The Journals of the Alvizu cousins!

[Javier Cross]

If you are reading on anyway, no matter what happens, know that the likes of the Sweet Irony and our guest star, Michael Cormeau, here, are also my consultants in this short story(Michael also shares credits as the Co-narrator of this thing, considering that he planned a whole lot of things out, but how much, i don't know, because for all i know, his intelligence rivals Merlin's in terms of convolted plots!) and he may have even had the honors to help the citizens of Toronto and the rest of the east side of Canada successfully fight off waves of invading monsters and undead Vampires, via means of strategizing alongside Wallace Wells.

Do you have anything else to add, before you show us the tale we are writing out, on screen?



Michael Cormeau: Thank you, sir, its been a pleasure to help do business with you, especially since while the comic book is still much better than the movie, you came out of your way to read the comic book that is based on things that may have happened on Toronto before now. Besides, when you have someone who reminds me of Ramona Flowers, having a blast with Scott, then you'd find it too good an offer to pass up if you're from where i live, really.

Also, for those in need of help with how to get rainbow texting, here's the link, courtesy of the future.
You must mean Thalia Grace, right?I would not be surprised if you knew that the difference is that Ramona is colder in terms of thought processes, while Thalia's warmer in how she thinks, right?

I was going to mention that, along with few other things.

So shall we get started with this thing, master strategist?

If it weren't for Scott and the rest of our friends on Toronto, along with Ramona and the Vegan Police, i am not sure if i'd be alive, right now.

On with the show, everyone!

Commander Cross goes to reflect on the things that have passed, while he goes to walk to where the likes of Clarisse La Rue was.
Quite anxious to have a word with Clarisse of the Ares cabin, seeing as they barely met before the war's end(Cross recalled the time when he was dropped from orbit by a satellite on a pod, before coming in, Swords and Assault Rifles ready, holding off as much of the excessive reinforcements from the Labyrinth as possible, long enough until the waves of enemies stopped or until evacuations can be done, whichever had to be done first.
It was mostly until after the siege of Camp Half-Blood ended that Cross wounds up looking at a wounded kid, probably a Hermes dude judging by what Cross managed to scan from his genetics(though Gods themselves do not have D.N.A, their blood-lines are not excluded, so its a legal loop-hole to note!) as Cross was there when the wounded kid was saved by one of those guys who happened to be Lance's uncles, Lord Dionysus of Thrace, a former half-human demigod-turned-immortal-full-blown-god(and one of the 3 cases whom Lance often tests Commander Cross for his know-how on even the basic knowledge about their times, the other two being Mina L.'s Paternal Ancestor Hercules and her prototype half-brother Aeneas of Troy, if the late General Adonis Springfield*named after a god of rebirth* has his gut hunch theories right whenever he's not in on a complicated plan!)
"I still haven't forgotten that look Miss La Rue gave me, a few hours after the Hermes kid, Christopher Rodriguez, began a steady road to recovery, and that was one of the most intensely painful expressions i ever saw, as if she thought i meant harm and wanted to fight her to the death, or something," Cross said, silently, thinking more or less on how afterward, his next odd encounter with the equally odd ally was some time after she passed her cabin's initiation test, involving her half-brothers Phobos and Deimos(there's also a funny rumor going on that the brothers Fear and Terror were also half-siblings to Aphrodite's cabin, which in short meant they were probably Mina L's and Silena B's maternal half-brothers from their mother's immortal great-nephew, Ares!) as Cross goes to think to himself,'It was also during those weeks i had to spend there with Lance's and Chiron's consents, plus 'Mr. D's, to a lesser extent,'as long as i don't get his children killed, which i have no plans to do, to begin with, Officer Siegfried says!' as Cross goes to recall that it was pretty much during those few weeks that he basically saw a lot of things going on, including(but not limiting to) the fact that he saw two Hermes dudes,'Connor and Travis Stoll, as Mina told me, even brought in their photos together,' Cross thought, and from what he recalled, they were plotting a near-replication of the fateful act that brought in so much stupidity, that to say it disgraced the majority of the ancient greeks of back then that were involved was a major understatement,'Mina had a point on the matter, as it lead to one of her half-brothers having to go through hell in its many forms, before he found meaning in his life,' as he then had a flash-back for when he saw Mina's expression of outrage, she wasn't tricked by the golden mango prank, but considering it was how the Trojan War started, he could still hear Mina wall-banging in that flash-back.

