A/N: You know, it just occurred to me – can Percy breathe underwater? I got the impression from the beginning of the PJO movie that he could, but I'm still not sure.

Nick POV

"Up and at 'em, kids!" Bunny said cheerily, shaking Anthony awake. "You can sleep in the car, Anthony, okay? You had a long night last night. How late were you up?"

He got up and yawned. "I dunno… until… four? Five?" It was seven o'clock; Bunny wanted to get in as many miles as possible. Aiko cringed and Camille smiled sympathetically.

"Where's Adrianna?" Gina said suspiciously.

"In the bathroom getting dressed, probably, why?" Katy asked curiously.

"I just don't see her problem," the daughter of Demeter sighed. "Ever since Jack and I started dating she's been a real… real…."

"Witch?" Katy suggested, amused.

"Not exactly what we're looking for," Jack muttered.

Gina grinned. "Close enough, though."

Katy frowned and furrowed her brow. She thought for a moment before she said carefully, "Well… I think she's kind of… jealous, in a way. You guys are so happy and she wishes her life was like that. Plus, she loved the excitement of the buildup to your long-awaited romantic lives."

Adrianna popped into the room. Her face was slightly pink, and I guessed she'd heard Katy and Gina. "Bunny, we're pretty much ready to go. Just the dudes need to get dressed and then we're good to go. I'm going to pack up the car, can you help? Bunny? Bunny…?"

Bunny had been staring out the window, lost in thought, arms folded. She shook her head and came back to reality. "Yeah?"

"Okay, what's wrong?" Adrianna snapped, icily placing a hand on one hip.

Bunny's face turned brick red. "The last line of the prophecy has me concerned."

"Which line is that again?" I asked.

Adrianna smiled. "You should've memorized this by now, Mr. Stormface. 'And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.'"

Ker narrowed her eyes. "Why does that concern you?"

"Just… worried… for Hades. It's no big deal… I'm sure he can handle himself, but…" She trailed off.

Ker's entire face crinkled up in a disgusted scowl that only a daughter of Hades could've managed.

xxx

Anthony was asleep within ten minutes of driving, his head leaning on the window. Adrianna followed soon after, the headphones to her MP3 still blasting into her ears.

"Is he okay?" Camryn asked, nodding her head towards Anthony.

"Oh, he's fine," Penelope murmured. "He had a lot to think over last night."

Rose glanced at her brother sympathetically. "Poor kid."

Katy looked confused, which made Rose roll her eyes.

"Why are Bellatrix and Sage so quiet?" Gina asked suspiciously. "I haven't heard either of you say a word at all."

"Go to bloody hell," Bellatrix snapped irritably. "Is that better?"

There was silence for awhile, before Camille blurted out, "My mom loves the ocean."

And then the dam broke.

"She's where Freddy got it from. Ever since he was little, he just lived for our summer trips to Maine. Southern Maine. We stayed in a hotel right across from the beach...," Cam whispered hoarsely.

"He'd drag us out to the aquarium at least once a month," Camille continued. "We've been as far as Connecticut."

"Boston too?" Bunny asked from the front seat. She didn't take her eyes off the road.

"Yeah…," Cam said quietly.

"I liked the penguins," Camille murmured. She closed her eyes and leaned back in her seat.

"We got matching turtle necklaces, the two of us. Camille's was holding a white ball and mine was blue. You still have yours, don't you, Camille?"

Camille didn't open her eyes, but she pulled at the chain she wore around her neck all the time to show us the turtle that was always under her shirt.

"That was the first time we felt like twins, the two of us," Camryn recalled. "Freddy thought it was so funny, that we matched. We matched in everything we did for the rest of his life. I liked it, honestly…."

"I was always afraid of sharks," Camille whispered. "Freddy and Cam would splash right on into the ocean, but I always hesitated. I thought a shark would come in a wave and bump into my leg, and take a bite out of me…."

The entire car was silent, even Bunny. We just listened as the Cams blurted out everything about their childhoods, especially about Freddy. Penelope's lip trembled and Ker pulled her hair over her eyes, but the twins remained stone-faced. Rose had silent tears streaming in two thin lines down her face, and Katy buried her face in her hands. The whole thing didn't even feel like a lecture designed to make Rose feel guilty, it was just two girls telling us about their memories of their little brother.

Anthony and Adrianna woke up halfway through this. Adrianna's face was white, but she wouldn't tell us what had freaked her out. Adrianna had a tendency to be the receiver of all the ominous dreams, so we relied on her Apollo-ness to get us through our lives.

We talked about everything and nothing until Bunny pulled into the parking lot of a shabby-looking building. The sun had set long ago, and the stars were out.

