Axon

Landon shook Axon to wake up. He rubbed his eyes. It was not like he wasn't used to get up early, being the son of the sun god and all...

"Get dressed." he ordered.

Axon jumped out of bed and made it. He ran towards his own bathroom and started to prepare himself for the day. An hour and a half after he got out of the bathroom. Ellie was sitting on his bed, waiting for him.

"I packed your backpack with some necessities. You have two water bottles, one bottle of ambrosia, one t-shirt, a hoodie, a book with healing songs and here." she turned around and pulled his bow and arrows. "You will need this too. I changed the cord so it would never fall out of your body."

Axon was amazed. He and Ellie were good friends but no one has ever done anything for him. He was touched.

"Thanks! What about Landon?"

"Ladon's a big boy plus he prepared everything he was going to need last night." she told him.

"When did you do this?"

"I started last night after you passed out. But finished it while you were getting ready."

Axon hugged her and thanked her a million more times before they left their cabing and joined the rest of the campers.

"So...I'm sure you'll succeed." Chiron assured them

"What is Hermes gift?" Alexis asked impatient.

Axon noticed how everyone in her cabin looked at her like they were glad she was going away. He never really noticed anyone from the other cabins unless they went on a quest or were very powerful. Normally Apollo's kids thought only about themselves, after all they had learned from the best.

"Here." Chiron pointed to a white chariot that looked like a plane.

Alexis immediately jumped inside. Landon followed her and Axon jumped in last. The chariot was very wide. It had four cup holders and many different colour buttons.

"That is Hermes chariot!" one camper yelled.

"In deed it is." Chiron acknowledged "It is very important you keep two things in mind - first take very care of it, for it's a chariot of a god ; second don't trust it, for it's a chariot of a god."

Alexis took the reins and her cabin applauded. Axon didn't really mind, he wasn't really a good chariot driver. But Landon was so offended he almost threw Alexis out of the chariot. And right on that moment Axon knew they wouldn't get along very well.

Chiron was about to say something else but Landon pulled the reins and the chariot jumped foward and speeded towards the sky. Axon grabbed the side of the chariot in time. Alexis slipped and almost fell out but she grabbed Axon's left leg. They both screamed scared while Landon yelled 'Faster!'.

"WHY U DO THIS?!" Axon screamed.

"Apollooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo kid slow down!" Alexis pleaded.

"I don't know how to stop!" Landon cried out.

"Push a button!" Axon ordered him.

"Which one?"

"Any damn button!" Alexis screamed.

Landon pressed a yellow button, because he was obviously attracted to that colour, but it only made pillows appear. Alexis screamed when the pillows attacked her. She kicked them with her head and they flew out of the chariot.

"Doesn't this thing have a manual or somethin'?" Landon was panicking. "Finally!" he pushed a button with the word αργός, which means slow in greek and the chariot slowed down.

Axon helped Alexis to her feet and as soon as she was standing up she launched herself for Landon. He dodged in time of not getting punched in the face. She started to chase him around the chariot until Axon yelled for their attention.

"Guys! Where are we?" they stopped fighting and looked under the chariot. They could only see clouds.

"Let me see." Alexis stepped towards the front of the chariot. "Give me a map." she asked.

On the small screen that the chariot had, appeared a map of the zone they were in. Axon and Landon observed amazed as Alexis calculated coordinates and explored the map.

"We're almost in London." she told them.

"We just flew half America!" Axon said stunned.

"That's what happens when I take the reins!" Landon smiled proud.

"You almost killed us."

"Almost! Plus, if it wasn't for me we wouldn't even reach Europe today!"

"You're an ass." Alexis complained.

"You're an ass!" Axon repeated.

"I just said that."

"It's worth repeating." Landon just shrugged and contemplated the multiple buttons in front of him. Axon looked under the carriage and muttered, "Maybe we should argue where we want to look for her first..."

"No need," Landon pointed to the small screen "this thing has a GPS for demigods."

"It's quite useful, but there are almost millions of them in all Europe." Alexis mumbled.

"I suggest we look only in the countries next to the ocean or sea. If she's a daughter of Poseidon she can't live long without water..." Axon proposed.

"I'd go for it." Alexis agreed immediately but Landon had set his mind on dividing the three of us in North, South and East. Since the majoriy won, Axon and Alexis agreed to first stop in London.

They landed at one o'clock in the afternoon. Landon suggested that since they were there they could start for the busiest places. No one argued so they walked to Camden Town, since they weren't really far from it anyway.

"This is so pretty..." he sighed.

Alexis rolled her eyes "It's rather suffocating."

"I agree." Axon scratched the back of his neck uncomfortably. Landon snorted at his reaction. "What?" he snapped.

"I always knew you had problems man..."

"What do you mean by that?"

Landon stopped on his tracks and sighed placing a hand on Axon's shoulder "It's nothing personal man, but everyone at the cabin always thought you didn't have the right qualities to be a son of Apollo."

Axon shook his hand off "What are you saying?"

"Let's just say that you are supposed to love the crowd, not run from it."

"You're saying I'm a coward?!" Sudden rage filled Axon's body and he started to loose control of it. He wanted to prove him wrong, so bad...

"Boys, please. Behave. We are on a quest for the gods. We cannot be distracted! Also we shouldn't be out for too long, monsters might smell us." Alexis warned.

Axon made a guitar, a microphone and columns. He started to settle them down and no one seemed to notice how he had just made them appear out of thin air. Alexis sighed frustated and Landon smirked.

"Hi everyone, I'm Axon and I'm going to sing you Shut Up And Dance by Walk The Moon. I hope you like it."

Alexis crossed her arms with annoyance as he started to play and sing. "Is he really going to do this?"

"Shh." Landon scolded her. He had his arms crossed over his chest too, as if he was evaluating Axon's singing capabilities. Alexis rolled her eyes at them. "I want to hear it."

Many people circled around him and started clapping and giving him money. Some started to dance, sing or even film. A girl pushed to Alexi's side and started to film him as she sang along.

Their voices surprisingly got along very well. Alexis nudged Landon's arm and he acknowledged the perfect harmony. His brows shot up high and he slightly smirked.

When the song ended she clapped enthusiastically. "Mafalda! Vamos..." an older lady told her. She looked reluctantly at Axon and followed her.

"What was that?" Landon pointed at her.

"I don't know."

Minutes later the girl reappeared and placed a coin in front of Axon's feet. They looked at each other for a couple of seconds and he smiled.

Her eyes were the colour of love. That's how Axon imagined love as a colour. They were brown at a first look but if you looked attentively at them you would noticed it's golden and green colour. They were such odd colours to combine, but they seemed to bind perfectly well in her eyes.

Her skin was as white as the snow. Her hair was golden like her eyes, with a fiery touch by the sun. She wore black glasses that fit her face well.

Landon distracted Axon's thoughts by clapping in front of his face. "Very good, for a first time."

"I'm not a virgin you know?" Axon made all the instruments disappear with a wave of his hand. Alexis laughed and followed him out of the crowd.

"We still have no ideia how to find a demigod in this country!" Landon screamed after them.