Willa's POV
Willa stared at the boy. She opened her mouth but before she could respond Maybeck did for her. "Excuse me?" He said looking the boy straight in the eye. Percy smirked and repeated himself. "Do you belive in gods?" He asked with a completely straight face. "No, not capital G God." He said before Maybeck could respond "Gods with an s"
Maybeck was silent so Willa stepped in. "Like Greek Gods? They were polytheistic." She said. Percy looked at her strangely. "Exactly like Greek gods." He said impressed. "They're real." He added quickly.
That was when Jess screamed. More aptly that was when a seventh party came down the chimney. He was tall and well built with a kind face. Chinese by the looks of it. He seemed rather annoyed. One look at him and Jess sreamed bloody murder. She was pointing at his head. More or less. "Flames." She said before crumpling. She wouldve hit the floor it if werent for Dillard who swooped to catch her head before impact.
The room was silent until Amanda spoke up. "I belive you." She said quietly to Percy. "but what does it have to do with us?" She had crouched down on the floor next to her "Sister" and was staring at the newcomers with respect. Percy seemed relived to be able to return to the topic. "We are demigods. Childern of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. We think that you seven." He gestured to the Keepers. "are too."
Jess's Pov
Jess was dreaming again. the same dream as before but clearer. Before she had seen the one. The tall boy with flames dancing around him. Had no one else seen them? Now she could see them all. Each of them shrouded in the filmy aura she had seen around them in real life. They were fighting something. What she didn't know. She did know that it had something to do with the Keepers especially the two fairlies.
"Jess." She heard someone calling her name. "Jess." They repeated louder this time. It was Dilllard. She could hear him clearer now. she blinked but relized her eyes were shut. She was still dreaming. Slowly she opened them. She was in an unfamiliar room laying on a bed. She looked around. There were four more beds in the room. Medical equipment lined the walls. An infirmary or sick bay of some sort. Dillard was sitting by her bedside. So was the boy from her dream. "Y-you." She stammered. "W-where am I?" he turned to face her. "hi." He said smiling. "I'm Frank."
"You know you're on fire right?" She said. He looked at her strangely. "I don't think so."' He said brow furrowed. She shook her head. "There are flames surrounding you like an aura." She told him. She swore she heard him mutter "the curse."
Finn's POV
They had split up into pairs. Finn had just gone with it. It was unlike him but this was a situation unlike any he had ever been in. Annabeth had said they needed to get on the ship. Finn had wandered what ship she was talking about. She had been referring to the Greek warship parked on Dillard's roof.
Dillard and The large and rather intimadating boy who Finn had learned was named Frank had taken Jess to the ships infirmary. Annabeth had immediately suggested they split into pairs for tours and further explination. Finn had ended up with the boy Percy.
Percy had calmly explained the existence of the Greek and Roman deities to Finn and the possibility that one of them was Finn's actual mother or father. Finn hoped it was his father. It was easier to imagine him being a surrogate parent. Finn wondered how the other's would take it. Jess and Amanda were orphans they would easily accept it. Maybeck might take coaxing but he lived with his aunt and his parents were dead it would be easy for him. Finn had only ever met Willa's mother from his understanding her father had died in an accident when she was small. Charlene's mother was a single mom so she had an opening. Philby however had two loving parents. Finn's head was starting to hurt from thinking about it. Luckily for him Percy interrupted his train of thought by telling him that they were there.
