Well, here is part 2 of the reunions (and a spar between Jason and Percy)

Note: I don't know a thing about spear combat, so I am just making a lot of it up. Hope that's ok.

(Jason POV)

They took their places and got ready to spar.

As they slowly circled, Jason took some time to think about how to go about this fight. He had just taught Percy spear combat, so he knew what Percy's limitations were. That being said, Percy was an incredibly quick study, so any move he tried, Percy was sure to copy. He also knew that Percy was fast, faster than he was. The fact that Percy hadn't attacked yet meant he had taken the lesson about caution to heart.

All of this came together to form the image of a very intimidating opponent, even if this opponent had only held a spear for an hour. Jason's other concern was Percy's mental state. He though sparring might be a good way for Percy to let off steam, but he also didn't want to set Percy off in any way.

Percy reversed his circling, and Jason was almost too slow to react. It looked like he couldn't focus on anything but the fight right now. He put his concerns about Percy's state of mind away. Instead, he studied Percy's stance. It was utterly flawless. Jason couldn't see any openings. And since Percy wasn't moving in either, this was clearly going to be a game of patience.

A thought popped into his mind and he smiled inwardly. If he could make it look like he misstepped, he might be able to bait Percy into attacking. He was pretty sure Percy wasn't comfortable enough with spear combat to predict a bait like that.

It worked, but he didn't fully account for Percy's speed and precision. Percy attacked the way Jason predicted he would, but he was faster than Jason had planned. As a result, Jason had to backstep, giving up his advantage.

Now that the first move had been made, the rest of the fight flowed naturally. There were few breaks in their fighting. They lunged and dodged, swung and blocked.

As they fought, Jason quickly began to realize that this was not going to be an easy win. Percy was not only faster and stronger, he was cleverer. Jason knew more about spear combat, but that also meant his thinking and strategizing was more rigid. Percy was new to spear combat, so he moved in unorthodox ways.

Most startling was when Percy lunged with his spear in his left hand. That was weird, Percy was definitely right-handed. A one-handed lunge was a difficult enough maneuver to do accurately, but to do it with ones non-dominant hand? Damn.

The most impressive part was Percy's defensive capabilities. Percy dodged or blocked every attack Jason could think of. Jason was especially impressed when Percy knocked aside his slash with the butt of his spear. That was a maneuver one usually only saw in fighters with years of experience fighting with a spear.

Eventually, Jason started to realize he had no shot at winning. He might know more about spear combat, but it didn't matter, Percy was a stronger fighter. His strikes were faster, harder, more precise. Not only that, but he was clearly in better shape. Jason was seriously winded after the bouts that they had shared, Percy was barely breaking a sweat.

It was clear, Percy was going to win this one. Unless…

It wasn't necessarily the most sportsmanlike thing to do, but they had never specified that they couldn't use their powers. Whew, ok. He only had one shot at this. Once he used his powers in the fight, he was basically giving Percy permission to do the same.

He rushed at Percy, something he had said no spear fighter should do. Percy smiled, as if he knew he had won already. But when Percy lunged, Jason jumped. He used the power of the winds to launch himself in the air, clear over Percy's head. Before Percy had the chance to react, Jason twisted midair and sliced with his spear, another thing most spear fighters wouldn't do.

And it worked, he got a solid hit on Percy's right shoulder. It wasn't deep, nothing a bite of ambrosia or a swig of nectar wouldn't fix. It wasn't the nicest thing he had done, but hey, he wanted to win.

But he hadn't anticipated what would happen next. Under normal circumstances, he would have expected Percy to just drop his spear in surprise and drop to his knees. No. Percy screamed, a horrifying, blood curling scream.

Then, this crazy strong shockwave blasted him out of the air and onto the deck. He fell hard, and when he looked up, he saw Percy standing over him.

He paled; his blood ran cold. Percy looked absolutely murderous. His eyes were dark, almost black. But in the darkness of his eyes, there was also a golden glint. His earlier smile of exhilaration was replaced by a frightening scowl. Riptide was back to being a sword, his hand shaking as he gripped it so hard his knuckles turned white.

"Hey man," Jason said nervously. "I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean to hurt you."

Percy said nothing. He just slowly walked forward.

(Piper POV)

They started running the moment they heard the scream. Annabeth was the first one out of her seat, she instantly recognized it as Percy.

When they burst onto the deck, they saw Percy and Jason sword fighting. More accurately, they saw Percy trying to kill Jason. She had witnessed Percy and Jason's fight in Kansas, this was an entirely different level.

