"I c-can't. I can't run anymore! Please. Enough." Nico pleaded, stopping with his hands on his knees. He was wheezing and probably three seconds from passing out. I wasn't surprised, Nico was probably the laziest person I knew. Even his motto was "With great power, comes great need to take a nap."

I had a lot more stamina than Nico, and even I was pretty tired. "Yeah, Grover. I'm sure we lost them."

"We can stop running, but keep walking." We obliged.

"Wh- Who were they? What was that? The sand-?" Nico panted out.

"There's no time to explain, right now. We need to get inside. Somewhere?"

"Do you even know where we're going?" I asked.

Grover's face turned slightly red," Truth or lie?"

"You don't even know where we're going!" Nico said, stopping in his tracks.

"Just stay here. I'll be back." Grover responded. He then sat cross legged on the ground. He closed his eyes and two seconds later he was gone. I couldn't believe my eyes. Grover had just merged into the ground. I looked at Nico. He looked at me. We looked at the ground. What the hell was going on? I don't know how long we sat there dumbfounded, but Grover came back and hopped up like he hadn't just become one with the dirt.

"There's a motel that way." He said easily, pointing north.

"You're not just gonna skip past that like it didn't happen!" Nico told him, pointing at the ground.

"Guys, please, come on. I'll explain once we're inside." He begged, giving us a pleading look.

"Fine." We listened to Grover and followed him until we reached the Peraz Motel. It looked shady, but it's not like we really had much of a choice right now.

"Now, explain." Nico demanded before Grover could even close our door room.

"Jeez, Nico, give me a sec." He locked the door and took a seat, letting out a sigh. "Okay, So, we're not normal."

"Obviously!" Nico retorted."

"What do you mean by we?" I questioned.

"Just let me explain before you guys say anything. I'm Grover Underwood, descendent of Gaea, an-"

"Gaea?"

"No interruptions, Nico!"

"Soorry."

"She was the earth goddess, so that's why I can do what I did with the sand and going into the ground. I was sent here in sixth grade by your fathers to protect you. Of course, they hoped you would never need it, but there was no guarantee." I had never even met my father, and Grover was telling me that he sent him to protect me. The same guy who I had fought multiple people for because he was being bullied. The same guy who was afraid of the dark and cramped spaces.

"Your fathers are Poseidon and Hade-."

"You're full of crap! This joke isn't funny, Grover." I interrupted.

"It's not a joke, Percy. Why would I joke about something like this?" I couldn't think of any reason to come up wit a joke as bad as this one,but it had to be.

"Greek gods don't exist." Grover looked at the sky like he expected me to be struck down.

"Be careful of what you say, Percy. They do exist. If they didn't, none of us would be here right now."

"Whatever."

"You're both extremely powerful demigods, and your dad's knew that. They knew eventually monsters and enemies would come for you, and with everything going on right now, they wouldn't be able to protect you. That's why they sent me, to help you when and if the time came where you were targeted."

"So, you've been lying and pretending to be our friend for 6 years?" Nico asked, looking beyond hurt.

"No! I am your friend. You guys are my best friends, the reason I'm around doesn't change that. I'm your friend and your protector."

"Why wait? Why are you just telling us about this now, if you knew all along?" Grover had better had good answers for this.

"Once you know, that's when the monsters start coming. It was better to keep you in the dark. Your mom never wanted you to know, Percy. And Nico, Bianca knew, but s-."

"Don't talk about her." Nico's sister had passed away in a car accident a few years ago. Nico never liked to talk about it.

"So, now what? We're just supposed to give up our lives and go on the run?"

"No. We're gonna go to Camp Half-Blood." We didn't have time to question him and ask what the hell camp half blood was as we heard a high pitched scream outside. With the way this day was going, I knew there wasn't going to be anything good out there. Let's just say, if I had bet a million dollars on that statement, I'd have a million dollars.