Not long after Piper had fell asleep that something happened, Festus and suddenly jerked wildly and started to fall, because of the jerk that all four of them had fell off Festus. Emily cried out in surprise, this was one of the times she wish Princess was nearby or she was with Lauren or James, or even both James and Lauren. But she knows that James and Lauren were not there, for Lauren was died and James was somewhere with the howling commandos. However what happen next surprised Emily, for suddenly she felt something or someone collide with her and she felt a pair of arms around her waist. Without much thought that she out her arms around the neck of the person and nestled her head against the person's chest. When Emily did that, that she realize something that it wasn't Jason who grabbed her like she she thought. But the person was just about as big as Jason and she knows Leo was not as big as Jason. Not only that but the body next to hers felt familiar to her almost like she had done this before with the said person.
Emily had lifted her head away from the chest and looked up to see who it was as she was falling. Emily had smiled and held tighter around his neck for it was James that was holding onto her. Emily had looked around and notice that Jason was holding onto Piper and Leo and he had looked around and noticed Emily and James. He looked like he wanted to help but it was clear that he couldn't take on any more weight. Emily had notice that Festus had crashed behind some warehouses, Emily could fell the wind around herself and James as James controlled to reach the ground. James was struggling with it, Emily figured part of it was because of the fact that the wind gods might be working against James and Jason. It seems Jason couldn't take it much more, Jason and the other two had crushed into a warehouse. James had manage to guide the two of them over there and let the winds carry them though the hole and onto the catwalk.
It was only than that Emily had let go of James and James had let go of her. Jason and Leo had just managed to get to Piper when Emily and James had ran over to where they were. It was clear that Piper had broke her one foot, since her foot was angled in a way it wash' suppose to be in. Jason had gave her some Ambroisa to heal some of the broken foot, Jason and Leo were about ready to put a make cast around her foot. When Leo was about ready to break a piece of wood that Emily out her hand on his shoulder an dell looked at Emily confused. Emily had knelt down by Piper's foot and put her hand on her foot before using her healing powers to help Piper's foot. When Emily lifted her hand that it seemed like piper's feet was never broken in the first place, Emily helped Piper up and made sure that Piper was able to walk on it. When Piper walked around to test her foot that Emily had spoke.
"It would be stiff for about a few hours, a day at most. But it is healed." Piper looked back at Emily.
"It feels great, how did you do that?"
"I am the champion of Hestia, remember? I have some abilities that other cabins have because of that fact. I can heal wounds, I can make home mead food using a kitchen or just make it appear. However the cooking ability I already had but it improved after I had become Champion of Hestia."
"That's true, all children of Demeter are really good cooks but after Emily had become champion of Hestia, all of her half siblings seem lousy cooks." Piper, Jason and Leo looked over at James when he said that. Jason took a couple steps towards James before he spoke.
"Who are you?"
"I am James Thomas, son of Zeus. I am also one of the howling commandos and since World War II, that the howling commandos had become immortal and have been serving Apollo but helping Apollo to make sure that the demigods and mortal were safe from any threats that we could handle."
"They are sort of a male version of the hunters but you have to be alive in World War II or to be consider as a male hunter to join the howling commandos in protecting the mortals and demigods." Jason had looked over at Emily when she said that. "That is one way to put it but it should have hard to explain of what he howling commandos do most of the time. You have to know the group in order to understand and that is why only three joined since Apollo made the howling commandos his champions or at least they might be."
"You know him?"
"Yes, he was once my boyfriend." The board that Leo had been holding had dropped from his hands when Emily had said that.
"He's your boyfriend."
"Was my boyfriend."
"Did you break up when you joined the hunt."
"Actually we never exactly broke up. When the howling commandos had attack the last HYDRA base that Apollo had took me away during he fighting so I had disappeared. It was during that time Apollo had kept me in hai palace and told me what he was planning to do with the howling commandos. By the time that plan was ready at Emily had left the group and joined he hunt a couple weeks later. It wasn't till about two years a of that she learned of what really happened to me."
"Yeah, so former boyfriend fits at the moment." Piper looked between the tow of them before she had spoke.
"But there is that love still between you two."
"Like we didn't know that. Do both of us a favor and don't tell your cabin that." James and looked at Piper before he spoke.
"Daughter of Aphrodite, I am guessing. But it seems unlikely."
"Unfortunately I am a daughter of Aphrodite."
"All right than, do what what Emily ask. For Emily and I tasked about what is still between us and we are unsure of what to do about it. So for now we are friends unless if we figure out so wing." Piper had nodded when James had said that.
