HELLO!

In a way this is a crossover with PJO, you'll notice how when you read, at first I had thought of having Thalia making an appearance but in the end decided against it, although Clarisse is mentioned!
There is no sex scenes just some fluff and stuff like that, if you DON'T LIKE then DON'T READ!
ENJOY!

ONE

Earth, living in America had been a constant battle of survival, never being able to stay too long in one place without attracting too much attention; his life had been one big move. His mother had never complained she had gotten the biggest gift she could ever have hoped of from a god, and quite frankly he could not deny his mother that pleasure but sometimes he really wished that he was normal.

Not having ADHD, or a dyslexia which made it almost impossible for him to concentrate, not having to fight monsters and see his friends get struck down by monsters, a life where his mother still was alive and not killed by monsters because she could see through the mist, a life where he did not have to look over his shoulder all the time. He could not even imagine it, not anymore, he had done it often when he was younger now, many years later and many more years wiser he would not change his life for anything, it was harsh and cruel most of the time but on the same time it was exciting and different, it was his own to do with as he chose.

Of course, things like the ADHD he could do without, it had saved him many times, and it was one of the reasons he was such a good soldier but on the same time, he had a hard time sitting still leading to many people thinking ill of him, a big bummer at the start of his career, now when he thought about it the did not think many people knew he had it, most probably thought he was just impatient and one of those people that just could not sit still, which in a manner of speaking was true.

Rubbing his eyes, John threw the small magnifying glass look alike on the desk. He had been fighting with his paperwork for hours and it was due the next day. He liked being the military leader on Atlantis what he did not like, was the paperwork. How Major Lorne did it, John had no idea, it almost looked as if the man liked doing paperwork, or maybe not liked, more like he had to do it and because he actually followed orders he did it in time and not like John who always did his in the last minute.

Like so many times before John thanked his father that he had his, what he had christened the converter, magnifying look alike which translated the English into Greek for him, making it easier for him to read. John had always liked Greek better than English, mostly because he could read it without getting a headache or the letters jumping around on the paper when his brain tried to read it in Greek, well ancient Greek if he was to be precise. He had gotten the converter when he was ten, when his school marks suffered the effect of his dyslexia not to mention his ADHD, which had gotten him thrown out of several schools.

John's grumbling over his bad luck as an half-blood was cut short by the door to his office slamming open by Rodney.

"Come on Sheppard! It seems as if Lorne's in some kind of problem," said Rodney, pulling John with him to their meeting room.

"What?"

"Major Lorne and his team went to investigate this one planet and now it seems as if the people there want to sacrifice him to their gods," explained Rodney just a tad bit impatiently.

"And the others?"

"Well that's the weird part, they let the rest go even offered them to stay," said Rodney, actually sounding surprised, "it was only Major Lorne they seemed to have a problem with, but I really don't know the details yet because I had to run around looking for a certain Lt Colonel."

"I'm so sorry that I actually do some work now and then," muttered John but he was a bit worried. It was not often that the people had a problem with Lorne, and if they did, then they usually had a problem with all of the members on the team.

When John and Rodney arrived at the meeting room, Dr Weir, Dr Beckett, Teyla, Ronon and Dr Parrish who were on Lorne's gate team were already there. John smiled sheepishly but did not say anything instead he sat down in his chair before he turned to Weir with a curious expression on his face.

"Good for you to join us Colonel Sheppard," said Weir.

"So what is it that I hear about the Major," said John, his stance lax and seemingly none faced by what he had gathered but the people in the room knew he was as perplexed about the situation as the rest, "if someone could tell me how it all happened."

"Its better if Dr Parrish tells you," said Weir motioning for Parrish to tell the odd story once again.

"Well…" started Parrish sitting down in one of the chairs he had earlier been occupying, "first when we arrived on the planet we thought there was no one living there, but when we got further away from the gate we were met by people. They seemed nice enough, from what I heard they spoke some kind of Greek, that I'm sure of, but they also spoke other languages that we understood. They told us we had to meet their leader and so we of course went with them. That's when things went bad, and really odd."

"Odd?" asked John, he did not like the sound of that, he had a gut feeling something was happening, and that things would not be the same on Atlantis after it.

