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Chapter 8
Percy's PoV
"Why would I let you go so easy?" She asked us.
All of a sudden hellhounds jumped out of the open doorway behind us. We were quickly surrounded, but between the three of us we beat them easily.
"Where did she go?" Thalia wondered aloud.
"I don't know but let's leave while we can." I suggested.
We walked out of the store, but didn't know where to go next.
"Well, now what?" I asked.
"I think we should go back to the library. I want to ask what museums have Greek artifacts in them." Annabeth stated.
"Sounds good to me." Thalia said. I agreed and we headed off to the library.
We were left the library and decided to go to the the art institute of Chicago. It was getting late so we found a hotel and used some of the mortal money Chiron gave us to rent a room for the night.
The next morning we arrived and walked through the doors of the building.
"Here's a map." Annabeth said while gesturing to a sign by the entrance to a gallery. "The lady at the library said we need to find gallery 151. It has ancient and Byzantine artifacts so we should be able to find something there."
"Wow." Was all I could manage.
After awhile of looking around I was getting bored. As boring as art is, being an ADHD demigod did NOT help.
"Have you found anything yet?" I whined. Well I wouldn't consider it whining but I'm sure Annabeth and Thalia would.
"Shut it and help us look kelp head." Thalia retorted.
"Don't tell me what to do pinecone face." She stuck her tongue out at me, and being the mature person I am, I stuck my tongue out at her.
"Stop it you two," Annabeth interrupted our rant, clearly annoyed. "We need to keep looking. I feel like something is here."
"We're in a room full of Ancient Greek artifacts Annie. Any of these could work."
"Don't call me Annie." She said through clenched teeth.
We kept walking but finally I was ready to give up. We were just about to enter another room in the exhibit, but I stopped my two companions before they could enter.
"Wait." I said. "Should we IM Chiron? Maybe he would know about these artifacts."
"Wow Percy." Annabeth started. "Maybe your brain isn't filled entirely with seaweed. That was actually a good idea." Thalia pulled a golden drachma out of her backpack.
"We should go make a rainbow with a drinking fountain." She suggested. We followed her to the bathrooms and waited around until no one was around. Thalia threw the coin into the rainbow while saying, "Iris, goddess of rainbows, accept my offering. Show me Chiron at camp half-blood." An image of Chiron teaching an archery class appeared.
"Chiron." Percy called. The centaur turned around, and a smiled appeared on his face when he saw us.
"Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, so good to see you all. Is there anything I can do for you?" He asked us.
"Yes, there is something we need help with." Annabeth told him. "We are ate the art institute in Chicago, and we are in a gallery with ancient art. I have a strong feeling what we need is here, but I'm just not sure what it is."
"Ah, the art institute. I visited it years ago, I'm sure the exhibit p has changed a little but, I think I know what you are looking for." He paused as if he was thinking hard. "A coin, it has something to do with one of your parents. I'm not sure who, but when you find the one you want you should push down on it. That's all I know."
"Thank you Chiron." Thalia said.
"You're welcome children, IM me if you need any more help." He swiped his hand through the mist and the image disappeared.
"Let's go find that coin!" Annabeth said excitedly. She was clearly released to have a little clue about what we were looking for.
We walked back to where the coins were and began looking at the display cases.
"Hey, this one has a picture of dad on it!" Thalia said. People started to look our way, clearly confused. "I mean Zeus." She corrected.
"That's the only coin with one of our parents on it." Annabeth whispered so the people around us wouldn't be any more suspicious of us than they already were.
"Yeah," I replied. "But how do we get inside of the display case?"
"We could just lift it up." Annabeth suggested. She was using that tone of voice that said duh.
"Yeah I guess so." Was my only reply. I grabbed one side of the case while Annabeth grabbed the other. We pulled it off and Thalia pushed down on the coin.
At first nothing happened. The next think I knew I was falling in complete darkness.
Sorry it took me so long to update, I was on vacation (it was awesome by the way). I tried to make this chapter longer because it took me longer to update. Please review!
Also, I don't own the art institute of Chicago, or any of the art mentioned in this chapter. (Thank you Google! I used it a lot for this chapter and the next one. I don't know everything about Chicago.)
~altec1
