Sorry for the very late update! There have been horrible events lately, and my sisters friend was killed. I needed to help her through it and so I didn't have much time for writing, between swim practice, and school starting again. But, now that I'm back, lets get on with the story! Disclaimer: I do not own PJO series. All credits for the original story line go to RR.
Chapter 4
Piper POV
Piper was furious. How could some Roman waltz into their camp, accept their generous hospitality, and then think he would be permitted to stab a Greek without having to deal with the consequences? Because if Piper had anything to do with it, he would most certainly be punished.
After she had cried by Leo's side for quite some time, Piper had realized that it really wasn't doing any good, and that if any proper punishment were to be done, she would have to do it herself.
After having Anabeth give her a worried look, Piper took off towards the Ares cabin. Running through the camp, the Zeus cabin caught her eye. Wanting to make sure that Jason knew about Leo, Piper headed to towards where she knew he would be. The thing she did not expect was that Jason would have someone else in the room with him, and that that person would be Reyna, and that they would be kissing each other so passionately that they didn't even hear Piper gasp.
She ran. She couldn't think of anything else to do. She had just seen the man she was in love with have his mouth practically glued to another persons, and it was not her. She wanted to cry-no, sob. She wanted to curl up and go to sleep and never have to feel anything ever again.
She ended up at the beach. She hadn't even realized where she was going until she was ankle deep in the water, with sea foam sticking to her calves. Tears were streaming down her cheeks like it was raining. Why would Jason be kissing Reyna? Piper had been almost sure that he loved her. Sure he hadn't said it, but he had been giving her signs for months now…hadn't he? His arm brushing hers gently while they were walking together, a smile for no reason, staring at her when he thought she wasn't looking. Wasn't that enough for her to think that he felt something too?
The fire of anger that had consumed her earlier, had now kindled down so much so that it might as well not even be there anymore. All thoughts of revenge against Frank were silenced when the shock of seeing Jason with Reyna had washed over her. But as she thought of all the work she had put into getting Jason to like her, and then having Reyna come and steal him, it was like someone had thrown a match into the dwindling fire. An inferno erupted in Piper. She knew exactly how to earn Jason's respect. His love. She was going to get Frank for hurting one of her and Jason's best friends. It would mean justice for Leo, and it would also make Jason realize how amazing Piper was.
She stood. 'I'll probably need to use force.' She thought to herself. She raced back to the Aphrodite cabin and grabbed her sword, ignoring all the questioning stares from her cabin mates. They could see how unhinged she was, so they left her alone.
She ran to the Ares cabin, and was thankful that the only one there was Frank, sleeping peacefully on his bunk. This just infuriated her more. How could he sleep so peacefully, knowing what he had done to Leo? How could he be so indifferent? He wasn't. Piper wouldn't allow it. The first thing she needed to do was find out the reason for Frank attacking Leo.
She kicked him in the head, and he slowly opened his eyes.
She stared down at him with hatred. "Get up."
"Why should I?" He asked defiantly, obviously assuming she couldn't make him go anywhere.
She slashed her sword at him, grazing his arm so that tiny droplets of blood splattered all over his mattress. "I said get up." She repeated. "Now do it, or do I have to drag you out of here?"
He sat up reluctantly, and reached to grab his Gladius. She swiped her sword down, barely giving him enough time to retract his hand before it was sliced off.
"There's no need for that where we're going." she said
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Jason POV
Jason had a feeling that if they didn't find Frank soon, something bad was going to happen. They had been looking for him all afternoon, and couldn't find him anywhere. They only had two ways to look at it. One, that Frank had run away instead of facing the consequences for stabbing Leo. And two, that someone had taken matters into their own hands, and saw fit to punish Frank themselves. Both were bad, but from the looks of the blood on Frank's mattress, most people assumed it was number two. And more evidence pointing towards number two was that no one had seen Piper in a few hours. Everyone was aware of how close Leo and Piper were, and everyone also knew that when Piper was angry, you wanted to avoid even being in the same room with her.
Jason was jerked from his thoughts as he felt someone smack him on the back of his head. He turned around and found Reyna standing there, with one eyebrow raised, and a facial expression clearly stating that she was waiting for and answer to something she had just said.
"Um…huh?" he asked stupidly, which earned an exasperated sigh from Reyna.
"I asked if you wanted to go get something to eat, because dinner is starting, and we obviously aren't having any success in the search for Frank."
"Yeah, sure." Said Jason, glad to have a break. "I'm sure we'll find him." he said when he saw the look of worry on Reyna's face. Jason knew having one of her campers disappear was taking a toll on her.
