(Animosus)
We followed Percy back down the hill towards the big blue house in the middle of the valley. On the way, Leo gave us the V.I.P tour of the camp.
"Over there the monster stocked woods," Leo pointed towards a dense forest. "And over there, the cabins for every god. Major, minor, Greek, Roman, you name it, we've got it! I personally think that the-"
"Leo," Percy said. "Please shut up before they kill you."
I glanced over at Nota to see that she was glancing around at the people surrounding us. We have certain powers that made us more qualified for this job than others. Nota had the ability to sense magical items and powers. I could tell she was doing this now. Whoever was the spy was probably communicating by magical means, to escape detection.
I unstrapped Nightsoul from my belt and held it out in front of me.
"What are you doing?" Frank asked.
I let go of the sword and it disappeared. Nota did the same with Angeldeath.
"Stowing our swords in the Void," Nota explained. "When we need them again…"
Nota temporally was a blur and ended up behind Frank, making his stop suddenly because Angeldeath appeared in front of his face.
Frank gulped. "Cool."
The others were looking at this demonstration with various degrees of awe. Leo's was the most dumbstruck.
"Powerful and mysterious, my kind of girl," Leo smiled.
He swaggered over and tried to put his arm around Nota's shoulders, but she stepped away just in time so that he stumbled sideways.
"Don't touch me," she said. "Or ever make a move on me again."
"Chiron!" Percy called as we reached the front porch of the house.
A bearded man in a wheelchair rolled down a ramp from the front door, and stopped right in front of Nota and I. "Yes Percy?"
Percy gestured towards us. "These, uh, helpers that the gods sent are here."
"Ah!" Chiron exclaimed. "I've been awaiting your arrival."
"So you knew they were coming?" Hazel asked.
"Well of course, dear Hazel," Chiron smiled. "Didn't I tell you?"
"No," all eight of them chorused.
I smirked. These awful excuses for fighters were oblivious.
Ask him what year it is, Nota spoke in my mind.
Why don't you do it?
Because you are older sounding then I am. It will make a seemingly stupid question more legitimate.
Fine.
I bowed low to Chiron and Nota followed my example. His eyebrows rose slightly, but he didn't question us.
"Please," I said as I straightened. "Could you tell us what year it is?"
"Well of course!" he said. "It is the year 2012."
I managed to keep my face straight. "That's not possible."
"How so?" Chiron asked, puzzled. "I assure you, my boy, it is quite possible."
"That must mean that you must be 19 now Percy," Nota announced.
"How did you-?" Percy frowned. "Do I know you?"
"No," I replied.
What have we gotten ourselves into? I asked Nota.
She looked around at the gathered people. I don't know. Shall we go find out?
We joined hands and teleported to our master so we could yell at him for not telling us what taking this job entailed.