ey everyone welcome to chapter two and if you're here it means you've read chapter one and have decided to give the story a chance and see where I take it. I thank you for this and bring you chapter 2.

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The Icy Hot Hybrid

Chapter 2: Welcome to Camp

An hour had passed and Annabeth hadn't left Jack's side due to how worried she was as anytime Jack came back from a quest he was either fine or only needed a couple minutes of rest, this was the first time she had really seen him knocked out for so long. In truth though Jack had gotten beaten up on plenty of quests before but always rested before he got back to camp because he knew she would worry. A few more minutes later Annabeth turned when she heard the door open only to see the boy from earlier and Sally walk in. The boy looked tired and Sally seemed worried about something but thanks to Sally taking quick glances at Jack's still form Annabeth quickly figured it out.

"Don't worry about Jack, children of Hephaestus have the strongest bodies out of all the demigods, it is a common joke around camp that their bones with rust before they break." said Annabeth with a small smile. "I'm Annabeth by the way what are your names?" asked Annabeth.

"I'm Sally Jackson and this is my son Perseus Jackson or just Percy for short." Sally said as she introduced herself and Percy to Annabeth. Percy looked at Annabeth with a small blush on his face that Annabeth didn't notice as she went back to watching Jack.

"It's nice to meet you Annabeth but who is this guy?" asked Percy as Annabeth turned back to him with a blank expression and even Sally looked at her son funny.

"You mean to tell me you don't remember when he said his name out loud earlier?" asked Annabeth as Percy rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Well anyway his name is Jack Umbra and he's a son of Hephaestus and apparently also a son of Arachne." said Annabeth. Both Percy and Sally looked confused at this but Annabeth didn't explain further.

"So you two seem pretty close, how do you two know each other?" asked Percy.

"He helped me get to camp as I'm not sure we would have survived that day if he didn't, he's also my big brother." Annabeth said with a small but sweet smile.

"So you're a daughter of Hephaestus then?" asked Sally but was a little shocked with Annabeth shook her head no.

"No I'm a daughter of Athena, the reason why I call Jack Big Brother is complicated and it would be best if it was explained by him. But enough about me and Jack, how are you taking things Percy?" asked Annabeth.

"Well to be honest it's all a bit overwhelming and I'm a bit lost as to what all of this means for my life now." said Percy.

"It means that you'll pretty much never be bored again and you have a higher chance of dying young depending on how many quests you go on." Jack said with a groan as he sat up holding his sides.

"What do you mean dying young!?" asked a yelling Percy as he didn't like the idea of dying.

"Wow you really don't know much about this world even though Chiron was your teacher. Look kid this isn't a summer camp where you play around, make friends, sell cookies, and then go home at the end of the summer. This place is here to keep you safe but you can't just hide here your whole life so you'll be learning how to defend yourself and how to kill monsters that attack you." Jack told him with a straight face and cold eyes.

"AND WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF ALL OF THIS!" yell Percy as his mother gave Jack a small glare then looked at Percy in concern while Annabeth just set back and listened for Jack's reply.

"Then you can leave the camp, try to live a normal life, and then die when a monster finds you in about a month's time if not sooner and probably kills your mother too. This is your world now kid get used to it and learn to survive it then one day you might get to live a close to normal life, but it will never be completely normal." Jack told him in his ever calm and cold voice as he got up from the bed.

"You're still as blunt as ever aren't you Big Brother. And you shouldn't be getting up yet, you're still very hurt." said Annabeth.

"I try not to sugar coat anything Anny as in this world of ours sugar will get you or those around you killed and don't worry I'll be fine. I'll be in my private cabin if you need me." Jack told Annabeth as he walk out of the Big House.

"What's his problem?" asked Percy. Annabeth sighed at this as Percy and Sally looked to her.

"Look Percy I know that he came off as cold and mean but all he did was tell you the truth, but it is late and if you want I'll explain more to the both of you in the morning." said Annabeth as she too left the Big House.

OLYMPUS EARLIER

Some of the Gods had been watching Percy since the Minotaur had been chasing him and his mother. Poseidon was a nervous wreck when he saw the car his son and former lover were in tip over and crash. Poseidon was a rather tall man at 6'2 with healthy pale skin, seafoam green eyes, short black hair with a trimmed beard, and a strong build. He was currently wearing black dress shoes, blue jeans, a short sleeve gray shirt, and a brown leather jacket.

His fear only increased when he noticed that the Minotaur was getting closer, that is until they passed a boy that he recognized as the one they had been giving their missions too lately. "Isn't that your son Hephaestus?" asked Poseidon.

"Why yes it is, well we can stop worrying about them now, Jack has this covered." said Hephaestus not even bothering to hide the amount of pride in his voice.

"Don't get cocky Hephaestus he doesn't seem to have any weapons with him." said Athena with narrowed eyes.

