*I'm really digging you fanfiction people right now! Please comment and favorite. I love you guys so much. I'm gonna be switching POV's, and I think next chapters gonna be Annabeth. I don't want to do three chapters each like Rick Riordan because I get bored with that characters POV as I go along. So, I really hope you like it. I'm so excited about this story coming out and this is the only thing that's keeping me. Hope you love it!*

Percy

Percy stood on the ship without any idea how he'd gotten there. After running out on Reyna, Percy had sprinted to the forum and climbed onto the deck. They didn't even have guards around the perimeter of the ship, so it was pretty simple. However, there was something going on. Now, Percy figured that the scream he'd heard didn't have anything to do with the Mercury cabin.

Sure enough, there were no signs of struggle but the ship didn't seemed to have been abandoned either. Everything was pretty much where they'd left it. It was strange seeing it all there, like ghosts from his past.

There were Annabeth's maps, with her perfect handwriting, and Percy could smell her perfume… but something wasn't right. Her knife was lying on the floor, right next to Thalia's bow and quiver. They would never leave the ship without them, Percy was sure.

Then he heard it, a groan from the other end of the ship that told Percy something was up. Very slowly he walked into the next room, his sword held aloft ahead of him.

A boy laid tied to the bed. His black curly hair was matted with blood and his hands were tied behind him.

Percy recognized him at once. The boy from the video! He may have been a mess but he still was obviously that kid… what had he said his name was? Leo. That was it. Percy stared at him. He didn't know what to do. Annabeth had told him a while back that when someone had a head injury the smartest thing to do was just leave them alone and call the paramedics. But Percy wasn't smart, he didn't have a cell phone and he needed to figure out what had happened. So he shook his shoulder… just a little bit.

That's all it took. Leo sat upright as fast as he could and then his head fell back against the pillows.

"Ow."
"Sorry."
Leo opened his eyes, just a tiny bit, and squinted up at Percy, "Are you gonna beat me up because I'm seriously seeing a pattern in my life."

Percy smiled, "No. I just want to know what happened. You're not Roman are you?"

Leo raised his eyebrows and struggled to sit up, "Nope. The moment we got out on deck, those idiots from wherever you're from came and practically killed everyone. They beat us down and dragged everybody away. I don't know why the heck they left me."

"Guess they thought you weren't much of a threat."

Leo rolled his eyes, "Thanks."

"Don't mention it," Percy stopped for a moment, "So where are you saying they are?"

"I don't know. In prison maybe? Do you guys have a prison? Or a dungeon maybe? That would be so sick! I mean seriously, if I had to be trapped anywhere it'd be in a dungeon. With some kind of jolly guards who are really dopey and if I sing to them they fall asleep and…"
Percy wasn't listening. Reyna. Reyna had done this. She and Octavian had teamed up behind his back to 'practically kill' his friends and put them away.

"… I bet then the princess would even give me cake."

Percy blinked, "What?"

Leo shook his head as if he hadn't even realized what he'd been saying, "Nothing."

Then he paused, "Wait a minute… are you Percy Jackson?"
Percy nodded and brushed his hair out of his eyes.

Leo shook his head, "Man, dude, Annabeth sure was freaking out about you."

"What are you talking about?"
"She was like searching for you everywhere. We were all pretty sure that you were dead. How can one man not be found when practically the whole country is out looking for him? You're good at hiding, dude."

Percy smiled, "It's my thing… and you say dude a lot."

Leo raised his eyebrows, "Dude, you're ADHD."

"Oh, sure, I've got it bad. Mind telling me the story about the dungeons and the cake?"

Leo couldn't help but laugh at that and then suddenly he realized his situation, "Can you cut these ropes off me please?"

Percy sliced through them with his sword like it was nothing and then picked up Annabeth's knife and Thalia's bow.

"We've got to bring these if we're gonna bust them out."

"Bust them out? They're in a camp guarded by like 200 Romans. And we're only two people."

"So 100 for each of us. All in a days work."

"You're insane."

Percy smiled, "I know."