*a few years ago*



The boy was quite startled on the predicament of what was going on, as he was hearing yelps for help, near the Aphrodite cabin, all the while he found Mina sitting besides a Tree, trying real hard to repress her anger and beginning to wish she were with her boyfriend and his half-sister back at Europe, although her family must come first,'I won't doubt that Mina cares for her family as a whole, but i'm lost as to whether or not Cousin Mina's taking it easy on herself, lately,' as the boy then asked,"So did flirting with Malcolm or Nyssa of the Athena or Hephaestus cabins turn out to be of use to trying to cope with stress from concern for your dad, or should i bring you medication from the infirmary?" as the boy was not going to attempt to to abuse medication, when he pulled out a set of mentos and chewed some of them, then tried to offer them to the alluringly beautiful young lady in front of him at the tree, who apparently turned down the Mentos. surprised




"I'm just...not in the mood to take any, right now, but thank you for offering," the young lady said, as apparently she then got a good glance at the boy's eyes, as she then said,"And if you were going to ask if i am going to either help the Stoll brothers or make their ensuring conditions worse, i'm just sitting this one out unless cabin-weed #1 is aiding in the torment, but then again, Silena has her in check, and if not, i'm always eager to have another go at her in the arena if she's going to break hearts without just cause," as the lady then noticed that some girls went to take a brief glance at her, before quickly asking the girls,"Maybe you can take a look at me and enjoy the view, later," as the boy noticed that the lady didn't quite master control of how to know when to request people to follow up said request, but to make up for that, she was very dedicated to fighting, albeit physically speaking, regardless of the fact her father was from Greece(the city-state of Sparta its said, to be more precise!) for some reason or another she's just dedicating herself to her fighting skills rather than just her physical prowess in fighting. stare redface

"Cousin, i know you wouldn't dream of allowing people's hearts to break unless there's ample reason for that, if you can help it, and i am pretty sure that unless you got killed before seeing Zory and Ashely Zaranad, you can actually help that, so take it easy, alright?" the boy said, in honest concern for his cousin, before the lady then said,"It seems like about yesterday when we found out we were related, in that weekend officer, i mean, instructor Pedro Luis left us, hasn't it?" the lady said, as she goes to give the boy a hug as if they were siblings, as the boy felt like he should be crying it out in remorse for the fact he missed his uncle Pedro Luis, too much, along with Diomedes' father, officer Stelios Dienikes, who died in an ambush before Pedro Luis did, by months in separation as far as the boy could remember.
He goes to grieve on his beautiful cousin's shoulders, as the lady's hourglass body came close to the boy in a great hug. emo

*Flashback over, back to present day.*

Commander Cross goes to look back at that moment, in deep thought, then saying to himself and wishing Mina were available instead of apparently being busy with the fact she might have a harem,"I know, cousin Mina, but its still my fault they died, even though it might be Uncle Pedro's for leaving me in the dark and not telling me about Jason's camp, to begin with, when he was going to tell me or one of his children about it after the Valentine's Day weekend," stressed
Cross said those words with still repressed anger at his late uncle for hiding such secrets like this, as some dark part of his heart wants his uncle to return from the dead so he could strangle his late uncle, yet another part, one that is actually good, urges him against it, telling him,'If you were to do that, you are no better than the people who killed many of your family members in the military, Cross,' as Cross goes to try to hold it in with the anger, a bit more, before some parts of his anger were rapidly beginning to rise, then go low, as if his anger urges were feeling like heart-beats.
"I must be getting close to where Clarisse is, i best move out," Cross said, as he began to move so fast, it was as if everything around him was in slow-motion due to his speed.

'My genetics were altered at least since the day i was born, but i didn't get to coherently try to take advantage of that, until i hit age 18,' Cross thought, as he goes to notice a tomboy apparently wearing military gear and drilling a group of people heavily armed and strong in one of her combat training exercises.



