This past two parts were written before I decided to make it into a series of one-shots, so they may be written a little differently.

II

Reyna Wakes Up

Part II

Reyna slid across the skywalk as it shuddered and groaned. Leo stumbled towards her, eyes wide with fright. Piper and Dylan were already at the doors, holding them open as they shoved the other kids through.

Reyna slammed into the railing an especially strong gust of wind blew over her. She turned, gripping it for a long moment before reaching far to her right to grip the collar of Leo's shirt. She started forward with him in tow, pushing against the wind as if hiking up a steep mountain. Glancing to her left, Reyna saw Coach Hedge forging on alongside her.

But something was wrong. The wind was pushing at them too hard. This was not natural, and Reyna knew that more that this storm was more than it seemed. Her hunch had been right. Something terribly wrong was about to happen.

Right on cue, another gust of wind slammed the doors shut just and Piper and Dylan motioned the last of the other kids in. Piper yanked at the handles as the teens pounded on the glass from the other side, as if they might break it. As Reyna watched, a grin slowly slid onto Dylan's face and he stood stock still, not even stepping forward in the slightest to help Piper.

"Dylan!" Piper cried, glaring back at him. "What are you doing? Help me!"

Dylan only grinned wider. Reyna pushed harder again the wind. "Piper, move!"

Piper glanced back questioningly at Reyna just as Dylan swept an arm towards her. She was sent flying away from the doors with a huge gust of wind. She almost went pitching over the railing, but Reyna somehow managed to leap across the space left between them and grabbed the back of her shirt. With a grunt, she heaved her back onto the skywalk. The glass was starting to crack.

Reyna leaped to her feet and glared at Dylan, who only continued to grin. He wasn't paying attention to her though. He was smirking in the direction of Coach, eyebrows raised.

"Wake up, old man!" he cried. "I was right under your nose this whole time, and you didn't even notice! You should have retired permanently!"

Coach Hedge cursed and hefted his baseball bat, which had miraculously transformed into a crude club of wood. His hat came flying off and Reyna saw two little bumps coming out of his head. No, not bumps. Those were horns.

And when Coach Hedge kicked off his shoes to reveal two hooves, Reyna reeled with the pain suddenly shooting through her head.

"You're a faun?!" she asked almost shrilly.

"Satyr!" Coach Hedge bellowed back.

"Faun or satyr, it makes no difference to me," Dylan called, interrupting their short argument. "I'll kill you all the same."

Coach Hedge made a bleating noise and crouched with his club hefted. "Not on my watch!"

Dylan only laughed loudly and flicked a hand to Leo. With a cry, the boy was sent flying over the railing. Somehow, he managed to flip sideways and find a handhold on the side of the canyon's rocky wall. But he was quickly losing his grip.

"A little help here!" he called desperately, trying to get another hand or foothold on the sheer rocky face.

Dylan laughed again and Coach Hedge cursed. He glanced between Leo, Dylan, then looked to Reyna. He seemed to come to a decision and threw the club at Reyna. She caught it in her right hand and stared at him.

"Use it!" he yelled at her. Then he leaped over the railing on the canyon wall, leaping across small and large ledges like they were all the same size and he was only taking a walk in the park. Reyna looked back at Dylan.

The boy stared after the coach for a long moment before looking over at Reyna with that nasty grin still on his face. Reyna glared at him as Piper stood beside her. When none of them moved for a long moment, Dylan turned back in the coach's direction and raised one hand.

"Nonaudes!" Reyna shouted, lunging at him with club in hand.

Dylan turned with wide eyes and Reyna nailed him in the stomach with the club. He doubled over and she whacked the thing into the side of his head, hoping to at least knock him out. Instead, he ended up stumbling sideways, but he quickly recovered and swept his hand towards her. Reyna ducked, trying to dodge it, and the wind sent her skittering into the rail instead of launching her over it.

Reyna recovered and looked up just as Dylan straitened. As she watched, Dylan's flesh and bones dissolved into black dust. Wings of smoke sprouted from his back, but his blue eyes and disgusting smile remained. The storm above them seemed to pick up with the change and the wind started blowing more furiously than before. Cracks appeared in the skywalk beneath Reyna's feet and the kids at the door backed away with wide eyes.