"That's fine, he doesn't need them for this beast." said Hephaestus. The Gods continued to watch as Jack gave the Minotaur a choice on if it wanted to run or reform and Ares couldn't help but laugh and Aphrodite fanned herself.

"Hahaha, that boy sure does have some amazing confidence, not surprising really when he's completed every mission we've given him." said Ares. Ares was a tall man at 6'1with a bulky build, fiery orange eyes, shoulder length blood red hair and beard, and a tan skin tone. As of right now he wore a bulky black plated armor with red runes on the arms.

"There just something about his whole cold warrior attitude that is lighting a fire under me." said Aphrodite as she continued to fan herself. Aphrodite was an average sized woman at 5'7 with a slim yet curvy build, light brown skin, long curly blond hair, bright sapphire blue eyes, large E-cup breasts, and a firm ass. Aphrodite is currently wearing a short hot pink dress that only came down to her thighs and only had one long sleeve on the right side, hot pink 5 inch heels, gold bracelets, and golden hoop earrings.

Hephaestus didn't pay any attention to Aphrodite's comment since he really didn't care; sure he may have been married to her but it was a forced marriage and neither of them had those types of feelings for the other. Hephaestus was actually in love with someone and wanted to be with them but his stupid marriage to Aphrodite was keeping him from being with her, that and some other circumstances. Aphrodite on the other hand was hiding something from everyone, she was also a virgin Goddess, she just used the mist to trick people into thinking she had had sex with them especially Ares, hell even her kids were all brain children like how Athena made her kids. Aphrodite wanted to lose her virginity to her one true love so she was using her domain of love to try and find him and right now everything was pointing to one Jack Umbra.

They watched as Jack started to fight the Minotaur which impressed some of the Gods until they saw Sally get involved, something that forced Poseidon to keep from slapping his forehead. Hephaestus became a bit worried when Jack got hit by the Minotaur in order to save Sally and Athena's right hand twitched a little but no one but Hera seemed to notice. Hera was beautiful woman standing at 5'9 with a slim build, lightly tanned skin, dark brown hair, exotic ruby red eyes, DD-cup breasts, and a bubble butt. She was wearing an ankle length red dress that was tight around the knees and was ruffled from there down and also exposed her shoulders. She also wore red 6 inch strap heels, and ruby earrings.

Hera glanced at Athena from the corner of her eye and couldn't help but shake her head. "I can feel it in you Athena, your motherly instincts are screaming for you to protect your child but your pride and inability to admit your mistakes are suppressing them. It doesn't matter if it's by brain or by womb he came from you and as his birth mother it's your job to love him no matter what like I do with Ares and Hephaestus, even if that bastard has turned Hephaestus against me." Hera thought to herself.

The Gods continued to watched and even laughed a little when Jack called Sally a MILF but some of them became shocked when they saw Jack make an ice wall to protect himself and Sally. "Since when could he do that?" asked Poseidon.

"He's actually been able to do it for a while now and has even come up with a few theories as to why, he's currently testing some of them out but I can see that the pain he's in is making him unable to use his power correctly." explained Hephaestus.

Athena narrowed her eyes at this and tried to figure it out herself. "How is it you can control ice Boy?" Athena asked herself through thought. This went on until Jack was claimed and told everyone his parentage. The Gods there were all shocked except for Hephaestus who was in contact with everyone that helped look after Jack including Arachne. But buried deep down in Athena the feelings of regret began to grow as she saw her son claim another as his mother. Her feelings were demanding that she not let Arachne have her child's love, but the much larger part of her that was ruled by her pride would not let her admit that she made a mistake so she reasoned that this was for the best and pushed her regret down until she couldn't feel it. Hera just shook her head at Athena and the situation knowing that her bastard of a husband wouldn't like the idea of a demigod being stronger than they should. After everything had calmed down all the Gods that were present went back to their temples.

BACK AT CAMP HALF-BLOOD

The next day came and Percy and Sally were once again being shown around camp but this time by Annabeth since she knew that Chiron wasn't very good at explaining everything. "Hey Annabeth, what's with that cabin over there?" asked Percy pointing to a small cabin that looked more like a large shed that was off to the side of all the other cabins, It was mostly dark blue, black, and a white trim.

"Oh that is Big Brother's private cabin, he usually stays with his brothers and sisters in the Hephaestus cabin but from time to time he goes there to work on some things that he says are private." said Annabeth.

"Speaking of your brother, you said you would explain what he said last night." said Percy since he was still a bit mad about what Jack had said to him. Sally also wanted an explanation as to why Jack was so cold to them, she could tell that Jack had been in the camp for a long time but she didn't think that made it right for him to be so cold. Annabeth looked at Percy for a second before she walked over to my private cabin and knocked on the door. They waited a few seconds before Jack opened the door wearing dark blue sneakers, dark blue pants, a dark purple short sleeve muscle shirt, his signature owl rings, and his necklace.

