Unclaimed~A Percy Jackson/Leo Valdez Fanfiction

Chapter 20: We Meet The Jerk Of The Mediterranean

"Oh glorious Europe!" Kylie exclaimed as she threw her arms out to her sides, spinning around the deck.

I laughed watching her as the Straights of Gibraltar grew in front of us, land on either side. The ship was now down in the water, and we were less than thirty minutes from reaching the Mediterranean or the Mare Nostrum as Percy had said. The boys were at the control center doing who knows what. As for Kylie and I, we were towards the front of the boat. We made the mistake of letting Kylie have some sort of iced latte this morning and frankly, it made her extremely crazy. I don't know what she could have put in there that made her that hyper. It was almost scaring me at this point.

Suddenly Kylie gasped and ran to the tip of the bow spreading her arms out wide, "It's like the Titanic! All I need is Jack. PERCY!"

I sighed and called out to them, "Ignore her."

Kylie whipped around, her hands falling to her sides with a smack, "But Percyyy," she whined pouting.

I rolled my eyes and walked up to meet her, "Ky, I really think you need to calm down."

She did another twirl, "But it's so beautiful!" she giggled.

"Alright," I said, "Where is Kylie and what have you done to her?"

"I'm right here silly!" she smiled tapping my nose.

Instinctively I touched my nose, looking at her weirdly. She frowned and averted her eyes from me with a sad puppy dog look before lighting up again with another gasp, "OH MY GODS!"

She bolted over to the other side of the deck hanging her head over the rail, her long red hair draped like a curtain around her face. She was yelling something about seeing a dolphin. I didn't even bother to go look. She was so delirious, for all I knew it could have been a floating log. I shook my head and walked back to the control center to see what the guys were up to. They seemed to be in a deep conversation together, too quiet for me to decipher what they were saying. As I approached them Percy looked up at me and nudged Leo in the side as if to make him stop talking. Leo turned around and smiled at me.

"Hey Row," he grinned.

"What're you guys talking about?" I asked raising an eyebrow, "And why is is so bad that you had to shut up before I came too close?"

"None of your business," Percy smirked.

I turned to Leo who just shrugged, "Sorry."

I looked at the two of them skeptically. It was probably nothing so I decided not to pry, "Whatever."

Percy turned his attention to Kylie who was now spinning in endless circles, "What's up with her?"

"That latte she had earlier," I explained, "She probably put a boat load of sugar in it so now she's delirious."

"Oh great," he said sarcastically.

"Are you sure it wasn't drugged or something?" Leo asked staring at her.

I shrugged, "I have no idea but she needs to get a grip. We'll be in the Mediterranean is less than twenty minutes."

"Speaking of that," Leo said, "We should really come up with a plan or something."

"No kidding," I sighed, "I've never done this before I have no idea what I'm doing."

Percy rolled his eyes, " Well at the entrance of the Mare Nostrum, we have to get permission to enter from the jerk son of Zeus, Hercules."

My eyes widened, "You mean the Hercules?"

"Yes," Percy sighed, "He guards the entrance also known as the Pillars of Hercules. He's supposed to be some great hero but now he's kind of a douche. Apparently he makes you do something stupid in order to pass through."