Elsewhere – on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean - in the US - while Ginny, Rose, and Shado were making some delightfully naughty memories, Penelope "Penny" Jackson, Daughter of Poseidon groaned as she felt like she had been hit by a few tons of bricks.

Well, they had been battling an Earth goddess so feeling like she had been hit by bricks was expected. But they had finally done it. Gaia was dead. Or asleep. Or something like that. Gaia was the Earth after all, or something. Penny was a little too befuddled to think much on that, as she was sure its was likely a metaphorical kind of thing… possibly. But she and her friends had saved the world, so she couldn't care too much about what Gaia really was. Again; they had done the impossible. It was finally over. Yet again no one, not even the gods thanked them.

Assholes.

However, the ominous threat at the end about some super-evil that would destroy them all worried Penny a lot, as ominous threats by super-old super-evil ancient goddess/titan ladies weren't usually empty threats. After all, Gaia knew she had lost, so she had no reason to lie as they weren't going to spare her if she offered to be 'nice' or anything, and there always seemed to be a bigger bad than the one before around the corner, which sucked big time.

Penny mildly wondered whether bitchy Titan mothers could be honestly nice. The thought just hurt her head, so Penny stopped trying to imagine it. Most of the 'good' gods were jerks too, so that made the bad ones especially mean.

"You worry too much, Pen." Her friend Jamie Grace, Daughter of Zeus said as they sat side-by-side together looking out over the horizon while their other friends were trying to get their flying boat thing back into the air so they could finally go home and get some well-deserved rest.

Jamie and Penny were both contrasts in many ways, but similar in others. They were cousins but they honestly might as well have been sisters; they had gotten really close during their quest to save the world together.

Jamie's eyes were bright blue while Penny's were a deep green. Jamie's hair was a short rusty blonde while Penny's was black and kept hers longer and ruffled framing her face in a cute way. Jamie's skin was pale while Penny had a nice light tan.

But they were both seventeen years old, ridiculously reckless, averaging about the same size in the boob department (big enough for two strong athletic girls), similar in height, and their clothes were in a similar state. Tight jeans that were torn in places and dirty.

Penny was wearing an old orange tee-shirt with faded black letters. Jamie was wearing a tatty black blouse and Penny was nice enough to have mentioned being able to see Jamie's bra so she could cover up if any silly boys turned up. Though, Penny wouldn't say; it was nice getting a slight better look at her friend's chest area because her own girl would be angry.

"And you aren't worried?" Penny replied without looking away from the view over the hills as she sat bare foot leaning back on her hands.

"Of course, I am, but-." Jamie sighed as she didn't know what to say. What did she want to say? She sat with her knees pulled up to her chest, hugging her own legs also bare foot as their trainers had been ruined during their battles. "She said we have a chance, right?" Jamie asked with a sigh. "If we unite with other heroes, others with powers – to save the world-?"

"-Again," Penny said laughingly causing Jamie to smile sheepishly. "I know. It makes you wonder though. I don't think she was talking about just uniting Rome and Greece. And that's the most worrying part. How many of those heroes have had to actually save the world if I've done it several times in the past few years?"

Jamie grimaced. "I don't think we should think on that too much, Pen," Jamie said while trying to be reassuring. "But – you're right. This wasn't the first time I've saved the world either – and – we kind of ruined some earlier plans for Gaia's resurrection, so they count too."

"Just before this Gaia thing," Penny said sheepishly. "Umm… well Annabeth and I met some Magicians from the House of Life – apart of the whole – well the Egyptian Gods thing and stopped an asshole ghost-like guy from using both Olympian and Egyptian magic to well..." She shuddered thinking about it as she let out a deep breath.

Jamie started and turned to stare at Penny with wide eyes. "That is – how is that – well – how can their pántheion work with Olympus?"

Penny shrugged. "I don't have a clue but I think all of the Gods like to exaggerate a little – to…" she quietened. "Make themselves seem a little more powerful and all-awesome than they are…?"