"I won't say anything." Jason and Leo had also said that they won't say anything as well! Of which Emily was glad of. For James and Emily's feelings since Emily learned he was alive were confusing and it was just simpler for now to just be friends. Just than Emily had heard a noise and it seem Jason had heard the noise as well and he went to check it out. Emily, James, Leo and Piper had got out quickly to go check on Festus. When they found Festus that Piper and Leo had ran over to where Festus was while Emily and James stayed back. Emily had looked over at James before she spoke.
"James how did you get there when I fell off Festus as well as the others?"
"Even though Mount Olympus is closed, Artemis had appeared to me and told me that you were I danger and the next thing I knew I was in the air and you were falling off of the dragon. Who are those three anyway and what is going on?"
"First off, I can tell you what I can but I can't tell you everything." So Emily explained as much as she could to James. Emily knows that James was unaware of the fact there there was Roman demigods, James had looked over at the warehouse before looking back at Emily and he whispered.
"I am taking a guess at this and if I am right you might be able to tell me. I am guessing that roman demigods are still around. Right?" Emily smiled when James had said that, Emily had swore on the river Styx not to tell anyone unless they somehow learned it for themselves or they stumble across it and realize it.
"I sword in the river Styx not to tell anyone unless if they learned that fact on their own or stumble across it. But yes, there are roman demigods and you meet one already." James raised an eyebrow when Emily had said that. "Jason is a son of a Jupiter and Thalia's full brother. But don't tell anyone about that and swear on the river Styx that you tell anyone unless if they found out for themselves."
James' eyes had widen when Emily had said that, James looked back to where Jason was, before he could say anything that there was a crash from the warehouse and the four of them had went into the warehouse. Emily had lead the way into the warehouse and saw Jason tied in a rope hanging off a crane. There were three cyclops, Leo had managed to build a remote control and used it to kill one of the cyclops by crushing one of he with a ton of metal. James and Emily had took one of the cyclops while Leo and Piper took on the other one, James and Emily had defeated their cyclops sooner than Leo and piper's cyclops. Emily had managed to get Jason down with the help of James and the five of them left the warehouse as the three cyclops started to reform, when they reached Festus that Emily, Jason, Piper and Leo had climbed aboard but James didn't.
"James, aren't you coming?"
"No, I have things to do." James looked over at Emily. "First off, I swear on the river Styx of what you told me that I won't tell anyone." Thunder boomed overhead but James was not done. "Not only that but Bucky and your uncle are missing."
"Missing? How? When did this happen?"
"Sometime last night. We have been looking for them, we all have a feeling that it may connect with the things that had been happening. So there is a chance you may find them. But I need to get back to the howling commandos."
"I'll see you in a couple of days. I know a way for you to get back to where the howling commandos." Emily whistled and Mrs. O'Leary had jumped out of the shadows, that shocked Piper, Jason and Leo but it didn't shock James. For James had got up on her and whispered something to her before she bounded into a shadow and disappeared. Than Festus had managed to take up into the air as the three cyclops had come out of the warehouse. Emily was sitting behind Jason like the past couple of times she had been on Festus, as she thought about the two men that had raised her that Piper had dragged Emily out of her thoughts as Piper spoke to Jason.
"That photo in your pocket, is that someone from your past?" Emily could fell Jason pull back when Piper had said that. "I'm sorry. None of my business. Forget it."
"No—it's okay. Just, I'm trying to figure things out. Her name's Thalia. She's my sister. I don't remember any details. I'm not even sure how I know, but—um, why are you smiling?"
"Nothing. Um, it's just—that's great you remembered. Annabeth told me she became a Hunter of Artemis, right?"
"I get the feeling I'm supposed to find her. Hera left me that memory for a reason. It's got something to do with this quest. But … I also have the feeling it could be dangerous. I'm not sure I want to find out the truth. Is that crazy?"
"No. Not at all." Emily had smiled as Jason and Piper had spoke about Thalia, but than Jason had spoke to her.
"Elizabeth, didn't you say meet her once?"
"Actually, I meet her twice. But I didn't tell you that the first time you had ask me that. I did that because I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to tell you what happen after I meet your sister for the second time. Besides I wasn't sure if you two would meet again after you two went your different ways when you were younger."
"Hold on a second." It was Leo who had spoke. "Jason, why did you call her Elizabeth?" Emily didn't day anything. It seem like Jason didn't have an answer.
"I don't know. I just know she had another name and it just came out."
"Yeah, Emily Blackthrone is the name I started to use when I joined the hunt. But Elizabeth Rogers is my real name. After I learned about my uncle and the howling commandos that I had used both names. However the howling commandos use my original name while everyone else for the most part, use my other name." After that, that they spoke of what happen in the factory, after a while Jason had fell asleep. Nothing else was said as they flew to their next stop, when they were close to Chicago that Jason had woke up and he told them of his dream.
"An exchange? What does that mean?"
