Percy smiled but didn't say anything. Soon the couple were served their food. Percy did his best to maintain proper table eating habits, after all he was in front of his girlfriend, so he couldn't just stuff his face full of food like he wanted to.

Thalia on the other hand had no problem consuming her burger like she hadn't eaten in days. Percy finished the steak in record time, the meat was really tender, it fell apart in his mouth. Percy quickly finished the rest of his food and after giving a big tip to their server they were off.

Percy and Thalia hailed a cab and went down the highway towards Caldecott tunnel. They passed the first end of the tunnel without incident, they didn't notice any obvious signs that there was a secret door to a Roman camp hidden away somewhere.

When the cab opened up on the other side though Thalia immediately spotted a pair of guards standing outside guarding what looked like a maintenance hatch. Percy got the cab to pull over and after paying the man healthy for stopping on a highway the two teens got out of the cab and off of the road.

They approached the two guards, they were dressed like how one would expect a roman to dress like. They had a roman helmet with a red plume on top and chest piece over a purple shirt. They wore jeans and white sneakers and on their sides was a spear and a sheathed short sword, a Gladius if Percy remembered his Roman history properly. As they drew closer Percy could see their names and titles;

Reyna Ramirez-Arellano, Daughter of Bellona

Lv- 18

Donny Dewin, Son of Pomona

Lv- 13

As Percy and Thalia approached the two guards they took notice. The girl, Reyna, took notice of them first.

"Hault!" she said lowering her spear, "who are you and what do you want?" The girl had long glossy black which was tied back in a single braid with black eyes. Her skin was brown, not tanned like Percy's but naturally brown. On her arm was a tattoo that Percy couldn't quite make out, but over all she looked very imposing, well, as much as 12 year old can be.

Percy and Thalia raised their hands up and opened their plans. Percy took the lead, "my name is Percy, and this is Thalia, we mean you no harm. We just want to talk."

"Talk about what?"Reyna snarled.

"We are demigods," Thalia explained calmly, "and if we assume correctly this is the entrance to camp Jupiter, yes?"

Reyna was about to open her mouth when Donny stepped up. "Relax Rey," Donny said with a smile, "it's obvious these two are demigods, else they wouldn't be able to see through the Mist otherwise." The guy who spoke up had long straight blonde hair with blue eyes. He had that laid back tone Percy often associated with himself, except this guy didn't look like he had a serious bone in his body. And for some reason Percy immediately wanted to punch the guy in the face.

Reyna snarled, "don't call me Rey. And they don't look like the normal demigods Donny, look at them. Not a scratch or spot of mud on them, if they really came from the Wolf House then they should at least have muddy shoes or something!"

"Ah, are you even looking at my shoes?" Percy asked pointing to the worn out edge to his Fric shoes, "do they look brand new to you?"

Reyna wanted to argue some more but Donny stopped in, "relax newbie. Stop sneering at everything that moves, you children of Bellona are all the same, so paranoid. It's obvious that they made it this far unharmed because they are strong," Donny flashed a smile at Thalia, "and beautiful too."

Percy felt his left eyebrow twitch as his eyes turned red for a split second, 'calm down Percy. The last thing you need to become is this super obsessive boyfriend that become jealous the moment a guys hits on Thalia. She's a beautiful girl, she can handle herself….yeah.'

Thalia rolled her eyes, "okay since we have established that we are not the enemy can you please allow us inside? We would really like to talk to the one in charge, the-ah, the Praetor?"

Reyna lowered her spear, "fine," she glared, "but I'm going to be the one who-"

"Ah not so fast new blood," Donny stepped in, "I'll take them inside. You stay out here."

"But-"

"-Look Rey you're new here, okay? And I am your superior, so what does that mean?"

Reyna looked like she wanted to argue but kept silent, "it means I obey you sir."

Donny nodded, "right. So stay out here and I'll take our new friends and make sure their comfortable," he smiled at Thalia again.

'One more chance,' Percy told himself, 'I'll give him one more chance before I throw him into Hades. Yeah…. That sounds reasonable.'

Thalia was disgusted but she hide it well, "so...can we go?"

Donny opened the maintenance door he was just guarding, "after you my lady."

Thalia nodded at Reyna and walked in followed by Donny who closed the door behind him.

Percy grumbled and turned to Reyna, "is he always such a dick?"

Reyna grumbled as well, "yes. All the time. You would think that's impossible, but no, he's always a dick."

Percy nodded to the girl and threw open the door walking in and catching up to Thalia and Donny. Donny was explaining his position and rank in Camp Jupiter to Thalia in hopes that he could impress her. It seems he was a he was an officer in a high position in the 3rd Cohort. It seemed he had gotten caught pranking one of the Praetors and was punished with gaurd duty with the new blood officer, Reyna.

Donny kept boasting about himself and Thalia was forced to smile and nod along. Percy wanted to shut Donny up, but the more the man kept talking the more information he was giving them to use for later.

Percy noticed that the tunnel was was a lot like a maintenance tunnel, it was about the size of a school corridor more or less. There were pipes running along the walls with wires and pressure meters built in. The ground was concertet, but slowly it turned mosaic. Percy noticed that the pipes and wires had stopped running and the walls were now covered with Roman paintings and the such. The walls were lined up with torches that gave off no smoke and the tunnel was growing bigger and bigger.

Just then something caught Percy's eye. It was a blue triangle etched into the side of the tunnel, it was a delta symbol. This was an entrance to the Labyrinth!

Percy was surprised to discover this, but it did make sense, after all there was one Labyrinth entrance inside Camp Half-Blood, hence there should be on in Camp Jupiter as well.

Percy quickly approached the delta symbol and;

Ping!

You have spotted the entrance to the Labyrinth: Dungeon Lv-20

Do you wish to enter?

YES/NO?

Or

Do you wish to fast travel to another known Labyrinth location?

YES/NO?

Percy smiled, with this he didn't have to run across the country to reach Camp Jupiter, a five minute walk through this and he would be back in Camp Half-Blood in no time.

Percy dismissed the box and quickly caught up to Thalia and Donny. They had quickly reached the end of the tunnel and the small dark corridor had opened up to sun light and open space.

The area before them was huge, Percy had a hard time believing they were anywhere near the San Francisco area anymore. There were Oak trees everywhere along with golden fields around them. The entire area was inside a bowl shaped valley, they right now stood on the edge of the valley looking down at it all.

