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HAZEL

"HE WENT WHERE?" Annabeth screamed so loud that even Reyna flinched. That alone was quite the achievement, but Hazel believed Annabeth was going for loudest outburst ever screamed at Camp Jupiter. Her voice ran clear over the rumbling sounds of the approaching eruption.

"Relax, Annabeth. I'm sure he is fine," Grover said, trying to calm his friend, though he did it with much caution.

"Me don't understand. Where's my brother?" Tyson cried, looking from Ella to Annabeth.

"I told you," Reyna repeated for both Tyson's and Annabeth's sake. "He went back with Jason and the other boys to Mount Diablo."

Annabeth took a deep breath. "I just don't understand what he is doing there. He promised me." Hazel could tell she was hurt by his dishonesty, but Percy was just trying to do the right thing for everyone.

"Actually, he promised he wouldn't do anything stupid," Hazel quietly interjected. Annabeth gave her an ugly look, causing her to shut her mouth. She should have known better than to speak her mind, being raised in the Legion.

"He's Percy Jackson! Everything he does is stupid!" cried Annabeth.

"Annabeth is upset," Tyson told Ella quietly.

Ella nodded and replied, "Wisdom's daughter's upset. Wisdom's daughter walks alone." Hazel had almost forgotten about the previous prophecy. It's bad enough they had an erupting volcano, did they really need a prophecy too? Prophecies always seemed that they did more harm than good.

"There is no need for you to be concerned," stated Reyna. "I have it all worked out."

"Oh, I bet you do," Annabeth snapped at her.

"I didn't ask Percy to help; he volunteered," Reyna growled back.

"And why would he do that?" Annabeth replied, challenging Reyna with her stare. Forget about the Giants, thought Hazel, this was the showdown of the century.

"Because he wanted to," answered Reyna, returning the glare. "That's hardly the point."

"But we agreed that it would be idiotic to risk our lives just to save a couple of buildings," Annabeth argued.

"No, you decided that," said Reyna.

"It's still idiotic," grumbled Annabeth. Hazel could see her point. Going inside a volcano was very dangerous. The more she thought about, the more worried she got about her friends.

"You're Greek," Reyna stated. "You'll never understand."

Hazel could almost see the smoke rising off of Annabeth. Telling a daughter of Athena that she couldn't understand something was the deepest of the deep for insults. "And who do you think you are?"

"A daughter of Bellona. Praetor of the Twelfth Legion," Ella answered for her.

"I am so tired of you bossing everyone around," Annabeth continued without paying any attention to Ella's literal answer to her question.

"Annabeth, don't," Piper sighed. She seemed embarrassed for some reason.

"May I remind you that there's a volcano about to erupt behind me?" Hazel added, trying to prevent a different kind of volcano from erupting right in front of her.

"Go on," Reyna urged Annabeth. Hazel had to admit Reyna had guts, even though she didn't know when to back down from a fight.

Annabeth walked in front of Reyna, but was wise enough to keep punching distance away from her. This was the difference between fights between girls and fights between boys. Boys would just throw a few punches at each other and move on. Girls were notorious for pretending to get along before going into a verbal throw down.

"People just throw themselves at your feet, don't they? Boys think you are hot, and girls think you are brilliant. You accuse Octavian of abusing his power for selfish, life-threatening acts, but then you turn around do the same thing."

"I do nothing of the sort," huffed Reyna.

"You sent the boys to stop a volcano to save your city," sneered Annabeth.

"That's not dangerous," Reyna disagreed. Hazel thought Reyna might need to look up the definition of dangerous again, because she was pretty sure going inside a volcano was under there.

"Are you kidding me?" Annabeth retorted.

"Frank is staying on the ship, Leo bursts into flames for fun, Percy is practically made out of water so the heat doesn't affect him, and Jason can instantly cool the air around him. Tell me, what's the dangerous part?" Reyna debated. "If anything, it is the least dangerous part of my plan."

"Really?" Hazel blurted.

"Of course," Reyna replied. "Do you really think I put them danger on purpose? They are fully capable of making their own danger without my help. Besides, I needed them out of the way. They would never let us stop a volcano by ourselves."

"So instead you expect all of us to risk our lives to save your city," countered Annabeth.

"I—" Reyna stammered.

"Look, I'm sorry you had rough life, and I understand that you don't want to lose another home, but these are my friends and I won't let you put them in danger. Besides, it's not exactly a secret that you hate me and Piper," said Annabeth.

"Fine!" Reyna exclaimed. "I don't need your help, and I especially don't need your pity." Reyna turned to walk away, and Hazel figured she had better follow her. She owed a lot to Reyna, since she had let her into the Legion even though she had been presented under suspicious circumstances. Hazel didn't care what Annabeth said. Reyna was a great leader and she had never led them in the wrong direction.

But then Thalia shouted for Reyna to stop. "Annabeth, just hear her out," Thalia pleaded. "Maybe her plan isn't that bad."

