A/N: Sorry this took so long. Life got crazy, I got hella busy.

Max POV

"So, you guys are demigods? Like children of the gods?"

"Yes." Says Annabeth, the other blonde. "Im the daughter of Athena, Percy is the son of Poseidon, and Nico is the son if Hades. Grover is a satyr. He helped us to find you all."

"Why us?" Asks Nudge. "Were not the children of Gods."

She looked down, sad. We all wish our parents were better than what we got. Angel must have been reading my mind, because she took my hand.

"Grover picked up on three of you having godly parents. We will figure it out at camp." States Annabeth.

There was a silence that spread throughout the group. We had been through worse moves. Much more crap. But parents were a very sensitive subject in the flock.

Percy groaned in pain, shivering in the rain.

"We've got to move, hes not looking great." Says mr. Gift, a genuine look of concern his face.

Annabeth reaches into her pocket, pulling out a gold coin. Nuge shoots me a glance, a very "what in the hell?!" Expression that I reciprocated.

"O, Iris, godess of the rainbow, accept my offering" says Annabeth, flicking the coin into the air, "Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano."

To my shock the coin disappeared, a rainbow forming in the middle of the rain.

This is very, very, what in the hell?!

Annabeth POV

"Annabeth?" Reyna asks, a confused expression on her face.

"Hi Reyna, we could use some help. Were in death valley, Percy is hurt bad. We just survived a rather rough demigod retreaval mission."

"Death valley? I- nevermind. I'll be on my way soon. How many of you are there?"

"Twelve? Yes, but six of them wont need a Pegasus. They have... wings? I dont know, youll undersand when you get here. A lot isnt making sense."

Reyna fell silent in her Praetor rooms. A hard look came over her face.

"We will come get you, and provide you shelter."

A simple sentence, one everyone understood. But Annabeth knew there was more to what Reyna meant: "you better not be putting anyone in danger, yoo know what ill do if thats the case."

"Thank you Reyna, really."

"Yes. Find shelter. Ill assemble a team to come find you. Dont move"

Annabeth nodded and with that, Reyna ended the message.

"The van is the only shelter we've got." Nico stated. He was soaked and looked exhausted.

Suddenly, the rain stopped, no? Yes. It stopped. I whip around. The dark haired boy with blue eyes held out his hands. The rain was bending around the group. Leaving them in a bubble of dry.

"I think its time for introductions on your part." Annabeth stares at the group of 6 they just rescued.

The blonde steps forward, "My name is Maximum Ride, but Max is just fine. This is Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel. Were all mutant freaks who grew up in the place we just escaped from.

"Okay, and the wings?" Percy asks.

"Thats the mutant freak part." Nudge says, staring off into space.

"What about you?" Max asks, staring accusingly at the dark haired boy.

"My name is Benjamin Roscoe. My frinds called me Benji, my best friends called me Bean." A look of sandness washed over Benjis face. "I know where you four are from, because its where Im from. I left of a mission much like yours. Got stuck in vegas."

Nico winced. "The lotus."

"Yeah." Returned Benji. " entered the place in '78. Got out recently, I cant remember how long or how I did it. I dont even know how I ended up there, at the place in death valley."

"Im so sorry." Annabeth whispered, there was a halt in her voice.

"Who was your parent?" Percy asked, sweating from the pain.

Benji sighed, " a tragic tale, really. Any other son of Zeus would have done better than I did."

A tear ran down his face and lightening flashed across the sky.

"One of the big three." Grover whispered. " I knew it."

The baying of a pegasus interuped the conversation. Reyna had arrived.