Chapter Thirty-Eight

A large chunk of rock fell above them.

"Goodbye." Astrid whispered. Realization came over her. She didn't want to die. Not in the next few seconds. "I don't want to go." A small tear escaped her tear duck. She was only fifteen. The room seemed to get dark as the shadow covered them.

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Then there was light.

Astrid looked around at everyone's faces. Fez shifted his head.

They were alive.

They started laughing. Laughter like the kind of 'Oh Gods I didn't die' kind of laughing. Their wings folded up. They stood up.

The laughter stopped.

They were in the main hall on Olympus.

"I didn't teleport. I wouldn't have teleported us here anyway." Natasha said. Nobody else had ether. The gods looked down at them. Apollo stood up and shrunk down to normal human size. He pulled things out of the drift and started helping Fez. Zeus. Didn't complain.

"Okay. What do you want?" Andrea asked.

"Protection." Zeus said.

"For what?" Astrid asked.

"Our children." Athena answered. They all snorted.

"Most of them can beat us up. And we already look out for each other." Hunter said.

"No. We give you orders on who to take out. You follow them. And you stay safe." Zeus said.

"Is that a threat?" Astrid asked. He didn't answered. "We aren't taking out anybody out for you. Drift Shifters are a symbol of peace. And you can't tell us any of that cause we saved all your kids. We are not puppets. We have no strings. We don't work for you."

"Then who do you work with? You have a lot of power. I need to know if I can trust you." Zeus said.

"We work for order. As long as you don't go astray, we are on the same team." Natasha said.

"Now we are going to go home and have showers." Astrid said.

"And where is home? You're wanted." Ares stated.

"Not any more. In the drift storm I erased the mortals mind of it. It never happened."Astrid said.

"Just remember. Don't cross me." Zeus said. Astrid flapped a hand at him.

"Is Fez okay?" Astrid asked.

"Just kept him dry, calm, and hydrated. He should be fine." Apollo answered.

"Thank you." Astrid said.

"My pleasure." The sun god answered. Astrid crouched down and took Fez's collar. With her other hand she took Hunter's. Andrea took his other and Natasha took them away from Olympus.

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They popped into Camp Half-Blood. Natasha saw Jonathan and ran to him. They hugged each other happily. Andrea stood off to the side. Astrid went up and hugged her.

"Shouldn't you hug your boyfriend?" Andrea asked.

"You needed a hug more." Astrid said.

"Okay." Andrea agreed. Fez propped himself up and yipped as Mrs. O'Leary came up and sniffed him. She laid down.

"My turn." Hunter said. Astrid let Andrea go, probably much to the younger girls relief. Astrid hugged Hunter. They were both covered in dust the ceiling rained down on them. Hunter's head just rested on Astrid's head.

"I need a shower." Hunter said. Astrid let go.

"Me too. I probably smell." Astrid agreed.

"Only like wet dog." Hunter joked. Astrid went over to Fez and picked him up. Her arms instantly burned. She staggered off to her cabin where she laid him down on the front porch in the sun with his water bowl close. She went inside and had a shower. She changed into a simple t-shirt and shorts. Her Doc Martins rubbed her ankles kinda weird. She went and sat down beside fez. Looking out she saw Percy and Annabeth happy. Leo and Cylapso joking with each other. Jason and Piper just sat watching their friends. Frank and Hazel sat watching leaning on each other. Will and Nico sat laughing at Becca, Bianca's reincarnation who was doing cartwheels on the grass. Marlynn, Sage, Emma, Kaylie, Tyler, and Eddie sat on the grass nearby. Apparently the hunters were in camp. Coral sat with them too criticizing Eddie for his bad jokes. Reyna ran up and sat down. Sadie, Carter, Walt, and Zia ran up and sat down. Natasha and Andrea went and laid down in the grass, Natasha held hands with Jonathan. Hunter came up and looked at her. He smiled.

"Wanna go over?" Astrid asked her best friend. Fez bobbed his head and struggled to stand with only three legs. Astrid helped him up. He hobbled over and laid down after licking Andrea's face. Astrid got up and walked over. She let her guard down.

Her pack was safe for now.

So for now she would enjoy every second she got with them.

She didn't regret a second of the pain she had gone through since she found out her true identity. Every bit of pain was spent to help them.

And she never will stop helping them

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