The Return of the Shadow Huntress

Explanations

Alex looked around at Nico, who gave her a shrug, and she decided to carry on with what happened after the first war. "So after the first war, our friend Rachel became the oracle, and she gave a prophecy that would lead to the second war."

Alex was about to continue when her stomach growled. Loudly. She blushed and grabbed her stomach, Geez, Alex, when was the last time you ate? she asked herself. She turned away, knowing Nico was about to lecture her.

Nico turned to look at her, ready to scold her. "Alex, have you eaten at all today?"

She looked at him sheepishly. "Well, I skipped out on breakfast at camp and I've been wandering around for a while, so, um no."

"Alex, you need to eat," Sam said.

"I do eat!" Alex said stubbornly and Nico gave her a look. "Really Alex? I have to force you out of our cabin to go eat!"

Alex glared, "We are not having this conversation right now."

"Maybe we should go eat," Dean volunteered. "There's a diner a couple blocks away."

Alex glared at him before turning to Nico."Alright but if I have to eat then so do you Nico. No arguments."

Nico rolled his eyes, "Fine, but I'll meet you there." He slipped into the shadows and disappeared.

The Winchesters and Alex piled into the Impala and drove to the diner in relative silence. When they got out of the car they saw Nico waiting, leaning against the wall.

"Took you long enough," Nico said with a bored expression on his face. Alex nudged him with her elbow. "Don't be such an asshole, Nico, you don't play it well."

Nico stuck his tongue out at her as they walked into the diner. "Real mature, older brother," Alex said as she sat down across from Dean. Nico just rolled his eyes as he sat next to her

A young waiter came over dropped a few menus on the table.

"Hi, guys," the waiter said cheerfully. "I'm James, and I'll be serving you today. Can I get you anything to drink?" He smiled at them.

Well, actually, he smiled at Alex.

Sam smirked to himself. He nudged Dean, and nodded towards the waiter as he paid special attention to Alex as she ordered a water.

Dean snorted quietly to himself. "Poor guy's doomed," he said lowly. Speaking up he said, "I'll have a coffee, black."

Sam ordered the same and the waiter walked off. A minute later he returned to the table with their drinks.

"Need a few more minutes?" He asked, nodding towards the menus.

"Nope," Dean said. "I'm ready. I'll have a burger."

"Caesar salad," Sam said.

James turned towards Nico. "You?"

Nico looked up at him and smirked. He turned to Alex as he said. "The chicken tacos, what about you, Alex? I know how you like your Mexican food."

Alex turned bright red as she understood what Nico was hinting at and kicked him under the table. "I-I'll have the Spicy Chicken Salad."

"And a ham sandwich," Nico added and Alex glared at him, but he gave her a serious look. "As your older brother I get to do brotherly decisions, which includes making sure you're well fed because a salad doesn't fill someone up. "

Dean snorted at the salad comment and glanced pointedly at Sam, who rolled his eyes.

The waiter smiled brightly at Alex as he wrote down her order. "Thanks, your food will be out soon."

He winked at Alex as he walked away to put the orders in. Dean muffled a laugh. Alex blushed, but rolled her eyes.

"*Εκείνος, έτσι ώστε να αρέσει," Nico said to Alex. She glared at him, but her cheeks were pink.

"*Έτσι κάνει πολλά παιδιά στην κατασκήνωση. Είναι διατάραξη." Alex said back and Nico snorted.

"*Ναι, αλλά εσείς ποτέ δεν θα πάμε γι 'αυτούς, είστε πάρα πολύ ερωτευμένος με αυτό το μεξικάνικο ξωτικό." Nico said with a smirk forming on his lips. Alex face was bright red as she smacked Nico over the head. He bit back a laugh, but was still wincing. Alex could hit pretty hard.

"Uh," Sam said.

"What language is that?" Dean asked. "And why is Alex so red?"

Nico couldn't hold it anymore and started laughing, "Ha ha, have fun explaining that Ally," he managed to get out.

Alex shook her head, face turning even redder (if that was even possible). "N-No reason! None at all, ha ha," she said nervously. She really didn't feel like talking about her giant crush with the two Winchesters.

"We were talking in Greek. It hardwired in our brains which is why we have dyslexia. We also speak Latin because both of us were at a Roman camp. I also speak Italian as well and we both speak some Mandarin." Nico explained.

"That's only because when Nico used to shadow travel us, back when he first started out, we would usually ended up in China," Alex said with a snort and Nico blushed a bit.

"You promised not to speak about it, Alex! Maybe I should tell them about the time I walked into the bunker and you and-" Nico was interrupted by Alex putting her hand over his mouth.

