AN: Hey buds, i kinda let myself go with this chapter. I had planned to go until Denver in this chapter but i didn't even get to New Jersey and it is already this long. FML. I had a hard time checking it because it is soo long. :( Hope i picked out all mistakes though.

Responds to questions in reviews:

Sommermaedchen

Hey, I really like your story. But this time were the perspective a little bit confusing. One time it was "his" when you spoke of Percy and the other time "I".
But it can be me because English isn't my native language...

Well shoe, I reread it and i made indeed some perspective mistakes thank you! I will correct them later.

Zarathos' chain

aww so sweet still good chapter character development with lukes anger is great keep it up

Honestly i did not even think of that but you got me right on track with an awesome idea for this story thank you!

ENJOY!

Disclaimer: Still don't own PJO


Chapter 12

7 months later

"Come on guys, you can do better than that." He moaned when he took his defensive pose again. Percy was fighting against Annabeth, Luke, Malcolm and Katie on the training field with wooden sticks. It was 4 vs 1 and Percy still had the upper hand.

He heard some groans from the 4 and he smirked. He saw Katie looking at Luke and he saw out of the corner of his eye a nod of him. Percy waited. Luke's muscles tensed and Katie's too. They both ran for his sides and he held the stick in his right hand. Luke came in with his stick too high and Percy ducked and he blocked the right swing of Katie. He saw a stick coming at him from the front and he did the matrix move, made a bridge stood on his hands and jumped on his feet.

How could I be so stupid and not thought about the other two? He lunged towards Katie and rolled under her stab, flooring her out with his stick and Percy snatched away the stick out of her hand with left before she even touched the ground. He had now 2 sticks and he saw Malcolm sneaking up from behind. Malcolm ran quietly towards him thinking he had not noticed him and that Percy was only eying Annabeth and Luke. When Malcolm wanted to stab Percy from behind he stepped aside and grabbed Malcolm by his arm and twisted it and threw him to the ground.

"Sneaky, sneaky Malcolm?" Percy chuckled. He groaned back but stayed down not wanting to hurt himself even more.

Annabeth charged forward with Luke following hesitantly. Percy parried the attack of Annabeth easily and he crouched down immediately and pushed the stick between Annabeth's legs from the side and she fell face down.

She groaned something like. "Fudge you Perce." And he just smiled at her crawling away towards Katie and Malcolm.

"Show me what you got Castellan." Percy groaned and he wanted to end this fight quickly. For the first time in six months he charged forward instead of defending the first blow. He ran and he jumped making a screw midair. His left stick came on Luke's stick but the second one landed right on his shoulder. He fell down and he was cursing at me like chips.

"Nice fight, Castellan." Percy grinned but Luke looked at him like he wanted to kill Percy.

Luke stood up and left to the infirmary without saying a word to everyone. Percy frowned and mumbled "What have I done to offend this guy?" Maybe he should ask Annabeth later.

"PERCY!" Malcolm shouted. Percy turned around towards him to see what was wrong and Malcolm was running towards him excitedly. "You really have to teach me that move man! It looked so awesome!"

Percy chuckled at his excitement "Of course Malcolm, but not today okay?"

"Sure, sure but don't forget." He said and he walked towards his cabin. Annabeth and Katie walked towards him and Annabeth was a little irritated. "Do you always have to finish it so fast? I only hit you once and you immediately floored me."

"Hey, just showing of my skills to the ladies and by the way I can do it faster you know. You can't even hit me when I am on stride." He smirked and Annabeth pushed him.

"Shut up Seaweed Brain." Annabeth said but now with a small smile on her face.

"Next time we are going to win." Katie said with excitement. She always thinks after every fight that Percy will lose the next one.

"Sure, sure I will go easy next time." Percy chuckled. "Shall we go to the beach and go swimming?"

"Sorry I have some duties for my cabin, I have to bake something for dinner tonight for camp with the rest of the cabin."

"Wait, you guys are going to bake? What do we get?" Annabeth pleaded.

"Nu-huh not going to tell you." Katie said with a serious face but you can see that she was hiding a smile.


"Hey Annabeth?" Percy asked. The question was itching in his head all the time he had to ask it. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Yea sure." Annabeth said looking a bit stunned by the question.

