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WARNING: MANY MORTAL OCS IN THIS CHAPTER. (THE OTHER TEAMS)
Once Percy was back on his feet (which took a while), the two demigods settled in for the night. Who knew what would meet them in the morning? They have never seen this TV show before (Chiron said no), so how were they supposed to know what was in store for them.
"The gods said that there would be a lot of flying."
Jason could just hear Percy's pout. "So? I quite like flying."
"That because you're a son of Jupiter." Percy retorted. "It's not so enjoyable for me."
The son of Jupiter smirked. "That I know."
"How?" the son of Poseidon kind of looked freaked out now. Was his cousin a stalker?
"I could see it in your eyes whenever we were in the air on the Argo II." Jason explained.
"Nobody's ever noticed..." Percy suddenly felt extremely insecure.
"I have."
"Great."
"Let's just get some sleep." Jason turned over and fluffed his pillow.
"Yeah," they went to sleep for the night.
LINE BREAK
The rest of the demigods all crowded around the TV. It was about to start...
Then, the TV lit up with life. The host, Phil apparently, started talking. "Eleven teams are in the bus below, heading for the start line in Boston, Massachusetts. Each team has two people, and those teams will, quite literally, race around the world." the camera flips to two pictures of a mortal couple. "These are Fern and Chuck. They are married from Kentucky." it flipped again. "George and John, brothers from Oregon." again. "Isaac and Penelope...Perseus and Jason...Tricia and Alexandra...Nathan and Richard...Cassandra and Jordan...Hannah and Madison...Trey and Bob...Errin and Christopher...Amber and Gretchen..." he finally finished.
"So, were these mortals also forced into this, or..." Leo trailed off.
"I think they came on their own accord." Annabeth pondered. "The prize is a million dollars after all...You know mortals...they can be like the Stolls at times..."
LINE BREAK
"Behind me are your bags that you packed earlier, along with your first clue. Ready?" Phil looked around at his contestants.
They all seemed to know exactly what they were doing...except for two...
The cousins: Jason and Perseus. They looked at the other contestants weirdly.
"What are they doing?" Percy hissed to Jason.
"I think they're getting ready to start." Jason whispered back.
"I thought we were ready." the son of Poseidon looked way more oblivious than when Annabeth first kissed him.
"Well, I guess we have to look the part to." the son of Jupiter got into the ready position before looking at Percy. "For dramatic effect."
Percy sighed before copying Jason's position. "I just wish that Phil would stop calling me Perseus..."
Jason laughed.
"...GO!" Phil shouted. The race had begun.
All of the contestants ran over to their bags.
"What does that say?" Percy was looking at the clue weirdly
"I don't know, dude." Jason looked equally confused.
The mother and daughter team, Amber and Gretchen, jogged over.
The mother, Gretchen, looked concerned. "Are you two all right?"
"We're as all right as we ever are." Percy gave them a reassuring grin.
"You guys don't appear to be starting." Amber copied her mother's expression.
All of the other teams were gone by now.
"We don't want to slow you down." the cousins stated in unison.
"We want to help," Gretchen pleaded.
"It's just..." Jason sighed. "Fine, our fathers kind of forced us to do this. Secretly," the son of Jupiter leaned forward. "We didn't even reach the age limit." he laughed. "We also both have dyslexia and ADHD. I also recently learned that Percy here can't touch water without something funky happening." Percy threw him a stank look.
"Oh," Amber crossed her heart. "Would you like us to read the clue for you?" she offered.
"Yes, please," Jason passed her the clue.
"Travel to Dublin, Ireland and find you next clue in the Rotunda Hospital." the daughter passed the clue back.
"Alliance?" the son of Jupiter asked hopefully.
"Alliance," the two teams charged to the streets.
"Percy," Jason looked at him. "We both need a New Yorker right now. Work your magic!" Jason stepped back and covered his ears. "I suggest that you two do the same.
Amber and Gretchen clamped their ears shut just in time. An earpiecing whistle rang through the city. It was the universal sign for I want a cab now.
Two cabs immediately shot up, eager for business.
"Thank you!" Gretchen and Amber called to the two demigods as they hopped into their cab.
The two demigods smiled and nodded before going in their taxi too.
"We need to go to the nearest airport." Jason grinned wickedly.
"Do you have some fancy trick up your sleeve?" Percy raised an eyebrow once they set off.
"As a son of Jupiter," the son of Jupiter whispered so that the mortal taxi driver couldn't hear. "I know the earliest flights with connections."
"And I still don't like flying."
"I know you do."
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