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Roy: Once again, I, Codename: Roy Markov is alone on uploading the chapter. Being excepted kind of is cool especially when you don't have to take the tests since your grades are high enough.

So I would like to say, I soloed this chapter and the grammar might not be that good but I tried anyway so that's pretty much it on my part, now on to the replies to our blessed reviewers.

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Piper 3rd Person POV

Honestly Piper did not feel safe around this guy. For one thing we was giant, a freaking six footer of all things and that did not sit well with Piper considering the giant she saw in her dreams telling her to betray her friends.

The guy gave off a powerful primordial power of malevolence as if his size was only something you should fear about him. He was loud, reckless and kind of weird too on her part. On the way down, which took about thirty minutes, he kept rambling, asking questions like a child and arguing with the lizard on his neck like talking with it was a normal thing for him.

He grinned with sharp pointy teeth and he asked the most absurd questions like if Leo was a really a Santa Claus Elf. Leo looked annoyed at someone for once and he asked Jason if his hair was naturally blonde or if dyes it. After Zoe told him Piper was a Cherokee he even asked her if she knew any folk dances.

The guy was rude, loud, arrogant and annoying but Zoe and Fecilia seemed impassive to him. The girl wanted to ask him if he was sick in the head or his eyes were really normal but she felt as if it was wrong but Leo insulted the guy back saying he looked like a monster at a Halloween party with his get up and teeth but he just laughed at them completely unaffected.

Now as they descended, Talon whistled an annoying tune that was out of beat and rhythm. Jason grit his teeth completely fed up and said "Dude will you stop! You have been talking nonstop for the past half hour! Asking rude and annoying questions and practically being the biggest ass in my memory right now."

He glared at the taller guy as Fecilia and Zoe paid them no attention and Jason met his eyes and said "So back off!"

Jason shoved Talon in the chest but the half dragon's happy expression died as he frowned and said "Look, I was testing your tolerance kid. All of you actually. You see the two ladies here said you three are special to be given a quest of this caliber at our level of experience."

A sharp tail suddenly found itself on Jason's neck as Talon bared his sharp fangs and said "So don't go around telling me you had enough. You're a demigod kid you don't get to say you've had enough, you have to put of the crap that comes with the existence."

The elevator dinged and opened as Talon walked ahead a few steps, stopped and turned to the three as he focused his hard cold glare with his reptilian eyes at the remaining two quest members and said "As for you two, if you feel the same then get it together, if you can't take a bit of annoyance, how can you take your life's hardships? You're half-bloods, heroes so to speak and this aint no fairy tale kids. Heroes don't get a happy ending."

Talon walked on with Asteron, the blue lizard, resting on his shoulder as Fecila sighed and said "Don't worry about him too much, he may act serious at one point and idiotic the next but he's just here to give a warning. He's right, no happy endings for heroes. It happened to my brother Allen who lost his eye, and Jack and Tadi who both died."

Walking on, they followed Talon who looked around with his hands in his pockets as his green scaled tail swished around and he had a now calm smile on his face as he said "Dang, what happened here?"

The area looked like a vast improvement from where they once were. It was like a common shopping mall where aisles and stalls of merchandise stood. Weapons, clothes and potions were neatly set everywhere. A giant sign hung as it read 'Welcome!'

Talon gave a whistle as Fecilia said "What is this place?"

"I don't know," said Zoe narrowing her eyes at the potions, "I don't like it though…"

"Is anyone here?" asked Jason,

"Anybody home?!" yelled Leo,

Piper slapped his head and said "Don't do that! What if it's trapped or some monster is here!"

Asteron barked and spread his small wings and flew off to the nearest stand and sniffed the potions. The blue lizard gagged and coughed as he looked at Talon and hissed. The half breed turned is head to the escalators as his ears twitched and said "Hm…"

"What is it Talon?" asked Leo,

The half breed extended his arm to the table where Asteron got on his shoulder again and a female voice said "I don't have a rule against pets but keep them off the merchandise!"