"Well, demigod?" the thing that was now Dylan called to Reyna. "What do you think?"

"You're a ventus!" Reyna snarled, glaring at him some more.

Dylan laughed. "That's right! I didn't think you would know, but now I'm glad my mistress told me to wait. I'd rather settle for three demigods than just two."

He stretched a hand in her direction, and Reyna knew she had to act fast. With a cry, she charged at him with a cry. She swung at his chest, but the club passed right through his smoky form, and so did she. She whirled around just as Dylan turned and pushed at her. A gust of wind sent her flying off her feet and she slammed backwards into the railing, slamming her head against the metal. Dazed, she dropped the skywalk, losing the club in the process.

When her head finally stopped spinning and her vision had cleared, Reyna looked up to see Piper holding the club now, trying to fight off two creatures similar to Dylan, but the club just kept passing through them. On the side of the cliff, Coach Hedge had Leo on his back. He was trying to climb back to the skywalk, but with Dylan focusing all of his fury on him, he was hard pressed just to stay safe on the canyon wall.

I have to do something, Reyna thought determinedly, climbing to her feet. But I can't even touch them, let alone hit them. How…?

As if she had been possessed by a demon, Reyna suddenly knew what she had to do. Slowly, she raised her right hand. On her middle finger was a silver ring with a crossed torch and sword. Half in a trance, Reyna clenched her hand, and the next moment, she was holding a javelin of pure gold with a razor-sharp head. Reyna stared at it in shock for a long moment before looking up. Seeing Piper about to be pushed over the railing, she rushed forward.

With a cry, Reyna thrust the javelin in front of her, stabbing the first creature through its back. It dissolved with a strange roaring sound, but by then, Reyna was already moving towards the other one. In one quick motion, she slammed the side of the javelin's blade into its throat and it too disintegrated into black smoke.

Reyna straightened up from her frozen stabbing position and twirled the weapon in her hand, the easy balance somehow comforting her. She offered a hand to Piper but kept her gaze on Dylan. As the other girl slowly took her hand and climbed to her feet, Dylan sensed that he had lost his comrades and whirled around to face her. Reyna quickly stepped away from Piper, in case he decided to get any ideas.

Dylan turned fully to face Reyna and snarled, "You! You have-" He glared down at her weapon before looking back at her face. "Who are you demigod?"

Reyna didn't reply. She slowly walked sideways, keeping her gaze on Dylan as she slowly circled around the edge of the skywalk, javelin leveled in both hands. Dylan turned as she moved, no doubt knowing what she was doing, but he was too busy peering closely at her face to care.

Suddenly, his eyes widened. Then he threw back his head and laughed loudly, pressing a hand to his forehead.

Reyna stopped and stared.

"Ah." Dylan lowered his hand again and gazed at Reyna, the corner of his mouth turned upward. "Now I get it."

"Get what?" Reyna asked.

"No wonder my mistress wanted me to wait," he sighed, his gaze now turned into something close to lust. "Who would've thought one of the praetors of the Twelfth Legion would walk right to us."

"What?" Reyna had no clue what he was talking about.

"You mean you don't remember?" he asked. He laughed again. "Don't tell me you've gotten amnesia, Reyna Trial!"

Reyna felt her shoulders tense. "How do you know my name?"

Dylan chuckled again. "How could I not?" he said, and Reyna barely noticed as Coach Hedge climbed up onto the skywalk with Leo. "You and your sister are-"

"Hah!" Piper ruined the moment by throwing the club at him, as if it would actually do something. The chunk of wood went sailing right through his stomach and went tumbling down into the canyon.

Dylan turned and opened his mouth to say something to her, but Coach Hedge leapt forward and tried to tackled him. The storm spirit barely managed to dodge, but he was getting impatient.

"Enough!" he shouted, and above them, the storm exploded into a hurricane. Reyna had to grab the railing just to keep from getting swept off her feet. But then Dylan pointed at her. "Even she wasn't expecting you of all people! I return, but you're coming with me!"

