Chapter Η A Talk with Mom

     Oct 6th 1939

Clash. Bang. The sound of hot metal was heard throughout the cave.

"Hey Hephaestus, what are you up to right now?" asked Zeus.

"Not much, just looking at what is going on," said Hephaestus.

"What do you mean?" asked Zeus.

"Look at the Iris bowl," said Hephaestus.

"Oh, Okay you just do that. I am good," said Zeus. "Jace, what are you doing to him?" asked Sara.

"Trying to get Henry to train with me, why?" asked Jace.

"I guess that makes sense. Wait, no, it does not make any sense right now," said Sara.

"What is Jace trying to do to Henry?" asked Daisy.

"What do you mean?" asked Sara. Looking at Jace.

"Oh, that is not great. Why are you trying to give him a bow and arrows?" asked Sara.

"Yes, I will have to agree with Sara on this one," said Daisy.

"It is just I thought that it might suit him more than a shield and spear," said Jace.

"Oh, right we need to get the bolt back," said Daisy. "What do you mean by that?" Aske Henry.

"Let me explain since apparently, you forgot what our quest is. Is to retrieve the bolt from whoever has it," said Daisy.

"I think I might know where the lightning bolt is," said Claire.

"We are all ears,'' I said.

"Where is it?" asked George.

"The last place I saw it was in the underworld. Well, the Greek underworld," said Claire.

"We know where the lightning bolt might be. How are we going to get there?" asked Jace.

"That is a good question. I think I might be able to get us there," said Claire.

"But how do we get there with your help?" asked Sara. I'm a bit annoyed at this time.

"That is easy. I just need to get prepared to take all of you there," said Claire. As she went away.

"Wait, I do not think Hades and his offspring can teleport to anywhere they would like," said Jace.

"That means that we need to find another way into the underworld," I said.

"That seems to be the case," said Daisy.

"I am wondering what is taking Claire so long to come back," said George. We all waited for Claire to come back to the group.

"So that went lopsided very quickly," said Claire.

"I am guessing here that you could not do what you were trying to do," said George.

"Yes, that is correct," said Claire. As she sat down.

" Then we need to think up what to do next," I said.

"I wonder if there is more at play than we last thought of," said Sara.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Daisy.

"Well, think about it for a second. What would have happened if Claire could do that?" said Sara.

"I would have told you and then we could get a move on to what needs to be done," said Claire. Looking at the group as she said that.

"I see that we are putting a lot of pressure on you. How about this? Why do we set up a camp at night?" I said.

"That is a great idea. It is getting late," said Daisy.

"I agree with that," said Claire. Everyone started to set up a camp for the night.

"Oh, what do we have here some demigods just out in the open," said a Harpy.

"Yes, well, I see that. Let us tell the others," said another harpy. Both flew off to the north.

"I will be on the first watch," I said.

"You go and do that," said Daisy.

"It is freezing out here by the sea," I said.

"Do you want something to drink?" asked Claire.

"Oh, sure thing. Why are you still up?" I asked.

"I could not sleep at all," said Claire.

"Why is that?" I asked.

"Well, I am a bit worried," said Claire. Handing Henry a glass of water.

"What is making you worried?" I asked. As he drank the water.

"Well, I guess I am just worried about fighting my brother, and whoever was that person or being," said Claire.

"That makes a lot of sense to me," I said.

"It does?" asked Claire.

"Do you trust me?" I asked.

"Yes, I do trust you," said Claire.

"Do you trust others?" I asked.

"Also, that is a yes," said Claire.

"Then should you worry?" I asked.

"Thanks for the talk I needed," said Claire.

"Any time," I said.

"Is it morning already? Oh, something smells great," said Jace.

"That is because I was making breakfast," I said.

"What did you make?" asked Daisy.

"I made Bougatsa," I said.

"I did not know that you could cook," said Daisy.

"Well, I had to, since it was just me and my dad. Also, my dad is a lazy cook," I said.

"Well, that is interesting that he can not cook," said Sara.

"Hey, why do you just go and wash up?" I said.

"Then we will wash up," said Daisy. Everyone went to wash their hands.

"Now that they are doing what they do next," I said. Then the bowl that had water in it started to change.

"Hmm, Iris's message. Who is that for? Also, who is in the iris message?" I asked.

"Hi, Henry, it is Athena, long time no see. "said Athena. "Yes, it has been a while, Mom," I said.

"It is weird to hear that. Ahem. Anyway, I have something to tell you," said Athena.

"What is this thing that you wanted to tell me?" I asked. Just as he asked that, the Iris message ran out.

"That just happened," I said. Looking confused.

"Hey brother, what is with the confused face you are making?" asked Daisy.

"I just had an iris message from Athena. I think she was trying to tell me something when it ran out," I said.

"Oh, Okay that is weird," said Sara.

"Why did Athena talk to you?" asked Jace.

"That is what I am trying to find out," I said.

Why did you get to talk to mom? When I was not there, "said Daisy.

"Nothing at all," I said.

"That makes sense," said Daisy.