Percy practically glowed with power. He was utterly ruthless in his attacks. Jason could barely do more than deflect his blows. Jason tried to blow Percy away with a blast of air, and it did absolutely nothing.

She could see Jason getting desperate. Before anyone could say anything, Jason summoned lightning and blasted Percy in the chest. When he had done that in Kansas, Percy had been blown clear off his Pegasus. Now, Percy just set one foot back and absorbed the blow. The deck around his feet was charred, but Percy was completely fine.

"Percy! Stop!" she channeled all of her charmspeak into her voice. Nothing. It did nothing. Percy just kept advancing on Jason.

"PERCY!" Annabeth screamed in horror. She looked over and saw tears streaming down Annabeth's face.

Annabeth's voice must have gotten through to him. Percy looked away from Jason towards where her voice had come from. As he looked in their direction, Piper almost ran back below deck. Percy's eyes were fierce and dark. His face grim and determined, as if he could think of nothing besides killing Jason.

But the moment his eyes laid on Annabeth; the look disappeared. His eyes began to lighten until they were their original Sea green color. He had a look of confusion, then realization, then horror. The aura of power completely disappeared as Percy looked at Jason. He then instantly started crying.

Next thing they knew, Percy was curled up against the starboard railing, sobbing. Annabeth ran over to him as she ran to Jason.

"What the hell happened? What did Percy do?" she asked her boyfriend.

"Nothing, he didn't do anything." Jason had a cut over his left eye. "It was my fault. I'm so sorry."

They looked over to Percy, he was violently shaking on the floor. Frank ran over to him.

Eventually, Percy passed out. Annabeth figured he had had another panic attack and had passed out because of the hyperventilation. Frank offered to carry him to the med bay. Hazel went with them.

Annabeth joined Piper by Jason. He was leaning against his sword like it were a cane. He was in almost as bad of a shape as Percy was. He was heaving, gasping for air.

Annabeth looked at Jason, "What the hell happened?"

Jason looked ashamed. "Percy wanted me to teach him how to fight with a spear. When he seemed to have a grasp on it, I offered to spar." He stopped to catch his breath. "He's good. A natural. So, I used a cheap trick, and I cut him. Then, I don't know. It's like he wasn't Percy anymore. It was like he was possessed."

Annabeth looked furious. "You fucking idiot!"

"Hey!" she interrupted. "Annabeth calm down. Your boyfriend almost killed him."

"No Piper," Jason said. "She's right. I was stupid. He was fine until I hurt him. I wasn't thinking."

"Yeah, no shit," Annabeth only ever cussed like this when she was mad. Not good. "You triggered him you moron. Didn't I just say we have to be careful around him? We have no idea what will set him off, and you think it's a good idea to get into a fight? Did you never stop to think that that's probably all he did in Tartarus?"

"No, you're absolutely right Annabeth. I screwed up." Jason was finally able to stand straight now. "I deserve everything you have to say. But I also learned some stuff, do you want to hear it?"

Annabeth took a deep breath. "Fine, what?"

"Ok, so he won't answer any direct questions. He gets really closed off. I asked him how he figured out how to turn Riptide into a spear and he almost shut down. So, asking about new skills is also off limits."

Annabeth nodded, "I basically told you that this morning moron."

Jason put his hands up in a placating gesture, "Yeah, fair enough. But also, you can learn a lot about someone when you fight them, so I learned a bit more than that."

He looked towards the stairwell. "So, as you saw, Percy is way stronger than he was before. Frank and Hazel mentioned the Styx, but I think it's more than that. You saw how he was completely unaffected by both my gust of wind and lightning."

"He also didn't react to my charmspeak," Piper said. "But that might also have been adrenaline thing. It might work under less stressful circumstances."

"Good," Annabeth said. "We might need that. He calmed down when I talked to him, but if I'm not around, you might be our best bet. You also might need to charmspeak him into eating." She gave her a knowing look. "Like you did to me after Rome."

She coughed nervously. "Ok, what else do we know?"

"Well, we know he's a Roman demigod now."

"Yeah, Frank and Hazel told us. After they left you with him." Annabeth gave Jason a sideways look, "Clearly we're not doing that again."

Leo walked over to them from the steering wheel, where he had been checking the status of the ship after Percy and Jason's sparring match. "Damn! Percy's kind of a badass now, huh? Sure kicked your butt huh Jason?"

