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Disclaimer: I own neither Young Justice nor Heroes Of Olympus.


M'gann knows she's a lot of things. She's a martian, she's a superhero, and she's a cheerleader. One thing she is not, is a doctor. So why is trying to figure out what's wrong with Percy her job?

M'gann made the assumption that he had hit his head when he fell one hundred feet underground. Their first instinct was to go down there and save Percy (and see if he was alive). Percy survived the fall, but once Artemis, Kid Flash, and M'gann got to him, there was no way out from the underground with the gigantic snake blocking the way they came in.

M'gann tried several times to crush it with boulders, but all it did was give them a little time to escape. For reasons she didn't understand the snake kept coming back to life no matter how many times she they killed it. And the more times she killed it the faster it was coming back.

Luckily, the snake was the only bad part of being stuck underground. They kept travelling deeper underground but the air stayed breathable and they had two full bags of supplies (one that Percy carried and the other was carried by Artemis). There was also a bright light at the end of the tunnel they were walking through. Basically this could be a lot worst, they could be suffocating in the dark while starving and running from a giant snake.

But they still had their problems, Percy was a big one. He was the most experienced in this kind of stuff but he was out of commission at the moment. Kid Flash tried calling for help but there was no signal in the underground tunnels.

"This isn't going to work." Wally said as he pulled his earpiece from his ear and examined it.

"You can say that again." Artemis said angrily. "What are we even doing?"

"Come on guys, I'm sure we'll find a way to…um…"

"Exactly, M'gann!" Artemis exclaimed, "We won't find way to do anything if we don't what we're actually doing!"

Wally put a hand on M'gann's shoulder, "I'm sorry to tell you this babycakes, but she's right. It's best if we go back the way we came and see if there's a different exit."

"Actually, no. It's best if we stay in one place and try to figure out what's wrong with Percy."

"Of course, staying in one place so the giant man-eating snake can find us again!"

"It'd be easier to kill the giant man-eating snake if we wake up Percy! And, I don't know, maybe he'll know why it keeps finding us!"

Knowing that they would go back and forth for a while, M'gann took a seat on the ground, she gently laid Percy down too. Looking down at the demigod, she wondered what he would do in this situation. But M'gann knew she didn't really know Percy Jackson enough to answer this question. Yes they all read his file and they all wondered what the gaping holes in it could be filled with. In reality she had only known him for 2 days, but she felt like she could trust him. Plus he opened up to all of them much quicker than her own boyfriend did. She was surprised by how quickly he trusted them in turn.

M'gann suddenly sat up, "Hello, Megan! The bag!"

"What?" Artemis and Wally said in unison.

"The bag, of course." M'gann opened Percy's bag and rummaged through it, "Percy told me that there was something in his bag that healed demigods. He trusted me to feed it to him if he got hurt."

"Oh, yeah!" Wally exclaimed, "What did he call it again? Amrosa, armosia, abrosa?"

"Ambrosia!" M'gann yelled as she pulled out the food of the gods. It was zipped up in a plastic baggie and "AMBROSIA" was blatantly labeled with a sharpie.

M'gann sat Percy up, with the help of Artemis, and force fed him a small piece. "I think I remember saying that if he ate too much he'd burn up and die. So it'd instantly kill one of us if we tried it."

"Wow, sounds delicious." Artemis said as she attempted to help Percy chew.

Upon swallowing Percy started to cough and stir. But before they could celebrate successfully reviving their friend, they heard a deafening crash behind them. Not surprisingly, the snake crashed through a self-made hole and slithered towards them.

Before anyone could react it sweeped it's tail towards them. Wally grabbed Artemis and Percy and moved them out of the way, but the tail caught M'gann in the back and slammed her into the wall. But M'gann stood right back up and recovered uncharacteristically quickly.

"Get Percy and Artemis and get out of here!" she screamed back at her friends. Kid Flash nodded at her, knowing what she was going to do. All she needed was a little space between them.

M'gann turned back towards the giant serpent as soon as her friends were out of sight. She looked right into the its beady yellow eyes. "Let's see what you've got." The snake opened its mouth, bared its fangs, and hissed as if to accept M'gann's challenge.

Floating a mere twenty feet from the snake, M'gann raised her hands and her eyes glowed a bright green. A loud rumble could be felt from all throughout the tunnels as M'gann summoned the full force of an avalanche upon it. Unfortunately, the martian girl was much too close to the serpent and started to have the rocks bare down on her as well.

Knowing that this was a good time to make her exit, M'gann navigated her way through the shower of boulders and flew as quickly as she could to find her friends.

