Well, I hadn't planned on making more than a few chapters but I changed my mind . BTW! I won't be able to work on this anymore until maybe Friday and if not, then sometime next week. The reason being, this week I have to go to camp, and on the weekend, I have a family reunion. I didn't really want to go so I asked my parents if I was adopted, but they just laughed at me. Anyway, here's the second chapter. I don't own anything.

Poseidon POV (A day later)

I was in my underwater palace talking to a few of my mermen. They were dismissed as soon as Hermes came over to me.

"Hey Poseidon, I've got some news and mail for you." Hermes said as he handed me a pile of envelopes. I sifted through them as he spoke. My head snapped up as soon as I heard my son's name.

"Could you repeat that?" I asked.

"I said that I had talked to the others that were with them and they told us what happened. Well, Nico knew the most about it because he's Death Breath's kid. Nico said that Annabeth was being pulled towards Tartarus and Percy grabbed her just in time." Hermes paused because I was starting to glow. He let me calm down and then continued. "Percy told him to get to the Doors of Death. Nico tried but couldn't talk him into anything else. He said that they'd meet him on the other side."

"Does Percy know that you have to close them on both sides in order for it to be effective?" I asked. I could hear my own heartbeat. "Does anybody else know this besides me?" I asked my voice raising a little. Hermes shook his head and said, "No but I would let the girl's mother know. And if you decide, you might want to make a trip to the mortal world to tell their other parents. I'm doing everything I can though. I haven't sat down in over two hundred hours. I'm not as much help as some others, but I'm making the Argo ll's path a little easier for the others. That's all I had. I guess I'll leave you to your thoughts." Hermes said and took off after I nodded.

I made up my mind. I teleported to Athena's palace and knocked on the door. A couple seconds later the door opened and Athena was standing in the doorway. I must've had a weird look on my face or something because she said, "What is it now? It's Apollo isn't it? You know, I told him I didn't want a song written about me…" She said as she walked off towards Apollo's palace. I called after her and she stopped.

"Then what is it?" She asked mildly concerned.

"It's about Percy and Annabeth." I said. That was enough for her to stop in midstride and flash us to her palace, inside.

"What about them?" She more like demanded than asked. I told her what Hermes told me and she put a hand over her mouth.

"He said that we might what to inform Percy's mom and stepdad and Annabeth's family too." I said. "We should do it as soon as possible." Athena agreed and sighed.

"Well, let's go ahead." She looked up at a clock. It was three thirty-two. "It'd be lunch time in California. Let's go there first and have something to eat while we discuss things with Fredrick and his family." She said.

I nodded and we teleported to the Chase household. We caught them just as they were headed out the front door. Who I'm guessing is Fredrick stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Athena. We walked up to them and Annabeth's stepmom was asking Fredrick what was wrong.

"Athena? We were uh just you know getting ready to leave. Is something wrong? Is it about Annabeth?" He asked. He caught on pretty quick as to why Athena was here. "So who's this?" He asked when he saw me behind her. He looked a little jealous. I chuckled quietly until Athena stuck her elbow in my ribs.

"No this is Poseidon. Perseus Jackson's father. We would like to talk to your family about Annabeth. We thought it would be easier to over lunch. Is that where you're headed?" Athena asked. Fredrick was still a little in awe that he was in the presence of two powerful gods, but when he heard Annabeth's name, he started to look worried.

"Wait. What happened to Annabeth?" He asked concerned.

"Percy and Annabeth are in Tartarus." Athena said. I don't think anyone else noticed it, but Athena's voice was a little shaky. I looked on at their expressions. The two boys didn't know what it meant to be in Tartarus, but the adults knew all too well.

"What?!" Annabeth's stepmom said. "Fredrick dear, let's talk over lunch okay. It seems like we have a lot to discuss."

We went to a restaurant and ate lunch. We talked about what happened to the best of our understanding. It would be an understatement if I said that they were worried for Annabeth and Percy. Apparently, they had met Percy once before, but they were mostly upset about Annabeth. We left with hugs and many promises that we would do everything in our power to help ensure their safety and make it out.

After we left, I realized we still had to tell Sally and Paul. I frowned at this. I knew that telling them was going to be worse than Annabeth's parents. Percy actually got along with his parents. I knew that Annabeth didn't really have the best support of being a Demigod from her family. We teleported to New York in front of the Empire State Building.

"Let's just take a cab there." I said. I looked over at Athena and she just nodded. She'd been pretty quiet when we were in California. "Hey." I nudged her with my shoulder playfully. "What's wrong Athena?" She looked over at me and sighed.

"That wasn't the man I fell in love with Poseidon. It didn't seem he cared very much." Athena said. Maybe it's different for women, but it seemed like he was pretty upset.

"Well, maybe he just has to get over the shock first and then he'll realize how bad it is." I said, but I don't think she bought it.

"Yeah, maybe." We took a cab to the apartment Sally lived in. I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

"Coming!" It was Sally walking to the door. The door swung open and Sally was in the doorway. No sound was coming out so I just said, "Hello Sally." I waved hello to her.

"Hi Poseidon. Come in." She said to us. You could tell she didn't expect to see me today. "Paul, sweetie, we have company." She yelled into the hallway.

"I'll be right out." I heard Paul yell back. Sally turned back to us. "So, who is this lovely lady?"

"Oh right! This is Athena. Goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. She is the one who that city's named after uh, Athens." I finished feeling proud of myself for remembering that. I gave a thumbs up to Athena and she just rolled her eyes at me.

"Well, there must be a reason you're here. How about we all sit down and talk?" She said. "And it's nice to meet you Athena. Annabeth looks so much like you." I felt Athena wince at her daughter's name. I put my hand on her shoulder and she looked up at me.

"They'll be okay." I whispered. Sally had already gone in the other room so she didn't hear me. For that I was relieved. Together we walked into the living room and sat down next to each other. Paul had come in and we explained who Athena was again and we got to the part I was dreading.

"We came here to talk about Percy and Annabeth, and where they've gone."