JASON

"-Reyna, why can't they stay once and a while? Octavian isn't-"

"I don't care! He's still the Augur and he still has power!"

"So? Maybe everything isn't about power. That's one thing the Greeks taught me and something the Romans could learn!"

Her eves flared, and I thought I had gone too far, but she just sighed. She sat down and put a hand on her forehead "You don't get it, Jason. It's more than that. Everything it more complicated than it seems. You don't understand, but you will. Even Frank doesn't know, and he's a LEADER of Rome. No, you have to find out for yourselves what this is all about, and you'll find, well, that it is about power."

"But-" I started, but she cut me off, knowing -as always- just what I was going to say.

"No. Don't ask that. It's not my place to tell you. Even I am not supposed to..." she trailed off as a guard rushed in, out of breath "Reyna..." he panted "Jason..the...the Argo II...is...is...is in the...field of...Mars..."

I stared "Did you run all the way here?"

"Uhhh...maybe...okay fine...I...I did...but only...because Octavian...told me...to"

Reyna growled, and the kid backed away, eyeing her warily.

"Go Jason. You'll see"

I sighed, knowing I wasn't going to get a real answer from her, especially when the random guy was there.

But on the bright side, I was going to see Piper.

I'm pretty sure Reyna AND the guy knew who I was thinking about, just by glancing at the dreamy look on my face.

I walked out of the room, my heart soaring.

Then I saw the Argo II and a thought struck me; what if something happened on the trip and they had another villain to defeat? Was that what Reyna had been hinting at, or something bigger? What if they met someone else they didn't know about, like how the Romans and the Greeks discovered each other (with the help of Juno, of course). I shook myself out of my temporary trance as I saw the amazing flying warship land on the field of Mars once more.

My heart skipped a beat as I saw Piper running down to me. Sure, she IM-ed me one and a while, but that just isn't the same as seeing her in person. I had missed her, a lot. She came flying at me, and all I could think about was...well, her. When she jumped into my arms, I kissed her. Like, kissed her, kissed her. I felt like I could stay there forever with my brain melting, until-" hem hem "

Someone cleared their throat. We broke apart and I felt the heat rising in my cheeks.

There was Leo, rocking back and forth on his heels and whistling as if he didn't have a care in the world. Then he saw the look on Piper's face and realized it was the wrong time to mess with her.

"Leo" Piper said in a calm-rage-like state "I AM going to kill you" Percy and Annabeth walked off the ship just as Piper her knife. Percy seemed to understand the situation immediately and said "Uhh, Leo? You may want to run." Leo didn't question it-he bolted, Piper in hot pursuit. They just left us behind(which was fine by me) laughing our heads off in the evening sun.

DISCLAIMER(forgot last time...)

I do not own these awesome characters, RR and J. do!

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