Chapter 56

A little diversity won't hurt

At the Institute

Dean walked into the bathroom yawning. He was bright and early so the bathroom was all his at the moment.

He ran his fingers through his messy hair feeling it's body and length, 'I'm gonna need a haircut soon' he looked in the mirror to see how long it was.

Dean's hair grew like a weed, which meant he had to take constant care of it.

He looked down to his jawline and saw stubbles.

Dean sighed, 'Man, it's bad enough I need a haircut twice a month now I need to shave every few days'


At Camp Half-Blood

Lily woke bright and early to start her daily training routine.

She went to the sandpits and began stretching.

Tim then showed up and looked surprised to see her, "Oh hey, what're you doing here?"

"My morning workout" Lily said finding it odd he happened to be here at this exact time.

"What a coincidence, this is where I usually go for my morning workout" Tim said with a bright smile.

"I'll go somewhere else then" Lily said not wanting to be bothered.

"Hey why don't we spar a little, that would be a great workout for both of us" Tim offered.

"I'd rather train alone" Lily said walking away.

"Unless you're afraid to lose to a boy" Tim teased her.

Lily stopped in her tracks.

Tim grinned.


At the Institute

Dean was in the Danger room training under the gravity simulation.

He was doing push-ups at a rapid pace.

"51..52..53..54" Dean said out loud, beads of sweat trickling down his body and dropping to the floor.

With each one his arms began to bulge slightly more and weaken from the incredible strain that they were in.

"56…57….58…..59…" Dean struggled for the last one, his muscles felt like they were on fire.

"…60!" he collapsed to the floor.

'Well I hope next time goes a little better than that' Dean thought, "End simulation" he said and he felt the strain of the extra weight release its hold and leave his body.

Dean immediately went up to take a shower and clean up.


At Camp Half-Blood

Lily was standing by the lake. She was covered in dirt, bruises, and scrapes after her spar with Tim. Which wasn't as easy as she thought it would be by the way.

Lily looked around before taking off her armor and undressing.

When she was down to her underwear she went to step in when suddenly Jon leapt into the lake like a cannonball, "Woohoo!"

"What're you doing here?" Lily asked with her arms crossed.

Jon pretended like he was surprised to see her, "Oh hey, didn't see you there"

Lily's eyes narrowed, "Did you follow me?"

Jon scoffed, "Of course I didn't" He said as if it should be obvious, "I'm just came for a dip" He actually did follow her and hoped he could spend some alone time with her.

"Well..." Lily looked a little awkward, "I was going to bathe here" she didn't seem very forthcoming to the idea of sharing the same water with him.

Jon could tell she was uncomfortable, "Well excuse me, I didn't realize it was a women's only lake" he sighed, "But fine I'll leave"

Jon walked out of the water with a disappointed look and went to grab his discarded clothing.

When he was out of sight Lily laughed and jumped in the water, looks like a sad face can fool boys pretty easily.


At the Institute

Dean walked into his room after taking a shower.

As if on cue to catch him getting dressed, Jean walked in.

She closed the door behind her and tackled Dean onto his bed.

"What are you up to?" Jean asked with a smile.

"Nothing, kind of bored actually. Maybe you can fix that" Dean said with a grin.

"Well what do you have in mind?" Jean asked with her own grin.

"Something like this" Dean laid a small kiss on her lips, "or this" he kissed her a little longer than before, "or even this" he kissed her deeply with more passion and rolled on top of her taking charge.

Right as things were heating up Dean's phone rang, interrupting them. He opened one eye and looked at the text message to see if it was important, and it sort of was.

Dean backed away from Jean, "Wait a sec" He gave the message his full attention and read it carefully.

"What's wrong?" Jean asked, finding it odd that there was something more important than her.

She looked at his phone and saw that the message was in a language she had never seen before, "What language is that?"

"Ancient Greek, Tim always uses it" Dean said.

Jean frowned, she found it awfully convenient how they spoke a language that barely anyone knew including her.

