A/N: Helloooooo. Sorry for my lack of updating. It's a problem. I was writing a speech and memorizing it. Also, I'm tired, so I apologize if I got something wrong if any of the characters were OoC and for the shortness of the chapter. I know you guys hate it when I do that.

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For the first ten minutes they all sat in quiet shock and numbness. Percy for one felt cold all over, like he had been dipped in the River Styx again and was drowning with no one there to help him out this time. Nico was thinking that if he died then maybe he could be reincarnated if he were lucky and catch up with Bianca or maybe even find his mom. Thalia was counting on her resilience and partial immortality to keep her safe and was worrying very much for her friends and Jason. Jason was worrying for Piper and how she was going to handle her dad and wondering if he could get some kind of schematics of Atlantis from the gods. Leo was drawing a complete blank; all he could think about was his family- his mom and bisabuelo Sammy- and possible getting to see them and meet Sammy; it would be so strange yet so happy to see the members of his family that cared about and hadn't ostracized him. Annabeth was analyzing their probabilities of surviving and coming up with a thousand and one strategies to increase their chance of survival- one of which included a ton of rubber ducks and 37 banana peels. Piper was worried about Jason (knowing him he was worried about her, the crazy boy) and thinking about how to say goodbye to her dad without actually saying goodbye. Hazel was thinking about her time in the underworld and hoping that if she had to go back that maybe it would be better with her friends by her side; this time she wouldn't have to sacrifice her fate for the good of someone else and would get to the Isle of the Blest. Frank's mind was on his family like Leo's was; he contemplated seeing his mom again and worrying about Hazel. Walt was concerned for Sadie's safety because he was fairly certain that because of Anubis he would survive pretty much anything that could happen to them. Sadie was worried about her dorky brother and Walt- she didn't know if Anubis could save him were something bad to happen. Carter was thinking battle strategies and off to the side obsessing over Sadie and Zia's safety. Zia was cool and collected; she had confidence in Carter's abilities-because really he was her number one concern- so she focused on fighting tactics and items she could use to face a Titan.

It was not until the gods returned with the demigods requested items and a hose and left just as quickly that anyone spoke.

"So," Sadie said her voice raspy and muted. "What exactly is an 'Iris message'?"

Normally it would have been Leo who answered, but he was so focused on the thoughts of his family that he didn't even notice when Hermes showed up with his tool belt, so Frank answered. "It's like- well- Iris is the rainbow goddess so you make a rainbow and an offering and she'll connect you with whoever you are trying to reach. You see the image in the rainbow you make."

Sadie nodded as if that made perfect sense because honestly she couldn't be bothered to care about the specifics at that point.

"I guess that explains the hose," Carter mumbled indistinctly.

"Yeah," Percy said dazedly. "Um, yeah, who wants to, uh, go first?"

"I guess I can," Annabeth said clearly with a concentrated and totally clear-minded look in her eyes.

"Are you going to call your mom?" Piper asked. She was thinking about calling her own mom, but not seriously. If Annabeth didn't talk to Athena then Piper definitely wasn't going to call Aphrodite.

"No," Annabeth promptly replies. "If she didn't want to come and tell me any of this herself- and obviously she could have since Apollo was here- then I certainly don't have anything to say to her right now." If this were your average quest then Annabeth wouldn't be so harsh and cold about this, but because it was something of this magnitude -and because her mother's rejection of her during the whole Mark of Athena ordeal still stung- she wasn't feeling very judicious. Piper nods in understanding and Percy gets up to help her send the Iris message.

"So your dad then?" Percy asks quietly to which Annabeth nods and mentions something about sending a message to her cabin too. Percy starts looking for somewhere to hook up the hose and a spigot magically pops up on the wall right beside him. He mutters something about ridiculous gods and why didn't they just install a waterfall or something if they were going to be like this.

Out of nowhere the hose is ripped out of his hands and a waterfall type fountain- the kind that you see in posh business offices- appears with a note on it that reads, "Great idea, Percy! –A."

Percy shakes his head wearily and stands beside Annabeth with his arms wrapped around her waist. She leans her head back against his shoulder. Her mind is going a million miles an hour as she figures out what to say to her dad. At that point she was berating herself for not pondering this during the ten minutes of silence.

Finally she speaks into the glimmering mist rising from where the water splashes down into the bottom of the fountain. "Frederick Chase."

It takes a moment but when the image does pop up all that can be seen is a pair of legs sticking out from under a biplane. The man wriggles out and sits up, running a hand through his ruffled blonde hair.

"Annabeth, dear," he says smiling brightly when he finally sees her and Percy, but that's before he notes her expression and immediately turns serious. "What's wrong sweetie?"

"Well, Dad, it's kind of complicated…"

Hope you lot enjoyed this. I'm tired as all get out and can't wait for finals to be over so I can SLEEP. So, I'm sorry if it's stupid; I felt like Annabeth's dad might've been OoC... I'm getting in the rest of the Iris messages in the next chapter. Tell me if you guys want dialogue or something like this: Sadie said that she loved him and really wished they'd been able to spend more time together before... Blah, blah, blah. Yeah I'm put a poll about it on my profile.

Thanks for reading, though! Please review :)