Disclaimer: I do not own the PJO series. Because Rick Riordan is going to personally file a lawsuit against me if (heaven forbid) I don't write this disclaimer.

While my heartbeat is going back to normal, Luca whirls around to glare at Elliot.

"What the heck was that all about? You almost got me killed over a souvenir coin! An ugly souvenir coin!"

Eliot grins sheepishly. "Sorry... I just kinda noticed the button and wanted to see what is was..."

"Jesus Eliot," I complain. "I know that we're ADHD, impulsive and all that, but this level stupidity takes the cake!"

"You climbed up too!" He points out. I stammer in response.

"Well, since we risked our lives for the stupid thing, we might as well figure out what it is." Angeline butts in. "Emma, hand me that coin." When I wait more then a sixteenth of a second to hand it over to her she snatches it from my hand. Then she takes a picture of it with her IPhone- yes, I know that we're not supposed to have them, but there's a black-market for them at my cabin. We even have an underground website where we can share info called Demipedia. It's a lot easier than going on lengthy quests and fighting a bunch of monsters just learn the location of one object.

But back to the story. Angeline takes a picture with her IPhone, uses some sort of app and finds a match

"It says that's the coat of arms for the Knight's Templar.

"Ooh, I've heard about them! Weren't they all killed on Friday the 13 or something?"

"Luca, there's no exact proof that the date was Friday the 13, but yes, they we're all tortured and killed by the Catholic Church. I'm going to check them out on Demipedia."

"Whoa. According to this, the history of the Knights Templar goes way past the middle ages. Back when it was an empire, Rome had a huge rainy day fund that it collected over the years from its conquests. It had treasure from around the world, many rare and magical items. After the death of Tiberius, the new Roman emperor was absolutely insane, he began using the rainy day fund for his own personal extravagances. He wasted almost 7/8 of it before a small, brave group of demigods and legacies decided to steal the treasure to prevent it from disappearing altogether. They succeeded, but had to flee Rome. Most historians say they hid it somewhere in the Labyrinth, and they used a secret passage way to get in. Whatever treasure they found, they added to the collection. These keepers called themselves the Knights of the Temple, or Templars for short. The Templars remained around even after Rome fell, and guarded the Labyrinth entryways. By then the Romans we're even more desperate to find the treasure and regain their former glory-" I cut her off.

"Why didn't these people just give it to them? I mean, Rome wasn't headed by crazy guys anymore, and they needed their rainy day fund more than ever?" She looks at me like I'm an idiot, which I (and everyone else) am used to.

"Did you even show up for the classes of New Rome, Emma?" No, as a matter of fact, I did not. "Rome's power may have been destroyed, but their policies did not, they continued to rule by hereditary emperors, many of which were not fit to govern a toothpick, until the official move to America during the Colonial Period. Besides, by then the Templars were mostly Greek demigods; they wouldn't have helped the Romans even if they weren't power hungry megalomaniacs. But as I was saying, the Templars created a false military order; the Knights Templar. They fought in the Crusades, but their motives went beyond the Holy War. A second, unprotected entrance to the Templar Treasure -I'm gonna call it that- had opened up in Jerusalem. The Templars managed to close it, but in doing so they blew their cover. In 1312 the Romans used their connections and power to have the group destroyed, but a few of the Templars made it to North America*, and operated deep undercover for centuries after. The last known head of the Templars was Abraham Lincoln himself, and when he was shot, the group was left leaderless. It fell into chaos, and everyone assumes they just disbanded. But the Lincoln Memorial, as I have mention before, was built in the 1910s and 20s, so parts of the group must have continued! This is so exciting, a lost order!" Luca grins.

"Screw the lost order, what about the lost treasure! If I were that rich, I wouldn't own a car for every day of the week, I'd own a car for everyday of the year!" I nod.

"Even more important than that, I would own a car for every day of the year, and a small country in the Pacific Ocean. I would name it Emmalandia!" I say in agreement.

Skylar frowns. "If only we had the treasure." I grin evilly.

"What are we waiting for? Let's find it!" Angie shakes her head.

"Hold it Emma. Maybe we should tell camp about this. You saw that monster, it chased you for it. It was on a walky-talky, so it probably isn't alone. We should head back to camp and let the competent demigods take this one." Elliot nods.

"She's right, this is way dangerous for five amateurs. Besides, don't we need a prophecy for a quest like this?" Says Elliot. I shake my head.

"Not so, my fraidy-cat friend," I begin in a phony British accent, "we are not going on a quest, we are going on a treasure hunt, and where in the unwritten rules of demigod conduct does it say we need a prophecy for a treasure hunt? It doesn't. Elementary, my dear." Luca grins, and we exchange high fives.

"Look, how about we take a vote? Whoever wants to go on this suicide quest- sorry treasure hunt- stands next to Emma, whoever wants to make the smart choice stands by me." We end up with Luca and me on one side, Angie and Elliot on the other side and with Skylar in the middle. She looks back and forth nervously, and after what seems like forever but was probably just fifteen minutes walks over to our side. Luca cheers and I smirk -something I do a lot.

"Well Elliot, where to next?"

* Archaeologists discovered a 13th Century tunnel of European design somewhere on the New England coast. When they tried to excavate it, it flooded. Another tunnel, which lead to sea, kept it filled with water, and un-explorable. They think it might be made by the Knights Templar.

Hope you enjoyed! I tried to be a least semi-historically accurate. I always research a subject before I write about it. However, the first time I wrote this, I knew virtually nothing of the Roman Empire, so my original attempts at the Templar's history were... laughable, to say the least.