Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Ben 10. (If I did own Ben 10, I'd probably make the whole show about Gwevin).
"How can you drink that?" Hazel asked, completely disgusted as Ben drank a vanilla and sardine smoothie. They were all in the lounge, eating from magical plates and cups supplied by Camp Half-Blood.
"What? It's delicious," Ben said.
"It's disgusting Ben," Gwen said.
"Are you sure you're related to him?" Piper asked jokingly. Gwen placed her head in her hands, her elbows on the table.
Ben was taking advantage of the magical plates and cups. He was ordering various flavors of smoothies and a huge heap of chili fries.
All of the girls wanted to hurl at the repulsive way Ben was eating. To their disgust, the other boys, Kevin, Percy, and Frank began eating chili fries. Jason was fiddling with his thumbs, and Leo was staring at the wall. Ever since Leo disappeared a few days ago, he had this gaunt and serious look in his eyes. He still joked around, but there was always that tinge of sadness in the murky depths of his brown eyes. Piper knew he must've met someone when he disappeared.
Suddenly, a bright magenta light flashed in the lunge of the Argo II. An energy being floated around the room. "Well done, Leo! This is quite a perfect place to throw a party," she chuckled.
Leo almost fell out his seat in surprise. "Grandma Verdona?" Gwen asked, stunned.
"Hello Gwendolyn!" she exclaimed.
"For the last time, Gwen doesn't want to go to Anodyne with you!" Kevin yelled.
Verdona snorted. "Oh please, one day she'll come to her senses. But I'm not here for that. I believe you will be on this journey for a few weeks, so I brought you everything you could possibly need!" She snapped her fingers and three suitcases fell to the floor with a thud. The seven half- bloods gawked at her.
"Do our parents know where we are?" Gwen asked.
"Yes," Verdona sighed. "I had an awfully long and tedious conversation with your mother. She seemed very annoyed at me."
"Oh," said Gwen. She knew that her mother disliked Verdona and her occasional visits to their house.
"Oh, and Annabeth," Verdona turned her attention to her. "I believe you left these back in Tartarus."
Daedalus' laptop and Luke's knife appeared on Annabeth lap. Her eyes widened as she stammered, "Thank you."
"Goodbye all! I'll be sure to check in on you very soon!" she exclaimed and Gwen groaned.
"That's your grandmother?" Jason asked incredulously.
"She's also my grandmother!" Ben chirped.
"Don't ask," Gwen mumbled.
The boys returned to eating chili fries. "If there's nothing to talk about, can we leave?" Annabeth asked. Jason was fiddling with his fingers, but he gave a slight nod in her direction.
Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel got up from their seats. "If you want, you can come with us," Piper offered nicely. Gwen smiled at them and followed them to Annabeth's room.
Hazel sat on the floor, leaning on the door, trying hard not to get seasick again. "We only met you today, so we were wondering if you could tell us more about yourself." Annabeth said.
"Well, we're from a small town called Bellwood," Gwen began nervously. "And Ben found the omnitrix on a camping trip when we were ten. And that's when I learned how to do magic."
"Are you sure you're not a demigod?" Annabeth persisted. "You could be the daughter of Hecate."
"I'm sure. I get my magic from my Anodite bloodline. My grandmother was an alien." Gwen said. She took out her spell book. "This is where I get my spells," Gwen explained.
Hazel peered at them. "You can read those?" She questioned, eying the runes.
"Yeah. It's hard at first, but it gets easier once you get the hang of it."
"Hazel, if you can control the Mist, do you think you can use those spells?" Piper asked.
"I wouldn't know how to read them."
"Here, I'll teach you." Gwen flipped though her spell book until she found the right page. "Say contego," she instructed.
"Contego," Hazel said hesitantly and a pink shield formed in front of Hazel. She yelped in surprise before dropping the shield. It shattered to pink shards before vanishing.
"Cool," Gwen grinned. "You're a natural. I can teach you more spells later," Gwen offered.
"Okay!" Hazel said eagerly.
Piper glanced hesitantly at the door. "Should we go back before the guys do something stupid?"
"Yeah," Gwen agreed. She was already feeling comfortable with her new friends- they weren't like those snooty girls at her prep school.
"I'm going to stay here and research," Annabeth said, turning on her laptop.
Piper regretted leaving Annabeth's room; the boys obviously, were up to no good. They were still in the lounge, but they were coughing and sneezing.
"Whose idea was this?" Piper demanded. She saw the cinnamon can was knocked over on the table.
Gwen saw guilt flash on Kevin's face before it vanished. He had a small smirk curved on his lips. "Kevin Ethan Levin, you are so dead!" Gwen yelled.
Kevin's eyes were wide and filled with fear as Gwen dragged him away from the lounge. Ben snickered, and waved goodbye mockingly at Kevin.
Kevin was still choking from the cinnamon so Gwen had to pound him hard on the back. She used her manna to grab a glass of water from the table before handing it to her boyfriend. Kevin chugged down the water. "What were you thinking?!"
He fiddled with his fingers. "We thought it would be fun…" he muttered.
"Doing to cinnamon challenge? You could get a collapsed lung from that!" Gwen shrieked, concerned for her boyfriend's health. "I can't believe you."
"Hey, I'm alright now," Kevin gave Gwen a wry smile. He leaned over and kissed Gwen, pinning her against the wall. Gwen kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Can't you guys spend one second together without making out?" Ben demanded, interrupting the moment. Gwen's cheeks were bright red.
