Yo peoples! I watched the Hunger Games and it was AWESOME! If you haven't seen it yet, go do it! Now!

This chapter is kind of shortish, but that is not really my fault. I HATE writing in Jason's POV, but I had to do it. I mean, I can't tell if he has a sense of humor or not and what his real feelings are. I think Rick Riordan needs to give him a personality. Right now, he's kind of like a wanna-be Percy smashed with Thalia with a little flicker of uniqueness. But not much. I mean, Piper is cool and funny, Leo is hilarious and AWESOME, Frank is sweet, Hazel is her own person and PERCY JACKSON HAS AWESOMENESS FLOWING THROUGH HIS VIENS! So there. But I needed to get him out of the way, so here is this filler chapter. Better one next time, with Percy/Jason conflict, promise.

Answer to last Quiz Question: The god 'Fred' was actually Apollo. He was in disguise because ancient laws and Zeus forbade him to mess with quests. But, in his words, "No one messes with my baby sister. No one."

Shout out from CreamyXcream14 saying "WHO CAN'T WAIT FOR THE REAL MARK OF ATHENA?" I can't! PM and tell her, because I said!

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Jason

Jason was running for his life.

He had gotten back to Camp Jupiter not even five hours ago, and now he was being chased out of it. Great welcome home party.

Sure, he hadn't expected people to be all, "Jason! We missed you so much! Now that you're back, we can kick the Son of Poseidon out and make you emperor! Jason! We love you!"

Yeah, that was pretty far fetched. And sounded like something Leo would say. Which made the whole thing sound pretty ridiculous.

Jason smiled to himself. Piper looked at him strangely, as did Leo.

"What the heck are you smiling about, dude?" Leo asked. "If you hadn't noticed, we're kind of trying to get out of here! Not exactly a walk in the park."

"I'm not smiling now," Jason muttered, reminded of their current situation.

He looked ahead of him. Percy was dead-out sprinting to the ship, practically flying off the ground. Frank and Hazel were a few feet ahead of Jason, Piper, and Leo, their armor that Zeus-knows-why they were wearing slowing them down.

Flying... That gave Jason an idea. He grabbed Piper's hand and summoned the wind.

Piper shrieked as they started racing with the wind. She snatched Leo along with them, as they bumped along.

The passes Hazel and Frank in a matter of seconds. The two of them looked at Jason, Piper, and Leo speeding by and their mouths dropped open.

Leo was cursing almost as fast as they were going. His eyes were shut and, since he was nearest to the ground, he kept hitting rocks and generally almost falling on his face.

Just as they were about to overtake Percy, Jason faltered. The three of them tumbled to a stop in the grass, head over heels, rolling the last few feet to the ship.

Jason got up and helped Piper to her feet. She brushed grass off of herself.

"That was... thrilling," she said.

Leo popped back to standing. "Seriously, don't ever do that again, if you value your eyebrows."

Piper rolled her eyes. "Leo, you're one of the most resilient human beings I've ever met. You're fine."

Frank and Hazel had caught up, and Percy was halfway up the ship's hull now. He looked back down at them.

"Hurry up, slowpokes!"

The ship was starting to rise. Wind whipped their hair around their faces... well, not in Jason's case. His kind of ruffled, but Piper's was totally masking her face and Leo's was blowing straight back. Hazel's was tucked under her helmet and Frank's was too short, but Percy's was totally windblown, all in his face.

Jason flew up to the deck. The others started straggling up the rope as the ship ascended higher into the sky. They collapsed on deck, panting, except Jason and Percy.

"Who's... flying... the ship?" Leo asked between pants.

"Um... Annabeth, I think," Percy said. Leo paled and rushed to the control room, screaming, "My precious!"

"Okay..." Frank said.

Now that they were on deck, the wind wasn't as bad. Percy started controlling the ropes and sails, getting the ship ready to catch an updraft.

Suddenly, the ship lurched. They were all thrown off of their feet and onto the hard wooden deck.

"Ow," Percy said, sitting up. "What the heck was that?"

A cry rang out from the general direction of the control rooms. "WHY THE TACOS ARE YOU ON MY SHIP?"

"Um, why is Leo yelling at Annbeth?" Percy asked. "And why the tacos?"

"Leo is a little... overprotective," Jason said.

