I DO NOT OWN THE PERCY JACKSON SERIES.

Jason

When the giants were defeated and all the earth borns were destroyed, the group of demigods, as well as the god Apollo, walked towards one another.

All of them except Percy and Annabeth.

"Perseus Jackson!I can't believe you didn't tell me that!" Annabeth shrieked at Percy, whose expression told them he really didn't think she'd be that mad.

The six demigods and the god stared at them.

"wow" Frank said, his voice tainted with pure astonishment.

Jason nodded his agreement.

By the way she'd looked for him...I really had stupidly thought they were the puppies and rainbow type of couple.

Jason looked at his sister Thalia, she seemed as though that little conversation going on over there was a normal phenomenon for her, and was actually kind of bored over it. She was, in fact, checking her nails.

Apollo on the other hand, seemed to be enjoying it.

Apollo sighed.

"Those daughters of Athena...they are so...hm...whats the word? Feisty?...yeah that's the word..." he said, his eyes sparkling mischievously.

Thalia's forehead creased as she scowled. She turned to him.

"I'd like to agree Apollo but 1, that's my friend...a very good one at that, and 2, I'll tell both lady Artemis and Athena if you don't stop..."

Apollo stopped, but smirked evilly.

Annabeth let out a sound of frustration and stamped her feet on the ground.

"er...shouldn't we help him?" Leo asked.

Jason looked at him, then he looked at his sister, then they all looked at Leo and turned around, leaving Leo to stare at Percy and Annabeth.

Piper stretched her hand and lightly shoved him on his back.

"go on repair boy...fix that..."

Leo held his breath and took one last look at the couple before turning around.

Jason somehow found himself next to Thalia. They hugged each other.

"hey sis. Hows it been?" he asked good maturely. When he released her, he realized he had gotten blood on her.

"oh...sorry about that..." he said, only now realizing that he was torn up pretty badly.

"no worries..." Thalia replied. She looked at Apollo expectantly.

Apollo rolled his eyes and sighed.

"need me I see...promise not to tell Athena?" he asked.

Thalia smirked. "if you do a good job" she replied.

Apollo released air from his mouth, making a 'pfft-ing' sound.

Apollo rested his hand on Jason's head, and Jason seemingly glowed golden at the contact. He felt a rush of energy invade his body and senses, rejuvenating him instantly.

Jason looked at his hands in surprise. "a full night's rest in a few seconds...cool"

Apollo grinned and placed his hand on Frank, who was damaged only a bruise or two less than Jason.

When it came Hazel's turn to be healed, Apollo looked at her, cleared his throat and said:

"child with eyes so bright,

you easily rivals the night's moon light ,

but not the sun light...that's me by the way..." he grinned and winked at Hazel, who was staring dumbstruck at him.

She managed to recover herself and said "er...okay..."

Thalia groaned. "no...don't say okay...he'll take it as an incentive to continue..."

"oh"...Hazel said as though traumatized.

Apollo was opening his mouth to go on when Annabeth and Percy joined them.

"hey." Percy said as he scratched his forehead. Annabeth still appeared furious. She said nothing.

Thalia looked at her and asked, "want me to zap him?"

Annabeth's anger weakened a bit and she went over to Thalia and hugged her.

There was a few second of silence.

Breaking the silence, Apollo said "well...I see I have more people to heal...you first " he nodded to Percy.

"you okay?" Jason heard Thalia ask Annabeth.

Annabeth nodded. Then she looked around and asked, "where's Lucius?"

Jason saw Apollo's back stiffen.

He glanced at everyone else to see if they saw that. Frank was the only one who did.

"nope." they each said.

"didn't even see him while the battle was on..." Leo said.

Annabeth spun around and called out his name.

Jason leaned into Frank. " you er...having any weird thought about this?"

Frank looked at him and then nodded hesitantly. " I thought it was just the name...but..." he shrugged " I think there's more to it..."

"whats wrong?" Piper asked, causing Annabeth to look at them suspiciously.

Jason took a deep breath and bit his lip.

I'm acting on instinct here...but...

"OK...I know this may sound weird but Lucius Augustus...he told me to call him Caracalla..." he stopped, expecting the name to mean something to her.

"yeah...he told me that was a nick name..." she said confused.

"yeah...well I don't think he was a demigod...or a friend for that matter..." Jason explained.

They all stared at him. Except Frank and Percy. Percy was being healed and Frank was nodding his head.

" I had the same feeling" he said, backing Jason up.

Jason felt slightly relieved as long as I'm not the only one he thought.

"why? Leo asked.

"because of his name..." Frank said and Leo scowled.

"yeah so...its just a name...I mean would you think I'm not a demigod if my name was...I don't know...Leola?" Leo asked, sounding slightly reproachful.

