Sunshine: A Leo Valdez Fanfiction

One

Please, I am begging you. The only thing I will ever ask of you. Please hold all questions till the end. My life is overwhelming enough as it is. Don't ask how I got stuck with two crazy monkeys that steal shiny things. Don't ask how I know who and what I am. Don't ask why I got dragged into this instead of someone else, like uhh, someone who knows what they're doing, someone heroic. Someone the exact opposite of me. Everything will be answered. Eventually.
"Akmos!" I yelled. "You can't take the mortal's items! Give it back!"
You're probably wondering how I knew I wasn't mortal. My dad told me.
"No! It's my shiny! It's round too!" He screeched at me.
"Oh for fuck's sake, it's a watch!" He shrugged and tossed it away.
That's when I saw the warship. It was huge. Definitely made by demigods. Of course, I look away for one second, and Akmos and Passalos are gone.
I ran after them towards the warship.
When I reached it, they had already ransacked it and were running off, being chased by two teenage boys. One had dirty blonde hair and was basically any girls dream guy. The other one was scrawny in a cute way. He has brown hair and was obviously Hispanic. He was way more my type.
I ran after them. They looked very lost in the square, so I kept my distance.
"Where did they go?" The blonde boy asked.
"Just give me a minute and let me get my dwarf tracking GPS out of my tool belt. Oh wait, I don't have a dwarf tracking GPS. Or my tool belt."
Damn the sarcasm.
They eventually ran into the naked statue of Neptune. I ran and hid behind a couple trees, still in hearing distance.
"It's mechanical," said the scrawny boy. "Maybe it's a doorway to the dwarves secret layer?"
Uh oh. Bad idea.
"Ooh- secret layer?" Akmos practically screamed.
"I want a secret layer!" Passalos yelled in response.
They proceeded to talk about their new secret layer and what it would have. As if.
Akmos started throwing out random stuff from the tool belt he'd stolen. A hammer, a screwdriver, even a drill. How all those fit in there, well, once again, please save that question for the end.
The scrawny boy complained- I got the idea it belonged to him.
"Alas, this statue isn't the doorway to a secret layer. It has a different purpose." Passalos taunted them.
"Trap!" The scrawny boy yelled, then jumped aside. The blonde boy wasn't so lucky. He was busy making a storm. Literally.
I stepped out from my hiding place, ad jumped at the last second, pushing the blonde boy out of the fountain. The golden cords shot out of Neptune's fingers and wrapped around my ankles and pulled me into the air.
"What- how?" The blonde boy started.
"Eek! Amber how did you get in there?" Akmos asked innocently.
I glared at the monkey, then turned to Jason. "Go get your stuff back, but come back and give me answers. Akmos, Passalos- give their stuff back."
"No."
"No?"
"No."
They ran off.
"Jason, dude, stay with the girl. I'll get the dwarves." The scrawny boy said.
He nodded, and the scrawney one ran after the monkeys.
"So. How do you get out of there?" Jason asked.
I grinned and pulled out my knife. I cut all the cords off and landed on my butt.
"Like that. So, you're Jason?"
He nodded.
"I'm Amber. Quick question, well two actually. One: are you guys demigods? And two: who built the warship?" I asked.
"First off, are you mortal?" He asked me.
"Nope."
"Okay then, yes we're demigods. Leo built the warship. He's the one chasing the dwarves." I nodded.
"I don't really understand all this mythology stuff. Who's your parent?"
"I'm Roman actually, and Jupiter. Greek form is Zeus. You know yours?" I shook my head.
"How do-" Jason started, but he was interrupted by an explosion. He sighed. "Leo has a thing for blowing things up. Not-" he added "-as much as Coach Hedge. A satyr."
Leo came back a couple minutes later.
"So who's the girl?" He asked Jason.
"I'm Amber and I can answer for myself thank you very much. I'm a demigods too." I answer curtly.
Leo looked shocked.
"What never seen a talking girl before or something?"
"No- just... You're a demigod?" He turned to Jason. "The prophecy said we'd find and eighth in Italy."
Jason's eyes grew wide. "You have to come with us."
I gaped at them. "No! I can't! I'm waiting for my dad to explain things to me."
Leo's grin grew wider. "The prophecy said you'd await something."
"No... I can't be in prophecy..." I mutter to myself.
Leo recited the prophecy.
"Seven half-bloods shall answer the call;
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breathe;
As foes bear arms to the doors of death.
But alas there is an eighth;
And in Italy is where they await."
They looked at me expentantly, waiting for me to say 'Sure, I'll come."
But me being me, I disappointed them.
"Who the hell are you guys? Who the hell am I? Why are you dragging me, of all people, into this?"
Leo's voice failed him, but Jason saved him.
"Nobody wants to be a demigod. But we are, and for now, the safest place for you is with us, unless," he adds, "you want to be attacked by monsters everyday and have two monkey sidekicks."
I was shocked. I didn't want to leave! I mean, sure, I'm homeless and alone and abandoned and broken and and waiting for my dad who will probably never come back for me and . . . Well, you get it. I needed somewhere to stay, other than the streets of Italy.
"Fine. I'll come."