"Anyway, let's continue catching up shall we?" She said sweetly before flashing a small glare in Nico's direction.

"Okay, then," Dean said slowly. "Just, ah, keep going then."

"Alright so after the war, I decided to travel around since being at camp was very rough. There were constant reminders of everyone we had lost and I couldn't stand it." Alex said softly and Nico reached over to squeeze her hand comfortably.

"I decided to go looking for you guys, but I couldn't find you. I did run into a few angels, though. Even had a nice chat with Michael," she said casually.

"Wait, what?" Dean leaned forward a bit as he stared at Alex. "You talked with Michael?"

"When did this happen?" Nico asked just as surprised. Alex hadn't told him about this and she told him everything.

"Right before Hera sent me to Camp Jupiter," Alex replied to Nico before turning to Dean. "I was in a motel when he appeared. He introduced himself and I agreed to speak with him. He said he needed me to help you say yes to him."

"And?" Dean probed. "What did you do?"

"I said no, of course. He told me that I was being selfish and that I would aiding in the end of the world. I told him he needed to back off, grow a pair and stop being God's little soldier. Let's just say it didn't end well." Alex said with a wince, remembering the injuries he had given her.

"What did he do?"

"Let's not go there," Alex said averting her eyes to her arm where three perfectly sharp scars were.

Sam caught the short glance and opened his mouth to say something. He shut it when he saw the pain in Alex's face.

"Anyway after that experience, I decided to take a break from looking for you guys. Hera decided this would be a perfect chance to start Plan C of her little demigod exchange program. She told me about the Roman demigods and how I was going to go to Camp Jupiter in order to help create peace between both camps. You see us Greeks and Romans, we have a very bad bloody history." Alex stated before she took a sip of water.

"You gonna elaborate on that?" Dean drawled.

Alex smirked lazily. "Nope. So right after she told me everything, she personally sent me to camp and made me go through the Tiber, this river by the entrance to camp, which took away my Achilles's Curse."

Nico slammed his head into the table, "So much precious time wasted. Do you know how long it took for me to come up with that plan and to actually get her brother to agree to it?"

"Get over it, Nico, I helped create that plan," Alex said her eyes narrowing.

"Oh look, our food's here," Sam interrupted quickly. James the flirty waiter stopped at the table, a tray balanced on one hand.

"Burger," he said as he set down a plate in front of Dean. "Caesar." A plate for Sam. "Tacos." A plate for Nico. "And a salad and sandwich for the lovely lady." He smiled widely at Alex as he set her food down. "Can I get you guys anything else? Ketchup? Refills?"

"I think we're good," Sam said. "Thanks."

"No problem," said James, still staring at Alex. "Tell me when you're ready for the check."

"Wait one more thing," Nico said, his eyes going dark with protectiveness and amusement. Alex smiled knowing that was Nico's 'older protective brother look.'

"Yes?" James said politely, finally tearing his gaze away from Alex.

"Just a few things," Nico said casually as he made a small hand movement with his right hand, "You're a great guy, hopefully, I don't know and I don't care, but this is my sister so stop hitting on her. It's rude and you had no idea if it was making her uncomfortable which it obviously is. Also, you wouldn't even stand a chance, she has a boyfriend."

Alex gaped at her brother. "Nico di Angelo!"

"What?" He said innocently.

"That was completely rude and unnecessary! Apologize."

Nico turned to James, his eyes still dark. "I apologize. Now leave."

James scurried away. Dean and Sam started laughing as soon as he was out of earshot.

Alex slammed her head into the table, barely avoiding her food, "That was so embarrassing, Nico I thought we were over the brother stage when you thought Will had a crush on me."

"Well, someone had to do it and the moose and squirrel don't have the balls to do it."

"I would be hurt if I could stop laughing," Dean said as he caught his breath. "Well Sammy?"

Sam snorted. "I don't really care about the waiter hitting on her, it was harmless, mostly. I'm more concerned about this so-called boyfriend of yours, Alex." He raised a brow at the blushing girl.

"I-I don't have a boyfriend I swear!" Alex said and Nico coughed something around the lines, "Not yet."

Dean stared at her. "Sure thing, kiddo. Now eat."

They began to eat and Alex decided to continue talking, "Anywho after a while at the camp, I finally felt at home again. Jason was my best friend. Hazel, Frank, Reyna, and him were part of my messed up little family, and I even managed to get Octavian to be my friend."

Nico wrinkled his nose. "I still can't believe you accomplished that. He wanted all the Greeks dead."

