Suspected Terrorists

《28》

Daisy

"We're approaching the bay area," informed May. She stretched up to flick some switches and eased the plane into a slightly slower speed. "Do we have a landing zone?"

"Yeah," Fitz replied. "There should be enough open space on top of Mt Tam. And it's fairly close to the maintenance tunnel we can use to access the land."

May nodded and turned the plane slightly. I went back to patiently drumming my fingers on my thigh and tapping my foot incessantly, much to the annoyance of Hunter. "Hey Earthquake girl! Will you quit it?"

I rolled my eyes in reply and continued to tap louder. Hunter groaned and buried his head in his hands. Bobbie laughed at her ex-husband's pain.

I glanced up to see Natasha Romanoff looking at me intently. My eyes widened and I stopped tapping. "Earthquake girl, that's a strange nickname. Where'd that spout from?" She enquired, giving me a curious look.

"Well, I'm a walking disaster," I joked and gave a small chuckle, praying it didn't sound forced. I wasn't sure I could trust the Avengers with my secret. I was afraid what they might do with that infomation. Try an recruite me? Or something worse?

Natasha smiled and laughed as well, but a small feeling told me she didn't quite buy my story.

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Piper

That night, Chiron called a counsellor's meeting. So after the campfire we sat around the ping pong table with spray cheese and crackers. I imagined what it was like before Percy got the minor god cabins added. Everyone probably had an actual seat at the table and room to place their arms. But now, this wasn't the case. Now there were 20 cabins at Camp Half-blood. Granted not all of the cabins had inhabitants, but some had multiple counsellors to make up for it. I eyed everyone who was yelling and doing weird stuff.

Connor was throwing balls of paper into Clovis' open mouth along with the Victor twins who were in competition, as usual.

Lou Ellen was experimenting with the mist, much to Miranda's anxiousness seeing as when this happens Miranda's limbs often disappear.

Nico was explaining to Will the reasons why the dead prefer McDonald's to Burger King and Will was nodding along very seriously. Sherman sat beside them and looked either very bored or like he was about to kill Nico. Either scenario seemed likely to me.

Frank and Hazel seemed a little out of place. They weren't used to this sort of thing. Romans hold Senate meetings. And we Greeks hold discussions around a ping pong table.

Leo was obviously bored as he had began to construct the Statue of Liberty using crackers and spray cheese, and having nothing better to do I decided to assist him.

Percy and Annabeth were silent. They sat together, entrapped in each other's arms. They were obviously still shaken up over what happened earlier, numb to the world. Percy was unconsciously stroking and running his fingers through Annabeth's golden curls and Annabeth played with the hem of his orange shirt.

I thought back to what Percy told me, about Tartarus. About what their encounter with him was like. I could remember clearly his words, clearer than I wanted them to be...

He was talking about when he and Annabeth had made it to the doors. While Bob distacted his siblings...

"The elevator dinged. All three Titans jumped. I didn't think it had been twelve minutes but honestly I had lost track of time. Krios took his finger off the button and called out, "Double Red! Where is Double Red?"