Hey guys! How's it going? Thanks for all the reviews last chapter! OMG we have more than 700 now! *screams into a pillow* This is awesome! You guys are awesome. :) First, I'll respond to some reviews. I'll try to make the ANs at the beginning shorter. Sorry it annoys people. I just tend to ramble and rant sometimes. When you get an Italian talking... Sorry. ;) Also, I'll try to make the chapters longer. But there's a serious problem some of my teachers seem to be suffering from sometimes. It's called delusion. They think we have hours on end to sit and do homework. Even if we have that time (which most don't), it's not pleasant. Besides, I'm a teen. Teens aren't meant to sit in a chair and stare at a paper for five hours. (See? That's my rant.) Anyways, now that that's done... I got the results from my audition! I made it in! Third times the charm, it seems. :) I even ranked pretty high out of everyone! I'm so excited! I think that's everything I had to go over... This wasn't that long, was it? I hope not. I own nothing but please enjoy this chapter! :)
Percy's POV
The spacecraft launched itself into the air, leaving behind our least teammate.
I ran to the window and watched Chaos's favorite planet quickly disappear. I was dimly aware of Luke standing next to me.
"I can't believe we left her..." Luke murmured. He sighed. "She's going to be pissed when we get back."
I stepped back from the window. "How could we just leave someone behind? Why'd this thing even take off?"
A voice coming from the ceiling startled me. "It took off because everyone was on board."
I was so startled, I fell to the ground and pointed up at the ceiling, slightly in fear and mostly in shock. Luke didn't look much better. "Who-who's up there?"
I could practically see the person roll their eyes. "I'm Midnight, idiot."
"Midnight?" Luke asked in shocked elation as I asked, "Where are you?"
Midnight sighed, still hidden from view. "Yes, it is I, Midnight. Come on Luke, I thought you were smart." I snickered. "And for your information, Raven, I'm in the air duct."
I blinked. "The air duct?" I took her silence as confirmation. "Why the air duct?"
"It gives me a better vantage point to watch everything. And I can shoot arrows at enemies without them noticing me from uo here."
A sudden thought occurred to me. "Wait. You have a bow and arrows?"
"Yes..."
"And you crawl around in cramped air ducts?"
"They're actually more spacious than you'd think."
I ignored the last comment. "So you're Hawkeye then!"
Bianca looked at me from the couch. "The mortal superhero?"
Grinning, I exclaimed, "Exactly!" I turned to direct my next sentences to the ceiling. "You're Hawkeye! Clint Barton!"
"There's one issue with your theory, Einstein," the sarcastic voice from the ceiling told me.
I frowned. "And what's that? You just don't want to admit that I'm right!"
Midnight snickered. "Yeah, sure... Or maybe there's just the fact that Clint Barton is a dude and I'm not."
I flushed in embarrassment, trying to come up with a witty comeback. Instead, all I managed was, "Yeah, well I'd know that if you actually come down here and socialized instead of hiding in the air ducts like a creeper!"
Midnight laughed, obviously not feeling the heat I wanted to deliver with my amazing comeback. Even Bianca and Calypso had to stifle a snort at my expense.
A grate dropped open in the ceiling. Two black boots poked out, quickly followed by a body. Midnight fell from the grate and landed in front of the TV, facing it.
"So you guys were watching Once Upon a Time," she mused, examining the paused TV screen.
"You're Midnight?" I blurted out without thinking. As soon as I said it, I wanted to smack myself. Of course she's Midnight. Not only was she decked from head to toe in black, but she's the only person on the ship whose name I didn't know.
"Yep," she answered, popping the 'p'. "Thanks for that, Captain Obvious."
"It's Raven, actually."
Midnight turned around to face me. "I know. Everyone's heard about you. Chaos's son and heir, the champion. Too bad you don't have time for all your friends."
Luke shot Midnight a warning look. "Midnight, stop it."
"What are you talking about?" I asked the girl, slightly flustered.
Midnight turned away. "We're at Olympus."
Calypso frowned slightly. "But the ship hasn't stopped yet."
Suddenly, the engine died and the craft stopped moving. We didn't crash into the ground, so I assumed that we were meant to stop. I looked out the window and saw the vast city of Olympus spread before us.
I turned back to Midnight. "How'd you-" But she wasn't there anymore.
Fom behind me, her voice called out, "Come on team! It's time to interrogate some Olympians! I'm already going to be done by the time you get there if you go at this rate!"
Luke and I exchanged a look that was part confusion, part anger, and part awe. Calypso and Bianca had already followed Midnight off the space craft. We hurried to catch up before we got left behind.
Hey guys! Technical difficulties made this a little shorter than I intended. I was going to have a whole mega awesome cliffhanger for you... I'll try to make it up to you with a better one next chapter. ;) Next update will be Friday. My sisters have a band concert this week, and I'm going to that at night so I won't be able to work on this. Sorry!