"First of all, they lived in houses you could probably find somewhere in the middle east and it did not look as if they had been bothered by the wraith, but they did not have a ZPM or anything like that," explained Parrish not looking at John but down at his hands as if he was trying to remember everything as exact as possible, "either way, when we got there we were guided to their leader. I'm not sure how to explain what happened, she –their leader– stepped forward she smiled and welcomed us, and then she had some kind of stone/jewel that she got close to Major Lorne started to glow bright blood red and she looked satisfied but then it turned a dark blue almost as if it was black, and then…"

John had an odd feeling in the pit of his stomach.

"Jewel? A jewel that glowed?" asked Rodney sounding interested, "could it have been an ancient device?"

"Rodney, not now," shushed John, turning his full attention towards Parrish, "and what happened then?"

"Well… when it turned dark blue, first she stared at it in disbelief then she turned really cold staring at the Major, the odd thing was it almost seemed as if the Major knew what that jewel was."

"That was it?"

"No, she said something about being a liability and some other stuff, probably very rude stuff but I have no idea what as she spoke them in that Greek sounding language, or maybe it was Greek just an older version of it…" said Parrish trailing off for a second or two before he continued, "then she told her people to arrest the Major and that he was to be an sacrifice to the gods, to show her goodwill towards them, the rest of us she didn't care much about, if we had wanted she'd have let us stay and enjoy ourselves."

"I have one question," said John his appearance and voice calm but on the inside he felt a bit mushy, he had suspected for some time now that the Major also was a half-blood and now in a somewhat indirect way he had gotten his answer, even though there were still a few blank spaces. "Why are you here and not the Major?"

"He's still there on the planet as a prisoner. Thank God, Stackhouse somehow made a deal with the leader that they would not sacrifice him before we had had a conference and if he was not to be executed then there has to be some kind of substitute," said Weir, in John's opinion she was not all that clear on what had happened and what the substitute would be.

"Who'll be going?" asked John, but he already had an inkling to who would be there, when they would try to negotiate Major Lorne free.

"You, me, McKay, Carson and Teyla," said Weir.

John nodded, it did make sense that they would be going, and if he was lucky he would get out of his without blowing his cover. He liked it when people did not know, especially as there were no monsters in the Pegasus Galaxy, which also meant that there was no mist to cover up weird stuff. He had enough of a hard time trying to keep his ability to heal faster a secret and that he could take much harder hits than the average man on Atlantis, which usually resulted in people thinking that he tried to play down his injuries.

"Then, let's not waste any time," said John, already halfway out the door, "we're leaving right now, aren't we?"

"Yes, Colonel we're leaving right away," confirmed Weir. "Oh yes, Lt Cadman and Lt Meyers will also be coming with us, if things run out of hand."

John was not listening to Rodney who was talking on about the chance that they had found some ancient device, and by the looks of it, that was what the others thought too. It really sucked to be the bearer of bad news, and he was certainly in no hurry to prove them wrong. There were always so many questions and he really did not want to standout more than he already did with his gene and all.

Being a demigod was by far the weirder part of him, and he really did not want people to think of him as a freak.

John watched as the gate was dialed. He had been fascinated by the gate from the first time he stepped through it and even after so many times of stepping through it, it still made his heart race and all his reflexes to stand on edge of what was to be found on the other side. Glancing to his right side, John saw Cadman staring at the gate with a determined expression on her face, ready to act at the smallest of sounds. He had always liked Cadman, she knew what to do and she did not lose her head when things got hot.

Weirs stepped first through the gate, the others followed, John, Teyla, Cadman and Meyers were the only ones wearing the uniform indicating that they were military, and so the only ones carrying guns.

Warm weather, all kinds of green colors and blue skies was the first thing John noted when he stepped out on the other side of the gate. It was a nice planet, one of the better ones, especially if the wraith kept away from it. They had not gotten far from the gate before they were met by two males and three women, one glance was all it took for John's fears to be confirmed they were all wearing Greek styled armors and weapons, who were to show them the way. Hundreds of different reasons to why he would have to go back to Atlantis floated in John's head but he knew he could not leave Major Lorne and because it would look even more suspicious if he tried to leave now.

It was as nice as Parrish had described it but John could not appreciate it properly, he had been struck with the question, how had belief in the ancient Greek gods and goddesses spread from earth to the Pegasus Galaxy.

"Welcome strangers, I am Hesperia."

