I'm soooo sorry! I promised you three chapters on Sunday and I only gave you one. But my mom came in and told me that I had to stop typing for the day (She threatened me with carpal tunnel :0). It was only noon. So I grabbed a notebook and started writing in that. It took a good couple of hours to copy it all down onto the computer, but here it is. Please don't hate me! I was only able to get one more chapter done. To make up for it, I'll make the next chapter 2000 words instead of 1000. Review! I still need more power ideas!

Rachel and I went to have dinner. Annabeth, Grover, Juniper and Thalia already sat there.

"Hey guys!" I said sitting down in between Annabeth and Grover.

"Hey Percy." Grover and Juniper said, Annabeth and Thalia just glared. Rachel silently sat on the other side of Juniper.

"Are you ready to leave? Just in case Nico has a miraculous recovery and we can leave tomorrow like planned." I asked.

"No." Both the girls said. I gave a forced smile and took a bite of my veggie burrito.

"Percy, what exactly happened to Nico?" Annabeth asked. Just as I expected, she was curious.

"I don't really know. I had sent him and Iris message, going to tell him we needed him here by tomorrow, but when it showed him, he was being chased by a hellhound. He looked tired and hurt, he even asked for help, so I jumped on Blackjack and flew out there. He passed out at my feet and I sent him back here while I took care of the hellhound. It was easier than most monsters, but the hardest hellhound I've ever faced so far."

Annabeth looked confused. "Percy, hellhounds are from the underworld, why was Hades' son being chased by one?"

I shrugged. "I don't know; that was something that occurred to me as well." I remembered that dream I had had the night before. "But I think I have an idea who might be involved."

"Well, who?" Thalia demanded.

"I think it might be Kronos' minions. There are some of them still out there, and they are trying to fight back." I replied.

"Why do you think him?" Annabeth asked.

"I had a dream last night that some things were going to happen. In the dream, Kronos spoke, telling me that his minions were still at work. I think that the hellhound might have been one of the minions, and I think that they are also the reason for the disappearing mist."

"That's a possibility, but we can't be sure just quite yet."

We talked about the quest and our theories for a little bit longer, and then we decided to turn in for the night. I wanted to check on Nico to see if we could leave tomorrow, so I went with Rachel to the big house. Rachel muttered a good night and went to her room, while I kept walking to Nico's.

I opened the door and saw him open his eyes a crack. "Hey Percy." He moaned.

"Hey dude. You ok?" I asked.

"At the moment, I don't think I should answer that." He replied. OK, not good.

"Umm, I know this might make things a little bit worse, but we're going on a quest, and we're waiting for you. We can wait for a few days, but our original plan was to leave tomorrow."

He looked at me as if I was crazy. "I don't think that's going to happen."

It was silent for a little bit. "So, are you ever going to tell me why you're in this state?"

He took a deep breath. "I got your message, I was living with a woman who could see through the mist, she saw and refused to drive me here."

"Why?"

"Because she said that instead of her being 'lucky' enough to see everything that's really going on, everybody would be able to see what she see's, everybody had thought she was crazy."

"Then why did she allow you to live with her?"

"Because she thought that having a half-blood live with her would protect her when instead we only seem to attract monsters." He laughed a weak laugh. "When she noticed that, she started treating me like a pet, feeding me only certain times a day. She had started sending me to SCHOOL." He looked appalled. I would guess he was since he hadn't gone to school in 4 years.

"I began coming, about 30 miles away, I ran into that beast, and I used most of my energy to bring me here by shadow traveling, unfortunately, the hellhound knew how to shadow travel too, and he followed me. You found me 20 minutes after I began running."

"Well, you're safe and here now. Do you need anything?"

"A drink of water would be nice. My throat feels like a desert." I looked around for water and spotted a bottle sitting across the room. I used my water controlling power to bring it to me. I opened it and poured some into his mouth, accidentally spilling it on him as well.

"Sorry, let me get that." I tried wiping some of it off with my bare hand. When my skin hit the water that had met his skin, I felt a little jolt of energy, and Nico jumped. I looked to see what it might have been. I saw the water I had tried to brush off flow over his cuts and bruises and wash away the blood and grime. When the water left those injured areas, they were perfectly healed. Not even a mark.

"When did you learn to do that?" He asked, and I got a feeling that was telling me to tell him. It was a good feeling too.

"My father's been giving me new powers for the quest. I didn't know I could do that until now."

"Well, I feel a hundred times better." He replied.

"Hey, can you keep this little power thing a secret from everybody else? My father asked me to keep it until I knew it was the right time."

"Then why did you tell me right now?"

"I felt it was the right time to tell you. I guess my father assumed I would need somebody to confide in."

"Well, at least I won't be left out of the action." He laughed. "Are we leaving tomorrow?"

I was so confused, here he was, barely healed, and he was asking if we would be leaving tomorrow? "Don't you want to stay and heal?"

"Actually, your new little power renewed my energy and health. I feel like I could run 10 miles right now."

"Well, tomorrow it is then!" I said standing. He stood as well to stretch. "And if Chiron asks, the ambrosia worked wonders on you." I said.

He nodded and jumped back in bed. "Before you go. I want to know what's going on between you and Annabeth?"

I looked at him. "How did you know?"

"I overheard her talking to Thalia about how you were making her insecure, and sad. You know, the kind of girl drama you want to avoid."

"Well, at the moment, she's mad at me for not telling her I wanted Rachel to join, and I hope it doesn't stay that way."

"The red head?" He asked, and I nodded. "Do you know why Annabeth hates her?"

"How come everybody knows this but me?" I asked.

"I don't know, maybe because you're stupid?" He said.

I shot him a glare at his smirk. "I'm going back to my cabin. Be ready to leave by 8 tomorrow morning." I said before walking out and going to Rachel's room, I knocked on the door and yelled. "We're leaving tomorrow at 8! Be ready!"

I then went down to the Athena cabin and found Annabeth and Thalia talking. I walked in and stood in front of them. They looked up and frowned. I looked at Annabeth apologetically, although I felt sorry for myself. This was the girl I had to 'stay close to' during the entire quest, and I had a feeling that neither of us were going to like it. "Yes Percy?" Thalia asked politely, but in a like she was talking to a man she just met on the street.

"Nico feels better, we're leaving tomorrow morning at 8. I need you to be ready. Tell Ashley too." I said before walking out without another word.

I went to my cabin and immediately fell asleep right away, drifting into a luckily dreamless sleep.