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Chapter Five
Hazel
Monday, August 2nd
The next morning Hazel woke up from a dreamless sleep. She was wrapped by a layer of blankets and felt so warm and toasty that she didn't want to get out. But then she remembered. Today was training day. She stretched out her arms as she yawned. When she finally cleared her brain she looked at the digital clock beside her bed. 9:24 a.m., August 2nd. Hazel sighed and swung her legs over the bed. She headed towards the bathroom. As she entered steam poured out of the room. Bianca was looking in front of the mirror with several bobby pins on the table. A hand stuck out of one of the showers and grabbed a towel. Thalia stepped out a few seconds later.
"Thalia's been in the shower for an hour," Bianca explained as she brushed her hair.
"Bianca's been doing her hair just as long," Thalia replied as she wrapped another towel around her hair.
Hazel picked up her toothbrush that the house had provided from the sink and began to apply toothpaste. "So we're training today?" Bianca said as she wrapped her hair into a bun.
"Yeah and I'm sure it'll suck," Thalia replied as she grabbed her own toothbrush.
Hazel spat in the sink. "It can't be that bad."
Thalia sighed and stuck her toothbrush in her mouth. "I hate Mondays."
Hazel sat at the dining table eating cereal. Percy, Nico and Thalia were there but Jason and Bianca were in the living room watching TV. Yeah, apparently you can watch real TV on that thing.
"Hey guys!" Bianca ran into the room. I think Chiron's about to come through. The four of them followed Bianca back to the living room. The TV was blinking.
Incoming message.
Chiron's face filled the screen. "Is everyone ready?"
Hazel shrugged as Thalia answered, "I guess so."
"Good, in your closet you'll find your training suits. Once dressed, head outside."
The TV flashed off.
Hazel tugged at her suit again. It really just consisted of a pair of skin tight black shorts and a white t-shirt tucked in. The boys wore the same white t-shirt with black basketball shorts. When everyone was ready they walked out the door to find an arena. There were different stations posted all over the place. A large box holding what looked like swords inside. Behind them the house stood tall.
"Wow," Thalia muttered.
"Hello students." Hazel knew that voice. She turned and saw Chiron but not what she expected. Chiron was in a wheelchair. Following him were six people in their same outfits except with orange shirts.
"You're in a wheelchair?" Nico asked but it sounded more like a statement.
"Yes, will that be a problem?"
"I-I was just surprised," Nico stuttered.
Chiron smiled and gestured to the people behind him. "This is a few people from Omáda."
The first in line was a girl with blonde hair, tan skin and scary grey eyes. Next was a girl with feathers braided into her brown hair. Beside her was a tall blonde guy with blue eyes and next to him was an Asian guy. The last two was a Latino boy and a tough looking girl.
"They are responsible for finding your strengths and weaknesses and strengthening your talents so you can join the team. The group includes a few more people and once you join our team will come to twenty. On Friday you'll be introduced to my bosses. Now I ask you to introduce yourselves."
The girl with the grey eyes stepped forward. "I'm Annabeth."
"I'm Piper," the second girl smiled.
And it went on. There was Luke, Frank, Leo and Clarisse. Then they introduced ourselves. "I will pair you up, no complaints." He looked from us to the new group. "Thalia and Luke," he decided. The two stood together on the side. "Jason and Piper, Percy and Annabeth, Hazel and…" He looked from Frank and Leo. "…Leo," he finally decided. "Bianca and Clarisse, Nico and Frank. Okay, get started."
For the first time Hazel got a clear look at Leo's face. He looked startling like an older version of, "Sammy?"
"What?" he looked confused.
"You look like someone I know…named Sammy," Hazel stuttered.
Leo laughed, "I know."
"You know?"
"Yeah," he grinned. "I have a little ten year-old cousin named Sammy."
"You really look alike."
"Our moms are twins," Leo shrugged. "Are you dating him?" Leo wiggled his eyebrows.
Hazel quickly looked away, "No. I'm only ten."
"So, where do you want to start?"
Hazel looked around for an empty station.
"I suggest swords first," Leo said.
Hazel nodded and followed him towards the large bin of knives. "What's your preference? Short, long, daggers?" Hazel frowned. "I think you should try this." He held a three foot sword up made of something gold and placed it in her hand. "Does it feel right?"
It's hard to know what right feels like if you don't know what right is. "Something shorter?" she suggested.
