Hey y'all! I stayed up a lot later than I should have writing this chapter. I hope you like it a lot!
Blueluver, I'm sorry, but I will be posting the people over. I cannot manage to do every Demigod, and do it well. I wish I could . . .
Thank you everyone! Y'all are all awesome. Hope you like it, because it took me forever . . . -_-
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, there are these things all over the place that say that Rick Riordan owns it, so I have to agree.
Jason
Jason really hoped that Frank had managed to defeat the sea monster, because he was in terrible need of a nice calm visit with Demigods that wanted to kill him.
Well . . . hopefully, they didn't want to, but he felt like he had let them down.
When Jason, Leo, Piper and Annabeth left Camp, they were planning on getting Percy. But now he was returning with neither Percy or Annabeth.
He was really going to need to have a long talk with Chiron.
He was very confused about the fact that the sea had rescued Nico. The sea didn't like him, and the sea didn't like Thalia, and he was absolutely positive that the sea didn't like Hazel.
Or Hazel didn't like the sea, Jason wasn't completely sure.
The Camp was closer and closer every few minutes, he could see the beach, and couldn't see any sign of Frank or a monster.
Jason hoped that didn't mean Frank had been eaten and the sea monster was destroying the camp, but he wasn't totally sure.
"All Demigods and Demigoddesses! We will be arriving in Camp Halfblood in two minutes! Strap yourselves down in case you fly away due to attack by a giant sea creature! Peace out!"
Leo's voice blared over the communicator. Jason sighed. This was nerve racking.
Piper stepped up next to him. Her eyes were rimmed with red from crying. She'd hardly talked with him since Rome.
Of course their conversation before had been wonderful, but she was still so sad.
"I don't want to see the faces of the Athena cabin." Piper said quietly.
Jason winced. He'd thought of that. He knew that Annabeth was especially close with a guy named Malcolm.
He wasn't sure, but Percy was particularly close with everyone, so everyone was going to take it badly.
Jason sighed. He wished that he could have come back to Camp Halfblood on happier terms. But now he was returning to Camp without their two leaders, their two heroes.
And Piper was returning without her best friend. Jason turned to his girlfriend and put his arms around her.
She turned to him and buried her face in his chest. She was sobbing.
Jason closed his eyes. He hated it when Piper cried. He always felt like it was his fault. And this time he really felt like it was.
"Jason, Piper, hold on, we're about to land!" Hazel's panicked voice made Jason open his eyes, and he quickly levitated himself and his girlfriend about twenty feet in the air.
The Argo II landed with a slight thump, shaking the deck.
Jason sighed with relief and floated back down. Hazel unbuckled herself from where she had been sitting and ran towards the railing.
"Jason, do you see Frank?" She asked, reaching the edge and looking out.
Jason turned. He looked out as far as he could over the fields of Camp Halfblood. He managed to spot a crowd gathering around the big house.
Good news was, that the sea monster was no where to be seen. Bad news was that the Demigods looked very unhappy.
"Yeah, come on. Leo!" Jason called. Leo jumped down out of nowhere. He was a mess, covered in grease and oil.
There was a cocky smile on his face. "Yeah! I can't wait to have to answer all the questions about how wonderful I was on the quest!" He said jokingly.
Jason sighed. He didn't want to answer any questions about the quest at all.
Nico and Hazel looked exhausted, Nico even more so than anyone else.
Piper just stumbled along, looking at the ground. Jason kept his arm around her, hoping it would keep her calm.
Leo was the only one who was even remotely cheerful. He skipped through the strawberry fields whistling. Nico and Hazel stayed back. They were whispering together.
Jason wondered what they were talking about. But he figured it was something unhappy.
And he could do without something unhappy right now.
They were nearing the big house, and he could hear raised voices. He could clearly hear Clarisse shouting, as well as Conner and Travis Stoll.
Hazel suddenly looked up, and turned pale. "Frank! Frank!" She shrieked, suddenly running as fast as she could towards the big house.
Nico gasped and buckled down to his knees. Jason immediately began to move. "Piper, follow Hazel, I'll catch up. Leo, help Nico, find out whats wrong." He gasped, then took off after Piper, who had almost caught up to Hazel.
Jason had to admit he didn't have a clue what was going on. But something was wrong, and he had to find out what.
Jason cursed. Running was way too slow. Quickly he took off, flying as fast as he could towards the big house.
What he saw there was a lot like total and complete mayhem.
Frank had turned into a dragon. And he was fighting a big metal giant.
The Demigods of Camp Halfblood were trying hard to help, but it was not exactly as though they were an even match.
Jason yelled something, and pulled out his sword. This was going to be interesting.
He tried to attack the metal giant, but the instant his sword came in contact, he was flung backwards.
Jason wasn't use to the feeling of flying without meaning to. But that was what he was doing.
He hit the ground with a thud, knocking the breath out of him. He groaned and rolled over, trying desperately to breathe.
"Jason! Are you alright?" Leo and Nico was running towards him. Nico looked pale and horrified, and Leo looked as though . . . well, he looked like Leo.
"Yeah. Fine." Jason said hoarsely. "No idea what that thing was though."
Nico closed his eyes. "What did it look like? If you tell me, I can probably figure it out." He said quietly.
Jason nodded. "Big metal giant. Has really big feet. I don't think we stand a chance."
Nico's eyes shot open, and suddenly he looked like his world was ending. "No. It can't be. Percy said . . . oh gods no."
"What is it? A metal giant doesn't sound too bad." Leo said, although his eyes were becoming dark, as though he recognised something in Nico's voice and knew it was something really bad.
Nico took a deep breath, and helped Jason to his feet. "Percy fought this giant before. He was one a Quest to go rescue Annabeth and the goddess Artemis. My sister Bianca . . . she was on the Quest too. They went to the junkyard of the gods and ran into an old creation of Hephaestus'."
"My Dad made a metal giant? Cool!" Leo said, grinning as though it really was the coolest thing in the world.
Nico glared. "I wish. The giant attacked them. Percy . . . he had a plan, and he was going to do it, but Bianca convinced him to let her do it instead. And . . . when she defeated him . . . she died."
Leo was silent. He no longer looked happy at all. "Sorry. I'm so sorry." He said quietly.
Nico nodded. "And now we need to beat him. We need to find a way to beat Talos."
Please tell me if I got the big giant guys name right, or anything else! I'll go back and fix it if so. I really hope y'all liked it!
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