"What are we waiting here for? Let us eat," said Jace.

"Pass the food around," I said.

"Got it," said Daisy. Passing the food to the others.

"Hmm. This is great food. Where did you get this food?" asked Claire.

"I got it at a market that was nearby," I said.

"How did you get the food? Last time I checked we did not have Drachma," said Daisy.

"I bought it with Drachma's Daisy," I said.

"Oh right, Drachmas are the currency here," said Daisy. Everyone looked at Daisy.

"Why are you looking at me weirdly?" asked Daisy. "Because why did you not know that Greece uses drachma right now?" asked Sara.

"Oh, that I just did not remember that," said Daisy. Everyone continued eating.

"What are we going to do?" asked Jace.

"Let me see. How about we take some downtime for a bit?" I said.

"Let me see how it is at the beach," said Daisy.

"That is a great idea," said Sara.

"Then we go to the beach," I said.

"This is the beach," said Jace.

"Yes, that is the case," I said.

"Now that we are here, what are we going to do?" asked Daisy.

"We should set up two changing rooms. One for the boys and one for the girls," said Sara.

"That is the idea. That said, how to get it? I asked.

"What about going shopping? If you get food around here, there is bound to be something," said Jace.

"Do you know in what direction the shops are?" asked Daisy.

"Yes, it is a town nearby?" asked Sara.

"Yes, I believe Mykonos is nearby," I said.

"Should we head in that direction?" said Sara.

"Yes, that would be a great idea," said Daisy. Everyone started to head in that direction.

"Wow, Okay this is cool," said Daisy.

"What looks cool? Did you find something?" asked Sara.

"Yes, I found this," said Daisy. Pointing at a swimsuit.

"Oh, that looks cute. Do you want it?" asked Sara.

"Yes, I do want that swimsuit. Is there something that you want as well?" asked Daisy.

"I want a swimsuit as well," said Sara.

"Then let us go and get them. "said Daisy. As they left.

"Since they are going to do something. What do you want to do?" asked Jace.

"That is a good question. Let us get more supplies for the group," said George.

"Then let us go and do that," I said.

"Do you know where to start?" asked Jace.

"Yes, I think I saw something right over there," I said.

"Where is that? I do not know where you are looking?" asked George. Looking towards where the other two were talking about.

"Oh, that place. Let us go there," said George. The group of boys went to that place.

"Is this the place that you were looking at?" asked George.

"Yes, it is. That said, what are we going to do here?" asked Jace.

"As we agreed we need supply," I said. Opening the door to a shop.

" Welcome. How can I help you?" asked the Shopkeeper.

"We are just looking around," said Jace.

"If you need anything let me know," said the shopkeeper.

"We will let you know if we need anything," I said. The Shopkeeper nodded.

"Does the shopkeeper look familiar to anyone?" asked George.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Jace.

"Just such a presence that I am feeling. Like making me scared," said George.

"Like the presence of a god or goddess? I asked. As he turned toward the shopkeeper.

"Yes, exactly like that," said George.

"Well crap, I have been found out. Well, it was not a great way to hide anyway," said the Shopkeeper.

"Then who are you really?" asked Jace.

"Well, I am Hebe, goddess of youth. That said, I am a minor goddess," said Hebe.

"But what are you doing here in the shop?" asked Jace.

"Can you not tell I am selling supplies? Though that said some of these things have not been selling," said Hebe. Pointing to what looked like armor and weapons.

"Well, that is a problem. Normal people do not need this," said George.

"Oh, is that a problem?" asked Hebe.

"It can be since demigods or other gods/goddesses do not come by here that often," I said.

"Oh, I see then. What should I do?" asked Hebe.

"Find something that can be good for everyone to use," said Jace.

"Oh, Okay then that makes sense to me," said Hebe.

A bit down from what was just said. "Why are you sad?" asked George.

"Well, it is just, eams none of the armor and weapons will be used," said Hebe.

"I am not sure about the long term, but right now we can help," said Jace. "That will be great to hear," said Hebe. We bought two sets of armor and two sets of each weapon.

"We have all the armor and weapons that we need. Where are the girls?" asked George.

"That is a great question. I do not know where they are," I said.

"Oh, I see them walking towards us right now," said Jace. As he waved at them.

"Oh, I see them. Sara, let us head in that direction," said Claire. Walking towards the boys.

"Oh, here they come on over," I said.

"What are we going to do?" asked Daisy.

"Well, that is a brilliant question. Hmm, what to do," I said.

"Oh, how about we go sightseeing?" asked Daisy.

"Do you think that will draw attention to us?" asked Claire.

"That is a possibility that will happen," I said.

"Yes, that is a possibility that might happen," said Jace.

"That is a no. I am guessing here," said Daisy.

"I guess that we can go all together. Just in case something happens," I said.

"Well, that makes a lot of sense to me," said Sara.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let us get a move on," said Daisy.

"Where do you want to go?" asked Jace.

"Where are the doors?" I asked.

"Are you talking to me?" asked Claire. '

Yes, I am talking to you," I said.

