Thunder Comforting The Sea

The cool sea breeze brought a wave of warmth through Percy as he listened to the sea. The waves were calm, almost as if Poseidon was blessing them with safe passage. Gaea had power over many sea creatures, but at the end of the day the sea creatures owed Poseidon much more than they did Gaea. Percy knew his father was doing what he could to help them when the Argo 2 was at sea.

Standing at the rail of the beautiful ship, Percy listened to the chatter below; the fish were talking to each other about how close Percy was, not knowing that Percy could hear their conversations. Leo had left him in charge of sailing when Piper forced him to get some sleep. He was glad that he had the opportunity to sail again. When Leo used the complex steering system, Percy could feel the constant hum the ship gave off. Now though, without the wii remote guiding their journey around the outskirts of Greece, the hum disappeared. The silence unnerved Percy, he had been hearing the humming constantly for so long, but manning the ship himself made him feel peaceful. He was thankful for the small break they had decided to take, gods only knew that they all deserved one. They had flown over the land and back to the sea after rescuing Percy and Annabeth from Tartarus, to give all seven demi-gods a small rest before fighting Gaea.

Frank and Hazel were in the stables; cleaning up incase Arion or Blackjack decided to come find them. Everyone knew neither horse would dare travel to the Ancient Lands, but it made Hazel feel better know that the horses home wasn't left to rot. Frank felt better that Hazel wasn't freaking out, and so was Percy. Blackjack and Arion were two horses who demanded to be treated with care, even if neither of them would ever know, the act was kind.

Piper was keeping guard outside Leo's room until she was satisfied that he had obtained enough sleep. The last few times someone had sent Leo to bed he woke up and left his room within four hours; and for someone who only rests ever other day that was nowhere even close to enough sleep.

Annabeth was in Percy's own room. Early in the morning she had snuck in and sought out comfort after a bad dream. Percy was glad she came; he always slept better when he had her in his arms. Even with his head full of sea weed he noticed that neither of them had nightmares of Tartarus when they slept together-or nightmares of any form really. He felt safer with her around, and Percy knew that Annabeth felt safer whenever he was around. The thought made him smile.

Percy didn't know where Jason was, usually he was either sleeping or with Piper, but Piper was in a mood that made her send anyone who she caught yawning to bed. Her usual targets were Leo and Jason, their friendship reminded Percy of his own with him and Grover.

Thinking of Grover sent a wave of shock through him. The fish's conversations grew silent at the thought of his best friend. Recently the bond between them had seem weak, Percy almost found himself forgetting it was even there at all. It had been so long since he had last seen Grover. Percy silently prayed to all the gods he liked that he would get to see his best friend again.

A yawn overpowered Percy, making him realize how little sleep he had gotten last night. Like Annabeth, he too was kept awake by the terrifying memories of Tartarus.

"Don't let Piper catch you yawning."

Percy turned his head to the left and saw Jason walking towards him. "Yeah, she saw Leo yawn and sent him to bed."

Jason smiled, "Leo must not have been too happy."

Percy felt a smile of his own form on his lips. "No, he only went to sleep if I promised to steer the ship. I think he thinks we might hit an iceberg or something."

"The Titanic 2?"

Jason's joke managed to get both boys to laugh lightly. Turning his back to the sea, Percy propped his elbows on the railing behind him. Jason leaned against the railing with his side, propping one elbow up and clasping his hands together in front of his chest.