Chapter 6
Percy and Jason fought over who had to tell everyone what they had discovered.
When Jason lost the game of rock, paper, scissors, he walked to the front of the cabin, the part that faced the lake, and told everone what Percy and him talked about.
Everyone sat in silence. Percy could almost see the gears in everyone's heads turning, trying to process this material. Heck, Percy remembered it being easier to process being a demigod when he first made it to camp than trying to think of the fact that by saving the Greek and Roman camps from a Civil War, they had created a whole new problem. A problem that was big. And messy. And not going to go away anytime soon.
Frank spoke first, startling everyone as he broke the silence. "Does this mean we have to take the Athena Parthenos back? Cause I don't think that is possible without the Argo II. I mean, maybe with Festus, but..."
Clarisee shook her head. "I think we should focus more on finding Annabeth. Where could she have gone? She didn't even leave a trace."
Percy saw Will look pointedly at Nico. Whatever it was they were fighting about, it didn't look like they were going to share. Percy bit his cheek, a habit he had learned from Annabeth.
"Damn," Piper cursed, "and if Annabeth didn't want us to find her, she would have made it impossible to find her."
Hazel bit her lip. "But what if she wanted us to find her, but she wanted to make sure others didn't. I don't think Annabeth would have rushed into something without an escape. She might have left us some small clue only one of us could find. If we can find that clue, maybe we can find Annabeth."
Jason nodded, "That actually makes a lot of sense. But what if we can't find the clue?"
Everyone turned towards the back of the room as someone coughed, breaking the silence that followed Jason's question. Leo shut his eyes tightly, then looked at everyone again. "Umm... I think I should probably tell you something."