A/N: Yay next chapter (finally)!

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO.

I took it and together we stepped into the portal.

Chapter 4

Percy POV

It felt like I was being drug through a tight hose. In retrospect, I also felt like all my atoms were being smashed together. I could still feel Annabeth's hand in my own as we traveled through the space-time continuum. Finally, the tightening/atom smashing feeling stopped and Annabeth and I exited the portal.

"Finally, took you long enough." Morganna complained.

"What'd you mean? We just left!" I asked, puzzled.

"Clearly you didn't focus on us then did you?" Arianna snapped.

"No one told me to anything of the sort!" I said emphatically.

"Actually I did, but you weren't paying attention." Morganna pointed out.

"Could ya stop it with the racquet? A genius can not work in conditions like this!" A boy called from the door way.

"Arte!" Sylar, Morganna and Arianna shrieked as they ran over and tackled "Arte" with a hug attack.

Arte turned out to be a black haired fourteen years old.

"So I heard it from Morganna that you people need a cross country ride."

"You heard right Arte." Arianna said with a cheeky grin.

"For the rest of you who don't know me, I'm Artemis Fowl." Arte said.

"Isn't Artemis a girl's name?" Thalia asked.

"It usually is." Arte grumbled. "Let's get you your ride so you can be on your way."

Arte led the group to a huge garage that contained a blue Greyhound-style bus.

"All aboard!"

We climbed onto the blue bus. The bus looked like any other bus, with the exception of everything after the six seats on each side. On the left side of the bus it had a large bathroom and a kitchen. On the back wall there was a plasma TV equipped with a Play Station 2, DVD player, and an awesome stereo system. The entertainment area also had bean bags and swinging chairs that were attached to the roof of the bus. The right side of the bus had a dinette and couch.

"Aren't those a health risk?" Annabeth pointed to the swinging chairs attached to the ceiling.

"Not with the tech I've installed to this bus. Those chairs have an auto lock feature that allows them to retract into the ceiling while the bus is moving." Arte said with a smirk.

"Where are we supposed to sleep?" Percy asked.

"If you've noticed, the bus has traditional bus style seats for the first six rows back. On the left hand side there is the kitchen and bathroom, and on the right side there's a dinette and a couch. The couch and the dinette make a bed. Now with the first six seats they have a 'sleep mode' which allows—never mind I'll just show you."

Arte pushed a button on the dash board and two curtains dropped down around the six seats, one on each side. I pushed aside a curtain and I saw that the seats had folded flat to make a comfortable bed.

"Does that answer your question young sir?" Arte asked, a grin adorning his young face.

"Uh yeah I guess it does." Percy replied sheepishly.

"Come Morganna, let's go." Artemis led Morganna off the bus.

"Okay everybody, get into a seat and we'll be off." Sylar ordered.

I sat in the third seat on the left and Annabeth soon joined me. Thalia and Nico sat in the very back on opposite sides. Sylar and Arianna crowded onto the driver's seat which at closer inspection was the length of a regular seat instead of half a seat.

"So, where are we going?" Thalia asked excitedly.

Sylar and Arianna exchanged a look, "Washington D.C."

A/N: OK, I don't own Artemis Fowl, either. However, I got the idea of bringing Artemis Fowl in from IHeartTheEnvironment. Anyways, please review.

-A. Rosalie