Chapter 1

It had started as a just a regular mission for the four demigods, Percy had been given orders from Chiron directly to take this mission. Apparently, it must have been important because both Camp Jupiter and Camp Half – Blood had sent their best heroes. (Although in Percy's opinion Nico belonged to Camp Half Blood). They'd not been told who they were looking for, only a few things. Percy remembered talking to Chiron, who for a three-thousand-year-old centaur, still looked older that day like he was signing a death warrant.

"Percy we've been given a mission, Straight from Zeus," Chiron said. He had insisted on joining him to hear Rachael's prophecy, which told Percy all he needed to know about this mission, and more importantly their chance of succeeding.

"Straight from Zeus, Sounds important. It's not to do with Gaia or Kronos, is it? Cause at this point I've killed them so much it's beyond funny," Percy said. He regretted sounding so nonchalant when Chiron gave him the "I'm still a teacher, whether it be Latin or sword fighting" look.

"You'd do well to not act so careless in regards to the gods. It has been, needless to say, a while since Zeus himself has requested not only Camp Half – Blood's help but Jupiter's as well," Chiron pointed out.

"OK, I get it, super serious mode activated. What's the mission Chiron?" Percy said, whilst trying to behave.

See to Percy it was ironic that his first year at camp all the gods hated him and blamed him for the master bolt's theft, but now all of them use him as their personal hero. "Hey Percy, can you take this deadly weapon to Hephaestus for reforging?", "Hey Percy, Can you go clean up San Francisco river for me?" Whilst the change was nice it seemed he spent more time on meaningless quests than actually enjoying camp and his friend's company.

"The gods have become aware of a group of adults, who have…abilities," Chiron started, avoiding Percy's eyes like he did when he told him Ms. Dodds wasn't real or that he'd never seen any Furies.

"What are you leaving out Chiron?" Percy asked, noticing the centaur's avoidance of him.

"These particular demi-gods don't seem to have any abilities matching the gods of Rome or Greek. Yet they've not been claimed at all. Zeus believes that left unchecked or unclaimed that they may become part of a new revolution to overthrow the gods, in a biblical sense of course. Nonetheless, Zeus has requested you and three other champions go to these demigods and judge them for yourself If possible maybe find out who their godly parent is. Then report back to us," Chiron told him.

"You're leaving something out Chiron, You're doing that thing where you think by hiding something you're doing us a favour. What aren't you telling us Chiron?" Percy said trying to muster all the power he could in the words, but you try confronting a centaur who's trained thousands of heroes for three thousand years.

"The location of these demigods. It's where neither the Greek nor Roman gods will have much power. For this mission, you'd have to go to Japan. Your powers would be duller and you wouldn't be able to call for the help of Poseidon, You'd even have to use a phone as even Iris can't deliver messages there," Chiron explained, pulling the teacher look on Percy.

"Great so just to be clear the mission is to go to a land where the gods have little to no power, Check out some adult, unchecked demigods with unfamiliar powers, and I can take three people with me to do this on a, presumably short, time limit?" Percy mocked. He was struggling to control his anger, all Summer he'd been given nothing but rubbish quests and now he finally got a good one it was a near impossible suicide mission. He really felt like walking down to the training dummies and giving a lightning bolt and just slashing a few. Knowing his luck Zeus would turn him into a shrimp.

"Yes, you'd be correct. You would have to do it by the Winter Solstice, just nine days from now. By then the gods will be notably weaker and after that may not even be able to stop an attempt to overthrow Olympus," Chiron hesitates.

Percy knows he hates the role of the quest giver. Every time a demigod fails or dies, Chiron goes into a rather heavy drinking stage, resembling more a party pony than a three-thousand-year-old teacher. It's not his fault, after all, it's the gods and their stupid 'intervening' rule which restrict them from essentially doing any of their own quests in the mortal realm.

"Chiron don't worry, we'll get it down. Besides nine days is plenty of time to scout some powerful demigods, right? So when do we leave for the quest?" Percy questioned.

"Well actually…" Chiron looks at his pocket watch he keeps attached to his vest, (Which Percy still finds weird) "It's about time now actually, you must gather your things and head West at once. We've arranged a boat for you to travel oversea to get there quickest," Chiron told him whilst looking the slightest bit amused.

"Thanks, Chiron. I guess we'll see you in nine days right? Hopefully with some more 'recruits'," Percy tells him trying to give the old centaur a reassuring pat on the back as he heads towards his cabin.

That's how he ended up stuck in a foreign country with Carter, Nico, and Jason. It struck him as weird that after only meeting a few times Percy knew that Carter was immensely powerful. You see unlike most campers at Jupiter or Half-Blood, Carter doesn't come from a godly parent.

Instead, he is a descendant of the most powerful wizards of all time. He also gets the ability to summon Horus, basically making him a better fighter than Percy and immortal for a brief time and take it from him, Carter becomes a true god among men. Percy fondly recalls the first time they'd met and Carter all but kicked his ass.*

"Hey Perce, where exactly are we going?" Asked Nico as he frantically searched for some Yen to pay for the coffee. Carter had managed to order in near-fluent Japanese. He must have a firm teaching program in Egypt. "I mean not that I'm not all for aimlessly wandering about until we find the demi-,"Nico's sentence was cut short by the sound of yelling and gunfire.

"Any chance that's our demigods causing some mischief?" Asked Jason. He looked at Percy as if confirming what they already knew. The four of them drew their weapons and charged towards the alleyway.

*Editor's Note: I know when Carter and Percy meet in Son Of Sobek, Percy absolutely wrecks him but for the purpose of this fic (And my general Opinion) Carter was made to be too weak when he should have been so much stronger. So Percy still is as powerful as ever just so is Carter.