"A dagger," Leo rummaged through the bin. "How about this?" He placed a much shorter sword in her hand.
"Perfect."
Percy
"But Hazel and Leo are already there," Percy protested. He and Annabeth stood in the middle of the arena deciding on where to go. Percy was still startled how her eyes ruined her perfect California complexion.
"So?"
"Plus, who use swords these days? It's the 21st Century."
Annabeth shrugged, "We're old-fashioned."
"Let's try something else," Percy suggested.
"Fine, archery it is."
The archery range basically consisted of several targets and a bunch of bow and arrows. Thalia was already there and most of her arrows at least made the target.
"You're pretty good at this," Luke complimented.
Thalia smiled, "Thanks."
"That's like the first time I've ever seen you smile," Percy said.
Thalia rolled her eyes and went back to injuring her target.
"If you don't figure out how to hold the bow and arrow you'll never get to the shooting," Annabeth sighed.
Percy fumbled with the bow for a bit more. "Okay, now aim and shoot," Annabeth instructed.
Percy let the string go. It narrowly missed Thalia's head. "Percy, I swear!" Thalia glared daggers at him.
"I didn't mean to!" Percy protested. His hands shot up in the universal sign of surrender.
"Okay, so it's a no to archery," Annabeth decided. "Let's go, Percy."
"You're really picky," Annabeth said looking for another sword.
Percy stood beside her with his hands in his pockets, "You said if the sword doesn't seem right—"
"That doesn't mean you can say no to everything!" Annabeth ran a hand through her blonde hair.
"What's up with your eyes?" Percy blurted.
Annabeth stared at him, "Excuse me?"
"They're grey. Like storm clouds," Percy continued. "They're pretty."
Annabeth blushed, "Thanks."
Jason
Piper was pretty. Like really pretty. She had tan skin, brown hair and eyes that seemed to never stay on the same colour for more than a few seconds. You could tell she was at least half of Native American descent.
"Where do you want to start?" Piper asked.
Jason tore his eyes away from her and looked around. Really there were only two things to do. Archery or swords. Piper must've noticed his confusion because she said, "Those doors we came from lead to outside. We'll do more there next week."
"Where does the rest of the team live?"
"Well, in a house like you. That's how we we're gathered, too. Except through a series of buildings. House can travel and sometimes it does. So the fourteen of us live together."
"Who else exactly?"
"So, me, Annabeth, Leo, Frank, Clarisse and Luke were chosen to help Chiron train you guys. The other eight are Travis, Connor (brothers), Beckendorf—he goes by his last name but his real name is Charles—Silena (his girlfriend), Zoë, Will, Katie, Grover, Juniper and Reyna. House chose us, we accepted the mission and now we're here. But that was a year and half ago. Then Chiron got a call from his 'bosses'—whom we've never met by the way—and was told that they were sending six more people. That's you guys. It was odd, though. House chose you but really it didn't. Chiron's bosses influenced House to choose you for some reason. I guess they really wanted you on the team. And now they want to meet you. I've heard a rumour that they have powers. And you all mysteriously met in the same airport. Weird isn't it?"
Jason frowned, "Yeah. Weird."
"Well, c'mon, let's start with finding you the perfect sword."
"So, how'd it go?" Chiron asked at the end of our five hour session. It was near 3 o'clock now. "Annabeth?"
"Percy is dead-awful at archery. He nearly killed Thalia! And he couldn't find a proper sword, so basically, I have nothing to say," Annabeth reported.
Chiron pulled something out of his pocket. Was that a pen? He tossed it to Percy and he easily caught it. "A pen?"
"Your sword," Chiron replied.
"Where did it come from?" Percy frowned.
"Your father." He turned away from him. "Piper?"
Jason's partner stepped up, "Jason was okay at archery I guess. And he found a sword but from his stance I could tell it wasn't right. We can try again tomorrow," Piper shrugged.
Chiron stuck his hand in his other pocket. He held a golden coin between his thumb and pointer finger. Jason watched it soar in the air. It landed in his hand as a sword.
Chiron immediately moved on. "Okay, Leo?" Hazel apparently had the perfect dagger and claimed she didn't need a different one. Thalia was an expert at the bow and arrow and got a silver one. Bianca also seemed to be leaning towards archery. Nico received an awesome black sword from Chiron.
Jason sat at the table explaining what Piper said to him during dinner. "That is weird," Bianca clarified.
