"You think the same person who spoke to Athena about you and Percy is the same person who stole the Golden Fleece?" Leo asked.

"Yes, I do. I don't think that this is just a mere coincidence." I answered. "Now, I'll need to create a list of campers and a list telling everyone who guards the camp at what time."

I worked for about 30 minutes and soon both lists were done. I needed the first list with the names of all the campers to create the second one. After that, I sat in the Big House lounge with my friends. I noticed something out of the corner of my eye.

"Piper, where did you get that ring?" I asked.

"Oh, this?" she said, referring to the gold band with a pink diamond on it. "It's an engagement ring. Jason proposed to me. I meant to tell you this earlier, but then there was this whole Athena vs Percy duel, the Golden Fleece being stolen and everything else."

"Is anyone else engaged?" I asked.

"Nope." Leo said. Calypso nodded in agreement with him.

"I haven't found a ring yet." Frank said. "At this rate, Hazel will find a ring and purpose to me before I get the chance to."

Hazel chuckled. "What makes you say that?"

"Well, Miss Metal Detector, with your power over earth and summoning precious metals, I'm sure you could find a ring easily." Calypso answered.

"I guess you have a point there." she replied.

"I know you guys aren't married, but, did Percy ever propose to you?" Jason asked.

"Sadly, no." I answered. "Things don't look good. Percy's about to be killed and there's nothing I can do to help him."

"You can't give up, Annabeth. There's got to be a way." Calypso said.

"But how?" I asked.

Then Frank walked in, carrying in a few items.

"I found these in the Lake." he said.

He had an arrow and the silver stopwatch I recalled seeing on that night. I looked at the clock on the watch. It had Roman Numerals on it.

"That stopwatch looks familiar." I said, holding it in my hands. Suddenly I felt a strong cold chill.

"Is something wrong?" Piper asks.

"I think there's some kind of negative energy infused into the stopwatch." I said.

"Let me see it." Hazel said, taking the stopwatch from me. "You're right."

"And what about the arrow?" Leo asked.

"It looks like an arrow similar to what the Hunters of Artemis use." Jason said.

"Hunters of Artemis? But they're supposed to be the good guys! Loyal to their Lady until the end of their days!" Leo exclaimed.

"Perhaps Thalia might be able to shed some light on the situation." I suggested.

Jason created a rainbow from a prism of light and tossed a Golden drachma. "Oh Fleecy, do me a solid. Show me Thalia Grace." he said.

The image of Thalia appeared. She had been sleeping alone in a tent. She was sleeping on her left side so we couldn't see her face.

"Thalia? Are you awake?" Piper asked in a soft voice.

"Partially, yes." she answered. She turned her face to us. "Hello Jason and others. So what's new?"

"We found this arrow in Lake Half-Blood." Frank said, showing it to Thalia. "Do you know anything about it?"

"Hmm. I have never seen that particular arrow before." she said.

"Thalia, we're... Oh, I didn't realize you were speaking to your brother or your friends." Artemis said.

Artemis appeared in the form of a twenty year old woman. No matter how old she appeared to be, Artemis always maintained her beauty and grace in every form. Her hair was black and pulled into a ponytail. Her eyes were blue and she wore a white sleeveless dress reaching her feet. On the straps of the dress, a crescent moon pin could be seen on each side.

"Hello Artemis. Do you need Thalia for something?" Jason asked.

"We were about to relocate our camp. Why?" she asked.

"We're trying to figure out if Thalia knew anything about this arrow." I said, holding it in my hands.

"That arrow used to belong to a fallen hunter." Artemis said.

"A fallen hunter?" Jason asked.