"The doors are in Athens," said Claire.

"Hmm that is interesting," I said.

"What is interesting, Henry?" asked Daisy.

"Was that the place that we were in when we arrived here?" said Jace.

"Yes, silly, that place. That said, why there?" asked Daisy.

"Well, that is because the father could not think of a good place," said Claire.

"Then let us go to Athena's," I said. We headed to the port," said Daisy.

"But what if Poseidon gets mad at you for going on a ship?" asked George.

"Not now, I think. They are my niece and uncle," said Daisy.

"I wonder what god or goddess we run into next," I said.

"I guess that there is only one way to find out," said Jace. As he laughed.

"Oh, I see the port," said. Daisy.

"Where is the port?" asked George. Looking around.

"Right there George," said Sara.

"Oh. Right, sorry, my bad," said George.

"Six tickets to Athena's please," I said.

"That will be ten drachmas," said an attendant.

"Here you go," said Sara. Handing over the drachmas.

"Thank you. Right this way," said the attendant. Pointing to a gangway.

"Thanks," said Sara. As a group, we went to the ship. "Is this the ship?" asked Daisy.

"Yes, I do believe so," said Sara. As they boarded the ship.

"Do you want to find a place to sit?" I asked.

"Yes. Let us go and do that," said Jace. The group went to find a place to sit.

"So this is where we will be sitting," said Jace.

"Cool. That said, what are we going to do next?" asked Daisy. The group started to think of what to do.

"Oh, I know how we see what is around the boat," said Claire. "That is a great idea," I said.

"Yes, it is a great idea. Why not all of us explore the ship in pairs of two," said George.

"Yes, let us do that. We should also have a place to meet up after," said Claire.

"Then how about the front of the ship?" asked Daisy.

"That is a great idea. Why did we not think of that?" asked Sara.

"Now that we know where to meet. We need to know what pairs to split up into," I said.

"So there is George, Henry, Claire, Daisy, Sara, and me. What about George and Sara in group one? Henry and Claire are in group two. That leaves Daisy and me in group three," said Jace.

"Now that we know the groups let us get the move on," said Claire. Everyone split up into their groups.

"Why did Jace split the groups like this?" asked Claire.

"I do not know why. That said, it is interesting that this happened," I said.

"Well, let us make the most of it," said Claire.

"I agree with that," I said.

"I wonder what the other groups are up to at the moment," said Claire.

"Yes, I wonder as well," I said. Will they talk about the rest of the group?

"I see Claire and Henry talking. I wonder what they are talking about?" asked Daisy.

"Hmm. Whatever it is they do seem to be close to each other," said Jace.

"What do you mean?" asked Daisy. As she looked at the two of them.

"Oh, I see. I wonder what they are doing," said Daisy.

"Well, let us go and see what there is around this ship," said Jace. As they left to see what was around the place.

"Hey Sara, what are you up to at the moment?" asked George.

"Oh, not much just seeing what is around here," said Sara.

"I see well then what do you see?" asked George.

"I see land and the Mediterranean sea," said Sara.

"Oh, that is cool. "What on the land do you see?" asked George.

"I see a cityscape, so we might be close to our destination," said Sara.

"That is great on which side of the ship do you see it?" asked George.

"On the port side of the ship," said Sara.

"This is your captain saying we are about to make landfall. Please get ready to disembark from the ship," said the Captain.

"We should go and meet up with the others," said George.

"Agreed. Let us get a move on," said Sara. As they both left the main hall of the ship.

"Is everyone ready to disembark from the ship?" I asked.

"Yes, I am ready to get off this ship," said Daisy.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let us get a move on," said Claire. Enthusiastic about leaving the ship.

"Not so fast," said a voice. Everyone turned around.

"Who are you?" asked Jace.

"I am Thoth," said Thoth.

"Why are we meeting so many Egyptian gods and goddesses?" asked Daisy.

"What do you mean I am not the first Egyptian god you can cross?" asked Thoth.

"Yes. First, it was Horus in New York. Then it was Bastet on the island that we were just on. Now it is you," said Daisy.

"Oh, oh, and we know of Set as well," said Claire.

"Oh, I see then let us get onto land shall we,' said Thoth. Everyone disembarked.

"First question, what are you doing here?" I asked. Looking at Thoth.

"That is a good question. I suppose a no answer will not be allowed then?" asked Thoth.

"Yes, that is not an answer since this is the ancient lands of the Greek god and goddess," said Daisy.

"Well, um Okay then I will tell you why I am here, and not in Egypt at the moment," said Thoth.

"We are listening to what you have to tell us," said Claire, looking at Thoth.

"Well, right now Egypt right now is not a safe place for the Egyptian gods and goddesses at the moment," said Thoth.

"Oh, I see. That is interesting to hear," I said.

"What are we going to do?" asked Daisy.

"I thought that we were looking for the door,'' I said.

"Oh yes that is right," said Daisy.

"Where is that door, then?" asked Jace.

'It is this way," said Claire. The group started to head to the door to the underworld.

"Are you sure that the door is here?" asked Sara.

