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I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON. UNLESS RICK RIORDAN HANDS OVER THE RIGHTS TO ME. *pauses* YUP, UNLESS RICK RIORDAN HANDS IT TO ME.

Oh, one more thing!

In just a few short days, on November 19, 2012, Boys vs. Girls will be offically one year old! Don't forget to say happy birthday that day!

The whole place was in an uproar for the rest of the day. Drew was carried was to the infirmary to treat her arm, and ever since, the Headmistress and Headmaster cancelled any other activities for the day and demanded that everyone go to bed early.

"I don't get it," Piper said to her roommates that same night. "Who would try to kill one of the competitors? I mean, Drew's annoying, but not annoying enough to be killed."

"That's what you think," Thalia mumbled.

"Guys, be serious!" Annabeth snapped. "We have an almost murderer in our school! How can you guys be joking at a time like this?"

"Easy," Rachel responded. "We're doing it right now, aren't we?"

Annabeth planted her face into her pillow, saying something along the lines of "I'm surrounded by idiots".

"No, Annabeth is right," Reyna said. "There is something odd going on, probably more than we know."

Annabeth lifted her head, her expression grim. Thalia and Rachel shared similar expressions. This reminded them of a year ago.

One year ago...Cara. The three exchanged looks. They knew exactly what was going on.

"Annabeth, Rachel." Thalia stood up. "Come with me. I just remembered something."

Hazel, who had been silent the entire time, stared up at them. "What?"

"None of your buisness," Thalia responded, opening the door. The three quickly exited and shut it behind them and began to walk down the corrider.

"We need to talk to Percy and Nico," Rachel whispered.

"No way," Thalia hissed. "It was humiliating enough to ask for help last year. No way am I doing it again!"

Annabeth scowled. "As much as I hate to admit it, Rachel is right."

"Thank you Anna-HEY!"

"We do need help from them, whether we like it or not," Annabeth continued, as though Rachel hadn't spoken. "Percy and Nico are the only ones who know truly what Cara and Z were up to. And don't you remember? Cara said they had 'friends'." She made air quotes on the word 'friends'.

"So what? It's not like they're going to risk re-building the Raser Laser," Thalia snorted. "Besides, unless there's a spy, there's no way there's any information on the death of Z and Cara, or anyone else."

"I don't think there's a spy," Rachel whispered. "What if...someone escaped?"

Thalia's eyes widened, and she shook her head angrily. "No! No one could have escaped a blast that powerful! We were lucky the safety tunnel was strong enough to keep us alive! No one escaped! They're dead, every last one of them!"

Annabeth and Rachel were quiet. Thalia realized she was yelling, and took a deep breath. "We don't need help, okay?"

Rachel sighed. "Thalia, as much as I hate to admit this..."

Thalia smirked, thinking she had won the arguement.

Key word: Thinking.

"...no, actually, I don't. You're wrong." Rachel took off down the hall, Annabeth close behind. It took Thalia five seconds to realize what happened.

"HEY!" she yelled, racing after them, totally oblivious to the fact that there were a more footsteps behind her.

"I keep telling you there's nothing there," Leo snapped, getting fed up with Frank's constant check-ups at the window.

"But I'm telling you, I heard something," Frank argued.

"Go to sleep already," Nico groaned.

There was another tap. Frank opened the window, and fell back, startled at what he saw.

"Frank?" Leo asked, getting up from his bed. "What's up with you?" He peered out the window.

"Hi!" Rachel said cheerfully, her red hair tumbling around her, considering she was upside down.

Leo let out a yelp and fell on top of Frank. "W-W-what the-?!"

"Oh, sorry. Did I scare you?" Rachel asked, smiling brightly.

Leo instantly regained his composure and stood up. "And what do I owe the pleasure of a mysterious young beauty outside my window?"

Rachel frowned, trying to determine whether or not he was joking. "Can I come in? I need to talk to some people."

Leo grinned. "Of course, m'lady."

"Try anything, you little runt, and I'll beat you to a bloody pulp before you can say 'Ow'," Thalia's voice snapped.

Nico stood up abruptly. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked suspiciously.

Rachel, who finally managed her way inside the room, helped Annabeth climb in the room, glanced at him. "Where's Percy?"

Nico pointed to another bed, where a huge lump lay, snoring quietly. "Now answer my question."

"We need your help with something." Thalia's face appeared.

"Woah," Leo breathed. "And how can I help you?"

Thalia glared at him. "Help me inside, if you please. And don't butt in. This job is for Percy and Nico alone." She glanced around, and her voice softened. "Isn't there someone else rooming with you?"

"Jason?" Leo asked. "He's not here right now. Went to talk to Headmaster Brunner."

"I see." Her voice hardened. "Annabeth, wake up Sleepy Head over there." She jerked a thumb in Percy's direction and turned to Nico. "Come with us."

"Uh...why?" Percy's voice asked sleepily. He had just woken up, and seemed perfectly content with Annabeth holding him up so he wouldn't fall back on the bed.

"That's what we'd like to know."

The three girls turned to see Piper, Reyna, and Hazel, their arms crossed. Reyna was currently holding Leo back with her hand, her expression annoyed. Whether it was meant for them or Leo, Annabeth wasn't sure.

"Really, ditching us to sneak into a boy's room?" Piper asked, sounding amused. "I didn't know you guys were-"

Annabeth flushed red. "It's not like that!"

"We know," Hazel assured her, elbowing Piper in the ribs. "It has something to do with Drew getting stabbed, right?"

