Sam: Hey guys. Can you tell me your address so I can-

Jayna: NO! DON'T TRUST HIM!

Sam: Wow thanks for ruining the plan -_- I was GOING to throw them a surprise party but oh well, guess not cuz SOMEBODY here had to OPEN their BIG MOUTH not NAMING NAMES OR ANYTHING HERE *looks pointedly at Jayna*

Jayna: But-but-but-

Sam: No.

Jayna: You- I- they-

Sam: Shut up, stupid.

Jayna:

Sam:

Jayna:

Sam:

Jayna:

Jayna:

Jayna:

Jayna: STUPID IS A MEAN WORD

-Chapter Starts Now-

Percy hesitated, watching the face intently. "L-Leo? They…they told me you were dead."

Leo half-smiled sadly. "Nah, man. It's a long story, but…let's just say I was almost dead, and wouldn't have been alive if it wasn't for…" He trailed off, studying his shoes.

Percy seemed stunned, looking at all of the faces like he couldn't believe they were standing here in front of him. "Beckendorf…Silena…Will…Connor…Travis…what happened? How…?"

"It's a long story, Perce." Will smiled sadly.

"Piper? How did you get away from Athena!?" Jason widened his eyes.

"Another long story including lots of near-death situations."

"Wait a minute, who are the rest of you people?" Thalia interrupted.

Nico nodded, standing by her. "Yeah, we'd like to know."

The tough girl with the stringy brown hair and mean eyes scoffed at her. "Oh look, little Princess doesn't know her kingdom as well as she thought."

"Shut up. I'm sure you couldn't do much better from that cage I freed you from."

"Princess?"

"Cage?"

"Okay, guys, I think we're all a bit confused. So let's just start by circling up and introducing ourselves." Jason stepped up, restoring order.

"Hey wait a minute! Where'd he go!? Who let him jump out the window!?" A boy, Beckendorf, growled.

"Who?"

"What?"

"PLEASE. Let's just figure out who we are first, and then we can chase after whoever this window-jumper is."

"Okay…everyone circle up!"

"I feel like I'm four again."

"Shut up, Leo."

"I'll start." The Puerto-Rican girl stood. "My name is Reyna. I feel like I should say more…but what else is there to say?" She shrugged and sat back down.

"I'm Piper. I was one of Athena's servants, but I escaped after helping Princess Annabeth to visit the village."

"You helped that stuck-up, no-good, I'm so perfect whatever could I do wrong fake?! Piper!"

"I know, I know, sorry. But…she's innocent, I swear. She has no idea what her mother has done."

"I'm sure."

"Anyways, I'm Dakota." Dakota broke the awkward silence. "Um…yeah, that's it."

"I'm Charles Beckendorf. Call me Beckendorf. I was supposed to be put to death by Queen Athena, but…I escaped, thanks to this guy in a black mask. She decided to tell the public that it was a private execution so that nobody would know that I was gone."

"Hi. I'm Silena Beauregard, Charlie's girlfriend. We were in the same situation."

"I'm Leo Valdez, Bad Boy Supreme." He winked at Reyna. "I was in the same situation, saved by some lunatic in a black mask."

"I'm Travis-" "-and Connor-" "-Stoll. We were supposed to die, but-" "-the same guy in the mask rescued us."

"You guys aren't gonna believe me, but…I'm Will Solace, and-"

"Wow! I had no idea your name was Will!"

"What a weird name."

"I don't believe you. What's your real name?"

"Guys! I meant that you weren't going to believe me because I was in the same situation and rescued by the same dude!"

"…oh."

"Well, I was being sarcastic. I think Percy actually thought that you meant we wouldn't believe that your name was Will."

"…no I didn't!"

"You hesitated."

"Don't be ridiculous."

"…he so thought that."

"Totally." Thalia and Nico grinned at each other.

"Hey!"

"Hay is for horses, Jackson, and unless you're a cow, you won't eat it either."

"But-but-but-"

"Yeah, that's what I thought. Anyways, please continue, Will."

"Uh, okay. Well, I escaped thanks to the aid of the guy in black."

"Alright! Coincidence, much?"

"I think not."

"Who's next?"

"Um…I am." A chubby Chinese/Canadian boy tentatively raised his hand. "I'm Frank."

"Yes. Yes you are."

"Huh?"

"Nothing…."

"I'm Hazel." A dark-skinned girl with curly black hair and golden eyes spoke.

"I'm Drew, obviously. I'm so important, I basically lead this group." She fluttered her pretty eyes at Jason.

"My name's Clarisse. I was captured by Athena a few weeks ago. If you four hadn't helped me out of that cage…I would've been dead by morning." She nodded respectfully at the cousins.

"I'm Lacy." A small blond girl said quietly. "I was captured a month ago. They said…" her voice cracked, and she stopped a moment. She was very young, only about ten years old. "They said they would kill my family and then execute me."

"I'm Ethan Nakamura. I was recently put into that cage for betraying Athena. I had…I had helped Piper get out of the castle, and Athena found out."

"My name's Gwen. I had taken an apple from one of Athena's trees, so I was put in jail."

"I'm Jake. I was working on a sword, building it, but I was interrupted by Octavian. He stole the sword and threw me in jail."

"I'm Mitchell. I've been starving in prison for three months now. They give us one loaf of bread per cell every week and a half. Since we all shared the same cell…well, we didn't get much food."

"My name is Nyssa. I fought the guards when they killed my mom."

"My name is Chris Rodriguez. I…I was one of Athena's guards, but I hated the way they treated the villagers, so I rebelled. Didn't turn out so well."

"I am Zoe Nightshade. My father rules one of the neighboring kingdoms. I got into an argument with him, so he sent me here."