"Her name was Sandya." the goddess answered. "Thousands of years ago, after the First Giant War, she accidentally stumbled upon our camp, which was located on the outskirts of Venice, Italy. She claimed that she had been wandering through the woods, looking for a new home because her mother was killed. I asked her if she wanted to be a part of the Hunters of Artemis and she accepted the offer. She quickly rose through the ranks and became the lieutenant within only three months. Sandya was one of the best lieutenants to ever lead the Hunters, but she met a terrible demise. After a pack of Hellhounds got loose in Spain, the Hunters were divided against themselves. I was spending time with my brother Apollo in Rome at this time, so I had no idea what was going on until it was too late. Sandya didn't care about stopping the Hellhounds from wrecking havoc, but a group of twenty hunters went to Spain without telling her. She followed them there, believing that they should have been punished for leaving without permission. During this chaos, most of those hunters, and Sandya herself, were killed by the Hellhounds. There were 75 Hellhounds defeated, and only one hunter lived to tell the tale. That arrow you have was one that was mostly likely used to kill one of the many Hellhounds."

"Thank you, Artemis." I said.

"We best be going." Thalia said.

She waved her hand through the rainbow, cutting off the connection. I looked at my notes. Nothing made any sense.

"This doesn't make sense." I said. "If Sandya died thousands of years ago, how did her arrow end up in the lake?"

"Maybe she never really died." Hazel suggested.

"She could have faked her death." Leo answered.

"I would say that, but if that was true, she would most likely still be alive to this day. How would she have been hidden from the eyes of the gods and other immortal deities for all those years?" I asked.

My friends shrugged. We had no idea who spied on me and Percy in the lake, who stole the Golden Fleece and killed Peleus. We didn't even know if they were both the same person. Then I remembered the upcoming duel between Athena and Percy. The thought of losing Percy made me cry. A few hours later, we stood on the rooftop of a building in Manhattan. We all had flying shoes on so that we could see the duel. Even Frank, who could transform into any animal that ever existed.

"45 minutes til Doomsday for Percy Jackson." Frank said.

"Not good..." Leo commented.

"You guys are not helping." Piper said.

Jason looked at the clouds. He created a bolt of lighting in his hands and shot it upward. Then it started to rain.

"Maybe it'll help Percy." he said.

"We better make our way to the Observatory." I said.

"If Athena sees us coming, she'll probably knock us out of the sky." Jason said.

"Then we better start walking." I said.

The rain Jason conjured started out as a sprinkle, then a drizzle and as time when on, the rain got harder and harder. We noticed that New York City wasn't as busy with people as it usually was. It wasn't like the Battle of Manhattan where nearly all of the human residents were asleep, but it was still strange.

"Where is everyone?" Piper asked.

"I don't know..." Leo answered.

"There's no one else in sight." Jason said.

"That's not true. Look over there!" Calypso said.

We saw a teenage girl in a red hooded jacket carrying a cellphone. Demigods were advised not to use technology due to it attracting monsters, so she was probably a normal girl. She wore jean shorts and blue sneakers. She heard us and put her cellphone away.

"Is there a problem?" the girl asked, walking up to us.

"No, it's just... New York City is so crowded. Where is everyone?" I asked.

"It's raining, the One World Observatory is closed for maintenance, so what would you expect?" the girl asked.

"Wait, hold up. Did you say the One World Observatory is closed?" Leo asked.

"Yeah. It's on the news and on their website. Are you guys living under a rock?" she asked.

Frank approached her, but Hazel grabbed his wrist. "Calm down, Frank." she ordered.

I looked into the girl's eyes. They were hazel brown, yet for a moment, I saw a flash of gold. Were my eyes playing tricks on me?

"Who...who are you?" I asked.

"My name's Sandy." the girl answered. "I better get going. I have a date with destiny."

She then walked away, leaving us there.

"Is it just me, or does something seem strange about her?" Hazel asked.

"That's what I thought..." I answered.

"We got bigger things to worry about." Jason reminded us. "Remember, the duel?"

"Yeah, right. We gotta move!" I exclaimed.

We ran to the One World Observatory. Just as Sandy told us, the place was closed. It was ten minutes before the duel. I could see my mother all the way from up there. And she was very angry. I checked my watch. 5:50pm. Ten minutes til the Clash of the Century.

"Where's Percy?" I asked.

"Is he not coming?" Leo asked.