Leaving Piper's side, Jason began to notice his surroundings.
He was in Camp Half-Blood. Or a version of it at least. Everything out of his sight felt out of focus, as if it were a mirage. He decided to focus on the people.
There were less campers than usual. But the ones that were there were crumpling. Either passed out, or sickly walking out of the mess hall. He noticed a trend between the campers. They were all part of Aphrodite's cabin.
He glanced behind him. Piper was passed out on the ground with the others. He had to stop himself from running to her side. Now's not the time. Focus on what you can do. He hated ignoring her.
An argument took him out of his thoughts.
"HE'S NOT DEAD!"
"Oh, he is very much dead."
Jason turned towards the familiar voices.
Eren Jaeger was pointing to him. "How can you say that when he's right there!"
Percy Jackson crossed his arms. "You clearly haven't heard of demigod dreams. This isn't my first rodeo, punk."
Jason's eyes began tearing up.
The son of the sea god glanced at him. "For all I know, he's a trick of some witch or ghoul. Or worse, the Gorgon sisters finally getting their revenge."
He looked back to Eren, grabbing his pen out of his pocket.
"Whatever the case, I won't let you and whoevers drugged me desecrate his memory. I'll take care of you myself."
Before he could uncap his pen, Jason tackled him. They both hit the grass. A struggle began. Percy pushed Jason's face away using the palm of his hand. His other limb was searching for his pen.
"Get off me fake Jason! I don't have time for you." Jason pushed on his cousin's face and wrestled his arm away from his pen.
"Percy! Percy it's me!"
Percy gave up on his weapon and decided to focus on the wrestling match. With a speed Jason did not anticipate, Percy put his arm around Jason's neck.
"Yeah, and then you'll tell me something only the real Jason would know. I've heard it all before." he began choking the boy. "No more tricks. No more lies. Everyone pays, here and now."
There was a venom in his voice. What's wrong with him? This isn't the Percy I know. Jason saw that Eren was about to intervene. Jason stopped him by putting his hand out. The words came out in breaths.
"The Percy… the Percy I know …isn't like this. Maybe you're… the imposter?"
"Excuse me!" He said offended.
Jason couldn't help laughing. He hadn't heard Percy's voice in so long. Why hadn't he hung out with him more after their adventures? He wished he had.
The pressure on his neck slowly relieved. Jason coughed and took a breath. He sat facing Percy. His sea-green eyes were shocked.
"Jason?" He asked.
Jason nodded with a smile.
"Holy Hera… How…? What…?"
"I'm sorry to cut this reunion short." Eren said, "But I think these people are gonna kill us." The titan shifter was right. The demi-gods from the Aphrodite cabin were standing with weapons in hand. Piper led them with her knife.
"Isn't it time for our date, honey?" She said in a broken voice.
An arrow left its quiver. The tip was headed for Eren. Percy grabbed his uncapped pen and Riptide split the arrow in two. He looked back at them. "Big Cabin! NOW!"
Jason grabbed Eren's hand and all three ran towards the Big Cabin.