"Yes, there is always a door in Greece," said Claire.

"I guess that makes sense," I said. As they walked.

"We need to come up with a plan, right?" asked Jace.

"Yes, but I do not know what to plan," said Daisy.

"You are the strategist of the group, right?" asked Sara

. "Well, yes, that is the case. All right, I will start to think," said Daisy. As she was thinking.

"Who is that?" asked Sara. Looking at a big black door. That was set into a wall. That was guarded by two giants.

"Is everything Okay out here?" asked Chris.

"Yes sir. We do not see anything that is out of the ordinary at all," said one of the giants.

"Carry on then," said Chris. As he left them.

"Do you see anything out of the ordinary?" asked one of the giants.

"I do not know what ordinary means?" asked the other giant.

"You are hopeless," said the first giant.

"What do you mean?" asked the second giant angrily.

"It is like the two guards are bickering with each other.

"I wonder why that is?" I asked.

"That is interesting to hear," said Daisy.

"Did you think of something to deal with this?" asked Jace.

"I think that we should see what happens. Then we attack them," said Daisy.

"That is the plan then," said Jace.

"Yes, that is the plan of attack," said Daisy.

"Then we wait then," said Sara.

"Brother, I am bored. There is nothing to do," said the other giant.

"Are there any brother giants in Greek mythology?" I asked.

"Yes, they are called The Aloadai," said Claire.

"Now we know what to do. Do we go and do the plan?" asked Jace.

"Yes, we start the plan as I told you," said Daisy. The group started to move.

"What was that noise?" asked one of the giants.

"It must be your imagination, brother. You have always been dimwitted," said the other giant.

"You want to fight?" asked the other giant.

"It looks like they are arguing with each other right now," said Claire.

"Yes, it does look like that is the case," I said.

"So we attack them right now?" Jace asked.

"Yes, we do attack right now," said Daisy. Drawing her swords and shield.

"Yes, we get to fight now," said Jace. The groups started to move.

"I see you," said one of the giants. As he raised a battle ax.

"Yes, let's do this," said the other giant.

"You are going down you two giants," said Jace. Swinging his sword at one of the giants.

Narrator: We started to struggle to take down the giants.

Chapter θ

A Talk with Hades

Oct 14th 1939

"This is tough. Hey Claire, back me up," I said.

"Yes. On my way," said Claire.

"Claire, what the heck are you doing here?" asked Chris.

"I am here on my score, so that is that," said Claire.

"Claire, let us go," I said.

"Yes, let us go," said Claire. They started to move towards one of the giants.

"They do seem very close to one another," said George.

"Yes, it does seem that is the case," said Daisy.

"What are you going to do about it?" asked Jace.

"I am not going to do anything. Okay, if that is the case," said Daisy. The group subdued the giants.

"That was a tough one," I said.

"Yes, that was a tough one. That said, what are we going to do right now?" asked Jace.

"What are we going to do, you ask? We are going to get that bolt back," said Sara.

"Yes, that is the plan. That said, where do we start to look?" asked Jace.

"That is a brilliant question. How about we start at the entrance and walk our way to the palace?" said Claire.

"Then let us start there," said Daisy. The group started to go to the entrance of the Greek underworld.

"So we are in. Where do we go from here?" asked Jace.

. "Just follow me and I will get us there," said Claire.

"We will follow your lead on this," said Daisy. As we walked towards the palace.

"Are you sure that this is the right direction?" asked Sara.

"Yes, that is the right direction," said Claire.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let us go," I said.

"Yes, then this way, please. Watch your step. It is a deep fall down there," said Claire.

"We will watch our step," said Daisy.

As we walked, we almost ran into more guards.

"Well, that was close. We almost got caught. We need to be careful," said Jace.

"Yes, that is the case. Well then, let us get a move on," said Daisy. As a group continued to move down the levels of Tartarus.

"Does that look like a palace?" asked Sara.

"Yes, that is the palace," said Claire.

"It is all black. Is that normal?" asked Daisy.

"Yes, that is normal. It is always like this," said Claire.

"That is interesting I guess," said Jace.

"Yes, it is interesting. Do you know where it might be?" said Daisy.

"Maybe. That said, my brother might be on high alert after what happened at the entrance," said Claire.

"Yeah, that would not be great at all," I said.

"What are we going to do?" asked Daisy.

"Follow me. There is a way to get into the palace," said Claire.

"We will," I said. The group followed Claire.

"Where is the bolt?" asked Daisy.

"It would be close to my father," said Claire. As they climbed the back of the palace.

"I see that is where it is. That said, we should prepare for anything," I said.

"Agreed we should do that," said Jace. As the group got to the first floor of the palace.

"What was that noise?" asked Chris. As he started to look around the palace.

"Everyone, get down and be quiet," said Claire. As she raised a finger to her lips.

"We will," said Daisy. As the group went to go and hide. Will still be able to see each other.

"Oh, come on out and let us play a little," said Chris. Looking around the first floor of the palace.

"I see then. I guess it is hidden, and I am the seeker then," said Chris.