Dean and Sam stared at the two. "Uh," Sam said. "You made friends with a guy who wanted you dead?"

Alex nodded like it was a normal thing to do, "Yeah, Tavy isn't that bad when you get to know him."

Nico snorted, "I still can't believe he let you call him that. I remember when you said it the first time, he turned completely red and everyone teased him for days."

Alex smiled, "Yeah it was a great sight. You really need to learn about him and his past to see why he's so power hungry. He's a sweet guy, I mean he didn't kill me when he found out I was Greek."

"Uh huh," Dean glanced between the siblings. "Okay, well, we don't need to hear another tragic backstory about a tortured soul, nor do we care about said tortured soul. Continue the war story."

Alex rolled her eyes at Dean's comment, "I forgot you hated chick flick moments and stuff like that, Dean. Gotta be Mr. Tough Guy all the time," something flashed in Alex's eyes and Dean barely saw it. It was a small flash of pain, anxiety, and regret.

"Anyway," Alex continued before anyone could make a comment, "After a few nice weeks of comfort, Hera pulled a fast one. She made Jason disappear, and of course I didn't know, so I thought he had gotten kidnapped. Honestly, she could have warned me! It wasn't until December that we found him, three days after Percy went missing. I was ready to go all Hell's Princess on her."

Nico winced, "Yeah, I'm glad you didn't, you're very scary, but she would've smited you." He smirked. "Plus, after we got Jason back, you got a little Vulcan for your trouble."

Alex gave Nico a bitchface, one she had learned from Sam all those years ago.

"Wait, like Star Trek Vulcan?" Dean interrupted.

Nico gave Dean a borderline creepy smile, "Not exactly, but something like that. Also I'm surprised you even know what Star Trek is, nerd."

"That is actually the first time someone has called me a nerd," Dean said. "Also, everyone knows what Star Trek is."

"Everyone from this century, yeah," Alex said with a weird look on her face.

Sam looked at Alex oddly. "You do know that Star Trek came out back in 60s, right?"

Alex blinked, then looked at Nico, "Yeah, um, Nico isn't exactly from this time era. He was born in the 1940's."

"Wow," Dean muttered. "Like a real life Captain America." He added sarcastically.

"Ooh, I love Captain America," Alex said excitedly then turned to Nico with a gleam like the Aphrodite children, "Hey, Nico, can-"

"No."

"But you haven't even heard what it is!"

"The answer is no, Alex."

"But please!" Alex said with a puppy dog face. Tears built up in her eyes, and she had a frown that made Nico swear in Italian before sighing. "Fine. Whatever it is, fine. Just stop with the puppy dog face!"

Sam smirked at Dean and said lowly, "Do you think he's a got a Bucky?"

Dean snorted and turned back towards the two teens, but not before whispering, "Depends on how you view the Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers relationship."

Sam looked amused. "Yeah, let's not get into that."

"Get into what?" Alex asked.

"Ah, it's nothing, don't worry about it," Dean said easily. Alex gave him a look before she drank some water.

"Continuing on with this lovely story. We found Jason, and two other campers. Piper McLean, a daughter of Aphrodite, and one of my greatest friends. The other was Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus, and the funniest, dorkiest guy you'll ever meet."

Alex had a determined face but you could see the slow blush finding its way up her face as she continued, "I had to reveal myself as kind of a double agent, and told them about Camp Jupiter since Jason recognized me."

"It didn't help that you screamed 'Jasey!' then tackled him into a hug," Nico added before taking a bite of what was left of his food.

Alex cringed. "Yeah, it didn't. After informing them about everything, those three went on a quest and I checked in on Camp Jupiter. Percy turned up there later and I couldn't reveal myself to him, but I told him I knew him. Then Frank, Hazel, and I joined him on a quest, which I won't talk about because reasons. After that Percy became Praetor, the rest of the seven sailed over and Nico got caught in a jar so we had to save his sorry butt."

Sam and Dean noticed the immediate change as both teens tensed and Alex unconsciously touched areas on her hand, places where she got hurt.

"How did that go?" Sam asked carefully.

"Well, we had to sail to Rome, and the obstacles to get there were not pretty. Annabeth had to leave to follow the Mark of Athena, and find the Athena Parthenos. After that we had to go help Nico since he was in jar trapped by twin giants. We managed to beat them with the help of Bacchus, Dionysus' Roman form. God, Nico looked awful, he was so skinny. He looked dead." Alex had a haunted look on her face as she reached over and squeezed Nico's hand. Nico himself had gone terribly pale.

