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Jason

Jason felt horrible. He was basically the leader of this quest now that Percy is down in Tartarus and Annabeth has gone bonkers and he acted like a complete and utter arse. He sighed as he sat at the table with Piper. She was researching the House of Hades on the laptop we found in the desk.

"There is nothing here," She muttered. Jason didn't know if it was to herself of to Annabeth or to him.

He felt like this wasn't a private moment between them. He knew Annabeth couldn't help it and that she probably wasn't even listening at the moment because that Tony guy came. This situation was just weird. He could barely wrap his head around it.

"Okay, I need some clarity," He started. Piper looked up and shut the laptop.

"Okay. Talk it out," Piper told him, smirking. She started to play footsie with him under the table, which made him laugh a little bit, but then he focused on the task at hand.

"So, Annabeth died. Then she was brought back to life by Leila, who like possessed her or something. She made her believe she was good, but so did you. You can hear her thoughts-"

"And Leila can hear Annabeth's, but can't hear mine and doesn't know about Annabeth being able to read mine," Piper butted in.

"-and so can Leila but you can't hear Leila's and she can't hear yours," Jason summed up. Piper nodded. "Annabeth has gone bonkers-"Piper giggled.

"Sorry, she didn't like that description, but go ahead."

"Annabeth has fallen off her rocker and can't remember anything and can't distinguish between good and evil. Percy is still in Tartarus doing Zeus knows what and Leila is…"

"As far as I know, she is currently tricking Percy into believing she's good."

"So, he's in a predicament right now as well. Leo has fallen in love with Calypso, Hazel and Frank are fine, Nico is…?"

"Hazel said he shadow- traveled with Hedge to see if his dad knew anything about what's going on."

"He's doing that. You are currently trying to win Annabeth over and I'm just sitting back doing nothing?"

"Basically, yeah," Piper said. Jason frowned. Piper caught herself.

"No! You're doing stuff-"

"Just not important stuff," Jason summed up. Piper sighed. She got up and walked over to him. She plopped down in his lap and rested her head against his chest.

"Jason, I'm sure something will come up." Jason snorted. Something will come up and he'll just make a fool of himself again, like today.

"Look, what happened with Calypso, you were just trying to protect your friends-"

"I nearly decapitated her and almost made Annabeth pee her pants." Piper kind of shrugged her shoulders and then started to giggle.

"What's so funny?" Jason grumbled.

"Don't worry about it. Annabeth is. Anyways, why don't you focus on… training."

"Training?"

"Yeah, so when the time comes, you're ready," Piper said with a smile.

Jason felt like this was Piper's way of getting him out of her hair while she focused on winning over Annabeth, but he got up and went outside anyways, grabbing Hazel as he went. HE would've grabbed Leo, but he was off courting Calypso and Frank was in the shower. His first choice under different circumstances would've been Percy or Annabeth because they were really good, but Percy was somewhere underneath him right now and Annabeth was acting like he was the Grimm Reaper. It's not like he didn't understand what she was going through. He did and he felt really bad and felt like a jerk, but he honestly didn't know what to think of the situation. She was just delicate. And it was weird because Annabeth Chase was not to be associated with the words 'delicate, unstable, and weak'. Sure, her ability to control her temper was, but her as whole, she wasn't.

He and Hazel jumped right into action. They didn't talk too much. After Hazel had disarmed him for the second time, she stopped.

"What?"

"Do you want to go spy on Piper and Annabeth?" She blurted. Jason looked at her for a moment and then nodded. They put their swords on a bench and then crept to Annabeth's cottage. They could see a man in the foyer. Annabeth was there as well.

Jason pointed to a bush and the crouched behind it, peeking through the leaves.

The man had blonde-gray hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a trench coat even though it was summer. Jason could see Annabeth shaking. The man was angry. He was shouting at her and shaking his fist. Annabeth kept backing away and into the wall. Suddenly, Annabeth's eyes started to glow bright silver. The glow seemed to extend from her body slowly. The man didn't notice. He was on a roll. The glow suddenly slammed into the man and he was sent flying. Jason could hear the thump from here.

"What in the name of Hades was that?" I asked Hazel. She shrugged. Annabeth seemed to realize what she had done and ran out the front door.

"Let's go talk to her!" Hazel said, pulling me out from the bush. We started to walk casually, but Annabeth didn't buy it. She stopped dead in her tracks.

"Hey, Annabeth," Hazel said warmly. She gave a little wave with her fingers.

"Where are you headed?" Jason asked, trying to make conversation.

"Calypso's," Annabeth whispered quietly. Hazel nodded.

"We were headed that way. You can come with us if you want?" Hazel offered. Jason smiled at her. She knotted her hands together and looked down. She looked so small and sad. Jason wanted to punch whoever did this to her in the face.

"Come on," Jason said, holding out his hand. Annabeth started to shake. She closed her eyes and shook her head. Hazel walked in front of her and got down on her knees. Annabeth looked away from her to the left.

"We aren't going to hurt you, Annabeth. I promise," Hazel told her sincerely. She was able to catch Annabeth's eye at the last part of her sentence. Jason didn't know what to do, so he smiled. He wasn't good at calming people. He didn't know how to handle this situation.

Annabeth looked at her through her eyelashes. She studied her for a bit and gave a slight nod. Hazel beamed and stood up. She didn't touch Annabeth or anything, which was probably what Jason did wrong. That and because apparently fake Jason liked to beat her up all the time. They started to walk towards Calypso's place, which was down the beach from them.

"So, Annabeth," Jason started. "Who was that guy in your cottage?"

"Tony," She whispered, looking down at her feet.

"Is he nice?" Hazel asked. Annabeth shook her head.

We came to Calypso's cottage. Annabeth gave a weak smile and walked up to the front door and knocked.

"Bye Annabeth," Jason called. Hazel waved. Annabeth waved her fingers slightly and Calypso opened the door. She beamed at Annabeth and ushered her in, never paying any attention to Jason and Hazel, who didn't notice the man standing behind them.