"Calypso now!" Jason yelled over the battle cries and clashing of weapons.

Jason clashed his sword with Krios' Stygian Iron blade again, then willed the winds to back away to where Calypso stood. She was concentrating and muttering a hymn in ancient Greek. He caught glimpses of a few words: light, sun, shine.

Calypso opened her eyes and nodded, while still keeping her hymn. Jason raised his sword and concentrated on the sky. He hoped Jupiter was listening to his prayers. In a few seconds, he could smell ozone in the air and smoky clouds forming in the night sky. He willed lightning to hit the tip of his sword only to be deflected off the blade into Krios' chest.

The titan screamed in agony as bolts of lightning destroyed his black armor, leaving him completely defenseless. Just before Krios could get his bearings and strike again, Calypso ended her hymn and opened her hands. From within her palms, a bright light erupted blinding Jason. Depressingly, it reminded him of when Hera had took her true form in front of him, almost killing him in the process.

From in front, Jason could hear Krios' screams, and the clashing of swords subside in the background, probably warriors and monsters being blinded from Calypso's magic. This only left the receding yelling of the Titan, until it completely stopped. Instinctively, Jason opened his eyes to see the light within Calypso's hands gone, along with the Krios.

"Eiaculare flammas!" A young girl's voice resonanted across the silence of the valley and a wave of flaming arrows arced over the legion's shield wall, destroying a platoon of draceana. Jason and Calypso turned around and saw Roman ranks moving forward, impaling troops of gorgons and trampling wounded dracenae under their bronze-tipped boots.

Somewhere downhill, Jason heard "Repellere equites!" He tried to focus on where the voice was coming from and saw a girl with chocolate colored skin and black frizzy hair floating on a white Pegasus. On her right, a man who was a few years older floated in mid air, just like Jason. He had Roman style blonde hair, and wore a full battle armor, with an Imperial golden sword drawn in his hand.

'Ave, Praetor Zhang!' The blonde guy called.

'Ave, Praetor Grace!' the girl said. 'Legion, CLOSE RANKS!'

Jason felt dizzy. He realized what was going on and who those two people were. Jason had not been at Camp Jupiter on the last Feast of Fotuna, when Aria and Jonathen stepped down. He heard that they were replaced by two legacies, only now did Jason realize who they were: Frank and Hazel's eldest daughter, Emily Zhang, and Jason's own son: Tom Grace.

"Our reinforcements!" Calypso smiled beside him.

The five cohorts melded together into one formation. Emily pointed her sword forward and, from the golden eagle standard, tendrils of lightning swept across the enemy, turning several hundred monsters to toast.

'Legion, cuneum formate!' Tom yelled. 'Advance!'


I need you here, Jason. I don't want to do this without you. I understand you made a mistake... mistakes happen. We vowed that we'll start over, how many times we need, and I'm ready to. I just don't want our baby to grow up without his father. My due date is in two weeks, and I already pre-registered his birth at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Please don't let me do this alone.

Jason set down Piper's letter on his desk. The paper shouldn't have looked that old, but Jason read and reared it for four weeks now, leaving a fair share of tears, crumpling and tearing whenever he picked it up. It seemed as though every time he wanted to know how cruel the fates were, or how much the universe hated him, he picked up that letter.

Piper didn't send him a second letter announcing his baby's birth, but Mellie, Coach Hedge's wife, had been at the hospital with Piper on the night of September thirtieth. She informed Jason that Piper decided to name the boy Thomas Grace, for her grandpa Tom.

Jason proceeded to the living room. Ever since the incident with Apate, Jason couldn't step into the bedroom. Guilt over washed him whenever he tried, so he had been sleeping on the coach for the past ten months now.

In his dreams, Jason saw Apate. Her black dress flowed down her body, her sly smile forming on her face.

"Soon, Jason Grace." She hissed "Soon, the final prophecy will start"

Jason couldn't move or speak. He wanted to scream. He wanted to beat up the goddess of trickery, the person who ruined his life. He wanted to ask her what in Hades was she talking about. So many things wanted to escape Jason's mouth, but nothing did.

The scene shifted to the McLean mansion. He saw Piper in her bedroom, cradling a newborn baby. He was wrapped in a blue blanket, and a tuft of blonde hair peeked out of his blue beanie. His multicolored eyes were slowly drifting to sleep at the sound of Piper's singing. Jason didn't pay much attention to the song, but he realized later that she was singing about him: The infamous Jason Grace who defeated giants to save the world.

"Someday you'll meet him, Tommy" Piper said as she tucked him.

Jason wanted so badly to join them on that bed, to pull both of them in his embrace. He wanted more than anything to be with Piper and Tom. He attempted to reach out to them, but as soon as he did that, wind blew in the room and baby Tom opened his eyes to reveal black eye sockets where his eyes used to be.

The void must devour the son of Rome. Tom opened his mouth to reveal a raspy powerful voice that was clearly not of a baby.

