Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson. Can I own Perseus Ja-

Rick: No

Me: Why?

Rick: Annabeth owns him.

Me: ...

Last time...all of the athletes (Annabeth, Percy, Thalia, and Nico) qualified for the Olympics.

(Annabeth POV)

Annabeth looked down at her watch, which read 10:13. She still had thirty minutes to burn before her plane began to board. She was at the Eugene Airport waiting to board. She was wearing her respective red, white, and blue USA Olympic sweatsuit and sat next to the other athletes.

The athletes ranged from the young, lithe gymnasts to the bulky, well-muscled shot-putters. Many of the athletes were talking and laughing, and Annabeth felt like a bit of a loner. While the other athletes had competed with and against each other, the Olympic Trials were the first time she had seen many of these athletes.

Annabeth was startled out of her reverie by a young girl with dark hair that contrasted greatly with her bright blue eyes.

"Hey," she said, "I'm Thalia. I'm an archer and I'm only 16 and you look young and also pretty lonely, and I'm lonely too! So I was thinking that we could be lonely together."

Annabeth was taken aback, "Um, Okay... I'm Annabeth, I'm a middle distance runner and I'm 15. Nice to meet you!"

"You too," Thalia replied. "I'm super pumped to see the Olympic village! But I hope we aren't staying in a skyscraper! That could be bad..."

As Thalia trailed off, Annabeth struggled to find a way to tell Thalia that the Olympic village would actually be in the upper floors of the Empire State building. It had been hard enough for New Yorkers to compromise on an area for the Olympic Arena, so tearing down space for a village had been out of the question. As an aspiring architect, Annabeth had been thrilled to get to stay in such an illustrious building. It had never occurred to her that someone might be afraid of heights.

"So," Thalia continued, "I've heard that this is the year for young athletes! The person carrying the flag is 15, like you! He's a swimmer, and his name is Percy Jackson. Oh look-there he is!"

Once again, Annabeth struggled to focus on Thalia's words. She had kinda been staring creeper-ishly at the boy now identified as Percy Jackson. He had messy, raven-black hair (messy in a cute way) and startling sea-green eyes.

"Oh wow. Uhmmmm, so, have you flown before?" Annabeth tried to change the subject when she saw Thalia smirking at her, but she regretted it when she saw how pale Thalia became.

"Yep," she replied, "and hopefully I'll never have to do it again!"

The speaker announced that the Olympians were now boarding.

"Here we go. To New York!"

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(Nico POV)

Nico was officially a loser. He sat sullenly the whole time in the airport, while everyone around him carefully ignored him. During that time, he observed the watch the mystery man had given him, and sighed when he saw it had been broken. He tossed it into his bag. It wasn't like he needed a watch, anyway.

When it was time to board, Nico felt a bit of dread. Who would he sit with? Were there enough seats? Would he get one? Would he have to stand and hold onto a pole, like in a subway? What if he was wedged between two shot-putters? What if he had to pee? What if he fell asleep? Needless to say, Nico had never been on a plane, nor had he traveled Olympian-style.

The seats were large, almost too much so. There were blankets and table areas. Each seat had a private mini-TV and headphones. Wow!

Nico chose an empty row, trying to stay out of the way. Then, of all people, Percy Jackson sat next to him. Yes, Nico knew the name of almost every athlete here. He collected Olympian flashcards, and Percy was such a shoe-in that he had one before the OTs.

"Hey mind if I sit here?" he asked.

"No," Nico mumbled.

"Cool! My name's Percy. I swim and stuff. You?"

"Nico. I'm a boxer." The last fact was met with a blank stare. "I know, I don't look the type, but I'm quick and witty. At least thats what the commentator said."

"Dude!" Percy said, laughing. "That is sick!"

"Not as sick as you holding the flag Friday night," Nico countered. Percy blushed.

"Well, I mean, that's okay I guess, too."

"Dude, it's sick!" Nico said, using his best Percy Impersonation. They laughed.

"What room are you in?" Percy asked. "I'm in 600A."

"Aren't there only 102 floors in the Empire State building?"

"Hmm, who knows?"

"Well, I'm in...600D. That's weird!"

"It's probably special because it's the Olympic village and all," Percy speculated.

"Yeah," Nico agreed lost in thought.

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(Thalia POV)

Thalia's knuckles were white, the armrests of her seat stuck in my vise grip. I should have driven. Biked. Walked. Anything but this inhuman form of torture, Thalia thought. She tells herself not to look down. Cliche, I know. But she has this rebellious streak...Thalia looked out the window.

Clouds. Clouds. Clouds with unidentifiable specks of green and gray below them. I'm going be sick. I am going to puke in this very nice torture chamber in front of all my fellow prisoners and be humiliated, Thalia moaned mentally.

"It's ok! Look, there's the floor, right below your feet," Annabeth said soothingly.

"Yeah, but below that is millions of miles of emptiness and very hard earth," Thalia retorted, teeth clenched.

Finally, the airplane landed. Thalia stumbled of the plane, using Annabeth for support once or twice. Okay, maybe the whole way to the limo, with their stuff already loaded.

"This Village had better be underground!" Thalia growled.

Annabeth bit her tongue, but before she replied a man bumped into her.

"Watch it!" Thalia shouted, feeling protective of her new friend.

"Sorry," Percy Jackson replied.

Thalia observed Annabeth self consciously tuck her hair behind her ears and look down at her clothes, even though the female athletes all wore the same thing (except for the sport labeled on them).

She is so crushing on him, Thalia smirked. She would have to tease Annie for it later.

"Oh, no, it's fine!" Annabeth said.

"Okay, good. I'd hate to be responsible for anyone being hurt!" Percy replied.

"Me too! Are you okay?"

"Oh yeah. I'm a bit of a clutz, so falling isn't foreign to this body."

Annabeth is probably loving that body, Thalia thought.

"Well, uh, I gotta go. Good luck, just in case I don't see you again!" Annabeth said.

"Oh, we'll meet again, I'm sure. And I would wish you luck too, but you look fast enough that you don't need it," Percy replied smoothly. With that, they went to the Olympic Village.

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