Percy could see a light blue river cut across the from of the valley in a semi circle before it moved inland getting collected into a lake forming what looked like a giant 'G' shaped structure. Percy saw the path before them lead down into the valley and towards a military base of sorts. The base was guarded with tall wooden walls and gates with sentry towers on all four corners.

Behind that military base was a city in the far distance along with a small hill to the side where a bunch of temples were located. Over all the Camp was very impressive, not as great as Half-Blood, but impressive.

Donny smiled, "welcome to Camp Jupiter new recruits. Impressive isn't it?"

Thalia was just as amazed as Percy, "it's...it's beautiful."

Donny girned, "I know. Come on, I'll give you a private tour," he then tried to move closer to Thalia but Percy got between them.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Percy said putting his arm around Donny's back and dragged the boy forward.

"W-wha-" Donny stammered out by the time he realised what was happening Percy had already taken him out of the tunnel exit and down the valley road towards the military encampment.

Thalia chuckled, 'guess even Percy can get jealous,' the daughter of Zeus told herself. If she was being honest it kind of felt nice having Percy feel jealous, it reminded her that he was in fact human and not some perfect being that fell out of the heavens.

Donny was stuck with Percy as the son of Poseidon dragged the Roman down. "Dude! What gives?" Donny hissed out under his breath, "you totally just cock blocked me!"

Percy narrowed his eyes, "really? I'm so sorry."

Donny huffed as he shrugged Percy's hand off of his shoulders, "it's fine. Just...could you tell me something about Thalia?"

Percy was really trying to pull in his temper. His left eye was twitching like crazy, a small part of him was amused by all of this, but it was a very small part.

"Why? Do you like Thalia?"

Donny nodded, "yeah, she's hot!"

Percy wanted to say something but by that time Thalia caught up to them and Donny shut his mouth. They quickly reached the river that Percy saw before and just beyond its banks was the entrance to the military encampment.

Donny stopped at the banks, "this is Little Timber, the river that flows around the camp. We basically use it for everything we need, drinking water, fishing, some we use for our baths. It's supposed to be a reminder of the original Timber back in Rome, but I say it's better."

Thalia nodded, "right, so how do we get across?"

"Well usually new recruits have to walk across the water. It's kind of an initiation thing. New blood have to bath in the waters of Little Timber and emerge reborn as a Roman. But I don't really think you can afford to get that jacket wet so you can just use that bridge over there."

Donny pointed to the side and sure enough there was a bridge there. He turned to Thalia, "I'll take you. You know if you want to get into a good Cohort you're going to need a good recommendation letter, if you want I can-"

"-No thanks," Percy but in again, "we got this."

"Dude! We talked about this!" Donny hissed out again while Percy ignored him.

The son of Poseidon carried Thalia with both arms like a bride and he jumped clearing the river and landing on the other side with the grace of a ballet dancer. Percy let Thalia go and turned to Donny, "see you soon!"

Thalia snickered as the Donny looked at Percy in shock. His mouth was hanging open, he couldn't believe what he just saw. That Percy kid had cleared at least 13 feet of water in one leap and had reached a max height of 24 feet! That was some Olympic level shit right there!

Percy and Thalia ignored Donny after that and turned to the large wooden doors of the encampment. They reached the door and knocked, just then the shutter in the center opened up and a young teen was seen on the other side.

"What do you want?"

"We need to get into camp," Thalia explained.

"Why?"

"Because we are demigods and we are on an important mission from the Gods."

The eyes behind the door rolled, "yeah, haven't heard that one before. Look if you're a fresh blood then just say so, I don't have time for this, 'quest from the Gods bull shit'. And where's your gaurd? He's supposed to be with you right now. It's tradition."

"Look can you please just open the door?" Thalia asked nicely, "it's really important that we speak to your Praetor. We really are on an important mission."

"Look kid for the last time wait until you gaurd gets here and then you can enter and see the Praetor or whatever, okay?"

"Do we have to?" Percy whined, "Donny is kind of a dick."

The person behind the door chuckled, "yeah, I know. But those are the rules man. Sorry."

Percy and Thalia sighed and waited for Donny to show up. The Legionnaire was quickly crossing the cold waters of the Little Timber and quickly caught up to Percy and Thalia. He huffed from the strain of the walk, the current was really strong and the armour was weighing him down.

"Y-You jumped across," Donny said panting in disbelief, "how did you do that?"

Percy shrugged, "I have great legs."

"Yeah you do." Thalia replied checkley.

Percy blushed but ignored it, he turned to the person behind the door, "dude, our gaurd in here, open up."

The man nodded and he stepped back opening the large wooden doors. The figure behind the door stepped forward, he looked around 15 with black hair and black eyes. He stood off to one while Donny stood on the other. The spread thier hands open in welcome and said together with a smile, "Welcome to Camp Jupiter."

Percy and Thalia smiled at sight before them. The encampment was filled with life. The building there were ether armories or barracks. There were several people walking around wearing a purple shirt with the name of the camp printed on, with the words, 'SPQR' written below.

Everything looked normal, until Percy spotted a ghost.

It was a legitimate, I shit you not, translucent, wall walking, pale as fuck kind of ghost. There were so many of them Percy wondered how he didn't notice all of them before. Each one looked like a human. Some were normal enough, there was a child walking around playing with his ball. There was even a ghost that was covered from head to toe with blood, but he was playing a merry tune on a harp acting like everything was normal.

"Ah, why are there Ghosts here?" Percy finally asked.

"They are called Lares," Donny explained, "they are basically house Gods."

"So does that mean they are smaller than real gods but bigger than apartment Gods?"

Donny rolled his eyes, "they are the spirits of our ancestors, most of them are harmless."

Percy nodded, "they aren't so bad, right The-" Percy turned to his girlfriend and saw her scared stiff by the ghosts. She was growing paler and paler by the second. Percy quickly wrapped his hand around her own giving Thalia a reassuring squeeze, "it's okay Thalia. They're harmless."

"Thanks," Thalia muttered as she drew closer to Percy. Just then a Lares popped out of nowhere screening Thalia into grabbing Percy's jacket with her other hand and pressing up to him all the while keeping an eye out on a ghost that just passed them. "This is so creepy!"

Donny looked at the way Thalia held onto Percy and he felt liked of betrayed, after all the guy promised not to cock block him and here he was holding onto his, potential, girl!

"You know if you want I can help you with them," Donny said with a smile, "I'm great with Lares."

