First Step

Getting tickets to a flight only a few hours beforehand should have been hard ordinarily but welcome to the magic side of the world... anyway, Chiron had decided to join them to the airport claiming "Shotgun" Which Shawn found funny and Argus was driving, Shawn, Will, and Annabeth were in the back going over their first steps. They would land at Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El H Airport in Western Sahara which was the only real... okay semi-real airport to land near.

The next step was to take the Helicopter that had been arranged from there they would arrive in the Sahara where Chiron's Companions would meet them and help them, But for now that was all the planning they could do as they didn't want to plan too far ahead in case something when wrong and the plan crumbled and they would have to make a whole new one.

Arriving at the airport Chiron walked them through security without any issues and made it to the boarding terminal where he said his goodbyes and watched us leave with Argus at his back his many eye's watching for danger. "We Wish you well, Shawn one last thing take these," Chiron said handing Shawn a pouch of Gold Drachmas.

"Thank you Chiron, We'll see you soon" Shawn nodded and headed into the plane,

Shawn had been in planes before at least in his past life, Shawn was never really afraid of flight and knew that would be different here as a son of Poseidon he would be completely out of his element in the sky and it left an empty tug at his stomach,

Shawn turned to his companions and they boarded fortunately not having to wait, "You two mind if I take the Isle seat? I'm probably going to throw up a bit..."

Annabeth seemed to get it and nodded while Will was just grinning "That's fine I wanted the window seat anyway!"

"Less competition now huh?" Shawn smirked

"Haha" Will chimed

Annabeth grabbed his arm noting how even just walking into the plane he had gotten a little unsteady, "Thanks... Anna," Shawn said with a warm smile before they found their seats, Will was about to put up their carry on when Shawn stopped him, "No, Keep our carry on in our laps our at our feet in case of emergency..."

"Good Idea, We may have been promised a safe flight but there's no being too careful..." Annabeth nodded and Will moved into the Isle sitting at the window then Annabeth walked in and helped Shawn in who now looked like he was going to pass out, a man next to them asked, "Is he going to be alright?"

"Yeah, flights just don't sit well with him..." Annabeth answered handing Shawn a bag just in case,

"I see, well relax kid you'll be fine! Trust me I know the pilot" The man smiled and laughed as he gestured at his uniform, "Get it... Cause I am the Pilot?" The man laughed,

"I like this guy!" Will laughed

Annabeth smirked but paid more attention to Shawn who was beginning to sweat bullets, "Here use this" She said passing him a cool cloth she grabbed from her bag of holding, "I expected something like this..."

"I didn't think it would be this bad..." Shawn quipped

"Just try and get some sleep bro you'll be fine before you know it!" Will said with a smile, It was a good Idea and Shawn passed out nearly instantly, his head rolling to Annabeth's shoulder,

The flight commenced and Shawn was asleep for the majority of the flight waking only when they encountered turbulence and the such,

When they landed the few other passengers got off first and Annabeth woke him up reluctantly, It seemed she liked him relying on her but she woke him up and Will slipped by to help with their baggage,

"Shawn, We've landed" Annabeth said gently shaking him a light blush on her face,

"ten more minutes?" Shawn mumbled jokingly

"any longer and you'll be on another flight" Will laughed, That got Shawn up and moving still feeling a weird pit in his stomach,

After they left the plane they found a man waiting with a sign that read "Shawn Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Will Solace" Walking up to the man Shawn double checked with his system if the man was human, Luckily he was and the introduced themselves.

"So how was your flight?" a voice asked from the behind,

"Ah, You were the pilot? well we didn't die so that's a plus" Shawn smiled already feeling better

"Haha, Indeed! where are you kids going from here?" the man asked

"Far away... Unfortunately" Will said

"Well be careful this isn't the safest place to be," The man warned before heading off

"Ominous" Will said spookily

"Shut up no need to tempt the fates..." Annabeth chastised

"Well if you're ready you can follow me!" the man who came to greet them said,

"What was your name again?" Shawn asked

"Ah that would be Darrel, My mother was American my father a native soo," Darrel said with a warm smile,

they headed directly to the helicopter which was already prepped, "Alright, This is it! Make sure to strap yourselves in and be careful on your trip" Darrel said

as they were getting situated the new pilot came and introduced himself, "Hahaha! you kids again! Wait are you the ones Chiron was talking about?" The pilot from before said laughing

"Ah! you're a Satyr makes more sense..." Shawn nodded

"How'd u guess?" the pilot asked

"good sense of smell" Was all Shawn replied with

"Well anyway, Chiron entrusted me to get you all to your destination smoothly so I will do just that! I owe that man my life!" he said before checking our harnesses and climbing into the cockpit, "Anyway my name is Ruffus Sawin and I will be your pilot again today! Please keep all limbs inside the vehicle at all times,"

"It's a Closed door Helicopter..." Will said

"Haha- baaah..." The man laughed and switching to a goat laugh halfway through,

"Relax Kid, I know how to fly anything!" Rufus said glancing back at Shawn

The new flight was almost worse than the plane but Shawn stayed awake and alert just in case, the flight wouldn't take to long and the sights took his mind off it,

it was around three hours later when they reached their destination the sun was rising and Shawn could feel the warmth in the air,

Getting off the helicopter at an old, dusty, and empty airport they were greeted by a centaur not bothering to disguise himself, Gruffly the centaur said "I am Bran Chiron told you of me I hope? Anyway I'm here to help you as much as I can follow me I'll take you to get some food"

It wasn't long before they reached the centaurs camp set up and began eating some fried chicken no idea how they got it all the way out here but its fried chicken...

there were a few Centaurs around 10 of them and a few introduced themselves the rest overall ignored them, "This is my son Max He will help you as much as he can on your quest until you reach what you're looking for" the Centaur Bran said introducing the new guide,

"Nice to meet you three! If you need something just ask!" Max said