AN: Another one in Rome. I wanted to get this out. Ria's probably going to get her own story and it will pick up where the last one left off. I had to fight myself to not write another one about Ria. What have you done to me? You know who you are. 3
Promise there will be more action in the next one. I'm thinking a Hydra...
Andy Gallus, son of Ceres, hurried toward the infirmary with the load of medical supplies from town. If he got back in time, he could be in the group that surveys the property they would be renovating for that girl. With his father's background in construction and his knowledge of structure it allowed him to go on many of the excursions out of camp to properties that they took back from monsters, which so far had amounted to two properties.
He stood as still as possible, a good soldier, as he waited for them to sign the paper saying they got the delivery.
Finally, the slow poke finished.
He did his best to not run back to New Rome, drop off the paper, and then back to the Field of Mars to try and get on the team going to the renovation property.
When he did, he was surprised to see the slight form of the graecus, Cassie, standing beside Reyna and Frank. Normally when Greeks visited they took on the role of either probatio or legionnaire, depending on the amount of time they had been training and their status at Camp Half-Blood. So what was the girl doing standing beside the praetors?
Andy fell into place with his cohort, standing at attention beside Shelly, "What's the graecus doing up there?"
"Her property we're looking at. If she were Roman, she would definitely be in the first or second cohort." Shelly rolled her eyes. "She isn't even strong, or a good fighter, but she's up there."
Andy frowned, "Saved our hides, though. If it hadn't been for her those rogue half-bloods would have killed us."
"Ria did more than she did." Shelly glanced down the line to the girl that had been accepted by their cohort.
"You just don't like her because she's up there," Andy whispered, "She got us out of there. She called backup for us. She got us here, and knocked out the guy who had attacked us in the first place. Yeah, Ria helped, but Ria also almost got killed when she tripped."
"You just think she's cute."
Andy rolled his eyes, "No, I don't." He thought she was beautiful, but he liked someone else.
"Really?"
"Why does it matter? Jealous?" He teased, trying to figure out what Shelly's problem was.
She scoffed, "Hardly."
Their cohort leader glared back at them.
"Lesbianhonest—" Jade hissed from Shelly's other side, quoting Pitch Perfect.
Andy snorted, then choked back his laughter.
Shelly turned bright red, "Shut up. That's so not what's going on."
As a daughter of Apollo, the got of truth, she was a terrible liar.
Andy's laughter died.
Jade's smile died, and she turned her face away.
"Andy, we'll need you on this trip." Reyna was assembling a group to go, oblivious to their whispers.
Andy stepped out of formation and joined the group that was forming.
It was a small group, their elite construction workers, meaning it was an honor to be picked for the team.
"You have the address, today we're assessing the situation. Cassie and I will go ahead, you all grab what you need to check things over and meet us there," Reyna instructed. She was all business, as if she didn't even notice that Cassie was standing there and chatting with Frank.
Andy nudged Paul, "Hey sparky."
"Woody. How's the new girl?"
"Ria? Fierce. Intelligent. Still looking for a good fight. The war games will help her, I think." Andy frowned, "She's different, that one. Rare weapon for a Roman. We'll see what the gods have in store for her."
"Shelly seemed to think she was amazing, didn't have much of an opinion on the Greek."
"Yeah…" Andy didn't think it was a wise choice to tell him that Shelly had a crush on the Greek girl. He also didn't think it was a good idea to tell anyone about the dream he had had last night about Ria, and a monster. A big monster.
Or the fact that he knew he would die to save her from it.