The second chapter in my version of the House of Hades. Please review and tell me what you think, and I will continue. I have quite a few chapters written that just have to be finalized before posting, but I wont bother if no one reads them. So give me your reviews! And enjoy!

Chapter II – Jason

The Argo II was hurtling towards the sea at a frightening pace.

"Hold on to the rails! Don't let go!" Leo cried, which seemed a bit too obvious for Jason.

He made sure he had Piper's hand, and together, they grabbed the nearest rail, praying to every god, Greek and Roman, to help them.

SPLASH

The impact knocked Jason to the water, and right before he went under, he saw Piper go down, blood coming out of here head.

He screamed in outrage, than couldn't breathe.

Jason didn't know which way was up or down, or how long he had been under. But one thing he did know was that his friends were in trouble, and he needed to help them.

Lightning cackled on the ship, and he knew they had come back for the kill.

Jason screamed, and swam frantically to the surface. When his head broke free, he gasped for hair.

Looking at the Argo II, Jason saw even more enemies than before; about 10, 10 enemies his friends couldn't defeat without him, for their weapons went straight through them.

Venti.

Jason swam to the ship, and once he was completely out of the water, he willed the winds to fly him towards the deck.

Leo and Festus were desperately attacking the Venti with fire, but it only proved to slow them down; Frank had turned into a cheetah and using the extra leg muscle to fight the wind, smart; Hedge was running around deck, yelling "Die!" and hitting everything in sight; and Hazel was standing over Piper, who was out cold, and defending her.

Jason raised his arm, and lightning struck two venti, knocking them back. Then, Jason drew his gladius, and took down three of the storm spirits before they knew what hit them.

He knelt to check on Piper, but Hazel waved him off, yelling over the wind, "Go help the others, I'll take care of her!"

He started to protest, but she scolded him, "You're the only one who can fight them! GO!"

Jason cursed in Latin, and ran to the others.

As the two he struck with lightning were getting up, Jason stabbed them both, and they evaporated into monster dust. Then he ran to go aid Frank.

Jason jumped, willing the winds to support him through the air, and killed on of the venti mid-air.

Once he landed back on his feet, the other two around Frank were more cautious, dodging Jason's sword and attacking Frank in unison.

Jason snarled. He had to take a risk, so he willed the winds to support him once more, did a flip in the air over one venti, stabbed the other in the back, turned around, and sliced through the neck of the other one, and they exploded into dust.

Frank turned back to human, and muttered, "Thanks….", before Jason ran off to help Leo.

Leo and Festus were a good team, keeping the remaining venti from gaining any ground, but they couldn't last forever.

While the storm spirits were distracted, Jason took the simple approach, and stabbed them in the back, finishing off the assault.

There was silence, while they all took deep breaths and tried to recover.

Than Jason remember, Piper! What kind of boyfriend am I to forget about my injured girlfriend! Jason thought.

He looked over and saw Hazel dripping some nectar into Piper's mouth, and Jason ran over to help.

Piper's hair was stained red with blood, and she was barely breathing.

"Oh man…" Leo said, Jason in too much shock to have realized he followed him over.

"Coach, shut up and come help us!" Leo said.

Hedge trotted over, and cursed. He pulled Hazel away and started some wood-land magic healing. Jason could see the color returning to her face, but she still refused to wake up.

Jason kept trying to reach out and touch her, try to help, try to wake her, but Hedge kept hitting his hand away, cursing him every time he got distracted.

A few agonizing minutes later, Hedge sighed, he looked extremely tired.

"Boy, you and Hazel carry her down to a bed, she needs rest, I wasn't able to heal everything, and she's going to have a nasty headache when she wakes up."

"But all the blood-", Jason began.

Hedge cut him off, "The bleeding has stopped, and she needs rest. Not only that, but we need to get going, before I have to deal with more of those nasties again.

He's right, Jason thought, First Nico gets shocked full of lightning, now Piper knocks her head. The venti will end up killing them if they don't get out of here.

So Jason and Hazel wordlessly picked up his injured girlfriend, and brought her down to a bed next to Nico. Hazel ran over to check on him, but Jason decided to stay with Piper, slowly washing her face, wishing, as always, he could do more to help his friends.