Chapter 10 is here! 1/6 of the way done with the book (yeah, I plan to have about 60 or so chapters). Enjoy!

Oh yes, check out the SWEET new cover I found :D.

I might do some sort of AC/PJO crossover. Not any Assassin's Creed characters, but same plot (Assassins vs Templars), same sweat gear (plus modern stuff), and Percy and Annabeth are a pair of elite murderers aiming to take down Abstergo Industries (Gaea/Templars). Sounds kind of corny, I know, but it will include sweat action, epic gear and moves, a plot with twists and turns, and of course, Percabeth. Though might be some Thalico too.

but probably I will do an after-the war romance story with breakups, relationships, jealousy and sadness.

And PJO-HoO-KC-HGLuver about the subject of school, here's my schedule- Physics, Geometry, Tech (3), Gym/Phys Ed, Life Science, History (ancient world), Lunch/break, Free Period (:D), French and dismissal.

And to all you PC nerds like me, here's my computer specs-

Western Digital WD Green WD20EARX 2TB SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

RAZER Black Widow Ultimate Mass Effect 3 Edition RZ03-00381800-R3M1 Black USB Wired Gaming Keyboard

EVGA 02G-P4-2680-KR GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

ASUS VS278Q-P Black 27" 1ms (GTG) Widescreen LED Monitor Built-in Speakers

RAZER Black Wired Laser Naga Molten Special Edition Gaming Mouse

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR

Rosewill BLACKHAWK Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, come with Five Fans, window side panel, top HDD dock

Rosewill FORTRESS Series FORTRESS-650 650W Continuous 50°C,80 PLUS Platinum Certified, Single +12V Rail,ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92,SLI Ready, Crossfire Ready, Active- PFC Power Supply

Microsoft Windows 8 Home Premium 64-bit

It's pretty damn sweet, yeah? I earned all the money by coaching for the local kids soccer ($10/hour).

Disclaimer-Rick owns the Percy Jackson characters

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Jason

The strike force had already disappeared from the horizon. Leo was flying the ship. Coach Hedge was screwing around with the portside ballistae. Piper was talking with Hazel. Frank was turning into different animals. Nico was crashing in Percy's cabin. An average day on the Argo II. Until now.

The Argo was making its way across the Atlantic at 30 knots an hour. When Jason asked why Leo wasn't flying, he replied to save power, even though the ship had a glowing blue power core you saw in those Iron Man movies that produced unlimited energy. Jason was staring into the horizon when something caught his eye.

It was just a dark smudge, but the thing was definitely heading on intercept course toward the Argo II. "Leo!" Jason called up. "What's that thing to our right?"

Leo peered through his binoculars. He paled, and replied, "Its him!"

Jason frowned. "Who?"

"Chrysaor! Looks like he's back for revenge!"

Jason swore. "Arm the ship for broadside!"

Leo replied, "Roger! Ballista are loaded….. Cannons are engaged! M26 MLRS battery is on target! Centurion C-RAM Anti Air systems are up! The Argo II is ready to kickass!"

Yeah, Leo had installed a few new weapons during the break.

The alarm sounded, and everyone scrambled. Coach Hedge whooped and grabbed a ballista. Frank turned into an eagle to do some recon. Hazel and Piper both grabbed another giant crossbow.

Epic music started playing on the ship (Search my previous song of the chapters :), which Jason thought was a bit unnecessary, though he didn't deny it made him more alert.

"Stand clear! MLRS battery firing!" Leo shouted and smashed a button. Jason barely had time to cover his ears before a massive FUUUUU went up and 12 rockets launched into the air in rapid succession. Even from several miles away, Jason could hear the BOOMs as the rockets exploded midair, the air-burst rockets raining massive amounts of shrapnel over Chrysaor's ship.

Jason didn't know how the pirate king survived the strike, but he didn't stop approaching. A flash went up from his trireme. Had something on the ship exploded? Then, less than a split second later, Jason realized it was a cannon.

Yelling, "HIT THE DECK!" He dove behind the line of shields lined around the ship. A shell flew several inches over Jason's head. It exploded several hundred yards behind the Argo II, but it was too close for comfort.

Coach Hedge fired his ballista, but it missed. Hazel and Piper were still struggling to winch back the massive crossbow.

"Leo!" Jason shouted towards the helm. "Make sure they don't board us!"

Leo saluted and slammed his fist on another button. The new cannon broadside opened up full power on Chrysaor's ship. 9 shells filled with hurt exploded against his ship, wrecking chaos across the hull. The sheer force of the explosions almost tipped the ship over.

But still, the pirate trireme didn't stop. If anything, it was now even faster. Chrysaor was less than a mile away now, and another cannon from his ship went off. This time, the aim was true. Despite the waves rocking both ships, a cannonball smashed into the shields lining the Argo II, less than 10 feet away from Jason.

