Thanks to a reviewer I realized I messed up so here is the hopefully fix version.
On with Chapter One again!
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Piper pov
"And over there is the Berkeley hills beyond that San Francisco."
I look out towards the golden hills that form a bowl full of silvery mist. "Jason you remember something?"
"No. Maybe. I don't know." Jason gives me a pained look. "I just know it's important."
He looks so lost and confused. We are all weak from the battle and now we are going on to find the wolf house and save Hera.
"That's a bad place Jason. That's Titan land." Coach Hedge butts in.
why does everyone suggest that Jason is an enemy? We pass over a highway that goes under a hill and Jason perks up.
"What's that?
I relay the question to the pilot. And a not very interesting answer comes back. It is the Caldecott tunnel.
"Can we land for a minute?" Jason asks
"Um Jason we are on a kinda tight schedule." Leo says.
"I know but something about..." Jason trails off.
I ask the pilot to land and I tell dad to sleep. Then Jason opens the door and jumps out. I follow. Leo comes out behind me with Coach Hedge bringing up the rear. And we head for the tunnel.
Hazel pov
Hazel hated guard duty.
"Hay probie found a horse for that sword of yours?"
"Shut up Ben."
"Aw have I hurt the little death girl's feelings?"
"If you don't shut up I will stick this spear in you."
Ben laughed as a helicopter flew over the tunnel but instead of continuing on it seemed like it was landing but that couldn't be right. Hazel looked around and tried to see what happen to the helicopter.
"No one going to help you. You only got one friend and he's been gone for months. Probably dead if you ask me."
This was the last straw "Shut up Ben. Don't you dare say a word against Jason! He was our praetor and toppled the black throne of Kronos and you laugh about ..." Hazel cut off as seven six armed men covered in mud suddenly rose from the ground. Wait they weren't covered in mud they were made of it.
"What are those things?" Ben squeaked. Hazel had no idea.
Suddenly the men charged and Hazel raised her spear
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Jason pov
I had a pounding headache and my memories were coming back but they were really fuzzy. As we stepped into the tunnel and saw two kids standing guard over a maintenance tunnel? Suddenly seven earths born suddenly rose between them and us.
"No way. How did they find us? We shouldn't have landed." Leo yelled as he pulled out a sledge hammer with a three pound head. Piper pulled out Katoptris and Coach Hedge got out his tree club. I pulled out my coin and flipped it. The heavy weight of the javelin felt reassuring in my hand. Then we all charged towards the earthborn. The two kids at the other end turned dressed similarly in breast plates over purple shirts with blue jeans. Their spears ready or at least the girl's spear was ready. I think it was a girl but with the armor it was hard to tell. Yet she looks so familiar. Memories later I told myself beat up earth born now. I ran one through and sliced through another. The girl seemed to be holding her own and the other kid a boy maybe suddenly got his act together and started to fight. Coach Hedge had gone psycho and was hitting an earthborn over the head and calling it a cupcake. Leo and Piper had teamed up and were hitting an earth born from both sides. Suddenly there was a startled cry and the sound of wood snapping.
Hazel pov
When the mud men charged I thought we are in trouble. Then I heard more footsteps and thought we are so dead. Then suddenly a fawn was hitting an earth born with a club that had twigs still attached to it and three youths were starting to fight. I couldn't see them well but they all seemed well dressed like they were coming from a party. Then my mind pushed those thoughts out of my head and I focused on the fight. Dodge a mud spear, stab with my own, and retreat as the creature lunged forward, I move through the blows I have practiced in training a hundred times when suddenly another mud man appears from nowhere and snaps my spear.