A/N: Yes, another oneshot from yours truly. I'll get to Heavens Fall and What She Left Behind eventually. But anyway, enjoy!

*pause* David…

David: *gulps at the frying pan coming his way* We do not own this wonderful series! Please don't hit me!

-Beth (and David) M

~LINE BREAK OF AWESOMENESS~

It was breakfast of July 2nd and everyone was talking about the attack they expected to come that day or the next.

At least, until the Iris Message came.

Chiron stood at the head table, thinking that this might be the last time he saw everyone in one piece, in one place, calming doing everyday activities instead of fighting for their lives.

Chiron called for quiet when he saw the Iris Message forming just a few feet to his right. A short, Latino boy appeared, fiddling with his clothes. "Guys?" he called. "Get in here!" It's on!"

A small group of kids and an adult crowded into view. Piper, Jason, Coach Hedge, Nico- everyone cheered when they saw Nico was safe- and two kids Chiron didn't recognize. But no, Chiron noticed with a sinking feeling, Percy or Annabeth.

Leo started. "Um… hi. We've got bad news. But I think I should introduce Frank and Hazel first…"

The tall, beefy boy stepped forward. "Frank Zhang, son of Mars." He gestured at the dark-skinned girl. "And Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto."

Everyone said hi.

"Where're Percy and Annabeth?" Travis Stoll demanded.

"Um… that's the bad news." Leo looked down in shame. "Percy and Annabeth… fell into Tartarus."

He said the last part quietly, but all of the campers heard it. They burst into worried mutters, all wondering the same thing: how the quest could survive without them, and how even the two greatest heroes ever born could survive that bottomless pit.

Fortunately, Hazel took over. "They're not dead, or Nico and I would be able to feel it." She then described everything that had happened the day before, with help from the others- rescuing Nico, saving the Athena Parthenos, the hypogeum, the fall. "If we can make it to Epirus and they survive long enough to find the Doors of Death, we may have a chance," she said quietly. "Until then… Who knows what's going to happen?"

~LINE BREAK OF AWESOMENESS~

Beth: Okay, so I've been working on this for months. I may add more, but I'm bored and have stuff to do, never a good combination. Bye.

-Beth M