Sorry I haven't updated in so long guys, it's just, my best friend, whom I've known since kindergarten, just died of leukemia. And for those Bane of Olympus guys, I'm going to be updating soon.

~ Defy ThE SHOCKER

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We were all in the meeting room. Artemis, who had been slightly healed by her brother, was glaring at David with the one eye that wasn't swollen, and he was just smiling back at her, occasionally pouting his lips, as if he wanted to kiss her again.

I couldn't believe this dog. He had kissed Lady Artemis! That was the ultimate insult to a Maiden Goddess. Not to mention he beat the crap out of her! How can anyone even do that to a goddess! What the FUCK was this guy? I then mentally scowled myself for swearing. I didn't enjoy it to much, but sometimes…

"Who are the demigods?" Chiron was asking.

"The son of Poseidon, that's me!" Noah shouted, obviously annoyed.

"But you don't hate Earth!" someone screamed.

"How do we know that it was talking about Earth?" someone else screamed.

"BIVADIE!" David screamed over everyone. We all looked at him.

"What was that?" Thalia asked.

The general looked at us for a second before responding, "It means, 'Enough' in Hebrew." He shrugged. "Anyways, there's something I have to tell you… it's me. I'm the son of Poseidon. I despise this planet because along time ago, uh, something happened." We all looked at him like he was crazy.

"I will pick three other demigods to accompany me." he continued. He looked around as if thinking, but was interrupted by the door of the room flying open.

Charlotte bursted in, and for the first time she looked truly… angry. She went up to David, and slapped him right across the face. The general looked surprised.

He turned to Charlotte. "What was that for?" he asked.

"Per- uh, David! You injured a goddess! You kissed a Maiden Goddess!"

David's expression was anger. Then suddenly, his face lit up, as if he were having an epiphany. He got up and pointed to Charlotte.

"You," he said. He came over to me.

"You," he said. He went over to Nico.

"And you. These people will accompany me on the quest. I will be leaving tomorrow at noon. Be ready."

And with that he walked out.

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I didn't want to do this. I didn't think Nico wanted to do this either. But no, we had to go on a quest with the general and an assassin. We have to go free some traitor before some Titan can retreat from a trap that is Gaia and Ouranos. This was going to be interesting.

Nico and I walked up to where we were supposed to meet Charlotte and David. As we were walking, I heard giggling coming from a near by bush. Apparently, Nico didn't hear it, because when I stopped, he asked me what I was doing.

'Probably just some Aphrodite girls with someone.' I thought. But that voice sounded familiar…

"I'll be right there, you go to the hill." He nodded and walked toward Half-Blood Hill.

I went into the bush. (Giggoty)

I found myself in a clearing. When I saw the scene in front of me, I jumped behind a tree, my face becoming a tomato.

When I looked again, I couldn't believe my eyes.

There, in front of me, was the all mighty, god-killing, general, "Sir" David without a shirt on, gently kissing a fully-clothed (Thank god!) Charlotte.

She was wearing a black, assassin's, skin tight, leather suit (So many adjectives today!) that showed off her amazing body.

I ran away, hoping they didn't see me.

Trying to tame the arousal bubbling up inside of me, I started conversing with Nico about the prophecy.

"I honestly don't know were Gaia and Ouranos meet. I thought Ouranos was chopped up into a ba-jillion pieces? How would he and Gaia meet?"

"Not him and Gaia, the sky and the Earth." A gentle voice from behind us said.

I turned around and my face became a tomato again. Charlotte came walking up on the hill, followed by the general.

He was zipping his hoodie, which was over a black T-shirt covered with skulls and crossbones. I tried to calm my face down, but I knew it didn't work when David said, "What's the matter, soldier? Are you sick?"

"No, she isn't." Charlotte said. I turned around and she was smiling warmly at me, as if she knew…

My face turned even redder.

"She's just embarrassed,"

'No.' I thought. 'She can't know! She didn't see me! Did she?'

I turned to the general. It didn't seem like he got it, thank god!

David shrugged and said, "Well, if you're going to throw up on somebody, do it on Nico."

"Okay…"

We sat down on the hill, and started talking. I didn't say much, nor did Charlotte. When I made eye contact with her, she winked at me. I kept wondering how she saw me.

"Okay," David said. "Were do the sky and the Earth meet? Mount Tamalpais, The Garden of Hesperides. That's were-"

"The sky and Earth meet! Of course! It all makes sense now! Atlas is the Titan who wants to retreat! He's gotten this traitor person to bear the Titan's Curse, so he can help with Kronos and Gaia's army! We have to get him back under it before he can "Retreat" to wherever he's going to make battle plans!" I got it now! It was all so simple.

"And then I will make some decision that will save the world. Hoora…" the general said with fake joy.

Nico only just seemed to be getting it. "So how are we going to get to San Francisco?"