Percy nodded, "thanks, but I think we'll manage. Right?" Percy asked Thalia giving her another reassuring squeeze.

Thalia finally managed to calm down, "yeah-yeah. They aren't so tough. Quick question, are they weak to godly weapons?"

Donny nodded, "yeah."

"Good."

Percy smiled at Thalia and then turned to Danny, "right, now where is this Praetor of yours? We still have a quest to complete."

Donny and the gaurd raised an eyebrow, "why are you so curious to meet the Praetors? Usually new recruits take a bath and a shower before anything else. Heck most of us don't even get to meet the Praetors unless we are in trouble or because we are being rewarded."

Percy nodded, "sure. But when did we ever say we came here to join camp?"

Donny looked surprised, "what do you mean?"

"We told you Donny," Thalia spoke up, "we have a quest sent from the Gods. We need to meet up with the Praetor."

"Wait...if you guys aren't here to join up with the Legion...they why are you here?"

"We are from another camp," Percy explained, "we came here at the request, well more like deman really, of the Gods. We need to speak with the Praetor, so can you please get her for me?"

"Who are you guys?"

Just as Percy and Thalia were about to answer one of the Lares screeched out, "Graecus!" It was the ghost of the boy from before, and he was pointing right at them. Percy and Thalia turned to see all the Lares suddenly get spooked as they all went through the wall of the nearby buildings hiding away.

"What did that thing just call us?" thalia asked.

"Graecus," Donny muttered in a defensive tone, "it means Greek."

Percy nodded, "huh, I wonder how it knew."

"What?" Donny and the gourd asked.

"Yeah," Thalia said, "we are Greek. Didn't we tell you that?"

"What?!" Donny and the other gaurd shouted this time as they leveled their spears at Thalia and Percy.

"Put your hands up!" Donny shouted.

Percy and Thalia did just as they asked decided not to escalate the situation.

"Look just bring us to the Praetor and we'll explain everything to him or her," Percy said slowly.

Donny turned to the gaurd, "get Julia and Rob, I'll hold them off." The man nodded as he turned away running into camp.

Soon however a crowd came and all of them had their weapons leveled at Percy and Thalia. They were all Roman soldiers by the look of it. While most didn't have armour on they did look very fierce in the way they stood together shields locked and spears lowered.

"Who the fuck are you two," Donny asked, "why are you here?"

"We told you Donny," Percy said, "we are on a mission from the Gods."

"Why would the gods ever trust you sneaky Greeks?!" a voice from the crowd shouted out.

"Woah there!" Percy cried out, "that's a lot of hostility! You don't even know us man! Why do you think we are sneaky?"

"Because you're Greek!" The same voice shouted.

"That's racist," Percy crossed his arms.

"No it's not!"

"Yes it is. You think I'm sneaky because I'm a Greek!"

"Because You are!"

"Okay fine, let's say I was black. Would you say that I am good at Jazz and liked watermelons?"

"No! That's racist!"

"Exactly!"

"Percy shut up!" Thalia roared at her boyfriend, "you are so not helping!"

Percy gulped, "sorry."

"You two tricked me," Donny growled out, "I brought the two of you here, right to the doorsteps of my camp. I'm such a idiot!"

"Donny we mean you no harm," Thalia tried to calm him down.

"Shut up Geek Bitch!" Donny roared out, "don't you realise what this means for me?! I'm already on thin ice! I could lose my rank for this!"

Percy narrowed his eyes, "apologize Donny."

The roman looked surprised, "w-what?"

"I said apologize. You Romans do know how to do that right? Or did your culture exchange common manners for the extra lessons in spear polishing?"

Donny and the other blanched for a second. "S-shut up!" Donny roared.

"I will when you apologize," Percy repeated himself.

"I owe that Greek Bitch nothing! She seduced me into-"

BOOM!

A lighting bolt zipped across the air hitting Donny on the chest sending him flying back. The Romans behind him were pushed onto their backs form the force of the attack. And on the other side was Thalia with electricity running across her hands and a look of anger on her face.

"Who the fuck are you calling a bitch?" Thalia grumbled out.

Donny groaned out, "w-what the hell?"

"Oh stop acting. I barely hit you with enough energy to shock a mouse, let alone a human being," Thalia rolled out.

Percy and the Roman demigods blinked. "Thalia, I'm not going to lie, that was so scary," Percy said as the other Roman demigods nodded.

"W-who are you?" Donny finally got up and managed to ask.

"I am Thalia Grace. Protector of camp Half-Blood. I am the daughter of Zeus, or in your case, Jupiter, you know that guy whose names you have splattered across your t-shirt," suddenly the cloudless sky filled with the sound of thunder rumbling, "now. What exactly did you call me?"

"N-nothing. Sorry," Donny immediately back away, "please don't kill me."

Percy smiled, "and that is why you don't mess with the daughter of Zeus, ah, I mean Jupiter."

"Wait, did you say your name was Grace?" a soft voice called out from the crowd of Roman demigods. Slowly a figure moved from the back to the front, pushing past people before finally standing next to Donny.

Percy and Thalia gasped. The person who stood before them was around 12 or 13. He had blond hair and a very handsome looking face. On his jawline was a small scar, the kind one get when biting into a stapler. He wore the purple camp Jupiter t-shirt along with a pair of jeans. His eyes were blue, the same shade as Thalia. Percy didn't even need to look at his title to know who he was, but he did anyway;

Jason Grace, Son of Jupiter

Lv- 14

"Jason!" Thalia shouted out as she charged towards him. The Roman demigods readied their weapons in case she was attacking again, but to their surprise Jason simply walked up to the girl.

Jason didn't know what he was doing, it just felt right. He said nothing as he met Thalia halfway. She immediately enveloped him in a hug holding him close. Jason smelt like oak with the hint of ozone that all children of Zeus had. Thalia held her brother close as she cried tears of joy.

"I thought I lost you forever Jason," Thalia said as she sniffed, "Gods how I have missed you."

"W-who are you?" Jason asked.

Thalia broke the hug, "you don't remember me?"

Jason shook his head, "n-no. Should I?"

"Then why did you come forward?"

"You had the same last name as me," Jason said rubbing the back of his neck, "I can't explain it, but it just felt like….like I had to come forward."

Thalia nodded smiling, "it makes sence. You were only a baby when Hera took you, I mean, Juno. When Juno took you away. But nothing? You don't remember anything?"