Jason woke up in cold sweat. He checked the clock to find out it was four in the morning. He laid back on the couch, thinking about his nightmare. The part about Apate didn't surprise him. She popped up in his nightmares regularly, but seeing Piper with Tommy was new... especially the recitation of that line in the Final prophecy.

Before Jason could analyze the dream further, a cloud of colorful smoke appeared near his couch. From within, Nico's face came into view

"Jason," He said, on the other line of the Iris message "Big house now!"

The smoke dissipated before Jason could ask. He quickly put on some clothes and left his home. Upon his arrival at the Big House porch, he heard screaming coming from inside. He opened the door and ran to where the screaming was coming from.

"Perseus Jackson I will kill you!" Annabeth yelled as Jason entered the room, making Jason wonder if he can quickly slip out without anyone noticing.

"Come on, you can do this, Wise girl!" Percy was on Annabeth's right side. Jason had a side view of Annabeth's legs in the air, which he was grateful for. He wanted to keep his relationship with Annabeth strictly professional, and he doubted looking at her while she gave birth would keep that relationship alive. Grover and Nico stood near Jason, looking as uncomfortable as Jason felt.

"Here we go!" Will said encouragingly. He was crouching in front of Annabeth, wearing a scrub shirt, jeans and flip flips "Okay, keep pushing! Wait! I see something."

"What? You do?" Percy ran over to look "Oh my gods!"

"Don't say oh my gods." Annabeth screamed "Oh my gods what?"

"It's the baby's buttock, it's breech" Will noted. Jason remembered that Percy and Annabeth didn't want to find out the sex of the baby. In their words, they wanted to keep it a mystery.

"Oh thank Poseidon" Percy heaved a sigh "I thought it had two heads. I'm not prepared for another Greek disaster"

"Annabeth," Will said "the baby is in a more difficult position so you're gonna have to push even harder now. Push!"

"I'm sorry, I can't!" Annabeth laid back after pushing for a few seconds. Jason realized he'd never seen her in such pain and misery before. He silently wondered how she must have looked when she was in Tartarus.

"Yes you can!" Percy assured her, and held her hand again.

"I can't, seaweed brain" Annabeth started crying and at that moment, Jason wanted to leave but his legs failed to move. "It's Hera! She's making the birth of my child difficult"

"Hey!" Percy chided her "Come on! I know you can do this! Screw Hera. Let's go! One final push! Ready? 1...2...3!"

"Here we go!" Will warned "The baby is upside down but it's coming"

From underneath the blankets, a new sound vibrated. A mix of crying and choking on liquid. Jason managed to peek a glance at the baby: A blonde baby boy.

"Annabeth" Percy's voice cracked "He's...he's perfect."

"He?" Annabeth asked, she was breathing heavily and clearly exhausted. Will took the baby and wrapped him up in a few blankets then handed him to Annabeth.

"Congrats you guys" Will took off his gloves. His hands were shaking hard then he ran over to hug Nico ferociously.

"You okay?" Nico asked, looking uncomfortable with the sudden physical contact.

"I retire from medicine" Will fake sobbed onto Nico's shoulder

"We'll give you guys some privacy. Let's go, medicine boy." Nico announced. He dragged Will out of the room, leaving the new parents with Jason and Grover.

"What are you gonna name him?" Grover asked. Percy and Annabeth exchanged a look, like they had already thought about the answer to that question decades ago.

"We were thinking Luke" Annabeth said "Lucas Ethan Jackson"

"Just for the record" Grover said "If Luke Castellan was here, he would've been really happy for you guys."

In that moment, Jason felt uncomfortable. He was the only person who didn't know who Luke was. He sort of wished he had met the guy who broke Thalia and Annabeth's hearts repeatedly, so he could give him a good black eye. Though, the way Jason's friends talked about him made him sound like a decent guy... a hero. Honestly, Jason wasn't so sure he would've liked Luke Castellan.

"Give me your engagement ring" Percy demanded Annabeth

"What?" Annabeth look confused, with baby Luke in her arms.

"Just give me the ring" Percy insisted. Annabeth shrugged, and gave the baby to Grover. She took off her diamond ring and handed it to Percy.

"Will you marry me this Sunday?" Percy asked, kneeling down on one knee. Jason didn't notice it at first, but Percy looked almost as exhausted as Annabeth. Black circles surrounded his eyes, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Percy what are you doing?" Annabeth cracked a smile.

"I need to be married to you" Percy announced "We've waited way too long. Will you marry me on Sunday?"

Annabeth's gray eyes stormed, the way the did when she was in deep thought. If any woman can overcome the surge of pregnancy and childbirth hormones, it was Annabeth. She always managed to make the right decision.

"Yes" Annabeth answered. Percy quickly got off his knees and placed the ring on her fingers again. Percy kissed Annabeth on her forehead, and got his son from Grover.

In that moment, Jason wanted to be happy for his two friends, but he thought about Tommy and Piper. Jason wanted to believe that someday he will get to be with them, and be normal for once, though he knew that once he dared attempt that, all his problems will start.