I'm trying to finish this story so I can start my story about mark of Athena but the children of Percy/ Annabeth n other couples will help them!

One thing that irked me was that just before she left she whispered in my ear,

"My brother is the god of truth, he told me about Tyler."

Percy's POV

The visit from Artemis was odd and I tried not to let it distract me from the quest. In the beginning of our quest she made no sense but towards the end she seemed more, normal maybe? Maybe the full moon that night made her more normal.

That was three days ago and now we were in the midst of west New Mexico without a ride. The train didn't make the whole trip to Death Valley and we couldn't pay for another trip. We would have taken a plane but the experience with the storm spirits knocked out that option, not that I minded that part so much. In the train station I felt my eyes dropping from lack of sleep but I'll explain that later.

"What are we going to do?" Annabeth mumbled. We are standing outside of the station, it felt like we were waiting for something to happen. Tyler plopped down on the sidewalk while me and Annabeth brainstormed ideas. After 5 minutes of dumb ideas that wouldn't work, Tyler said,

"Do we know him? He waved." He pointed to a blonde guy waving to us out of the window of his red mustang. A smile tugged at my mouth it was Apollo. After the war my dad's allies helped me out here in there. He felt that I was "too cool" to be living in the streets.

We walked over to him and he greeted us with a blinding smile.

"Percy! I haven't seen you in a long time! How did you get stuck on another quest?" he greeted me.

I laughed, "I know right fifth quest and fought two wars, apparently nobody's ever heard of retirement."

He laughed, "Get in the car guys I'll drive you too Death Valley."

"Really! Thanks Mister…" Tyler started.

"Apollo, and no mister stuff I hate that." the god finished. Tyler seemed shocked, but grateful.

"You're Tyler, right wow I haven't seen you since you were a baby, your old man he's pretty cool but not as cool as me," Apollo said.

I glared at him from the shoot gun seat and hoped that Annabeth didn't notice my reaction. He was trying to irritate me.

"When did you see me when I was baby?" Tyler asked intrigued.

"Your old man asked me to place a few blessing etc. nothing special. You should have seen him I don't think I ever saw him so scared!"

He and Tyler laughed probably because they knew it was about me and not Poseidon. I blushed but I couldn't

"What are some other embarrassing stories about my dad?" Tyler asked.

"This is gonna be a long drive." I mumbled.

Throughout all the stories Annabeth didn't notice that some of the stories were similar to my life. Apollo was careful to keep it vague and Annabeth seemed too deep in her thoughts to even be listening.

For the latter of the ride, after the stories that were terribly embarrassing, Apollo weaved in and out of the traffic. With one hand on the wheel and one tapping out the rhythm to a song playing on the radio. I never heard of it and considering that it was in Ancient Greek, it was a popular song back then.

"Sissy told me that the quest is to save her lieutenant. I haven't been to Olympus in a while…do you know how or who got her?" he asked nonchantly.

"No, we saw Artemis a few days ago she seemed like a whole different person." Annabeth explained.

"A lot of the gods have been like that, Hades, Zeus, Artemis and Athena. They seem changed, possessed even. I haven't been in Olympus to avoid them." Apollo said.

I let the words sink in what was happening on Olympus? And what did this have to do with Thalia.

"And at camp, they haven't been claiming their children as they should" Annabeth said deep in thought.

"What do you mean? They haven't been keeping their promise?" I said glaring at Apollo.

"They have really, its just Zeus, Hades, Artemis and my mom, they're late or whatever when it comes to claiming. My half sister, she wasn't claimed till she was 15. Nico tells me about how his father has been neglecting some of his duties and spending time at Tartarus. Something about punishments for the titans."

"What does this have to do with Thalia's kidnapping?" Tyler asked. He looked just like Annabeth when he was thinking.

With no answer we continued with our drive. In less than 2 hours we made it. With mortal cars that would be impossible not for the god of the sun, and cool cars.

"Welcome to Death Valley, home of an 'unbeatable enemy'" I announced.

I know a little late

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