"Cheap," she explained. Ker immediately pulled out her wallet and handed Bunny a handful of bills. Bunny looked shocked, but handed the money to Aiko.

"Two rooms again… get us two keys per room. Thanks," she said absently, leaning against her car and staring up at the stars.

She nodded towards the moon and pointed to a constellation nearby. "See that little group of stars? I knew that girl. I hated her, too."

"Zoë Nightshade," Gina whispered.

"Gosh, you know all this, don't you, Gina?" Bunny grinned, but her expression still had a tint of sadness in it. "You've got a gem, here, Jacky."

"We know," Adrianna muttered. Gina blushed, and Jack smirked.

Bunny tilted her face back towards the sky. "Very brave girl. Very, very brave girl. Also very stupid… but brave. She went along on a quest knowing who would die and who wouldn't. That's what I've felt guilty about, all these years. I wish she'd brought me along instead of Bianca, or I'd joined the hunters, or something… I just wish that quest had ended differently." She smiled again. "When I was eight and nine… I used a dagger. I wanted to be like Annabeth… I looked up to here kind of like she looked up to Luke. After Zoë and Bianca died, my older brother made me a bow and that was that." She giggled. "I liked Michael Yew right off the bat because he was so short. I was actually taller than him, and that was awesome."

Aiko returned to our group and handed Bunny a key. "This is the girls' room key. C'mon, let's start moving our stuff."

Nina POV

Before I knew it, Bunny and the other demigods were parked in front of the entrance to Camp Half-Titan. Reed and Senka immediately went to check them out. I had wanted to go with them, but Trina said Reed had told her to keep me hidden "even if she had to sit on me."

Brigit blushed. "Sorry. C'mon, Nina… I'll let you watch them from the bushes. Just follow me, and don't be seen."

We crept through the bushes to spy on Senka and Reed and Bunny, and I was shocked to see she'd brought what seemed like half the camp with her.

"Hello," Reed said stiffly. "Can we help you?"

"Hi!" Bunny replied cheerily. "Yeah, I'm looking for Nina Kincaid. Can I talk to her, please?"

"Phaedra left for New York last night." Senka's acting was perfect, she really looked puzzled. "Said she had some friends there… someone she had to get back to."

"All right… then let me talk to Prometheus, okay?"

"He's not here."

"Well then where is he?"

"Prometheus doesn't lead us," Reed snapped. Senka put a hand on his shoulder, and he shut his mouth.

"Prometheus does not govern this camp," Senka said icily. "We govern ourselves. We have no leader. We have a council of twenty-two people, for twenty-three titans, thanks to your leader over in Manhattan."

Jack opened his mouth to say something, but Bunny, red-faced, cut him off. "Look, sugar. Percy Jackson doesn't lead me, and he doesn't lead that camp. Get with the times, chica. Percy Jackson is, like, forty-ish. My name is Bunny Parker, and this is Katy Pierce, and this is Jack Chase, and this is Gina Daniels, and we're a kickass team, and we're going to save the world. From you."

"We know who you are," Senka replied coolly. "We know that the two brunettes are Anthony and Aiko Luck, and we know that Jack and Gina are dating. We know that you're just a wannabe goddess, and you think you can play in the immortals' sandbox. Well guess what, sugar? You can't."

There was a long silence as her words sank in. Then Adrianna broke it.

"Where is that girl?" she shrieked. "I'll tie her to a tree by that pretty hair of hers."

"Aw, c'mon, Adrianna, we don't know-" Anthony started to protest, but he was cut off.

Bellatrix, the little daughter of Hecate whose dark hair reminded me of Sunshine, cut him off. "What a bitch," she fumed. "What a total bitch. She comes to us, 'Hey, I'm Nina, look at me, look at me!' and all along she's just a spy. She's acting all innocent and pretty and sweet, but she's really just working for these morons."

"It wasn't like that," Katy whispered, but her expression was tight and sad. She thought I'd betrayed her.

But… you did, Nina, I thought. Brigit smiled sadly. You're guilty of everything they're accusing you of. Do you regret it? Do you, do you really? You should.

I'm not a demigod. I'm a half-titan. This is my family. These kids are supposed to be my friends… it's a mistake I ended up with Sunshine...

But…

But nothing. This is my blood. This is where I belong.

A/N: Nina is not a schizophrenic. Just because some of her thoughts say "you" instead of "I" doesn't mean she's a schizophrenic, and both perspectives are her. Think of it like the angel-and-devil-on-shoulder thing. One part of her is saying she's wrong, but the other thinks she's right. I love conflicted characters :)

Awwhh, Bunny's got a crush on Hades :) Isn't that cute?