Author's Note: Alright. This is the second chapter. Yay! I loved the reviews. Anyway, enjoy the story. A special thanks to all those who reviewed, favorited, and alerted! I got emotional and actually started to cry!

Jason

I smiled when I saw Reyna. I felt Piper let go of my hand, but at that moment I couldn't care less. I was finally seeing Reyna after 8 months. Apparently, Reyna felt the same way. She came up to me and hugged me. "I missed you so much!" she said, loud enough for everyone to hear. I felt as if someone was glaring at us. I turned around and saw it was Piper. Before I could react, she ran back into the ship. Nobody else seemed to notice. Then I noticed something. Half of the Romans were watching me and Reyna, half of them watching Percy and Annabeth. Great. Just what I needed. To be the center of attention. I broke up the hug. Reyna held my hand, which reminded me painfully of Piper.

Annabeth

As soon as Thalia finished beating Percy up and scolding him for leaving us, mostly me, I ran to him. I punched him in the stomach. "Ooww! You welcomingly receive your boyfriend after eight months with a painful punch in the stomach?"

I tapped my chin thoughtfully and replied, "Yes, I do." He groaned and rolled his eyes. Then we kissed, the first one we'd had in eight months. Then we broke apart, realizing that half the Romans were watching us. That's when we heard a scream. It came from
inside the ship. It could only belong to one person. Piper. I got my knife. Jason, Thalia, and Leo got their weapons, too. We ran inside the ship, Percy at our heels. There was another scream. It was coming from piper's room. We rushed inside. There were about six gryphons. I saw Katoptris on the floor. A gryphon held a bloody piper in the air. She was struggling to get the gryphon's claws off her shoulder. Suddenly, the gryphons flew over our heads. Jason started flying to kill the monster without hurting Piper. They went outside, where the Romans were panicking. If they shot arrows, they might miss and kill piper. If they didn't shoot, they wouldn't be able to fight the gryphons because they were all flying.

"Romans! Attack the other gryphons! Not the one that has the girl! Leave that one to Jason and Percy!" the girl, I think her name was Reyna, commanded. The Romans obeyed her. That's when I noticed that Percy was helping save piper. He made the Little Tiber hoist him up so that he was fighting alongside Jason. Of course he was helping. He was the hero. They fought viciously. The Romans had perfect aim. Soon, all the gryphons died. Unfortunately, that meant Piper had to fall. Jason tried to catch her, but he was too late. She had fallen to the ground, unconscious. Reyna ordered Apollo's kids to take piper to the infirmary. They did as they were told. Then, a blonde guy came out of the roman crowd.

"These Greacus! They have come with the gryphons to destroy us! We should kill them!" None of the Romans obeyed. Percy, Jason, and Reyna glared at the boy. I had a feeling that I wouldn't like him.

"Octavian, I told them not to fight. Are you arguing with your praetor? You know the consequences already." Reyna said. The boy, I'm guessing he's Octavian, paled. He stepped back into the crowd. Reyna ordered the Romans back to their cohorts.

"Do you want to see your friend?" she asked. We nodded, so she led us to the infirmary. The Apollo kids were rushing around, getting nectar and ambrosia. We found Piper on a bed. She was very pale. I looked at Jason carefully to see how he was reacting. He looked guilty. Why, you may ask? I have no idea. Maybe it was because he hadn't caught her. Then I realized why. I remember seeing piper run into the ship again after Reyna said she had missed Jason. I remembered how piper acted around Jason. How could I not have known earlier? It's so obvious! Jason and Piper like each other. Jason has a special friend, obviously Reyna, and Piper thinks that Reyna is Jason's girlfriend, which is possible. Wow, I pity Jason. He has a messed up love life. Then I heard a small voice behind us.

"Wisdom's daughter walks alone, the mark of Athena burns through Rome," the voice recited. The Mark of Athena? What? How could anyone known about my mark? I turned around, hoping I would see the owner of the voice, but instead, I saw Tyson running to us with a harpy behind him. She kept saying things that I had read, and I frowned. Then piper screamed.

Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter, but on Friday I'll post a longer one! I'm saving all the good stuff for then. It'll be on Piper's POV ;) PLEASE REVIEW!