War

"Well, that went well,"  I muttered.  

Well as in Octavion demanding I choose Camp Jupiter's side in war and ask for my father's aid (there was no way that was happening), and Reyna standing there silently, trying to figure me out.  Then I basically got thrown out when I said their war was idiotic and impulsive.  

"Are you crazy?"  Grover asked, crunching on a soda can nervously.  "That went terrible!"  

I sighed and rolled my eyes.  "Do you know what sarcasm is?"  

He huffed indignantly.  "Of course I do!  Percy is fluent in it."  

"Calm down,"  Racheal said.  "I'll tell Chiron what happened, River, go get her to Will and then meet us at the Big House."  

I nodded and left them.  I'd arrived right when Racheal and Grover were leaving a meeting with Reyna and Octavion.  They'd decided to wait for me just outside Camp Jupiter's outpost and told me what happened, while I filled them in on some things too.  

Though I might have left out the part about having a goddess with the mindset of a seven-year-old currently asleep on my back.  As far as they knew, she was just a demigod I'd found.  

I stepped into the Infirmary and was greeted by a boy with blonde hair and practically golden skin, wearing flip-flops and a Sur Shop T-shirt.  He introduced himself as Will, though I remembered him already from the last time I was at Camp Half-Blood.  

He laid Asaka down on a cot and checked her, not finding anything wrong, which puzzled him.  I but my lip and pretended not to know anything.  It would be dangerous if anyone knew what she was.  A Greek and Roman goddess, in one form.  

Yeah, that couldn't cause any more chaos or drama.  

After I made Will swear on his life that he wouldn't let any harm come to the comatose goddess, I left just as Clarisse la Rue from the Ares Cabin came in with a pregnant nymph, who looked like she might be going into labor.  

I made my way to the Big House, prepared for a long conversation with Chiron and Racheal.  

-*- 

"Greeks!"  Percy yelled.  "Let's, um, fight stuff!"  

I couldn't help but laugh slightly, even in the current situation, at Percy's battle yell compared to the Roman's neat orders.  A large cry from the Greek demigods answered him and everyone kept on fighting the monsters Octavion had brought.  

"Nico!"  I called, trying to find him as I fought an empousai.  

She was about to lunge at me when a black sword drove through from the back of her chest, and she exploded in a blur of golden dust.  Behind where the empousai used to be stood Nico, who looked tired and almost ready to collapse.  

"Neeks!"  I sighed, running up and hugging him.  

He didn't stiffen, but he didn't hug me back.  "You're alive."  

I rolled my eyes turned just as a monster came up and was about to strike.  I dodged and sliced it side with my knife, then through one and struck its head, causing it to explode in gold glitter.  I watched as the gold flecks landed on the ground.  

"See you around, Riverina,"  he said, casting a rare grin before running into the crowd of monsters.  

I turned and gutted another monster.  The monsters blurred together until I lost count of how many I fought.  True Archer came out of nowhere and shot one to gold dust right before it was able to stab me.  

I nodded a quick thanks to her before running in to help some demigods, getting a bit tired to fight them on my own.  Every now and then I would spot Percy or Jason in the crowd, one time I saw Frank attacking some monsters in bear mode.  

I would forever be envy at how he could shapeshift, it seemed so cool.  Especially when he tackled a group in one big bear-hug.   

My eyes darted to the sky, seeing Gaea being dragged up in a large, earthy human form, with Leo riding a metal dragon and Jason and Piper trying to catch up with them in the air.  Then there was a big explosion, Leo and the dragon nowhere to be seen.  

We warded what was left of the monsters off, and I collapsed next to Percy.  "Did we win?"  

He looked down at me and sat down, nodding as he grinned.  "We won."