My Boyfriend is a Dead Roman Hero | Jason Grace

I Am Bad At Sports

Ice sculptures are heavy.

"Juliette?!" shouts Jason from across the room.

She waves a hand at him over the block of ice on top of her. "Down here!"

Julie hears him let out a surprised little laugh as he hurries to her side. Moments later, the sculpture is being lifted off of her like it's made of air and she's hauled to her feet. Jason fixes her with an incredulous grin and puts his hands on her shoulders.

"Are you okay? How did you do that?!"

She leans on him heavily as a bout of dizziness wracks her. "I'm good. Whew! Man, I have no idea. It was cool, though, right?!" Juliette laughs and lifts a hand to smooth down his hair. Apparently, he had a wrestling match of his own, seemingly with a tornado.

He grins at her. "I did a little freelance cowboy work."

"Yeehaw?" Julie quirks an eyebrow.

"Yeah, uh, that was pretty awesome, you two!" Leo yells over, his circular saw still sparking off the bars of Hera's cage. "Can you do it again?! I can't get this ice she put here to melt!"

"On it!"

Jason keeps his hand on her lower back as they rush to Leo and Piper's side. Piper's still speaking in soothing tones to the tendrils that make up the cage, trying to convince them to take a little break after working so hard to hold in such a rude and nasty goddess. Leo's got a saw (which is being powered by the wind horse?) hacking away at the outermost tendrils, finally starting to make a substantial dent in the defenses. Between said bars, though, is a layer of ice that Khione slapped up offhandedly when Hera shot off her mouth a little too much. Julie sets her eyes on that.

She lifts her hand to the ice and winces. "Okay, this might not be as easy now. Freezing her took up almost all of whatever weird power she accidentally gave me. It may take a while."

Just as she finishes her warning, the floor rumbles.

Before their eyes, the giant's spire cracks apart on the other side of the room and then erupts. Jagged pieces of rubble rain down throughout the Wolf House. Jason throws up a wind barrier last second to keep them all from getting crushed. Nobody is relieved, though, because there's a shape rising from the wreckage.

Porphyrion the Giant King is straightening up to tower over them, cracking the stiffness out of his massive joints. He's the largest creature Juliette has ever seen, big enough to cross the whole mansion in a step. Powerful muscles arc across his limbs. His long green locs stretch down to his elbows, similar to Purple Aster's. But, his are decorated with bronze and gold weapons. Swords, battle axes, arrows...souvenirs from fallen heroes. Fellow demigods.

Julie feels like she's going to faint.

"Leo," Jason chokes beside her. His voice startles her out of her stupor.

"Huh?" Leo grunts.

"You guys keep working. Get Hera free."

The request makes Julie whip her whole body around to face him. Piper does the same.

"What? What about you?" asks Piper. "You can't possibly-"

"Entertain a giant?" Jason finishes. "I've got no choice."

"W-Wait!" Julie panics. "But, you'll-"

Jason grits his teeth and turns away from them to head towards Porphyrion. Julie lunges out to grab his hand. She chokes on her words.

Fear.

Earthshaking, overwhelming terror. Powerful enough to light mini matchsticks all the way up her body. Jason is absolutely glowing with it.