Jamie laughed but they started as lightning struck across the bright blue sky. "And that's the thanks we get from my dad," Jamie said coolly as it was much too common an occurrence.

Penny shrugged, "well – at least we can spend the next few days resting," Penny said thoughtfully. "I think I could eat a freaking dragon and sleep for a week curled up in Annie's arms."

"Penelope Jackson!" Penny was startled as her girlfriend reprimanded her as she stood behind them. Annabeth was a little taller than Penny with long blonde hair and cool blue eyes wearing black hipsters and white blouse with black shoes, and much bigger in the chest. "I've warned you I will be forced to spank you if you insist on calling me Annie."

Penny looked up as a smirk lined her lips. "I know, Annie-pie," Penny said popping the name cutely while Jamie was suppressing her snickering, which got her a half-amused glare from Annabeth.

"Looks like you'll have some fun," Jamie said. "I wonder whether Piper might want to spank me too?"

"Oh, I might," Piper piped in as she peaked out from behind Annabeth, beautiful and perfect as a daughter of Aphrodite with long auburn hair and creamy pale caramel skin. She was wearing jean-shorts and white tee shirt over her perfect body. "So, we really have to find some more heroes like from Egypt…? Does that mean we'll get to meet Isis and Osiris and other gods like that too?"

"Could do-…" Penny agreed smilingly. "But don't we already have enough problems with our own irritating godly parents, aunts and uncles without having to deal with Osiris and Thor too?" she asked and they all ignored the thunder and streak of lightning that seemed more than normal for some reason.

"Thor is a Norse god, not Egyptian, Pen," Annabeth said while rolling her eyes and then paused as the three other girls stared at her and she sighed. "Yeah, let's just say that all the ancient gods exist until we know otherwise. We can at least get in contact with Sadie and Carrie Kane, but how would we get in contact with a Norse demigod?"

"I kind of feel odd," Piper said suddenly. "Like we're talking about the greatest taboos in existence."

"Yeah well," Penny said sheepishly. "It feels really freaky being about Egyptian magic. It feels like we're not supposed to be friends, but you know me and Annabeth – we kind of do our own thing anyway. But if this threat could really be something that involves all of us, we'll have no choice."

"M-maybe we should speak to Chiron?" Annabeth suggested while looking ill at the idea. "He or…"

"I don't think our Coke drinking camp director will tell us anything," Piper said. "But if we can make Chiron understand that we have no choice but to join forces he'll talk. And what about Rachael. She's the Prophet. If Gaia was telling the truth she might have foretold it by now."

"It could be worse," Penny suggested with a sheepish smile. "We could discover that our world is bigger than a few other gods existing beside ours."

"Well it looks like we'll soon find out how messed up our world really is," Annabeth said while shaking her head in mock sadness while the others stared at her in confusion. "It's that umm… bastard's lore, right? You think things can't get any worse but then they do anyway."

"Annie-Annie-Annie," Penny said sadly as she leapt to her feet and flopped into her girlfriend's arms. "Things can and will always get worse. Don't you watch TV shows. The bad guys start out weak, but at the time the bad guys are 'strong' because the good guys are weak. But after the good guys get stronger and beat those bad guys, the next bad guys to come along have to be stronger or they'll never be a challenge and the writers might as well not bother, and it continues never ending."

"When do you get the time to watch that much TV?" Annabeth asked with narrowed suspicious eyes as she held her girl from escaping her arms.

Penny gave them a sheepish smile. "I kind of well… I am well Hermes is my Uncle… or something like that so. I kind of figured that Luke owed me after the crap he pulled while trying to resurrect Kronos so I stole all those cool things he had at Camp and set them up in my cabin. You would have noticed if you hadn't been so insistent in that time we fooled around in Zeus's Cabin, or that time we almost got caught by Nicol di Angelo. Hiding from her was not easy. Or those few times underwater…-"

"Pen! Stealing is bad!" Annabeth finally managed as she placed her hand over her girlfriend's mouth while she was blushing brightly. "And they don't need to know what we get up to. And who knows when Nicol will sneak up and hear you. She'll freak out. You know how she feels about you. And well… we… in her cabin-."