Jason shut his eyes in concentration, "I do remember something. I remember….chocolate chips. With..with-"

"-With three layers of fudge on top," Thalia completed, "that was your favorite flavour. I used to sneak you some when mom wasn't looking."

"Mom?" Jason asked, "you mean...our mom?"

Thalia nodded again, the tears came back, "yes Jason… our mom. I'm your sister. My name is-"

"Thalia," Jason said as a look of remembrance came across his face, "you're Thalia. You're my sister."

The daughter of Zeus couldn't hold it much longer as she grabbed Jason in another hug. This time however the action was answered with a hug from Jason. The siblings held each other as warm tears rolled down their face. At last, they were whole again.

"What in the name of Mars is going on over here!" A loud and bumptious voice called out causing everyone to look away from the touching sister-brother reunion.

Percy saw the Romans open a path through which two new demigods arrived. They both had a golden set of armor on and a purple cloak over it. Each had a Gladius on the side and their chests were decorated with medals.

The first woman was a older teen, probably 17 if not 18. She had golden blonde hair with warm brown eyes. She also had a very curvy figure, her chest threatened to pop out of her chest piece and her hips were wide enough to draw the eyes of every boy there. Even Percy looked for a second before he reminded himself he had a girlfriend who could throw lighting bolts out of her hand. 'Curse you Goblin's Growth!'

The second person was a man, 16 years old with the beginnings of a beard on his chin. He had long brown hair and black eyes and a very square jaw. He looked like the kind of person who Percy would expect in a Mr. Muscle pageant. He was covered head to toe with muscles, the big rippling kind that some girls found repelling. On his back was a lone spear that looked imposing to some, but ridiculous to Percy, after all if the shaft was so big how could he use it properly? He would have to waste so much energy just to make sure the spear doesn't go flying off somewhere every time he spun it around.

Julia Roberts, Praetor of Camp Jupiter

Lv- 17

Robbert Bigwheel, Son of Mars

Lv- 21

'These two must be the praetors,' Percy realised as he stepped in front of Thalia and Jason, "hi Praetors. My name is Percy Jackson, and we have a lot to talk about."

Rob narrowed his eyes, "okay Percy, tell me something, why the fuck does everyone think you're a Greek?"

"It's because I am," Percy repled, "we both are actually," pointed to Thalia who had now broken her hug, but Jason stood by his sister's side, "we came at the request of the Gods."

Julia narrowed her eyes, "and what proof do you have of this?"

Percy scratched his head, "ah,... I don't really have… oh, I know! I swear on the Styx that we were sent by the Gods on a quest to find camp Jupiter."

Suddenly the clear blue sky rumbled with the sound of thunder indicating that the deal was done.

"You idiot!" Thalia yelled hitting Percy across the back of the head, "don't use the Styx as a type of polygraph! It's an ancient promise between a man and the Gods, not a lie detector test!"

Julia nodded, "she is right. That was a very foolish thing to do."

Rob huffed, "no wonder everyone thinks you're a Greek."

Percy threw his hands up, "I can never win."

Julia sighed, "okay fine, so you were sent by the Gods. You say that you are Greek but I find that hard to believe. You two look 16, much older than any normal demigod. Your scent must have attracted many monsters to your location, how have you survived?"

"That's because we have a camp of our own," Thalia spoke up addressing Julia's question, "it's called camp Half-Blood, and it is the Greek demigod camp site."

The gasp went through the crowd of Romans as they all began to talk in low whispers. Jason on the other hand was confused.

"Thalia?" Jason asked his sister, "what do you mean Greek Camp? Aren't you a daughter of Jupiter?"

Thalia shook her head, "no Jason, I'm not. I'm a daughter of Zeus, the Greek version of Jupiter."

"Legionnaire Jason," Julia said startling the son of Jupiter.

"Yes Praetor Julia," Jason stood at attention.

"Do you know this woman?" she pointed at Thalia.

"Yes ma'am, she is my sister."

Julia raised an eyebrow, "do you mean through your father?"

Jason shook his head, "no ma'am, through our mother. Thalia is my true sister."

"They are here to kill us all!" someone from the crowd yelled out.

"Let's kill them before they attack us!"

"Are you crazy?! She's the daughter of Jupiter! He'll kill us!"

"She's a Greek! Jupiter won't mind if we take out the trash!"

"Wow," Percy said looking at all the commotion around them, "so much racism, so little time."

"We are not racist," Rob said, "we are just stating the facts. And the facts is that you Greek and sly, scheming little pieces of-"

"Robbert!" Julia hissed, "do not insult our guests."

Robert bleached, "b-but Julia! They aren't our guests! They are Greeks!"

"Yeah Praetor Julia!" someone from the crowd yelled out, "they are probably waiting for us to lower our gaurd and then plan on invading us!"

"We need to get rid of them before they try anything!"

"Yeah! Kill the Greeks!"

"Kill the Greeks!"

"Kill the Greeks!"

Percy was pissed off. He was about to step in when suddenly Julia spoke up.

"Silence!" She yelled with a loud angry voice, "do you not remember the message the Gods sent us last night? Juno herself appeared before us and told us to expect guests soon that would help us win this war with the Titans!"

Percy was impressed, not only was Julia a looker she also seemed to know how to control the camp. She was so unlike most of the girls he knew. Something told Percy that if there was anyone in this camp that he could trust it would be her…..and that has nothing to do with her huge tits, no, nothing at all.

"And you think we need the help of these Greeks?" Rob spat out, "do you really think the Roman legion is that weak?"

Percy rolled his eyes, 'I think Rob might be compensating for something, why else would a guy need so many muscles and such a huge spear. Hehe, oh that's a good one. I should remember that.'

Percy chuckled under his breath while Thalia stepped up, "look we mean you no harm. We come under a banner of peace, nothing else. We have no alternative plans or schemes. Look I was given this quest personally by Zeus, I mean Jupiter. Kronos, ah...wait, who is the Roman equivalent of Kronos?"

"Saturn," Percy and Julia supplied at once.

Thalia nodded, "right, Saturn. He's alive and he's growing stronger day by day. The Gods want us to join forces so that we can fight him together."

The Romans began to speak among themselves as Jason looked at his sister in amazement. She was so confident and reassuring, if she was a Roman Jason was sure she would have been a Praetor.

"How do we know you are telling the truth?" Rob asked with narrowed eyes.

Percy sighed, "dude why would we be lying to you?"

