Chapter 36

A/N if you guys find easter eggs in here or fourth wall breaks or whatever, I'll give you a shout out and complimentary cookie. Yeah it's not a brand new car but hey it'll be kinda fun when you're reading and like "hey! I know that" and then you get a shoutout what's not cool about that whatever lol.

Malikai's POV

I kept flying and flying, following the tug in my gut. It kept getting stronger and stronger until I ended up following a highway. I kept over it before careening right to make a break in the mountain, and that was when I remembered, this was the Roman Camp! I rolled up my sleeve to look at the sharp symbol of my mother and the 3 new bars next to it. Thank gods I wore long sleeves otherwise that would create some problems, although the mist would probably cover it anyways.

I got really excited and brought the helicopter to a slow crawl over the city. I was still smiling as I began my descent before seeing a bunch of ballistae trained on me. I quickly veered back up and gained altitude before stopping.

"Hold your fire! This is Zancudo Six coming in for a landing.", I broadcasted on all channels hoping they had some sort of radio before adding on, "I come in peace.". I smiled at that.

I quickly looked around the cockpit before seeing a light gray sweater, it had the symbol of an aviation academy but it was turned inside out to see it's fluffy white interior. Setting the plane in AutoHov for a quick second I bent out and tied the arms to the left skid, making sure not to fall out. I made the knot tight as the thrust waved it around crazier than those inflatable dancing guys at car dealerships. I dropped down in the Field of Mars to see a heap of Romans in battle gear.

Before I had even gotten out I had spears pointed at my throat, "Is that any way you treat an ambassador?". They lowered their spears and I could tell that they remembered me. I put my hands down and smiled, stretching out my wings. Several of the Romans went wide-eyed as they saw me, and I just returned the funny look.

"What? Having to fit these into a tiny cockpit will eventually result in cramps.", I deadpanned. I let out a small laugh before taking Kindness out of the Helicopter before seeing someone push through the ranks.

"Malikai is that you?", a certain raven haired latina looked up at me behind thick golden armor.

"Uhh…", I looked at her trying to figure it out before it dinged in my head, "Reyna! What's up! Where's your sister?", I asked her. She smiled and gave a light hug at my recollection before frowning.

"Oh, she decided that Camp Jupiter wasn't for her. She went to find the Amazons.", she replied.

"I don't remember you having wings.", She said running her hand over one. She looked in awe at the overlocking layers of thin ice.

"I had them, I just hid them well.", I said with a laugh shaking them a bit. She cringed when she saw the thick cracks in my left wing, before another tall blonde demigod pushed his way through the ranks. Don't these people have something better to do than watch me jeez.

"Get away from her.", the blondie said before flipping a coin where it turned into a sword which he pointed at my neck. He expected a frightened reaction. I didn't move I just tilted my head forward and raised an eyebrow in a "Really?" Expression. After all the shit I've seen (one of them being a pen turning into a sword), I wasn't really surprised he had a coin that could turn into a sword.

"Jason don't. He's a friend.", Reyna said trying to push his sword away. I just rolled up my sleeve and showed him my 3 bars.

"I don't remember seeing you here last time.", I said, once he saw my rank he immediately sheathed his sword and grudgingly bowed his head apologetically, murmuring something.

"It's alright kiddo just scram I don't really care.", he stepped back but looked at Reyna expectantly. I pushed her in his direction, they walked away I laughed at seeing Jason bent over as Reyna pulled on his ear and scolded him. Something about her telling him about me and how me and my friends saved her etc. After that little bout, the romans started dispersing, the praetor Bob came up and looked at me expectantly.

Well someone around here knew I meant business, "I need fuel. I don't know if you have any, but maybe the Vulcan kids?", I asked hopefully, our reunion was great, but I needed to get back to the quest.

"Don't underestimate us, we have anything and everything.", Bob said with a laugh before patting my shoulder and barking orders. I decided to walk around Camp Jupiter, where I watched a couple guys sparring in the arena before choosing to join them.

One of them was a son of Mars, we nodded to each other respectfully before going opposite each other and drawing our weapons. (A/N idk why everyone makes Ares/Mars children such douchebags seriously) He had chosen a spear while I drew my sword. I twirled it experimentally in my hand and he shifted his spear. After an uneasy moment of circling he took the initiative of charging forward, trying to impale me. I was initially going to sidestep but saw that he expected it and had his spear ready to twirl around and whack me with it. (help me there's literally no way to write the handle of the spear without sounding dirty) I wanted to try something else and jump over him with a handy boost from my wings.

It was almost like a double jump from video games. He skidded to a stop and tried to turn around, but it was too late, I was already in close quarters. I swung my sword sharply to the side trying to disarm his spear, but he had a firm grip and instead jabbed. I managed to get out of the way, but the point grazed my ribs.

I let out a growl and batted the spear to the side using my wings, this time with much more force. He drew his spatha and parried my swing towards his head. He moved to the side and tried to cleave my head off before I ducked, trying to sweep his legs out from under him. He jumped back and brought his spatha in a downward arc. I redirected his momentum to the side using my sword and walked past him, using my wing to send him flying across the arena.

He stood up rubbing his head muttering something about having wings and unfair advantages, and I just stood there in triumph with my hands on my hips.

"Next?", I asked as I faced the other demigods in the colosseum.

-LINE BREAK- Someone told me to choose Pagan. The reason is good, but Amita is so cool (not biased by looks or anything). I will choose Pagan though.

After a lot of training and simply hanging out, I plopped down in the cockpit of the helicopter, which was fully topped off and ready to go. Everyone said their goodbyes and I sat alone in the Field of Mars. The only problem being I had absolutely no clue where to go. Just then a flash of ice blue appeared to my right in the copilot seat. After the flash was gone, I looked over to see my mother.

"Hey, mom.", I said in a softer tone than last time. I learned that the gods actually couldn't interfere with mortals all the time and that it was actually me in the wrong. So I chose to be less of a dick the next time I saw her.

At my friendly-ish response, she gave a small smile before saying, "You need to hurry, your friends are on Mount Othrys, and they are injured and need your help. I will assist in guiding you there, but I can't help you fight.". I nodded, becoming serious before starting the ignition sequence. The blades started to spin faster as we took off of the dirt and flew into the air. Khione pointed at a lone mountain in the distance and the bird leaned forward as we headed towards Mount Othrys.