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Leo

Leo couldn't believe his luck. He figured that he shouldn't ever to build machines that could fly. They all fell out of the sky at some point. First it was Festus, who fell out of the sky twice, and now the Argo II. Gods, he hated his life.

It was difficult trying to keep their clash landing as smooth as possible. He really did not feel like having to rebuild the boat. It was hard enough building it the first time.

Leo really wished that the venti would leave them alone. Those things must have serious issues with us, he thought.

Halley was still flying out in the middle of the air. She had drawn her sword and was doing her best to fight off the storm spirits that were swarming around her like wasps. Every so often she would get a lucky swing at one and it vaporized in a cloud a golden dust.

"Take. That. You. Stupid. Storm. Spirits." She grunted out with each swing.

Reyna was doing her best to shoot arrows at the storm spirits. Annabeth and Percy were fighting off the ones that came in their reach. Jason was trying to control the winds, doing the best he could to cushion their fall. The strain on his face was obvious. Leo knew he wouldn't be able to hold on much longer. Piper had her dagger drawn and was cautiously making her way towards Percy and Annabeth.

The ship jerked. Leo fell into the wheel. "Jason," he called.

Jason didn't answer. His face was as red. He was shaking. Leo knew he was about to break.

"Everyone hold on!" Leo called.

He grabbed hold of the wheel and fought to right the ship. He heard Jason gasp, and felt the ship's descent speed up. Leo figured that everyone was screaming, but the wind ripped away any sound.

Halley managed to grab hold of the top of the mast, and held on.

Leo closed his eyes and tried not to think about going splat. To his surprise, when they did hit the ground, it wasn't like that at all. It was more of a splash and then a squish. He looked up cautiously. Then Halley called out, "Guys, I think we just landed in the world's largest mud puddle."

Percy

Percy couldn't say that he was exactly happy to be on the ground. With Gaea on the fritz, being on ground was a dangerous concept. Of course, Percy was glad to be out of the air.

"Ow," Annabeth groaned, "I've definitely had better landings."

"Considering I've only flown on something besides a pegasus once, I can't really compete," Percy said.

"Is everyone ok?" Reyna asked.

There was mixed remarks. Apparently, the fall had taken a toll on all of them. But no one was seriously hurt. Jason was barely conscious. Percy knew why. Demigod powers were useful, but they were very draining. Especially Big Three demigod powers. Percy couldn't help but remember Nico using his powers to help Percy escape the Underworld prison. That had actually been happening to Percy a lot. Little events, jarring memories that he normally wouldn't think about. Of course for the past six months, Percy hadn't had any memories to jar.

"What happened?" a boy's voice called out from the ground. It sounded suspiciously like Nico.

Great, Percy thought, I have one memory of him, and I start hearing his voice. But one look at Annabeth changed his opinion.

"You don't think…" he started.

"Only one way to find out," she said.

Together they looked out over the railing. Standing below them, wearing black jeans, a black shirt, and an aviator's jacket was Nico di'Angelo.

The son of Hades smiled up at them, "Hey Percy! Glad to see your back."

Once they had all gotten off the boat, Leo set to work checking for damage. They had Piper work on repairing the sail. Apparently being the daughter of the goddess of beauty, which included clothes, had its perks, like being great at sewing. Halley helped, since the sail was huge.

Reyna and Jason went to scout the area. They wanted to make sure that they hadn't landed in a place where mortals might find them. That was the last thing they wanted, to tick of the mortals. As best as they could figure, they had landed in some rural woods in Utah, close to the Colorado state line.

Percy and Annabeth were sitting to the side with Nico, keeping watch. Nico was asking so many questions that Percy couldn't help but picture the eager little ten year old that they had rescued so many years ago. Percy did his best to answer the questions.

When Nico finished, Percy asked him "What are you doing here Nico?"

Nico blinked. Apparently he hadn't been ready for that question. "Uh, I'm on my way to San Francisco," he said. "I saw your ship passing over, and well I knew it was you guys. But then the anemoi started to attack. I would've helped but, um, I'm not a son of Zeus, or any god that could've helped." He grinned sheepishly.

"It's okay Nico," Annabeth said. "We all made it out fine. Leo will fix any problems and we'll be off to fight giants in no time."

"You make it sound like we're doing this for fun," Percy said.

"Sorry," Annabeth said.

Nico looked between the two of them. "I can't believe this," he said. "You guys talk about this like it's no big deal. You are sailing to Greece to fight giants! How can you act so calmly about it?"

Percy thought for a moment. Why were they acting so calmly about it? Nico was right. Percy looked at Annabeth who was deep in thought. He sighed and said to Nico "It's the only way we can keep from losing our minds."