"What do we do now?" asked Daisy. Looking in Chris's direction.

"That Daisy is a brilliant question," said Claire. As she moved a bit forward toward Chris. Then moving her hand in a keep-moving fashion to the rest of the group.

"Then let us keep moving then," said Jace. As he moved to another pillar.

"What was that movement?" asked Chris. Looking around to see what that was.

"Must be nothing. I will go back to the portal of the palace," said Chris. As he walked away.

"That was close. Do we continue?" asked Daisy.

"We need to get to the stairs," said Claire. Moving to go to the staircase.

"Then let us get a move on," said Daisy. Walking with Claire to the staircase. Everyone followed behind.

"Hercules, what do you see?" asked Chris.

"I do not know what you mean by that," said Hercules.

"Is there anything that is out of the ordinary?" asked Chris.

"Not that I see, so all is great," said Hercules.

"Then give me an update if you see anything Okay," said Chris.

"I will tell you if I see anything," said Hercules. Turning back to look at the surrounding area.

"Claire, who is that?" asked Daisy.

"That is Hercules. He guards the palace," said Claire.

"Is that the case?" said Daisy.

"Yes, what about it?" said Claire. The group eventually got to the top of the palace.

"I knew that there was someone or people in the palace," said Chris.

"Sir, I am sorry I did not see them at all," said Hercules. As he ran up to meet Chris.

"That is okay. You did your best," said Chris. Looking at the group.

"Did you think that I would let you walk around here without noticing?" said Chris?

"Then what do you want?" asked Daisy.

"I want you out of my picture. You have been a thorn in my side for a while now," said Chris.

"What do you mean?" asked Claire.

"Oh not much," said Chris. looking around at the group.

"If you are just talking, then that threat is nothing," said Daisy. "Oh, it is not a threat it is a warning. That said, if this palace I do not know blows up Hades will curse you forever," said Chris.

"Do you think that you would not be cursed?" asked Hades. As he walked up to the group.

"Father, what do you mean?" asked Chris.

"If you blow that up. I will toss you into Tartus," said Hades.

" But I am your son, right?" asked Chris.

"That is the case. That said, what did you do to my palace?" asked Hades.

"Nothing," said Chris. As he turned towards Hades.

"I do not believe that answer will come with me," said Hades. As he turned.

"Will you come with me to the throne room," said Hades. To the groups as he started to walk.

"Do we follow?" asked Daisy.

"I guess that we should go with," said Claire. The group started to move. Clang. Crash. A prison cell came crashing down to the ground.

"Ha ha ha. I hope you can not escape now," said Chris.

"Chris, what was that noise?" asked Hades.

"It was nothing. Father, let us go," said Chris. As he started to walk, when.

"That is not what I see. Why are they in a cell?" asked Hades.

"What do you mean they are prisoners now? We can feed them to the dog," said Chris. Hades turned to Chris.

"What did you just say? I told you to bring them to the throne room. I will deal with you later," said Hades.

"What I thought that is what you wanted," said Chris.

"No, it is not what I wanted. I wanted to talk to them. I can not do that without them, not in a cage," said Hades.

"I will let them out. I just thought that is what you wanted," said Chris.

"No, it is not what I wanted," said Hades. Chris let us out of the cages with I do not want to do this face.

"That was worrying. "I said.

"Yes, that is worrying," said Daisy. As the group walked toward the throne room.

"So this is the throne room of Hades," said Sara.

"Yes, this is the case," said Claire.

"What are we going to do here?" asked Daisy.

"Just pay attention to what my father needs to say," said Claire. As they looked up at Hades.

" First of all sorry for Chris's meddling," said Hades.

"Why are you sorry?" asked Claire.

"I am sorry because of Chris as I said. Furthermore, what do you want?" asked Hades.

"Well, if it is okay. I was wondering if the bolt is here?" asked Daisy.

"Oh, are you talking about Zeus's bolt?" asked Hades.

"Yes, that is what we are talking about. All that we know is that the bolt was taken," said Daisy.

"Oh, that is what you are wondering. Also sorry for getting you thrown out of camp," said Hades.

"That is okay with me. That said, what about the other thing?" asked Daisy.

"Oh. Here you go," said Hades. Handing Daisy the bolt.

"Thank you for talking to us," said Daisy.

"Yes, that was quite enjoyable," said Hades. As he prepared a portal back to camp.

"What is this for?" asked Daisy.

"To take you back," said Hades. As the last of the portal was put into place.

"Do we just step into the portal?" asked Sara.

"Yes you do," said Hades. As they stepped into the portal.

"Father, where are they going? What are they doing with the bolt?" asked Chris.

"They are going back to the camp. Also, I gave them the bolt," said Hades.

"That cannot stop them right now," said Chris. As he ran toward the portal. They disappeared into the air.

"Why did you let them get out of here?" asked Chris.

"I do not need to tell you why I am a god after all. As for your punishment, one hundred days is Tartus for you," said Hades.

"But that is not fair. You cannot do that to me," said Chris.