With a snarl, he lunged at Reyna, but Piper knocked him aside. With a growl, he let lose a torrent of wind currents that sent all four of them sprawling. Leo and Coach Hedge slammed into the railing and Reyna almost flew over the edge. She managed to hold on, but Piper did fly over the edge. Somehow, she managed to stretch her arm out and grab the rail, but her feet were dangling in thin air.

Reyna lunged towards her as Coach Hedge roared at Dylan, furiously trying to protect Leo. She bent over the railing and reached for Piper's hand. Their hands were just about to touch when Piper's grip slipped on the railing and she went plunging straight into the canyon.

Reyna cursed. She glanced back to see Coach Hedge fighting Dylan as he rose with a dazed Leo in his arms. Then Reyna looked away. Javelin in hand, she leaped up so her feet were on the railing, then jumped off, using the railing to push herself down.

Tucking her arms and legs against her body, Reyna was to the flailing Piper within seconds. Without hesitating, she grabbed the other girl's flailing hand, twirled her javelin backward in her other hand, then slammed its point into the wall of the canyon.

They jolted to a sudden stop, and pain flared through Reyna's arms and shoulders. She could feel her muscles straining and burning as she struggled to keep a tight hold on Piper's hand. The wind had halted down here, but that didn't make holding on any easier.

"Reyna?"
Reyna looked down at Piper to see the girl with wide eyes and an open mouth, and for the first time since she had woken up, Reyna smiled. The adrenaline of battle, no matter how dangerous or foolhardy it seemed, was making the amnesiac happy.

"Okay, Piper," Reyna grunted, a smile still tugging at the sides of her mouth. "I need you to do something for me."

Piper nodded shakily and swallowed.

"I'm going to swing you up here and let go of your hand," Reyna continued, seeing her eyes go even wider. "You need to grab the handle of my javelin, okay?"

For some reason, Reyna felt like she had done this before.

But the thought was wiped away quickly as Piper nodded and Reyna prepared herself. Then, with a huge heave of her muscles, she yanked Piper up and into the air, letting go just as she felt like her elbow was about to break. With a cry of fright, Piper just managed to wrap a single hand around the handle of her javelin. The weapon wobbled a bit, but held. Piper, gasping for breath, grabbed it with her other hands so both she and Reyna were hanging off with both hands.

Reyna glanced around them, searching. Then she looked up. They were nearly thirty feet beneath the skywalk. Reyna glanced over at Piper, who was holding on for dear life.

"Hold on, Piper," Reyna said. Then she pushed her legs back and forth a couple of times so she was swinging on the handle of her javelin. Then with a great heave, she launched herself three feet above where the weapon was lodged into the canyon wall and somehow managed to find a handhold. With trembling arms, she pulled herself up, and within the next few moments, she had expertly scaled back up to the skywalk and lunged back over the railing gasping for breath. Without even glancing behind her, she bent over the railing and nodded to Piper. The girl's eyes went wide, but after a moment of uncertainty, she followed closely in Reyna's track and the girl pulled her up onto the skywalk.

Leo was laying flat in the center of the cracked skywalk. Coach Hedge and Dylan were gone. A couple of janitors were trying to force the glass doors open with no luck.

Piper leaned against the railing, a dazed look in her eyes. "What just happened?" she almost whispered.

Reyna walked over to Leo to find his eyes open, staring at the sky. Reyna heaved him to his feet and he stared at her for a moment before saying, "I'm hallucinating."

Reyna shook her head at him, even though she wasn't sure if that was true or not. But she just said, "Where's Coach Hedge?"

Leo took a step back. "Dylan took him. He…flew into the cloud with him. He's gone."

Reyna stared up at the blue sky, no longer inhabited by a broiling storm cloud.

"Guys?" Piper's voice was slightly shaky, and Reyna turned to her, mildly alarmed by how off balance she looked. The brunette pointed into the sky. "What is that?"

Reyna turned quickly, staring up into the sky. As a shadow descended towards the skywalk, she could see that it was a pair of gray horses with wings pulling a large gold box with two wheels.

"Chariot," Reyna murmured under her breath. "Pegasus."

Her head was hurting again.

