Alliance: Young Justice

Hi! I'm back with another chapter. I'm sorry. I started this chapter months ago, never finished it, re-wrote the end of Chapter 9 because I didn't like it, and then rewrote this chapter to match the other one. So, that is my bad excuse for the delay.

On the other hand, Happy Thanksgiving! For those of you who don't know what Thanksgiving is, it is the holiday where we get fat like the stereotypical Americans we are and watch football... which I hate. I should be a shame to America.
But really, Thanksgiving is to give thanks to the gifts that we have and family. Oh no, I'm getting sappy!

I just saw Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder, and The Justice League and they were all AMAZING! Everyone should go and see them.

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus or Young Justice. But I do own Renn Montey, Adrianna Forde, Peter Forde (who you will meet in this chapter), and the plot of the story!

Anyways, here it is... hope you enjoy...

Chapter 10!

(posted 11.27.17)

"I'm finished," Renn growled. "Give me my pay and let me go."

"But darling!" Epimetheus swirled around in his chair. "Technically, I'm you employer, not Prometheus, so for now I can tell you what to do!"

"I hate technicalities," she muttered. Then louder, "So, what's your plan?"

"Oh, well, I've already sent out monsters to cut off the Mist," he said slyly.

"How did you manage that? The only way would be to - ohhhhh," She didn't like that.

"Yes, Prometheus's troops now have your mother under capture. Now, we can let the mortals see what we see. But first, the Mist must clear fully."

"And that should take about... seven days." she said, using her knowledge of magic to infer.

"Yes." said Prometheus, walking in silently. "And after those seven days, we attack the Camps."

"And what do you need me to do right now?" Renn said, clearly bored.

"I need you to tell them about their little quest." He folded his hands. "This time, assigned by me."

"And I think I'll pick up a few friends on the way," Renn muttered, finally liking this plan.

Dali, China
January 7th
12:00 China Standard Time

Wally

"Ugh," Wally groaned. "Where - "

A man in a straw hat was prodding a shovel at his face. Just his luck.

"You don't speak English by any chance, do you?" Wally questioned. The man simply looked at him in confusion and then kept prodding his head with the gardening tool.

Wally looked around. Annabeth, Zatanna, Leo and M'gann were similarly sprawled out on the grass. What had happened?

Oh, right. Evil psychopath mind-infiltrator attack. Psimon had gotten the chain and then spoken to someone.

They're all yours. Those were Psimon's last words. What did they mean? Who was he talking to?

Wally sat up and the man stepped back cautiously. Wally crawled over to Zatanna's side and felt her heart. He did the same with all of the others, and they were all breathing fine.

Suddenly, Annabeth gasped and abruptly sat up, feeling her head and moaning. One by one, everyone else did the same.

"Wally," Annabeth nodded her head at him as she finally regained full consciousness. "What happened?"

"I honestly have no idea," he admitted. "Woke up here a few minutes ago with that creepy guy standing over me.

The "creepy guy" was now pacing around, like, "There are five random teenagers in my yard, what do I do now?"

Annabeth got up and walked over to the man. "Excuse me, sir, we won't hurt you. Where are we?"

He tentatively started saying something in a language Wally didn't know, maybe Japanese.

M'gann got up painfully. "Don't worry. I'll translate." She put her hand to the man's head.

"What did - what did you do?" squeaked the man.

"Good, now we can all understand each other." Annabeth said.

"You were just speaking English - now you're speaking Chinese - how?" The man was very frustrated that he couldn't figure it out.

"It's alright, sir. We just need to know where we are." Annabeth said soothingly.

"You appeared in my yard a few hours ago - and - what is going on?"

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!" Oh no. Leo had woken up.

"Leo... Leo, it's fine," Annabeth soothed, though she seemed annoyed. "We're all fine."

The man seemed frightened again. "You are in - you are in Dali, China. Is that all you need to know?"

"Yes, thank you, sir." Annabeth said softly to not frighten him any further. "We'll be on our way now. Forget any of this ever happened."

"Alright..." said the man, obviously flustered, as he turned away and shook his head.

Wally sped over to help up Zatanna. "You okay? You got knocked out pretty hard there."

"Yeah, I'm okay," Her voice cracked. "I'm - I'm okay." she said in a stronger voice, kind of making a proclamation.

They rejoined the group. "So? How did we get here? China?"

"Magic," Zatanna cut in. "Magic is the only possible way. How did we get more than halfway across the world in less than six hours without magic?"

"That's true," M'gann said. "But maybe it's some kind of tech?"

"Nope, the magician was right!" A sing-song voice cut in. "Magic is the answer! Ding ding ding! Miss Zatara gets $5,000!"

Everyone got into their battle positions. Sitting on a large rock that definitely wasn't there before was a girl about Wally's age, maybe less. She wore casual clothing and her brown hair was up in a messy bun.