"Why does Luke hate me?" Percy asked slowly. They were sitting on the beach and nobody was to be seen. The sea was quiet and the sun was shining.

Annabeth chuckled. "Don't you see? He is very jealous at you."

"At me?" Percy said in disbelief. "How could anybody be jealous at me?"

"Look at yourself Perce, You are good at let's see.. Anything." She chuckled. "You are the best camper we got, you are also the most powerful one and you got to spend your live with your godly parent. You are the first in the whole history."

"Oh well I didn't know that." Percy said blushing like a tomato.

"Read some books Seaweed brain." Annabeth joked

Percy rolled with his eyes. "I read strips and that is difficult enough. You are just a bookworm."

Annabeth shoved him and he fell on his side. "I am not a bookworm I just like reading. Your head is just filled with seaweed."

Percy stood up and dragged Annabeth to the sea by her arms. He picked her up and she tried to struggle but he had an iron grip. Percy chuckled and he threw Annabeth into the sea.

"Fudge you Percy! I hate you! Now I am wet!" She started screaming in anger but it flood away when Percy came in swimming next to her.

"Something wrong Wise Girl? You needed to cool down a little." Percy said and then he was pushed with his head into the water and he took Annabeth with him.


Meanwhile in Olympus

Zeus was angry. No Angry is an understatement, Zeus was furious. Somebody had stolen his master bolt and now he was sort of powerless. He had to get it back and fast. He already searched the palace and whole Olympus. When he summoned it he would get a balloon sword. It was very shameful and he stopped trying to summon it. After 2 days of searching thinking that somebody pulled a joke with him he came to the conclusion that it was stolen and probably by Poseidon and that filthy son of him that was supposed to be dead. He was so desperate to find it back and summoned an urgency meeting.

When every god flashed into the room he began to speak. "As you all may have heard my master bolt and symbol of power has been stolen."

Zeus heard a few gasps here and there but the majority stayed quiet and stunned.

"How could anybody steal you symbol of power my Lord?" Athena asked curiously. "No Olympian could have stolen it because we cannot steal symbols of power from each other."

"If I had known I would have it back." Zeus said angrily.

"Do you have an idea who could have stolen it?" Poseidon asked curiously.

"Oh I think you know brother." Zeus said evilly. "That son of yours who should have died years ago comes into the sight of the gods and six months later my symbol of power is stolen."

Poseidon chuckled. "Brother, brother why would I want you symbol of power? Or why would my son even do that?"

"SO THAT YOU CAN DUEL ME FOR THE THRONE AND WIN!" Zeus shouted with a massive amount of anger in his voice.

All the Olympians looked shocked except for Poseidon who seemed way to calm. "Why would I want you power brother? I already own two third of the world and that is enough for me."

"I DON'T CARE!" Zeus yelled. "GIVE ME ONE REASON WHY I SHOULD NOT BLAST THAT SON OF YOURS TO CRISPS NOW!"

Before he could even finish his sentence a trident was under his chin. Poseidon came closer and Zeus looked afraid in his eyes. Poseidon whispered in his ears but loud enough so that anybody could hear it. "That means war Zeus and then you will be the one who dies first. I don't care who has your symbol of power but I will find it then and use it against you. You will not kill my son!"

All the Olympians gasped except for Ares who was hoping for some war. There had not been a great war a long time and it was time that there was a new one.

Zeus glared at Poseidon and said "Start a quest, if your son does not find my symbol of power before the Summer Solstice then bad things are going to happen to you and your family."

Poseidon was stunned and Zeus pushed him and his trident away. "Council dismissed!"


Annabeth and Percy were still swimming in the Lake when a camper stormed onto the beach. "Percy! Chiron needs you into the big house immediately!" With that he ran away and Percy groaned.

"Ugh is he serious it was just becoming fun."

Annabeth nodded and she was a little disappointed they were having so much fun and it always seemed that when they had fun that they were erupted with something. They both swam the beach and Percy dried both of them in an instant.

"See you later Wise Girl!" Percy said while running towards the big house leaving a sad Annabeth behind.

When Percy reached the big house he walked inside and he walked towards Chiron's room. He knocked on the door and the door was opened by Chiron.