"I can and I will. Now leave me," said Hades. Chris bowed his head and left the throne room.

"It has been a while since Daisy, Henry, and the others left," said Ben.

"Yes, that is the case," said director Sid. Just as he said that a portal opened.

"What the heck is that noise? What is a portal from the underworld doing here?" asked Ben. Just as he said that.

"We are back with the bolt. What do you want to do with it now?" asked Jace.

' "What are you back already?" asked Ben.

"Yes, that is the case," said Daisy.

"Now that we are back I do not think it will take that much longer for Zeus to figure out where his bolt is," said Claire. Looking around the camp.

"It looks the same as when I left here," said Claire.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Daisy. Looking at the camp.

"Did more cabins get put in the camp?" asked Daisy.

"Yes, the minor gods and goddesses get a little recognition. Well, at least two as of right now," said director Sid.

"What minor god of goddess got to get into the camp?" asked Jace.

"Hebe Goddess of Youth and former Cupbearer of the Gods, and Nemesis Goddess of balance, retribution, revenge, and vengeance," said Director Sid.

"But why those two gods and goddesses?" asked Daisy.

"Your quest is not done quite yet. You still need to get it to Zeus," said director Sid.

"Where is Mount Olympus right now?" I asked. Who at that moment looked like he was ready for anything.

"It is in London right now. That said, the way to London is cut off at the moment," said director Sid.

"What or who is blocking the way to London at the moment?" asked Daisy. A Bit annoyed that they still need to do more.

"It looks like Ares is trying to stop you from getting to your goal. That said, even if you get to Olympus, that does not mean you can just go up there," said Chiron.

"What are you doing here? We thought that you might have died," said Jace. Confused as ever.

"Well, you need to train, right? "asked Chiron.

"Well, yes, that is the case. That said, that is not what we are talking about," said Daisy.

"Oh, I see. That makes sense," I said.

"What kind of training are we going to get from you, Chiron?" asked Sara.

"The practice will be combat training," said Chiron.

"Why is that? What if we are not good at combat?" asked George.

"That is a brilliant question, George. I will get to your question after I start ours on their training," said Chiron.

"Then for the time being can I go back to my cabin then?" asked George. George left for the Apollo cabin.

"Now that George is gone for the moment. Time to start your training," said Chiron.

"What are we going to do for the training?" asked Claire.

"That is a brilliant question, Claire. If you would follow me, I will show you what we are going to do," said Chiron. As he galloped to the training area.

"I guess that we will follow him then," said Daisy. As the group started to move toward the training grounds.

"What do you think Chiron wants to train us on?" asked Sara.

"I do not know. I would like to see for myself," said Daisy.

"True that Daisy. Let us see for ourselves what Chiron has in store for us," I said.

"I bet it is such hard training. Like can you balance on a pole and fight over attackers?" said Jace. Looking on at the battle area.

"You always think with your head don't you?" asked Sara.

"What? I just like to train and battle. What is wrong with that?" asked Jace.

"What is wrong is that you are going about it the wrong way," said Chiron.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"Follow me and I will show you what I mean," said Chiron. The group then followed Chiron to where he was trying to get them to go.

"What is this place?" I asked.

"A place to unlock your true potential. That said, can you? We will see," said director Sid.

"You do not need to scare them, Sid," said Chiron.

"True, but if they are comfortable they might die," said Sid.

"That is why I trained them when they were in Greece. That said, they were not facing a god," said Chiron.

"Then what are you going to train us in?" asked Jace. Getting a bit annoyed.

"Easy there Jace. I think he is getting to that point," said Daisy.

"I will ease up a bit and see what Chiron has to say," said Jace.

"Now that's settled. On to the matter at hand. Training to fight a god," said Chiron.

"What, we cannot do that!" Exclaimed Henry. As he started to get worried about what will happen next.

"This is why we are training. To make sure that we do not die," said Claire.

"That is right. As it stands right now, you will die if you are not trained correctly," said Chiron.

"I have a question: how many days do we have to train for?" asked Jace.

"That is a brilliant question, Jace. It just depends on what kind of training you are doing," said Chiron.

"That makes sense I think," I said. As he finally started to relax.

"Now that is out of the way. Let us see how we are going to start the training," said Chiron.

"I will split you up into groups," said Director Sid. As he looked around at the group of now five people.

"In the first group, it is Henry and Jace. Go to the arena and battle one another," said director Sid.

"You got it, director," said Jace. As he and Henry walked off to the arena.

"Now that they left the group, which is now for you two," said Chiron.

"What do you want us to do?" asked Daisy.

"What I want you to do is train Sara in strategies," said Chiron.

"I will do that," said Daisy. As both of them left the area.

"What about George? What do you do with him?" asked Chiron. look at Sid.

"Let us go and get him," said director Sid. Both of them left the area to go and see George.

"What do you want to do? Will we train?" I asked.

"That is a brilliant question," said Jace. As he struck his sword against Henry's shield.

"Hmm I guess we need to figure out what Chiron means by extra power," I said.