Jason held up his arms as wooden and bronze shrapnel rained over him, giving him a fair amount of cuts. After a few moments, he dropped his arms and inspected the damage. Nothing bad, just a few broken shields and plenty of debris. Piper called out, "Jason!"

"I'm fine," he shouted back, though his arms were stinging painfully.

Piper ran over, and her mouth dropped. She was about to say something, when the MLRS battery opened up again. 12 more explosions rocketed Chrysaor's ship. This time, some noticeable damage was caused. The pirate hull was dented and smashed, while the deck had craters and holes everywhere.

Piper opened her mouth again, and said, "No you're not. Look at your arms."

Jason looked down, and gasped. His arms were soaked in red. Pieces of wood and small bits of shiny bronze were lodged everywhere. He felt nauseous at the sight, and it was all he could to not to throw up all over Piper. "How…" he muttered.

Piper helped him up. "Come on, we have to get you to the infirmary."

Jason didn't argue. The stinging in his arms was now upped to a feeling like he had been dipped in lava, soaked in molten lead, and then stabbed repeatedly.

Piper helped him downstairs, the sounds of smashing wood and firing cannons becoming duller as they went down. Jason's mind was feeling woozy, and his eyes were drooping. Just as he reached the bottom step, Jason suddenly felt a spasm of pain shoot up his body. He inhaled sharply, and then everything went black.

*Line break*

When he woke up again, Jason was in a sick bay bed. He looked at his arms, which were bandaged completely in slightly red cloth. There were no sounds of war, which meant either Leo had fought off Chrysaor, or the other demigods had been over whelmed and his room was really a prison cell.

Jason hoped it was the former.

Fortunately, he was right. Piper opened the door and came in just as Jason pushed himself up to a sitting position, careful not to strain his arms. "Hey," she said. "How are you doing?"

Jason quickly kissed Piper's check. "I'm fine, thanks to you," he smiled. "What happened?"

Piper shrugged. "Nothing interesting. We exchanged a few cannon shots, then Chrysaor peeled off and ran away. Leo says there was no major hull damage, mainly just a few holes and tons of shrapnel everywhere. No one was hurt except for you, although Festus got bonked in the head once by a cannonball."

She helped Jason out the sick bay and up the stairs. Frank walked by them and nodded at Jason. On the deck, Leo was working furiously patching up the Argo II, while Hazel swept up debris in a dustbin and dumped it overboard.

"Isn't that pollution?" Jason muttered.

"We can't really put it anywhere else, can we? Hopefully the fish are smart enough to think, Shiny = bad. How are you feeling?" asked Hazel.

"I'm fine, thanks."

The rest of the day flew by as Jason tried to help clean up the ship.

That night, he was lying on his bed, when someone knocked on the door. "Jason?" It was Piper.

"Yeah," he whispered.

"Come on," Piper said. Jason hesitated for a moment, then followed Piper out onto the deck.

Piper had already laid out a blanket on the deck with the magic cooler and a dish of cookies and small tea cakes. She motioned for him to lie down with her.

For a while, they said nothing. Then Piper spoke up.

"Jason, when this war is over, where will you go?"

"What do you mean?" Jason asked.

"I mean, are you going back to Camp Jupiter, or will you stay at Camp Half Blood?"

Jason didn't know what to say. "I don't know, Piper. Let's just survive this war first, and then think about where to go later." He kissed Piper.

"Ok then," Piper smiled.

She leaned closer against Jason. He enjoyed her warmth. When she pulled him in for another, real kiss, Jason felt as if his body was melting. He wished he could live like this forever.

Unfortunately, just then, something cold pressed against Jason's neck. "Get up, don't make a sound!" A voice hissed.

Jason knew the voice. He gulped. It was Chrysaor.

No updates unti the 16th of NOvember. Sorry everyone, but 1) My life is screwed up right now. 2) I'm REALLY behind on chapters. 3) I'm starting to regret 2 sciences classes. I am crushed under weekly essays in 3 different classes, tons of textbook assignments, piano and the school Science Olympia team, which I'm on.

An extremely short sort-of Jasper moment. I'm not good at romance, but in a couple of chapters, I might make a fluff scene.

Sneaky, sneaky. This chapter was pretty long in my opinion (1.5k words), and next chapter is Nico again. What will happen to the crew?

Quote of the Chapter- Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak.

Entertainment of the Chapter- Just Cause 2 (ahh, the joys of driving cars off skyscrapers, rope-darting people, skydiving, murdering, driving farm tractors and blowing shit up. Yeah, that pretty much sums up the game )

Song of the Chapter- Viva la Vida by Coldplay

Peace out and as always, see you in the next chapter :)