"Oh, you're Mina's paternal cousin, i recalled those eyes, monsters and garbage notwithstanding, what are you doing, this time?" the tomboy with an electric spear had to ask Cross, as Cross then said,"Officer La Rue of the Ares cabin, i wish to speak with you in private, i'll wait until the current drill is done, then we'll talk, agreed?" as the tomboy then sighed,"Its not like i got all the time in the world, get to the Arena, and we'll talk, there, capice?" mad
Commander Cross then nods, adding,"Don't worry about it, if i ever got late for something important, i wouldn't be allowed to eat much if at all, to begin with," as he saluted to Clarisse, regardless as to whether or not it was proper in Camp, and went to the Arena.
'Considering that this is technically a boot camp, it isn't exactly against the law to salute to superior officers, here, is it?' Cross tries to think about it, as he was able to reach the Arena, at last, and now awaits the daughter of aggressive war, blood-lust and courage(whose father was technically the guy who managed to make war worse, for the most part, keywords being 'the most part!'Though considering he's said to be a variant of the ageless warrior, he recalls not being too hard on Ares except maybe out of concern, considering that if what Lance mentioned even has a basis in truth, Ares was quite vital to the Hundred-Year Wars at the final centuries of the middle ages, but as to what degrees, what kind of role he had, and how he helped to keep France alive*at least according to Lance's sources*, however indirectly it may have been, Cross has no idea, yet!) as he then saw Clarisse enter the Arena, noting that Cross was carrying dog tags out in the open, while Cross goes to grab two opposing chairs and try to make a make-shift table, which took about a few minutes compared to what felt like a brief hour in waiting on Clarisse.

"Shall we sit down, ma'am?" as Cross goes to leave a seat open for Clarisse to sit down, but not before she poked the seat with her spear in case it was a trap, even though Cross has no dreams of harming Clarisse outside of an Arena fight that isn't a death-match if it can be helped.
'I guess it never hurts to be on the safe side, for anyone here,' Cross thought to himself, as he then said,"As you can see, we're having...issues going on at the camp in private, lately, not counting the news of Jason's camp, either," which for all intents and purposes until further notice, Cross will use the coined term his uncle left behind,'Camp Radical' considering that the true name of the camp has yet to be revealed.
"Is it pertaining to where Jason is from and what's going on with Percy, or is it involving that dirt-bag soiling Silena's mom's cabin?" as after Cross heard the Ares leader cut to the chase, just like that, Cross goes to tell Clarisse the news,"Considering that i have a gut hunch that the above-described 'dirt-bag' you mentioned is going to attempt to use Mina as a social scape-goat to take out her frustrations after failing to get Piper(and a lot of her other half-sisters in general!) killed in the long run, i am going to prevent that by attempting to turn the tables on her, but to do that, i think we are going to need the Stoll Bros, actually, for this plan to work!" as Cross goes to quickly note that Clarisse has her spear pointed at Cross, then saying,"If you were anyone else and the dirt-bag wasn't so better off dead, you'd have to pray i were in a merciful mood to take you in for questioning, or you'd probably be dead, but considering that these things are not happening, i'll make an exception, because i am tired, mad, cranky, and urged to just maim someone and get it over with,"

Cross goes to leave the hand not holding the dog tags open, ready to shake Clarisse' other open hand, as he then said,"As some guy from Canada once said,'Let's be friends based on mutual hatred,' though i can't recall who might have said those words, exactly," as Cross meant the name of the dude who said the words to someone along the lines of Thalia, herself.



"Well, well, what do we have, here, sweeties?" a person of asian roots who was apparently wielding an experimental Ice Whip some of Hecate's creations were working on, as well as one of those mass-produced versions of those Heartsbane blades Cross heard Anteros was wielding as of late, as considering that Cross was just planning on raising hell upon this unwanted guest, to begin with(but not kill her outright, in order to not give Chiron a cow!) and the guest either wanted to save Cross all the trouble of picking an option of how to give her unpleasantries, or she probably brought in more trouble than Cross expects. 4laugh



Cross quickly noted that another creation of Hecate was inbound on their position, as he shoved Clarisse away from a shot from behind her, only to take a brief glimpse at the caster of the direct spell, in question, as it was a creation of Hecate, after all,'Something's off...we had to fight against the majority of Hecate's creations at the ending days of the war, and hostilities have ceased with Hecate offering to explain herself in the form of essays she plans on writing out, in addition to trying to convey a hidden agenda in doing this that gives her all the more reason to do that,' Cross thought, at least according to the info Lance provided, which confused Cross, to some extent or another, but he was just focused on looking at the lady's eyes.
After taking a gaze at the lady's eyes, Cross realized that the source of the off-key 'something' was apparently the fact that the witch's free will was directly robbed from her, and to make it worse, she wasn't even an enemy or even some suicide bomber Cross recalled seeing whenever he had to help fight off enemy forces underground.

