Welcome to chapter 3! I spent a few hours on this I hope you guys enjoy reading and please feel free to leave a review, so I can improve my style!

I'm trying to get Blake down to a T and get him right! Anyone have any ideas I can use with this story? Or got any recommendations for the story, let me know!

Chapter three: the end justifies the means

My eyes snapped open and I gasped, last thing I remember is being carried by that monster…wait no I shook my head and looked around. I seemed to be in a medical building because of the beds next to me and the equipment around the room as I scanned my surroundings and noticed the IV drip in my arm and the heart monitor beeping away beside me to the beat of my own heart. I knew I wasn't in the hands of the monster which I had guessed by now was a cyclops otherwise I probably would have been a long time dead by now. Or at least inside a cooking pot being boiled slowly.

I heard voices approaching from outside the door and shut my eyes and went stock still. "you do realise he's the first son of Janus to come into the camp since Praetor Varus?" a male's voice said. He sounded around my age "Jason, lady Lupa has reported to me that his father wanted him brought to camp years ago where she was meant to test him, but she told me she will deal with him later, as a personal favour to his father. but it seems this didn't happen and when he tried to enter camp the other day he met Octavian and that didn't really go well as Octavian the pain in everybody's side here threatened the young man." A female's voice which was right next to my bed retorted back to him. The voice sounded controlling and charge. "you do realize I know you are awake?" the same female voice said I slowly opened my eyes to reveal two teenagers a boy with the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen, brighter than my right eye I might add! He had close cropped blonde hair and I noticed a scar on the side of his mouth.

I then turned to the girl and looked at her she had black eyes, the first thing that struck me. Her eyes were solid black like the darkness in them is eternal and soul sucking. Her hair matched her eyes with the same shade of black as it was put into a single ponytail at the back of her head. The both wore togas with capes off the back and swords at their side. "where…. where am I?" I managed to croak out. The guy smiled and said "you're in the infirmary in Camp Jupiter, you were brought in by our two guards Dakota and myself, my name is Jason Grace, son of Jupiter. This is Reyna Ramirez Arellano daughter of Bellona." The girl nodded at me, but I couldn't get myself to look her face to face, she just really intimidated me. So, I just kept my eyes on the dude, Jason was his name. "it seems you already knew about the existence of our camp from coming to the gates the other day and unfortunately meeting our most annoying member." He rolled his eyes and then continued "sorry you had to deal with him, he has a thing for dramatics and he's always been like this trying to scare new recruits into submission, so they will listen to him and also fear him in the process."

I nodded slowly in understanding as I sat up and placed by back against the headboard, all the while Reyna had not said a thing was she was simply studying me. I shuddered at the thought and I had one simply question to ask "food?" Jason laughed and said if you are feeling up for it you can follow me, and I'll get you a bite to eat." Reyna turned to Jason "I have to go the field of mars and conduct training with the First." She turned to me as black met brown and blue, she maintained eye contact in silence until she spoke "welcome to camp Jupiter er…" I quickly caught on and responded "Blake Jefferson" she nodded in satisfaction "Blake." She left the room and her cape billowed behind her as she marched out. Jason cracked another grin "let's go get some food dude" I climbed out of the bed slowly and wobbled as I put my hand down on the bed to support myself until I pressed off it and stood up straight.

I grinned at Jason with a sparkle in my eyes and I looked at my ring as it glinted in the sunlight as we took a step outside as my next breath caught in my throat. Before me lay a river in the shape of a U bending around an encampment on the other side, wooden walls and watchtowers with purple banners with SPQR on them towered above the rest of the smaller buildings scattered inside, while people in armour marched about. A big open field with a statue of a man with a spear stood to the side of it as if watching over it as people on the field fought each other. I stood there trying to take it all in. Jason laughed as he saw my expression "that was my first reaction first time I seen this camp." My eyes drank in the sight of the camp and then I turned my head to the left. I saw a huge city full of what looked like temples and housing and shops and loads of people walking the streets! I couldn't believe this was on the other side of a tunnel I had driven past on the bus many times and not have noticed it.

When I turned my head back Jason had started walking ahead so I quickly followed him while he told me about the countless things that we were walking by them, such as the field of mars, the legion barracks, the different cohorts, and how I will be chosen to join one. My mind was in a whole different world as my head just nodded as I struggled to take in all the information that was given to me as we finally arrived at a big open temple of sorts. When we went inside it was full of benches and people were eating. A fair amount of the people cast glances our way as I sat down opposite Jason at the top of the room if you could call it that where everyone could see us. "ignore them" Jason told me as I settled down and food was placed down in front of Jason and I. "Praetor" one of the servers nodded to Jason who smiled and nodded in return who then began to dig into his food, so I knew I had to do the same since I was quite hungry. I began tucking into my food which was absolute bliss, it tasted like the food my neighbour made for me on Christmas I smiled at the memory as I quickly shovelled the food down my throat to quench the hunger building in my stomach.

I sat back and noticed Jason looked at me with raised eyebrow I laughed and said "I haven't had a thing to eat since yesterday morning" he nodded in understanding and then finished his food shortly after. When he sat back I knew what was coming next. Question time. "So, Blake, you're a son of Janus, but you haven't been through lady Lupa's training yet which is a surprise, Reyna told me about the deal your father made with Lupa to train you shortly after you arrived instead, I honestly have no idea why" he simply shrugged and I nodded and he then continued "where have you been living then?" to which I simply replied "concord" he raised an eyebrow again and then took a glance around at the others eating "we haven't had a son of Janus since the former Praetor Michael Varus in the 1980's, it seems you really are a rare demigod to find but indeed I have heard about Varus but sadly never got a chance to meet him since he was lost in Alaska with a legion retrieving the lost artefacts."

He turned and looked back at me and I quickly cut in before he could continue "Jason, I found out two years ago I was a demigod, son of Janus to be exact, my neighbour told me she used to be part of the Legion and that I should seek it out which I did and the first time didn't go so well. But I have been battling a certain hellhound that won't kill me, and I can't kill him." I rubbed the back of my neck as Jason's eyes flashed in annoyance at my words he spoke then "I'm really sorry about having to meet Octavian he seems to be full of himself recently after becoming Augur he thinks he owns everyone and everything in this camp." I simply glanced around in case he was here listening to our conversation while Jason seemed to understand what I was doing "don't worry Octavian wont actually harm you, so any issues come right to me you seem like an honest guy" I smiled to show him gratitude and said to him "Jason, I think I need to get some sleep before I head to meet this Lady Lupa tomorrow" he smiled and stood up and told me to follow him to his house where I could stay the night. We marched up the hill away from New Rome, he told me the name of the city on the way up towards his home. We got inside and the moment he showed me the bed I clambered in and soon I was fast asleep. I wish I could say that my sleep wasn't dreamless. I looked around and realized I was in a tunnel of some sort sharp rocks protruding from the sides. I decided to walk left and made my way down the tunnel until I eventually heard some voices "we must raise my lord" a hissing voice spoke which gave me the shudders. I peeked my head around the corner of the tunnel and saw a dog type lizard thing, and a young boy with sandy blonde hair and a scar down the side of his face who spoke next "lord Kronos will eventually be risen, and we will tear down the gods and their regime! Finally, we can bring peace and stability with the titans" he turned and looked directly at me and he lunged with a sword in his hand that appeared out of nowhere and I gasped and sat bolt upright, covered in sweat. I knew I wasn't going to sleep anymore…so I just lay down on my back and prepared for tomorrow.

Thank you guys for reading the next chapter, I hope you enjoy what I wrote and apologies if any of it sounds wrong with the grammar, I will fix it when you send me some things I missed!