Nico Knows

HEYO! Y'all know Aru Shah? Yeah? Well, for those of you who have read that series and are waiting for the fourth book, do you know that she revealed the title of the fourth book in the third book? Yeah. At the end of the glossary, she says, "Phew! Got all that? You definitely deserve a vacation. How does the city of gold sound?"

When I reread the book for the third time, I found that spoiler, and I HAD to share it with you. So yeah, there you go.

Okay, okay. Psych. Fact of the day: Subconsciously, people who attempt to force themselves to forget certain things, suffer from Mnemophobia - the fear of painful memories.

Wow...okay. I've had experience suppressing memories that I didn't want to remember - although I do it rarely, and it doesn't always work. I didn't know that there was actually a phobia for this. Have you guys ever suppressed any memories? You don't have to answer what memories, just a yes or no will suffice.

OKAY! Now that that sadness is over, how about a chapter? LET'S GO!

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Percy's P.O.V (First Person)

I woke up on the beach, Annabeth still sleeping. I checked my new and improved shield watch (Trademarked by Tyson, thank you), "Six AM." I mumbled to myself.

Stretching my arms, I shook Annabeth awake. She glared at me, a little groggy. We had managed to get a good night's rest, but that only meant that we wouldn't get any sleep until after this quest. I sighed at the revelation, and Annabeth sent me a quizzical look. I just smiled at her, not wanting to say anything.

We got off the sand, and dusted ourselves off as we walked towards our respected cabins. After today's meeting, we'd be splitting into groups - one to protect camp and one to head off on the quest. In less than fifteen minutes, Annabeth and I met up in the Big House, where Chiron was playing pinochle with Mr. D near the ping pong table.

I smirked, "Who's winning?"

Chiron might have not seen us come in because he looked a little startled at my sudden question. He gave Annabeth and I a sad smile before looking back to their game and saying, "It seems that we've reached an impasse."

I raised an eyebrow and turned my gaze over to Annabeth. She just rolled her eyes and whispered, "It means that it's draw."

I nodded to her, questioning whether or not that was even possible in card games. I went around the table to take a peak at Chiron's cards, when some of the other counselors walked in. I grimaced and went back to my seat. At about 6:30, everyone made it into the Big House - even the Avengers and Loki.

Everyone's eyes were on me. Taking a deep breath, I said, "Okay. So, basically..."

I managed to explain to everyone that including today, we had seven days left to get the pieces of the pithos and free the god. Not only that, but the war would begin in seven days. If we were even a fraction of a second too late, half the demigod race would be wiped out - at least, that was my best guess.

Katie Gardener quirked an eyebrow at me, "How do you know? I mean, who's powerful enough to kill half of us in just a snap?"

I had a few guesses, but I went with my gut, "Tartarus."

Thunder rumbled outside, and everyone whispered amongst themselves. The Avengers looked confused, and Natasha raised her hand, "Isn't Tartarus the place where the Titans are locked up?"

I nodded, "It's the pit of the Underworld. A place of unimaginable horrors that are enough to break someone."

The Seven and I glanced at Nico. I looked back to Natasha, "Only three of us in this room have ever gone to Tartarus and survived with a little of our intact sanity."

The Avengers looks morphed into shock as their eyes searched around for those three demigods. Annabeth, Nico, and I shared equally disdained expressions, as we struggled to suppress oncoming flashbacks from our time in Tartarus. Chiron seemed to notice our little crisis, so he cleared his throat, promptly ceasing the Avengers' search.

We sighed in relief, ad Chiron motioned for me to continue, "Before any of you ask how I know, I don't. I don't know. It's my best guess. He's the only logical explanation, especially after what happened with Gaea."

Jason spoke up after a moment of thought, "That's settled. Seven days is all we have, but we don't even know where the first piece of pithos is. And even if we figure it out, we have no means of getting there. Nico has to keep his shadow traveling in check."

I nodded, "And I can't vapor travel everyone, everywhere. It takes too much energy, not as much as shadow travel, but still."

Everyone, except Nico and Thalia, gave me questioning glances, and I rolled my eyes, "Vapor travel is the same as shadow travel, but I turn into water vapor instead of shadows."

They nodded to me, and Jason continued, "So? What do we do?"

I looked at him, my lips stretched into a thin line, "I don't know. Maybe Rachel knows something? I guess our first course of action is finding out the location of the first piece. After that, we can only assume that it'll lead us to the rest."

Hazel sighed, "So we have to go on guesses?"

Annabeth nodded to her, "I agree with Hazel. It doesn't seem like our best bet."

Frank looked around, "Even if we manage to find it, that brings us to the the second task at hand. How do we get to it?"

Leo grinned, "I have that covered. Since Rachel did her voodoo magic and gave us the prophecy..."

Leo turned to Tony, who in turn, continued, "Leo and I have been working on a prototype ship that's fully functional."

Leo's grin widened, "And we called it..."

They looked at each other, "THE IRON LEO!"

They laughed like madmen, Leo lighting on fire just for the drama. Annabeth and Natasha face-palmed. Piper gave them a deadpan look, "Yeah. No."

Leo pouted, "BUT WHYYY?"

Annabeth shook her head, "Let's just agree to call it the Argo III before I force you to call it that."

Leo and Tony immediately quieted down and nodded. Leo must have told Stark about Annabeth, because he gulped and saluted her. Annabeth just chuckled and looked at me, "Transportation is settled. Now. About the piece? Maybe I can look through Daedalus's laptop?"

I shook my head, "It's not going to work. I'm sure of it. Maybe we can-"

Nico cut me off, "We don't need anything." All eyes whipped to him, and he looked up, "I know where the first piece is."

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YAY! Another chapter done. Okay guys! This is shaping up to be a pretty long story, and honestly, it's fine. Imma keep it long. There's nothing wrong in it.

Other than that little disclaimer thing, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED! SEE YOU ALL SOON!!