Rachel stared at her. "Why do you say that?" she asked suspiciously.

Hazel shrugged. "Just a guess?"

"We want to help, is the point," Reyna interjected.

"If it means assisting you lovely young ladies, then it will be our pleasure," Leo said, bowing to Reyna, who rolled her eyes. Next to him, Frank sighed.

Thalia gave them the evil eye. "It has nothing to do with you." To Nico, she whisperd, "We think this has something to do with Cara."

"But she's dead," he hissed back.

"Not her friends."

Hazel stiffened. "Cara. The Headmistress from last year?"

"Yeah," Thalia muttered. "She died in the tunnels. Even if she hadn't, she would've been arrested to kidnapping one of the students and attempt to kill us."

Hazel stood up, her fists clenched. "Then we are so helping you."

Thalia scowled. "I never said-"

"Look, I haven't known you that long, but I want to help." Hazel looked at the floor. "I can't explain why, but please, please please please let me help!"

Piper put a hand on Hazel's shoulder. "Hey, calm down, Hazel. They don't understand, either."

"Okay, I'm not exactly sure what happened, last year," Frank said, "but if you need help, then I guess we will."

Nico shrugged. "They're the ones that came here. You call it. I don't care."

Annabeth nodded, and Rachel gave her the thumbs up.

"I need to go save Princess Annabeth from the evil sea monster, for I am Lord Seaweed Brain, king of the Great Barrier Reef," Percy mumbled, earning a few snickers from the people around him.

Thalia sighed. "Fine," she said. "This is the plan..."

"She really does have the knack for being a Leader, huh?" Leo mused.

"Hence the name 'Leader'," Reyna snapped, rolling her eyes. "Now shut up. We're supposed to be keeping watch."

"Yes, of course." Leo leaned against the wall and stared at her.

Reyna glared at him. "Watch the corriders, not me, you idiot!"

"But I can't help it," Leo whined. "You're a lot more fun to watch then a bunch of stupid hallways."

Hazel giggled, and Leo gave her a grin. "See? Even Hazel agrees with me."

The girl suddenly frowned, slowly inching away from the others. "I'm going to find Frank," she blurted. "See why he hasn't come back yet."

"Okay," Leo said, shrugging. Reyna gave Hazel a pleading stare, probably thinking Don't leave me alone with this idiot!

Hazel gave her friend an apologetic smile and raced down the corrider, turning left. They couldn't be here...they couldn't...they promised!

But then again, she did, too. And she had broken that promise. They warned her...they warned her that they would come for her...

Hazel glanced around her. There was nothing except the large, empty shadows.

Oh, what was she thinking, leaving alone?! She had to get back, and quickly. Frank would have returned by now, wouldn't he?

Yes, of couse.

An arm circled her waist, and Hazel felt shivers down her spine as a voice whispered, "Scream and I'll gut you like a fish," before covering her mouth.

Annabeth was tapping away on a small keyboard, her eyes glued to the screen. "Come on, crack already, you stupid high-tech security system."

"What are you doing?" Percy asked, yawning, still half-asleep. "The Lord Seaweed Brain must return with Princess Annabeth to the feast..."

"What was that?" Annabeth asked, looking at him. Next to her, Rachel giggled.

"Nothing," Percy said, snapping awake instantly.

"O...kay." Annabeth gave him a strange look before returning her attention to the screen. She grinned triumphetly. "Yes! I breached the security code."

"Awesome," Rachel said. "So tell me, why're we breaching the security code?"

"Because then we can see the people who were within throwing range of the knife," Annabeth told her. "I always knew that these security cameras could one day come in handy." She pressed a button on her cell-phone. "What's the status, Thalia?"

"From the looks of the arena, the only way someone could have been able to throw a knife with such force would have to be in the very front row," Thalia's voice answered. "But since we didn't get such a good look at the knife, I can't tell."

"Right." Annabeth nodded at Rachel, who pulled out her own cell-phone and dialed a number.

"Piper? Did you find it?"

"Yeah. It so wasn't easy. The Evidence Locker was crawling with guards. Do you know how many pressure points I had to hit?"

Rachel was about to respond, but Annabeth snatched the phone away from her. "Not the point," she said sharply. "The knife?"

"Yeah. It's pretty simple, so it'd have to be fired at a pretty close range."

"Got it," Annabeth said, flipping through a few snapshots. Rachel examined them closely, trying to decide what was strange about each one.

"There!" Rachel pointed at a snapshot. It was a section from the boy's row, and there, was...well, a boy.

"What about it?" Annabeth asked, squinting.

"It's kind of hard to tell, considering this is black and white, but you can see a tiny slash of a bright color right there," Rachel said, pointing to his leg. "Besides, I've never seen this boy before."

Knowing well enough not to question a Sneak's memory, Annabeth nodded. "Yeah. I haven't, either. Percy, do you know this guy?"

Percy peered at the screen. "I've never seen him before."

"Besides, look at his face." Rachel squinted. Underneath his right eye is a patch of skin slightly darker than the rest of it. Total sign of cover-up. Maybe he's hiding something?"

Annabeth took a deep breath. "Anything else?"

"He's wearing a wig," Rachel said. "You see? It's dark, but on this side near his temple, it's a ton paler. He could be a blonde, most likely. And either he's trying to hide a tell-tale birthmark or a scar."

Percy stared at the two girls. "So, in other words...?"

Annabeth turned to face him, a grim expression on her face. "There's a spy in the school."