"Come in boy we have some things to discuss." Chiron said with a very serious tone.

"Did I do something wrong?" Percy asked not knowing what he could have done to get Chiron so serious.

"No, no my boy it's something else." Chiron said and he saw that Percy looked relieved.

"It's about something else, nice understatement Chiron." Percy heard a voice say from the Right Corner of the door side. It sounded a lot like his dad.

"Dad?" Percy asked and he walked to him to hug him. "How are you dad?"

"Not very good that's why I let you come here. You have to do something for me." Poseidon said to his son.

"Anything dad." Percy responded and he heard Chiron cough.

"Attention boys don't forget why you have come here Poseidon." Chiron smirked.

"Did you just call me boy?" Poseidon asked not believing he just did.

"Yea I guess I did." He chuckled. "Back to the point gentlemen."

"Yes, well Percy I want you to start a quest-"Poseidon began but before he could go on the ADHD took Percy over.

"Oh dad! That's so awesome, thank you dad!" Percy said very fast.

Poseidon looked at his son and smiled. "It's a difficult quest though, Zeus' master bolt is stolen."

"What kind of idiot loses his symbol of power?" Percy grumbled

"Exactly and he blames us for it." Poseidon responded.

"What? I mean I never even went to Olympus how could I probably have stolen it? And you cannot steal it." Percy said not believing what he just heard.

"I know I cannot believe it either, but when you do not start a quest and find it before the Summer Solstice then you will be burned to crisps with a lot more family and I cannot do anything about it." Poseidon said and with that he began to sob.

Percy hurried over to him and he embraced his father. "I will find it father, I have to."

Poseidon sighed "Of course you can. You are my most powerful son with the training of the best of the best. Now let me get you to the oracle and let's find this fudging master bolt for my idiot brother."

Chiron and Percy chuckled and together they walked to the big attic. Poseidon placed the ladder under the hatchway. "Good luck son! I will be there at dinner to announce the quest and you can choose your companions."

Percy nodded and he climbed up the ladder. He was shocked by all what he saw. He saw a lot of dust covered objects and at the end of the attic there was a mummy sitting in a chair and when he came closer her eyes lit up green and she began to speak which sounded like 30 women voices.

Four shall go west, and face the god who has turned

You shall find what was stolen and see it safely returned

You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend

And you shall fail what to save what matters most in the end.

Percy climbed down the ladder and he was thinking of the Prophecy. That he had to go west and that he brought back what was stolen was pretty clear, but the rest. A turned god? A friend who was going to betray him? And not saving what matters? He did know that prophecy's normally had double meanings but it just felt not right.


When the dinner bell rang Poseidon, Chiron and Percy walked together towards the Dining Hall. Most campers stared at the group along the way and gossiped about why Poseidon was here. When they reached the hall everybody was already there and Chiron ordered everybody to be silent and Poseidon nodded towards him.

"Good Afternoon Demigods, as you all know I am Poseidon and this is my son Percy." Poseidon began and Percy blushed by the sudden attention. "Today he received his first quest and he will leave at dawn tomorrow morning. Of course he does not go alone and he will choose three companions as said in the prophecy to join him. Which companions do you choose Percy?"

"I choose Annabeth Chase, Luke Castellan and Malcolm Young." Percy said with a lot of courage in his voice.

"Okay then, Annabeth, Malcolm and Luke come forward please." Chiron said. Annabeth and Malcolm stood up immediately and walked towards the group. Annabeth smiled at Percy and Malcolm gave a friendly nod he smiled back only Luke was nowhere to be seen. "Luke? Has anybody seen Luke?"

A boy with curly brown hair and blue eyes stood up from the Hermes table and said "We have not seen Luke since this morning; he packed some stuff and said he went walking. Since then we have not seen him."

Poseidon and Chiron frowned. "He is not in camp at the moment he is far away. I can't feel him." Chiron said with a worried look.

Poseidon recovered the fastest and announced "Luke is no available at the moment, who is your fourth quest member Percy?"

Percy looked to the Demeter table and he saw Katie looking at him expectantly. "I pick Katie Gardner as my fourth quest member."

Katie sighed in relieve and she walked over to the group. This was her first quest and she was nervous not knowing what was going to happen and such.