"Who are you supposed to be?" Leo scoffed.

"I got you here," she said plainly. The battle stances became stiffer.

"By magic," Annabeth said, trying to get some kind of answer out of her. "You seem to know us, so who are you?"

"The name's Renn Montey. Daughter of Hecate, age 15, master of portals and inter-dimensional travel. There. Now you know all about me."

"Why would you tell us all about yourself?" Zatanna questioned.

"'Cause I really don't care," Renn said in a bored voice. "We're gonna be seeing a lot of each other from now on! Anyways, I was sent here to tell you about the quest."

"We're already on a quest," Wally retorted.

"Nope, I like to call it the 'quest inside a quest.' As you know, we have your precious chain, so we send you on a quest, you find, it, it's obviously a trap, we kill you, and that's that."

"Why are you telling us all of this?" Leo questioned. "I mean, just why?"

"I already told you. I don't care. Oh, and also, you're being forced to do this because without the chain, your precious Lady Diana will not be able to come home." She glanced around. "Anyway, I've told you about the quest, now hop to it! Go on, I've already hidden it. Think of it as a scavenger hunt."

"And where do we go first on this 'scavenger hunt'?" Annabeth said with her hands on her hips.

"You'll get a clue eventually," Renn said slyly. "I suggest going into town. Maybe a monster'll hit you and you can fight it! That I'd want to see. Anyway, toodle-oo! See you soon!"

With that, she disappeared with a pop.

There was a moment of silence.

"Well, I guess we're heading into town."

Annecy, France
January 6th
15:00 Central European

Reyna

"We have to take them out!" Reyna yelled. "They're not going to let us get out alive!"

"Of course they aren't!" Jason screamed, voice cracking.

"Take out as many monsters as you can and try to find a way to get out." Aqualad said cooly. "Just fight."

Reyna swept through the lines of monsters, plunging her knives into anything that tried to resist her. On the battlefield, the others followed her example. Aqualad swung his Water-Bearers rapidly. Jason and Hazel stood back to back, using spear and Mist, respectively. Conner smashed the monsters, turning them into golden dust. Artemis rolled around and shot when the beasts least expected it.

Reyna, out of breath, looked around at the monsters. At the very eye of the storm, she saw a body too scrawny to be a monster. It was the boy! It had to be.

"Hey! Stop!" Reyna yelled.

The figure ran, the monsters clearing when he passed them.

She realized that he had taken the ring when she passed the empty glass case. "Stop! You've taken something that doesn't belong to you!"

"But then again, you're looking for it and it doesn't belong to you either." the voice cackled.

"It's different," Reyna said. Changing the subject, she said, "Who are you and what is your quarrel against us?"

"I was hired, and I'm getting sweet deal." He turned, revealing a mop of red hair and blue eyes. He looked even younger than Hazel. "Sweet Praetor, you don't remember me?" He laughed bitterly. "'Course you don't. I'm a meek little legacy."

"Wait - maybe I do know you." Reyna wanted to turn this poor soul to their side. He was a legacy, a Roman legacy by the likes of that. She reached into the depths of her mind to try and remember. "Um, does your mother live in New Rome?"

"And father," he said. "Both idiots. They never saw what lay beyond the Camps."

"Noelle Forde! I remember now! Her and Martin had two kids, Peter and Adrianna!" Reyna's face now turned grief-stricken. "Why'd you do it? Why did you betray them?"

"No, Reyna, this is not betrayal. It is enlightenment." Peter whipped out a dual-bladed sword and lunged at Reyna with a crazed expression on his face.

"This is not you, Peter, I swear!" Reyna tried to use words to change his mind, while clashing with her knives.

"Saturn promised me a better life, and, oh, he was correct!" Sparks flew as swords and knives met.

"No. Saturn was evil, and we defeated him. Why are you still loyal?" Reyna yelled in fury.

Peter scowled. "You Romans killed my sister. I'll never forgive you."

Reyna suddenly pushed down on his swords, forcing him to the ground. "Maybe it's time to give forgiveness a try," she growled.

Out of thin air, something picked her up from the ground. She flailed around, helpless, looking back. It was a giant vine.

Then it hit her. Peter was the son of Noelle, who was the daughter of Ceres...

"Peter! Stop!" Reyna shouted at the top of her lungs. "You know this is wrong! Give me the ring, and we can figure this out!"

For a split-second, Reyna saw the fear in his eyes - the regret, the pain. Then it was replaced with the angry, fierce fire. "No can do." He summoned another vine, which wrapped around him and brought him up to a window: the only opening in the room that was letting in light.

"Reyna!" he yelled down, cupping his hands around his mouth. "I am hiding the ring. I give you no clues except this one: look towards the plants and you'll find your precious bling. See ya!"

