A/N: What did you think? Thanks for the reviews. Hopefully, things will get less tense between Ariadne and Will soon. He is too sad for me to stand. Anyways, enjoy the chapter!
Will's POV:
When the sphinx attacked, I couldn't get my bow and arrows out fast enough. I had to stand there, and just watch. I was embarrassed, but I couldn't have my quiver of arrows and my bow out in the mortal world like I could in camp. People might get suspicious.
"Oh. My. Gods. That was so fun! Scary, but fun!" exclaimed Ariadne. "Sorry that was the ADHD talking."
"No, it's fine. That was pretty cool to fight," Percy said.
I nodded with everybody else, even though I didn't get to fight. We kept moving until we got to the front of a fancy hotel.
"The Hyatt," breathed Ariadne. "I stayed here when my theatre class went to Houston in 8th grade. It's beautiful, although in the elevators, you may want to face the door if you get a higher floor. I learned that the hard way."
I smiled. Typical daughter of Poseidon. I was tempted to kiss her, but remembered that she was with Nico. I took a deep breath and we walked in. She was right, this hotel is really fancy and beautiful.
"There's a heated outdoor pool, too," I overheard Ariadne telling Percy. "It's on the sixth floor. One of my friends wouldn't get in, so my roommate pulled him in, then he dunked me a million times, and I got out, at which point he stole my towel and threatened to put it in the pool. I was wearing my friend's camouflage bikini, and it was a cold night, so I begged him not to, and he held it over the pool, so I had to let him push me in. It was so fun, but I really miss talking to him. Gods, I wonder what he is thinking right now. I have been gone for so long. But don't worry, we are only friends. He is so fun though. You HAVE to meet him."
She paused to take a breath, and I spoke.
"It sounds fun. Let's go get our rooms now, okay? How many beds per room?" I said.
"It depends on the room. One of the teachers staying got one with three beds, and the rest of us got two. I guess we could get the three bed suite, so we can stay together. Oh, and this place has room service!" she said excitedly.
I nodded, and we walked up to the front desk.
Percy's POV:
The check-in guy gave us a hard time, but we finally got a suite on the… 26th floor. Gods, this was going to be a long quest. I took a deep breath in front of the elevators, and noticed Ariadne was doing the same.
"Okay, here we go," I said as the elevator opened.
This wasn't so bad, until we started going up. I looked over at Ariadne, who was clutching Nico's hand and getting pale. I was shaking, so I grabbed Annabeth's hand. She looked at me, and seemed to understand.
"It's okay guys. This isn't in Zeus' territory. We are still connected to the ground, technically, so we are safe," Will tried to reassure us, but I couldn't help thinking, hopefully.
I nodded, but Ariadne just clung tighter to Nico. I could tell she was really scared. I wondered what it was like the first time. Suddenly I heard a moaning sound. It was Ariadne. Thankfully, we reached our floor. I noticed there weren't certain floors, like the 13th floor.
"Why isn't there a 13th floor?" I asked.
Annabeth replied, "If they made a 13th floor, or any of the missing floors for that matter, the building might fall. It's just for structural safety."
I trusted her, and soon we found our room. It was so big. I couldn't believe it.
"Whoa," I breathed. "This is a LOT better than my tiny apartment in New York."
Ariadne nodded, and we claimed beds. Will claimed the big bed in the other room, while Ariadne and Nico claimed the bed on the right, near the window. That left Annabeth and I with the bed near the door.
We put down our things, then iris-messaged Chiron.
"O Iris, goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering. Show my Chiron at Camp Half-Blood," Nico said.
Chiron appeared in our make-shift rainbow. He was at the big house with a new camper.
"Chiron, we are at our hotel now. What's next?" I called.
He looked over at us and said, "Good, now you need to find another demigod. It's going to be easy. All you do is uncap your sword. To mortals, except Rachel and your mother, it looks like a baseball bat. To demigods it will be a sword. Whoever asks you why you have a sword can help you. I have to go now. I will IM you later."
We thanked him, and closed off the IM. Carrying around a sword randomly would be weird, but it was worth a try. I uncapped Riptide, and we walked out of the room, each of us taking a key.
"Let's go look around. I don't see anybody here," said Nico.
I nodded, and we walked around a bit. I saw a guy look at us funny, but all he said was, "What's with the baseball bat? Crazy teenagers."
I smirked at him, and we kept walking. Then a guy looked at us and whisper-yelled, "A sword? Really? Are you trying to let the mortals know the gods are still around?"
We looked at each other and smiled. We found our help.
Ariadne walked up to him and said, "We know it's dangerous, but we are on a quest, and we need some help. We need to find a giant."
He nodded, and pulled us into a stairwell, which was thankfully empty, though it stunk.
"Why did you ask me? Who sent you?" he hissed.
"Chiron the centaur sent us to find my grandparents, sir. We are from Camp Half-Blood," Ariadne squeaked.
I instinctively reached for Riptide, but the man smiled. I guessed he was former camper. He looked like was remembering good times. I realized he looked very familiar.
"Would you by any chance be a son of Hermes?" I asked him, realizing why he looked familiar.
He nodded, and I saw the twinkle in his eyes that Connor and Travis always got when they were doing, well, anything. He looked a lot like Luke, but without the scar. Annabeth must have seen it too, because her mouth was in a perfect "O" of surprise.
"All right, I'll help you. Come with me, and I will tell you my plan to save the girls family," he said, not waiting for us to follow.
A/N: I'm sorry it was short! I had writers block! Don't kill me! Keep reviewing, and if my chapters are still lame, don't kill me then either. Review thanks!