I OWN NOTHING
Jason's POV
We were about to land on the field of Mars. By the look of it all the Legionaries and reserves had been called up to meet us, and possibly fight us. I knew the stakes were high, and the tensions were higher. Camp Jupiter was built like a battle field, and I knew if I wasn't careful it would turn into one.
I could see the Legions waiting for us to land, but I didn't know whether or not they would attack us when we landed. Everyone on the ship was on edge.
"This is such a bad idea" Clarisse was saying
"Why are you saying that?" Annabeth asked
"One were comin in with a war ship two there Romans, no offense, three we don't even know if they're gonna hold fire, if they fire on us we will have to fight back" Clarisse said looking at me
"I know, but we have to trust that Percy has convinced them to hold fire until we can talk with them" I said
"And if he hasn't" she asked
"Easy, we go to war with war over a beachhead" I told her
That seemed to dampen everyone's mood even more, but it was true if they fired on us we would have to strike back and defend ourselves. The Cohorts all looked toward the Argo II with a look of disbelief and aggression. Like they couldn't belief we would have the gall to come and the fact that we were Greeks probably didn't help our case of landing peacefully.
"Leo bring her in as slow as possible" I said
"No problem" he replied
He had been ecstatic to have finally been able to see what his creation could do. He had been practically shoving everything on board when the ship was ready. It had been a long flight over her with plenty of attacks from anemoi, but we had been able to stop all of the attacks from damaging the ship. Leo had been practically shouting at them that it would take more than a few puffs of wind to take this ship down.
In response there were large gust of wind lightning attacks, hail storms, and the worst weather imaginable. Leo laughed the entire way through it all. He scared some of the younger campers with his ranting. I could tell he was having the time of his life flying this ship. I had to give it to him though this was a spanking hot war ship. Nothing seemed to affect it.
"Listen up, These guys are serious about their camp, no coming in weapons drawn keep the Ballista pointed at the deck away from the camp, stay on the ship until we tell you different" I told the crew
"Pass that to the riders" Annabeth added.
Now we were about to land, and I knew then that it was going to be touch and go for a while. The only smiling face in the entire crown was a guy standing next to Reyna. When we got toward the rest of the crew could see him I saw the smile disappear and replace with a look of determination.
"Annabeth choose the ones you want to be the ambassadors, because we need to get the story out and do it quick" I told her
"Leo when we land come with me, Rachel, and Jason you of course" she said easily
"Aw, come on I need to check out the engine and everything else and make sure that everything okay" he complained
"No arguing you getting of this ship when we do" she said with steel in her voice.
I knew if Leo was smart he wouldn't argue with the Daughter of Minerva, I mean Athena, I mean oh what the hell. This stuff gives me a headache every time I have to think about godly parents or the gods in general. It was so aggravating, I was so gonna get Juno back for this one day.
When we had already discussed what we were going to do when we got here but that didn't make me any less nervous than what I was, in fact it made me more. I knew what my friends thought about the Greeks. So, I knew for a fact that they wouldn't welcome us with open, more of with Gladiuss drawn.
Despite all this I got off the ship. Annabeth took the early lead obviously heading toward the guy who I assumed was Percy.
"Percy" Annabeth said when they were about ten feet apart she ran and gave me a bear hug.
"Hey WiseGirl" Percy said
"I missed you so much" she told me.
"Same here" he told her
At this point everyone was just watching them as if to see was going to play out. I could tell both camps were on edge when Percy broke the silence.
"Reyna, this is my girlfriend Annabeth, Annabeth this is Praetor of Camp Jupiter Reyna" He introduced the two of them.
"Nice to meet you" Annabeth said
"Mutual, now before we get to talking about quest or anything, we must discuss cooperation, and my camp doesn't trust Greeks much and I have a feeling that it is mutual to yours" Reyna said
"Yes, that is an obstacle, but were going to have to work together to save the gods I have a feeling you know that to" Annabeth said trying to be diplomatic.
"True, but I don't know enough about you, we will meet in the Senate House immediately to discuss everything, pick your leaders and I will gather the senators" Reyna told Annabeth
"What about my comrades where can they go" Annabeth asked
"For now until we have a formal discussion on what we were going to do they can camp on the beach, but there will be an embargo line they can't cross until we get everything straightened out if they do then it will mean a war, and we don't need one of those right now" Reyna said with nothing but meaning behind them.
"Okay, where is the Senate House" Annabeth asked
"Reyna as Praetor I think I will show them the way and explain everything to them, you get Jason and discuss his absence" he said to Reyna.
She seemed okay with that, and when we separated I went with her, I could tell that this was going to be a debriefing of my time at the Greek camp.
"Council Members come with me, we have much to discuss with the Greeks, Romans until we get back there is an embargo do not cross it, it will mean a act of war, allow them to set up, and make a camp, if they cross the line bring them down, hard" Reyna told the Cohorts
We began walking toward the Senate House when Reyna started asking questions.
"So, are they serious about wanting peace and to work with us?" she asked right of the bat
"I'm positive, they want to work with us, and we need each other to defeat Gaea" I told her with confidence
We reached the Pomerian Line and took of all of our weapons. Terminus was having a fit at all the Greeks. I could tell that this was going to be a long council meeting.
"We can't trust Greeks" Octavian said
"Why, because of some old feud that dates back to the Trojan War" Rachel countered
"Yes, They're cowards, sneaky, and devious look at the Trojan War how did you win, not by knocking down the front gate but by using trickery, which they will us again if we trust them" He continued
"The why wouldn't Percy have defended Frank and Hazel, brought back the Eagle, defeated the titan Polybotes, and helped defend this camp" Annabeth said, I could tell she was pissed off
This argument had been going on now for over an hour, and both sides were starting to lose their patience. When I looked at Percy I could tell he and I were thinking the same thing, if this kept going the same way then there would be open war by this end of the day.
"Everybody, listen up both Jason and I have been at both camps we've learned to trust Greeks and Romans alike not because we had to but because both men what they say neither side is lying. They both are good people we survived even after you found out who we were, it the same way with the whole camps we can trust one another" Percy said
"I was at the Camp Half-Blood for over 8 months, I know the people they mean what they say, they want us as an ally not an enemy, were all children of the gods, all of us are brothers and sisters, were family we have to get over old feuds and move on" I said.
"If we want to win this war then we have to work together and trust one another, otherwise Gaea has already won" Percy finished
"Even if we only ally our self until the end of the war then, never speak to each other again we will still come out better than if we never worked together at all" I added
"We know you don't like it but if we don't were all dead plain and simple" Percy stated
"All those in favor of forming an alliance with the Greeks until they prove untrustworthy" Reyna said
Went up except for Octavian, so I knew we weren't entirely through with the argument, but for now I figured we were safe. Since we were here I figured that I might as well push my luck.
"Also I want us to train together and teach each other our techniques" Percy said
This in term started a new round of arguments. But he had had enough of this crap and was done arguing
"Listen up, as Praetor of Camp Jupiter I'm not putting this up as a debate, were going to train together we need to see how both groups fight, my first war game here, and I was able to take on many of the legionaries without much difficulty if we could combine both fighting styles we would be an unstoppable fighting machine" Percy said
"True but how are we going to train with one another?" asked Reyna
"I've figured that we have about two weeks to get ready to sail to Rome" Annabeth said
"So we'll train for 10 days then prepare our equipment for war against the earth goddess" Reyna Stated
This time everyone agreed to circumstances and finally we were able to head back to pour troops.