A/N: 900+ hits! ^.^

On that happy note, here's chapter 4! Thank you to my reviewers for the ideas, I'll try to incorporate as much as I can! As for the POV poll, I'll stick w/ Gabe's point of view for some chapters, and other chapters will just be some random POV...and for this chappie, I'm stick w/ ONE point of view for the WHOLE chapter! (such an achievement) :)


Thalia's POV (There's one you did't expect!)

"Okay Gabe, how much do you know about Ancient Greek 'myths'?" Percy asked, while Gabe tended his sore fist.

I tapped my foot impatiently, waiting for Gabe to give some reply along the lines of Never heard of them. or So? What about them, I mean, they're just myths!

We watched Smelly Gabe's eyebrows knit together, and practically saw the gears turning in his head.

"Well?" I asked, finally breaking the silence.

Ugliano glared at me, "Shut it, Thailand-"

"Thalia!" I corrected.

"-I was about to say something! Greek myths... somethin' about the gods, eh? Those, uh, stories that explain the world?"

Hmm, so he actually did know something. After realizing that I was the only one in the kitchen standing, I shoved Nico out of his chair, and sat down in relief before he could get back to his feet. I shot a triumphant smirk down at him.

"Okay, so, to put this in the simplest way possible, the Greek gods, along with the myths, are, well-"

"REAL!" Grover blurted out. We all turned to stare at him. As much as Grover tended to prove his point at times, that was strangely out of character for him.

Gabe started to laugh. Expected of every mortal- denial. "Psh, what is this? Some puny game of Mythomagic?"

Before answering him, we all turned to Nico (who still sat on the floor of the apartment), almost as if we expected him to make some childish remark.

He shrugged his shoulders, "Well, considering that I haven't shadow traveled to Antarctica, or China, or something, I'm starting to think that this thing is good luck," he said, whilst pulling the small Hades figurine out of his pocket, the one that Bianca had gave her life to retrieve.

I cocked my head in annoyance, watching Gabe hunch over while laughing.

"When I thought your friends couldn't get any weirder, you just bring along your nerdy game! Oh, this is too good, Brain Boy!" Gabe hooted. He turned to Sally and said, "Sal, why don't ya put that ass of yours to use and bring me a beer, eh?"

Paul clenched his fists, and Percy reached for his pen. Dear gods, did Percy actually think he could whip some sense into Gabe with Riptide? If Ares was watching, I could practically hear him scream, "Yeah! Let's start a fight!"

Percy took Riptide out of his pocket, and snapped off the cap. Blah blah blah, it grew into its full size, yada yada yada... Oh gods, I'm starting to sound like Mr. D...

"Percy, you know that won't do anything," Annabeth sighed, and snatched the sword from Percy's hands.

"Damn right it won't do anything! What were you going *burp* to do, huh? Measure me to death? And why is everyone caring around rulers?" Gabe said, rolling his eyes.

"Can we please get this over with? Seriously, we haven't told him anything! And if I don't get a hold of his bald, little head, I'm out!" Clarisse fumed...whoops, almost forgot she was here. She pointed at Gabe, "And you, sir, do not get away with disrespecting my father! Erre es korakas!

"Rulers? Huh, you want to feel how bad my ruler is? I swear on the Ri-"

"Okay, Clarisse, that's enough! But she's right, we have to get on with this. You see, Gabe, the gods of Ancient Greece are real. As to why we were instructed to, erm, give you this information is, well, I think Percy can take it from here." Annabeth said, gesturing for Barnacle Head to take over.

Percy glanced at Gabe, then at Annabeth, then back at Gabe again. "Erm, uh...well Gabe, do you believe us? Well, it doesn't matter, as long as we get this over with. Because if you think we should be sent of to a mental facility, we really don't care.

"You see Gabe, as Annabeth said, the Greek gods are real and existing. Currently, they live in Manhattan-"

"Wait, wait, wait. You don't honestly think I'm going believe you, do you?" Gabe said, waving his hand.

"I think Nico wants to take over the talking from here!" I exclaimed, pulling Nico to his feet. He sent his signature 'death glare' at me, but he still owed me. For Zeus' sake, he made a giant crack in the ground, in front of the Artemis Cabin, just for fun! Sure, it wasn't hard to get around it, and the Hunters don't even visit camp often, but it sure was disrespectful.

"You hate me, don't you?" he asked, getting of the ground.

"It runs in the family," I said with a smirk.

"Thank gods, I can finally sit down," I heard Percy say in a low voice.

"...Uh, the, uh, gods, they, um, well they havekidswhoaredemigodslikeus," Nico said in one big breath. Total. Facepalm. Moment.

"Way to screw things up, Death Boy!" I said, smacking the back of his head.

He rubbed his head in annoyance.

"What this butt head was trying to say, is that we're demigods, or half bloods, you could say. One of our parents is a Greek god, and the other is a regular mortal." I said, taking over the explanation. "Well, except for Grover."

"Wow, Thalia, I feel so loved." Grover said sarcastically, before turning to Gabe, "And what she meant to say, it that I'm a satyr, half man, half goat.

Gabe scratched his head in confusion. "Half god? Half god? I don't know what you mean by demi-whatever, but you freaks? You things don't have a chance of having a drop godly blood!" Gabe tried to retort.

Clarisse spoke up. "We can prove it. And believe me, I have been waiting for this, punk."

There was a look in Ugliano's eyes that hadn't shown before...was it fear? Psh, that was good, that was good.

"Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares," Clarisse began, "and if you make one more smart remark, trust me, I'd be glad to prove it."

Gabe tried to look calm, but you could sense that he was radiating fear.

Clarisse continued, "Because you, Ugliano? You have just. Pissed. Me. Off."


A/N: DUN DUN DUUN! W00t, Clarisse is going to whip ass! :D I had so much fun writing this chapter, because I loved plotting Gabe's obliviousness. I hope Clarisse met your expectations, and trust me, she WILL do something to Gabe...I think. Before you start asking, there will be hints of Thalico, but nothing more! (And I won't put any mushy stuff...) Was this chapter longer? Was it shorter? I really can't tell anymore (Even if the document manager thing tells you how many words you wrote...) And I just realized, I forgot to write the reason that Artemis let Thalia take time off of the Hunters...whoops. Oh well. Review! (: