Travis and Connor were frowning upset as they sat on the deck of the Argo II, glaring into the sky. Their younger brother Chris was watching them from a safe distance as he was on the watch out with his girlfriend Clarisse. The daughter of war was screaming something at the girls beneath. Not that they were listening, really. Piper was frantically walking up and down on deck, trying to rephrase what she would be saying to the Romans. They had decided that if the Romans wouldn't be cooperative, her charmspeak needed to help. Her girlfriend Annabeth was trying to calm her.
"Piper, everything will be alright", cooed the blonde, resting a hand on Piper's shoulder.
"But this is about Percy", frowned the daughter of Aphrodite upset. "He's important to you and you haven't seen him in so long and I don't want to screw this up and be the one to blame that-"
She was interrupted as Annabeth kissed her softly and wrapped her arms around Piper's neck. The native American practically melted into the kiss, the stress leaving her immediately. Chris rolled his eyes at them and turned his attention elsewhere. The tinkerers were at the remote controls, steering the monstrous ship. Leo being the captain, but him alone wouldn't be able to repair the ship if something was to happen - and they were sailing into a war so of course something would happen. His two older and closest siblings Jake and Nyssa were there too. Next to the three tinkerers was Leo's boyfriend, the son of Jupiter. The Roman. Chris frowned at the boy, he still wasn't sure what to think of him. They had three children of Apollo with them too, for healing and for their exquisite archery - Will, Kayla and Austin. He saw Malcolm sitting with his girlfriend Katie at the dragon's head, the two of them staring at Daedalus' laptop. It made Chris' stomach turn. Annabeth had received a quest from her mother - to follow the Mark of Athena and bring back her statue. Malcolm had not allowed for his big sister to go alone, it was too ridiculously dangerous. Bringing Katie was a good thing. Not just because her and Clarisse teaming up on the Stolls was sometimes the only force stopping the pranksters, but also because they were fighting Mother Earth and the daughter of Demeter had control over plants and also over the earth to a certain degree, at least enough to sense when Gaia would be near. Lou Ellen was standing with the Stolls, an equal glare on her face. The powerful witch was as irritated that her best friend Nico had left again as Nico's two lovers were. There were Rachel, Thalia and Grover in the captain's cabin, as far as Chris knew, trying to find the best way to talk to the Romans. They had been a bit surprised when Lady Artemis had dropped by and send her second in command with them, but Artemis and Percy were friends and Artemis didn't really trust the campers so she send someone she could trust to retrieve her friend. The Oracle had been an obvious choice for them. And Chiron wouldn't let them go without a protector. At first, Coach Hedge had screamed loudly to tag along, but such a short tempered and hot-headed and especially so elderly satyr was not the best choice for a pending war. Seeing as Grover was Percy's best friend, he had been the obvious choice as protector.
"You two", sighed Chris as he had made sure that everyone was accounted for. "Why the long faces? I thought we'd have to tie you to the mast the closer we get to Camp Jupiter..."
"Because our Ghost Prince isn't here", huffed Connor with a glare, crossing his arms.
"Yeah", nodded Travis. "Little jerk. Drops by to tell us that Percy is here and that he saw him and then he leaves again because he 'needs to check something'? Dirty, little liar. He just wanted to get back to Percy to fuck him again. Jerk."
"You know he fucked Percy before you too, right?", snorted Chris unimpressed.
"Well yeah, but that's different", frowned Connor. "I mean, now Nico is ours too, so the least he could do is let us watch when he's with Percy, right?"
"Right", agreed Travis, shifting some. "It annoys me. Why are we going so slow?"
"Don't bitch around! We're going fast!", called Leo annoyed.
