The next morning Gover went to check on Emma who was still not awake yet. Argus gave no indication that she did over night either. The satyr worried as always hating that there was so little he could do. Chiron had him running all over camping to get the Argo II ready by sundown. He was something that the centaur wasn't telling people but Gover understood. Now that it is. He understood what it meant to know things. He knew where Percy was. He had worked it out of Emma. She begged him not to tell Annabeth or anyone at Camp Half-Blood. He got that now that the 'it will all work out for the best trust me' face and thing. He had to use that face on Emma so many time. He hated though forcing her to do the right thing for others, which are never she. He has a feeling that she would do it anyway. But he hates putting her in the center of attention because she hates that. He knows this by the way she talks. Always wanting the best for others. Always getting angry when the gods stick their presence in things that are needed. He smiled knowing that her on this quest was the best thing. Percy would find love. And Will. He chuckled as Will came into the room.

"Hey, Gover. Chiron is wants to know if you can get Blackjack on the ship. Not even Butch can." Will said but his voice was distant and Gover caught something in it.

"Yeah can you watch her in case she wakes up?" Gover moved from his stool and Apollo's son took his spot. Will ran a hand through his blond hair and Gover just had to ask.

"Are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm fine." Gover sighed and walked out. As he left the archer muttered. "It's Mitchell you should worry about." The air was silent and Will closed his eyes. He could still see the blush on Mitchell's cheeks, his small smile, and those warm big brown eyes. But he also saw the bruise on his cheek, the cut on those pink lips, and the fear in those eyes. It broke his heart for reasons unknown to him. He heard a gasp and his eyes opened. The girl was sitting up, with her breathing coming back to her. She squezzed her eyes shut and then turned to him.

"Then kiss him." She said staring him the eye.

"What?" She smiled a sly smile and repeated herself.

"I think you should kiss him then. Show him just much it hurts to see him hurt." Her voice was familiar and looking at her so did she.

"Do I know you?"
"No…. But that doesn't mean I don't know you, Will Solace and I think you, son of Apollo, should go and kiss Mitchell, son of Aphrodite like he has never been kiss." Will shook his head and laughed though the image was starting to play in his mind.

"I can't. What would his boyfriend think?" She looked down as he sighs.

"Do think he really go those from training?" She muttered quietly. Her smile was gone and her eyes were serious. Will's blue eye close as anger washes over him. How could I be so stupid?

"No," He whispered.

"He needs you. He needs to know that someone loves him for him and not for the traits he got from his mom. So find him. Wrap your arms around his waist and kiss him. Trust me. He'll melt right into you." She smiled again and placed a hand on his arm. Leo came in and couldn't help but joke.

"I promised it wasn't me. Wait melt what, exactly?" The girl and Will laughed as Leo came closer.

"Nothing. She was just giving me some needed advice." Will got up and headed towards the door. His mind thinking about it and his heart picturing it.

"Think about it, Will. You can save him from his boyfriend if you are the boyfriend." She calls after him. He hears it but within seconds of leaving the room she is gone from his mind. The only thing on his mind is finding Mitchell, wrapping his arms around the boy's tiny waist, and kissing him.

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She woke up but her eyes didn't open. She liked those nights, the nights that she wasn't horrified out of her sleep. She could feel cool sheets under her fingertips but something didn't feel right. Sure her bones ached as always and she could hear Gover snoring beside her but something was off. As far as she could tell if her eyes closed, she was in a small room with more than one bed because Gover wasn't invading her space. That could mean anything though. Something nagging at her mind, and it wasn't her. The shuffling of sheets mixed with Gover's continuing snoring was enough to wake her. The cabin she was in was dark but it wasn't the same as the one at Camp Half-Blood and she wasn't alone. Gover slept on a cot parallel to her own. But a boy stood by the door wrestling with a sheet. She laughed seeing that he was trying to fold the white sheet. He stared at her in shock as her laugh rang through the room. She stood recognizing him as Leo Valdez and that's when her legs gave out. She feel to her knees and that's when she realized where she was.
"Wait!" Leo called out after her but she was gone, through the door, the hallway, up the stairs and onto the deck. She couldn't believe this was happening she couldn't be here. Not with them. Fear filled her mind as she saw the sky surrounding them. She cursed in every language she knew and rushed to the side. She made to jump but strong winds held her in place and she cursed in what Leo recognized as Greek. She pulled her hands away from the railing and the winds died immediately. She learned two things. One she was part of the quest whether she liked it or not and two she cannot leave this ship.