Thalia snorted. " Leola sounds like a girl name, so actually...we'd judge you harsher..."

"its not just a name..." Jason cut them off before they got off topic.

He cleared his throat. "...its the history behind it...Lucius Augustus was an ex-emperor of Rome, and was one of the worst to ever rule. He killed his own brother to gain full leadership of Rome, then he killed all the supporters of his brother, including his own wife. Thousands of Romans were killed. He was described as being mankind's enemy..." Jason stopped and let that sink in.

Then he continued, " his nick name was Caracalla...not sure why..."

Jason looked at the expressions on their faces.

"it could be a coincidence..." Piper offered and Jason shrugged.

"it could...but lets remember that Gaea is still in control of the doors of death, and...well...that being so...we can't exactly trust people...especially those who show up unexpectedly..." Frank said.

Jason nodded, watching as understanding lighted the eyes of Piper, and Leo. Annabeth had a weird look in her eyes, as though she was trying to figure out a piece of a puzzle.

Jason was about to ask her about it when Apollo finished up with Percy and turned to Annabeth.

He placed palm on her head, then he pulled it back slightly. His back stiff.

His eyes flashed dangerously, and he clenched his teeth.

"whats wrong?" Thalia asked Apollo.

He grudgingly smiled a tight a smile and said "nothing."

He healed Annabeth and looked at her sadly, then he backed up, resting his sad gaze on Percy and then the rest of them.

He took a breath and looked at Thalia.

"Contact Artemis...let her know you're safe...I'm going now"

Before Thalia could respond, he turned and walked away, vanishing a safe distance away.

Leo

When they had returned to Argo 2, it was around 4 pm.

They had taken to the air as soon as Leo had some food. He was in the control room now, switching on the auto pilot so that he could go take a bath and find a nice comfy bed.

Leo rubbed his shoulder and sighed as he exited the control room and headed below deck.

He bumped into someone at the bottom of the stairs.

It was Hazel.

"oh...sorry...wasn't looking" she said as she bent down to pick up some stuff that had fallen.

"no problem...wasn't looking either..." Leo replied, bending down to help her.

"er...Roman history?...aren't you suppose to already know that?" Leo asked her, looking at the papers.

Hazel smiled, and he just had to stare at her eyes.

"its for Annabeth...I think she's a little freaked by Caracalla...or whatever he's called." she said.

Leo concurred with a smile and nod of his head.

"don't really blame her..." he said as he looked at her.

He was about to give her some of the papers when in the shade of the room, he saw a figure form.

Leo looked harder, squinting his eyes a bit.

The he saw the form moved, stretching a hand towards Hazel.

Leo pushed her aside, telling her "look out." Hazel stumbled to the her side, opposite the shadowy form.

The figure pulled it's hand back.

Leo placed himself in front of her, reaching into his tool belt and drawing out his hammer.

He sent the hammer flying towards the figure.

The figure made a sound of pain and anger, it didn't go down though, in fact it only stood straighter.

It pulled out a scary looking sword that made Leo's blood run cold.

There was a weird sensation in him, it was as though his very soul was demanding that he run away from that sword.

That's one scary sword, but I can't run...

I can't...whatever it was. It wanted Hazel, it was going for Hazel...

Leo had no idea why that mattered, but it did.

Deciding it wasn't time to play magic tricks with his belt, Leo mustered a palm full of fire.

He could see the form clearer now.

It was a boy with long dirty,matted black hair that fell forward, hiding his eyes. He was pale and skinny, both beyond imagination. His black torn clothing hung off his body.

He was covered in bruises, which were partially hidden by mud stains and dried blood.

There was something wild about him, as though he had been ' locked in a cage while mommy and daddy went to play.'

he heard Hazel gasp behind him. It was a soft sound that you really didn't expect form a fierce Roman.

She placed her hand on Leo's shoulder, and came forward, she was completely focused on the boy.

Something in him screamed to push her back behind him, but the way she looked at the boy...it made him do otherwise.

"Nico?" Hazel asked softly.

The boy breathed in a ragged breath, his eyes still on Leo.

"Nico...its alright...put down the sword..." she said. The boy bit his lips, resulting in a small amount of blood trickling down. He had probably bitten an old wound, reopening it; but it didn't seem to bother him.

Hazel put her hand on the Nico's own, and he looked at her.

"Hazel?" he asked softly, so soft that Leo almost hadn't heard him.

"yes...its OK...put the sword down..." Hazel said coaxingly, gently putting pressure on his hand.

The boy put the sword down slowly, then sniffed.

He tried to make step towards Hazel, but he couldn't make it.

His swayed and his eyes became unfocused. He then collapsed.

Hazel caught his head and went down with him.

Hugging him, and brushing her hand through his hair; she said "its alright..."