Annabeth scowled at Leo. "Yeah, we're not leaving you alone with him either." She looked at Piper. "Could you watch him for a while? I'm gonna go talk to Frank and Hazel, then I'm probably gonna go sleep for a bit. I didn't really get much sleep last night."

"Sure, no problem." She went down to the med bay, where she dismissed Frank from his turn watching Percy.

As she sat in the med bay, she looked at Percy. It was almost impossible to believe that the boy lying here was the same as the dark eyed warrior that almost killed her boyfriend a few minutes ago. Sleeping, he looked just like any other teenager. His messy hair, sleeping with his mouth open, drooling on the pillow.

She smiled seeing him like that. In this moment she knew what her real job was going to be. Annabeth had them all on the lookout for possible triggers, and any bits of knowledge about Tartarus. That made sense, she was the daughter of Athena, she was all about knowledge. But Piper was the daughter of Aphrodite. She believed in love, compassion, hope. Her real job would be to reassure Annabeth that her boyfriend still retained his humanity, that he wasn't fully broken.

She was broken out of her musings by Jason knocking on the doorframe. "Hey Pipes, how is he?"

She looked up at him, he looked better. "He's resting. It's crazy, looking at him like this, he looks nothing like the Percy we saw on the deck."

Jason nodded. "Yeah, I wish you guys could have seen him before he got like that. When I was teaching him how to fight with a spear, he was so excited. So lively. But all it took was a cut…" he trailed off.

"Hey," she grabbed his hand. "It wasn't your fault. You didn't know he would react like that."

"But I should have, that's the point. I just got so excited to see him acting like his old self. And I got lost in that feeling, I didn't stop to think."

She smiled at him, "You're an optimist. Of course you wanted to believe he was back to normal." Her smile faded. "I'm worried about Annabeth."

Jason shrugged, "I'm not. She's strong. And now that she had Percy back, I don't think it's possible for anything to happen to her. In fact, I pity the monster that tries to pick a fight with Annabeth now."

She looked up at her boyfriend. He really was a softy. "Go get some rest, I can keep watching him. And eat some ambrosia too, that cut looks pretty bad."

He squeezed her shoulder, "Yes ma'am." With a big goofy smile on his face, he left.

With that, she went back to watching Percy.

(Short time skip)

It was just around sunset that Percy began to stir. Piper had actually dozed off in the middle there somewhere. Annabeth had swung by just after dinner, but Piper had shooed her away and told her to rest.

When Percy began to stir, Piper was instantly jostled into full alertness.

"What? Where am I?" Percy looked confused.

"Hey, it's ok. You're in the med bay. You passed out." She tried to speak as calmly as possible, but she didn't want to use charmspeak yet.

"Where's Annabeth?" It made Piper smile to see that Percy's first concern upon waking was to check on Annabeth.

"She's sleeping right now. I told her I would keep an eye on you."

"Keep an eye on me?"

"You passed out. Do you not remember? You had a panic attack." She kept her speech slow and soft.

"I did…? But why? I remember Jason and I had a sparring match, and then–" Percy's eyes went wide – "I attacked him. I tried to kill him. Oh gods, what is wrong with me?"

"Hey hey. Slow down." She tried channeling a bit of charmspeak. "This is how you ended up having a panic attack in the first place. Jason is fine, completely fine. Just stay calm. Take a breath."

Percy breathed. "You promise he's ok?"

"Yeah, of course." She gave a soft laugh, "If anything, he's mostly just embarrassed."

"Embarrassed?"

"Well, Jason has been training with a spear since he was a child. And in the matter of one morning, you were so formidable that his only hope at winning was to break the rules of engagement." She thought maybe trying to spin this as a funny misunderstanding would help set Percy's conscience at ease. "I mean, Jason cheated. That is soooo out of character for him. And he still ended up failing to beat you. Talk about embarrassing."

Percy laughed slightly, and visibly relaxed. "He was a good teacher. And he's a good fighter in his own right. It wasn't exactly an easy fight for me either. But, it's not really his fault regardless. He's just a demigod…" Percy's eyes flashed with panic and he instantly clammed up.

Ok, there was definitely something there that Percy didn't want to talk about. She quickly ran through some things in her head. Annabeth had said not to push him, and Jason had said direct questions were no good. That meant that she needed to be subtle. She could do that, right?

Her stomach growled. "Hey, are you hungry? You slept through dinner."

Percy shrugged, "I could eat I guess; I don't know about hungry though."

"When's the last time you ate anything?"