Sam and Dean shared a look. "That must have been awful."

Alex grimaced, "It wasn't a good sight. After we rescued him, we went to go get Annabeth. She did what no child of Athena had ever done and got the Athena Parthenos. Then my brother and her they.."

"They fell into Tartarus" Nico said, his voice cold and he had a haunted look on his face.

"Your biological brother?" Sam clarified. "Or, at least, the one on your dad's side? Your half-brother? This is confusing, sorry."

"Is Tartarus like Hell?" Dean asked quietly.

Alex nodded, "Kind of. It's like hell and Purgatory had a lovechild and it was Tartarus. I've never seen it myself, but I've had dreams of it and it's...horrendous. Only a child of Hades can see the true horrors of it so what my brother and Annabeth saw, it wasn't what Tartarus is really like."

"Oh, well that's good. I think," Sam shrugged.

"It's like Hell and Purgatory put together, Sam, that's still pretty damn bad." Dean said.

"It is. Nico has seen Tartarus for what it really is and how he's described it, I don't even want to think of what Percy and Annabeth went through" Alex said with a shudder. Nico put a comforting hand on her shoulder although he looked like he could need all the comfort around.

Dean grimaced. "Sorry, kid."

Nico gave him Alex a look and she continued with the story, "So after they fell, we all had to get to the House of Hades to close the doors of death. It was a difficult trip considering Gaea's little minions were everywhere. I even met a half-brother on the way; all my siblings are insane pricks, might I add. Anyway after we got to the house of Hades which was hard considering we had to fight Pasiphae and Clytius. Percy and Annabeth were okay and we barely managed to escape with the help of Hazel. Nico and Reyna volunteered to take the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood in order to stop the two camps from killing each other."

"Yeah that was fun, everything wanted to kill us but we did manage to stop the two camps from killing each other and got a peace treaty between the two leaders," Nico said.

"Yeah. Nico then came to aid us in the War. The Gods came to help us fight Gaea and her giant children. I don't really know how we won. I got injured in the Final Battle and passed out. When I woke up we had won." Alex lied smoothly and ignored the look Nico was giving her.

Nico turned to look at the brothers, "That was only a month ago, and well camp has been grieving so we've been doing jobs for our father. Which reminds me, Alex, we need to go help Dad with a meeting with a certain partner of his."

"Partner?" Dean raised an eyebrow.

Alex was about to say something when Nico cut in, "*Θα συναντηθούμε το βασιλιά της κόλασης και ξέρετε ότι δεν θα είναι ευτυχείς να ξέρετε δουλεύουμε μαζί του μερικές φορές."

Alex nodded her head and looked at them, "Yeah can't tell you sorry. Anyway, here is my credit card." She handed them the elegant black card, "The pin is 96667, you guys can pay for everything while me and Nico talk outside for a minute."

"Wait, what?" Dean blinked as Alex and Nico slid out of the booth and walked outside. "Well, okay then."

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Alex leaned against the building. "We don't have a meeting with Dad, do we?"

"No, I needed to talk to you," Nico said as he leaned against the building next to Alex.

"About what?"

"You didn't tell them," Nico stated simply and he watched his sister tense besides him.

"No...they don't need to know," Alex said softly before glaring at him.

Nico sighed, "They'll find out eventually."

"Not if no one tells them," she said, her glare intensifying.

Nico reached over to squeeze her hand and looked her in the eyes. "Alright."

Sam and Dean chose that moment to walk out of the diner.

"We're headed back to the bunker," Dean jerked a thumb at the Impala. "You go to your meeting, or whatever."

"Bunker?" Alex questioned.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot," Dean said. Sam scribbled something out on the back of the lunch receipt with a pen he stole from James the waiter. He handed it to them.

"We have a new place now. Permanent, hopefully. Stop by when you can, Alex," he said.

Alex pocketed the small slip of paper. "Yeah. See you, guys," she said as she stepped back into the shadows with her brother. They disappeared.

Dean shook his head. "Is that something we can learn? Because it's totally badass."

(A/N) Wow! This is a long chapter, and most will be like this from now on or at least the next few chapters! This chapter was just finishing off explaining what happened in the 4 year time skip. Sorry if it is not in much detail. Also would you guys like a one shot of Alex meeting Michael? Let me know in the reviews. Hope you enjoy this chapter

Translation

*He so likes you

*So does a lot of guys at camp. It's disturbing

*Yeah but you would never go for them, you're too in love with that mexican elf

*We're meeting their king of hell and you know they won't be happy to know we work with him sometimes