A/N - There is a panic attack in this chapter. Just a kind of trigger warning!
AT FIRST, LEO THOUGHT… intentionally slamming them.
"Khione." Everybody gritted their teeth.
"What is her problem?" Piper groaned.
"She hates your guts." Percy supplied.
"Not helpful bud." Jason said. Percy shrugged.
"Not sure how I can make it helpful." He said.
"That's fair." Jason admitted.
Jason woke up quickly…prepped for cold-weather flying.
"I have a new found respect for pilots." Castor said. Everybody nodded.
Below them, the ground…seemed to be everywhere.
Everybody grimaced. Artemis winced and shot Thalia a worried look.
"I'm sure that I'm fine." Thalia said
"Yeah, she knows that if she isn't, then me and Nico are going to kill her if she dies." Percy said with cheeky smile. Thalia laughed and grinned. Nico nodded in agreement.
He set down the helicopter… splattering ice all over him.
"Oh gods." Beckendorf breathed and gripped Leo's shoulder. Leo grimaced a little because Beckendorf's grip was tight but he didn't say anything. Beckendorf might have realized that his grip was strong. He lightened it a little and grinned sheepishly at Leo.
He got up shakily…flattened the Bell 412
"Oh well, the ranger lady won't be getting her helicopter anytime soon." Nico sighed with a small chuckle. There were a few others who gave a smile or chuckled.
"And according to our luck, she'd probably remember our faces." Piper said
"At least you know you're a demigod so you have camp and the mist to prevent something like that from happening." Rachel said
"You all right?"… all around the Wolf House
Everybody grimaced at that and tensed.
Behind them loomed…appeared from the fog
Zeus and Artemis gave breaths of relief.
"Ah. Well that's good." Percy said. Thalia nodded.
Her parka caked with snow…raised club in each hand.
Zeus and Artemis took in sharp breaths.
"Look out!" Annabeth shouted.
"Don't worry about it. I can't wait to see what Thalia does to the earthborn." Percy said with a small smile. Annabeth, Nico and Grover gave a slight chuckle then. Thalia grinned.
"Look out!" Leo yelled…melted into a pile of clay.
There were a few cheers.
"Skills." Reyna grinned. Thalia grinned back. Artemis smirked. Zeus looked at Thalia, some pride in his eyes. Thalia grinned.
Thalia stood and retrieved…clay resentfully. "Stupid ogre."
Apollo and Artemis frowned.
"We'll make sure that the archers have enough arrows. Probably a quiver which keeps magically replacing arrows?" Apollo suggested. Artemis nodded.
"That'd be good." She said. The archers beamed at them.
"Thanks dad and Aunt Artemis." Michael grinned. Apollo grinned at him and Artemis gave him a smile.
"Nice shot, though,"…was as cool as ever).
"That was a compliment though." Leo frowned. Thalia grimaced.
"Sorry, Leo." She said
She hugged Jason…he's helping Gaea again."
The gods gritted their teeth.
"Hence as a peace offering or to maintain peace in the future, a promotion should be done." Pollux said.
"I don't know,"… who tried to rescue Hera."
Hera shuddered and turned pale.
"Where is she?"… need to finish the thought.
She was taking deep breaths by now and clutched the armrest of the couch and her knuckles turned white. Hestia shot her a worried look.
Leo, Jason, and Piper…"None of that, man."
"None of the collapsing?" Nico asked amusedly. Leo grinned sheepishly. Jason chuckled.
"Yeah, I mean just be like 'dude not right now. No collapsing.'" He chuckled.
"This place ..."… "Who is Lupa?"
"A wolf." The romans shrugged nonchalantly. There were a few chuckles.
An explosion shook the…gotten his arm through.
"You think that Tyson could break the cage or something, just enough to properly just you know take a look or something?" Castor said
"Maybe." Tyson said simply.
Hera was shaking a little by now and just trying her best to not hyperventilate but wasn't having much success at it. Will frowned a little. He was not liking the thought of what would happen if they read on. It would be relatively more traumatizing for the goddess and he knew that now when Nico told him.
Still, he could see inside…good old psychotic babysitter.
Hera was almost on the verge of a panic attack that she didn't even say anything to the 'psychotic' part. This got her some looks and everybody turned to look at Will who still had a frown on his face.
"Uh Will?" Lee asked.
"I think we should get this chapter over fast." Will said. Percy nodded and continued reading.
Leo dropped into the pool…Get me out of here!"
There were a few chuckles at that.
"Inspecting things like a machine gives us a way out. So right now, you need me to inspect you and the cage as a machine." Leo said to Hera with a slightly raised eyebrow. Hera just nodded and her grip on the couch tightened.
"This is…weird." Beckendorf muttered.
"Just read." Will pressed.
Thalia stepped next to him…sorry you were ever born."