Dean sighed, "Tim says they need me because Chiron is making some changes to the teams and all the leaders are required to be there" his face fell right on Jean's breasts, totally intentionally, "Aw man, he has the worst timing"

"So you're going?" Jean asked with a frown.

"I have to" Dean reluctantly got off her and looked through his drawers for something to wear.

"You're over there every weekend" Jean got off the bed, "Why can't you just spend one here at home?"

"Cause I have a responsibility you know that, they need me" Dean said.

"Well what about me? I'm your girlfriend, I need you too" Jean said lightly moving his face to look at her.

"Oh so when Scott needs to be a leader you'll go as far as insulting me to help him but when I need to be a leader you say screw me and my team right?" Dean said with an irritated expression.

Jean rolled her eyes and sighed, "I didn't say that"

"No but it's what you're thinking, and I don't need telepathy to know that" Dean put on a plain black t-shirt, "I need to be there every weekend to make sure that not only my team is improving, but more importantly that I'm improving"

Jean stared at him with a worried expression, "I've been meaning to ask how you've been since your fight with Kratos. Because something has felt different about you since then"

"You mean since I got my ass handed to me by that fucking asshole?" Dean said with hate in his voice.

Jean didn't like to see this side of Dean, it's like ever since then he's been obsessed with improving so much that he's lost a part of himself.

"You shouldn't be so hard on yourself" Jean said as she came from behind him and embraced him in a hug.

Dean made her get off of him, "No I should, I failed miserably and I almost let him take my life and all of yours" he grabbed his duffle bag that was filled with his equipment, "And that's why I have to go"

Jean stared at him with sadness in her eyes, "Why can't you just let it go?"

Dean shook his head, 'You still don't understand' he looked at her with regret, 'Because you can't see my world'

Jean wished she could hear what he was thinking, it'd be a nice change for once to not be left in the dark.

'Maybe you'll never understand' Dean swung the duffle bag over his shoulder, "I'm outta here"

"Be careful" Jean kissed him trying to cheer him up.

Dean didn't respond with the passionate kiss that he usually replied with. When their lips separated he simply said, "Bye" and proceeded going downstairs.


At Camp Half-Blood

Everyone gathered at the amphitheater.

Chiron stood before them along with Lily and the other new girls that sat with her at the Artemis table.

"I'm sure you've all noticed some new faces around camp as of late" Chiron's voice echoed through the amphitheater.

"Sitting at the Artemis table no less, what's with that?" Clarisse spoke loudly enough for everyone to hear.

"Our group of newcomers are defectors from the amazon nation" Chiron said.

That stirred up a worrisome commotion in the crowd.

"Why didn't we know about them before?" Someone asked.

"My knowledge of them had been very limited until now" Chiron said.

"Are they our enemies?" Someone asked.

"How can we trust these newcomers?" Someone else asked.

Billy stood up, "I think we should gather our strongest men, and divide and conquer" he said with a smirk, "And when I say conquer I mean f—"

Dean grabbed Billy and dragged him down, "Sit the fuck down"

Lily and the other amazons glared at Billy.

"I assure you that the Amazon nation is no threat to us at the moment. And as far as the ones behind me I've deduced that they're trustworthy" Chiron said with honesty in his voice.

The crowd died down leaving a curious silence in its wake.

"Treat them as you would any other camper, and for you curious boys" Chiron looked at Billy with a cautious look, "Tread carefully"

Jon leaned over to Billy with a smirk, "You better watch, they might tie you down and put on some strap-ons" he whispered with delight.

Billy squirmed, "Uh you're sick"

Jon laughed.

"Given their, single minded upbringing, I will allow them to separately join any team they choose" Chiron said.

The girls didn't look very happy about that last part, they would have preferred to stay together but Chiron insisted they split up.


The 4 troublemakers sat by the sandpit, waiting for their opponents to arrive.

Billy paced back and forth with a concerned expression, "I need to find a way to get her to join the team"

"Leave, I'm sure she'll be glad to take your place" Jon said with a smirk.