Everyone looked at where the voice came from and Piper raised a brow as she looked on and on the escalator came down a gorgeous woman. She had long dark hair and a gorgeous face like a supermodel. Her nails were long and painted red and it matched her long, elegant black dress.

She gracefully walked to the group of demigods and said "Welcome to my mall!"

Zoe leaned on a counter and said "Who are you?"

"I am who the call the Princess of Colchis," said the lady, "Are you here to shop? Ladies and men like you all need the best items so come with me! What are you looking for, shirts, weapons, equipment, potions?"

"Storm Spirits and a Satyr," said Jason seriously,

"What is your name boy?" asked the woman warmly,

"My name is Jason," answered the blonde,

Her face darkened for a split second that only Piper noticed but she immediately recovered and said "A good name, come, you and your friends must come with me but your friends the tall young man with the pet must stay here."

"Why?" asked Talon raised a brow with his tail moving left and right,

"Pets are allowed," said the woman with a smile, "but they cannot go upstairs."

Talon looked at Asteron who hissed in anger about being called a pet. Talon tapped the lizard's head and said "Sorry buddy but we're staying here for common respect. Let's have a look around huh?"

Fecilia sighed and said "I'll go with him, he might accidentally blow up the place."

The woman gave a small giggle as Fecilia nodded at the four and said "Go ahead, besides, Talon and I have things to talk about."

"Talk about?" said Talon with a chuckle,

She pulled him away by the arm muttering "Pervert…"

Zoe shook her head and said "Those two haven't seen each other in a month, I guess they need some alone time."

A yell was heard form Talon but Zoe disregarded it and said "Let's get what we came for…"

"Follow me," said the woman as she took a step on the escalator that went up,

Meanwhile- Percy 3rd Person POV

"Faster cub!"

Percy dodged once again as his hands were tied behind his back. Wolves with silver fur lunged at him with their fangs bared and claws ready. They had been given permission to attack Percy and he had to dodge all of the incoming attacks.

A wolf slashed across his leg but his skin seemed to resist everything but he was told that every mark he was hit with would extend his training by an hour. Percy grunted and rolled out of the way once more but he couldn't seem to not get hit making him very tired for the past few hours.

"Mother Lupa," said Percy sweating heavily, "this is impossible!"

Lupa in her human for crossed her arms as the wolves stopped their assault as she said "Because you do not defend yourself pup!"

"How?!" asked Percy, "Mother Lupa I have tried but they're too fast!"

"I have trained others like you before pup," said Lupa, "Talented, smart, strong but in situations like these you must find your abilities to defend yourself."

Lupa closed her eyes for a second seeing a dark haired teen boy and girl smiling at her and she opened her eyes saying "You have the ability to do so, as I said, you are a Son of Neptune, the God of the Sea and also you are the Champion of Vesta, Goddess of the Hearth and finally you have a hidden power no one else has. Dig deep boy and find it."

Slowly standing straight, Percy closed his eyes and clenched his fists behind his back as Lupa nodded and the wolves came back to attack him. Percy still had his eyes closed as he shot his head to the left and spun to the right, evading a lunge. He then proceeded to do the same to each of the wolves until they all went at him all at once and his eyes snapped open, revealing his irises now a deep royal purple as he fluctuated energy around him causing all the wolves to get knocked back by some invisible force.

Lupa nodded seeing this and said "Excellent job pup,"

Percy smiled as his eye color died back into sea green and he said "What was that?"

"Some of your talent pup," she nodded with a serious expression saying "But I am here to train you not only in your skills but your physical prowess as well so by the time you are ready, you will be swifter, stronger, sharper and more alert than ever."

"Somehow that doesn't sound too good for me," mumbled Percy,

She glared at him and said "Because of that, the next thing you will do is fight me."