"I am Phoebe. I am Zoe's friend, and I swore to follow her wherever she may go."

"I'm Grover. I, uh, got into trouble when I was working one day…ergo I am here."

"Hi! I'm Juniper. I helped Grover fight the guards, but it didn't work out…"

"My name is Earh. I've been in prison only two days, but…it's a living Hades down there." A boy with messy dark brown hair spoke. His blue eyes sparkled, and his teeth were as white as snow, exposed whenever he quirked his nervous smile. He was thin, a little below average height. He looked to be about fifteen or sixteen.

"My name is Nico di Angelo. I'm one of the People's Avengers. I. Am. Batman."

"Aw, I thought you were the Green Lantern!"

"That was stupid. I chose Batman, for little do you know, I am Batman."

"…really?"

"Tell me, have you ever seen me and Bruce Wayne in a room together?"

"Well, no, but-"

"Exactly!"

"Nico, that is literally the stupidest thing I have heard, and I live with Jason!"

"Hey, Jason, did you know that the world's biggest clam weighs 500 pounds?"

"Really? Awesome!"

"…I take it back, Nico."

"Anyways, Percy, go."

"Okay, hi, I'm Percy Jackson, as apparently most of you know. Um, I'm the original People's Avenger."

"I'm Jason Grace, son of Zeus. I am the heir to the throne that Athena currently occupies. Yeah, I was the boy that ran."

"I'm Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus. I am the rightful ruler to the throne. My brother and I were forced to flee after they murdered all of our fathers. We came back and…I can't believe Athena would treat her people like this! It's barbaric. So, I teamed up with my cousins, and bam here's the People's Avengers."

"Wow. So you're the real ruler?"

"Yeah."

"Are you sure?"

"What's that supposed to mean? Of course I'm sure!"

"Then where'd you get that owl brand?"

Thalia shifted uncomfortably, covering up the mark on her shoulder. "I had to, to escape. They were…they were torturing us. Not for long. Thankfully, I managed to get the keys, but…I had to let the guy get super close so I could grab the key, and it was the only way, so-"

"Sounds like a well-made-up lie to me."

"She's not lying!"

"Yeah, they threatened me with it, too!"

"Your whole crew? Seriously? You believe them, Percy? Can't you tell they're playing you?"

"They're my cousins. They're not playing me. I would die before I let any of them get hurt. It was necessary…it wasn't her fault that she has that stupid brand now."

"Wait, guys, what about Blondie?"

"Shoot! I can't believe we let him escape!"

"Who was he?"

"He was tall, blond hair, blue eyes, said his name was Lewis."

"No, it was Lucas."

"Luke." Thalia corrected quietly. "It was Luke. How did you find him?"

"He was snooping around the dungeons, so I captured him and brought him here." Reyna explained. "How do you know him?"

Jason answered. "When we were on the run, Luke rescued us from the army Athena sent after us. He helped us survive for awhile."

"So he was telling the truth about the forest."

"And her." Will nodded towards Thalia. "They did know each other."

"Wait, you talked to him?"

"Yeah. He jumped out the window, though. Somethin' about looking for you two."

Thalia cursed under her breath. "Well, I'm going after him."

"I'm going with you, as always." Jason grinned. "He was my friend, too."

"Count me in." Percy said; Nico right behind him. "Aw, you took my line!" Nico whined.

"You guys are seriously going to track this guy down?"

"Yeah, before the big idiot gets himself into trouble again."

"You guys stay here. Train, get to know each other better, stop fighting. We're kind of an army, now, so get to know each other. We'll be back soon."

"No, you can't just leave us here!"

"Stop! Don't-" It was too late. The cousins had already left the building.

…

Luke stood outside the palace, contemplating what his move would be once he entered it. He knew that Thalia, Jason, and the other two were in the dungeons. He just had to figure out a way to get inside again without getting into trouble.

"Okay, so I could walk in and ask…no, Athena's too smart. I would be killed instantly. Um…I could go back and sneak in through that trap door…nah, Reyna and her crew'd kill me." Luke thought out loud, trying to figure out the best move. Everything worked better when he spoke it out loud instead of in his head. Maybe he sounded crazy, but being insane was better than being killed. Any of these options seemed to end in his death and/or the deaths of everyone else he was trying to rescue. "I could…dress up as the messenger…no. I could fight my way through…no, I'd be overwhelmed. I could…"

"Shut up and wait for me to rescue myself? Yeah, that works." Luke turned, alarmed to find Thalia, Jason, and the other two boys behind him.

"Thalia? Jason? I…I thought you two were dead, I can't believe you survived, how in the world did you-" Thalia silenced him by pressing her lips to his. Luke hesitated a moment before returning the kiss. He heard one of the boys cough "Friend?" but he ignored it.

She was the first to pull away. "I missed you."

"No kidding." The smaller boy muttered.

"I missed you, too." Luke responded, grinning.

"Now, if you two are done reminiscing, we'd better get out of here before Athena catches us…again." Jason rolled his eyes and turned away.

"He's right. Luke, quick introduction, I'm Percy, this is Nico, hi, hey, let's go." The boy with the green eyes spoke, gesturing to Nico.

"And the chase begins." A voice called out from above. Thalia turned quickly to see who it was.

Octavian. Again.

Oh! Cliffy! Sorry about that…heh heh hehhhh. Sorry for the slow update, but, yeah. I got really confused with my other story, so it took me a few days to actually figure out which chapter was which. I accidentally made each chapter pretty close to each other, with similar main characters and a slightly similar plot at this point. However, each are going in totally different directions. (I am talking about The Kingdom of Olympian btw)

Oh, yeah, I'll add more Percabeth in the next chapter. ;) Stay tuned!