Already stuck on Tranquil Fury to the brain, he quickly heard of the graceful movement speed of the brain-baby of Athena(a lad, this time, and clearly not Malcolm, that's for sure!) wearing armor of a design bordering between the middle ages and the Renaissance Era, but the look in the eyes was the same, to the dismay of the Commander. stressed

When Clarisse was able to get back up after being saved by Cross, she was going to ask,"What the Tar....????" before she noticed that there was a spell casted where Clarisse was, from a rather far range, as Clarisse was not in the mood to enjoy this, due to the circumstances involved being less than reasonable(despite being eager for fights, there are times when even Ares' children have standards, somewhere, the trick is to find out where they are at!) while Cross goes to ask Clarisse,"What say you if i take the witch while you face the Athenian, behind me?" as Clarisse's restrained eagerness then gave him a look that said,'I was going to suggest that idea,' as Cross was about to add a suggestion as to not kill the two opponents or the intruder, as they're to be taken alive, except Clarisse beaten Cross to that note, saying,"Its no good if they die by our hands, for reasons there's no time to cover," as Clarisse goes to run towards where the Athenian brain-baby was, while Cross quickly ran as if time itself may have stopped, as he leapt in a kick at Hecate's creation, only for said creation to teleport with above-average reaction speed with a spell, barely leaving Cross enough time to dodge the next incoming spell.
'No, i am not going to go all-out, i'd risk killing her outright and get removed from visiting rights!' Cross thought, as he goes to attempt to strike at her with more quick movements, only to feel nothing but hard ground as she was in another spot for the arena, as Cross thought,'What is this, Whack-A-Witch?' as he hoped he didn't offend his mother when he said those thoughts, already being dismayed that it isn't ending quickly.

Clarisse fares somewhat better against the brain-baby of Athena she was eager to fight against, although she feels some of the potential satisfaction was not there, when she suspects that since her opponent is robbed of free will, he has a much harder time trying to use tactics and strategies to fight coherently, to the point only his skills and prowess as an individual were left.
It showed when the man tried to swing the blade for the legs in an effort to make Clarisse trip, except she jumped from the swing and bull-rushed him to the walls of the Arena, then quickly pushing and ramming him with her shield and her great strength, long enough to leave him vulnerable to wound and temporarily paralyze him with Maimer.
When Clarisse saw her opening at the unprotected leg, she used her spear to make a quick gash at the sword-arm, which despite its success in temporarily disarming her opponent of the sword, the guy still had his shield arm, left, and quickly used it to push Clarisse back with whatever strength he had, available to the arm, as he pushed Clarisse back away for a few seconds, before the man clutched to his injured arm with his working arm's shield still up, but the man began to feel tired, as he did not recall why he was in the Arena, to begin with, and began to faint, but not before Clarisse rammed the guy and watched as one of the benches broke when the guy landed.
"Next time, think straight," Clarisse said, before she goes to prepare to go after the intruder on her own.

As for Cross and the witch, Cross goes to recall that when the enemy was teleporting all over the place, it was often best to go and attempt to just throw an object at the one spot they were on, then mark your true spot of attack, quickly, as Cross was breaking a sweat from dodging all those spells and keeping the witch off of Clarisse's back.

'Remember what your uncle taught you, Commander,' Cross thought, as suddenly speaking, he was taking advantage of the speed he has, as he found a rock to throw at the witch, so he grabbed it and threw it at where she is.
The witch teleported away, to behind the Commander and preparing a powerful spell, but not before Cross got to the witch at full speed and punched her in the stomach before grabbing a knock-out dart with enough dosages to only knock out humans(too much of that stuff would kill them, plus the witch was not yet physically strong to make the excess values worth the risk!)
After placing the witch next to the Athenian brain-baby Clarisse knocked out, Cross goes to swiftly run to where Clarisse was, as he then thought,'I hope i'm not too late,' as he goes to move quickly.