Lup crouched and got into position as Percy said "Wait! I'm still bound! Untie me first!"

"You must figure out how you will win or at least survive cub," said Lupa, "now be ready."

Percy made a break for it as Lupa pounced after him.

Piper 3rd Person POV

"I don't like this," said Piper walking through the third floor of the mall,

Clothes were the main topic in this floor and different clothing was hanged everywhere. Gorgeous dresses like her Dad's colleagues wore, simple shirts that she would like to look at and some suits that would look dashing on Jason she thought.

The woman though had been giving her a nagging feeling on the back of her head. Princess of Colchis, where had she heard that before?

Leo looked stunned by the amount of things here and Jason seemed curious on how all of this could fit into a mall in the sewers. Zoe on the other hand was silent as usual but she had her hands inside the pockets of her open vest as she said "Anything feel off with you?"

"I feel it too," said Piper, "Something about her though…it's as if she's doing something behind our backs…"

"Keep an eye out," said Zoe, "We can never be too sure."

"Why is that?" asked the younger girl,

Zoe gave her a look and said "Piper, when you've been here as long as I have you'll learn to be on your toes especially since danger lurks around every corner."

Piper kept that in mind as they came to a stop before a giant cage where the thick bars held back a swirling storm of spirits. Outside the cage was a frozen statue of a short, familiar looking satyr with his club raised and he was frozen mid pose "Die!"

Leo looked allured by everything else like Jason was as Piper said "That's them!"

"Ahh these two?" asked the woman lacing her fingers together, "These are quite expensive dear,"

"Name the price," said Jason suddenly,

"Wait…" said Zoe, "Princess of Colchis…the voice…"

Suddenly, the woman scowled as she pointed her hand at Zoe and said "ύπνος! (sleep)"

Zoe suddenly collapsed on the group like a puddle as Piper said "Hey! What the heck was that?!"

"I'll tell you something," said the woman, "The price for this is either one of the tw3o boy's heads. It's up to them to choose."

"It should be your head," said Jason to Leo uncharacteristically,

Leo scowled and said "You always have to be the star of the show don't you! I say it's you!"

Leo drew a hammer from his belt as Jason brought out his coin and the woman laughed as Piper's eyes widened and said "Princess of Colchis! Guys! She's Medea the Sorceress!"

Jason and Leo paid her no attention as the two glared at each other and Medea said "That's right! Kill each other!"

The two got ready but Piper said "No!"

The two were snapped back into reality but Medea narrowed her eyes and said "Leo will you take Jason upstaging you again? Jason will you be bested by someone lower than you?"

"I wont," replied the two boys,

Medea smirked and said "You have no power here Daughter of Aphrodite, you have a bit of the charmspeak on you but the only chance you had is laid there unconscious."

She pointed at Zoe who was soundly unconscious after being hit with the spell. The two of her friends growled at each other, ready to attack but Piper closed her eyes as she thought 'I won't let this happened! I won't!'

"You're powerless dear!" said Medea laughing, "Just like how you can do nothing when your father is captured by the giant."

She froze at that but her friends needed her now, she dug deep and said "Leo! Jason you two snap out of it now and you better not listen to her!"

The two shook each their heads and looked surprised seeing a weapon each in their hands. Jason took a step back as Leo dropped the hammer and said "Were we about to go at it?"

Medea scowled as her skin turned pale as she growled at them and said "You three will not leave this place alive!"

She snapped her fingers as out of the fountain a few meters away, came out two Sun Dragons who were smaller versions of Festus but their eyes gave of a deadly gaze. Piper immediately said "Don't look them in the eye or you'll be paralyzed!"

The three looked away as Medea said "Attack!"

The two dragons ran forward at an alarming rate with their flaming jaws open but as the three looked away, a tall figure went in front of them and swung a large weapon sending the two dragons back into a stand destroying it.

Piper looked to see Talon holding a giant lance with one hand as he hefted it on his shoulder and said "Good thing I sent Asteron to follow you three!"

