A/N I swear on the River Styx not to abandon this story unless I die or something xD.

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VII

Hazel

Hazel was passing out from boredom. She leaned on Frank, eyes drooping while Octavian ranted on about how the Greeks had betrayed them and didn't earn the support of the Romans. When he finally finished, looking triumphant, Reyna muttered something that Hazel couldn't here and some people laughed. Octavian's face turned the color of the strawberries outside.

"Ok, everybody. The Greeks have built us 5 ships, one for each cohort. I think you will find the quarters quite enjoyable." Reyna stood up and left.

"Understatement of the year," Nyssa muttered and meandered out. Slowly, everybody trickled away until it was just Hazel and Frank. They didn't say anything, just wondered about the prophecy. A deal to make? A final seal? 2 lives lost? Hazel's head ached from everything. Although she had emotionally gotten over Percy and Annabeth, she still felt worried sick about them.

Hazel didn't move for several minutes, until she heard some noise outside. Picking herself up, she walked to the door. Hazel gasped at the sight. "Wow," she murmured.

Hazel had heard stories about the glory of the Greek city states in ancient times. Camp Half Blood lived well up to the standard. The camp was in full preparation. The Greek navy- about 35 top condition triremes were getting ready in the harbor. The campers from CHB marched in perfect unison wearing full gear, their Celestial Bronze armor, massive hoplon shields and tall pikes glistening in the sunlight. It was amazing how Camp Half Blood made something as orderly as a march look relaxed. Everyone was talking and laughing, sometimes getting pushed out of line by their friends. Instead of those serious, intimidating looks Romans had, the Greeks looked at ease.

Hazel felt a twinge of jealousy toward this camp. Why couldn't THEY be like this- always relaxed, yet still getting the job done. The cabins disappeared onto their ships to prepare, while nature spirits, a few Cyclops Poseidon had lent them, and Argus loaded supplies onto the ships designed to carry cargo. The gods had sent word that their split personalities were diffusing together again, thanks to the cooperation of the Greeks and Romans. Hermes had told them that they were still calming down, but would send as much help as they could spare.

"Frank, let's get on the Argo. We're about to leave for Troy." She called out.

Frank stood up, brushed himself off and walked out, flashing Hazel a quick smile. "See you," he said.

Hazel stalked after him, relaxed and content. Just her luck that Gaea had to break into her mind right that moment. We need some fireworks, she muttered, almost to herself. This camp is so dull. Perhaps the Athena ship will do.

Hazel frowned for a moment, then her eyes widened in realization. She sprinted to the docks, yelling, "GET OFF THE SHIPS! THEY'RE RIGGED TO BLOW! GET OFF!" People glanced at her, confused for a moment, then processed what she said and started running off the boats. Fortunately, nobody asked her where she got the information from. Just then, a massive KABOOM went up from a ship docked near Hazel. The explosion sent her flying several feet backwards, landing her head on the cobbled ground of the dockyard. She tried to regain her senses.

Her sight was blurry and her ears were ringing. She didn't feel any wounds, but moved sluggishly. A massive cloud of sparks and flame went up from the ship. If not for the circumstances, Hazel would have been mesmerized by the sight. A beautiful orange fire arose from the trireme's wreckage. The boat had snapped in half and was filling with water rapidly. There was no way to save the ship.

Finally, her ears started to work again. Instantly, Hazel heard shouting everywhere- for medics, reports, and damage assessment. "Hazel!" someone behind her shouted. Frank was turning back into a human from… was that a horse? The moment he fully morphed, Frank ran over to Hazel and helped her up.

"I'm fine," she snapped, but accepted his help. "What happened?"

Frank shrugged, "The ship that was supposed to carry the children of Athena went off. Clarisse judges that from the size, location and heat of the explosion, someone rigged the ship's engine room with about 30 pounds of C4 explosive. Nobody was killed, but most of the Athena cabin was seriously injured. Nothing important was lost in the explosion, except a few charts and plans, but they can be replaced."

Hazel was relieved that nobody had died. She wondered, why did Gaea target Athena's ship? It makes sense that she would want to disable the leadership, but Gaea never did anything that wasn't part of a bigger scheme. Besides, the Romans still had their centurions.

Hazel caught sight of Leo in snorkel gear dive into the water where the ship had sunk, carrying a bunch of stuff- a camera, blowtorch, and…. Was that a pair of sunglasses? Hazel saw the 3 letters marked on the sunglass- ARI. Then Leo disappeared underwater.

Slowly but surely, the ruckus was beginning to quiet down. Medics had carried off the Athenians injured in the explosion, and crews were already arriving on scene. Jason, a few centurions and Ares children were ordering groups to conduct thorough searches of the ships for any more bombs. Piper was charmspeaking the crowd to calm down and leave.

Hazel could feel Gaea's satisfaction in her head. Much better, the intruder sighed. Daughter of Death, this is only the beginning. In the end, two of you will die a painful death. In the depths of the Abyss, your friends are to be greeted by an old friend of theirs.