David looked at Nico like he was an idiot, and in all fairness, he is.

"We fly, of course!" he said. Nico and I looked at each other.

"But… aren't you a son of Poseidon? Flying is on Noah's ginormous "Things I'm Scared of List." Nico high-fived me as I finished.

David let out his horrid laugh, which echoed through the camp sending chills down everybody's spines. "If Zeus is stupid enough to strike me down and face the punishment, the by all means," he turned to the sky, "DO IT RIGHT NOW, O POWERFUL AND AWESOME GOD OF THUNDER!" he let out another laugh as he started walking down the hill. And then something scary as shit happened. A thunder bolt, a HUGE ASS thunderbolt, came down. The flash left me blinded for a few seconds, and the thunder left me deafened; but when I opened my eyes again, the bolt's path was still clearly lightened: it was directly aimed at the general and at the last few inches; it curved around his body and hit the ground next to him. "HA!," David laughed, " YOUR AIM IS SO BAD, YOU CAN'T EVEN HIT ME! IDIOT!" I couldn't believe it.

"HOW DID YOU DO THAT." We were still pretty deaf, so I had to shout it.

"LET'S JUST SAY I HAD A LITTLE… PROTECTION FROM ABOVE! EVEN MORE ABOVE THE ZEUS!"

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We were on a plain. It was storming like crap out side. And there was not the slightest bit of turbulence the whole ride. All the passengers, Nico, Charlotte, and myself included, stared outside in awe at the blazing thunderstorm that should have blasted us out of the sky.

Charlotte turned to a smiling David, and whispered something in his ear. He whispered something back and they both smiled.

I was pondering the prophecy, Charlotte and David's secret relationship, and the booming storm outside, when the pilot interrupted my thoughts. "Ah, folks, we're gonna be landin' in San Francisco in about… tweny minutes. Ah… I honestly don't know how we're gonna land but the storm hasn't bothered us yet. Heh-heh, looks like Zeus isn't too angry with us." No one laughed at his ignorant joke as the intercom shut of.

About fifteen minutes later, we touched down and got out of the plane, the storm following us all the way. I wondered if it was going to do this the whole time we were here.

"Okay," David said as we got into the taxi, "We'll just make our way to Mount Tamalpais and The Garden of Hesperides, and resolve this whole mess."

"Ah, no." Charlotte said.

David turned to her looking annoyed. "What do you mean?"

She raised an eyebrow at him. "We're all tired. Let's check into a hotel and do it in the morning."

The general thought before saying, "Fine."

About an hour later, we were all at the check-in counter at The Westin hotel.

A lady with dirty-blonde hair in a bun looked up at us with an annoying smile on her face.

Her smile was wiped clean off her face when she saw David.

"H-how may I help you, sir?" she had one of those really annoying voices, like that person from that old show "The Big Bang Theory." You, know the one who dated the Jewish guy.

"Yes, darling, we would like two of your finest suites."

"Okay, let me just…" I didn't really pay attention after that. I just looked around, scanning the area for any sign of monsters.

"If I could see you credit card for a moment, sir."

The general's smile faded a little.

"Oh, but you see, we've already paid." The lady seemed to think about something for a while, lose focus, and the snap back to reality saying, "Oh, yes, of course sir, my apologies. Here are your room keys, enjoy your stay at the Westin, serving customers for over three-hundred years." She smiled as we walked away.

"How did you do that?" I asked angrily.

Silence… then. "What, you're asking me?" David responded.

I grew angrier. "Yes, you." I whisper/screamed.

He just smiled. "The mist on this planet is heavy."

I realized he could manipulate the mist, like Thalia sometimes did.

That got me very angry. "You can't just go around forcing people to do what you want!"

"Hey, you can pay for the two suites we have if you want." He shrugged. I hadn't realized it, but we were already at our rooms.

"Okay," said Charlotte, flipping her auburn hair in a way that would have made any normal man's jaw drop.

"I'll share a room with the general," she motioned toward David, "And you two can share a room."

I quickly realized that I was going to have to share with Nico, and that was never going to happen. Before knowing what I was doing, I said, "Ah, why should I be stuck with Nico." I instantly regretted my decision of saying that, for Charlotte had turned to me with a murderous look almost feline like features.

"Are you implying, hunter, that I share a room with Private di Angelo and you share a room with p-uh David."

My mind raced to try to find an excuse. "No, of course not. I was just saying that, uh, you and I should share a room and the general and Nico should share one, so there won't be any, ahem, unnecessary actions."

Charlotte moved toward, like a tiger stalking it's prey, but was stopped by David grabbing her arm and pulling her ear up to his mouth. He whispered something, and Charlotte's shoulders reluctantly relaxed from their battle position.

"Very well." She sighed, giving in.

I was sharing a room with an assassin who didn't like me for some strange reason.

Yay. (Insert sarcasm hear.)