"Y-you know?" Jamie asked in surprise. Annabeth and Penny looked at her in shock. "Well, she confided in me," Jamie admitted sheepishly.

Penny looked away sadly watching the floating Greek ship. "We didn't know at that time," Penny said while shrugging. "We wouldn't have snuck in there if we did. That would just be cruel. And Hecate caught us in her cabin the next day so we kind of owe her for not ratting us out, and we hadn't been so-well all of this happened-."

"You got caught by Hecate?" Piper asked in shock while she and Jamie were suppressing their laughter. "As in the Goddess of Magic herself is owed a favour by the both of you because you were doing naughty things in her cabin while it was empty?"

"That's right – and I'm here to collect."

The four girls spun as they were interrupted. The woman looked no older than them with short brown hair and magnolia silk robes fluttering in a non-existent breeze. She was smiling prettily as she looked the four girls up and down.

"Gaia wasn't wrong," Hecate said coolly while Annabeth and Penny blushed brightly thankful for the interruption. "I can feel the disturbance in the magic. It's time. The world is going to end. Unless you can stop it. And I don't mean end as in controlled by a wicked god or goddess – they tend to lose eventually. But I mean as in vaporised. Destroyed. Gone. Gods – Greek – Roman – Egyptian – Norse – Humans – Sorcerers – Earthbound magic – every realm and dimension attached to this world – all gone – all of it.

"Dust in space. And then it shall continue onward. It will destroy all of civilisation throughout the universes. I shall admit that even the gods of this world are ignorant to the vastness of the universes but that doesn't mean we won't protect what we must. And to know that such needless loss will start here… we must stop it. But we cannot do so alone-."

"We're not going home, are we?" Piper interrupted sadly while the other three girls shook their heads. "It wasn't Jamie or me doing 'it' in your cabin like these two naughty girls," she said while pouting as Annabeth and Penny were rose red and trying to feign some kind of innocence.

"Pipes," Jamie said while smiling a little as it was fun to watch her best friends squirm occasionally. "That doesn't matter. This will end all of us. Saving the world is our calling. But this should give us mega bonus points. She's talking about saving universes. That's plural. Like multiverse stuff."

"We're not comic book superheroes," Piper said as she pulled Jamie up to her feet and snuggled in her arms. "You know you're not actually Supergirl, don't you? Just because I like you to wear the costume," she said blushing while Annabeth and Penny burst out laughing though Penny did have a curious look.

"Yes, because I'm sexier," Jamie admitted braggingly as she pretended Piper hadn't told their friends that, and Piper laughed sheepishly as she realised what she said.

"Well, sorry to interrupt," Hecate interrupted while clearing her throat and looking semi-annoyed. "Zeus will be pissed off with me if he spots me with you. If I'm here for too long I won't hear the end of it for the next century. If all of us haven't been erased from existence by them."

"Sorry!" Piper and Jamie said together impishly as they held each other and Penny and Annabeth held back from laughing at them some more, for getting told-off this time.

"And you too, stop that childish snickering," Hecate reprimanded as she turned to Annabeth and Penny.

"Sorry." Annabeth and Penny were quick in apologising to which Hecate nodded and continued as if she actually believed they were even slightly sorry.

"You should start with your little magician friends in Brooklyn," Hecate said coolly and to the point. "Then your own people before you head to Boston, Massachusetts. That is where – if you're lucky you may find a Valkyrie that might-might be kind enough to listen to you and get you an audience with the Thanes. But from what I know they're just as arsehole power-hungry ignoramuses as we have, so you'll likely have to rely on some Norse demigods who aren't dicks too afraid to fight the good fight.