"Because your-"

"-And I swear to the Gods if you say it's because we are Greek I will kick you ass," Percy snapped narrowing his eyes at the Praetor.

Rob glared back, "please, as if you can. Weak ass Greek, no muscles, no armour, nothing. What type of demigod are you?"

Percy raised an eyebrow, "a pretty good one considering I don't have to wear armour. Also who the hell wants to look like you? Personally I think you look like a peice of shit that Hercules popped out that somehow grew muscles."

Rob was furious while a few Roman laughed at Percy's comment, "silence!" Rob roared out.

"Percy do you have to piss off everyone we meet?" Thalia huffed in frustration.

"It's not my fault the racist asshole is being an asshole," Percy replied with a shrug.

"I am not a racist!" Rob shouted.

"Dude I have already been through this argument with one of your...ah, legionaries? Yeah, one of your Legionaries. So just shut up and accept what you are, a weak, muscles bound idiot that is obviously overcompensating for something below the waist."

"WHAT?! I'm not compensating for anything!"

"That giant spear strapped on your back says otherwise."

A lot more Romans laughed this time while a few forand.

"Oh my Gods Percy shut up!" Thalia hissed, "we are on thin ice as it is!"

"Right, sorry," Percy fell in on himself, he may be able to fight 30 foot zombies but Thalia still scared the shit out of him.

Julia snickered at the last comment as well, "I have to say Greek boy you must have pretty big stones to outright insult the leader of the enemy camp you are currently standing in the middle of."

Percy shrugged, "well I don't see it like that. I think of it more as a camp that is yet to become our ally. And the insulting is just my way of showing friendship."

Julia smiled, "I see…..very well, come with us. We shall discuss what to do with you and your….proposal."

"What?!" Rob shouted, "Julia you can't be serious! We can't allow them into the camp!"

Julia sighed, "it is not our decision to make Robbert. The Gods have asked us to consider their request, would you fight against the decision of the Gods?"

Rob looked like he wanted to argue but didn't. He looked away in anger but remained silent.

"That's what I thought," she turned to Percy and Thalia, "follow me. Oh and you as well Legionnaire Jason."

Jason gulped but nodded. The Praetors lead the Greek demigods further into camp while a small group of roman soldiers handed back, walking a few paces behind just in case.

Julia and Rob lead the group with Percy just behind them and Thalia and Jason at last as the two siblings started to catch up. Percy looked around at the sights. Every building here was beautifully created. Say what you will about the Romans, but at least they knew how to build.

They saw a building advertising for chariots, a shop that repaired togas, another one which sold togas. Then there was a bakery by the side and even a stable which was filled with….were those unicorns?

"What's that over there?" Percy asked pointing to a large building to the side. It was large with white collars on the front and marble steps leading up to the entrance. It was draped with flags with an eagle swon on and the words SPQR written on top.

"That's the barracks for the first cohort," Julia explained, "every cohort has a barrack and a symbol to represent them."

"The First cohort is the best of the best, so it is obvious that I came from the cohort. We only take in the best fighters," Rob explained inflating his chest with pride, "and as such our symbol is the Eagle."

"The second cohort has the bear, the third has the wolf, the fourth has a horse and the fifth has the prairie dog," Julia explained as the group took a left at a T crossing.

"Prairie dog? Why does the 5th have something so lame?" Percy asked, "why not.. I don't know? A tiger or even a lion? Why a prairie dog?"

"Their symbol was a lion," Julia explained "but after certain...difficult circumstances they chose to to change it."

"Huh, more like forced to change it," Rob said, "stupid fifth cohort. Lost the camp's treasure in a quest gone wrong. Fucking losers the lot of them."

Thalia turned to Jason, "which cohort are you Jason?"

The blonde haired kid blushed, "f-fifth cohort."

"Ha!" Rob laughed, "no wonder you're related to a greek boy! Fifth cohort is filled with nothing but Greeks and losers."

Jason flinched as Percy and Thalia narrowed their eyes in anger. Julia looked at them from the corner of her eye. They looked like they were going to do something, but luckily cooler heads prevailed.

"So what does a cohort do?" Percy asked holding in his anger.

"It is a group of the army," Julia explained as she took them further into the camp, "each legionnaire is assigned a cohort and then they are trained in said chorot." Julia then went on to further explain the working and dealings of the cohort.

The small group soon arrived at a two story wedge of white marble with a columned patio like and old fashioned bank. Roman guards stood out in the front and over the dorray was a large purple banner with the words, 'SPQR' written on it with gold.

They entered the building and Percy was again enchanted by the sights before him. On the ceiling was a mosaic painting of Romulus and Remus underneath a giant wolf. If Percy remember his Roman history right that wolf was Lupa. The floor was polished marble and along the walls was a glass display filled with medals and awards.

In the center of the room was a huge desk filled with paperwork and scroll and on the other side was two chairs with two different workstations. One station had papers neatly arranged and organized while the other was complete chaos.

Julia sat down in the organized area, Percy figured her for the serious type while Rob just looked like he liked to punch things and didn't really seem like the kind to sit behind a desk.

"So," Julia began, "explain."

"What do you want to know?" Percy asked.

"Everything."

For the next ten minutes Percy and Thalia took turns explaining all they knew to Julia and Rob. They told them about the civil war, about how the Gods separated them using the Mist and about how each God had two forms, one Roman and one Greek.

At the end of the explanation Julia spoke up, "you want to join forces. Why?"

Thalia answered, "it would be easier to fight the Titans with a coordinated attack force rather than doing it separately."

"Okay, reasonable answer," Julia nodded, "but why do you want to?"

Thalia looked at Jason, "so that I can protect my brother."

"You believe that he is in danger?"

"As long as he is a child of Ze-Jupiter, he is a child of the prophecy and he is in danger."

"You speak of the great prophecy," Julia asked an Thalia nodded. "Do you believe that we cannot protect one of our own?"

"No, but I'm his sister, I don't care if your are capable or not. I will always believe that he will be the safest with me."

Julia nodded, "understandable. Alright….we are going to call a meeting of the senate. We shall consider your demands there." Julia then wrote down something on a piece of paper which suddenly disappeared in a flash of gold.

"What happened to the paper?" Thalia asked.

"It was sent to all the members of the senate," Julia explained, "we should be hearing back from them soon. If we are lucky we can have the meeting in an hours time."

"A senate?" Percy asked.

"Yeah senate," Rob spoke, "we aren't the leaders of the Roman camp, just the military base. It is the senate that makes decisions on what camp Jupiter can or shouldn't do."

