The next morning after the meeting it was six in the morning when Jordan woke up in the dorm we shared .I fed Lupe a hunk of meet then dressed in the robes Venus gave me, she said they responded to will so I thought about black jeans and a matching button down I felt a quick flowing motion and looked Down to see my self in the desired attire. My staff was stored in the duat and my hair was pulled back ,the Shay amulet was hanging around my neck .I was ready to slay a god. I stepped out of the bathroom to see JA in blue jeans and a black tuxedo tee with a silver sword hanging from his neck I pointed to it " the new sword?"

"Yeah it's called Fenrir"

"cool. You ready to go "

He nodded and we exited to head to the meeting point,the local airport. We would be flying out on private jets the school owned at a local airport ,the school was hid back in the Everglades invisible to mortals. We arrived there and greeted by our three teammates and Heracles who was looking particularly . His booming voice echoed " there's been a change in plans Jackson and graces last locations have been identified , Jackson was in northern California and grace was in new York ,because of this you will be splitting into teams .Jordan and samantha you'll be heading to California you'll meet a demigod by the name of Vitanza to guide you." Jordan and I shared a grin , Anthony Vitanza was a demigod of war two years ahead of me and one ahead of Jordan.

"christian you'll be flying solo to NYC to find grace." i laughed a little at that ."Johnson and jazmyne you're going to egypt .your planes leave soon. christian you'll meet with with the Olympians to discuss next action . and you two will meet with the magicians there . "

We nodded I bumped fist with Jordan and departed with the ice queen . The pilot on the small plane was a satyr ,half goat half man Greeks ,they were nice enough . I turned to look at the ice queen I mean Jazmyne . " so my names brad nice to meet you "

She just kinda looked at me glaring .I tried to smile at her. Still the glare . Time for the big guns. I focused a little ,and boom there was mini sandstorm in my hand I willed it to flow it into several shapes a heart ,a star,a capital j .I was about to do another when a gust of wind blew across my face .my sand was disrupted and scattered .I looked up to see a very amused young lady looking at me.

"there we go finally a smile,now how about you tell me about yourself ."

What I learned was the following.

Her name was jazmyne.

She liked birds and actually owned a falcon.

Her dad was fujin.

Her mother owned a pet shop.

she owned a katana with heavenly jewels embedded in the blade so she could slay monsters oh, and she could fly .how'd I learn those last two ? Simple ,we were sitting there talking about things when there was a rumbling noise from the plane and a noise kinda like BAHHH BLAHH BAH from the pilot up front . Before we could run up front to see what happened the body of the satyr rolled out with blood spilling out of his neck. He was dead. I looked over at Jazmyne ,she didn't look scared only a little was good cause we were in for a fight. "get ready this could be bad" she nodded and stuck her hand out. A single edged sword materialized the blade was gleaming silver but it was embedded with jewels of all colors. Nice . I reached into the duat and grabbed my scepter. " then it started. First thing out of the room were two apes , kinda . They had the bodies of baboons but the tail was a big black hooded snake . The ape charged forward Jazmyne met the first with her blade it dissolved into a wisp of mist and faded away. The next was mine. "stop!" the ape suddenly froze in place. I walked forward and slammed my scepter against it's skull, I heard a satisfying crunch before the body evaporated . It was now we both realized that the plan was still level and not plummeting. We approached the cock pit ,I looked in first . Sitting there in a bright green suit was Loki ,Norse hod of evil and trickery. This wasn't the place for this fight . I yelled for jazmyne to run and grabbed her hand ,I kicked out the hatch of the plane. Then we jumped straight into the sky. I wrapped my arm around jazz and held her close. The plan was ... well okay I didn't really have plan but Loki was way to strong for us right now . Suddenly I felt my self being blown in a whole new direction. I'll be honest I have no idea how long we flew ,but when we finally crashed into the ground it was night time the moon was full and the pyramids were standing behind us. The city of Giza was shining a few hundred yards away. "what happened? "I asked.

"Dad's bag of wind ,apparently it blows you wherever you want " she was out of breath gasping.

"cool let's try to get to town . Can you walk?"

"Yeah"

It was at this point we realized that she was laying on top of me laying in the sand under the full moon next to the pyramids needless to say things were a little awkward , then they got worse. Why you ask? Simple the clothes we had on were given to us by Venus and responded to thought and emotion . Apparently the biggest emotion for the both of us right now was lust ,because her clothes all together disappeared leaving her In nothing but her undergarments and my shirt was gone revealing the black wife beater I was wearing. My arms were exposed and her hands traced over the scars the covered my body. Here's the thing thing my body is literally drowning in scars from my training with Set , I'd rather not talk about it. I kinda got nervous when she started trailing them too much , those were not happy times,so I coughed. She snapped back into reality, then she shrieked , then she jumped up and was suddenly dressed like a nun plus a veil to cover her face . Wow lol . I decided that a button down at this point was overkill so I focused on a the brightest yellow I could think of and shoes to match them and the black jeans I was wearing. Gotta be clean ya know.

