I do not own Percy Jackson nor Heroes of Olympus, they belong to Rick Riordan.

Also, I made a typo in the last chapter. There is only thirteen of them.


Chapter Four - Hank

After getting settled and unpacked, we gathered in the dining room. Leo had managed to make plates like back in Camp Half-Blood that made your favorite food, so we had plates laid out in front of us with food on it. It went: Alyx, me, Fiona, Leon, Caleb, and Wally on one side, then Phillip, Jasper, Gray, Jasmine and the triplets on the other. It was quiet for a while before Alyx piped up.

"So, where'd you live before coming to Camp Half-Blood? Leo said something about living in Texas for a while." Alyx had let her hair loose with some pinned back. Leon nodded as she finished her third taco. She wiped her fingers.

"We lived in Houston our entire lives. After Dad got Mom off that island, they built a repair shop slash grocery slash house. We would travel to Austin and Dallas occasionally to get parts or just for a vacation." She smirked at Caleb. "We were born at home, in our house. Mom hated hospitals so they just hired a midwife and had us there. I was barely a year old when this one was born." Leon said, ruffling Caleb's hair. He pouted and swatted her hand away.

"I see." Alyx murmured. She was clearly taking mental notes. "And Leo taught you how to build things?"

"Since I was a baby, I've always had a fascination in tools and building things. Also, I can do this." She lit her hand on fire, making all of us jump.

"You can light yourself on fire?" Jasmine asked.

"I'm still working out how to light my entire body, but I can light my hands." She gulped down some water. "This one isn't special." Caleb stuck his tongue out.

"Cállate!" Caleb said, but it just made Leon giggle and say something else in Spanish. He pouted and went back to eating his rice and chicken.

"What about you guys?" Caleb asked.

"We all were born in Camp Half-Blood, because hospitals were a place where the monsters loved to flock at. Will delivered all of us." Fiona said.

"That's so cool!" Leon said. Alyx rubbed her cheek.

"It is?" she asked, her eyebrow raised. Leon tilted her head.

"Of course." She frowned and poked her last taco. "I've never been good at making friends, and I was usually an outcast. So this is nice." She smiled at all of us.


After dinner and about three hours talking about our lives, we headed to bed. I took a shower, taking my time instead of taking five minutes for Fiona.

So, we were heading toward Greece, where we had to find… What? An evil guy trying to take over the world again? Not surprised. But the prophecy, they agreed to call it the Great Prophecy until they came up with a better name for it, disturbed him. Daughter of sea walks alone. What did that mean? There were twelve of them, all of them by her side. Plus the other two demigods they were supposed to find. I wondered who these other two demigods were. I sighed and got out finally, after shampooing my hair and bathing myself. I toweled myself off and got into my boxers that I had put on my counter, hung up my towel and opened the door. I jumped and yelped at who sat on my bed. Alyx was looking around, in short shorts and a tank top. Her hair was loose and shiny from her shower. She was looking around then looked up and smiled. I covered myself with my clothes and glared.

"What are you doing in here?" I asked, going to my hamper and throwing my clothes in it. I opened my dresser and pulled out a t-shirt. I pulled it on. She just smiled.

"What? We bathed together as kids, it doesn't matter if I see you naked or in your boxers." She said, waving her hand. Her tattoo on her hip showed when she lifted her legs and pulled her knees to her chest. It was an owl, so beautiful and detailed. Her tan skin was gorgeous, and her hair trickled down her face, chest and back like water. I frowned and looked away.

"Still." I mumbled, sitting next to her. She patted my shoulder.

"I just wanted to say goodnight." She got up.

"You came to my room just to say night?" I asked. She nodded, but was plucking her shirt, looking down. "Everything okay?" I asked softly. She gave me one of her signature smiles and nodded, waved and left. I frowned but got under my covers and shut off my light.


When I woke up the next morning, I was surprised I didn't have any nightmares. I yawned and got out of bed, taking a rinse off and getting dressed. I made my bed and stepped out into the hallway. The smell of pancakes and bacon emitted from the kitchen, which made my mouth water. I closed my door and walked to the dining room, where the triplets sat, going over a map. Robin looked the most exhausted, and she kept dozing off on her hand. Her braid was sloppy and she wasn't wearing her armor. Ray looked up as he noticed me come in.

"Oh, morning, Hank. Are the other's up?" he asked. I shrugged and sat down.

"Is Robin okay?" I asked.

"Uh… She had a nightmare last night. We're waiting until everyone is here to explain it." Ryan said, patting his sister's head. She grunted and blinked. Everyone eventually flocked in, Leon being the last. She looked just as exhausted as Robin. She sat down and put her face in her hands. Jasmine came out with Gray, both holding plates of pancakes, bacon and sausage patties. The smell of food revived Robin and Leon and they sat up. The two sat down the plates and handed us all plates and forks. Ray and Ryan rolled up their map and sat it aside, licking their lips. We piled on the food and ate ravenously. We were on our seconds when Ray piped up.

"You want to explain your dream now?" He asked Robin. She frowned as she put down her cup.

"I know where we can find one of the demigods." She said.

"Where?" Wally asked. She poked her pancake.

"Houston." She said. Caleb glanced at his sister, nudging her. Leon glared at him before sighing.

"I too, know where the other is." She glanced at us. "He's in San Francisco."


After the hearty breakfast, Jasper used her charmspeak to get Robin and Leon to sleep more. Alyx, Ryan, Caleb, Ray and I gathered in the control room to look at where we are and our settings. Ray and Ryan had spread out the map and were pin pointing the areas of where we were to go.

"We're almost to Houston. I'd say a day or so until we get there. While we're there, we should get some food and necessities." He looked at the fuel, frowning. "Phillip just did an inventory check and we're almost out of fuel, so I'll have Leon get that. I know which one, but she prefers to get it. While she does that, someone can volunteer to go in a pair to get supplies for the ship.

We spent the day training and strengthening our weaknesses then had a few games of volleyball, three on three. It was me, Alyx and Phillip on one team and Jasper, Ray and Wally on the other. We won the first two then we switched players and lost two more.

We ate a hearty dinner and then showered and went to bed.

I, for one, couldn't sleep though. I kept thinking about the prophecy and these demigods. But finally, I thought about Alyx and finally fell asleep.

Life sucked.