Billy gave him the middle finger and kept on trying to come up with an idea.

"I say we let her do what she wants, if you try to force her she's never gonna wanna go near us" Tim said.

Dean laughed, "You guys are still on this?"

"This is no laughing matter" Billy said with a serious face.

Dean raised an eyebrow with an amused smile, "Ok?" He never saw Billy so determined before, "I hope Lily isn't going to impair your battle instincts"

"Relax, we've been on a winning streak since we won the first time" Tim said feeling laid back.

"Who we facing today again?" Jon asked having forgotten.

"Apolo Cabin" Dean reminded him.

Right as he said that they showed up.

Richie, Will, Michael, and Lee.

"Jon why don't you go first" Dean said, he tended to send Jon out first and use him a second time later so he gained more experience. Not all the time but sometimes.

Jon grabbed his axe and stepped onto the sand right as Will did at the same time.

Jon frowned, "I have to fight the little one?" He sounded disappointed.

Will on the other hand looked up at the massive teen in fear.

Jon dropped his axe and crossed his arms, "Whenever you're ready" he said with a bored expression.

Will gulped as he loaded his sling and started spinning it around.

Jon slowly walked towards him.

Will launched the pellet at him as hard as he could.

It hit Jon's chest and had no effect.

Jon then threw a punch.

Will covered himself with his shield.

Jon hit the shield with his fist and sent Will flying out of the sandpit.

"I'm surprised he didn't toy with him at all" Tim admitted.

Dean shrugged, "Maybe he's not in the mood"

Jon walked out and sighed.

"Tim, you go" Dean said.

Tim nodded and walked onto the sands.

From the opposing side, Lee stepped forward.

Tim looked calm and without worry, 'Single sword, more powerful swings, could be used as one handed to leave the other hand free, definitely not going to tire out anytime soon'

Before they could begin, Lily suddenly showed up with her fellow Amazon's.

They'd been going around, observing other team's fights to determine where each of them would end up.

Tim raised a curious eyebrow as he took note of her, 'Interesting'

"Well then" Billy said as he stroked his imaginary beard with a smirk.

Jon grit his teeth, "Fuckin shit" he muttered angrily, the one time he could have shown off in front of her he'd already won his match.

Dean noticed her in the corner of his eye, 'Oh lord'

Tim made the first move by swinging his staff downwards.

Lee raised his sword and blocked before spinning around for a horizontal slice.

Tim held his staff vertically and blocked before pushing Lee back.

Lily stepped closer to Dean as she paid close attention to the fight, "No greeting?" She said with an amused expression.

"Not that I'm unhappy that you graced us with your presence, but why did you come?" Dean asked.

Tim thrusted his staff a few times and Lee moved swiftly enough to block each one.

Lily shrugged, "The other teams bored us, so I thought maybe I'd check yours out"

Billy zipped right next to Lily with a smirk and a raised eyebrow, "Check me out?" He said suggestively.

Lily rolled her eyes, "Check everyone out" she corrected him.

Billy nodded skeptically, "Well I didn't realize you were into the group thing, but I think we can make it work"

Lily realized what he was implying, "Why you!" She threw a punch.

Billy zipped behind Dean, "Geez, can't take a joke?"

Lee swung his blade downward with his right hand.

Tim thrusted his spear and, without piercing Lee's skin, struck the pressure point in his armpit rendering his right arm lifeless.

Lee's blade stopped a centimeter above Tim's head.

Lily's eyes widened in shock, she never saw a move like that.

Dean raised an eyebrow, he should make a point to study acupuncture.

Tim then snatched the blade from Lee's hand and brought it to his throat.

"You win" Lee said admitting defeat.

Tim hit a different spot under Lee's arm and the numbness faded. He then walked back with a smile on his face.

Billy glared at Tim as he sat next to him, "Oh really?"

Tim shrugged sheepishly.

