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It's the year 2184. Humanity has entered a new era of prosperity, and colonisation of the other planets in the Solar System, or Sol, has been achieved. The colony of Mars, known as Progress, was established in the year 2069, and is now a city near the equator of Mars.

Sea levels of Earth have risen a metre due to the extreme weather conditions caused by global warming. However, most of the richer nations have eradicated most diseases and cancer now has a cure, although poorer nations are still struggling with medical issues, as they are only equipped with early 21st century technology.

Our story begins with two completely normal demigod youngsters, Joey and Michael, who live in the suburbs of New York, and they have quite the unusual task set to them...

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Author's Note:

Third story on , I hope you guys enjoy!

Chapter One: Rough Ride

"Got your gear?" Michael asked Joey as he cleaned his pistol. That thing was powered by celestial bronze bullets, reliable on monsters but not for mortals. They would just pass through them as though they were smoke.

She eyed Michael's weapon. "Celestial bronze isn't a very good weapon for fighting mortals, you know."

"I know, that's why I have this dagger."

"That dagger is celestial bronze too."

Michael raised his eyebrows at her. "So what? It's not like she's heavily guarded or anything."

She put down her helmet and looked at him. "We're going to a prison."

"So?"

"A high security prison. On Mars."

" I still don't see the problem," Michael said, reloading his gun with metal bullets.

"Ah forget it, you're useless." She turned away. The shuttle they were in jerked roughly. Joey looked into the shuttle's cockpit. "Hey Mon, everything alright?"

"Yeah, it's fine! Just some space debris. We're landing soon, ETA 4 minutes," Mon said in his odd Irish accent. His name was simply Mon, an Irish educated boy who moved to the East Coast a couple of months back. Joey and Michael managed to find him under pressure from a pack of flesh eating chihuahuas near the spaceport, and after saving him he's been indebted to the both of them since.

Joey sat back down and looked out the window. It was nothing but vacuum outside, revealing a brilliant sight of the distant stars and galaxy. The red,rocky planet of Mars loomed ahead, giant and threatening. In its century's worth of colonisation, as well as establishment of another Camp on it, it seemed the same as two centuries before. From the photos.

"You guys better put on your suits, there's like zero oxygen on Mars. You can suffocate if you want." Mon said.

"Yeah yeah, we know," Michael said as he strapped on the suit. It was a bulky looking suit that Chiron had provided for them. It seemed heavy but was in fact incredibly light and actually helped keep you dying from lack of air. Pretty useful.

Joey put it on over her normal clothes as well as the wing shaped necklace Hermes had given her for her birthday and looked through the cockpit. Their objective was simple: get the target out of the prison and return to Camp. The Earth Camp.

Another sudden jerk shook the shuttle. Joey looked out the window hastily and was met with laser bursts nearly scraping the shuttle.

"Bollocks!" Mon shouted through the intercom. "We're being shot at!"

"Oh really? I couldn't tell!" Michael shouted back.

"Brace yourselves, this is gonna be a rough ride!"

Joey gripped the seat tightly, but then suddenly she saw a laser hit the rocket thrusters outside, and they exploded. Not really, they couldn't combust. There wasn't any oxygen for fire to burn so they just fell apart, sparks jumping out of the disconnected wire.

"Shuttle 06-09 to Camp! We're hit! We're hit! Losing altitude and travelling at 10,000km per hour!"

"Can you slow the thing down?" One of the controllers at the Camp replied.

"I can try!" And then another laser hit the second engine.

Mon swore loudly. "That laser took out our communications too!" He shouted as the shuttle entered Mars atmosphere.

Joey felt the heat of the accelerating spacecraft as it headed toward the red rocky surface below.

She looked at Michael and he looked back, and it was obvious to both of them what their situation was.

They were screwed.

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