"Long story," Piper added.

"And the tacos?" Percy questioned.

"Longer story."

Jason was pretty sure Percy was going to ask more questions, along with Frank and Hazel, when a flash of blonde and... Leo... burst on deck.

Jason noticed two things.

Leo was on fire. AgainThe blonde wasn't Annabeth.

"Great," Percy groaned. "How the heck did you get on board?"

Octavian (A/N How many of you saw that coming?) sneered. "Dare isn't the only one who Apollo actually favored at one point or another. He... owes me a favor. I cashed in."

"Really?" Percy scoffed. "One favor, and you waste it trying-and failing, by the way- to capture us? And for a moment there I thought you were smart."

"Oh, I am smart, Jackson. Although, devious is more of the word. You have two goddesses riding their hopes on you right now. If I turn you over to Gaea..."

Leo slammed him up against the mast. "You little vlacas. You're in cahoots with the woman who killed my mom. I'm gonna whup you so bad, you'll be wishing you'd never set foot on this boat."

Octavian rammed his knee into Leo's stomach. He collapsed, gasping.

"Hm, tempting... but I don't think so," Octavian said. "Who's next?"

Percy looked at the others. "May I?"

Jason shrugged. "Go ahead."

Percy shot his hand up in the air. Jason was thinking the guy was crazy (who fights without a sword?) when a giant wave rose out of the ocean nearby.

Octavian looked stunned for a moment. Then the wave grabbed him. He chucked a spear at Percy's chest, but it missed. The wave tightened around Octavian's chest. He glared at the group of them. Then the wave swept him overboard.

They all rushed over to the side. Octavian was struggling in the wave, just a speck now. And then, suddenly, he was just gone. He never hit the water. Dust floated around in the wind.

"Gaea," Percy said.

"Why the heck was that little rat on board? He had a mob after him!" Leo said.

"Leo-" Jason tried to ask him something.

"I mean, come on! Is it too much to ask that he just leave us alone for once?"

"Leo-"

"Seriously! We have enough on our plate without his sarcastic sense of humor and his teddy bear murdering and his creepy prophecy-ness. 'Oh, I'm Octavian, let me kill your childhood toys and then predict your death! What fun!' Gimme a break!"

"LEO!"

"What?"

"Um, I hate to interrupt your mental Octavian beating," Jason said. "But who's flying the ship?"

Leo's eyes widened. "OH SNAP!" He dashed off.

"Well, glad our pilot is in some state of normal," Piper said.

"Normal for Leo," Jason added.

Percy still looked worried. "Where's Annabeth?"

Just then, Leo yelled, "Hey, guys! I found her! What the-ow!"

A few seconds later, Annabeth stomped up on deck, dragging Leo by the ear.

"Hey, hey, Annie, come on! I didn't mean to! Ow, seriously, stop!"

Annabeth dropped his ear.

"Thank you."

She slapped him.

"Hey!"

"That was for calling me Annie," Annabeth said. "And this-" she slapped him again. "-is for being a total idiot and leaving your ship's controls unattended."

"Well, they're unattended now, too, but that's not my fault," Leo said reproachfully.

"I put the ship on autopilot," Annabeth sighed.

"Oh," Leo said.

"Anyway, what happened with Octavian?" Annabeth asked.

"Oh, nothing," Frank said. "Percy just blasted him off of the boat and Gaea randomly swept him off into thin air."

Annabeth rolled her eyes.

The boat was well underway now. They were flying over the Pacific Ocean and Jason could just make out Camp Jupiter in the distance.

Percy tilted his head to the side. "We should probably alter coarse. Go east instead of west."

Leo went down, grumbling, to take care of it.

Frank and Hazel went off to explore the ship with Percy and Annabeth.

Piper went to her room. Jason wasn't why, but he suspected that she wasn't exactly sure how to act around him right now.

Jason was exactly sure how to react around her, either. He didn't know the full extent of his and Reyna's relationship and he didn't want to have to make a decision yet. Best to wait and see if he died in the next few days, and then think about that stuff.

He sighed, and turned to look back towards Camp Jupiter.

Home.

Hm, I actually kind of liked that at the end. :P

Quiz Question of the Update: According to Percy in The Last Olympian, what are Rachel's only rules about music?

Peace, love, and cheese,

Me.