Chptr 13

In the infirmary Ryan was still unconscious but he could still hear what was going on around him. He heard machines and beeping noises coming from them. He knew where he was and he could tell he wasn't alone. He felt completely helpless. Survived a giant only to be taken out by a rock. It was pathetic. But he did get to kiss Nila. He had his eye on her since they day they met. He couldn't quite say what it was but it was something about her that he found alluring. In the midst of his thought process he heard someone enter his room. He felt their presence coming closer until they were standing over him. He tried to move but he was too weak. He felt kind of awkward honestly. He felt as if he should say or do something to let them know he was aware of their presence but he just couldn't. He lay there for what felt like an eternity waiting for them to speak or do something anything. Then he felt a hand on his own. He was pretty sure it was a female's hand but he couldn't be sure. He didn't have full feeling in his body. Then he heard a voice finally begin to speak.

"Ryan Hunter. Such a pleasure to finally meet you. Too bad it is in this condition." She sounded honestly as if she were upset he wasn't in a more critical condition. "I know your father is very anxious to finally see his son. After all it is two days before your sixteenth birthday." Then suddenly she was just gone. Someone else had entered the room.

"Hello Ryan. Its Raphael. I hope you're well." He sounded way too cheerful.

Someone got some butt I think. Ryan thought to himself jokingly. He felt a weird sensation. He hadn't moved for so long it felt weird to do so. He had never been absolutely still before. He had ADHD and it was literally impossible for him to stay still at any time. So when he moved from chuckling it was strange at first. He heard Raphael quickly move toward him.

"Did you just move?" He asked. Ryan could tell he was smiling by the excitement in his voice. Ryan tried moving again and was able to move but only slightly. Raphael then began to change the bandage covering Ryan's wound. He also applied a special herbal salve to speed up the healing process.

"Suddenly as if awakening from a nightmare Ryan shot up from the bed and found himself standing in a dark place. He didn't exactly know where but he knew he wasn't in the medical wing anymore because he was able to move freely. He began looking around for some type of landmark to tell him where he was. He didn't know how he could even see but he seemed to have developed a sort of night vision. He could see but everything was reds, oranges and yellows. He could only see in infrared. He began exploring. No he wasn't going to go around looking for any inhabitants because that almost always leads to someone dying in a movie. They usually go "Hello?" and then big, mean, and ugly comes around the corner like "Hello time to die now!" He had no intention of going out that way. So instead he looked for a place to hide in case something did go sour. He found a small hole in the side of a cavern that he was sure only one person his size could fit inside. Just to be sure he climbed in. It was a tight fit even for him but he ignored the gnawing claustrophobia that was beginning to creep up his spine. He instead focused on learning his surroundings. He did this quickly for he was very athletic. He was surprisingly so because he didn't looked like he could move very swiftly. He found that in the cavern there were tall walls and ledges he could also climb to escape danger. He was just finishing his climb when he noticed he was not as alone as he had previously thought. Since he had no weapons and could see the other person was also unarmed he slowly and cautiously backed away. As he did so he watched as the creature followed him with its eyes. Then the strangest thing Ryan had ever seen in his life happened.

Percy and his two companions Jason Grace and Leo Vasquez were high in the clouds searching for Ryan. They were on a quest to find and eradicate the threat of Ryan Hunter and his allies. They were all nervous because they never had to kill anything but monsters before. They received a photo of the boy from Athena who happened to also be the goddess of art. She gave them the photo before they left and Leo was currently studying it.

"Hey guys I gotta be honest with you, I don't know how I feel about this quest." He said earnestly. Jason looked at him sideways,

"What do you mean? It's a guest from Zeus himself. We gotta follow through."

Percy just looked ahead as if distracted. Which he was. He was worrying about Annabeth. He couldn't get her out of his mind and he knew for her safety he would do anything. He would do anything to protect her from any threat.

"Percy? Percy!" Percy snapped to attention to the sound of Leo calling him. He looked at him waiting for Leo to say something.

"What?!" Percy asked finally after an awkward silence that seemed to last a lifetime.

Leo flinched and then coughed uncomfortably. "Uhh dude I just wanted to ask you-" He paused almost as if he were afraid to finish his statement. Percy knew by the look on his face what he was asking.

"Like Jason said it's a quest from Zeus himself" He paused as if he himself were questioning his actions. "We have to follow through." He looked down and fell silent. Percy hadn't told them about Zeus' threat about Annabeth. He had not told anyone but Annabeth and he was still contemplating his next move. The possible end of Olympus and the Olympic Gods. What happens if they fail and Olympus is destroyed? What would they do? Camp Halfblood, Camp Jupiter, what will happen to these places he has come to know and love?

"Leo," Percy began after a long silence.

Leo looked up from his steaming plate of spaghetti with his mouth full. "Yeah?"

"Do you see what I see right now?"

Leo looked through the binoculars he created that could see objects with better clarity and range than a telescope. He looked down and saw an impressive looking mansion being guarded by winged beings around the perimeter. "I think we found where they're hanging out." Jason walked over and took the binoculars from him in order to see for himself.

"Crap. I don't like this. Those guards remind me of Cupid."

Leo looked up confused. "Cupid? The Baby New Year who shoots you in the keister with love arrows?" Jason gave him a dirty look and went below decks to get the rest of the crew.

As Jason descended the staircase that led below decks he couldn't help but to think and remember his run in with the Roman God of desire and lust. He and Nico di Angelo had faced him and that's where Jason learned Nico in a way he never thought he would. The God outed him on his secret crush on Percy. It turned out the son of Hades had been crushing on Percy and hating Annabeth because she was with him. Of course he got over Percy eventually but Jason could never get over the fact that Nico had indeed been gay or bi or whatever he was. They never actually established that since the event. Frankly Jason didn't care he still felt the same towards Nico. He still freaked him the hell out.

"Hey guys!" Jason called to his most likely sleeping crewmates. He walked down the hall and went to Frank's room. He heard what sounded like someone moving so he assumed Frank was just getting out of bed. Frank had been moving things around in his room a lot. His room was arranged with his bed facing the door and everything seemed to be centered around his bed. His dresser was across next to the door but giving it enough room to open fully. His nightstand next to the bed his other belongings usually scattered here and there in random locations as if there was no set place for them. Jason opened the door thinking to find Frank just sitting up in bed as he often does when he wakes up. He sits there for awhile before getting up.

He opened the door and immediately wished he had knocked first. He was caught off guard with the sight of Hazel riding Frank like a pogo stick. He also regretted hearing the sounds they made while doing it.

Geez what the fuck? These guys are disgusting. He thought to himself about the possibility of walking in on his friends, how he would react, but nothing was like the real thing.

He just slowly shut the door back and then knocked loudly.

"Frank uhh buddy get up We found them." He nearly shouted. He instantly heard the sound of someone falling and the familiar "oww" that followed along with the shuffling sounds of someone quickly getting dressed. Frank eventually called out to him in response.

"Uhh yeah we'll- umm I'll be there yeah I'll be there in a minute."

Jason rolled his eyes and replied "Alright but hurry." He then went on to wake the rest of the crew. Always cautious to knock first. You never knew what you would find behind a closed door on the Argo II.