John watched with mixed curiosity and on the same time suspicion a beautiful woman walking towards them, by the ogling looks Rodney was giving her, he thought so too. She was smiling, radiating a certain softness but John could see the muscles on her arms and the way she moved, she was a force to be reckoned with.

"Thank you," said Weir greeting the other woman.

"Do you wish to get anything to drink, or maybe some wine?" asked Hesperia, motioning for them to follow her into a huge building.

"If I may say, I had hoped we could get this small misunderstanding over first," said Weir, her voice light but firm, a tone John was overly familiar with.

Hesperia stopped for a moment, and John saw she was not very pleased but she kept her poker face on.

"Of course," said Hesperia in a pleasant voice, her smile never leaving her face.

First when they were well inside of the house, they were directed to a room, probably a room where meetings were held, seated and served both wine and bread, let Hesperia Weir talk.

Hesperia listened attentively to what Weir had to say, it was completely quiet in the room except for Weir's voice. Hesperia did not open her mouth before Weir was finished and had settled back in her chair.

"Doctor Weir, I understand that you think the way you do but I cannot let him go, this evening in the name of the twelve Olympians I will sacrifice him," said Hesperia as if she was talking about flowers or something else which did not involve killing someone.

"Why the Major?"

John had almost forgotten that Carson was also there, the doctor had been so quiet up until now.

"He is cursed, marked by the gods, it is my duty as a daughter of Athena to make sure he stands as no treat against Olympus," said Hesperia in a voice which could have cut through steel before it
softened and her face was once again covered by the serene smile, "then again, I do not expect a mere mortal to understand."

A surge of annoyance went through John, if there was something he hated about some demigods and immortals look on normal people, the way they looked down on them just because they were not gods or because they did not live forever.

"You do not agree with me?" asked Hesperia, she had noticed his annoyed huff and the way his body had stiffened. She was looking him straight in the eyes and he could do nothing but look straight back at her, the others were looking with curious gazes between them.

"No I do not," said John his voice curt, "and neither do I think that you have the right to look down on mortals."

A gasp of surprise escaped Hesperia, the others were confused, and Cadman was having a bad feeling a small tugging at the back of her brain told her the Colonel was a bit more than a normal person.

John watched as Hesperia took out something from her pocket, it was a diamond shaped jewel, strapped to a golden chain, and he could see the faint contour of an owl on it. What happened next was something no one at the table would forget easily. Cadman was sitting beside Hesperia's left side, Weir was sitting on the other side, John was sitting two chairs down from Cadman and so when Hesperia moved the diamond to her left it lit up, in a very soft beige color.

"Praise the gods," gasped Hesperia, staring at Cadman with big eyes. Weir, Carson, Rodney and Meyers were staring with big eyes at the jewel, Cadman was swearing on the inside, whilst John was thinking. He was a bit surprised but when he thought about it, it did make sense. He had quite a clear picture of, who her godly parent was, it did not take much guessing and he had always been good at it.

Before anyone had time to react, Hesperia had stood up and walked down two chairs, reaching the jewel towards John, immediately it changed color to a stormy gray, a very intense color. This time it was Cadman who got the few minutes of nothingness to think.

"You are like me, then why do you want to help a cursed one?" asked Hesperia, and John could not detect anything but idle curiosity in her voice.

"Things change," said John, not elaborating or explaining his words.

"Well then there is only one things which can be done," said Hesperia looking at each and one of them, her eyes stopping on John and Cadman piercing them with her stare."

"What would it be?" asked Weir uncertainly as if she was not sure if she wanted to hear the answer. She was not sure if she was hallucinating or dreaming but by the looks of Carson, McKay and Lt

Meyers she was not the only one. Things were happening and she had no idea what to do, at some point she was not even sure she knew what she was doing and even though she just wanted to reprimand John and force him to explain all this, whatever it was to her, she was happy he in some very odd way seemed to know what was going on.

Elisabeth gulped when she watched Hesperia smile, what and odd name, and not a nice one but a predatory and cold smile. Never in her life had she wanted more to be somewhere else than she did right at that moment, a shill went down her spine, all her warning signals were going off in her head.

"Pankration."

Is it readable? Hope you didn't hated it.
Please read and review, as with my other SGA story (Stuck in a snowstorm) I've already written the whole story and just want to know whether I should put up the whole story :)
Would be very happy to hear some opinions :)