"Thalia, whatever it is it's not worth risking our lives for," Annabeth argued.

Reyna just rolled her eyes and continued to walk away. This was not good. Hazel was sure Reyna and she could stop that volcano by themselves, but would it really hurt to have some help?

"Not worth risking our lives for?" Hazel stopped walked and turned back to Annabeth. "This is our home and its Percy's home now, too. It was built from generations of families. We have campers whose great-great-grandparents were born and raised here. Demigod history, so it's a part of your history too. Sure, we could just rebuild it and it would be the same but brand new. But we would have to live with the fact that we didn't try. I don't think I can live with that." Hazel looked at Annabeth; she really hoped that she was convincing her. "We are supposed to be the seven that will save the rest of the world. If we can't even work together to save this city, then how do you expect us to save the whole world? Annabeth, if you are half the girl Percy says you are then this would be a piece of cake for you." It never hurt to add a little bit of flattery. "Please, Annabeth, any assistance you can give would be greatly appreciated."

Annabeth sighed. She looked at Thalia, who instantly nodded her head, then at Tyson who blurted, "Ella's Roman."

Grover muttered, "If Percy thinks so," before agreeing.

Finally, she looked at Piper. The other girl looked down at the ground, but reluctantly replied, "Jason would want us to help."

Annabeth sighed again. "I guess we should hurry up before the boys figure out what we are up to."

Hazel couldn't tell for sure, but she thought she saw a smile appear on Reyna's face. "Then follow me," Reyna said.

Reyna led them down the street, but stopped when she got to the intersection. Hazel had no idea what she was up to.

"So where are we going?" Annabeth asked.

"We are already here," answered Reyna, pointing down at the manhole directly in the middle of the street.

"The sewers?" Hazel questioned. Everyone in Camp Jupiter knew about the complex sewer systems underneath the whole city, but she didn't know anyone who had exactly visited them.

"That is one side of the Roman people I don't need to see," Grover objected.

Reyna rolled her eyes. "It's perfectly clean," she explained.

"How could sewers be clean?" doubted Piper, and Hazel had to admit she was a little worried herself.

"No, she's right. The Romans invented sewers, one of the best-known sanitation artifacts of the ancient world," said Annabeth.

"That's one achievement the Romans can keep," remarked Grover.

"In Victorian France, the upper class used to take tours of their sewers in Paris," lectured Annabeth.

"Chacun ses gouts," said Hazel.

"Yes, but I bet they brought umbrellas," said Piper.

"Come on, we are wasting time," Reyna persuaded them while she lifted the lid.

"Me won't fit," Tyson cried.

Reyna looked him over and agreed. "Then you are just going to have to stay here."

"Ella stays too!" Ella cried.

"Yeah, perhaps I should keep them company," Grover suggested, looking down at the dark hole. Hazel guessed Grover was like most fauns and didn't like going underground.

"Very well," replied Reyna. "Just keep heading down that street over there and you will meet up with the other evacuees."

An all-girl mission; Hazel was okay with that. Being in the Fifth Cohort, she didn't get that many opportunities to hang out with other girls her age. But she wasn't sure if saving New Rome fell under the definition of hanging out, although maybe it did for demigods.

Before Reyna could lead them down into the dark and smelly abyss, Ella felt to remind them about something they really didn't need reminding of.

"Wisdom's daughter walks alone

The Mark of Athena burns through Rome

Unravel the truths through history's tales

With love by her side, time's lost child never fails

The seventh revealed by the dead man's gift

The kin of the receiver shall be part of the myth"

Ella quietly recited.

"Umm, thanks, Ella," Hazel smiled at her before she followed Reyna down the ladder. While she carefully climbed down she could still hear the other girls talking up above.

"Annabeth, aren't you worried about the whole daughter-of-Athena-burning-down-Rome part?" Piper said.

"Yeah," Annabeth replied slowly. "But Reyna asked for my help so she can't really blame me if I end up torching the place."

"I hate prophecies," Thalia added before joining Hazel on the ladder.

Hazel was glad Annabeth was right about the sewers being clean. The stone sidewalk seemed as clean as any other sidewalk, but the river looked questionable. But the smell wasn't bad. It just smelled like moldy water. Hazel couldn't see much more than that because of the darkness.

Reyna snapped her fingers and all of the torches along the wall instantly became lit. Hazel looked at her in shock.

"Daughter of Bellona," Reyna reminded her before leading them down the walkway.

"Whatever you do, don't show Leo you can do that or you will never get rid of him," Piper told Reyna as she and Annabeth joined them.

Reyna stared at Piper for a moment, probably trying to decide whether or not she was being serious or was trying to make a joke, and then led them down the now-lit walkway.

Things were pretty awkward at first. Hazel walked behind Reyna, while the Greek girls brought up the rear. Hazel could hear them whispering to one another, so she knew Reyna could hear them too. Hazel wished that the Greek girls would just give Reyna a chance to prove herself.

"What's the plan, Reyna?" Hazel asked, hoping to get everyone on the same page.

