A/N- Sorry for the pause in chapters, guys. Had my exams going on...

A small smile automatically appeared on Percy's face, thinking about how they were reunited. Annabeth was having similar thoughts and was looking at Percy, adoration written in her eyes.

"I guess that your thoughts are finally going to be decipherable." Thalia teased. Annabeth pouted at her.

UNTIL SHE MET…was prepared for anything

The Romans snorted.

"I think that'd be a sight to behold." Poseidon said amusedly.

"Gee, thanks." Annabeth grumbled and Poseidon chuckled heartily.

She'd paced the deck…backup plan for the backup plan

"Well, I guess those didn't cover all the possible scenarios." Reyna said dryly but with a small smile.

"I don't think that anybody could have predicted what was going to happen." Annabeth defended.

Reyna chuckled. "Then I don't really think that I want to know just how many situations you did think to have so many plans." Annabeth snorted.

"You really don't." she said

Most important, she…a club and yelling "Die!"

"That would be traumatizing rather than scary." Dakota snickered.

"Maybe I should help with a makeover." Aphrodite said, wrinkling her nose.

"But like, I mean, he pulls it off-" Hermes said, holding his hands up in a surrender gesture.

"I can imagine Coach Hedge being here and asking you both to do like 500 pushups each just for even thinking about giving him a makeover." Jason snorted. The ones who knew Coach Hedge nodded in agreement with the slyest grins on their faces.

Everything seemed to be…at least for now

Athena frowned as she shuddered slightly. "It might have gone temporarily but you want to keep an eye out for the same." She told Annabeth, worry in her eyes. Annabeth almost choked on her own saliva at the emotion but managed to control herself and give her mother what she hoped was a warm and reassuring smile.

The warship descended…friends inside the camp

"I still think that that scroll is soo cool." Beckendorf said excitedly and Leo grinned happily at his elder brother.

"You have to show me that." Beckendorf said and Hephaestus nodded in agreement. It didn't seem possible but Leo's grin grew larger.

"Definitely." He said and gave two fingered salutes to both of them.

Hopefully the message…had a sense of humor.

"Hey! We're not dead inside-" Dakota protested and Annabeth grimaced.

"Sorry about that." She said. Dakota chuckled. Nico snorted in amusement.

"You're sorry that they're not dead inside?" He teased. Hades tried his best to not smile at that. Annabeth just winked at Nico, making the son of Hades chuckle.

Too late to turn…have a nice long chat

Aphrodite and Silena looked at Piper with pride. The others winced.

"Charmspeaking them when you're trying to make allies out of them is probably not the best way to go about it." Apollo sighed.

"Maybe in case the situation aggravates, there will be nothing else left to do." Ares said grimly.

For a child of Aphrodite…handsome and in control—

Zeus grinned and even Hera gave the smallest of smiles. Jason bowed to Annabeth.

"You flatter me." He said. Percy snickered, winked and gave a thumbs up to Jason.

Just like a son of Jupiter should

Annabeth winced at that thought.

"The amount of should's and shouldn't's in our lives are ridiculous." Thalia said bitterly. Zeus sighed. That trend had been going on since ages for him as well as his children.

"Expectations suck." Percy deadpanned. Poseidon grimaced. He, Hades and Zeus exchanged knowing looks.

He'd grown up at Camp Jupiter...He even looked too perfect

Percy pouted at Annabeth who gave him a sheepish look and Jason chuckled.

"Well, the whole honorable thing comes from the Roman training." Jason explained.

"Yeah but I'm hotter." Percy said, making everybody laughed amusedly.

"Oh really now?" Jason said with raised eyebrows. Percy smirked and ran a hand through his hair. All the younger gods ooh'ed and hooted. Jason's eyes flashed with light lightning and he rolled his shoulders, earning wolf whistles. Percy then grinned in the most typical way of his, winked at his slightly younger brother and lifted his shirt, making everybody laugh and whoop and scream in the most dramatic way possible. Poseidon smirked at Zeus who flipped him off.

"I win?" Percy asked innocently.

"I'm still hotter." Jason shrugged.

"Whatever helps you sleep." Percy winked at Jason. The elder six gods then burst out laughing, seeing as that's the exact exchange that would take place between Zeus and Poseidon.

"You guys are ridiculous. I have no idea how I'm related to you even in the slightest." Nico said, shaking his head. Percy and Jason just winked at him and he groaned.

In the back of her… ship I brought you!

"Loving the faith." Jason grumbled.

Annabeth doubted that…much she missed Percy.

"Aw, I missed you too, Wise girl." Percy grinned at her. He and Annabeth high fived and Annabeth glared at Hera.

"Honestly, you were lucky to have your girlfriend with you man." Nico told Jason with a shake of his head. The son of Zeus nodded.

"Even I can agree with that." He said.

Percy, who was somewhere…not get distracted.

"Oh honey, love distracts even the best of us." Aphrodite cooed.

"That's why I stay away from it." Athena deadpanned. Aphrodite smiled sweetly at the goddess of wisdom.

"From what I recall, you've sworn off only romantic love. You're the goddess of wisdom. You should be knowing that love comes in multiple forms." She said. Athena glared at the goddess of love.

"Do not look at me like that, dear. Accept what is true. If you deny truth and lies, it leaves no difference between the two." Said the love goddess.

"And that's one of the major truths of life." Apollo nodded.