"It was my idea you idiot," said Fecilia who was carrying Zoe on her shoulders while Asteron was on her other one,

The two dragons got back up and got ready to attack once more as Talon rolled his eyes and said "Whatever,"

The dragons ran at him again and Piper said "Don't look them in the eye!"

"Watch and learn diva," said Talon resting the lance on his shoulder as it glowed,

His tail swung around as he lifted the lance and slammed it on the ground causing a surge of energy to rise forward (think Wind Scar from Inuyasha) causing the dragons to be flung back at Medea.

She hissed at them and readied her hands for a spell but the ceiling came crashing down and Festus slammed down causing Leo to smile and say "Nice job boy!"

Jason nodded as he said "Get on!"

The others followed as Jason said "Leo! Tell Festus to grab the spirits and Hedge and get us out here!"

"Got it buddy!" said Leo, "Festus!"

The dragon grabbed the cages with the spirits and Hedge in them and flew out of the hole he made. As they soared in the air, leaving the mall, Fecilia settled the unconscious Zoe on the dragon and said "What happened to her?"

"She spoke some kind of spell on her!" said Piper, "is she going to be fine?"

Fecilia narrowed her eyes as her palm glowed white and placed it on Zoe's head. The huntress' expression softened as Fecilia nodded, gave a small smile and said "She'll be fine now if only we can-"

"We're not finished!" said Medea as she rode a chariot being pulled by the two sun dragons,

She flung vials as the group which exploded violently in the air. The bronze dragon shook with each explosion. Piper, Leo, Fecilia, Jason and Talon ducked under the explosions and Medea chased them.

Asteron hissed as Talon nodded and said "This lady has got to calm down!"

Festus was struck in the back by the vial causing his tail to blow off. Leo grunted with the quake and said "Festus!"

Fecilia nodded at Talon who stood high and tall as Piper said "What are you doing?!"

"Get down Talon!" said Leo,

Fecilia looked at him and said "Be careful you bastard!"

He grinned as Piper, Jason and Leo looked in surprise as massive, scaly wings extended from Talon's back and the air dragged him off Festus into the air with Asteron on his shoulders.

He spun and dodged each explosion that left a colored cloud in the air as he made his way closer to Medea who defended herself with the explosive vials. Talon had Blaze Bringer out as he spun in the air evading another explosion.

"Lady you have got to stop that!" said Talon,

She paid him no attention and kept throwing the vials causing some to hit Festus and some to graze him. With a surprise, Talon was struck in the chest by a bomb causing him to descend to the clouds below.

"Talon!" said Fecilia,

Festus was now leaking oil with the heavy damage he sustained. Medea smirked at the weakening dragon but then, her gleeful expression died as a massive blue dragon rose from below. It was bigger than Festus by a few feet and its eyes were cold and unforgiving.

She prepared another barrage but the green dragon had smashed her dragons with a swing of its spiked tail causing her to fall down below beneath the clouds screaming curses and rage at the dragons.

Talon stood above the dragon's head with his weapon hidden now and he said "Leo! How is the dragon?!"

Leo was tinkering with the command disk and said "He won't hold! He took too much damage!"

"Get on!" said Talon,

Jason, Piper and Fecilia who was carrying Zoe leapt on Asteron in mid air as Leo said "Wait! I can fix him!"

Talon leapt on the bronze dragon as he lifted Leo on his back and said "Sorry buddy but this guy is going down but I can't let you go with him!"

"FESTUS!"

A massive explosion sparked on Festus' left flank causing him to descend below in flames. Asteron shook from the explosion but he grunted as Talon said "Hurry! Chase it and grab the cages!"

Asteron made a nose dive as Talon yelled "Hold on!"

The group held on as the dragon descended with great speeds to whatever was below.

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Roy: Well all for now! See you guys soon! Leave me a review and sorry if it sucked! I am kind of alone!