"I have an idea," said Jace. As he stepped back away from Henry.

" Do you want me to get the dummies set up?" I asked. As he ran around and got the dummies into the right places.

"What are you going to do with these Dummies?" I asked.

"You want to know what I am going to do?" asked Jace. As he pointed his sword at one of the dummies.

"Let us do this," said Jace. As he started to channel his lightning into his blade. It started to glow white.

"And let us do this," said Jace. As he struck one of the dummies, lighting surged around the dummy that was struck.

"Wow, that was amazing," I said.

"What was that noise?" asked Daisy and the others. As they ran into the arena.

"Oh, I was just trying out an unknown attack. Where is Henry?" asked Jace. Looking around the arena.

"I am right here," I said. Looking around at the group.

"Why are you behind the wall?" asked Daisy.

"The noise from the lightning scared me a bit. That is all," I said.

"Why did that scare you?" asked Sara. As she laughed.

"Hey if you were next to… Well, what happened would you get scared," I said.

"I guess you are right in saying that," said Sara.

"Now that we know what happened, what are we going to do? asked Chiron.

"I do not know, but it does look like Jace did level up," said director Sid.

"Still, we still need to level up as well," said Daisy. As she turned around and headed out.

"Sara, come on, let us go. We still need to train," said Daisy.

"I will follow you out of here," said Sara.

"Now that you have leveled up it is my turn now. That said, I do not know where to start," I said.

looking around the arena.

"How about inventing a useful item or two?" said Jace.

"Then let us see what I can think of," I said. Henry started to think of some items.

"Is there any parchment paper anywhere?" I asked.

"Yes, I think there is around the Hephaestus cabin I think," said Jace. As they left the arena.

"Do we go to the Hephaestus cabin? Let us go," I said. We went to the Hephaestus cabin.

. "What are you looking for here?" asked Jace. As he looked around the forge.

"Hey George, are you here?" I asked.

"Yes, I am in here," said George.

"I need some materials," I said. Looking at George.

"Let me see what we have around here and meet me at the forge," said George. As he started to pick up a black piece of parchment and other materials.

"We will meet you at the forge," I said. As they walked over to the forge.

"Looks like I have everything that I need. Now I just need to get over to the forge," said George.

"You got my interest. What are you going to make, and will it help us in the fight?" asked Jace.

"Be patient and wait for George to arrive," I said.

"But what if he does not show like that at all?" asked Jace.

"He will just need a little faith in him," I said. As he got a pencil ready.

"Sorry I was a bit late and needed to grab a few things," said George.

"That is Okay with me. What did you bring over here?" I asked.

"Some parchment and some materials. For you to use," said George. As he handed it to Henry.

"What are you going to do with this?" asked George. Looking at Henry with a curious look.

"Let me see if there is anything that I can think of," I said. As he grabbed a piece of parchment.

"Where is a pen or pencil?" I asked.

"Right here," said Jace. As he handed a pen to Henry.

"Thanks, Jace now, for what I was going to do," I said. As he started to sketch a design on the parchment.

"What are you planning to make?" asked Jace. As he looked on.

"Yes, I am curious as well," said George.

"You will see how this goes here, and that goes there," I said. As he drew on the parchment.

"I see the design of it. That said, what is the function of this?" asked George.

"Well, I am glad that you asked. The function is that when it gets hit by an attack, it has a chance to repel the attack," I said.

"That is insane. Let us see the design of this contraption," said George. As he was looking over the design of it.

"Let me see what the image is as well," said Jace. Looking at it. It was a gauntlet that the user can use to climb around with.

"This is interesting to see," said George.

"Do you think that it could be made?" I asked.

"Yes, I do believe so. I will see what I can do," said George. As he started to work on the item that Henry designed.

"Henry, what are you asking George to make you?" asked Daisy.

"You will see for yourself what he is making for me soon," I said.

"then we will wait and see what is going to be made," said Daisy. As she stepped back and watched what was going on. Hammers hit metal. Sparks flew around the forge.

"I see a gauntlet of some kind," said Daisy. Bit of a worried look on her face. That worry turned to aww as she saw the pieces of the gauntlet get put into its place.

"That is cool, but why do we need that?" asked Daisy.

"You do not know when you might need it," I said. As he put the gauntlet into his right hand.

"That looks amazing on you," said Claire.

"Thanks. That said, what did you train on?" I asked.

"Just controlling the dead that is all," said Claire.

"That makes a lot of sense that you would train in that. That said, we need a plan of attack. If we are going up against Ares, god of war," said Jace. Looking at Daisy and Sara.

"What are you looking at us for?" asked Daisy.

"As I just said we need the plan to go up against Ares," said Jace. I'm a bit annoyed now.

"Oh, right we do have a plan of attack if you want to hear it," said Sara.

"Yes, that is what I was trying to say, but someone was not listening," said Jace. As he looked at Daisy.

"Then this is the plan that Sara and I thought up," said Daisy.

"We are listening," said Claire.

"We all know that Ares is blocking the way to London at the moment. So we need scout to go and see what we are up against," said Daisy.

