(A/N: Just to let you guys know, this chapter is much longer. I wanted to make up for last chapter. I also updated early than I thought I was going to, so SURPRISE! Thanks to TheDeadOne28, EmMarie96, and K for reviewing! Please review what you think of this chapter. There's a little surprise in this chapter.)

JASON (VI)

Free falling wasn't the worst thing Jason had ever done, in fact, it was probably the most fun and most exhilarating thing he had done. He loved flying through the air, hurtling towards the ground at high speed, as long as he wasn't being chased by monsters. Of course Jason had a plan. Instead of landing in the water, or on the island, or even hovering over the island, Jason had proposed that they free fall to the island. He was almost certain that the monsters would be alerted that they were coming if they saw the giant warship looming suspiciously nearby.

When Jason had told Nico and Leo his plan, Nico beamed at him, which was a little creepy, and told him that it was a plan worthy of Annabeth. Jason felt a little uncomfortable being compared to Annabeth.

So while Jason, Nico, and Leo were falling to their deaths, Jason looked over to Nico and the Son of Hades nodded. Jason closed his eyes and concentrated. He imagined the wind currents forming a slide and the demigods were now sliding down the air slide. He tried not to break his concentration, but it was a little hard, considering his thoughts about air guitar contests. First he would have to learn to play the guitar…. About ten feet from the ground, he hit a bump and the three demigods fell to the asphalt road below them.

Jason, using all his Roman training, rolled and came up in a crouch. Nico came up standing, his sword out. Leo wasn't so lucky. He tried to tuck and roll like Jason did, but ended up falling on his face. Jason couldn't help but laughing, which sounded eerie in the dark streets of Ponza.

"Thanks for letting us fall, Jason," Leo grumbled. His face was gritty and he had a couple small scratches, but other than that, he was fine. Jason just grinned and helped his friend up.

Once Leo was back on his feet, Nico led down a couple of streets and into a dead end. After a couple times of doubling back, they stopped. A brick wall blocked the way in front of them. Nico drew his sword and slashed at the wall in frustration. Sparks flew and he sat down on the ground, his sword clattering to the ground.

"You're going the wrong way."

Jason turned, startled. In the light of a street lamp, stood a girl, about thirteen, and dressed in all blue. But that wasn't the weird part. Strapped to her waist, was a celestial bronze sword. Jason gaped at the black-haired girl. She had startling green eyes and she seemed like the type of girl who wouldn't be caught dead in a dress, except that was what she was wearing: An aqua, sleeveless dress that went down to her knees. Her long hair went down to the middle of her back and had braids running through it and a white bow on the side. To top it all of, she was barefoot. She snorted when she saw the looks the three boys were giving her. "You guys look you haven't seen a girl before." She stuck her hand out in front of Jason and smiled. "I'm Adalyn," she said simply. (A/N: Yes I'm sorry to all those OC haters, I added one. But she's not going to be in the story very long. And she's definitely not one of the main characters.)

Jason shook her hand reluctantly. Apparently the girl named Adalyn could tell. She took her hand back suddenly. Jason blushed, hoping he hadn't hurt the strange girl's feelings. But it just wasn't everyday that you saw a strange American girl wearing a sword on her waist and walking barefoot. Then he saw that Adalyn wasn't looking at him. She was frowning at Leo, who was drooling. Nico took care of that by slapping him upside the head. (Gibb's slap for all those who watch NCIS) Leo quickly wiped his face.

Nico, after standing, stepped up to the girl. "Hey I'm Nico," he said. "Can you explain what you mean?"

Adalyn looked confused. "What I mean? What else could I mean?" She got up in his face and poked him in the chest. "You're going the wrong way." It was the boys turn to look confused.

"But what does that mean?" Jason smartly asked.

Adalyn turned on him, even though she had to get up on her tiptoes to get in his face. "What is it that you don't get?!" she yelled. "Do you not speak English?"

Jason flinched. Of course he spoke English.

Leo looked at their surroundings nervously. Jason couldn't help but copy him. Adalyn yelling could arouse some monsters, but maybe….

Jason started yelling back at the girl, "Of course I speak English! Do I look Italian?" Adalyn's eyes grew wide, realizing what Jason was doing. She just smirked and backed off, her green eyes still blazing with fire.

"That's not going to work. It's not on this side of the island. That's why you're going the wrong way."

That's when something clicked in Jason's head. Nico got there faster. "You're a demigod!"

Adalyn rolled her eyes. "Not quite, buddy."

Leo, who had been quiet before, spoke up. "If you're not a demigod, than what are you?" Jason took a step back from the girl. "Are you a monster, then? Is that how you know where they are? Or are you lying to us catch us off guard so your monster amigos can come gobble us up."

Adalyn stared at Leo like he had come from outer space. "You have a weird imagination," was all she said.

"So, uh, if you're not a half-blood…." Jason stopped talking when she gave him an irritated look.

Fidgeting, she said, "Don't you have a ton of them in your city?"

City? What city was Adalyn talking about? Jason didn't know but she looked like she expected him to. Thankfully, Leo spoke up, keeping Jason from looking stupid. "Could you elaborate on this city of Jason's?"

The girl clapped, surprising them all. Sarcastically she said, "Wow. I didn't know you knew what elaborate meant. You must be smarter than I first thought." Leo looked as if he didn't know whether to be insulted or not. "I'm talking about New Rome. My mom trained at CampJupiter." Jason nodded, finally understanding what she was saying.

