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Leo
After our meeting, Calypso took me to Jake.
My brother was looking worse than Nico, and that was saying something. A daughter of Apollo, Kayla was her name, I think, stood beside him, occasionally jotting something on her clipboard.
Finally, Kayla started muttering his condition. Scratches, bruises, shouldn't be alive, blah blah, blah. Yeah, wonderful, I can tell by looking at him.
Calypso sat by me, holding my hand and silent. I wished she would say something. I usually couldn't get her to stop talking. Not that I could blame her. It must have been hard with Atlas being out. And I thought my dad was a jackass.
I was brought out of my thoughts when Captain America slowly walked into the infirmary. He walked over to the end of the bed and looked over Jake. I tried to not notice when he cringed.
"Are you close?" He asked, sounding careful.
"Brothers."
He nodded quietly. Before I could say anything else, Hazel slammed into the room so fast she nearly took off the door. Calypso and I jumped up.
"Thor's back. Get Annabeth. And Percy." She said breathlessly before darting back out the door.
Swiftly obeying, Calypso and I marched towards the door. I motioned for the Captain to follow. Why not?
After picking up Percy and Annabeth, with a few great jokes on the side, the five of us zoomed on over to the border where Chiron, Hazel, Jason, and Thor were in a tight huddle.
"Hope you didn't start the party without us." I said, shoving my way into the circle.
Thor grinned at me. "No Leo. Simply discussing defenses. Though I'm afraid this isn't much of a 'party'. A simple tale."
"Well don't keep us waiting." Said Calypso impatiently.
Thor
Half an hour before.
I took off into the air as the heroes piled into the jet. I was about half way there when I was knocked out of the sky by something greater than my weight. Knocked down, I nearly dropped Mjolnir. When I landed and looked around, I saw an axe. A rather large one. Then I was attacked from behind. A coward's attack.
I turned to my attacker, expecting a Greek Titan or traitor. Instead I was faced with two Asgardians. Two I was unfortunately very familiar with.
A huge man with a shaved head and full Asgardian armor. He casually swung his axe around, a sadistic smile on me. In front of him a more petite woman dressed in green armor. Blond hair flowed down her back. Her smirk matched her partner's.
Amora, the Enchantress and Skurge, the Executioner.
I scowled at them. "What foul matter is this? What are two Asgardian traitors doing in Midgard?"
Amora shook her head before smoothly replying, "You couldn't possibly think we wouldn't want to cause trouble, Thor. But, it seems you are thick-headed as usual." She turned to Skurge. "Executioner! Let's make the General proud! Attack!"
Leo
"So you see, it was hardly even a fight. Skurge simply took a few swings and as soon as I started making a dent, they retreated." Thor finished his completely anti-climactic story.
"That doesn't make any sense." Annabeth said. "Why would they just let you go? Asgardians don't run from a fight."
"I thought that was the Spartans." Percy said thoughtfully. Que eye rolling.
Annabeth was right, of course. Why would two Asgardians attack Thor then leave after a minute. Unless…
Machinery detection sense activate! Right away, I spotted something in the big guy's hair. Knowing and not caring that it would look really stupid, I jumped up, managed to grab his hair, and pulled down with all my might. Fumbling a bit, a made a mad grab for the base of Thor's scalp and pulled a little yellow device, probably camouflaged to match Thor's hair.
Thor violently pulled back and spun to face his 'attacker'. He raised an eyebrow when he saw me inspecting the little gadget.
"Camera. It has audio." I said after my inspection.
Calypso sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Didn't you say you were talking over defenses?"
We all shared a look. Guess we needed some new plans.
After double checking Thor, everyone went to do their respective duties. I was about to go with Jason and Calypso to fill in Reyna on our situation, when the Captain came up and asked if we could talk in private.
I glanced over at Calypso, not wanting to leave her. As Thor had told his story, Calypso had grown paler and sicker looking. Being suddenly mortal must have been taking a toll on her. Not that she would ever admit it.
Catching my gaze, she gave me a weak smile and nod. I sent a quick look at Jason to tell him to keep an eye on my Sunshine and walked away with the Captain.
"I don't know if I'll be able to help you."
I looked up, surprised. "What do you mean?"
"If my team goes against you, I'm loyal to them."
Percy swam into my brain before I quickly shoved him away. "Thor's on the team."
"I know. But…" He seemed at a loss for words.
I nodded. "I get it. Trust your gut, Captain."
"Steve. Call me Steve. And my gut is telling me I need to get to the Avengers and get what I came here for."
"Hazel or Nico?"
He blinked at me, surprised. "Both. How did you know?"
I shrugged. "I'm pretty sure I mentioned before that you were all from the dinosaur times. Where'd you meet?"
"Nico at a concert, Hazel in Alaska. What exactly happened to them? Why are they so young? And Nico is so different."
"Nico was stuck in a hotel that makes time speed up."
"What?!"
"And Hazel died when she was thirteen and was brought back to life by Nico."
He stared at me for a few seconds before saying, "Nico brought her back to life?"
I smirked at his expression. "Yeah. Don't worry, he only did it because he and Hazel are half siblings. Now you know what you came here for. Gonna leave now?"
Steve slowly nodded. "Come with me?"
I snorted. "You're nuts."
"It's not permanent. I think if the Avengers knew the full story, they'd side with you. I'd rather avoid a full on three way war."
Leo considered it, then nodded and grinned. "Fine. But we're doing it my way.
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