Jason: New chapter!
Lucky: Well yeah. I did tell the people I'd update.
Jason: TwoStrangeGirls doens't own PJO of HoO. Hey, I'm getting the hang of this!
Lucky: Do you still think I'm wacky?
Jason: Kind of. But you're a good kind of wacky. Besides the whole closet-for-a-house fiasco.
Lucky: But it's a big closet!
Jason: Yeah, I guess. So, Lucky, can you tell me what's going to happen in this chapter?
Lucky: What is this? A game show? But no, Jason, I can't. Though I can give you some hints to what's up ahead.
Jason: And that would be?
Lucky: Awesomeness!
"You come on behalf of Lupa?" Gale asked when Jason and Reyna finished.
Jason gave Reyna a nervous look. "Not quite."
Gale raised an eyebrow but said nothing about the matter. "I have answers for you-"
"Exellent!" Jason said, "Thank you so mu-"
"You didn't let me finish," Gale said, "I want a favor in return."
Jason's heart dropped, and he heard Reyna catch her breath beside him. It might have been his ADHD, but he suddenly had the urge to look at her. He felt like he hand't seen her forever, even though she'd been with him the entire time.
She still wore her purple Camp Jupiter T-shirt. Her long, black hair was as glossy as always. She was looking at Gale, her dark eyes filled with partial hope, partial disapointment. Jason knew those eyes so well. When they looked at him, they were either filled with warmth and happiness, or cold rage. He prefered the first one.
Suddenly Reyna snapped her fingers right in front of him.
"Jason," She said, "You've been staring at me for two minutes. Answer Mr. Kindslie's question."
He asked a question? Why did Jason have to miss everything important?
"I, uh, didn't hear you," He said quietly.
"That's okay," Gale said, "It's easy to get yourself sidetracked with a pretty girl."
If Jason had been drinking something, he would've done a spit take. Instead, he settled for nearly choking to death.
"Pre-Rey-I wasn't-What?"
Reyna was almost as red as he was. "Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" She waved her hands in front of her face, "No way."
"Just friends," Jason assured.
Gale smiled knowingly at him. "Ah, my mistake. Now, back to the point. I need a favor. Would you be willing to do this favor for me?"
"Depends on what is it," Jason said, recovering.
"I have lost an important, ah, object," He explained, "Very, very valuable peice of property."
"What 'valuably peice of property' have you lost?" Reyna asked.
"My daughter."
Jason's responses ranged from, "How is your daughter a valuable peice of property?" To, "I'm so sorry." To, "WHAT?"
"You see, I love my daughter very much," Gale continued, ignoring his visitor's shock, "She has a special gift. Well, all of my children do, but Andy's is especially powerful. I fear something has taken her. My other children think that I sent her away. Neither have gotten any signals of her location."
"So, you want us to find your daughter?" Jason asked.
Gale nodded. "Mainly."
"And you have no idea where she is."
"No."
Jason looked at Reyna, who shrugged. Her eyes said "This is your call."
He looked back at Gale and said, "Alright. We'll try to find your daughter."
"Great!"
"But you have to keep your promise," Jason warned, "And give us information about the Trojan Sea Monster when we return."
"Oh, yes," Gale dismissed the subject with a wave of his hand, "My daughter's name is Andy. She has blond hair and gray eyes. She's twelve. Rather small for her age."
Jason nodded. "Okay. But-"
The door swung open and Bryn yelled, "Dad, Aunt Nicole in five!"
Gale stood up and ushered Jason and Reyna out the door. "You must leave now. But you have to...fix my problem. For your own sake, of course."
And with that, Jason and Reyna were shoved out of the house.
Jason: Cliffie? Really?
Lucky: Oh please. You get to read these before everyone else. You'll live.
Jason: Okay, but what about that whole Reyna thing?
Lucky: Don't blame me. This is your past, remember? I'm just writing it down.
Jason: Well, you don't do a very good job of it.
Lucky: What was that?
Jason: Nothing!