"But Hera's gamble is me. Just by sending me to Camp Half-Blood, I have a feeling she broke some kind of rule, something that could blow up in a big way—"
"Or save us. That bit about the sleeping enemy—that sounds like the lady Leo told us about."
"About that … she kind of appeared to me back in Detroit, in a pool of Porta-Potty sludge." Emily didn't remember that, but she had thought she heard Leo short something before hearing the noise from the factory.
Jason wasn't sure he'd heard that right. "Did you say … Porta-Potty?"
"I don't know if she's completely unkillable but she cannot be defeated by toilet seats. I can vouch for that. She wanted me to betray you guys, and I was like, 'Pfft, right, I'm gonna listen to a face in the potty sludge.'"
"She's trying to divide us."
"What's wrong?"
"I just … Why are they toying with us? Who is this lady, and how is she connected to Enceladus?"
"Enceladus?"
"I mean … That's one of the giants. Just one of the names I could remember." Emily felt that Piper knew more than what she was letting on, it seem like all of them were not telling each other something. Emily couldn't tell them about the Romans, for she swore on the river Styx not to tell anyone unless they find out on their own. However they had stopped talking when they followed one of the storm spirits, the storm spirit had went to an art installation before going down the drain with a bunch of storm spirits. They had landed in the park and thankfully no one was around, even if they were that the mortals would see something different than what was there. Leo had pulled out a whistle from his tool belt and told Festus to come when he whistles it and Festus took off into the sky.
They walked over to the fountain to the drain the storm spirits and went down in, Emily had went in first and than Jason and the other two. Emily never been in a sewer but she was sure that not all sewers were this nice. Due to the draft going south that Jason decided to go south, no argue against that fact. However Emily was sure that Phoebe would want to go north, for Phoebe had never really listen to males very well. That can be said for pretty much all of the hunters including Emily unless if it was her uncle or Artemis. But she was only listening to Jason now because this was his quest and not hers, even as annoying as that was to her. The only other reason she was listening to him was because Jason was/is a Praetor of Camp Jupiter. Emily wasn't sure if he was still a praetor or not, besides that, Emily didn't need to listen to him because of the fact that she was technically an ambassador to the roman demigods. However the four of them didn't go very far when Piper stumbled and Jason had caught her.
"Stupid ankle," she cursed.
"Let's rest. We could all use it. We've been going nonstop for over a day. Elizabeth, can you make any food for us?" Emily snapped her fingers and a small feast appeared in front of them, Piper, Jason and Leo grabbed some food, Piper and Jason had sat down on a brick ledge. Emily had took some food as well and started eating, when Jason was done eating that he had brought a gold coin that Emily had seen before. For it was Ivlivs, Emily had seen Jason fight with it many times before, Piper had told Jason it wasn't his fault that he got trapped by the cyclops. Emily smiled, from what she had gathered that it seem Piper really likes him and that Jason likes her. Emily wasn't sure what piper's were like but somehow Emily had a feeling that in those memories that Piper and Jason might be a couple. Emily hates herself for thinking this but Piper and Jason are a cute together, but she wouldn't dare say it out loud.
"Hey. Cut yourself some slack. Just because you're the son of Zeus doesn't mean you're a one-man army."
"I know this must suck for you, not just the quest, I mean. The way I appeared on the bus, the Mist messing with your mind, and making you think I was …you know."
"Yeah, well. None of us asked for this. It's not your fault." Just from that little bit that Emily had gathered that it was indeed the case that in piper's mist form memories that Jason had been her boyfriend. Just than Leo and sat down next to her eating a bowl of cereal and Emily wrinkled her nose. Leo had looked up with a confused express.
"What?"
"Please don't too much cereal, my mother adopt you for sure if you eat too much cereal."
"Why would she do that."
"She has an obsession with cereal. It wasn't that had when I meet her the first time when she told me that I was a demigod and her child. But it got worse in the last seventy years, Persephone and I are getting sick of hearing about it. More with Persephone than me since I am on the hunt most of the time with the howling commandos." Leo had ate some of the cereal as she spoke and he spoke.
"Exactly who are the howling commandos again?"
"To be accurate, they are a group of commandos from World War II that have over 200 men and two females. One being me and the other being Lauren, a daughter of Zeus and my best friend. James, my former boyfriend is a howling commandos. The howling commandos was a special unit to go against HYDRA in World War II. They were lead by my uncle, Steve Rogers or better known as Captain America and myself."
"Why call yourself the howling commandos?"
"Because we can be like wolves in war time and that we have a wolf for a mascot, of who is also my hunting companion in the hunt. Whenever we had attacked a base that she howled and attack."
"Sounds dangerous." Emily looked at Leo when he had said that.
"Only to the ones she attacks on my orders or any of the howling commandos." After that everyone ate in silence.