"Shut up, Ben," she snapped. "You do it all the time with Julie." Ben got a wistful look on his face, thinking about his girlfriend back at Bellwood. By the time Ben snapped out of it, Gwen and Kevin had disappeared, probably to make out in a more private place.
"Damn it!" he whined- he didn't have anyone else to annoy. He wandered around the Argo II, searching for something to waste his time on. After the attack of the octopus just hours ago, Ben wished for something exciting to occur.
"Yeah!" a gruff voice yelled in one of the rooms. Ben slowly opened the room and peered in it. The half man, half goat dude named Coach Hedge was there, watching Sumo Slammers on his flat screen T.V.
"SUMO SLAMMERS!" Ben exclaimed, bursting into the room.
The coach took one look at Ben before screaming, "DIE!" He struggled to get out of the beanbag he was sitting in, to no avail. He was one fat old goat. Coach Hedge gave up and returned his attention to the T.V. Ben sat on the floor besides him and watched Sumo Slammers throughout the night.
"Seven half-bloods shall answer the call/ To storm or fire, the world must fall/ An oath to keep with a final breath/ And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death." Annabeth murmured.
"To storm or fire…" What does that mean? Storm could either mean Percy or Jason, and fire could mean Leo. But prophecies are never clear. She gritted her teeth in frustration before shoving her laptop away.
It gave her a headache to try and predict the prophecy. Living in a world where gods and monsters walked, Annabeth knew that practically anything was possible. She shivered at the memory of falling into Tartarus. She could still feel Percy's arms around her as they plummet to domain of evil. He could've let her go- but he didn't. He fell with her. And Annabeth was so grateful that he was by her side every moment.
"Hey," Percy poked his head in her room, grinning. Annabeth had stopped ignoring everyone when she was researching- she now found it mostly pointless.
"Hi," she said, beaming. Percy never stopped being the optimistic one, always hopeful even after walking through the Doors of Death.
Percy sat down beside her, leaning into a warm kiss. Annabeth's arms wrapped around Percy's neck, before her hands found themselves tangled in his dark hair. Percy stroked the side of Annabeth's cheek, brushing a strand of blond hair behind her ear.
If Gaea won this battle, Annabeth promised herself if Percy died, she would go with him. She wanted to be by his side every moment during the war. Love had been cruel to her when she was younger- having a crush on Luke, who saw her as a little sister but decided that he loved her during the moment of his death, and liking Percy, who seemed to be falling for Racheal. When she finally went out with Percy, he disappeared, thanks to Hera and her stupid plan. An oath to keep with a final breath, her mind reminded Annabeth and she shivered. No promises, Annabeth scolded herself.
When the couple finally broke apart, Percy asked, "So what do you think about the three new guys?"
"They seem alright. Ben's kind of weird, but I think he can be serious when it's needed. As long as Gwen keeps them in line, they're okay."
Percy nods. "But I wonder why they were so important to our quest that my own father decided to help me. I mean, why couldn't he have bothered to help us before?" Percy wished his dad would pay more attention to him. Well, he is an Olympian god, and he can't come after every battle to congratulate Percy's victory, but why couldn't he send Percy a message or something?
Hazel and Frank were warily watching Leo; Leo seemed depressed as he steered the Argo II. His mournful brown eyes were fixed on the horizon. He wasn't even listening to Festus, his beloved mechanical friend.
Leo had forgotten that they were right beside him. "Calypso," he murmured quietly, but Hazel and Frank could hear him quite clearly. "I promised I'd find you and free you once this was all over. I've started to build the machine with the crystal from your cave. I swore it- and I will keep the promise."
Hazel shot a look at Frank. "Calypso," she mouthed at him. "Do you think that was who Leo met?"
Frank nodded. He remembered learning about Calypso back at Camp Jupiter. She was the daughter of the Titan Atlas, and was imprisoned on the island of Ogygia. She was also cursed by the gods that she would fall in love with a hero that washed up on her island. But they'd have to leave, which would break Calypso's heart. Eternal heartbreak- Frank thought that no one deserved that cruel of a punishment-even if Calypso's father was evil.
Leo was in love with an immortal daughter of a Titian.
Piper watched the shimmering sea. The sun was setting and the ocean reflected the vibrant light into shades of red and orange. Jason's arm is wrapped over her shoulder, giving her a source of warmth in the cool night. She snuggled closer to Jason's chest.
Jason was just glad the whole team was together again, with an addition of the three newcomers and Coach Hedge. Coach Hedge had returned to their ship after checking on Camp Half-blood (and his newborn kids). He was very stubborn about coming back here to finish the mission.
Jason was worried about Reyna and Nico. Can they really try and stop the war? Jason took a deep breath, and smelled the scent of strawberry, which he associated to Piper's hair. His girlfriend was the most beautiful person he'd ever seen, and despite the fact that she was the daughter of Aphrodite, she was a very modest person. His hand slid into Piper's. She gave him a reassuring squeeze- a sign that made him a little more confident that they would win the war against Gaea.
God, it's sooo hard trying to write ten people's perspectives in one chapter! Remember to review/ comment!
Also I'm still debating whether I should have Charmcaster and Darkstar or Charmcaster and Hex in the next chapter…. Ideas?