"Well that's settled then, quest members you can go and sit at the quest table and discuss about the quest." Chiron announced.

Poseidon gave a small pat on Percy's shoulder and he whispered in his ear. "Good luck Percy, make this old daddy proud of you."

"I will dad, I will find the stupid power symbol of that idiot and I will make you prouder then you have ever been." Percy whispered back.

Poseidon chuckled and embraced his son "Good luck!" and with that he walked out of the pavilion and a loud flash was heard. He flashed out in his godly form and he would be watching Percy every step he made.

A lot of campers were staring at Percy with jealousy because he was just embraced by his godly parent. Percy blushed and he sped towards the quest table his companions already present.

When he sat down Katie began talking. "Thank you Percy! This is going to be my first quest I am so excited."

"Yea thanks Percy." Annabeth and Malcolm fell in with the same amount of excitement.

He chuckled. "No problem guys, I would not want to do this without you guys." They all smiled at him and Percy explained the goal of their quest. Annabeth gasped, Katie and Malcolm were stunned.

"Can we hear the prophecy Perce?" Annabeth asked hesitantly not sure if she wanted to hear it.

"Of course." Percy said and he retold the prophecy.

"It is logic that we have to go west and that we will return it safely, but which god would be in the west and which friend would betray us?" Katie yelped

"Don't forget the part where we will not be able to save what matters most in the end." Malcolm added.

"I know that the Underworld lies in LA and that is west from here. For the rest I have no idea most of the time the prophecies have double meaning so don't worry we will find it out." Annabeth added up to the whole story.

"So where do we go first? I guess we start our voyage to the Underworld because that is the only god that lives west of here but I cannot imagine that Uncle Hades has turned sides." Percy said with a frowned face.

"Uncle Hades?" Malcolm could not belief his ears. Did he just say Uncle Hades.

"Yea." Percy chuckled "Hades visited me sometimes when I was younger and I always called him Uncle Hades but he hated it."

"Wow, well that's good then maybe he can help us with the quest and give us tips for finding the Master Bolt." Annabeth said.

"So we take the bus to New Jersey that the train to Denver and then hire a truck to drive to Los Angeles? Is that a plan?" Malcolm said.

"Great! Now let's pack our stuff and get some rest for our quest to please that idiot up there." Percy joked while they finished their dinner.


They left at the first light of the sun and they were now sitting in the bus riding towards New Jersey when something unexpected happened. The four were sitting in the back of the bus when Percy heard a howl coming out of the forest. Percy tensed immediately but the rest did not hear it blame it on the Primordial blessing he thought.

"Guys, be quiet for a minute please." Percy whispered and they all looked around to find why Percy was so tensed suddenly. Without a warning a big hellhound doomed up with a horde of hounds behind it and he head-butted the bus. The bus fell on his side and the windows broke.

"Let's get out of here." Percy yelled while he jumped out of the window. He stood on the bus and he saw around 11 hellhounds waiting for them. "I will hold them off, go find our package." And with that Percy charged forward with his blade in one hand and trident in the other hand.

While Percy was fighting the hellhounds Katie, Annabeth and Malcolm packed the stuff and jumped outside. When they were all out the bus they saw that there were only three hellhounds remaining. Percy rolled under a hellhound and thrust his trident into the hellhounds belly and it turned into dust. A charging hellhound was stopped by a flying trident and it went straight through its mouth turning into dust. The trident flew back into Percy's hand and his blade beheaded the last hellhound with ease. He sheathed his weapons and he walked towards his companions.

"Ready to go?" Percy asked casually. "Guys watch the guppies." And he laughed because they were looking at him with a dropped jaw.

Malcolm was the first one to recover and he mumbled something like 'wow'. Percy picked up his back next to Katie and they walked down the road towards New Jersey, hoping that somebody would take them with them.


"Hey guys!" Katie yelled excitedly. "Look over there!" and she pointed towards a small shop next to the road. They had been walking all day and no one had passed by. They were tired, worn out and hungry. They had food enough but they had not stopped for food because they were losing precious time. They all ran over to the shop which turned out to be a garden statuary shop named; Aunty Em's Gnome Emporium.

"Guys wait." Annabeth said. "Isn't it strange that there is a garden statuary shop next to a highway?"

