A/N: I would like to thank RachyIsMe for providing me with this wonderful idea. I would also like to thank the rest of you who reviewed. You have all inspired me.

Burglarizing Blueprints

Multiple P.O.V.s

"Come on! Hurry up! They're nearly done eating!"

"Okay! Okay! I'm hurrying! Sheesh, for someone so organised, her table sure is messy."

"Just grab what we came here for. Hurry! I think I hear footsteps."

"Got it. Okay, we can go now."

"Have you placed the ransom note somewhere where she will find it?"

"Yup. It's on her desk."

We have your Blueprints. If you want them back, then contact us.

In the meantime, we have it and will take good care of it unless you do something stupid. We will have your orders prepared when you reach us.

Till then, Goodbye.

Summer had started and all was going well for Annabeth. She had finished the blueprints for a new part of Mount Olympus and was planning on showing it to the Olympians and the other gods a few days from now. It was all so exciting; she was fulfilling her dreams and was planning several wonderful buildings at Olympus. This time around, she had something special planned and needed to finish it before the day of the big reveal came.

It was a bright and sunny day when she discovered that her blueprints had gone missing. When she woke up in the morning, she had felt like nothing could go wrong. Like today was the day when all would go well for her. She should have known not to trust that feeling. It was a deceptive thing that could hide hints of many a dangerous thing. However, she was not thinking of regret when she discovered the missing blueprints, oh no, she was thinking of revenge.

Thalia knew when she heard the scream coming from the Athena cabin that it was a bad omen. Especially since it sounded like Annabeth. That girl could cause horrible things to happen if you messed with her. She hoped it had nothing to do with her two cousins; after all, they were not that stupid. Were they? She hoped not, then again, that wish might have been a moot one a long time ago. Thalia may not have been the most sensible of the trio, but at least she knew not to mess with Annabeth. All that was left to do was pray to the gods that she did not get involved, particularly if it involved Percy and Nico; and she got a bad feeling it did.

It took them some time before they realised what a huge mistake they had made. At the time it seemed like a brilliant idea, take the Blueprints and leave a ransom note there. However, they did not take into account their own incompetence and so had made the biggest mistakes of their lives. The whole plan was ruined now, they would have to own up and endure what torture came their way. There was no other way; they had to find another way to make this work, after all, they had invested too much into it to fail now. It was unfortunate, all they had to do was remember to write how exactly Annabeth was meant to contact them, how could they forget such a simple thing as that?

Well, it all started with a visit to Luke in the Underworld. Hades had given them special passes that allowed them to have a short visit there. At first it was only so they could play with Cerberus every once in a while as Nico's father was too busy to pay the dog any attention. As payment for those passes to see friends and family, Thalia was included in this, the three children had to do several jobs for Hades. He had found a useful way of employing the children's need to 'express' themselves. He had set them to work thinking up of new costumes for his minions of death and even had them participating in several soul gatherings. They were often the ones helping create new 'game plans' for capturing the spirits that refused to come to the underworld. Yes, there were a few that escaped, thus the many ghost sightings in the mortal world.

As it were, they had been visiting the Fields of Elysium, more like creating a shortcut through it to get to the palace that is. It was there that they chanced into Luke. After the first awkward encounter, the three boys started becoming friends, at the time Thalia was busy with the hunt and could not join them, of course they brought her along the next time she was free. Now it was a fine day when they went to Luke with a little problem, they thought that he would be the best person to solve their dilemma. Now, you may be wondering what this has to do with one stolen blueprint, but be patient, all will be revealed in time. To give a hint, let's just say Luke had and idea and the two cousins ran away with it.

They had finally found a solution to their problem, unfortunately it was too little too late. They had gone to Thalia. She found panicking at the beach sometime close to midnight. As soon as they saw her they had broken down practically sobbing in fear of their lives and explained everything. All she had to say was:

"Why don't you just stick a note to the front of her cabin? You're awake now aren't you? As far as I know, Annabeth sleeps at this time like any other normal, well relatively normal, human being."

"Oh. We didn't think about that thanks Thalia! What would we do without you?"

"Easy enough, you'd both be taking a long visit to Uncle Hades realm."

That day, Annabeth found another note, just like the first, stuck to the front of her cabin door. She was usually the first up, so no one else had seen it yet. All it said was 'be at the mess hall by 8' and that was all. Perhaps now she would be able to find out who stole her Blueprints and would be able to EXACT REVENGE! She was still smouldering over the kidnapping of her dear babies!

She was at the mess hall by 8 on the dot. The first thing she noticed was that all the lights were out. She blinked her eyes several times to help them adjust. She still could not see a thing. Fearing an attack, her heart started racing. Adrenalin was rushing around her body. Feeling slightly nervous now, she slowly reached towards the light switch and turned it on. Suddenly people were jumping up and screaming "Surprise! Happy birthday Annabeth!"

It was then that she saw the cake and two sheepish boys. They walked up to her and held something out in their hands. It was her blueprints. She thought she should feel angry, but all she felt was a strange kind of grateful. In the end all she did was take back the papers and gave the two boys a peck on the cheek.

"Hey don't I get more than that?"

She turned around and replied to Percy's question with "I'm still angry at you for stealing these. Just be grateful I forgive you."

With that the whole matter was settled, Annabeth did not end up extracting revenge but instead received a wonderful birthday party. Percy and Nico were off the hook; for now, Thalia was able to see her best friend happy and now had gained another favour from her other two cousins. Alls well that ends well, and everybody was happy. For the moment.

I know, You're all probably thinking: Too may line breaks!. I'm sorry. By the way, was anybody else confused by this? Ah well, that's what you get for writing so late at night :) Goodbye everyone! Don't forget to review!