Billy nodded in understanding, Ok, I see how it is"

"Billy you go" Dean said figuring he was itching to go next.

Billy zipped around in a circle a few times until he stopped, having removed all his armor, his shirt, and let down his hair that was usually tied up allowing it to flow freely in the breeze.

"Dude what're you doing?" Dean asked.

Billy walked onto the sands letting the sun shine on his perfectly sculpted abdominals.

"Is this really necessary?" Tim asked.

Lily's amazon's giggled and whispered things to each other.

Jon cupped his hands and shouted, "Get off the stage magic mike!"

Tim and Dean laughed lightly.

Billy ignored them and stayed focused.

Michael stepped forward from the other side and raised his guard in preparation.

Billy zipped forward and slashed his hip, right by the gap in his opponent's armor.

Michael looked around frantically, he never even saw him move.

Billy slashed the back of his legs.

Michael dropped to his knees and swung his sword behind him in attempt to strike his opponent.

Billy blocked and knocked the weapon out of his hand.

Michael then swung his shield but Billy hopped over it, spun in the air, and kicked it out of his grasp.

Billy then placed his dagger around Michael's neck, "You just got spanked"

Michael looked at him with an irritated expression before going back to his team.

Billy walked towards Lily.

Tim scoffed, "Showoff"

Billy stopped in front of Lily and flipped his hair, "I barely even broke a sweat on that guy" he said in a husky voice.

Lily smirked amusingly.

Billy blatantly pulled up his pants to draw attention to his lower body, "Maybe I could give you some 1 on 1 lessons sometime" he stared at her with lustful eyes.

"Sure" Lily said dryly while trying to restrain an eye roll. He was an oversexed horny teenager.

Billy walked back to the others.

"You guys are really something" Dean stepped onto the sands and just drew his sword, leaving his shield on his back.

On the other side Richie stepped forward and instinctively entered his defensive stance, he knew better than to play around.

Dean waved him over, "C'mon now, I don't have all day"

Richie advanced and swung his spear low and horizontally in attempt to slice Dean's legs.

Dean perfectly timed his jump by hopping up and landing exactly on the spear, snapping it in half, and extending the point of his blade to Richie's throat.

Tim chuckled amusingly, "This fucking guy"

Richie submitted, "I definitely need a metal spear" he said with an annoyed expression, this was the second time his weapon broke.

Dean walked back, "Like I was gonna let you guys show me up"


After finishing with their training for the day all the half-bloods went to the mess hall.

The 4 troublemakers walked towards their table with their food.

"You had to give me the kid to fight" Jon mumbled as he sat down.

"I didn't know she was gonna show up" Dean said feeling bad.

"It's ok Jony boy, you never had a chance to begin with" Billy said with a smirk as he went to take a bite out of his food.

Jon slapped his tray of food to the ground.

Tim and Dean snickered.

Billy's eyes narrowed, "Fine, I'll get another tray" he zipped away and came back with a new tray of food.

"So, how's your competition going?" Dean asked curiously.

"Well I'm winning, so, just great" Billy boasted.

"I'm pretty sure she gagged when you took off your shirt" Jon said with a sly smirk.

"Fuck you" Billy said glaring at him.

Tim chuckled, "Not as good as we hoped, she's still very distant towards us. I think it's going to take some time before she trusts us enough to let us get close"

"I see" Dean said nodding. He gazed over at the Artemis table and saw Lily and her amazon friends conversing, almost blatantly looking at his table, "I think I might be able to help you guys" he got up and walked over to the girls.

"Wait what is he doing?" Billy asked.

"Showing more balls than you ever have" Jon said sipping on his drink.

Dean approached them and found the girls giggling, "Did I miss something funny?"

The girls looked upon him with neutral looks, neither positive nor negative, they're masters at concealing their true thoughts.

"We were talking about your light-haired friend and his amusing antics" Lily said giving him a welcoming smile.

"Yeah, amusing among other things" Dean admitted.