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Kid Flash's bright yellow and red suit stuck out like a sore thumb in the muddy brown tunnels so it was easy to find them. M'gann landed next to the speedster but he said nothing to her.

She furrowed her brows and turned towards Artemis. "Artemis?" she said tapping her, but the archer continued to stare straight ahead. M'gann followed her gaze and upon realizing what she was looking at she too stood shellshocked. M'gann didn't know how she missed it when she first landed because it was as big as the serpent she'd just been fighting.

A gigantic light-up arrow was the only source of light in the tunnel, it continuously flickered a seemingly random moments. There were no wires or visible power so how the arrow was working was a mystery. But what was really perplexing were the symbols above it, which happened to be almost as long, and bright, as the arrow itself.

ἐνθάδε

They meant nothing to her so the symbols were probably in a different language. "What does it mean?" M'gann asked her teammates.

"I don't know?" Wally answered, "But I think it's in Greek." Considering where they were at the moment this didn't come as a surprise.

"When Percy wakes up we can ask him." Artemis said, then took a seat near the sleeping demigod. "Which he should be doing soon. Let's just wait her."

Wally raised a brow. "Didn't we already discuss this?" By discuss he means argue.

"Discuss what?"

"That we can't just stay in one place! We've got to keep moving, every time we get too cozy the snake giant busts in!"

"That's the least of our troubles! What we really need to do is take care of Percy!"

"What you need to do is-"

Deciding that this was a good time to step in, M'gann interjected, "That's enough, guys! What we really need to do is call someone."

"How are we supposed to do that?" Artemis said, "All our comms are down."

"I think we should take the demigod approach on this." she said pointing at the light-up arrow. "We can Iris Message now that we have a light source. No signal required!"

No one disagreed since it was the best idea anyone had since they fell underground. So borrowing a drachma and a spray bottle from Percy, M'gann made the call the exact way Percy did.

"Wait, why are we calling Annabeth instead of the others?" Artemis asked.

"I don't know, I feel like Annabeth would be the best person to help us in this situation."

"I have no objection," Wally said, "I wouldn't mind seeing her beautiful face again."

"My beautiful what?" said Annabeth, who had appeared in the rainbow.

"Your, um- what I mean is… sorry?" Wally tripped over his words.

"Apology accepted." Annabeth smiled, "Now, what's the problem? And why is it so bright?"

"We're in front of this giant neon light-up arrow thing. That's how we're making this call right now. Oh! Wait a second!" M'gann picked up chunk of firm mud and wrote the symbols from the lights in it. "Do you know what this means?"

Annabeth squinted, "It's in ancient Greek and it means 'here' or something like 'in this place' if I'm not reading it backwards."

"If the giant cryptic writing says we should go someplace my suggestion is not go there." Artemis looked at Wally and smiled smugly.

"What else are we supposed to do? Wait here for the snake to eat us?" Wally said angrily.

M'gann turned towards her friends, "Guys, please!" she said, urging them stay quiet for once.

"What snake?" Annabeth raised a brow, "And since I'm already asking questions, where are you? And where is everyone else?" M'gann sighed but she briefly told Annabeth what had happened since their last Iris Message. "So you see our problem?"

"Yup, and it's one hell of a problem." Annabeth rubbed her chin, "It's more typical to find Jason falling asleep on the job."

"But will Percy be okay?" M'gann asked desperately.

"Of course he'll be fine, demigods are built better than mortals. Haven't you ever heard of Hercules?" Annabeth smiled, "But even if he's knocked out cold the snake's still going to follow a powerful demigod's scent."

"But how do we get rid of it?" Wally asked.

"First step to defeating an enemy is knowing what it is." Annabeth said as if this was a lesson she was teaching her students, "At first I thought it was a drakon, but I think it's the Python."

Artemis looked confused, "A python? If you're talking about a snake we already know that."

"No, I mean the Python. The one Apollo slew when he first claimed Delphi as his own." No one in the tunnel knew anything about Greek mythology, but Annabeth kept going. "He must of come to Dodona because Apollo was in Delphi. And Dodona was the second most important Oracle."

"That's cool and all but how do we kill it." Wally rushed.

Annabeth rolled her eyes and muttered mortals before addressing them in full volume. "Apollo killed it using an arrow so my suggestion is to-"

"Annabeth!" A voice screamed from inside of the Iris Message.

"Leo, what is?" Annabeth asked, turning her back towards M'gann and the rest.

"I figured it out! It's so simple!"

Annabeth was now excited too. "Holy Hera, you did it! Guys I'm gonna have to go, I'll call you later!"

"Annabeth, wait!" M'gann tried to stop her but she had already cut them off. "What was she going to say?"