Shut up, Hazel retorted. Go back to making your cereal.

Hazel Levesque. You will regret what you said. Gaea whispered.

All I'm going to regret is not killing you 60 years ago. Hazel shot at the OCD goddess.

Gaea went silent.

Hazel ran over to a meeting of leaders. The counselors were discussing to postpone the launch. Hazel butted in, saying "We can't delay any longer. If we don't make it to the Doors of Death before Percy, they'll get overwhelmed and killed. Gaea spoke to me in my head, damn her. Didn't mention any other ships rigged, and she's confident enough to not keep any secrets from me." Nobody seemed eager to get back on the ships.

"What happens if another ship blows up?" Somebody asked

"We have to save Percy and Annabeth, remember?" Hazel saw everybody weakening and pushed in. It was all or nothing now.

"If we don't make it, Gaea will take Percy and Annabeth's blood and rise!" Everybody nodded, suddenly frightened. Of course they would go on a possibly about to explode ship instead of having their camp leaders getting murdered and Gaea rising from their blood. Go figure.

Hazel stepped onto the Argo II and watched idly as people boarded the ships. No other triremes exploded, thank the gods. Within the hour, the campers from both camps were ready to leave. Ships began pushing off the beach as the younger campers waved goodbye to their older, war seasoned friends. Soon, the entire invasion force-15 ships in total,90 Greeks and 150 Romans- were organized into Pincer Formation, their ballistae armed and oars rowing at max speed.

Leo came up on deck, clutching those sunglasses he took down. "Leo, what are those glasses that you're holding?" She blurted out.

Leo smiled and showed them to Hazel. "I got the idea from a video game I played called Heavy Rain. Its these glasses that give you a heads-up display. You can watch movies on it, analyze samples, search the web, even listen to audiobooks." Leo handed them to Hazel.

"Here," he said. "Try them out. Don't worry, I've got a dozen of them, so don't worry about it getting destroyed." Hazel smiled, "Thanks," and pocketed the glasses. She SERIOUSLY needed to try them out later.

"Where are the guys from Athena going?" Hazel asked.

Leo, already on the way to the helm, said over his shoulder, "They're staying on the Apollo cabin's ship. They're in the infirmary for now."

Leo raced to the stern and pushed Coach Hedge aside, who was trying to figure out how to use fire the ship's broadside, which consisted of 9 40-inch guns that could fire high explosive, sabot, armor piercing, standard, incendiary, poison gas, and fart shells. Leo had just installed the guns using Archimedes's projectile technology while the 6 were at Camp Half Blood. He started punching buttons and saying commands to the control panel. Leo's voice crackled on the intercom, "This is your Supreme Commander, Leo Valdez of Team Leo speaking. We are now headed for the city of Troy. Fasten up, get ready. The plan of attack is to pick up the pieces, reach the Doors of Death, save Percy and Annabeth, close the doors, and kill anything in our way."

Next to Hazel, Piper muttered, "Might be a bit more complicated than that."

Hazel stared ahead at the empty sea. Hazel wished Percy was here. The vast blue seemed dead, as if responding to the son of Poseidon falling into Hades.

Hazel heard Leo in the control room saying, "Argo II to Hellfire. Do you read?"

"Roger that, Hellfire copies loud and clear."

"Hellfire, we'll meet you at the beaches of Troy. 2 days, copy?"

"Roger that, Argo II. 2 days. See you there. Hellfire out."

Forgot to say in last chapter, but YES, somebody will die in this FanFic. Please don't kill me for it when it happens (long time away still, not until very last chapters). I hope you didn't just remove me from your life because I said that xD.

Maybe this chapter sucked too, cuz I was kind of tired when I wrote this, but I hope you (sort of) enjoyed.

So about the game Heavy Rain. I played it, IT WAS SO FRICKIN SAD! That game's ending was just…. Depressing, is all I can say. Heavy Rain and was the only game where I actually cried. Play the game and see for yourself. If Heavy Rain were ever made into a movie, the person who played Ethan (the main of 4 protagonists) deserves an Oscar, or whatever award they give to good actors.

About the glasses- ARI is this sort of police investigation glasses that one of the game's other protagonists, an investigator (I forgot his name) uses to analyze samples and play games. Pretty cool; I wish I had one of them. Who actually reads my A/Ns? I mean, sometimes I put pretty important stuff on it, and my Quote, Song and Entertainment of the chapters may appeal to you. If you read my A/Ns, say so in the reviews.

Ok, next chapter is Percy, where they meet an old enemy. Like, a big-time old enemy.

Review and Favorite Peace out and see you in the next chapter.

Quotes of the Chapter- A guy came asking for a donation to the local pool. I went to the kitchen and returned with a glass of water.

Some people are couch potatoes. Not me. I'm a couch tomato.

Song of the chapter- I was lost without you, from the Mass Effect 3 soundtrack.

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LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN! Extremely beautiful romantic song. Play when reading Percabeth :)

That is one of my favorite songs to hear and play on my keyboard

Entertainment of the chapter- Heavy Rain (depressing)