One of Lily's friends, Vyra gazed at him curiously. She wore similar clothing to the others, brown leather specifically made for females. She had jet black hair in a French braid and had hazel colored eyes.

"That was an impressive victory earlier" Vyra commended him.

Dean gave her a friendly smile, "I just got lucky" he said not wanting to sound cocky.

"So what brings you to our table?" Lily asked.

"Well, me and the guys were planning on going back to our hideout in Bayville. I thought it would be nice if you came with us" Dean said.

Lily looked skeptical as she looked at her friends, perhaps not for permission but for guidance.

"Of course, your friends are welcome as well, it's up to you" Dean said before going back to his table.

"So?" Tim asked.

Dean looked back at the table of girls and saw them talking in an excited manner. He sipped on his cherry coke, "Your welcome"


Later at the Hideout

The guys sat in Billy's room.

Billy sat on his bed tapping his foot impatiently, "She's not coming" he claimed with a frown.

Jon shrugged, "More for us"

"You don't know that" Tim said staying optimistic.

"She'll come" Dean said trusting his instincts.

Somebody walked in, "Some girl is here to see you"

Tim looked confused, "Girl? Singular?"

Billy zipped to the door and opened it to find Lily there, standing alone, "Well hellooo" he cooed.

Lily sighed, "Hi" she said dryly.

Billy moved out of the way, "Come in mademoiselle"

Lily reluctantly walked in.

"Soo, why don't—"

Jon knocked into him sending him flying into a pile of cardboard boxes, "Why don't I show you around" he put his arm around her and walked with her.

Lily looked a little awkward walking with Jon, considering he was a good foot and change taller than her.

"This is where everyone hangs out" Jon said as they passed through the area with all the pool and poker tables, "And over here" they walked into the hall, "Is where we train and have our 1v1 fights"

"Its spacious" Lily said admiring the size of it.

"Yeah, I wonder if it's big enough for a free-for-all" Jon pondered out loud.

Lily then watched as Jon ran off for no reason.

"Hey where are you going?!" Jon shouted.

Lily looked confused.

"I made him see an illusion of you running off" Tim said standing next to her.

Lily looked at him, "That's an odd power, how did you sneak up on me?"

Tim shrugged, "I'm light on my feet. Anyways follow me, Dean and I have something to show you"

They walked to Billy's room where Dean was waiting.

"I hope they didn't fight over you too much" Dean joked.

Lily smirked, "It's actually kind of amusing"

"What happened to your friends?" Tim asked.

"I was afraid Billy's behavior might trigger them" Lily admitted.

"Smart move" Tim and Dean said in unison.

Jon and Billy came into the room in a hurry.

"There you are" Billy said sounding relieved.

"You guys coming?" Dean asked as he opened the trap door.

"Oh hell yeah son" Billy zipped through the trap door.


5 minutes later

They sat around the table surrounded by a cloud of smoke and each of them had their respective drinks.

Lily coughed a few times, "Whoa" she giggled goofily, "Everything's so colorful"

Billy snickered, "Ok, no more for the amazon"

"How does everyone feel about ordering 4 pies?" Dean offered.

"Pizza is absolutely necessary right now" Tim said with a giant grin on his face.

"And lots of soda" Billy added as he downed his beer.

"I'm on it" Jon took out his phone and went to order.

"So what else do you do down here?" Lily asked curiously.

"We mostly just talk about random stuff after we're done, also eat pizza" Tim said.

"Why don't we play truth or dare?" Billy suggested.

"What's that?" Lily asked.

"Oh that's just the most abused teenager game to get to kiss girls" Tim said.

"Besides spin the bottle" Dean pointed out.

"True that" Tim said taking a swig from his beer.

"How do you play?" Lily asked.

"You ask a person to choose truth or dare. If you pick truth you have to answer a question, if you pick dare you have to do anything the person asks" Jon explained.

Lily raised an eyebrow, "Anything?"

"You're a free person, it's your choice if you wanna do it" Tim said.