"It's obvious!" Wally smiled. "We have to kill the Python!"

M'gann and Artemis just stared at him for a second and let what he said sink in.

"Are you crazy!" Artemis exclaimed, "Just a second ago weren't you saying we should try to find a way out instead confronting it?"

"I think that's a really bad idea Wally." M'gann said calmly.

"C'mon guys! Annabeth already told us what we have to do, all we need is an arrow." he said looking at Artemis.

"Oh no, I'm not!" Artemis said with a tone of finality in her voice, "There is no way I'm going to be responsible for killing that, that thing!"

"You're not going to be responsible for killing it, I have a plan."

Those were probably the most terrifying thing M'gann had ever heard come from the speedster's mouth. But he seemed so confident, his "plan" couldn't be that idiotic.

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M'gann was sad to say that she was completely wrong. This "plan" was the most idiotic thing she had ever heard. But what was even more idiotic was the she and Artemis were actually doing it.

Percy was hanging dangerously in the air, suspended by a rope that was tied to a stalactite. He was still asleep but occasionally stirred like he was about to wake up. M'gann was kind of hoping that he wouldn't wake up anytime soon. Percy didn't seem like the kind of person that got angry at all, but she doubted that he would be able to hold his anger when he found out he was being used as bait.

"M'gann I'm sure he's fine!" Wally yelled up at her, "He survived a fall from a hundred plus feet, I'm positive that a thirty-feet drop won't do much."

M'gann ignored him and tightened the rope enough to make sure that there was no chance that it would slip, but not so tight that it would hurt his ribs.

The basics of Wally's plan were to draw the Python out with Percy's scent and Artemis would shoot it in the face with an arrow. Flawed was the only way to describe his plan, it was so flawed that it would take too long to list all of the flaws. Instead M'gann tried to see the good side of Wally's plan. So… they would see the Python and Artemis would get a chance to shoot it.

Yeah, that was about it.

M'gann flew down to meet Wally and Artemis, who was inspecting everyone of her arrows. "I only have two regular arrows, the rest are trick ones and I doubt they'll work on a monster snake."

"Two's enough, three's company anyway." Wally joked, "Is Percy ready?" M'gann nodded. "Great now all we have to do now is wait."

The three superheroes situated themselves so the Python wouldn't be able to see them and waited. M'gann continuously looked up at Percy in fear that he would fall, or worse. Wake up.

They didn't have to wait as nearly as long as M'gann thought they would. Minutes felt like hours in the tunnels, so it felt like five hours before the Python showed up.

A familiar rumbling shook the tunnel and before they knew it the Python burst through the wall. It quickly slithered its way up to where Percy hung.

M'gann looked at Artemis and Wally looked at the Python with horrorstruck expressions. "Guys, on my mark we'll charge him." she commanded, snapping them back into reality.

The snake approached Percy almost cautiously, just to make sure no one was going to take away his prey at the last moment. The Python unhinged it's jaw when its head floated only a few feet from the demigod.

Wally started but M'gann held him back, "Not yet."

The Python's tongue slithered out of its mouth as smoothly as its own body and licked the side of Percy's face.

"Now, Artemis!" M'gann shouted.

Artemis spun out of their hiding place, notched her bow, and aimed in mere seconds. Without a moment of hesitation she let the arrow fly towards the snake. It was so silent in the cave you could hear the arrow cut through the air and miss its target by a hair.

M'gann realized that they lost the element of surprise and one of their best (and maybe only) chance of hitting the slithering reptile.

The plan wasn't a complete failure, though. They successfully caught the snake's attention and its eyes focused on them instead of their demigod friend.

"Scatter!" M'gann ordered. It was the only logical move she could think of, they'd be harder to hit if they split up.

The ex-sidekicks didn't need to be told twice, M'gann was already flying high into the air and Kid Flash grabbing Artemis and ran in the other direction. Good thing they moved just then or they would have been squashed flat by the tail that landed right where they were standing.

"KF, distract it so Artemis can get another shot! I'm going to untie Percy!" M'gann yelled orders like she was their leader. She kind of surprised herself with her sudden abilities to lead.

Not wanting to know how Wally was planning to distract a giant reptile, M'gann focused on freeing Percy, who was on the verge of waking up. She laid him down flat on a space that seemed to be out of the Python's reach and joined the battle.

Artemis was standing ready and Wally was running circles around the snake, literally. It tried to follow the speedster but he much too fast for even a monster's eyes.

"Right there Kid! Keep him there!" Artemis said. Wally immediately stopped and let the snake's eyes land on him, it hesitated in case his prey tried to run again. Artemis used this hesitation as an opening and let her arrow go. It flew through the air in a similar way the first arrow did, but there was no mistake, it was going to hit its target.