Percy was impressed, "damn, you guys basically have an entire system government planned out. I'm impressed."

"Of course you are," Rob huffed, "after all you are a Greek. What is the governmental body you serve? A dictator?"

"Well we don't really have a governmental system per say," Thalia explained, "we just have the heads councillors and Chiron to lead us."

"You don't have any proper leader?" Julia asked in shock, "your battle strategy must be in ruins."

Percy shrugged, "we manage."

"Well we don't have an official leader," Thalia explained, "but we do have someone we all listen to."

"You?" Jason asked.

Thalia chuckled, "no little brother."

Jason was confused, "then who?"

Thalia looked at Percy, "him."

"Him?!" Jason asked in surprise.

Percy chuckled, "why do you sound so surprised little dude?"

"It's just- I mean, you're not- well, not exactly," Jason took a deep breath and calmed himself down, "what I mean is that you don't exactly feel the type."

Percy smiled, "yeah I know. I tend to give people that feeling."

"I-I'm sorry," Jason apologized, "it's just that Thalia was a lot more, well, open than you and I-"

Percy laughed as Jason talked so fast he tripped over his words, "relax little dude, it's fine. And it's understandable, Thalia was on a role, so there was nothing for me to do or say. And I don't know about you, but I have found that doing anything to interrupt or irritate you sister is a bad thing."

"Yeah, like waking her up by pouring water on her," Thalia mumbled under her breath.

Jason nodded, "right...sorry again. It's just that, you seemed kind of….laid back?"

"That's because I'm kind of a laid back guy."

Thalia laughed, "yeah right! You're only 'layed back' when you're with me or a friend. You basically spend your free time killing zombies and training. You, Percy Jackson, are one of the least laid back people I know."

"We coming back to the, 'I don't know how to have fun' argument aren't we?"

Thalia nodded, "yeah, we are. And we will be returning to that, the moment we go back to camp, leader."

Rob laughed, " Haha! This little shrimp is your leader?!"

Thalia nodded, "yeah, and?"

Rob was stunned at Thalia's bland tone of voice, "b-but why?! You are clearly stronger than him. After all you are a daughter of Jupiter and he's...ah, what are you again?"

"Son of Poseidon," Percy said with a casual shrug.

"What?!" Rob shouted as he stood up in shock. Even Julia looked surprised at that while Jason just looked startled.

Percy blinked, "ah, did I say something wrong?"

"Your a son of Neptune?!" Rob yelled out.

Percy nodded slowly, "ah, yeah, I guess."

"Oh shit," Julia cursed as a look of tension came on her face, "this so bad."

"Why is this bad?" Thalia asked.

"Because a son of Neptune is considered bad luck," Jason explained, "camp Jupiter used to be in the San Francisco Bay area, but then a child of Neptune accidentally caused a giant earthquake killing lots of people and forcing us to move."

Percy was in shock, "woah, that must have been quite some child of Neptune. I don't think even my powers are strong enough to do that."

"Really?" Thalia asked in surprise, "that seems strange."

Percy nodded, "yeah, but it makes sense. A child of a God or Goddess with many domain can only focus on one domain of their parent. Like Nico and Bianca, Nico is great at shadows controlling, but Bianca is better at controlling the Earth, see? I'm not perfect at Earthquake control, but I am very good with water. Maybe John can use Earthquake control better than me, but he hasn't really tired."

Thalia nodded while Julia and Rob were busy discussing amongst themselves. Finally they came to an agreement and Julia spoke up.

"Percy I want you to promise us that as long as you are here you shouldn't use your Earthquake powers."

Percy nodded, "done. No problem."

"No, I mean I want you to swear on the Styx."

"Hmm, my Earthquake powers are a big part of my powers, is it alright if I only swear to only use them if there is an emergency?"

Julia and Rob shared a look and they nodded, "that is acceptable."

"I Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon swear to only use my Earthquake controlling powers within Camp Jupiter if there is an emergency."

Thunder roared outside and the two Praetors looked visibly relaxed.

"So, how long do we have to wait till the Senate get's back to us?" Percy asked.

"A hour," Julia replied, "it shouldn't be any longer than that."

Percy nodded, "so….what do we do until then?"

Thalia and Jason were already talking to one another. Jason told his sister all that had happened to him over the last few years. It seemed that Jason grew up in camp Jupiter, not unlike Annabeth in camp Half-Blood. He was basically raised by the people in camp and they treated him like family.

Thalia was glad for that last part, she was so worried that he was mistreated that Percy could sense it without the use of his Empathic powers. Eventually though the topic of conversation came to Thalia.

"So I have been meaning to ask," Jason said, "why do you look so young?"

Thalia laughed, "simple brother of mine, I died."

Jason and the others looked surprised. Thalia then went into her story about how everything went down. How she died protecting camp and was turned into a tree. How the tree was poisoned by Kronos's army and how Percy got the Fleece to save it. And how the fleece accidentally healed her as well bringing her back to life.

"So that's why you don't look like you're 20," Jason nodded in understanding.

"Wait, so how old are you?" Rob asked.

"Well seeing as I was dead for so long, I would assume I started ageing again the moment I got brought back, meaning I am right now 15."

"When's your birthday?" Julia asked,

"22nd December," Percy replied. Thalia looked surprised, "oh don't look so surprised. It's my job to know such things."

"Wait, you're going to be 16 in 6 months time?" Rob asked, "that means-"

"-That you have the highest chance of being the one the Great Prophecy speaks about," Julia finished.

Thalia nodded, "yeah, I know."

Julia sighed rubbing her head, "we at first thought Jason was the child of prophecy, we have been training him to be so. But now with you here…. Percy, who old are you?"

"I'm going to be 14 in a month's time," Percy told them.

"So you are the next candidate for the prophecy if anything happens to Thalia," Julia thought out loud as she rubbed her chin in concentration.

Thalia sighed, "yeah, I also wished I wasn't the chosen one. In all honesty Percy would make a much better chosen on than I ever could."

"Thalia we talked about this," Percy told her in a warning tone, "stop belittling yourself."

Thalia nodded, "yeah yeah I know."

"Wait your serious?" Rob asked surprised, "the daughter of Jupiter is freely admitting that she is weaker than someone? And that someone being a son of Neptune? Are you sure you're a daughter of Jupiter? Where is your pride woman?"