As the Pegasus pulled the chariot to the skywalk and cantered nervously on the cracked glass, Reyna spotted two boys atop the chariot, both wearing orange T-shirts and jeans. One was a muscular teen with a shaved head, and the other…he had sea-green eyes and messy black hair. Slightly taller than Reyna, she guessed her was a year older.

Was that really where this sudden hostility was coming from?

The guy with the sea-green eyes leaped out of the chariot before it had come to a complete stop, a bronze sword appearing in his hand. He rushed over to Reyna, Piper, and Leo, a slash of hope and desperation shining in his eyes. He stopped in front of the three of them, looking like he wanted to run them through but was constraining himself.

"Where is she?" he said, his voice tight. "Where's Annabeth?"

"Annawho?" Leo asked.

The boy's face crumpled like a sheet of paper, but for some reason, Reyna didn't feel like pitying him. He turned away from them, shoulders slightly hunched. He slowly walked over to the railing of the skywalk, gazing over the edge for a moment. Then he raised his voice to the sky and yelled, "What have you done with her?! She didn't deserve this!"

Reyna wasn't sure why the dude was screaming at the birds and clouds, but she didn't have much time to think about it because the buff guy hopped out of the chariot and headed over to them. He walked to the other boy and patted his almost comfortingly on the shoulder.

"She's not here," the boy with the black hair all but sobbed. He turned slowly back to Reyna's little 'posse.' For a long moment, his face was just a sheet of desperation. Then he straightened back up and a mask of determination seemed to slide over his defeated expression. "Tell me what happened to you guys," he said, his voice strong now.

So Reyna did. It was hard, but she managed.

When she was finished, he sighed and rubbed his face with his hand. He still hadn't put away his sword.

"Look," the muscular guy said, tapping on the other boy's shoulder. "Her hand." And he pointed at Reyna.

Reyna glanced down. Without her realizing it, her silver ring had returned, and Reyna knew by instinct that her javelin was no longer impaled in the canyon wall below them.

"A silver ring," the boy with black hair murmured. "And a purple shirt. Butch, you're right. We might actually be on to something!"

The muscular guy, Butch, nodded like he known this all along. He turned away and motioned towards the chariot. "Come on, Percy. Let's get these three to camp."

Percy.

"Percy Jackson." The name rolled off Reyna's tongue like an incantation, a curse. The boy with the sea-green eyes turned toward her and unbelievable rage and desperation exploded through Reyna's veins all at once, making her feel like she were about to burst. Instead, she squeezed her ring and the javelin appeared again. With a roar of fury, Reyna lunged forward, intent on spearing this boy through if it was the last thing she did.

Somehow, the boy blocked her strike with a quick yelp, the point of her weapon sliding off the blunt side of his. She stabbed at him, but he caught her strike with his sword, twisting his blade a bit so that Reyna couldn't free her weapon. Reyna could barely hear the others yelling through the roaring blood in her ears.

"What are you doing?!" the boy, Percy exclaimed.

And all at once, the feeling came crashing to the ground. Reyna immediately backed away, squeezing the handle of her javelin tight until it had once again shrunken into a ring. Butch had a wide sword in his hands now, to her left. Percy didn't drop the point of his. Piper and Leo stared at Reyna in horror.

But Reyna's head hurt a lot this time, and with a groan, her back hit the edge of the skywalk and she slid to the ground. Tentively, Percy walked over to her and slowly kneeled beside her. "Are you okay?" he asked.

Reyna realized just what was happening and shot to her feet, ignoring the flash of pain that spiked through her skull. Despite the fact that she had stopped her short attempt to kill him, Reyna still couldn't push down her contempt for this boy. So she did what was natural for someone who hated another even with amnesia would do. She glared.

Percy stood beside her and looked at her for a long moment. Warily, he turned away and motioned to Piper and Leo to follow him into the chariot. Reyna cautiously followed after them, and s the they climbed into the chariot a question crowded to the from of Reyna's mind despite all her problems.

"Who did you say you were look for?" she asked.

Percy glanced at her before turning away, a pained look on his face. Instead Butch was the one who answered.

"Her name's Annabeth Chase," he answered.

"Blondie," Reyna muttered.

"What?"

"Nothing."

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