"Hey Anny, what do you need?" Jack asked her as he rubbed his neck.

"Nothing really, I just want you to help me get Percy and Ms. Jackson settled in." said Annabeth. Jack just nodded his head and closed the door behind himself. They walked for a bit until they came to the lake the camp had for water activities where they sat down and watched the water nymphs weave some baskets.

"Alright we have your brother now and we're in a nice spot watching water people weave baskets so can you please explain now?" asked Percy a bit heatedly since he was a pretty impatient person.

"Fine what would you like explained first?" asked Annabeth.

"How about we start with what your brother said as it was quite unnerving." said Sally as she took a quick glance at Jack since He still seemed to have my cold and aloof appearance.

"As mean and as blunt as it was, Jack was just telling you the truth. The world of the Gods is a dangerous one and if you don't learn to live in it you won't survive it." said Annabeth with a sigh.

"Was he like that with you when you got here?" asked Percy since he felt that Jack had a chip on his shoulder.

"Please Jack wouldn't even look at me let alone talk to me when we first met." said Annabeth with a small snort. This shocked both Percy and Sally as both could see how close the two were now and couldn't understand why Jack would have been so cold to someone he had just met. It was then that Annabeth scooted closer to Jack and put his arm around her shoulders. "It took a while but soon I got through his icy shell and he became my big brother and we've been close to each other ever since and I mean in both the emotional way and actually being close to each other, it's not often you'll see one without the other." said Annabeth as she kept Jack's arm around her while trying to keep a blush from appearing on her face.

Sally thought it was nice that two sibling were so close to each other even if it did start off rocky, Percy on the other hand still didn't quite understand. "Why were you so cold to her if you didn't even know her?" asked Percy. Annabeth quickly felt the area get a bit colder but could also tell that Jack was trying hard to keep himself in check.

"Let's just say that I have trust issues and leave it at that." Jack said as he got up much to Annabeth's dismay until she noticed what time it was.

"You're going to make your rounds around the camp aren't you?" asked Annabeth and Jack nodded in response. "Mind if I join you, it would be a great way to explain things further to Percy and Ms. Jackson?" asked Annabeth.

"Sure I don't mind at all." Jack told her as he started walking with them following him.

"I have to ask how is all of this funded, I mean sure this is hidden from mortals but you all must need some things from the city?" asked Sally.

"Well the thing about that is that we really get pretty much everything we need from the city, you see the Gods own many stores in the city that we can get our supplies from but the thing is some only take American money and some only take drachmas or small Greek gold coins. To get the cash Demeter's children sell fruits and vegetables and to get the drachmas Big Brother here sells dresses to the Goddesses." explained Annabeth. Both Percy and Sally looked at Jack when they heard what Annabeth said and couldn't believe it.

"You make dresses?" asked Percy while trying to hold back a snicker.

"Yes I do, all children of Arachne are great at weaving and the Goddesses love my work. I'm also in the process of trying to get a business started in the mortal world so I also help with the cash flow." Jack told them while looking at them without shame. Most boys would be embarrassed at people knowing that they could sew and made dresses but Jack simply didn't care. What some people didn't know was that Jack was interested in making houses too, in fact he had some designs for houses in his private cabin and had already sold five blueprints to a company that wanted to build them.

Soon they reached the area where all the cabins were and Annabeth started to explain them while Jack looked around to make sure everyone was doing alright. "Well these are the cabins where everyone stays, I stay in cabin six the Athena cabin, Jack usually stays in cabin nine the Hephaestus cabin, and you Percy since you just got here will be staying in cabin eleven the Hermes cabin." said Annabeth as she point out the mentioned cabins. Athena's cabin looked like a big library with a light blue and dark gray color scheme and a few marble columns. Hephaestus's cabin looked like an auto parts shop with a brown and red color scheme, piles of metal everywhere, and a work shop attached to the side. Hermes cabin actually looked like a house but with a white and light gray color scheme, Hermes cabin also happened to be the most crowded.

Before they could keep going they see a boy come out of the cabin. The boy has short blond hair, blue eyes, a scar on his right eye, a lean build, and stood at 5'9. He wore a long sleeved gray shirt, black jeans, and white sneakers. This was Luke Castellan, a seventeen year old son of Hermes and the leader of the cabin much like how Annabeth was the leader of hers. "Hey Jack, Annabeth; is this the kid from last night?" asked Luke.

"Hey Luke and yeah this is him, he'll be staying here with you guys." Jack told him as he continued to look around.

"Is he claimed or unclaimed?" asked Luke.

"He's unclaimed." answered Annabeth and they heard a bunch of groaning in the cabin.