"Okay. That was very philosophical." Piper whispered to Silena who chuckled and nodded in agreement.

She felt it again…down her neck

Athena shuddered despite her will to not. Many of the Olympians and even a few younger gods frowned, not exactly grasping what the feeling Annabeth felt was and what was causing it. Thalia, on the other hand, despite being worried, laughed lightly.

"Out of all the things that I expected to be in your head, describing a chill as something caused by a psychotic snowman was not one of them." Thalia grinned at Annabeth.

"I guess you and Percy are rubbing off me. I should start learning something from Nico at this point." Annabeth chuckled.

"Nah. He's no better." Percy grinned at his girlfriend and then at his cousin.

"Excuse you." Nico said, dramatically flourishing his hand to his chest with a faux offended expression on his face.

She turned, but no…present of her life.

"What the-?" Triton started. Annabeth's face contorted in pain and Athena grimaced. The rest of the seven's expressions grew somber and Percy squeezed Annabeth's hand reassuringly.

The cold pressed closer…to go terribly wrong.

"This is starting to seem more and more problematic by the minute." Artemis said grimly.

"Annabeth's intuition is normally correct. So, I have to agree. This entire situation of this kind of feeling is too ominous for my liking as well." Hermes said with a shake of his head.

"You say it felt like a kind of wind?" Zeus asked the daughter of Athena, his blue eyes sparkling. Annabeth nodded. Zeus swore and groaned. Poseidon and Hades raised their eyebrows at him. The god of lightning shook his head and gestured to continue reading.

She almost ordered…statues were in ruins

"It was amazing despite the destruction." Annabeth smiled. The Romans grinned at her.

"The speed of workmanship that you guys have is awesome." Beckendorf told them and they bowed dramatically.

"Why thank you." Dakota grinned at him.

"The camp seems huge." Katie said with awe in her voice.

"Honestly though, I feel like our camp is very warm and homey. I don't think I'd be able to feel at home in a huge camp." Pollux said. "No offense meant, of course." He added to the Romans.

"None taken." Frank smiled at him.

"I agree with Pollux, not going to lie." Beckendorf nodded. All the Greeks nodded their assent as well.

Dozens of kids in togas…catch a glimpse of Percy.

Percy smiled and winked at Annabeth.

Then something behind…knocked her overboard

Thalia snorted with laughter.

"That would've been a sight to see." She teased. Annabeth tossed a cushion at her with the perfect aim and it hit Thalia squarely in the nose and the daughter of Zeus barked with laughter.

She whirled and found…right there on the deck

Everybody snickered.

"You just gotta love Terminus." Dakota sniggered.

Sulfurous yellow smoke…the enemies of Rome!"

"Ah, sadly I do not." Jason grinned. Everybody laughed lightly.

"None of us do." Dakota snorted.

"Even Terminus was teaming up with Prissy." Clarisse snickered.

"But they're not enemies…out of the sky already!"

Piper grumbled something about handless statues trying to separate her from her knife, making Silena crack up.

"Hold up… place for that goddess."

Athena gritted her teeth.

"Those absolute insolent-" she started.

"Calm down, my dear niece." Hestia said, holding up her hands before Athena could do something to the Romans there who at that moment looked freaked out after they looked at Athena's glowing eyes. Even Annabeth had backed away slightly.

Annabeth clenched her…"Surrender, or leave?"

A few people snickered.

"You make a fair point." Chris grinned at Leo who shrugged.

"Dude was very confusing." He said, making people face palm and laugh.

"No but like it really is very contradictory." Hermes pointed out.

"Both!" Terminus said… a gymnastics routine.

Athena looked highly uncomfortable and annoyed about whatever feeling she felt at that moment. Percy on the other hand looked like he was having the time of his life, hearing about Annabeth's reaction.

"Did it like flip and stuff?" he asked.

"Oh shut up." Annabeth told him.

"Did it get all acrobatic and all?" Percy continued, his eyes sparkling mischievously. Annabeth got a cushion ready to throw at him but Percy's grin just got wider.

"Did it start dancing and doing Zumba and all as well?" he wagged his eyebrows.

"Seaweed brain." Annabeth groaned as she blushed and Percy burst out laughing while the others chuckled at the pair and hooted. Percy hugged Annabeth as he was laughing.

"I would have been half dead had I tried that." Thalia snickered and then pouted at Annabeth. "Isn't the code 'bros before hoes'?" she said dramatically. Percy stuck his tongue out at her.

"I was her bro and then became the hoe." He said, making everybody laugh especially the sea gang.

"So that's how it is, huh?" Thalia said theatrically and acted like she was wiping off tears.

"Percy's got the friends to lovers benefits." Jason told his sister with a grin. Annabeth and Percy fist bumped but then Annabeth hugged Thalia.

"Definitely bros before hoes though." She said. Percy gasped dramatically and acted like he passed out. Aphrodite squealed in happiness as she saw percabeth and the others were just laughing at their antics. Honestly, they were the power couple of both the camps.

"Leo, stop the ship…I tolerate rule breakers?"

"One thing he doesn't is that." Reyna snorted.

"Uh, Annabeth…to destroy my town."

The seven chuckled nervously.

"No promises." Annabeth said sheepishly.

"Oh well." Leo said, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Brilliant." Grover muttered, knowing that shit was about to go down.

"Chapter's done." Hephaestus sighed.

"I'll read." Grover said.