For a normal person, this would probably be taken as a joke. But most demigods understood what it was like to be under pressure. Thinking positively and downsizing problems until they were staring you in the face were often the only ways to remain sane.

Nico nodded in understanding. "Makes sense," he said, then checked the black and silver watch on his wrist, "I need to get going. The people I'm meeting in San Fran won't be happy if I'm late." He stood up to leave. "Good luck, you guys. And come back alive. I don't want the next time we meet to be down in my dad's house."

Percy grinned. "Take care of yourself, Nico." He reached up to shake the younger boy's hand. Nico accepted the handshake. Then he nodded at Annabeth, and disappeared into the woods.

Nico

Nico was glad he had gotten to see his friends before they had left the country. He hated having to leave so soon, but he did have to get to San Francisco as soon as possible. Chiron would be super mad if he didn't. Not that Chiron was the one to worry about. No, Nico was in a hurry because he didn't want to tick Hera off.

When Nico had gotten that Iris Message from Chiron telling him to go to the east woods near the Caldecott Tunnel, he hadn't known what to think. Chiron had only explained that it was important, but hadn't really given any other information.

He had been shadow traveling there. He had learned that it drained his power less if he traveled in shorter increments instead of one long journey. That's how he had wound up in those woods in Utah. It was by pure fate that he had arrived at the same time the others had been passing over.

Nico disappeared into the shadows, letting them engulf him. The first few times he had shadow travelled, it had been a bit scary. Of course he had also been younger then, and hadn't spent as much time in the Underworld at that time. Now it was just a little bit creepy.

He arrived at the Caldecott Tunnel in no time. He walked a bit till he reached the east woods. He didn't see any one. He wondered if he was in the right place. Then he heard footsteps behind him. They were very faint, like the person making them was trying hard to not be heard. And normally they would've succeeded. Nico could hear them though. He was used to listening to ghosts' footsteps.

He turned with his sword drawn. Nico didn't see anyone, but he knew someone was there. "Show yourself!" he called.

That's when she saw her. She was wearing the same outfit (or one very similar) she had worn in the battles against the Titans. With the silver camo cargo pants, black hunting boots, and her signature black shirt with "Death to Barbie" on it. Her bow was drawn and pointing at Nico.

"Thalia?" Nico said. "What are you doing here."

Thalia lowered her bow, "I could ask you the same question, Nico. I came here to see Jason before he set off for Greece." She looked at him, expecting him to tell why he was here.

"I came because Chiron told me to meet him here. He said it was something important, and to come quickly."

Thalia looked at Nico quizzically. "I'm guessing that you didn't come from camp."

"No I didn't," Nico said. He gave Thalia confused look. "You know why Chiron told me to come here, don't you?"

Thalia didn't answer. Instead she called out over her shoulder "Lupa, it's safe. Just one of Chiron's campers."

A large silver she-wolf emerged from the woods. Behind her were four other demigods. One was wearing full Roman battle armor. A purple t-shirt was visible underneath is breastplate. He had a sword drawn. Another was wearing blue jeans and a purple plaid farmer's shirt. She looked like she had just come from working in a crop field. The third one was dressed like a normal teenager, jeans and a purple t-shirt like the first boy's. The last girl was dressed very similar to Thalia, minus the "Death to Barbie" shirt. Nico knew she was a Hunter, though he couldn't remember ever seeing her.

The wolf spoke, though Nico noticed that her mouth didn't move, and he didn't exactly hear her. At least not through his ears. It was more in his mind. She said "Thalia, you didn't need to scout out for us. I assure you that my pups can handle whatever threat comes their way."

Thalia turned to face Nico and rolled her eyes. Then she looked up intently, like she listening for something. Nico listened too. That's when he heard it. The sound of hooves thundering across the ground.

"Only once have I been glad to hear that sound," Thalia muttered.

Then the forest exploded. Out of nowhere appeared a whole heard of centaurs. Chiron was in the lead. On his back rode Rachel, who was actually one of the last people Nico expected to see here.

"I apologize for my cousins," Chiron said. "I wouldn't have normally brought them, but I needed a way to get the others here as fast as I could."

"Others?" Nico asked. Then he noticed that a few of the other centaurs had passengers. He recognized one immediately, especially when she jumped off her centaurs back, drew her sword and shouted "Where's the fight!"

"Clarisse!" one of the other passengers called. It was Will Solace. "Chiron already explained that we were on a diplomatic mission. Not a war mission."

"Then why did I come?" the daughter of Ares called back.

Suddenly there was a flash of gold light. Nico and the others shielded their eyes so they wouldn't be blinded. Soon standing in its place was a goddess that Nico himself had no personal grudges with, but he knew that the majority of his friends did.

"Because," Hera said, "You are a necessity to combining the children of the gods."

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