"That is the first part of the plan. The rest will be told after the scouts get back to camp," said Sara.

"That leaves who will be the scouts then," I said. Looking around the group.

"Does anyone want to go and scout the area?" I asked.

"No, not that I can see," said Daisy.

"Then I will go alone and see what the enemy is like," I said. As he set off alone.

"Do you think he will be alright?" asked Jace.

"No, I do not think he will be alright," said Daisy.

"Then why did you send him by yourself?" asked Sara.

"Well, I was not the only one not saying anything," said Dais."What if he dies?" asked Jace.

"Well, I did not think of that. Hey, where is Claire? I can not find her here," said Daisy. Looking around at the group.

"I saw her following Henry as he left," said George.

"What do you mean she left him?" asked Daisy. As she looked around.

"She did not want to leave him by himself. Hope that will not bite us in the but later on," said Jace.

"That is true. That said, we can not do anything about it at the moment," said George.

"Stop arguing with each other!" Yelled Chiron. Everyone stopped talking.

"Where are Henry and Claire?" asked Chiron.

"We told Henry to scout on his own. Claire just followed him, "said Daisy.

"I still need to talk to him and you did that!" Yelled Chiron.

"Sorry for that," said Daisy.

"If they die because of this it is on your Daisy," said Chiron. "What do you mean?" asked Daisy.

"I already sent out two people to scout that are more trained than I thought they were," said Chiron.

"When did you just do that?" asked Daisy.

"I did that ten minutes ago," said Chiron. Everyone looks at one another.

"Then I did not need to do that?" asked Daisy.

"No, you did not need to," said Chiron.

"We need to get Henry and Claire back here then," said Jace. The group started to move when.

"One second I am not done talking," said Chiron. Everyone stopped walking away.

"What do you want to talk to us about?" asked Daisy. "Will you follow me and I will show you," said Chiron. As he galloped away for the group.

"We will follow you," said Daisy. As the group ran after Chiron. "We are here. "said Chiron.

"So why are we the Oracle?" asked Jace out of breath.

"Well, that is a good question. One of you needs to go in and see what we need to do," said Chiron. The group of campers looked at each other.

"I will go in and see what the Oracle has for us to do. I only hope that we are in time to help out," said Daisy.

"You got this Daisy," said Jace. As Daisy walked into the big house.

"See you all soon," said Daisy.

"What do you think the Oracle will say?" asked Sara.

"What do you mean? What do I think?" asked Jace.

"What I think is that we need to wait and see what Daisy says after talking with the Oracle," said Sara.

"Oracle, are you in here?" asked Daisy.

"Come over here child," said the Oracle.

"You wanted to talk with me?" asked Daisy.

"Yes, as you know Ares is blocking your way. You need to get past it," said the Oracle.

"Thank you. "said Daisy. As she left.

"What did the Oracle say to you?" asked Jace. As Daisy walked out of the big house.

"She said to get past Ares. That said how," said Daisy. As she thought.

"What is it? What is wrong?" asked Sara with a concerned face.

"Well, it is this. If the plan works, as Claire told us either I or Henry will be locked in time," said Daisy.

"Why is that? Is it like a treat of some kind?" asked Jace.

"I think it was a warning or something," said Daisy.

"What a weird thing to say. Hmm, what to do about that?" said Chiron.

"Do you know what that means? Since I do not know what that means," said Jace.

"Let me think. Let me see, ah I know, but for this to work I think it would be BOREAS for the north wind," said Chiron.

"Boreas of the north wind, who is that?" asked Daisy.

"The Ice god, of course," said director Sid.

"Do you know why there is an ice god for the Greeks?" asked Jace.

"It is just how it is. That is all I can say on the matter," said Chiron.

"But where is the coldest? That is not the Antarctic," said Sara.

"New York is cold," said George.

"How do you know that?" asked Jace.

"I am from the colonies that is all," said George.

"Oh, is that right? That is interesting to hear. I wonder how long that colony is going to stay under British control," said Jace.

"Jace, that will be forever. The colonies will never be out of British control. "said Sara.

"I am not too sure. That said, I am not going to worry about it," said Jace.

"Now, to the matter at hand what to do about Ares? He is not someone that is to be trifled with," said Chiron.

"Then what are we going to do about him then?" asked Daisy. Just as she said that.

"We are back. We also ran across Meg and her dad I think," I said.

"What do you want to do, or have you already figured that out?" asked Claire.

"We have figured out what we need to do," said Daisy.

"Remember Daisy? Me and Claire were not there at all," I said.

"Oh yes that is right, my bad," said Daisy.

"The plan is this. It is a pincer attack between two groups. One group from the right and one from the left," said Chiron.

"What about the middle? They can just surround us and we would be done for," said Claire.

"Yes, I do see your point," said Chiron. As he thought.

"What do you think about Chiron?" asked Daisy.

"How to make sure that we do not get surrounded," said Chiron.

"That is a tricky thing to figure out," said Claire. As she started to think.

"How about this? What if we had a third group?" asked Daisy.