"I hope so." Was all she said as they started walking up to the mess hall for dinner.
On their way there however, one of the Apollo campers came sprinting up to them. He was doubled over, gasping for breath for a minute, but when he had recovered from the sprint, he informed them that Leo had woken up. Jason wanted to go to him immediately, but Reyna opted that she would go and eat and then meet up with Jason after dinner. Jason agreed to this plan and sprinted off towards the big house where they were keeping Leo due to him having a more serious injury than the campers in the infirmary.
When Jason arrived there, he was greeted with the sight of Leo sitting up in bed and being spoonfed by Anabeth. His face was pale, his eyes were gaunt and unseeing with black and blue bags under them, and the bandage around his abdomen was brown with dried blood. Jason hated seeing his usually cheerful friend in such a state, so much that tears sprung to his eyes, and he was only able to wipe them away just in time for Leo to turn and look at him.
"Hey," Leo croaked out, trying to muster up one of his cheer-filled grins, but failing miserably and settling for a grimace. "what's up?"
Jason also grimaced at the raspy sound of his friends voice. It just didn't sound like Leo. "Just thought I'd come keep you company," He answered "since your not allowed out of here for awhile you must be getting pretty bored."
Leo laughed, which mad him double over in pain "Not really," he said "most of my time is kept occupied by sleeping. I could actually get used to it."
Jason laughed at the joke, relieved that Leo was still able to make them.
"So, when do you think I'll be able to move back into my cabin?" Leo asked, directing his question at Anabeth.
"Well, you'll be taken to the infirmary once your well enough to be moved," Anabeth replied "and you could be in their for weeks, depending on how fast your injury heals."
Leo's face soured, but he didn't complain. Jason understood the reason for Leo being upset at that news. He most certainly would not like being stuck in bed for weeks. Jason was certain he would be ripping his hair out, just as a sort of entertainment.
"Can't be helped." Said Leo, shrugging and trying to look indifferent, but not succeeding at keeping all of the annoyance off his face.
"Maybe some of the Apollo campers could do something to speed up the healing?" Jason questioned hopefully, looking to Anabeth for confirmation.
"Maybe," She said doubtfully "but it would take a lot of energy, even if they knew of some way increase the healing speed. Their already doing a lot right now, just to keep it from getting infected."
"I'm sure they'll find a way." Interjected Jason, seeing the look of despair on his friends face.
Anabeth gave him a skeptical look, but didn't any further to question him. "Well," she said while pushing away from Leo's bed "I think I'm 'ganna go and get something to eat."
As she turned and left the room, Jason saw that Leo was nodding off, so he decided that he would get something to eat too. But as he was leaving the room, he had the same feeling that he had had earlier that something bad was going to happen.
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Grover POV
Grover was arriving back at camp after being in Utah for 4 months. He had been stuck in a small city called Layton, looking for possible demigods, he hadn't found any, but he had found out that the religion practiced the most in Utah, the Mormons, were very very persistent in trying to get you to convert to their way of thinking. The only way Grover had been able to get them to leave him alone was telling them he was an Atheist.
But now he was back, and he was looking forward to seeing Percy and Anabeth, and then chowing down on a huge cheese enchilada.
He was walking up the side of half-blood hill, going towards the well known pine tree, when he saw two figures walking towards him. At first he thought it might be Percy and Anabeth coming to greet him, but then he remembered that no one knew he was coming back yet, so he quickly ducked behind a bush so as not to be seen.
As the figures approached, Grover realized that the one in front was being prodded to move faster by a sword to their back, which was held by the person in behind them.
They passed by and Grover recognized the girl Piper, Jason's friend. And then there was one of the Roman's…Frank? He wasn't sure, but didn't really think it mattered. Piper had an expression on her face, like she was resisting the urge to plunge the sword straight through his heart. Frank's face on the other hand, was made up of a mixture of freight and defiance.
While they were passing, Grover contemplated following them, or going and getting someone from the camp. He made up his mind that it would be better to follow them, so as not to lose them, and then contact the camp when he got a chance.
He didn't realize Piper had seen him until he felt something hard on the back of his head, and then everything was black.
AAAHHHH! I know this is short, but I am on a writers block at the moment, and I can't think of who's POV to do next. Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know how to reply to comments? Because I have been trying to, but I cant figure out how! Also any suggestions for anything at all, Tell Me! I am having a HUGE writer fart! (Brain fart in writer form. Hehehe aren't I clever?XD) Anyway, REVIEW! I LOVE YOU ALL WHO ACTUALLY READ MY STORY!
