*German*

YOOOOOO guys!!! And I'm baaack... 

Cradling his presumably broken nose, Jack took in Percy's sunkissed skin, the rags clinging to his muscled form, his eyes of swirling greens and brown. The teen looked haggard and half dead. 

"Why were you so shocked that I could see you?" Percy huffed, "I mean are you like a ghost or something?" 

Jack's eyebrows raised in response, he had to give it to the guy, his snark levels were incredibly high for someone who was recently convulsing on the forest floor, screaming and clawing at his face. 

Clearing his throat once again, Percy cocked his head, "Do you know where we are, like which State, or Country even?" 

Jack's brows furrowed, "I-I don't know." 

"That's great, that's just fantastic! I'm alone, injured, and lost." Throwing his hands up in the air Percy muttered under his breath. "Screwed, I'm fucking screwed." 

Gaea. Motherfucking Gaea. 

This is her fault. No one would have left him if she hadn't blessed him - claimed him, she just claimed him - as she fell back into another so-called, 'Endless Sleep'.

Jack sighed, "I know a place where we could get you patched up and in some real clothes. And don't tell me you're fine, it's pretty obvious that you need help and I am the only one -unless you happen to see anyone else around- who can offer it to you." 

The teen's eyes darted around, spotting no one he bowed his head, "I suppose it couldn't hurt." 

Jack held out a hand, "I'll have to fly you there." Percy's eyes went comically wide and he hesitated a moment, before grasping the other boy's hand. Anything's better than laying here waiting to be torn apart by monsters.  

"Just for the record, I don't trust you-"

Jack gave a shit-eating grin, "Not even as far as you could throw me?" 

"No."

.~-_= '' =_-~.

The north pole was fucking cold. Percy was shivering long before they ever landed, and by the time they did, he was sure his skin must be blue with frostbite. He stood there, up to his knees in frosty snow and shivered as Jack bounded to the mountain of ice towering over them and knocked sharply three times. A door swung out from the frozen rockface, revealing a giant, well-lit room encased in red banners and ice. 

"Welcome," Jack grins, "to the North Pole!"

Well, that took an unnecessarily long time to write. Sorry? Hope you liked it!