Chapter 7 The 4 dragons

Apollo appeared just minutes after Hermes ended his call. Apollo looked a bit nervous, yet he still had that same old sense of coolness on his face.

"Jet, the gods need your help, it's very important." Apollo told me.

"Name it, as long as I'm getting paid," I replied.

"Jet, can you tell me the four elements of the world?" Apollo asked me.

"Yeah, earth, wind, water, and fire."

"That's good. Now, for each element there is a dragon. Every couple centuries they return after they are killed. The gods and I used to kill them ourselves, but now it looks like that the dragons have built up an immunity to our powers and only half-bloods can kill them. Jet, will you hunt down the 4 dragons before they destroy the United States, there's a 2500 gold drachma reward in it for you. And 10000$ in mortal money"

After hearing the reward money, I think I said something like, "Hammm, guhhh, duuh…waaa"

Apollo smiled, "Great, you leave tomorrow morning." and with that, he disappeared with loud bang.

Percy came to me and told me, "Jet, when Kronos died, I thought the world would be at peace, and now that this has come upwell… I want to be a part of it. I want in."

"Us too" said the Stoll brothers.

"I'm not letting anything happen to Seaweed Brain while he's gone. I'm coming too." Annabeth said.

We all turned to Lee, waiting his response. He was very silent.

"LET'S KILL SOME DRAGONS!" he screamed. We all cheered and got ready for our journey.

I packed my wallet, my belt, sunglasses and my M&M capsule. Percy had his sword. Annabeth had her knife and her Yankees cap of invisibility.

Lee packed his bow and arrows and a small dagger. Connor had two arm length knives that he called Slice and Dice. Travis had a specially made weapon for him, it was a can of Axe body spray, but when he opened it, the can of spray turned into a medium sized battle axe, clever.

We said our goodbyes before getting in the van to go to the train station and figure out where we look first. Chiron looked at us with tears in his eyes and said, "It seems just like yesterday when all of you were just 12 years old, trying to find some meaning in your lives, and looking at you today from 5 years ago, I can definitely say that you are the best heroes I know, may the gods be with you and good luck."

We got in the van and started driving. I drove, Travis had shotgun, Connor and Lee were in the middle seats and Percy and Annabeth were in the way back.

We got to Grand Central Station and parked in a garage. We went in the train station and looked at our world map we packed.

"What dragon should we go after first?" Annabeth asked.

"As a monster hunter," I said, "I tend to follow the carnage and destruction to find the monster, also to find its habitat, let's start with the water dragon."

"How about Niagara Falls, there's plenty of water there." Travis said.

"Okay, let's give it a go and see what we get." Lee said.

We bought train tickets to Canada. I have to admit, it put a huge dent in my wallet. Thank the gods that Chiron gave each of us a special credit card for special needs like staying in a hotel or for food. We got to our seats, I had the window seat and Lee sat next to me, across from us sat Travis and Connor. Across from us on the other side of the train sat Percy and Annabeth, they were both pretty happy about that. When it was dark, Travis and Connor were sleeping. Percy and Annabeth were also asleep, Annabeth was resting on Percy's shoulder and Percy was leaned on the top of Annabeth's head.

"They look nice, huh, Annabeth and Percy." Lee told me.

"Yeah, I wish I had someone." I said.

"Why don't you? You're very strong, smart and brave, what girl wouldn't want you?"

"As being who I am, I'm always on the run, fighting and fighting. It's very dangerous. No girl wants a relationship like that. My life might seem great, but it's more like a type of hell, I never get a break, and that's all I ever wanted, sure the money's great but if I just stopped and actually had a real life, I could meet a girl, maybe have some kids in the future, start a family, instead, I'm going around with nothing to live for except endless killing."

"I understand, I would feel the same way." Lee told me.

"Really, do you really understand, Lee, I'm not trying to insult you, but you will never understand"

There was an awkward silence for a moment, the only sound was the train moving on the rails.

"Jet, there's a big reason why I wanted to go on this quest with you. A few years ago, I got hit by a giant's club. People thought I died when I was unconscious, later my dad showed up and revived me, it took him 5 hours. I decided to go on this quest to bring some honor to his name. I think it will make him proud. And if I help you on this quest and we stop the dragons, I know I'll make Apollo proud!"

"I bet you will, Lee." I said.

After that, I leaned against the window and fell asleep.