And it did.

Too bad it bounced right off of the Python's scales.

The Python now admired his new target, but left no opening for her to escape or attack. Its tail swung at Artemis at an alarming speed.

"Artemis!" Wally and M'gann screamed. But she was knocked flat to the ground and safely away from the snake's passing tail.

M'gann was happy, but confused. What saved Artemis from being squashed?

As the dust cleared M'gann could see a larger dark-haired figure lying on top of Artemis, shielding her. He stood up with an angry expression on his face. "What in Hades' names are you doing!" he snapped.

"Percy!" M'gann said, "We thought we could stop it bu-"

"Move!" Percy said interrupting her. He yelled just in time for Wally and M'gann to dodge the Python's tail.

"Are you okay?" he asked Artemis in the most kind voice possible. She nodded and he helped her up. "That's great because we've got to get moving."

They started running back towards the light-up arrow when the Python made its second attack. It bared its fangs and lunged towards Percy and Artemis. "Keep going Artemis!" Percy shouted, "I'll handle this!"

Percy stopped running and faced it. The Python hissed and pounced on him head first as he pulled out a pen from his back pocket. To say M'gann wasn't expecting that would be an understatement. How was he going to stop the snake with a pen?

She shouldn't have doubted him so quickly.

As soon as he uncapped the pen it transform into a wicked double-edged bronze sword. The snake warily eyed the sword but kept coming towards him at full speed. Percy side-stepped the snake's attack last minute and stabbed it in the eye. It cried out and hissed, Percy took this moment of confusion to slice off one of its fangs. Percy caught it before it clattered to the ground.

The demigod looked up at M'gann who was still floating in the air in shock. "Isn't a good time it do that thing you do with the rocks?" he asked. M'gann nodded and picked up Kid Flash. She dropped him next to Percy and, before the Python could recover, she dropped an avalanche's worth of rocks on it.

Besides the occasional roll of a pebble, it was completely silent in the tunnel.

Percy sighed, "Now that that's all over, mind telling me what's going on?"

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"I can give you several reasons why that was terrible idea." Percy stated.

Percy, Wally, and M'gann met up with Artemis and were on their way to the light-up arrow. On the way they told Percy what happened after he fell underground.

"First of all," he said, "Annabeth never finished what she was saying, so how were you supposed to know that she wanted you to kill it?"

Artemis stepped in, "This was all Kid Stupid's idea."

Wally flushed, "Sorry, guys. I was so sure…" he trailed off.

"Don't sweat it! I respect the bravery." Percy gave him a pat on the back, "And M'gann according to what I've been hearing you did great today too! You should lead the group more often."

M'gann was surprised but she took the compliment with a smile.

"There it is!" Artemis exclaimed. She pointed towards the giant arrow, M'gann hadn't noticed they were nearing it.

Percy inspected it quickly but thoroughly. "Looks magical to me." he squinted at the words. "Well, I guess we'll go this way." he said pointing in the direction the arrow was facing and began.

"Wait, that's it?" Wally asked, "We're just going that way because the mysterious light-up sign says so?"

Percy smiled, "Yup!" The three Teammates exchanged looks, but decided to follow him.

They must have walked for half an hour before they started noticing something. Slowly the tunnels got smoother and lighter until the mud road turned into white tiles.

"What's that?" Artemis asked, peering at whatever was at the end of the tunnel.

Wally squinted, "You think that it's another arrow?"

"No, it's…" M'gann touched her temple, "I think there are people there. Not people… no, it's different."

"Guys." Percy muttered, quieting all of them. They approached the end of the tunnel and saw that it was a door made of marble columns. They walked through it on high alert, ready in case there was a fight. As soon as they all made it over the threshold the door closed silently behind them.

"What the-" Percy's shouts were interrupted by the lights in the room suddenly turning on and a loud bang. M'gann thought it sounded like someone was nailing something into a wall.

The lights moved like stage lights, two rays focused on the four of them. M'gann covered her eyes from the blazing light, which was as hot as it was red.

The other two rays of light focused on something in front of them. M'gann regards the three feminine figures who were bathed in the white light. They stood on an elevated desk, like the one a judge would sit in. The dark-haired woman in the front smiled wickedly at them, in her hand was a gavel. She spoke melodiously.

"Court is now in session."


Sorry about the extreme lateness! I'm having a little bit of writer's block. But I won't just leave this story to rot no matter how long it takes me to update.

Comment if you enjoyed this! A new chapter will be up soon (hopefully)!