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Frank
Xavier followed Frank and Reyna out of the praetor's quarters and down towards what they called New Rome. They took the road Via Praetoria, and Frank had to admire the view. He always loved walking down this road, looking at the field of Mars, which was named after his Father, the war god. "What are those kids doing?" Xavier asked. Frank looked out to see the teenagers taking down a fort from last night's war game, and getting ready to start a new one tonight, Death ball. "They are preparing for tonight's war game." Reyna said. Xavier looked at Frank, bewildered. "They can build all that in one day?" Frank snorted, "We could take this whole camp down and rebuild it in three days if we had to." Xavier looked amazed, and kept asking questions about how they do it so quickly. Thankfully, their question and answer period ended quickly as they reached the Pomerian Line. Frank turned to Xavier. "You're going to have to leave your weapon behind from here on. Terminus doesn't allow weapons inside the city." Xavier paled slightly, and Frank understood. It wasn't easy parting with your weapon that saved your life so many times. As they approached, Terminus appeared in front of them, and Xavier jumped. Frank did to, but he was more used to it. Terminus had an annoying habit of materializing out of nowhere. He has no legs, only the top of his chest, the rest is a pedestal. He also has no arms, but no one brings that up. "Praetors." He nodded in Frank and Reyna's direction. Then he turned to Xavier. "So, this is the new son of the sea? The one who cost the lives of two fine soldiers?" Xavier scowled at the ground. "It wasn't my fault." Frank could feel the tension growing in the air between the god and the demigod. Frank took his bow from his shoulder, and left it by the pedestal. Reyna did the same with her dagger and sword. "Xavier, your trident." Reyna said. Reluctantly, Xavier pulled out his trident, and still glaring at the statue, left it at the pedestal. Frank exhaled a sigh of relief. It was not good news when a demigod doesn't get along with the immortals. They entered into New Rome, and Frank grinned as he saw Xavier gawk at the amazing architecture. Frank flashed back to when he first came into New Rome; after travelling all the way from Vancouver, Canada. He felt like this place was home. He would give his life protecting it if he had to. They passed the villas and the cafes. They walked past children playing and seniors rocking on their chairs, laughing and having a good time. Then Frank's mind switched to Camp Half-Blood, in New York. He still didn't understand how the Greeks could just accept never staying in one place, like they had for centuries till they and the Romans helped each other defeat Gaea. Frank was so deep in thought he hadn't even realized that they were at the college. "Augustus College, a place demigods can learn without the problem of monsters." Frank said. "That's great, but what does this place have to do with me?" Xavier asked sceptically. "It has nothing to do with you, but someone inside there can help you get used to your powers." Reyna replied. "Who?" Xavier asked. Frank smiled at the question. "An old colleague of mine."
Frank took the lead, walking through the corridors of the college. He knew many of the students, and they gave him a polite nod. Frank nodded back and continued. He climbed a flight of stairs, and made his way to room 498. Frank knocked on the door and waited respectfully. The door opened to a familiar face, but not the one he was expecting. Jason Grace grinned at Frank and raised his arms in a hug. "Frank, good to see you man." "Good to see you too, but what are you doing here?" Frank asked, "Just here to get more information for those pesky gods. Did you know some want bobble heads now?" Frank couldn't help but grin at the thought of his father with a huge head. "I'm guessing you're here to see Percy?" Jason guessed. "As a matter of fact I am I have a new son of Neptune here for him to meet." Jason glanced at Xavier. "A son of Neptune eh? Good luck at camp." "Thanks." Jason stepped aside and let the three pass. The first thing that hit Frank was the smell. It smelt of the ocean and the fish in the sea, and Frank noticed Xavier sigh at the aroma. Second thing he noticed was the mess. Percy's apartment was terribly messy, and they stumbled over pieces of trash and books. They found him in his room, staring into the water fountain he had built. He looked like he was deep in concentration, until he noticed his company. He broke out into a smile and walked over. He shook the praetor's hands, before turning to Xavier. "Son of Neptune?" Percy said. Xavier nodded his head. Percy grinned. "Good to meet you brother!" Xavier looked confused. "Brother?" He asked. "Ah yes, you probably don't know. Well I am your half-brother, except I was born from the Greek side of our Father, Poseidon." Xavier still had a confused look, but dismissed it. "Nice to meet you too." He grunted, and Frank thought he heard an undercurrent of anger? Fear? He wasn't quite sure. "Frank, why don't we let these two get acquainted with each other?" Reyna suggested. Frank didn't like the idea of leaving Percy alone with this guy, especially if he was right about what he heard. Yet, even though Percy looked out matched, Frank knew he wasn't. Frank had seen Percy fight in battle; he had made it from Tartarus and back, along with single handily fighting the toughest Titan ever. Percy walked Frank and Reyna out the door, told them he would have Xavier ready for dinner and war games, and then saw them off.
As the two Praetors made their way out the door, they whispered quietly to each other. "Did you see the way he looked and greeted Percy?" Reyna asked. "Yeah, I don't know what that was about, but I don't like it." They were making their way back down the Via Praetoria, when they noticed Dakota rushing up to them on his horse. Dakota stopped in front of them for a moment, his horse panting from the long run. "There was no sign of Markus and Louise's bodies." Dakota said. Frank shivered at the word bodies. He always felt that they should still be called only by their names even in death. Yet that didn't make sense. Dracaena aren't the type of monsters that eat demigods, they do it purely for sport. "They were nowhere to be seen, and also, we didn't find any piles of ash." Dakota continued. Now that made no sense. Three demigods should have been able to kill at least three of those snake women, especially demigods like Markus and Louise. There was something Xavier wasn't telling them. Reyna looked grim from the news and nodded slowly. "Thank you for update Dakota. Head to your barracks, dinner is soon." Dakota nodded his face full of worry. Reyna looked into Franks' eyes and saw the worry too.
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