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CHAPTER XV

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LEO WAS MAD. FLAMING MAD. Literally. His only home was being destroyed, and it was up to him to save it. He had reached the center of the battle, where Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter met. He closed his eyes, reaching for that eternal flame that burned within him. He willed it to enter his blood, spreading the flame to his fingertips.

He snapped his fingers.

Gasps broke out from everyone as a wall of flaming scarlet erupted between the two camps, causing both to stumble away from each other. Leo was left alone standing between them, the flames completely evading his body. He snapped his fingers again, and the flames distinguished.

"That's more like it. Now before you guys go all Sparta on each other again, lemme explain some stuff. With no interruptions. 'Kay?" He glared at a certain 'legacy' of Apollo, who Reyna had in a headlock. His blue eyes were bulging in fear at the son of Hephaestus.

Leo waved his hand over his shoulder, and Jason dropped from the sky.

Jason took a deep breath, and started.

"I know you guys think that this little annoying twerp over here-" -He pointed to Leo, who sent a fiery glare right back- "-fired on New Rome and started this war. But, that is wrong. Leo was possessed by an Eidolon, or an evil spirit from the underworld. And-"

He was interrupted by a angry shout from the Second court. "And you expect us to believe that?"

"Now, wait a minute, let me speak-"

"Yeah!" Another shout broke his sentence. It was Malcolm, from the Athena cabin. "They stole the statue, anyways! I wanna talk to Annabeth!"

Jason grimaced. "We have the statue, Malcolm. Annabeth found it."

The Athena cabin dropped their weapons, and Reyna gasped.

Travis Stoll lowered his sword in confusion. "Whoa, whoa.Time out. What statue? What are we taking about? Somebody fill me in here!"

Jason sighed. "Back when the Roman Empire was still ruling, the Romans wanted to take something from the Greeks that would break their fighting spirit. So, naturally, they went to the Parthenon and stole their war goddess."

Connor Stoll, Travis's brother, shook his head. "How do you steal a goddess?"

Jason looked at him. "No, they stole the statue of Athena, but a little bit of her essence was in that statue. So, they mostly stole her pride than anything else. And ever since, Athena has chosen one of her children from each generation to search for it. All of them failed but Annabeth."

Malcolm peered at Jason. "Where is she? Why isn't she saying this herself?"

Jason shifted uncomfortably and grimaced. The blood drained from the son of Athena's face.

"No..." He whispered.He looked at Leo. "Is she really......gone?"

Leo shook his head sadly. "No, the cave where she fought Arachne over the statue was right above the entrance to Tartarus. When we were securing the statue, the floor was slowly crumbling. Arachne had somehow managed to attach a piece of silk to Annabeth's ankle, and tried to pull her into the pit.

"Percy managed to grab her, but couldn't pull her back up. So, refusing to let her go, he fell with her. Just before he let go, he told Nico to meet him on the 'other side', or the mortal side of the doorway, in Epirus."

Malcolm stared at him, not believing. Finally he looked away, a single tear escaping his eye for his younger sister. "Oh.....Percy, you....Annabeth..."

Leo shifted awkwardly. Helping people with emotional trauma was not his thing. Especially because he had been in a state of emotional trauma for about eight years. Not that anybody cared, he thought. That's not true! Another part of his brain argued, the logical side. Remember what happened on the Argo II?

"Leo?" Jason was waving a hand in front of his face.

"Hmpgh?"

"I said to go get Piper and Frank."

"Oh, yeah. Right. I knew that." Leo turned and jogged back to the forest.

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Jason smiled and turned to the crowd.

"Now that we have cleared things up here, I will ask you to please drop your weapons and join us in the pavilion for some food. Thank you."

The demigods began migrating towards the pavilion, where the smell of barbecue was making Jason's stomach rumble.

After Half-Blood hill was clear from the demigods and the wounded, Jason took a deep breath and stared at the clouds. An eagle screeched as it circled around the Camp. Jason swore it winked at him once. From my father, he thought.

"I understand why you feel so attached to this place." A voice spoke behind him.

He opened his eyes and spun around. Reyna stood before him, her cape flowing slowly in the breeze.

She looked around the camp. "It's so......peaceful. And relaxed. It feels more like a summer camp than a military base."

She turned her head and fixed her gaze on Jason. "I was a fool, Jason. I listened to Octavian. I refused to listen to Annabeth. And look what happened. I don't dare think what would have happened if you hadn't gotten here quick enough."

Jason looked away, the sun glistening on his honey blond hair. "Its not your fault. It's mostly the world's fault. That we were born into this family, that it's our purpose to fight. It's not our faults that Annabeth and Percy fell. to Hell's pit. It's not our fault Leo was possessed, or that Nico got captured. Its fate, Reyna. But we can alter fate with our will."

Reyna smiled faintly, but said nothing. Finally, after a few minuets, she spoke softly. "Did.....Did you love me?"

Jason opened and closed his mouth like a fish. That was definitely not what he expected to come out of her mouth. He looked away, and decided on an answer.

"I liked you as a crush. But.....I didn't love you."

She nodded her head. She sighed, and turned to the pavilion. "Well, I best be going. So you later, Jason."

Jason sighed. It had been a long day. A very long day.

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