"Then you should… maybe look around," Hecate suggested thoughtfully. "New York City has a portal to a realm of reclusive and – moronic Wizards – well they're – well male and female magic users that call themselves Wizards. They're pretty much just weirdo mage."

"Wow, and I thought we were weird," Penny said sheepishly. Hecate gave her a cold look. "Okay, sorry again, carry on, Hecate, loveliest of all the Greek-stroke-Roman goddesses."

"Thank you," Hecate said sarcastically. "As I was saying. Last, you'll find a favoured of mine in the UK. Ridiculously powerful. She'll likely surpass me someday. Her name. Shado Umbra. This is a recording from yesterday."

Hecate grinned as she rose her right hand and a circular screen lit up showing the young demigoddesses a girl with short red hair in a crimson dress floating above a huge cargo ship that was slowly sinking as it had been cracked into several huge chunks and set on fire.

Behind the girl was three huge steel containers, she was floating as she landed them before landing on the centre container, and using her power to free the people trapped within, and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Whoa," Annabeth muttered as they watched while the fit and beautiful girl reappeared to spy on the people now with the containers from a warehouse roof. "That girl could have given Kronos a run for his money by herself."

"Today…" Hecate said slowly. "She probably would have beaten him while he was still weak from his awakening and being put back together," Hecate said thoughtfully. "She does have a tendency towards violence. That arsehole Ares is always trying to pretend she's his daughter. He wishes. But she's not a demigod nor would she start a war if it could be avoided. Probably beat him up to be honest. She's smart. A very clever and cunning girl. More Athena than Ares. Though, it's rare these days for a human to impress the Idiot of War, and for the most part we stay clear of mortal affairs, especially mortal mage of any kind," she said as she lowered her hand and the magical recording disappeared.

"Does my mum know of her too?" Annabeth asked as she was curious as her mother, Athena was a goddess of strategy and war too.

Hecate snorted. "Yeah. An interesting human witch. Your mother can't help but be intrigued," Hecate laughed. "Well, later girls, have fun," she said before disappearing in a swish of wind.

"Just great. Another mysterious Big-bad asshole and minions that want to kill us," Jamie said while sighing. "She could have at least told us who or what we're up against. But I guess it can't be helped."

"What can't be helped?"

They were interrupted by a short Hispanic girl with short ruffled black hair and black eyes. She wore a pair of oily dungarees with no tee shirt to hide her sooty skin or her large cleavage with her sooty white bra, and semi-muscled arms. Her dungarees were short, hanging halfway up her shins and she wore black leather boots on her feet. Then around her waist hanging loosely off her hips was her brown leather magical tool belt. She was pretty in an unusual way as she was very feminine, but very much the ultimate tomboy.

"We're not going home yet, Leana," Piper said sadly. "We have to do what seems like a hell of a lot of taboo stuff."

"Taboo as in – naughty…?" Leana asked in confusion. "Because technically you and Jamie are related a little too closely for some people. But not me. You're a cute couple. Pen and Anna too."

"Godly parentage does not count-," Annabeth groaned out. "And Leana!? What have I told you about calling me-?"

"No! Not naughty," Piper quickly interrupted and answered Leana while Penny and Jamie laughed and Annabeth sighed and rolled her eyes as she let it drop. "As in the universes never wanted us to meet the people we're going to look for."

"Is the world coming to an end again?" Leana asked sadly while the other girls could only nod in grumbling agreement. "Well great. Something hasn't tried to murder us in a couple hours. I was starting to get bored."

"Not funny!"

The other four groaned out while Leana began leading them back to her ship while laughing uproariously as she thought she was highly amusing. And since they were safe. For now. She saw no reason to mope around just yet.

Maybe they could help her free Calypso during their new adventurous and highly dangerous trip to save the...

"... universes...?" Leana asked with a baffled and scared look. "As in... not one but more than one – and not just the Earth?"

"Yes, universes, as in more than one," Penny agreed while shrugging.

"Oh good, more things to kill us than our own mythological monsters."