"Maybe." Malcolm fell in "But who cares? It means people and people mean rest and food."

"But still-" Annabeth continued but was interrupted by Percy.

"Let's just take a look and then we will decide if we stay here. Okay?"

"Okay but please be careful all." Annabeth pleaded. She did not trust this place it felt so wrong.

When they reached the door Percy readied his shield and unsheathed his sword raising it protectively. He opened the door and shouted "Hello? Somebody here?" but they got no answer. It looked like nobody had been here for a long time and they went on investigation. Search for money and maybe a car. Katie and Annabeth were together and Malcolm and Percy were Together. Annabeth and Katie went to the garden en Percy and Malcolm went for the House. They found some money in the cash register but for the rest they found nothing. Suddenly they heard a scream coming out of the garden. "KATIEEEE!"

They sped to the garden and Annabeth yelled again but now it was meant for Percy and Malcolm. "Percy! Malcolm! Watch out this place is from Medusa."

"Whatever you see Malcolm don't look her into the eyes." Percy said to Malcolm and he nodded.

After a minute of searching they found a open place in the garden with a stoned Katie and Annabeth with closed eyes not able to run away because the stoned Katie was holding Annabeth's hand. Medusa was circling around Annabeth and Katie pleading for Annabeth to open her eyes. (AN: Can't. Stop. Writing. Have. To. Go. On.)

"Oh no" Malcolm gasped next to them quietly so that Medusa could not hear them. "What do we do?"

"Kill it of course." Percy said casually like it was the most normal case of the world. "You go and move Katie together with Annabeth while I distract Medusa, got that?"

"Sure you can handle her alone?" Malcolm asked a little worried about his friend.

"No idea, but I will manage." Percy said while he stood up and held his shield up. Malcolm went around the open place and hid behind a statue not far away of Annabeth and Katie. Percy walked towards Medusa and shouted. "Hey Snake head? Looking for me?"

"Oh my boy, put down your shield so I can look in your eyes, please?" She asked with a charming voice. "I hope you are just as beautiful as you father."

"If you want me, come and get me!" He yelled and he sped away from the open place with Medusa following him cheerfully.

"Come on sweetie don't you want to join my collection and live forever?" She asked in charm speak. She was furious when she found out that charm speak did nor work on him.

When Percy ran away far enough he put his shoes off and concentrated in the earth feeling the trembling and pressure of the earth to locate Medusa. He felt her running around 30 feet from him and he waited for her patiently.

"You think you can fight me boy?" Medusa asked with anger. This boy had just resisted her charm speak and was willing to fight with her without his eyes open.

"Actually yes." Percy said casually and he charged forward trusting on the earth and felt through the earth exactly were Medusa was. He sent quick blows with his razor sharp blade towards her but they were blocked by the claws of Medusa. (AN: Yea she has claws, it is standing on the wiki so is just went for it)

She took some steps backwards and Percy stood there waiting for his feet to feel some movement.

"Who are you boy?" She sneered. This boy had just attacked her with precision without his eyes.

"You don't want to know Medusa." Percy snapped back and he charged forwards. He felt that Medusa took a step towards the right and he rolled forward under her claw. He stood up and felt that Medusa was to slow with turning around and put the sword through her back. He dodged the claw coming up in front of him and frowned. How could she not be dead?

"You can't kill me boy." She laughed evilly. Percy's brain was running at full speed while dodging and parrying trying to remember how to previous Perseus had killed her. BINGO! He had chopped her head off, the only way to kill her. When the next claw was incoming he sank into the ground and he came up behind her.

"WHO ARE Y-" She yelled before he beheaded her with his blade. He felt that the head dropped onto the floor and he cut of a strip of his shirt. He covered the eyes with a self-made bandage and he opened his eyes. He saw the head lying there with a piece of cloth covering her eyes and he was glad that it was over. He picked up the head and he went to off to find the rest.

He found them at the same place where he left them. Malcolm was embracing Annabeth who was sobbing and was still stuck onto the still stoned Katie. When Malcolm saw Percy coming with the head of Medusa he was relieved. Medusa had killed Katie and had trapped Annabeth with her.

"Percy can you free Annabeth?" Malcolm said pleadingly. He did not want to leave his half-sister behind, but also not Katie.

