Three Years Before: Half Blood Hill

Chiron observed the camp below him, summer was about to begin so the land was going to be filled with heroes.

"Chiron!" A new protector called out.

He turned toward the sound and saw a young satyr rushing toward him.

"What is it?"

"There is a new girl, and you are NOT gonna want to miss this."

"Then bring her here, but if you can't see, I am a little busy preparing for the beginning of summer."

"I... Can't" The satyr muttered.

"What?" Chiron asked, shocked.

"Chiron, she can't get through the barrier."

Present Day: Rome, Italy

Two girls laid on their stomachs on the roof of a tourist trap restaurant. One had a small build with pale skin, mousy brown hair, and beady but clever eyes. The other was tall and lean, her hair was golden and so was her skin. Her eyes as well were like molten gold, and that was what made everyone she met uneasy

"Remind me why I let you drag me across an ocean just to stalk an ordinary vanilla middle-class family." Alyssa asked.

"Because, you were alone and now you're not. So your stuck with me for a while kid." Cahira explained, keeping her sight pinned on the boy in front of her.

"Okay, I know you want to find the other two of the Big Three, but this is nuts. This kid is like 12." Alyssa complained.

"But he looks nothing like either of his parents, which means he's adopted. But what bothers me is that he looks like a perfect mix John Phillips and Elena Hardman. A pair of breeders for this experiment, and they were known to have particularly powerful genetics." Cahira explained

"Okay, but get this. That kid was probably put into the system once the organization fell, so ten years ago. If you consider body-language, things still look pretty new to them. So I'd leave it alone. Especially because they look happy. Don't take away that poor boy's happy and NORMAL life just so you can feel better about your journey to find the other Big Three." Alyssa groaned.

Cahira frowned and turned back to the boy, but he was gone.

"Are you kidding me?" Cahira asked. "I have been tracking this kid for days. And you distracted me so he could get away?"

"Look, you're obsessed with this. But you need to let it go. You're never gonna find them. The organization placed each of you as far as humanly possible. They don't want you to find each other, so you won't. So can we please go back to our own continent."

"How did you know that?" Cahira asked.

"Know what?" Alyssa stuttered.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. How did you know about the organizations plan for us. The Big Three?"

"I was just talking, trying to get you to come down from your near destructive life-ruining tirade on that little boy."

Cahira grimaced, flames were dancing in her eyes. She rolled her neck and tried to calm the fire that was licking down her spine. She looked at Alyssa.

"You're right. I'm sorry." Cahira muttered.

Alyssa nodded and then stood up, she stretched out and then sighed.

"Let's go and get some food. I'm starving."

Cahira moaned in agreement and stood. She surveyed the streets for a moment then a frown crossed her face. She looked at Alyssa who was playing with her hair.

"No. Let's go home, find a flight." Cahira muttered and walked toward the ladder that connected the street and the rooftop.

"Sweet, you go down the ladder and I'll follow." Alyssa waved her hand.

Cahira seemed uncertain but she went down the ladder anyway. As soon as she was out of sight Alyssa pulled a phone out of her pocket. She dialed a number and heard a female voice answer.

"Hey, I've found another. She's the fifth person in the past three years. I don't think this is a strange coincidence. Annabeth she's my third. She has powers, like Leo Valdez powers. I'm bringing her back to Camp." Alyssa whispered into the phone.

"What do you mean Valdez powers?" Annabeth's voice was calculating.

"Like this chick has insane power. She's a a fire kid. She says there are two more like her. I think we already know who the first one is."

Three Years Before: Half Blood Hill

Chiron looked at the girl at the gate, she had skin as black as night, her hair was darker than a void and reached out toward the sky, but her eyes were as bright as stars. The grass at her feet was dead and darkness was seeping from her fingertips.

"Why don't you come through the barrier child?" Chiron asked.

"I can't." She cried, tears of light running down her face.

Chiron looked at her strangely, she stared right back him with pain in her eyes.

"I need you to help me, and if you can't. I need you to kill me."