AN: Another one of these? Meanwhile, none of you want these but actually want a chapter of the actual story. That's okay though, I'm evil. :D

Walter

Working my current job was something special, we always got the most interesting clients coming in.

Then again, people tended to get a lot more drastic right before we made them jump out of the plane.

"Alright" I shouted, to be heard over the engines. "Which one of you is the one going without an instructor?" I asked.

The blonde haired one raised his hand, grinning wildly. "I'm pretty experienced with the whole falling from the sky thing."

The guy beside him snickered, teetering nervously in his seat, but he said nothing to indicate he wanted out. "I'm going alone as well, I've done this a few times myself" he chuckled. The girl that was on the blonde's other side however, was gripping the seat viciously with her hands. "Is she alright?" I asked, pointing her out. "If you don't want to do this, you don't have to."

Her eyes flickered to me, full of fear, but narrowing as if I'd meant it as a challenge. "I'm doing it. Otherwise I'll never hear the end of it from these idiots."

The boy with the green eyes chuckled, "Oh come on Thals, I'm doing it, and we both know how it looks if me of all people will jump out of this plane and you won't." The other boy grinned, "I'll be right there with you, nothing to worry about." He told her, reassuringly.

She sighed, "You know if I die, Artemis is going to murder both of you, right?"

Blondie grinned again, "Ah come on, sis, you won't die."

Green eyes took the time to interject, "Maybe just become horribly disfigured, but hey, we can all chill in side by side hospital beds."

I chuckled at their banter, "Alright, so, You," I pointed at the blonde, "Jason" he supplied, smirking, "Jason, will be going solo." I then pointed at the other boy, "And you'll be doing the same?" He nodded, "Percy" he added, grinning nervously.

"Thalia" the girl interjected as I turned to face her, before I even began, I smiled. "Yes, Thalia you'll be going with me, so I'll make sure you make it to the ground in one piece." She stared me down for a nervous moment before grumbling, "Better be a nice looking piece" and getting up to get strapped up.

I saw that the two boys had helped each other getting their chutes on and were standing ready, Percy leaning near the exit door, watching Thalia's discomfort with amusement.

I smile at the two, tightening a few of the straps on my own chute and the harnesses connecting me to Thalia, "So you two like jumping out of planes, I take it?" I prompted, to keep a conversation going. It was a good way to keep everyone's nerves down, which I had figured the girl, Thalia needed.

They grinned widely at one another, "Oh yea," Jason began, "We do loads of stupid and dangerous stuff."

Percy smirked, "Definitely, ever tried to ride a seal?" he asked, I shook my head. "Don't" he then suggested, "They're slippery as heck. Did that in San Francisco."

Thalia shook her head from in front of me, "True story, I was there to see it." She muttered, "You smelled weird for the rest of that trip, too."

Percy's face contorted into one of insult, "I blame you guys for that, not the seal." His expression turned a little mischievous, "Say wasn't that the same trip that I found out about your little fear of heights? At Hoover Dam?"

I would bet she scowled at him, "That dam trip was eventful." She said, breaking out into sudden giggles. Percy was laughing along. I looked over at the other one, Jason, but he looked similarly lost.

"Alright" I broke in, "What order do you three want to do this?"

Percy stood up a little straighter, "Oh, definitely first, I want to be able to look up at her face on the way down."

Thalia didn't speak up, but Jason shrugged, "I'll go last just to make sure Thalia comes along, if that's alright"

Normally we weren't supposed to let a solo go last, but Jason seemed eerily calm about the situation, like one of us employees, I glanced at my partner and he shrugged. Taking it as a yes, I nodded at Jason, "We'll go second then."

My partner opened the door and stood by it, ready to aid us out the door. Percy got there first, preparing him to let off, and he grinned back when he was ready, "See you at the bottom, Pinecone Face"

With that, he let go and went into a freefall, turning to face up almost instantly.

I motioned Thalia to step up to the door, and she reluctantly did so.

"Don't think about it Thals, just go" Jason suggested from behind us, giving her a thumbs up.

Thalia just rolled her eyes, "Shut up Jase, I'm going no matter what so I can punch Kelp Head in the nose when we get to him."

I stepped in, "Maybe keep that until we reach the ground, hmm? Once you're out of the harness I'm not responsible."

Thalia smirked, Jason laughing behind me. "Deal" she said, "Just make sure we land close to him."

I got to the door, ready to go, and before we let go, I heard Jason shout for her to keep her eyes open.

On the way down, we went quickly in order to catch up to Percy. I took a glance up and saw Jason on his way down behind us, closing in.

Percy grinned widely up at us when we were close enough to see his face, he gave two big thumbs up to Thalia, which she responded to by giving him the bird.

Jason proved to be much more than adept at skydiving. He was doing acrobatics around us, earning laughs that were lost in the wind.

He stopped for a moment, falling feet first, and gestured a tumbling motion to me with his fingers. I nodded and gripped the harness, using my weight to send myself and Thalia into a small backflip in the air. She shrieked, but didn't sound scared anymore.

Nearing the ground, I motioned to Jason and Percy for them to pull their parachutes, before doing so with mine. It expanded and caught the wind, slowing our descent to a glide down to the earth.

Once we'd landed, I undid all the straps on the harness and shook it off of us, freeing Thalia to step away, which she did, immediately running over and punching Percy, as promised.

"Ow!" he cried, holding his nose and glaring at Thalia with irritation. "Why?" She just smiled innocently at him.

"So what relation are you guys to one another, exactly?" I muttered, watching the events unfold between the two.

Jason had come to stand beside me, not even attempting to stop their argument. "Thalia's my sister, Percy's our cousin."

"Feisty family"

He grinned, "We get it from our dads, they all hate each other."

"Luckily," he pointed out, "We're just, competitive, lots of fighting but not many real arguments."

"I pity anyone who marries into your family, no offense." I joked.

Jason just took it in stride, "Just gotta be tough to make it in, Percy's girlfriend can beat him up, mine's inhumanly persuasive."

"What about your sister?" I asked, slightly curious. Jason looked at me for a moment and shook his head, "Doesn't date, usually breaks the arms of anyone who asks her out."

"Well, at least it seems your goal in coming here went well." I directed, "She was laughing most of the fall."

"Yea." His reply seemed distracted, "I don't think she'll want to do it again, though."