Percy had a quizzical look on his face. "I…don't know. Time worked differently down there. There was no day or night."

"Well, it took us almost three weeks to get to Epirus. So, let's get some food in you, huh?"

Percy shrugged and got up. They made their way to the mess hall. When they got there, they saw Leo sitting alone at the table. When he saw them, specifically when he saw Percy, he looked really nervous.

"Hey Leo," Percy said somewhat casually.

"Hey man," Leo said back. The moment Percy sat down; he began shifting. "I gotta go check on Festus, glad to see you're feeling better."

He practically ran out of the room. Not subtle.

"What's his deal?" Percy asked as his plate summoned several slices of pepperoni pizza. Not really waiting for an answer, he dug in.

Clearly, this boy had not been properly fed in a long, LONG time. Percy was always a heavy eater, but he was practically inhaling the pizza. Piper nibbled on some vegetarian pita, but Percy ate practically a whole family-sized pizza all by himself.

An idea popped into her head. "If I tell you what's up with Leo, will you answer one of my questions in return?"

Percy shrugged. "Sure," he said between bites of food.

"Ok, well. On our way to Epirus, we had a run-in with an old ice princess friend of ours. She kinda blasted him off of the ship. And…he may have ended up on Ogygia."

Percy suddenly stopped eating. He swallowed. "Ogygia?" he said slowly.

Piper nodded.

"Then, that means that he ran into…"

"Calypso, yeah."

Percy put down the food. "Oh boy, um. I think I need to get some air. I'm gonna go up on the deck."

She followed him up onto the deck. The sun had gone down. Being under the stars made Percy relax somewhat.

But Leo was on the deck, talking to Festus. When he saw Percy, he made another lame excuse and went back below deck.

Percy leaned against the mast. "So, that's why he's avoiding me. He knows about me and Calypso."

Piper nodded, "…yeah. He does."

Percy sighed, "Oh jeez. That kinda sucks."

Piper let them sit in silence for a bit. Then, she hesitantly touched on the question she had. "So, you said you would answer a question of mine in return, can I ask it?" Percy shrugged. "What did you mean when you said that Jason is 'just a demigod'?"

Percy looked away. "Nothing." He said evasively.

But Piper didn't let it go. "Oh, come on. You said you'd answer my question."

Percy looked back at her, clearly uncomfortable. "Ok, but you have to promise not to tell Annabeth about this. Not yet at least"

Piper nodded. She didn't want to actually promise anything. She especially didn't want to be keeping secrets from her best friend. She didn't like that Percy wanted to keep secrets from her.

Percy breathed out slowly. "Ok, well. When I was in Tartarus, I got poisoned pretty bad. And it was going to kill me. The only reason I survived was because…. because a Titan gave me some of their essence."

Piper was stunned. This was definitely not an answer she could have seen coming. "So… that's why you were able to kill a giant without the help of a god?"

Percy shrugged, "I don't know Piper. It's not like my new powers come with an instruction manual. I was dying. And Kro… and the Titan didn't say anything when he gave me his powers. Plus, right when I was leaving, Bob gave me his blessing. And Bob was the lord of mortality, so maybe that's why I did that?" He sounded like he was trying to convince himself more than anything.

Ok. She was glad she hadn't actually made a promise to Percy. This was the kind of stuff that Annabeth needed to know. Deserved to know.

"Wait," she said. "Percy, look at me." Percy turned to look at her. She studied his eyes, "Your eyes, they're a different color. They've got gold in them. Is that from the Titan's essence."

Percy broke eye contact. "Maybe," he said evasively.

Percy clearly didn't want to keep talking about this. Piper knew she needed to move this conversation in a safer direction.

"Well," she said. "Your new eyes definitely look good. Anyway…"

Alright, so that's part 2 of the reunions. I hope you guys like what I did with the Jason v Percy sparring match.

For those of you who left comments about how the crew was handling Percy. I should let you know that I have spent much of my life around mental health and PTSD. You're just gonna have to trust that I know what I am talking about.

But on a different note, what should part 3 of the reunions look like? Part 3 will probably be the last part, then it'll be a new version of the Blood of Olympus storyline. But the next chapter is still gonna be in the limbo between books, so I have a fair amount of creative freedom with it.

What do you want to see in the next chapter? Should there be a Percy and Leo scene? Or should that wait until Olympia the way it does in the book? In what direction should Piper guide the conversation with Percy?

Comment or PM me with your feedback and suggestions.

Peace.