."Ya know that's gotta be uncomfortable"

She didn't respond. "well I've got a way to get us there faster just take my hand." She hesitated."really after that you wanna get shy come on we gotta trust each other." I reached my hand out and she took it. I focused on the sands and our bodies dissipated into a sandstorm , we whipped across the dessert until we arrived at the edge of the city. I released the spell and we reformed back to ourselves. She must've felt better because the nun clothes were gone ,and replaced by jeans and a white tee shirt. We walked to the nearest nearest inn and checked in. Unfortunately they only had one room open,and to make matters worst it had only one bed. We entered the room it was nice enough. She said she was going to shower . I nodded and said I would report to Heracles about Loki. I reached in my pocket and took out my scarab. I know what you're thinking why does this kid Cary a beetle in his pocket? Well when the pantheons were mixed several new innovations occurred,one being the scarab, a combination of Greek iris messaging and Egyptian scrying. Anyway I clicked open the scarab and it hovered in the air before a contacts list formed in 3d, I selected the one that said

Herc and his image appeared. He was in the gym working out. I explained to him what happened and where we were. He was just as freaked out about the Loki thing as I was. He told me he would consult with the other gods to discuss the issue. He told me to await further orders before preceding to the magician compound. With that he exited the gym ,and the message.

There was a click from the bathroom ,and as the door opened Jazmyne walked in. I had to stifle a snicker cause the pajama pants she was wearing were decorated with little cartoon wind gods. I told her I was gonna hop in the shower ,and closed the door. In the shower I let my mind drift off to the old days, back to when I had just chosen Set as my "godparent".

I was in the middle of the dessert , no shirt or shoes just the the cotton kilt . I was staring Down a seopard , body of a lion and a snake body rising from it's neck . My only weapon was my magic. The beast charged me its claws tore my skin. The memory jolted me back to reality , I exited the shower and looked at my self in the mirror the scars were light in color so they stood out against my dark skin. I quickly got dressed .I didn't have time for doubt I had a mission. I walked out the bathroom , and she was there waiting. Her sword was in her hand the blade was pressed against my neck. I put my hands in the air and she asked the question I knew was coming .

"Why did you throw me out of a plane?"

I sighed and flowed into sand, I reformed in a chair behind her. I motioned her to sit , she complied , but the sword stayed .

I sighed again and told her

" Not to long ago me and Jordan , the tall kid from before , were on a mission . It was simple ,slay a frost giant . We were up north , the Arctic, there was a snow storm and we got separated. I wondered around for hours lost, confused ,and cold . Then suddenly I was attacked . I had no idea what it was but it was big angry and swinging an axe at head. I had to fight like never before , this thing wasn't like most monsters it was trained and methodological. The fight went on for gods know how long. Its axe clashed with the Khopesh I carried back then. Eventually we both began to tire out. Our blades locked one final times before they broke free from each other. After that things went kinda fast . Next thing I knew I noticed three things. First was my body was bleeding , the axe had pretty much cleaved my torso open just shallow enough to miss my vitals." I paused here to show her the top of the scar which poked out the top of my wife beater." The second was that my enemy had an identical wound , the third and worse

Of all was that my it was Jordan i had nearly killed."

She gasped at that part , but she wasn't satiated yet .

" We were laying in the snow dying when some one appeared , he introduced himself as Loki ,god of trickery and evil, he said he was there to serve as a warning shot to us. We didn't know what he meant , but when i looked into the cockpit today he was there. If the search party hadn't arrived as soon as they did we would've died out there in that snow . Trust me I took the better option , if loki's involved things are gonna get hectic, soon. "

Her sword returned to her , then she just stared at me for awhile before she spoke up. " you saved my life today then." she seemed a little shaken as the weight of what exactly what happened today , after all we were just the recon and rescue team. I tried to ease the the situation by laying out my blanket on the floor,but she stopped me . " you've saved my life , seen me in less this ,and I trust you . You might as well sleep in the bed tonight. " With that she turned around and got in the bed , I got in behind her and she cuddled into my arms . She fell asleep almost immediately. The world might be ending and I was focused on the girl in my arms. some hero I was.