Thalia glared at him, "I am a daughter of Zeus. Would you like a demonstration?" Her hand started to spark with wild electric sparks.

Rob shook his head, "no, I'm good."

"Smart boy," Thalia said cutting the electricity, "and I do have my pride, it's just not blinded by arrogance or hubris. It's obvious Percy is stronger than me, it doesn't me I like to admit that, but it's true."

"Bullshit he's stronger than you," Rob said, "you're a daughter of Jupiter for crying out loud! How can the son of that stupid water God be stronger than you!"

"Dude my dad is one of the Eldest gods," Percy said in a calm voice, "he controls around 70% of the Earth, do you really want to go and insult him?"

"We Romans don't care for Neptune," Rob explained, "to us he is nothing but a crazy water God who is barely better than a Nymph."

Percy felt his anger rise, "hey shut up! You don't see me insulting Ares!"

Rob turned to Percy, "how did you know I was the son of Mars?"

"You have a giant spear attached to your back, a stupid grin on your face and you pissed me off the moment I saw you, of course you're a son of Ar-, I mean Mars. The only thing left is the tendency to act like a madman and we have a perfect match."

Rob growled, "my father is not a mad man!"

"Yeah he is, and he's also a traitor," Percy spat back.

"How dare you!" Rob stood up, "I should have you hanged for that!"

"You can try asshole, and when I kick your ass don't go crying to your daddy because I kicked his ass to!"

"Lies!" Rob shouted, "how could you possibly do something like that! Mar is the best fighter ever!"

"Simple, I took the Master bolt, which he helped steal from Zeus might I add, and I shoved it up his ass. I then sent a blast of thunder up his behind!"

Rob was seeing red, "lies! My father would never fall to someone like you!"

Percy shrugged, "like I care what you believe. You can believe the sun is blue, doesn't mean it is."

Rob growled, "that's it! I demand a fight for you!" Rob grabbed his spear and leveled it at Percy.

Percy scoffled at the spear, it looked like a giant version of Clarissa's own spear, "and why should I fight you? I have nothing to prove."

Rob growled, "fight me, or else you admit that Neptune is a weak God."

Percy growled, his eyes turned Red and stayed that way, "insult me if you wish, I can take it. But if you ever say anything about me dad I will rip your heart out!"

Rob was visibly frightened at the aura of anger Percy gave off. He could feel the Bloodlust in Percy voice, it was so thick that Rob felt like it was choking him. But he couldn't give up now, it would make him lose face.

"I-I still demand a fight."

Percy's eyes glowed red as he smiled, "fine I acc-"

Thalia hit Percy upside the head startling the boy, "knock it off sea brains."

Percy looked at Thalia and immediately the aura of anger and the Blood lust all went away. Percy rubbed his head, "that hurt Thalia."

"Yeah, it should," Thalia put her hands on her hip, "we came here to get their help, not fight them."

"But he insulted my dad!"

"So you were what going to kill him?" thalia asked putting Percy on the spot light.

"No…..just beat him up a bit. Maybe break a bone or two."

Julia were taken back by what just happened. Julia couldn't stop Rob from running his mouth, again. It was true that the Romans didn't care for Neptune, but they still gave him respect out of fear. Rob however went overboard with the insult and had pushed their guest. Julia was at first worried for Percy, Rob had been known to hurt people that insulted him in anyway, and Percy had just insulted his dad, who Rob looked up to.

But the moment Percy opened his mouth she stopped being scared for him, and started being scared of him.

The way the anger and Bloodlust poured out of Percy was just phenomenal. The power he radiated was almost toxic, it called to her and Julia for a split second felt like she would be lost in those red eyes. She felt a wave of overwhelming power that was almost seductive in nature. But just as it came it left. All it took was one look from Thalia and that powerful and dangerous person she saw disappeared replaced with the guy who was currently getting scolded for over reacting.

Thalia sighed, "look I get it okay? But you can't just go around beat the shit out of people we are trying to be friends with."

Percy lowered his head, "I'm sorry."

Thalia then turned to Rob, "and you," the Praetor yelped, "don't even insult a God in front of their child. It doesn't matter who it is, Olympian God or minor God, don't do it."

Rob nodded, "yes ma'am."

Percy glared at Rob, "don't think this is over asshole."

Rob gulped. Julia sighed, "maybe we can settle this some other way."

Percy raised an eyebrow, "how so?"

"A test," Julia supplied, "a test between you and Rob. You both will wager something and the winner gets all. This way you two can work out your issues before it becomes a problem in the senate floor."

Percy and Rob glared at each other. Now that Rob didn't actually have to fight Percy his confidence was back. He knew that Percy was probably more skilled than him, judge by the power he radiated. But Rob had one skill he knew Percy couldn't beat him in.

"I have an idea for a challenge," Rob said with an arrogant smirk.

Percy nodded, "what is it?"

"A test of strenght," Rob smiled, "we see who's stronger."

"And the wager?"

"I wager my spear," Rob said motioning to his weapon, "it was given to me by Mars himself."

Percy nodded, "must be pretty confident huh?"

Rob grinned, "I am the strongest roman in the camp. I was once told that my strength was nearly Herculean."

Percy narrowed his eyes at the Praetor;

Robbert Bigwheel, Son of Mars

Lv- 21

HP: 1,500/1,500

MP: 200/200

Race- Demigod

Str- 49

Vit- 32

Dex-22

Int-12

Wis-7

Luc-1

The son of Mars, Robert was raised by a single mother who sent him off to camp at the age of 8. He rose through the ranks and eventually was raised to be a Praetor in the middle of a battle. He is known to be impulsive and rash but inside he cares about his fellow demigods beyond anything else.

Likes: Mars, Julia, Rome, Training

Dislikes: Greeks, Percy, Anchovies

He hates Percy and wants to humiliate him

He is feeling excited and confident

Percy scoffed at his strength level, for a demigod it was impressive, but nothing compared to Percy, "fine the. A test of strenght. I agree."

"What's you wager?"

Percy opened his inventory and looked for something to give. And suddenly he spotted just the thing. He smiled as he reached inside and pulled out the shield of Ares, he got it in during that time in the amusement park and he had it ever since.

Shield of Ares,

It is the shield of Ares which is charmed to be unbreakable and can withstand godly amounts of force. It is also charmed to give the wielder a + 20% on all attacks.

The shield itself was plain made out bronze with the omega symbol etched onto the surface. "The shield of Ares," Percy said holding it up, "I got it after doing your dad a favour. He tried to use this to start a war, luckily I was there to stop him."

