Chapter 2 (Leo)
It was about noon when they reached a heavily gated mansion, with the initials R.A. engraved in them. The mansion was bleak grey brick and brown shutters it seem gloomy almost ominous looking, making Leo question even more about what kind of family Reyna came from.
On the way he had walked behind Annabeth and Percy, who weren't so quietly whispering.
"Can you really be sure about this? How she reacted?" Percy questioned, leaning into Annabeth's ear.
"We just need a couple of days. She doesn't even have to interact with them. Her family can't be too awful." Annabeth tried to reassure him, but she sounded unsure herself.
"You didn't meet her sister." He countered, that was when Reyna shot him a pointed look, which he took his cue to shut up.
The fact that Reyna, stone-hearted cold-blooded Reyna felt uneasy and unsure of her family made Leo scared...no almost terrified of who laid beyond that gate.
They were at the door now, and Reyna knocked, almost in a rhythmic way. There was secret passcodes now? Leo started to fiddle nervously with a loose wire out of his belt, before Reyna shot him a look of disgust.
Reyna raised her hand to knock on the door again, when it opened. Standing there was a tall man, he looked about twenty-seven, 6' 2'' with broad shoulders like a quarterback and a set of muscles that pro-wrestlers wished they had.
He narrowed his dark eyes at all of them and Leo fought the urge to squirm or make a joke, which he figured the guy would not appreciate. His eyes stopped at Reyna and his glare seemed intensify with hatred and betrayal.
"We need shelter otherwise I wouldn't have come." Reyna was the first one to speak, and it sounded out of sheer bitterness like it hurt for her to admit that she needed help.
"Well, you're in luck, Dad's gone. You've got three days." He replied.
"Good, we only need two." With that Reyna barged into the house, without so much a thank you or an introduction.
Leo could hear the gasp of everyone as soon as they entered, and he seemed to hear his gasp as well when he stepped into the great mansion. Everything was red and gold a pure and rich kind of red and gold. It was amazing with its high ceiling painting and velvet curtains. It was as if he stepped into a movie set.
As everyone wondered in awe, he could hear part of Reyna and what he assumed her brother's conversation. "Where's Dad?" She asked suspiciously cautious.
"Out." Her brother answered with the same tone.
"The twins?"
"Out."
She only nodded warily, before she turned to them trying steady herself. "I'll show you to the rooms." She stated flatly, briskly starting walk again not caring if they followed her or not.
They were wondering and admiring a long corridor when they heard a high-pitched voice call out.
"Reyna! Reyna! Reyna!" It belonged to a little girl, she looked around five or six as far as Leo could tell this girl was sister of Reyna.
"Wait, Olivia!" A guy's voice called out for the little girl who seemed to sprinting faster tripping over her own feet.
"Hey, Olivia." Reyna's voice sounded softer and when Leo looked over to Reyna he could have sworn she was smiling, at least he thought that's how she looked when she smiled.
"You're back. You're back! I knew you would, because you promised we were gonna play dolls together!" The little girl kept rambling on and on about dolls and such as the boy finally caught up to them. He was a little out of breath but for the most part he was in pretty good shape. He wasn't as buff as the other dude and was a little over their age 18 or 19.
"Sorry, she really wanted to see you." He panted while cleaning his glasses and setting them back on his face. He squinted at all of them, not suspiciously, but more in a curious way as if he was trying to guess what kind of powers they had.
"Half-bloods?" he questioned to Reyna. She only nodded still trying to listen to the excited little girl.
"A son of Jupiter, a daughter of Venus, a son of Neptune, a son of Mars, a son and daughter of Pluto." He rattled off. He glanced between Leo and Annabeth as if trying to make sense of them, and then frowned like they were off-calculations in a perfect experiment.
"Sorry," Reyna apologized. "Joey's a little fascinated with this kind of stuff."
Joey's face started to turn red, as he turned his gaze to the floor, but then back to Reyna without looking at them again.
"Why are you here? I thought you said-"
"It was an emergency." He only nodded and said no more. Just before they could continue the tour a bell rang.
"Are you hungry?" Leo was starving not that he would admit it, but he couldn't remember the last time he had eaten anything. It seemed like it was years ago.
As they made their way down, Leo heard the doorbell chime; well chime isn't the right word more like croak.
"Who is it now?" Reyna seemed more antisocial than even Nico. Joey only smirked and rolled his eyes. "Who else?"
"Oh God. I'd rather deal with a monster."