When he got there, Clarisse and the intruder were already facing off against the uninvited guest of the conversation, as she then said,"If your lack of gratitude really runs that deep, you're better off in the Morgue, Drew!" as Clarisse goes to quickly block what seemed to Cross to be a super-sonic whip strike, as the Drew the uninvited attempts a counter at Clarisse, saying,"It was comedic and hilarious in hindsight when i thought on how our beloved traitor, Silena Beauregard, died a fitting end, dear," as Clarisse was apparently stuck by the whip, and was about to be struck by the heartsbane blade and get her resolve to defend her free will sapped, before her father's blessing kicked in, and canceled out the harm that would have otherwise ensured on Clarisse, as Clarisse then said,"Its going to be hilariously funny, once i bring you to the Infirmary with your face smashed, don't you agree?" as Clarisse goes to stab Drew in the leg with Maimer and electrified her enough to paralyze her arms and legs.
(Drew's expressions: rofl dramallama ) (Clarisse's only expression: twisted )

Commander Cross goes to walk towards where Clarisse and Drew were, knowing that one of them was the Weed of Aphrodite's blood-line that his cousin Mina spoke of, as he goes to get his fist ready while saying,"So you're the local ho-bag of the Aphrodite cabin, i see?It figures that after my cousin left from fighting in the war, when it ended, someone like you would have made the cabin a living hell-hole without even the combat training to justify it, marginally," as Drew goes to look at Cross, as she said,"So you and Miss deserter are cousins, i see?your family must be full of deserters in the fields," as Cross then said coldly,"I wouldn't know, its only a few years ago i even realized that we were related, for one thing, and for another, i would know that if there is such a thing as necessary evil, you are definitely not on that list, that's for sure!In fact, i dare say you are as un-necessary as they come, except to remind us of the past involving the mother the 3 of you share, and why when Karma does strike at her whenever she accumulated enough wrongs(with the only possible exception being for trying to keep her half-mortal children alive, any way they can, the most recent by finding good mates who are father-material!) you should consider whenever your cases of karma comes in, its both laser-guided and immediate, and you should view its immediate efficiency as a blessing rather than a curse waiting to strike you brutally, eventually!" as Drew was about to attempt to pull a Hannabal Lector and lecture Cross and Clarisse on some matters, in manners that border heavily on glorifying whatever stupidities her mother has done, but instead Cross turned to Clarisse for a split second and just punched Drew hard enough to knock her out, temporarily.

"One of us should tell Piper about this, this is not what my cousin needs in terms of having a welcome back few month anniversary or something," Cross said to Clarisse, as Clarisse then said,"Were it up to me, i'd report her straight to the gods if they weren't stuck, but since they are stuck, i am not in places to suggest such ideas," as Cross then brings out an item,"You may need to use this dart, if someone like Drew or worse went on the loose, it could be used to weaken them enough to knock them out!You could say that we took nods from those Vegan Police dudes when it comes to Vegan-violators, out there," Cross cracks a smile, hoping that this might be the start of a fire-forged friendship, before Clarisse goes to bonk the commander on the head with the flats of Maimer, saying,"I know that grin, don't push your luck, although i could use a hand in keeping Chris safe, are you up for it whenever you come by?"

Cross turns to Clarisse in response, recalls its best not to give her bear hugs, and salutes, as he then said,"AS I'LL EVER BE, MA'AM!SEMPER FIDELIS!!!"*

*Always Faithful, in Latin*

It looks like i am probably going to split what was intended to be a one-shot into two sides of the same story-line, with each dealing with half of the other 6 cast members above, while Michael Cormeau goes to help see if i got the overall cast right, based on acceptable fudge-ups that the Commander can stand.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them, although its fair to warn you that for some reason or another, Michael suspects its possible that in my direct company, he might be getting nerfed, in some way or another, so unless i can be re-assured otherwise, there is that particular constant threat among other things that must be watched.