"Been there, done that." Thalia muttered. It wasn't as quite as she thought it was. Everybody turned to look at her worriedly. Percy and Nico gave her understanding looks. This got Poseidon and Hades concerned. Zeus and Artemis looked at Thalia in worry.
"This was all before. Not now." Thalia assured them. Percy and Nico nodded at their dads and Artemis, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades visibly relaxed.
"Save it!" Thalia snapped…"It was an accident!"
"That sounds weirdly like some banter." Annabeth said with a raised eyebrow towards Thalia.
"It doesn't sound very friendly either." Thalia replied. Annabeth shrugged.
"And you took my brother!"… she isn't worth it."
Thalia grimaced a little but made sure that nobody saw it.
Hera was just white by now and almost everybody could hear her hyperventilating.
"Dad this is not good." Will said. Apollo shook his head.
"Looks like panic." He said. "Not the sound one." He added with a look towards Grover who nodded.
"I got it." The satyr said.
"Should I read or do you guys want to just check it out?" Percy asked.
"Read on." Will said.
Thalia turned, leaped out…the cage, Leo," she grumbled
There were a few chuckles at that.
"To be honest, don't you and Hera go all the way since your childhood?" Nico asked Leo who nodded.
"Weird." He said.
"Okay be truthful here. Did you almost ever consider her as some sort of family member?" Beckendorf asked Leo.
"I mean yeah. Yeah. I kinda did. I mean I thought she was crazy but to be honest way better than my Aunt Rosa." He said. A few whistles. Hera managed to give Leo a very small weak smile but she was still hyperventilating. Will's frown was deepening as the seconds and minutes passed.
"Okay guys. Reduce the interruptions and read." He said
"And Jason — you are wiser…the giants being reborn.
"Disgusting." The demigods muttered.
"Gross," Piper said…rights to rag on her.
There were a few snickers but nobody opened their mouths. Will was kinda scary in his 'doctor mode'. Of course, Nico knew that firsthand and the others were slowly finding out.
Joke all you wish,"… consumed by the earth.
Zeus scowled.
Hera was shaking, hyperventilating, feeling dizzy and her heart was beating faster than before.
"Will. This looks like a panic attack isn't it?" Percy asked. Will nodded.
"Those are not good and not fun to see." Nico shook his head. Percy nodded and quickly continued reading.
And I cannot marry him…Gaea will awaken."
By now, Hera was gasping for air as if she couldn't breathe. Her heart was beating even faster. She could feel cold sweat at the back of her neck and palms of her hands which were tingling and numb. Everybody looked at her worriedly.
"Oh this is a panic attack!" Apollo said.
"How are you feeling? Like how? What are the symptoms?" Will asked.
"She can't breathe!" Zeus said as Hera was gasping for hair.
"Do you feel claustrophobic? As if the walls are closing in?" Will asked. Hera barely managed to nod. The younger gods and most of the demigods were looking shocked as if Thalia just electrocuted all of them.
"All right. Any of you guys know the reason?" Apollo asked as Will poured water. Most the younger gods and demigods shook their heads. Everybody's face had worry on their faces and most of them shock.
"Perce and Nico, handle the people. There are too many people here right now." Will said. Percy and Nico nodded. They ushered the ones who didn't know why this was happening outside.
Apollo gave the goddess some water but as it was a panic attack, she wasn't able to hold the glass. He put the water in a bottle and then gave it to her. The elder gods looked extremely worried while the five demigods exchanged glances, their eyebrows furrowed. Even Hephaestus was looking worried.
"Okay so… should we skip this chapter or something?" Percy asked once the goddess calmed down.
"I think we should just get it over with as fast as possible." Will said
"You're the son of Apollo. You rap." Percy said with a small smile.
"Austin raps. I heal. You rap though." Will said with a small smile as well. Percy gave a small chuckle.
Nico went and called the others inside who were still looking like they got electrocuted.
"What-? Why-?" Ares seemed at a loss of words.
"It's fine. Let's just read." Jason said.
Leo frowned at the giant's… once today," Jason said.
A few snickers.
"Just hurry up and let…"Sounds fair," Leo said.
"Yeah it kinda does sound fair." Beckendorf agreed.
Hera gave him the godly…the six-armed Earthborn
Everybody groaned.
Piper drew her dagger…drew a hammer instead.
There were a few laughs and Leo turned red.
"Happens to the best of us." Travis said with a nod.
One of the wolves padded…"I'll kill you myself!"
Percy and Nico growled.
"Yeah bro, you better hurt the one who did this otherwise we're going to be having a quest for that." Percy said.
"Oh yeah, most definitely." Jason said, looking angry at the thought of Thalia turning into an ice sculpture.
"Its Khione." Piper said
"I don't care." Nico said.
"Fair." Piper said.
Thalia smiled at her cousins and Jason.
From somewhere behind…one tool you do not have."
"Done." Percy said in relief.
"Lets take a break." Chiron said. Not a single person disagreed to that.