Rob grumbled, "I'm, going to enjoy taking that away from you."

Julia however was more concerned about where he pulled the shield from, "where did you store that shield? I didn't even see you pull it out."

"I have the ability to create pocket dimensions," Percy explained, "I use one to store items for safe keeping. Think of it like an inventory you would find in video games."

Julia nodded, "I see….do you have a limit?"

Percy shook his head, "nope. I can store anything, along as I can move it inside I can fit it."

"So you mean you can only store things you can lift?"

Percy nodded, "yeah."

Julia nodded as she got up from her seat, "interesting. Tell me more about this as we go."

"Go?" asked Percy, "go where?"

"You didn't actually think I was going to let you have your competition in here did you?" Julia asked looking amused, "we are going to the field of Mars, our training ground. You can fight there."

They nodded and soon the group set off once again. This time they were taken through the back of the military encampment. People were looking curiously at the sight of the two Praetors leading the Greek demigods so slowly more and more people started to follow them.

Julian turned to one of the Legionnaires that was following them, "call Hannibal and get it to bring two large marble blocks to the field of Mars, we are going to have a competition between the Greeks and Rob."

The legionnaire saluted and took off while the rest of the following members talked in hushed tones about what they were about to see.

In the back of the military encampment was another door that opened up to a road. The road went forward and forked into two paths, on towards that hill with all the temples and the other towards the city that Percy saw before.

But instead of going on the road Julia and Rob lead them off the trail and into the grassy plains surrounding them.

The fields of grass soon lead towards a large stretch of land that was rocky and rough. Percy could tell that the terrain had been stepped on repeatedly over and over, this was probably where the Roman demigods trained.

"This," Julia said, "is the field of Mars,. This is where we train, where we fight and this is where you two will settle this little argument of yours."

Percy nodded and turned to Rob, "before we begin I would like to change our wager a little bit."

Rob smirked, "why? Scared you'll lose the shield? I don't blame you, hell any Roman here would kill for a weapon of Mars."

The Romans suddenly broke out into talk.

"The Greek has a shield of Mars?"

"How did he get it?"

"This is no fair! He is a Greek! He shouldn't be allowed to even look at it!"

"How dare he!"

Percy rolled his eyes, "I don't want to change my wager, the offer still stands. And besides I never use this shield anyway, useless thing."

"How dare you!" Rob roared, "that is the shield my father gave to you! You should treat it with the respect it deserves!"

Percy yawned, "yeah yeah, look let's get down to buisness, I don't want your spear, okay? It's kind of useless, it won't serve me well. I'll just do to it what I did to the shield, put it away in my storage space and let it collect dust."

Rob growled, "fucking Greek."

"What I want from you though is an apology," Percy said with narrowed eyes, "you insulted my dad and that I something I can't forgive. I want you to apologize over and over again, whenever I ask you will say, 'Neptune is the greatest, and I am a stupid dumb son of Mars'."

Rob snorted, "fine. I'll say that, I have no problem saying that. If you win that is, son of Neptune."

The declaration of Percy's parentage instantly set off a chain reaction inside camp. Everyone started to speak out about him bringing bad luck and how he wanted to destroy camp.

"Get rid of him!"

"Throw him out!"

"Take his shield and then throw him out!"

Percy rolled his eyes again as Julia went into overdrive trying to control the people and assure them that everything was taken care of. After she told them that Percy promised to never use his powers over the Earth inside camp most calmned down. Some were still furious about what Percy said about Mars, but they kept quite.

Just then a giant elephant came out of the military encampment and into the field of Mars. Percy watched the giant thing move slowly as it dragged forward two 15 foot tall blocks of marble.

"I'm assuming that's Hannibal?" Percy asked.

Julia nodded, "yes."

"You didn't mention he was an elephant."

Julia shrugged and soon the blocks were unloaded. Percy and Rob stood in front of their respective blocks of marble. Percy gave the shield to Thalia to hold and Rob gave his spear to Julia.

Behind them the Romans were all cheering, for Rob. They booed Percy and cried out insults. It continued like that for some time before Thalia got angry and summoned a bolt of lighting threw it in front of the crowd shutting them up.

Rob smirked, "if you truly are the leader of the Greeks then that means your loss will prove that Romans are better."

Percy smirked, "then I'm going to enjoy proving you wrong. And besides what do you mean Romans are better? You guys basically plagiarized everything from our cultural and called it your own. You guys are like the Dane Cooks of cultures. You steal things which aren't yours and then claim you are better for it somehow."

Rob and the other Romans growled in anger as Thalia face palmed herself, 'this just turned super bad super fast,' she told herself.

"We will fucking kill you Greek!" someone shouted, but was promptly ignored by all.

"I'm going to make you eat those words," Rob turned to his block of marble and drew back his right arm. He stayed perfectly still for a few seconds before he launched his fist forwards and into the marble cracking it and forming spider webs that were growing along the stone block.

Rob took his arm out and shock it, Percy could see blood around his knuckles. Rob had completely shattered the stone around the area of impact. Pieces of rocks were knocked loose and were on the ground. The cracks on the marble reached the edges, but Percy could tell they weren't really deep.

"Damn," Percy said whistling, "that is impressive."

Rob smirked as he held his throbbing arm, "your god damn right Greek. You might as well hand that shield over right now."

Percy nodded as he walked around his own marble block, "tempting, but no." Percy then released all of his six seals causing his strength to increase exponentially;

Seal Release: Layer 6, Time: 26 hours.

STR- 69,120 (+20)= 69,140

Percy stood to the side facing away from Rob's block of marble and pressed his hand up on the surface of his marble block. He used as little force as he could he pushed it forward pressing bother stone together.

Percy took his hand off the stone and saw his hand print imbedded into the stone. Percy smirked, he drew back his hand and launched it forward.

The moment his hand touched the stone the block shattered into pieces. The force of the punch didn't stop there however as it hit the stone block next to it destroying that as well.

Pieces of stone flew everywhere as the force of the punch sent them flying forward like leaves in a hurricane. The marble blocks were grounded into nothing as a large amount of the marble turned into dust, only a few pieces remained as a solid, and even then they only were in the form of small stones.

Percy patted himself, the marble dust was everywhere. He walked towards the crowd and reactivated his seals.

"So," Percy began looking at the stunned crowd of Romans, "which one of you wanted to kill me?"