As a parting girt, Peter sent down a wave of vines to slap Reyna across the room.

Dazed, Reyna looked around. The monsters were gone and all that was left were forms of gold dust bunnies.

"Reyna!" Jason ran and caught her as she started to fall again.

"Look towards the plants... look towards the plants... look towards the..."

São Sebastião, Brazil
January 7th
18:00 BRST

Piper

Of course, it was a beautiful South American paradise.

Also, scorching hot.

They had been walking around for a few hours now, ever since they woke up. There was a red-haired girl maniac who sent them to the Southern hemisphere and now there was no possible communication in sight and they were wandering through a tropical desert.

Yeah.

This was great.

"Ugh," Percy complained. "This is terrible."

"Scanners say that we're in a place in Brazil, but we can't locate the exact spot." Robin checked his holowatch.

"Does anyone have any way to communicate Wonder Woman?" Piper said.

"I lost all my drachmas when we got thrown out of here," Nico said.

"Same here," said Piper, Percy, and Frank.

"Scanners are all jammed," Robin growled.

"Um... I have money..." Raquel muttered. "That's it."

"What's that gonna do for us?" Nico shouted.

They all sighed in exasperation and kept walking.

After a while, they saw a light in the distance. The whole group whooped with joy at the sight of a town.

Filled with new strength, they ran to the town. When they got there, most of the town was asleep except for a few shops filled with light.

Piper went inside and put on her most charming smile. "Hello?"

A woman was at the desk. "Ah, you speak English?"

Piper nodded. "Yes. What is the name of this town?"

"You are in São Sebastião. Do you need anything?"

"Yes, we need to get in touch with a friend. Do you have anything that could help us?"

"Oh!" The woman looked startled. "I thought that everyone had their own phones these days, but yes, we have a phone on the wall in the back."

"Thank you!" Piper said, delighted. They had finally found something to communicate with!

She called out, "They have phone inside! I'm going to try and get in touch with Diana." Her friends nodded.

She went inside, got to the back wall and was surprised to see an actual wall phone.

Piper dialed Mount Justice's emergency number (yes, they had one) and waited as the phone rung.

"Hello?" The voice was quite muffled, but Piper could tell that it was Wonder Woman's.

"Artemis! It's me, Piper." she started awkwardly.

"Piper!" She sounded excited. "I haven't been able to get in touch with you, or any of the groups for that matter. What - "

"It's a long story, but basically there's this girl with red hair who is following us and she sent us to this place in Brazil. She jammed pretty much all of our reliable connections. Is there any way you can get us transportation?"

The goddess sighed. "I could send a ship, but it would attract too much attention from the League. It is safer for you to keep going with your quest and just retrace your steps."

Piper cursed under her breath. "Alright. Thank you, and we'll keep going. Try to contact us about the other groups if you find out what happened to them."

"Of course," She nearly hung up the phone. "Oh, wait, Piper? I just got this message from Camp Jupiter. Ella was saying, 'Seven days. Seven days.' I assume that means that you have seven days to finish your quest or else..."

And with that, she hung up. Piper cursed again.

Before putting the phone down, Piper heard a crackly sound.

"It's a place like the Bronx, not the Bronx. It holds items like in the Bronx, again, not the Bronx. Go there and your questions will be answered... for the most part. This has been Adrianna, reporting live."

Piper hung up the phone in shock. A riddle? She was terrible at riddles.

Walking back to her friends to report the crazy news, Piper couldn't help thinking that bad luck always found her, and no one else.

And that's that! Again, sorry it took so long to update.

Here are my three main OC's, so that you don't get them mixed up:

Renn Montey: a kind of demigod bounty hunter, Daughter of Hecate, 15 years old, master of portals and inter-dimensional travel, BROWN HAIR.

Peter Forde: Roman legacy of Ceres, 13 years old, twin of Adrianna, good at controlling plants and a great swordsman, RED HAIR.

Adrianna Forde: Roman legacy of Ceres, 13 years old, twin of Peter, great swordswoman and very sly, RED HAIR.

Okay, so here's the deal - You all know Renn, but Peter and Adrianna are new. Here's their backstory:

So, in the Titan War, they fought for Saturn (Kronos) and betrayed their parents, Noelle and Martin Forde. They escaped after the war, but they both thought that the other was killed by the Roman army.

This will be a kind of big plot line, in which they both think that the other is dead.

Anyway, hope you liked the chapter. I will try to get a new one out soon, but school life is hectic. EARTH SCIENCE... :(:( Do you feel me?

Thanks for staying with this story, I'm so happy we've gotten to 11 chapters (well, 10 chapters, technically, but who cares?). Review with feedback, please.

Also, check out my PjO/HoO story, The Colosseum. It's only on the third chapter, but I think it'll end up being great.

Until next time - keep on reading and writing!

-Clearcloud