Jason

"Demigods?" Cisco blurted.

"The sons and daughters of Greek or Roman gods," Percy explained. "For example, I'm the son of Poseidon."

The Flash and his crew stared in shock.

"Poseidon…" Barry whispered. "Like, the god of water?"

Percy nodded slowly.

"So you're telling me," Dr. Wells murmured, swallowing hard, "That the Greek and Roman gods exist?"

"Hey," Jason cut in. "It's as real as metahumans."

"I suppose that's true, but this could be a new age of science! Knowing that the gods exist -"

"Uh, Dr. Wells?" Caitlin interrupted. "I don't think these… demigods… would want us to tell the world about who they are. I mean, it's the same thing with Barry - he doesn't want people to know he's The Flash."

Dr. Wells nodded, though he looked disappointed. "You're right. S-Sorry."

"Look on the bright side!" Cisco chanted. "At least we know the gods exist."

Jason couldn't get over how much that guy reminded him of Leo. They were both Latino, and loved making jokes.

"Yeah!" Leo agreed, smiling. "I like this guy."

And hopefully, they would become friends.

"So, now there's just one more thing to figure out," Hazel said. "Why did we end up here?"

"Maybe the demigods and metahumans have to work together," Cisco exclaimed excitedly. "Like, to defeat an all-powerful god or something!"

"Or Zoom," Caitlin whispered.

"No," Barry interrupted. "I have to defeat Zoom myself."

"Who's Zoom?" Piper asked.

"He's someone who can also run really fast," Barry explained, "But he's way more powerful than me. At the moment."

"Hey, man," Cisco said. "You'll soon crush that guy in the dirt."

Jason felt like he and his friends could relate to Barry's problems. They once had to defeat an enemy that seemed so undefeatable, and many times, Jason had felt like there was no hope. He didn't want Barry to feel the same way, and was glad that Cisco was making him feel better, but if The Seven really could help, then they would. Except… Barry didn't want them to.

Jason decided to leave it at that. He didn't exactly want to encourage any fighting, because he liked this place, and would be glad to leave without a scratch or a bruise.

"Well, there has to be something else here that we can help you with," Annabeth ventured. "Any problems, other than Zoom?"

"None at the moment, but I'm sure something will come up," Dr. Wells replied. "In the meantime, we can work on how you're going to get back."

"How about I give you a tour of S.T.A.R. Labs first?" Caitlin offered. "I'm sure you'll find this place very fascinating."

"I gotta ask, though - who are your godly parents?" Cisco interrupted.

The demigods exchanged glances. Then, one by one, they explained.

When Jason said he was a son of Jupiter, the Roman form of Zeus, Cisco grinned. "Awesome. Maybe you and Barry can have a battle."

"Why would we -" Jason began.

"Let's not go there," Barry finished.

"What? Barry's all lighting-y, and so are you, so it only makes sense if…" Dr. Wells gave Cisco a glare, so he just cleared his throat and said, "Yeah. Not appropriate."

Caitlin managed a laugh, then they started their tour through the laboratories. The woman was well prepared, as if she did this for a living. "This is the sickbay," Caitlin explained, showing the demigods a room that ventured off to the right, with a bed and a tray of swabs and cotton balls next to it. "When Barry runs into a metahuman that he can't defeat at first, he usually ends up here."

She turned and showed them the room to the left, which had some more computers and shelves stacked with microscopes and sciency things. Then, they followed her through a door and stopped behind a glass wall.

On the other side of the glass was a huge treadmill with monitors at the front, which were turned off at the moment. Behind the treadmill were stacks of boxes, of which Jason saw were stacked with packing peanuts. He wondered why, until Caitlin explained that Barry practiced running on this treadmill, and if he ever fell off, he could land safely in the peanuts.

They followed Caitlin down the hall, past other rooms with microscopes and bottles with different-coloured liquids, chalkboards with mathematical drawings and diagrams of many different things. But what got Jason interested was the room down a few levels and at the very end of the hall. It was huge, and had a sort of structure in the middle…

There was a raised stone platform, with arm-like metal columns that rose up on the edges, covering the top of the platform. "This…" Caitlin took a deep breath, "Has many secrets. It's… well, it's the place where the first Dr. Wells came through, and where he tried to kill Cisco…"

"Wait, the first Dr. Wells?" Frank asked. "There's two?"

"They both came through here." Caitlin pointed at the big metal structure. "The first one came from the future, and was evil. But he wasn't actually Dr. Wells… he was Eobard Thawne, who took the form of Dr. Wells, and he wanted to kill Barry because he killed…" Caitlin seemed unsure if she should say anything.

The demigods leaned forward.

"He killed Barry's mother," she finished. "That's why we don't exactly trust this Dr. Wells, who's from the past, because who knows what he could be up to? We're just not sure."

"So that's where you got all this talk about the future and the past," Jason said.

Caitlin nodded. She looked up at the platform and its metal arms. "This place carries bad memories."

"But who killed the first Dr. Wells… er, Eobard Thawne?" Piper asked.

"Eddie did," Caitlin explained. "Eddie was our friend who was Eobard's ancestor, and Eddie killed himself, so that it would kill Eobard Thawne. Because if Eddie killed himself, and he was the ancestor of Eobard Thawne…"

"Then Eobard Thawne would have never been born," Annabeth finished.

"Dang," Leo offered.

"That's brave," Percy agreed. "Eddie died a hero."

Caitlin managed a small smile. "Yeah. Anyway, you want to see the particle accelerator?"

Jason had heard a lot of talk about the particle accelerator, so he sure was excited to see it. Caitlin led them down the hall and up a mini ramp to a big, metal door, kind of like a bank vault. Caitlin typed in something on a monitor that was hooked up to the door, and the door opened, making the demigods gasp.

It revealed a huge tunnel that went off to the left and right, with a walkway running down the middle and wrapping around the tunnel. Jason saw a diagram of the particle accelerator on the monitor, which showed that the tunnel went in a huge circle. Definitely huge.

"This is where we keep the defeated metahumans," Caitlin explained. "They can't go to real jail, so we have special cages in here that can contain their power."

"Wow," Leo said. "Even more impressive than Alcatraz."

Caitlin smiled. "You remind me of Cisco."

"Is that a compliment or an insult?"

Caitlin laughed. "Compliment."

"Good! Now I know you like me."

Jason smiled. Then Caitlin's phone rang and she frowned. "Just a sec," she said before turning around and speaking into the phone. When she turned back, she had another smile on her face. "Iris, a friend of mine, wants me to meet her at our favourite coffee shop. Do any of you girls want to come with me?"

Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel looked at each other. "Sure," Annabeth said.

"Then we can stay behind," Jason offered, "And work on how to get back home. Have fun, girls."

"We will," Piper replied, giving Jason a kiss on the cheek. "Bye!" Then he watched them recede down the hall behind Caitlin.