"It would be easier if I just show you," answered Reyna without looking at her. Hazel knew it was hard for her, but everything would be so much easier for her if she was just a little bit more open.

Then Thalia walked past her and whispered something into Reyna's ear. Whatever she said, Reyna didn't like it because she shook her head. While Thalia continued to quietly talk to Reyna, Annabeth and Piper exchanged looks. Hazel wondered what Jason's sister was up to.

Whatever she said to Reyna, it was pretty convincing because Reyna finally gave up. "I really appreciate you helping me out," Reyna grumbled at Annabeth and Piper.

Annabeth and Piper exchanged another look. "Yeah, no problem," Annabeth replied, confused.

Thalia slapped Reyna's arm, urging her to continue. Reyna sighed again and added, "And I'm sorry if I insulted you." When she finished she looked at Thalia to see if she could stop. It was amazing seeing Thalia work her magic on Reyna. Making Reyna apologize was something only Jason's sister could accomplish.

"It's fine, Reyna," Annabeth carefully replied. "I haven't really been discreet with my hatred of you either."

"I don't hate you," Reyna quickly stated. She said it so quickly and earnestly that it was impossible for it not to be true.

"What?" Annabeth blurted out in shock.

"I don't hate you. I don't even dislike you," Reyna repeated. This time she said it directly to Annabeth.

"But I burned down your home," reminded Annabeth.

Reyna waved her off. "I hated that place with deep burning passion. I would have burned it down myself if you hadn't come along." Now everyone was staring at her. Hazel had never seen this side of her. "The pirates weren't fun, but at least something was happening to me. Not like on the island of sunshine and rainbows. Where the worst day ever was the day I spilled black nail polish on the rug," Reyna grudgingly added.

Annabeth was in too much of a shock to reply. Reyna glanced at Thalia before continuing. "I guess in a way, I'm a tiny bit covetous of you."

"But why would you be jealous of me?" asked Annabeth. Hazel was thankful for the translation.

"You're kidding, right?" Reyna laughed. "You and Percy are absolutely perfect. All Jason and I do is fight."

"Well, don't let the Christmas card fool you," said Annabeth. "There is plenty of yelling involved."

"But you guys get along so well, always off on adventures. Stopping your goat friend from marrying a giant, saving your friend who was turned into a tree," Reyna said, glancing at Thalia. "Hylla never let me do anything like that growing up. After you two showed up, I thought just maybe I could have a life like that, and just like magic, I did. I got Jason." Reyna quietly added.

No one knew what to say. It seemed that once you got Reyna talking it was hard to get her to stop.

"For a while I wondered what I had got myself into, but then it was fine. Better than fine really, but then he disappeared and all of that went away."

"Jason still cares about you," said Thalia.

"Yes, but he didn't remember me," Reyna sighed. "Percy remembered Annabeth."

"But Percy was asleep for eight months, so he had more time to think about it than Jason," countered Hazel.

"And Jason did remember you," added Annabeth. "Right after he came back from his quest, he mentioned you to me."

"Really?" Reyna exclaimed.

"Yeah," Piper added. Hazel grew anxious watching them stare at each other, but they looked away without any conclusion.

They walked in silence for a while before Annabeth said, "So how can I help?"

"Well, you see these tunnels here. They run all under New Rome and Camp Jupiter, and connect to the Berkley circuit. Over seven thousand miles of thick iron and stone pipes, and they are practically indestructible. They have to be with the weight of whole cities above it and the constant water erosion." Hazel wasn't sure where all this was leading to, but she listened to Reyna's every word.

"Wait, you want to connect the volcano to the tunnels?" asked Thalia. "How can we do that?"

"I can," Hazel enthusiastically volunteered. "I can make tunnels."

"You're going to erupt the volcano downwards," said Annabeth. "That's brilliant."

"But you are forgetting that when we break down that final wall, we will also be stuck in the tunnel. How will we get out?" Piper asked.

"That's what I need your help for. I have no idea," admitted Reyna.

"That's quite the conundrum," replied Hazel.

"The second that barrier is down, the hot air alone will kill us," said Thalia.

"Can't you cool the air like Jason?" Reyna asked Thalia.

Thalia shook her head. "I wouldn't bet my life on it. I'm more thunder and lightning. My brother is the wind master."

Reyna looked disappointed. Obviously she had been betting on Thalia's abilities. "I might be able set up an explosion."

"How?" asked Hazel.

"Easily, the trick is getting magic not to blow up in your face. But it would be completely unstable," answered Reyna.

"That doesn't seem like a good idea," agreed Hazel. She glanced at Annabeth, who had suspiciously quiet during this whole conversation.

"Annabeth?" Piper asked.

"All right, "Annabeth answered. Her grey eyes sparkled as she worked out a plan in her mind. "If they want a mark of Athena burning through Rome, we will give them a mark of Athena they won't forget."

SQUEE! I really like this chapter. Go girl power! Any theories about what is going to happen next?

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