"Wait what do you mean claimed and unclaimed and why can't I stay in one of the other cabins, the ones over there look empty?" asked Percy and everyone deadpanned at him even Sally.

"I find that the fact we even have to explain this to him to be incredibly stupid." Jack told everyone and they nodded in agreement.

"Percy claimed and unclaimed means that your godly parent has or has not claimed you as their child and as for staying in one of the other cabins, you can't do that as you are only allowed to stay in the cabin of your parent or Hermes cabin as he is the God of travelers." explained Annabeth.

"Well then who is my godly parent?" ask Percy and nobody but Jack saw Sally flinch slightly at the question.

"We don't know we'll just have to wait for them to claim you." said Luke.

"Well how long does that take?" asked Percy. At his question everyone but Sally flinched and Jack balled his fists and ice formed under his feet.

"Not everyone gets claimed Kid, some are forgotten, cased aside, or just plain not cared about." Jack told him with a voice so cold that an icy mist actually left his mouth.

Both Percy and Sally looked appalled by this especially Sally. Jack saw Sally about to try and refute what he said so he decided to cut her off. "What I say is the truth Sally, the reason Hermes cabin is so full is because over half of the cabin is unclaimed and some of them have been in the cabin their whole lives. Of all the Gods only Aphrodite, Demeter, Hephaestus, and Hermes claim all their children." Jack told her. Sally couldn't believe this and looked around to see if anyone would argue against his words but found no one that would, this started to scare her as she thought that Percy would never be claimed by his father.

Jack could already guess who Percy's father was by his eye color so he knew that wouldn't happen to Percy but it would take a while. "Look I'm not saying that it will happen to you Kid and if I'm right about who your dad is it will just take a while." Jack said with sigh as everyone looked at him and Sally eyes had widened.

"Who do you think my dad is?" asked Percy.

"I can't tell you, it's one of the rules of being a demigod, demigods can't claim their parents their parents must claim them or in other words you can't say you're the child of anyone until they acknowledge you." Jack told him as the ice under him started to spread. Jack decided it was time for him to leave since everyone seemed fine plus he needed to get some more training in. "Well Annabeth I'm going back to my cabin to work on some of my projects, and then I'll be going to my private cabin to train and work on a new dress that Aphrodite wants." Jack told Annabeth as he walked off towards Hephaestus's cabin.

"How come he gets his own cabin?" asked Percy but Sally actually wanted to know too.

"He made it himself and it's more of a private workshop with a small cot on the inside for when he works overnight." Annabeth explained.

After that they walked around a bit more until Percy left with Luke to train some leaving Sally and Annabeth to talk. "So what's going to happen to me?" asked Sally since she knew mortals weren't supposed to be in the camp.

"You'll stay here and live in the Big House while also helping take care of the younger campers. Jack was able to convince Chiron to let you stay instead of sending you home." said Annabeth as they sat at a stone table drinking cups of tea. They were quiet for a few minute before Sally broke the silence.

"Please tell me Annabeth, what happened to make Jack the way he is?" asked Sally. Annabeth was about to tell her that she couldn't until she saw the look of concern in Sally's eyes, she then looked around and found that no one was close by so she let out a deep sigh and made her decision. Gods she hoped Jack wouldn't hate her for this.

"Jack's childhood wasn't a happy one; in fact I don't think he can even remember a time in his childhood where he was happy. When he came to camp I'm told it took months for my mother Athena to claim him but when it was found out that he was related to Arachne she disowned him and broke his heart to the point he ran off into the forest that we keep stocked with different monsters and cried for a week straight. His brothers and sisters at the time were happy that he was gone as they let their fear of spiders motivate them to abandon a child that was just abandoned by his own mother. From what I know Jack knows what love is but doesn't know the feeling of parental love too well and is only just starting to understand it thanks to Hephaestus." said Annabeth as she looked down into her tea and not seeing Sally's eyes water up.

"So his mother just abandoned him, for something he had no control over?" asked Sally as tears finally fell from her eyes when Annabeth nodded yes.

"I know he seems cold to you and probably to everyone else but that's because he pretty much has an ice block around his heart, only I, Thalia, the kids of Hephaestus, and the younger campers really see what he's really like." said Annabeth with a small smile.

"And what is he really like?" asked Sally.

"He's sweet, protective, loving, and gentle; the really young campers love him and see him as a big brother of sorts. He does so much for the camp and only asks that we be happy, hell some of us were brought here by him." said Annabeth.

"Do you think I could get to know him?" asked Sally.

"Sure you can but he'll keep you at an arm's distance for a while until he's convince you won't betray him in the end." said Annabeth as they fell into a comfortable silence.


Well there you have chapter 2 I hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter will have a timeskip and explain just what Jack does in his private cabin.

Harem

Thalia, Annabeth, Clarisse, Aphrodite, Hera, Medusa, Khione

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