A Favor

-Annabeth's POV-

'I heard Alex was coming back to camp today. Its been over a year since I saw him'

"Annabeth!"

I heard someone call my name. 'Is it...' I turned around and saw Alex slowly walking over with a smile. He was wearing a brown overcoat, with black T-shirt and jeans underneath, with his mature and handsome face, nearly all the girls at camp had a secret crush on him.

"Alex!" and I ran towards him

-Alex's POV-

I looked at Annabeth as she ran towards me quietly but kept a smile on my face. I knew she liked me for several years already, but I only see her as a little sister. I do not wish to see her hurt but if it gets to that point... 'I just hope nothing bad would happen'

She ran over and hugged me.

"The little girl has grown up" I smiled

"I-"

"Alex!" She was cut short when Chiron came over.

"Hello Chiron"

"Welcome Back"

"Ah yes, thank you Chiron" I chuckled "anything I can do for you? I heard something big happened last year"

"Sigh. Someone stole Zeus's lightning bolt and Hades helm"

"I see. That's not good"

"Yes, its not good indeed" he frowned looking upset "We also found another demigod"

"Sigh. whos?"

"One of the big three's" He looked a bit uncertain when he said that "I'm not for sure, but he is one of theirs though"

"another one?" I frowned "looks like its not going to be easy for him to come here"

"It's not going to be indeed." he also frowned "We're going on a field trip to the museum in two days"

"I'll be there"

"Thanks, Alex" He looked at me and Annabeth before leaving

I frowned thinking about the newly found demigod. 'It does not look so good' I thought as I looked at the sky. "Alex?" A voice suddenly snapped me out of my thoughts. It was Luke and Thalia.

"Luke, Thalia, It's been a while" I smiled

"Looks like something is up" Luke said

"Nah. I'm just thinking about the thief" I told them

"Oh? you've heard about it too?" Thalia asked in surprise

"Of course, even though I'm not here, I still have Evan" I rolled my eyes at them "Plus, Chiron came over for a talk just now"

"How's the camp" I asked them

"Thanks to you and Luke, more demigods are being claimed"

"That's good to hear"

A few years back me and Luke decided to build new cabins for the minor gods. For the past five years I've met many gods that's roaming the world. I asked them why they didn't claim their children. They said its because there is no place for them to go if they were claimed. I asked if they would claim their children if I built them cabins. They seemed pretty happy about the idea.

We walked to the beach but they had to leave me since another fight broke out between Apollo and Ares's cabin. It was good too since I knew that there was someone waiting for me at the beach, A god.

I came close to the water but stopped in front of the lake. The water formed into the shape of a man with a trident in front of me.

"Poseidon"

"Alex, I want to ask for a favor, protect Percy for me"

I looked at him. I owe him quite a few favors since he granted me safe passage in the seas on my missions or travels. "Alright but I cannot help him too much like I did with Luke or the fates would come find me for a long chat"

"Thanks, Alex" as he looked at me before reverting back to water

I stood there for some time thinking.