Wow, updating twice in one day. That has got to be a record for me! I DO NOT OWN PJO!
When they at last reached the airport, Thalia was almost ready for this whole test to be called off. She was really hoping that in a flash of light, they would disappear to Olympus, both Percy and Nico nice and old, and they would be told that this was all just a big joke.
No such luck. At least they reached the airport alive.
"Come on, Nico, try to hang on." Thalia murmured. He was feeling slightly better, but he was still a little green.
Argus stopped the van in front of the correct terminal door, and Thalia snatched up Nico and Percy and set them outside. She grabbed her purse and then held both of their hands.
Argus nodded to her once, then got in the van and sped away. Thalia was surprised that he hadn't gotten a ticket yet.
"Come on." She told her two charges. "And whatever you do, don't talk in front of the airport people.
They took two steps before Nico decided that he wanted to be carried.
"Please, Mama, carry me." He begged.
Thalia lifted him up, and smiled sweetly at the people who were giving her strange looks. Why was a small boy calling a fifteen-year-old girl 'mama?'
"Don't call me Mama. If they ask you what my name is, you say Thalia." She growled under her breath.
Percy was looking around nervously. He watched all the planes take off, one by one. He could tell what was coming, even if Nico was still oblivious.
"If we do that, will we still have to go on the airport?" He asked anxiously.
"We are going on an airplane." Thalia corrected absently. She had been making her way over to where domestic flights flew out from.
Since they didn't have any baggage to check in, they immediately went straight to the line. Thalia dropped in her purse and shoes in a small white box where they would go through an X-ray machine, and then nudged Percy through the metal detector. She put Nico down and told him to walk through, too, and then she herself went.
Thankfully, nothing beeped. Thalia was tensed enough as it was.
She retrieved her items, and they went straight to boarding area for their plane.
Percy was barely breathing, he was so frightened, and Thalia found that she just couldn't comfort him without feeling a constricted feeling in her throat, as though she was about to cry.
Nico was also starting to act up a little bit, heavily breathing, and holding Thalia tightly, as if he was going to fall down.
Finally, it was time to board.
Thalia took Percy's hand and entered the line, which moved quickly. Soon, they were walking down to the plane.
Thalia looked straight forward as they went through to the airplane. Windows were on all sides of her, and she refused to look around.
Percy suddenly saw the door where they were going to enter the plane. He burst into tears and tried to pull his hand out of his cousin's.
"No! No!" He screamed.
Thalia picked him up, kicking and screaming, and smiled apprehensively at the guard.
"He's got a fear of heights." She mumbled.
"Please, Thalia, no." He pleaded.
"I'm sorry, Percy, we have to go on this." Thalia took a brave step forward. She closed her eyes tightly and stepped on the plane. As soon as she felt herself touch the plane, she checked her tickets and found their seats.
Nico had frozen over, watching his cousin freak out, and now the three of them were carefully watching over their shoulders, as though they expected a guy to suddenly throw in a bomb.
Thalia located their seats, which were by the window, and went in. She sat down by the window and let Percy sit on the aisle seat. Nico went on her lap.
She helped Percy with his seatbelt, and then put her own on. She hugged Nico tightly, as both a way to comfort him and a way to stop herself from screaming.
I promise, I will update later!