Chiron's POV

"Percy!" I shouted. I saw Percy look up, startled.

"Hmm?" he said looking for the person who had said his name.

"Percy, we need you back at camp... immediately." I turned and saw three pairs of eyes looking at me expectantly, as if saying Hurry up would you!

"Is he there?" Nico asked.

"Yes, but keep quiet, I'm trying to talk." I turned back to Percy seeing him looking at me in confusion.

"Wait, why? I'm starting school in about a month, and who were you talking to? " Percy asked. He was trying to look past me, but Nico and the others were out of sight.

"Percy, I need you to come to camp immediately, it's about the Labyrinth."

"Oh..." I saw Percy's shoulders droop, I knew he didn't want to hear anything to do with the Labyrinth. "Is something wrong?" he asked "I thought the Labyrinth died when Quintus died."

"One would have thought that" I stopped, should I tell him or should I wait... I decided that it could wait. "We really need you here Percy. Go to the Big House when you arrive at camp."

Before Percy could say anything, I cut the message off. I didn't want him asking any questions that would make him not want to come. I turned to Nico and saw him looking at where Percy had just been.

"Do you think he'll agree to go with?" asked Nico.

"I hope so. We'll need his experience with the Labyrinth..." I paused, unsure of what to say next, when Annabeth interrupted.

"What about my experience? I've been in the Labyrinth too."

"I know Annabeth, but what if something were to happen to you or Nico, what do you think would happen to Thalia?"

"Plus, I only went in the Labyrinth for a short time," added Nico.

"I suppose... but, you know... the more people who go in the maze, the more likely they'll get lost. We started out with four of us, but we eventually split up."

"I know Annabeth, I know."

Percy's POV

When I arrived at camp, everything seemed normal. Every person at camp, which wasn't that many, was doing their normal tasks, archery practice, sword fighting, you know the usual. But one person that I didn't see was Annabeth. She told me that she would be staying with Chiron until his legs healed, but surely they wouldn't heal that fast. But then again he was a Centaur, so who knows how long it takes for their legs to heal. I wasn't going to sit there and think about it and decided that I should probably meet Chiron at the Big House since he said I had to be there immediately about three times in the iris message.

Inside the Big House I spotted Chiron right away. He was sitting behind a table in his motorized wheel chair. Okay I thought, his legs haven't healed yet, or maybe he didn't feel like walking... darn ADHD, always getting me distracted. I then noticed Annabeth sitting next to Chiron. She had a look that suggested that she was frustrated. Then again she looked frustrated most of the time anyway. But of course I wouldn't tell that to her face.

Next to Annabeth was Nico. I was pretty surprised to see him there. We had only seen each other a few days ago, when he told me about his plan, so I didn't think he would be here since he said he didn't feel welcome at Camp Half Blood. He was looking at me expectantly, like he was waiting for an answer to a question I hadn't been asked. I then finally noticed the person sitting next to him.

"Th-Thalia?" I stuttered. I hadn't seen her in a long time, after she went with Artemis and her Huntresses.

"Hey Percy! Get your butt over here and sit by me!" She tapped the chair next to her. So I sat down next to her. She looked genuinely happy to see me. She was about to say something else when Nico interrupted.

"Um, can we hurry up already?" He looked up at Chiron when he said this. Nice to see you too, Nico, I thought. I was gonna make a sarcastic statement when Chiron started talking.

"Sorry to bring you back here so early, but this is important. As I told you in our conversation, the Labyrinth has been... acting up."

I looked at him, confused. What did he mean, when he said acting up? Nico obviously saw my confused expression, and decided to shed some light on the situation.

"Percy, when Chiron says that the Labyrinth has been acting up, he means that it's up and running again," he paused waiting to see what I thought of this new information. When I didn't say anything, he continued, " Anyway Hades told me that he finally had received Daedalus's soul. He decided that he would send someone to check and see if the Labyrinth was gone. He decided to choose me. So I went and to my surprise, the Labyrinth was still moving along as if Daedalus was still alive." Nico stopped and looked at Chiron. Before anyone could say anything else, I decided to ask.

"Why is the Labyrinth-"

"Alive?" Nico interrupted, "That's what we need to talk to you about. Chiron?" Chiron looked reluctant to talk about the subject, but he went ahead anyway.

"Percy, we decided that we would probably-"

"He means definitely," said Thalia, making me jump. I forgot she was standing there, she'd been so quiet the whole time.

"Yes Thalia, I suppose you could say definitely. But anyway, we are going to have Thalia, Nico, Annabeth, and-"

"And you!" Thalia said happily.

"Me? But-"

"I know Percy, the Labyrinth isn't the most... ideal place to go into again, but we really need you in this quest." Chiron looked at me hoping that I would give him an answer right then and there, but...

Nico's POV

I could tell Percy wasn't very happy to hear that he would need to go into the Labyrinth again. I mean if you saw what happened to Chris Rodriguez, I'm pretty sure you would hesitate going into the Labyrinth too. I know that Dionysus cured Chris, but Percy isn't very high on his "I Like You" list.

I looked up at Percy, he had a look of... terror? I couldn't tell. His eyes were wide, and it looked like he was staring off into space. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then closed it. He started bouncing his leg and tapping his fingers on the table in front of him. I was kind of concerned for Percy. I'd never seen him do any of that before.

I started thinking about how Percy had reacted when he got back from the Labyrinth the last time, but I couldn't think of anything he had done when he got back. He wasn't anxious, or for any matter crazy, but that didn't mean he wasn't hiding something inside. I decided that I was going to ask him if everything was alright, but before I could say anything, he bolted out of the Big House and kept running.

"Is he alright?" asked Thalia.

"I don't know..." Chiron paused. "Annabeth, has Percy acted... different lately?"

"Not that I've noticed... well... never mind."

"Annabeth, what is it?" asked Chiron sternly.

"Well, he had said he'd been having nightmares but..." she looked puzzled.

"Do you think the nightmares have something to do with the Labyrinth?" I asked. I knew that the Labyrinth caused rather noticeable changes in behavior, but what if it caused Percy to have strange dreams instead...

"Annabeth, has Percy told you about any of his dreams?" said Chiron, interrupting my thoughts.

"Well, no. He just said that they have been..."

"Been what Annabeth, what have they been about?" Chiron asked hastily.

I could tell Annabeth was thinking hard. She was probably trying to decipher what Percy's dreams might mean.

"About... being killed..." she paused "In the Labyrinth."