"But you look like a chicken if you don't" Dean pointed out.

"To me it seems like a game to learn more about the people you're playing with. There should be easier ways to find out more about your friends" Lily said.

"The easier way would be to just ask the question directly and hope the person is comfortable enough to answer truthfully" Tim said.

Billy looked sort of skeptical, like there was something on his mind, "Hey Dean, the rest of us don't have parents, did you ever think what it would be like to live without them?"

Dean looked sad for a moment, "I don't even wanna think about life without my parents"

"You get used to it" Jon said speaking from experience.

Lily looked at him, "Yours aren't around?"

Billy and Tim avoided eye contact with Jon, he didn't like anyone bringing up his mom.

Jon tensed as his mind remembered the tragic loss of his mother. He clenched his fists in anger.

Dean placed his hand on Jon's shoulder, "Hey, she doesn't know"

Jon exhaled deeply and relaxed a little, "My mother died recently. My stepfather of all people killed her, when he was trying to kill me" he looked down in sadness.

Lily saw the sadness on his face and could relate to his pain, "I'm sorry"

Jon rubbed his eye, "It's fine, I'll get over it"

"That guy Forson was a psycho, you deserved better than that" Dean said sincerely, "My dad's always been there for me, I can't imagine what you guys went through" He looked at Tim who was sitting next to him, "Hey Tim what about you? You never told us about your dad"

"I never knew my father" Tim said with a sad face.

"Where did you grow up?" Jon asked.

"I was raised in an orphanage, not knowing who either of my parents were. I was never adopted because I never liked any of the families, they were all so dumb" Tim admitted.

Lily smirked, it was a little funny.

"Then one day my mother came to me in a dream and told me who I was, after that I was on my own until I met you guys" Tim said in relief.

"What about you Billy?" Dean asked.

Billy scratched his head, "You guys don't wanna hear my story, it's not important"

"Sure we do" Jon said.

"We got some time to kill before the pizza gets here" Tim pointed out.

"Well, I had a mom…she died when I was really young" Billy said.

"So you don't have anyone else?" Dean asked.

"I have a grandpa, but he wasn't there at the time. So I learned to survive on the streets, on my own" Billy said.

"And that's how you became the king of thieves" Jon assumed.

Billy nodded, "Yeah"

"I wish you guys could have had a father like mine" Dean said feeling bad for them all.

"So? I never did things with my old man and look how I turned out" Billy said with a smile.

They all bursted out laughing.

"What?" Billy asked not getting it.

Tim looked at Lily curiously, "Hey Lily, why did you leave the amazons?"

Lily stopped laughing and shifted uncomfortably. The rest of them shared so it would be rude if she didn't, "My kin and I didn't share the same opinion on men. They think women should enslave men, I believe there should just be equality. So, a few others and I left"

"That sounds kind of hot" Billy admitted.

"She's talking about complete gender superiority" Dean pointed out.

"That's a little messed up" Jon said.

"I agreed that the world of men was perhaps a little misogynistic and sexist at times, but our leader was talking madness. She wanted to enslave mankind, or at least eventually when she has the resources and the numbers" Lily said.

Tim nodded, "It must have been hard for you to leave"

Lily looked sad, "I had to leave my best friend behind because she agreed with our leader and I didn't"

"Well, we may not be the greatest examples of respectful males but we're your friends, and that'll never change right guys?" Dean asked.

"Hell no" Billy said.

"You're one of us now" Jon said.

Lily looked a little embarrassed, "Does that mean that I can join your team?"

Tim smirked.

Billy looked ecstatic.

Jon looked at Dean to see what he would say.

Dean raised his beer with a smile, "To the newest troublemaker"

They all raised their drinks and toasted.

Lily finished her drink and then looked at Dean, "What about you?"

Dean put down his beer, "What about me?"

"You didn't share anything" Lily noticed.

Dean shrugged, "You all know where I'm from"

"Yeah" Lily admitted, "But I can't help but feel like there's something missing"

Tim looked away awkwardly.

