Percy

Percy was happy. Why shouldn't he be?

The weather was great. He had not encountered a monster for three days now. He was going on a vacation with his mom and step dad in two days. And he was currently on a long awaited date with Annabeth who was sitting in a Ferris wheel in front of him in an amusement park.

Until Nico shadow travelled along with Jason and Thalia, delivering two prophecies and the current situation of Gods fighting Olympus.

The first thing he did was to ring up home and told his parents to minus a train ticket to California as he would be busy saving Olympus. The second was to fight others on who is going to tell Camp Jupiter about the prophecy. In the end Annabeth recounted everything to Reyna, Frank and Hazel in the council room.

"Let me get this straight. Go to Garden of Hesperides, check. Kill Ladon, check. Collect Golden apples, check. Cross the Antarctic Ocean, check. Defeat Atlanta and reach the horizon with no idea what's waiting there and prove Zeus innocent, check. Make it before Summer solstice in 15 days, check. Did I get everything right?"

Reyna asked in the most sarcastic way she could manage being Reyna. Percy could do nothing more than nod.

Reyna looked worried at Nico but quickly caught herself back into the strict façade. Percy couldn't help but notice that Reyna had somewhat melted towards Nico. And he was happy. Happy for both of them.

"What I don't like is that I am not going with Percy." From beside Percy, Annabeth huffed.

"Piper was acting the same way." Jason waved carefree. Percy snickered, agreeing.

"At least Frank is not going to get that dramatic." Hazel said amused.

"Come back without a scratch and we'll think about it." He smiled back.

"I'll take care of Camp Jupiter, Percy. Go quick." Reyna was all business-like.

"Actually Reyna." Thalia interrupted. "Chiron wanted you, Frank and Annabeth at Camp-Half Blood as soon as possible. Probably as you guys are related to the prophecy and you know for camp representation."

Frank just nodded at the statement. "Very well. I'll just get Dakota to supervise the Camp." Reyna stood up and exited the room.

"So." Percy rubbed his hands together. "How are we going? I don't want to shadow travel. No offense Nico."

"Of course not." Thalia scoffed at him. "Here." She took out some tickets from her pocket.

"Chiron gave these to us." Percy took one look at the tickets and jumped in sheer horror.

"Guys." He said. "This is not funny."

"Sure it is." Jason said amused. "You are Percy Jackson. The greatest hero of 21st century or maybe ever lived as a matter of fact. A little flight won't hurt."

"Zeus is gonna blast me off the sky."

"You are helping him Seaweed Brain. Of course he won't." Annabeth told him reassuringly.

"I would have preferred shadow travelling now."

Above, somewhere distant thunder could be heard.

"I think dad strictly means to accept his ah 'generous' offer." Jason concluded. "You did fly on Argo 2, didn't you?"

"It was Festeus. Not Zeus fuelled plane. Not to mention Leo was in control." Percy's mouth snapped shut.

Awkward silence engulfed them.

"So when do we start?" Percy asked finally, sighing in defeat, hoping that he wouldn't be blown up to bits before they reach Libya.

"Right now. Actually get packing. The plane flies at six." Nico threw a ticket at him. Percy caught it and looked at his watch. It was half past 4.

"Right." Percy said and exited.

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Percy did not want to go to the Garden of Hesperides again. First time had been enough trauma.

Bianca Di Anglo. Zoe Nightshade.

Annabeth knew. Right after the meeting ended she tried to comfort him. But Percy was sceptical. His only relief was that the prophecy hadn't mentioned someone dying on this quest which he also wasn't sure seeing that a Son of Poseidon was taking a flight, this time without the most powerful weapon on Earth in his hands.

'Oh well' he thought. 'At least I won't die inside Cerberus's stomach.'

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They were jinxed.

Percy was sure of the fact.

They met a hoard of Kalamposai throughout their journey to the airport.

They just had to attack their bus.

Percy uncapped Riptide and slashed two simultaneously. Next to him Thalia readied her bow.

"We don't have time for this." Jason yelled from his place, where he was half standing on the back seat. He was about to blast them with lightning when Nico grabbed his hand.

He shook his head.

"You'll destroy the bus."

"You guys might want to hurry up back there. There's a limit to how much the mist can conceal." Hazel voice rang out from the front of the bus.

One look from Percy at the front revealed the people were looking at them funnily.

"Umm… Hazel what exactly are they seeing?" He asked pausing.

"Oh nothing much." She chimed. "Just you, Jason and Nico fighting to win over the Kalamposai's eternal love."

All three mentioned demigods gave Hazel a blank stare while Thalia snickered.

"I am so going to pinpoint them." Jason said twitching his eyebrows his hands alight with lightening.

Nevertheless Percy just had to slam into Jason, Jason just had to loose balance, the electricity just had to strike the engine and the bus had to go down in flames.

With their lucks it was unavoidable or that was the explanation Percy's mind gave to him.

"Guys if we don't make it to the airport in ten minutes we are so going to miss the plane." Hazel said warningly while Nico and Thalia were busy scolding Jason with "You just had to do it."

"We could always ride the Chariot of Hooligans." Nico offered.

"Chariot of Hooligans?" Percy asked. "Is it like The Chariot of Damnation?"

"Kind of. Except it works in the Underworld."

At the others questioning glance he added.

"New service."

"But still Chariot of Hooligans?" Thalia scoffed.

"Persephone named it."

"Figures." Percy shrugged.

"It's a little bumpy. But we'll get there in a few second." Nico said. He clapped his hands thrice and an actual Chariot with a ghost holding the reins appeared.

"Why are all my drivers so weird?" Percy asked to no one in particular.

"Get on." Thalia ushered.

So Percy crossed his hands, prayed to the Fates (Gods really didn't listen) and got on.

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