Jason nodded.
"When we meet them on Friday we'll figure it out," Thalia declared. "Any other news?"
"It's impossible to lose my pen," Percy announced. "I thought I lost it and it reappeared in my pocket. And I tested it. Three times."
"That's cool," Thalia agreed. "Anything else?"
"Well, I have a friend named Sammy and Leo is his cousin. Their moms are twins and they look exactly alike." Hazel suggested.
"Huh," Percy though about it. "Do you think Sammy knows?"
"I doubt it. I mean, he came to see me before I left and he kissed me like he knew something bad might happen—"
"He kissed you!" Bianca shrieked. "Hazel you're like two!"
"I'm ten," Hazel protested, fanning herself. "And it was just on the cheek."
"Please, if anything Percy and Annabeth were probably making out every time no one was watching," Thalia snorted.
Percy blushed deeply, "We were not."
"You did keep on laughing like you were best friends," Nico added.
"And you made her blush every three seconds," Bianca added.
Percy gazed down at his spaghetti, "We just met."
Thalia rolled her eyes and went back to eating.
Four days later
Today was the day we were meeting Chiron's bosses. Jason wasn't necessarily excited he was more curious if anything. The six of them left the house right on time, 10 on the dot. Chiron said they weren't training today and to dress decent but not fancy. Thalia was really ready to accuse them of what Piper said. When they got out of the house all fourteen people part of Omáda was there. The six stood across from them. A few minutes later Chiron wheeled in with three tall men following him. Jason's posture naturally straightened. They stopped in front of them. All the men wore suits. The first man wore a striped suit. He had blue eyes and a neatly trimmed beard. The second man wore a blue suit and had warm green eyes. The last man had a midnight black suit and pale skin.
"Omáda, meet my bosses," Chiron looked slightly nervous. "Zeus, Poseidon and Hades… Olympian, better known as The Big 3." The Omáda team smiled at them but the six stood there shocked. Several things clicked in Jason's head in a second. Those were their fathers. Their fathers had all invited them on this trip on purpose. They wanted them to meet each other and see House all so they could help them. They didn't want to meet their kids, they just needed them. Apparently this clicked in everyone else's heads too.
Thalia gasped, "You…you freaking lied to us! To our parents!"
Tears brimmed Bianca's eyes, "So that was your plan? To use us to save Olympus?"
Hades reached out to his daughter, "Bianca—"
Bianca backed up.
Omáda stood to the side confused as to why they were yelling at Chiron's bosses. Chiron cringed like he knew this was going to happen. "Percy, what's going on?" Annabeth demanded.
Percy glared at Poseidon, thoroughly ignoring Annabeth, "Mom told me that you actually wanted to see me. She told me you loved me and it was just a big fat lie."
Poseidon grabbed his son's shoulders, "Percy, I did want to see—"
"Save it!" Percy snapped and thrust out of his father's grasp. "Don't touch me. Don't act like you want me as your son. I quit! I'm not doing it, I'm not helping you." Percy grabbed his pen out of his pocket and threw it. It harmlessly ricocheted of his father's chest.
Thalia glared at her own father, "Count me out, too. I cannot believe you used us like that!"
Nico just turned away. Bianca wiped her tears and ran back to the house. Percy, Thalia and Nico followed suit. Jason jumped when the door slammed leaving the house shaken. Jason glared at Zeus. "C'mon, Hazel. Let's go." He protectively wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"I," she couldn't meet her father's eye. "I was so excited to meet you and then, and then this happens and…" Hazel glanced at Hades again before slowly shaking her head and following Jason back into House.
Aww, that was sad. Kinda. Anyways, as always, thanks for reading. Please take three seconds out of your day to write me a review. It could be like 'Good job' or something like that. The only reason I'm asking is b/c I've read a story with only three chapters and it has over 90 reviews and then I look at mine that has five chapters and one review and I kind of get depressed. I'm just not sure whether or not people are actual liking this story, you know?
Chapter discussion: So there was a bit of Percabeth, as promised. I think they were a bit over dramatic but whatever. I decided Leo over Frank because I wanted Hazel to figure out the Leo/Sammy thing first. Also, because Sammy is basically Hazel's love interest in this story there is basically no Frazel but they can still be friends. I decided to just make Sammy and Leo cousins because I really like Sammy. Next chapter tomorrow.