Lightning flashed, Nico bolted up. Another bad dream. He nearly jumped when he saw Percy standing above him.
"Couldn't sleep either, huh?" asked the Atlantian prince.
"No," Nico admitted.
Worldlessly, Percy slipped into bed with him on the other side. Nico blinked. Wtf? But Percy fell asleep so soon and he didn't feel like waking him up.
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"Father, please!" Jason pleaded, "Listen to what I have to say!"
"No," Zeus hollered back at his youngest son, "The answer is no."
Ares and Hera watched the fight like a table-tennis match. Thalia was off hunting with her hunter friends and Eryll was, well, dead.
Jason decided it was time to pull out the manipulative side of him by appeasing to the greedy and hubristic side of his father.
"Oh, but father," he said, sweetly, "Think about it, when our peasants have overthrown Kronos and his men, an army that neither Atlantis or Elysium have been able to, both kingdoms would forever be in our debt! We could even take some of their land as a bonus."
Something in Zeus's eyes broke, and Jason knew he was winning.
"Think of how you would be revered," he said, watching as his father broke.
"Oh, alright," he conceded, "But you may only take peasants, and they have to be willing to go, conscript is forbidden in Olympus."
Jason smiled, nodded, and exited. This was perfect!
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When Jason told the others they were overjoyed.
"That's not all," he smiled, "I've sent word to my sister Thalia, she has convinced our half-sister, Artemis, and our half-brother, Apollo, to join us along with the hunt!"
That really raised everyone's hopes, everybody knew that Artemis and Apollo, the infamous Archer twins, were the best archers in the land. They could hit a mouse two miles away!
Ares had wanted to go, but Zeus refused to let him, seeing as how he was crown heir, even though Jason was sure that everyone on the mission could die and Zeus would still have plenty of heirs lying around. He sighed, his father was such a womanizer.
"There's one problem, though," he said, "Conscript in Olympus is forbidden, everybody fighting has to be convinced to lay down their life for this by you."
The others gulped and looked at each other. Yup. They were dead.
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peace out yo;P