i know i havent updated in a while and im sorry. but im having a serious case of writers block-.- im trying to finish off this story because i have lots of ideas for other stories but itll probably take a while. pls read and review! that being said, enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: if i owned PJO or HoO then it wouldn't be half as epic as it is now.

The Earth's Possession

Chapter 6: Cousin Bonding & the Internet

LEO

Leo watched Hazel cry. He couldn't help but wonder what Hades had told her to make her cry so hard. If the god said anything to hurt there, Leo wouldn't care if he was writing his death wish, he would beat the living daylights out of Hades. He wanted to run over to Hazel and hug her but Frank beat him to it. Leo took a tentative step forward then settled for turning around and going to check on the engine room. He noticed Jason look his way and raise an eyebrow. But Leo didn't care right now. He grabbed a wrench from his tool belt and trudged down the stairs, not exactly knowing why he was so down.

FRANK

Frank ran to Hazel's side and immediately started wiping away any tears left on her cheeks. He felt a giant hatred towards Hades right now. Why in the world would he make his own daughter cry? Hazel seemed to read Frank's mind and said,

"He wasn't mean to me Frank. He just said that he loved me and Nico, that's all," she said while smiling. Frank felt as if a weight was lifted off his shoulders. He knew that Hazel had always felt a bit lonely, especially being from the 1940s but now that she knew that, at the very least, her father loved her, it may be the start of something new for her. Frank pulled her into a hug as Hazel hugged him back.

JASON

Jason watched as Hazel and Frank hugged. Then he turned around and marched into the engine room. There, he found Leo, adjusting his thingamajigs. Jason didn't really know what they were supposed to be called. Honestly, he didn't really care to find out either. But he saw the look in his friend's eyes when Frank had run over to Hazel. Jason knew that Leo didn't want pity, so he just came down to cheer him up.

"Hey man. How're you doing?" he asked, for starters. Leo turned around. His eyes had the tiniest bit of red puffiness to them, signalling that he had been crying before Jason had come down. Jason backed up a little. He hadn't expected Leo to be crying over a girl. Heck, Leo flirts with every pretty girl he sees. What made Hazel any different?

"I'm ok. It's just that... I feel so alone on this quest. I mean, you have Piper, Annabeth has Percy and Hazel has Frank. I'm the odd one out and useless. It would be better if I wasn't on this quest," Leo sulked. Jason raised an eyebrow. He never knew that Leo felt like this. Jason put his hand on Leo's shoulder, albeit a little awkwardly.

"Leo, you have a magic tool belt that can give you anything you need. You have FIRE POWERS. You built this amazing ship. You fixed Festus. You are the leader of Cabin Nine, the Hephaestus Cabin. You helped defeat the hydra. You dare to tell me that you're useless? Dude, you are AMAZING. I wish I could do half the stuff that you can!" Jason praised. Leo looked up, his eyes sparkling with something that looked like hope. Jason offered him a smile. "Come on Admiral. We need you to help us get to Rome."

ANNABETH

Annabeth looked around. She didn't see any monsters in sight so she sat down and took out her laptop. She opened up a browser and searched up Minerva. While it was true that technology and demigods didn't really mix, Daedalus' laptop was protected against the monsters so any demigod using it could read Wikipedia without having to worry about being killed. She typed in the Athena Parthenos. When she hit search, a long article about how the statue was a great symbol of Athena showed up. As Annabeth read on, she found out that the Athena Parthenos was stolen from a temple in Greece and it was rumoured that the Romans had it. Annabeth silently thanked Jason for his tip earlier when she spoke to him.

FLASHBACK

Annabeth stayed behind in the room where Jason and Piper were after defeating the hydra. Piper turned to Jason.

"I'm going to go read a book. I'll see you later," she said as she pecked him on the cheek. Piper walked out of the room into her barrack. Jason watched her leave and turned to face Annabeth.

"You look like you have something you want to say to me, Annabeth," he said, raising an eyebrow. Annabeth narrowed her eyes. Sometimes, Jason was too perceptive for his own good.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. I think you know something that I don't about Minerva. My mom is Athena, not Minerva, but I think I have a right to know about my mom's counterpart." Jason nodded his head.

"Ok, so the Romans made different war goddesses so Minerva really lost a lot of her authority, which I think Reyna has already told you from the look on your face." Annabeth scowled. This guy is WAY too perceptive. "The one thing I do know though, is that the Romans once sacked a city in Greece and carted off a statue called the Athena Parthenos. Apparently, it was seriously important to the Greeks and the Romans stole it to sort of injure the Greeks' pride." Annabeth listened carefully. She had never heard of the Athena Parthenos before, but that didn't mean that she couldn't find out.

"Thanks Jason. Thanks a lot," she said with a smile as she walked out into the hallway. Jason looked back at her and scratched behind his head.

"Umm, you're welcome, I guess," he said before he too, left the room.

END FLASHBACK

Annabeth looked back to her screen. A whole bunch of other results had come up, so she just clicked the first one, which happened to be Wikipedia. She scowled. Normally, Wikipedia wasn't one of her favourite options but she didn't want to waste any time. Her gray eyes skimmed through the article as she picked up key bits of information. The only important stuff that she picked up was that the statue was a big symbol of Athena's power, it was one of her most sacred objects, and people had been trying to find it since a long time, but no one had ever found it. Annabeth sighed and looked at more websites. More or less, they all said the same thing. She growled a bit. What was the point of having multiple websites, all saying the same thing?! Annabeth closed her laptop and closed her eyes, leaning back on the wall and closed her eyes. She had felt so tired lately that she hadn't slept properly in days. Right before she fell asleep, on thought crossed her mind. Percy. Her eyes snapped open and she ran out to find him. She had completely forgotten that she had never told Percy about the silver coin and her mother.

She found him in the kitchen, snacking on a peanut butter sandwich with blue jelly. Where the blue jelly came from, Annabeth did not want to know.

"Seaweed Brain... I have something to tell you..." Annabeth said as she sat down, across from Percy. After explaining her story, she looked up at Percy's green eyes. Percy offered her a smile and walked up to hug her.

"Wise Girl, you've been dealing with this all by yourself? You could have told me. I would've tried to help," he said while planting a kiss on the side of her forehead. Annabeth's eyes teared up. She allowed herself to sob into Percy's shirt for a little while before regaining her composure.

"Thanks Percy. I'm going to go take a rest now," she said as she got up and walked out. Percy offered a little wave at her before she left.

"See you later, Annabeth."

THIRD PERSON

At that moment, a raven swooped down to land on a rock, its black feathers slightly ruffled from being in the Underworld for so long. Its ruby red eyes glanced calculatingly for its target. Sent from Lord Hades himself, the raven was supposed to find Nico di Angelo and check on him. Out of the corner of its eye, the raven found the black cage and swooped down to get a closer view. Before it could land on the top of the cage, an earthen fist molded itself out of the ground and grabbed the raven. The bird squawked and flailed as it tried to break out of the fist's grasp but the hand just firmly tightened and the bird exploded in a flurry of feathers and shadow. A bone-chilling voice spread across the terrain and said,

"Good try Hades. However, nothing you try will work. Nico di Angelo is MINE."

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 7

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And that's it for this chapter. updates are going to take longer now. i'm sorry.