Percy probably didn't want me coming over but he used to be my best friend and I just wanted to see how his life went. So, I was standing outside the familiar apartment door waiting for someone to respond to my knock.

He opened the door. Percy in all his black haired, green eyed, demigodly glory. He gave me a crooked smile. "Hey, perfect timing. I just got Marina to sleep."

In no time I found myself sitting at a table across from my best friend and eating cookies. "So what's been going on with you these past years?" He asked in a friendly story.

I quickly swallowed the bite. "Um, well I've become one of the top architects in the country."

Percy laughed a true laugh. "Of course you did wise girl. No way you don't reach your goals, after all Athena always has a plan."

I smiled at him. "Sadly that's about it. What about you? What's been happening after I left?"

"There was another war." Percy told me solemnly. "Gaia started to rise and we had to go out to Greece to put her and her giants back to sleep." My mouth hung open. "That's how I really got to know Charlie. After the war I started setting up our own miny Greece." He smiled at me.

I just stared at him. "Miny Greece?"

"Ya, well no, it's nothing like Greece but I went to the gods and got them to give me approval to set up our own little city where demigods can grow up, get jobs and raise a family. Let me tell you it was hard. I had to buy all this property from all these people but once I got it, the gods put up a border to protect it from monsters and mortals."

"Where'd you get the money?" I asked, demigods really never had much money.

Percy laughed. "Oh I did about a thousand fundraisers. There was a contest between the cabins to see how much money each could bring in, of course to make it fair we divided the amount for each person so if one cabin only had one person but got more money then the average of a cabin with eight people they would beat that cabin."

I smiled at him, "Smart and it included math."

"Ya, another good one was with the gods, 'how much is your child worth?' It was one of the times they could finally show that they do love their children without directly interfering. We encouraged them to give a dollar for each demigod child they have ever had. Any extra was nice."

I snorted. "Ya, I'm sure that one made you a lot of money." Percy just laughed. "So what's this place called?"

"Equally hidden, we all just call it Zone though." He said, it was a strange name for a city but it made sense. "We don't have a lot of adult demigods and even less who are educated so most people go outside of Zone for work but that's to be expected with a brand new system."

I smiled, "What about currency, drachma or mortal money?"

He smiled. "There's a bank there, one of your siblings run it. To buy something in Zone you use drachma but the bank does an exchange so you know." I nodded. "I'm not telling you anything else though. If you want to learn more about it you have to go there. It's in Virginia, follow your gut and you'll find it."

I huffed and folded my arms, "Fine, what about you? What's your job?"

"I'm a deep sea diver of course. I go treasure hunting around wrecked ships, got my license and everything."

"And little Marina?" I asked in a soft tone.

Percy calmed down as he started thinking about her and his- wife? "Charlie and I got married when we were nineteen." He told me. "Marina came a year later. Everything was going perfect until one day she decided she needed something outside of zone, she never told me what. She was hit by some kid who decided to take a joy ride."

"I'm sorry." I told him, he didn't show any emotion but I knew that meant he hurt worse then anyone could comprehend.

"We're surrounded by family, we don't have monsters attacking at every special occasion and I still have my daughter." He replied. "Charlie would have wanted me to be happy and I am, we'll see her in elysium." I nodded.

"I had better get going." I told him. "I've got my first day of work out here tomorrow."

Percy smiled as he walked me towards the door. "Good luck." he told me before closing it behind me."