I woke up to Nico shaking my shoulder furiously. My eyes opened to see that the sun was barely out.
"A bit early , you think?" I asked Nico, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
"No, we've got company," he replied, motioning towards the window. I jumped up and peered out the window. All I say were bright, red and blue lights.
"How'd they find us?" I asked, running over to Alexis to wake her up.
"No idea," he replied. "Also, there's no way we can get out through the front door."
I bit back a curse, realizing that Chris and Jessica were now awake.
"What's wrong?" Chris asked.
"We have to leave, now," I answered.
"How?" Nico questioned. "The door isn't going to work."
I looked over at the window that was facing into an alley and smirked. "I've got an idea," I said.
Alexis looked through and shook her head. "The drop is too far, you, Nico and I might make it, but they won't!" Alexis remarked while pointing towards the younger demigods. I walked over to the window and kicked out the glass. I jumped out of the window before flying back into view of the window.
"Hand me the kids, I'll bring them down." I said quietly, trying not to draw the attention of the police. Nico nodded and handed me Jessica. I flew down gently and placed her on the ground gently. I motioned for her to stay put and flew back up to grab Chris. Just as I took Chris from Nico, I heard the door to the apartment burst open. I flew down and placed Chris as quickly as possible and flew back up to grab Alexis and Nico. Nico immediately jumped down from the window and landed on the ground with a roll, and Alexis jumped into my arms and we descended to the ground.
"Do you have the strength to shadow travel?" I asked Nico as we began to run.
"I can't shadow travel this many people," he replied. I silently cursed and continued running.
We ran until the sirens were far away. By then, we were on the outskirts of the city.
We all sat down in a grassy area in a park and began brainstorming ideas on how to get to California. Nico mentioned that his zombie chauffer wasn't available, presumably because of his dad. There was no way we were taking a plane, with the amount of demigods we had. However, there was an airport not too far from here that we could borrow a car from. We all agreed on the idea and got a taxi to the airport. I was slowly beginning to develop my powers as a god, one of which was being able to control what I looked like. I thought of myself as a guy in his late twenties and approached the car rental place. I handed him my driver's license, which was my actual license and asked for a large SUV. Nico handed me his credit card and we paid for the car. After signing a few papers, he led us to the car and I climbed into the driver's seat with Nico in the passenger set and the rest in the back seat.
As we left the airport, Nico leaned over and asked, "We're never returning this car, are we?"
I smirked and gave him a thumbs up. Me and Nico switched seats every time we had to get gas. With me always going over the speed limit, we reached Wyoming by the time the sun had set. Me and Nico were completely exhausted, so we found a hotel in the middle of nowhere and checked in. Our room was nothing fancy, it had two beds, a large couch with a futon and another, smaller chair. I walked over to the couch and laid down. Alexis had agreed to take first watch, so Nico pulled out the futon and fell asleep. Chris and Jessica took the two beds. I allowed my eyes to close and fell quickly asleep. Immediately I found myself in the council room at Camp Half-Blood. The cabin leaders were all there, along with Rachel and Chiron.
Percy put his hands in front of his face. "Three prophecies in my life? Percy muttered from in between his fingers. "I have a kid on the way, I can't be part of this!"
"Percy," the cabin leader from the Hecate cabin started to say. "Unless there's another child of Poseidon we don't know about, this prophecy has to be about you and Eric."
"Why would I fight Zeus though?" Percy asked. "I just saved his life the other day!"
"Percy," Chiron said. "I have a feeling that Zeus isn't the god of the sky the prophecy is talking about." The room suddenly went silent as everyone's face paled.
A daughter of Athena spoke up. "Wait, isn't Ouranos dead?" she asked in a small voice.
"No," Chiron replied. "When Ouranos was cut up, his essence was spread through the world, and Aphrodite was born because of this and Zeus claimed the essence once he became the god of the sky. I'm afraid that some of that essence was left in the world."
"Eric has the rest of the essence," Percy said quietly.
"What are you talking about, Percy?" Chiron asked.
"When he fought Zeus, he flew and was using a sword with lightning in the blade," Percy explained.
"And now Zeus had made him against Olympus," Rachel said as he gripped her hair in frustration.
"I know Eric pretty well," the leader of the Hermes cabin spoke up. "Even if he is angry at Zeus, he wouldn't go against all of the Olympians, he's smart enough to know that the world needs them to keep the monsters and evil gods too scared to rise."
"Regardless, get the satyrs looking for demigods double time, we're going to need them for the upcoming war." Chiron said.
"Should we try to get Eric?" another camper asked.
"No," Percy replied. "He'll be at Camp Jupiter soon enough, we'll talk to him there."
The dream faded and I opened my eyes to see the light shining through the window. I saw that Nico and Alexis were up and began to speak.
"Guys?" I asked, getting their attention. "I think we have another prophecy on our hands."