"You're a legacy," Jason cleared up. Jason noted Leo's confused look and began explaining, "Legacies are descendant of demigods." Jason turned back to Adalyn, who was gazing curiously at the three demigods, like she was just noticing who they really were. "Who are you descended from?" he asked.

She ignored his question and instead said, "The only reason I know who you are is because you guys are so obvious about it."

Nico snorted and pointed to the sword strapped to her waist. "You shouldn't be talking. How many monsters have been following you? And don't the people who live here notice your sword?"

The girl was getting angry by now. Apparently she had a really short temper. "Listen here, Nico. The only way I can fight monsters is by using a sword. They know who I am and they know not to mess with them unless they want their butts kicked. And people don't live here. There are about five families who actually live here. The rest have summer homes, are inn keepers, or are tourists. The tourists think that the sword is some kind of stunt that the inns are playing. The inn keepers just think I'm strange. Zeus knows what goes through their minds. I don't even know how they don't notice the monsters that keep…." She trailed off lost in thought.

Nico's eyebrows flew up. "You're Greek."

Adalyn scowled and turned her gaze back to Nico. "Excuse me?"

"I thought you were Roman, you know because you live by Italy and you knew about CampJupiter, but you're not. You're Greek."

"How could you possibly know that?"

Nico just shook his head and pointed to her sword again. "Celestial Bronze and you said Zeus, not Jupiter." She scowled again, looking like she just got poked in the eyes. Then she turned, and ran in the other direction.

Well, Jason thought, So much for her. Nico gazed quietly at the girl's back before turning to Jason and Leo.

"Let this go to Hades. Come on, we'll take a faster way to the island." He got his sword, grabbed Jason and Leo's arms and glared at the wall in front of them. Walking straight through the wall, Nico dragged Jason and Leo forward. Suddenly, darkness rushed by him and he felt like he was going a million miles an hour while shivers ran up and down his spine. Then the shadows melted and they were standing about twenty feet from the coolest car in the world on the other side of the island. Jason's mouth dropped open. It was a red Maserati Spyder convertible and it had to be one of the most awesome cars he had ever seen in his life. He shook off the thoughts as soon as they came, turning to Nico, who was sprawled on the ground. Jason knelt down next to him.

"How much energy did that take?" he asked.

Nico groaned. "A lot," he muttered darkly. Jason pulled some ambrosia squares out of his pocket and fed a little to Nico. He stood up, but didn't look much better.

"This is too easy," Leo said nervously. Jason realized that he was right. There were no monsters in sight. But something did catch Jason's eye. A boy was dozing in the passenger seat. Warily, they approached, keeping an eye out for traps or monsters. There were none.

When they reached the sun chariot, Jason could see the boy clearer. He looked about fourteen, had shaggy brown hair, and a couple freckles splashed across his face. Jason reached out to touch the car, but the boy sat up abruptly. "Adalyn," he called out, rubbing his eyes. "Is that you?" Jason, Nico, and Leo froze as the boys electric blue eyes widened. In an instant he had a dagger out and was in the driver's side of the car, right next to Jason. "Who are you and what do you want?"

Nico held up his hands. "Hey, kid. Don't worry, we're not here to hurt you. We're only here for the car-"

But that only made the boy mad. An angry fire blazed in his eyes. But unlike the strange girl they had met, he didn't talk out impulsively. He seemed to be smarter with his words. "Yeah, I'm sure. Just leave me alone. This is my dad's car, alright. He told me he needed me to…." He trailed off as his gaze turned to something behind the demigods. "Adalyn? Do you know these guys?"

Jason spun around and saw Adalyn walking up to them. She leaned against the car door next to where her friend was crouching in the seat. "Yeah I know them," she said glumly. "Only Zeus knows how they got here so fast. Did you see?" The boy shook his head and Adalyn huffed. She returned her eyes to Jason, Nico, and a little reluctantly, Leo. "Well?" she demanded.

Jason was about to say something smart like, none of your business, but before he could, a bright light filled his vision and the next thing he knew, Apollo was back.

"Dad?" was the boy in the car's response and Jason got a feeling of dread. They had been tricked.

The sun god ruffled Nico's hair. "Good job, you guys. You got my car back."

"You realize that there was no actual monsters taking the sun chariot, right?" Leo complained. "Only demigods."

Apollo just chuckled. "Come on, Alex. You can get out now." The boy jumped out and stood next to Adalyn, his arms crossed. The sun chariot disappeared with a snap of Apollo's fingers. The sky turned gray.

"Dad." Apollo turned his attention to the boy named Alex. "What was that all about? I sat there all night for nothing."

Apollo looked thoughtful. "I guess you didn't need to sit there all night, but I did give the quest to these guys last night, so I expected them to be here hours ago." Jason looked down. He felt bad for letting down a god. Then he remembered he was tricked and his gaze hardened. "As for what it was about, well, I needed you guys to meet some people, so you knew how much you were being protected."

Adalyn raised her eyebrows. "I would hardly call being chained to a pole and almost getting eaten protected."

Apollo shook his head. "That was something I couldn't prevent. The Titan war had just ended and the gods were a little bit busy." Adalyn snorted but didn't saw anything else.

Leo raised his hand. "Um, Lord Apollo, why we here?"

Apollo switched his gaze to Leo. "Ah, yes. I almost forgot. Artemis was a little busy so she asked me to give you something. And I thought that this was the perfect way to give it to you." He opened his palm and a box appeared. He handed it to Leo. "Well, I'm out." In a flash he was gone, as were the strange kids.

"Better get back to the ship," Nico said bitterly. And with that, Jason, Leo, and Nico trudged to the other side of the island where the boat was waiting to pick them up.

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