Lily took note of that instantly, "What?"

Dean gave Tim a serious look.

Tim shook his head, "Nothing"

Lily looked back and forth between the two of them, "You know something" she said to Tim.

Tim cleared his throat, "It's not my place to say anything"

Jon and Billy looked at Dean curiously.

Dean noticed everyone's eyes on him, "It's…not something that enjoy remembering"

"I'm pretty sure everyone shared something like that" Jon pointed out almost demanding Dean share what was on his mind.

He knew it looked bad, but Dean makes a point not to think about his past, so he could possibly forget about it altogether.

Tim looked at Dean, "I know it's hard, but you're better off just getting it over with"

Dean looked down, he felt a sharp pain in his stomach as he thought about his runaway adventure again. He downed the rest of his drink in preparation, "Alright, you wanna know about me? Fine"

The air suddenly got colder in the room.

"Last year I ran away from home when I found out my dad…wasn't really my dad. I felt like he betrayed my trust at the time, and that hurt so much because I held the guy on a pedestal. I went far away until I ended up in Alberta, where I fought in a cage for money. One night a fight got out of control and I punched a guy so hard his head turned around, killed him instantly" Dean admitted.

Billy opened another bottle and downed it right away, "Shit" he burped.

"I felt so torn up inside afterwards, I wasn't thinking straight. I took up this strange man's offer to join this organization that would pay me to be a soldier. He told me they were the good guys, when they were actually a terrorist organization that brainwashes their soldiers into complete obedience. They trained me to be a killer, but by the time I realized what they actually were…" Dean paused for a moment as he held back his emotions, "They had kidnapped my parents and forced me to brutally torture and kill this couple for information"

Tim blankly stared at him, he didn't know that part.

"I managed to escape with my family through the help of Shield, but the damage was done. My hands had been tainted, and my family shamed" Dean said coldly.

Lily grabbed his hand and held it for support.

"That's why I try my best to forget what happened, but it always comes back after a while. To remind me of my failure, of the lives I took" Dean said.

Jon looked upon his friend with a shocked expression, "I didn't know…taking a life could do that to you"

"When I told you it wasn't worth it, I was speaking from experience" Dean said trying his best to repress the memories again.

"It may have been a failure, but it made you who you are. It made you the caring friend that helped me with everything" Lily said opening up to him.

"I didn't do anything" Dean said being modest.

"Yes you did, you gave me the strength to face my past and now you've helped me overcome this social barrier I've had with your gender" Lily said laughing lightly.

"She's right, your experience helped you grow as a person" Tim said honestly.

"Hopefully for the better" Dean said.

"Of course for the better, I might have killed my stepfather if it wasn't for you" Jon said gratefully.

"I might have still been on the road alone doing who knows what if I never lost to you, so that training did something" Tim mentioned.

"And I would have still been a petty thief if you never showed me courage when you fought Gorgeous George" Billy admitted.

Dean shriveled in disgust, "I'll never forget that taste"

Someone knocked on the green door.

Jon got up and opened it, it was someone holding the pizza pies, "Yes!" he took them and closed the door.

Jon placed the boxes in the center of the table, opened the top box revealing a peperoni pie, and grabbed a slice, "I propose a toast, to our leader, who brought us all together"

Billy grabbed a slice, "Who's always the one to never give up"

Lily grabbed a slice, "Who we all trust"

Tim grabbed a slice, "Who, with a little help, plans our way to victory" he said cockily.

Dean shook his head with a smile and grabbed a slice, "You guys are great" he admitted, "Thank you" he said sincerely, "Now let's devour some pizza!" they all dug in.

True friendship is something to be treasured. From that day on, I always knew they had my back


Author's note: Finally finished this one, it was a bit slow so it took me a while. Some necessary team and character development nonetheless. And now we've finally arrived at the finale of the first season! (The show not necessarily my story) I'll try my best to finish it fast but I also wanna make it good, so we'll see. Until then read and review!