He nodded but instead of pulling out his sword he dropped the head and rolled up his sleeves. "Annabeth when the light gets to bright I want you to close your eyes and don't startle when it gets to hot okay?"

"What do you mean?" Annabeth sobbed, but remained quiet when Percy gave her a 'Please-be-quiet-look'.

He pressed one hand on Katie's forehead and one on her arm. He began to mumble words in a language they did not understand and they could feel the raw power rolling off Percy. Firstly Percy began to glow in a light-brown light and a few seconds after Katie too.

What is he doing? Annabeth asked herself and then the drachma fell. He was going to free Katie out of the stone. She wanted to hug Percy but he told her to remain still and so she did.

After a few minutes Percy began to sweat and Katie was now glowing really bright. She was now also really hot and Malcolm saw that she was biting her lips in pain. Suddenly the light was gone and an unconscious but still alive Katie fell right into Percy's arms.

He began to whisper in her ear and she woke up. She looked a little dazed but she looked okay. She embraced Percy and he was patting her on the back awkwardly.

"Thank you Percy." She whispered in his ear. How could she ever thank him?

"No problem, that is where friends are for right?" Percy responded happily that his friend was alive and soft again.

Annabeth walked over the Percy and hugged both of them "Nice job Percy and thank you." He smiled at her and Percy saw Malcolm standing there alone at the side.

"Come one Malcolm, group hug?" Percy said and Malcolm shrugged joining the hug. (AN: Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time. (Queen) ) After a minute of a silent hug happy that they were all together again Annabeth broke the silent with a question all of them were itching to ask.

"So Perce, how did you free Katie?"

"I promise you guys to tell when we are in another place okay? I just want to get out of here and I will tell you guys in a hotel tonight." Percy said avoiding the question for now.

'Percy' a voice said in his head 'you can tell them about us don't worry, they have a good heard but you have to let them swear on the Styx not to repeat it without your permission'

'Okay, I am going to tell them tonight.' Percy said back.

'Oh and Percy, good fight.'

'Thanks Hydros.' And Percy chuckled.

When they were finished hugging each other they went on car hunt and Katie found a truck in the garage of the store. Luckily Malcolm had followed some driving lessons before and he rode smoothly over the road towards New Jersey. Nobody said a word in the car knowing that they would get their answer tonight in the hotel.


After an hour of driving the sun went down and Malcolm stopped at the closest hotel for a meal and some sleep. When they all ate in silent they went upstairs to the 4 person bedroom and when they all were changed and all Percy began his real life story.

"Okay guys, everything what I am going to tell you guys may not be repeated without my permission swear it on the Styx." Percy said demandingly and they were a bit shocked by his distrust. "I trust you guys but it is better to not being able to tell it then revealing the real me accidentally."

They looked relieved when he told them that he trusted them and they swore not to tell anybody what he was going to tell them.

"Well guys firstly the story of me after my mother's dead is not true and I am now going to tell you guys what really happened in short." Percy said slowly and they all nodded.

And so Percy began his story; He told them about how his mother was really killed and about his journey to avenge her. When he got to the part where he was fighting the army of Pontus with the help of the Primordials six eyes widened. They did not say anything afraid to interrupt the story, but after he told them that he had slain a Primordial Katie could not hold it any longer.

"So you are a Primodial slayer?" She said with wide eyes.

"Yup, that's me." Percy said with a smirk, a little bit proud of his title.

"No wonder you could take us four without a problem." Malcolm mumbled and Percy chuckled.

"Go one with the story Perce, what happened after you had slain Pontus?" Annabeth asked.

And so he went on and he talked about his training in the realms and he showed him his armor. When he was finished with his story they all were excited about what he just told him. They began to fire questions at him and he all answered them truly.

"So you are the champion of the earth actually?" Annabeth asked after they were calmed down of him being trained by primordials not being able to believe that she had such a powerful friend.

"You could say that yes." Percy said blushing.

"That was the best realistic bedtime story ever Perce, I am glad to have you on our side." Malcolm said with excitement in his eyes. "And Perce I still own you a training, but this training you are going to not only teach me the screw move you did earlier but also some more cool moves."

"Can we come to?" Katie asked with puppy eyes.

"Of course you guys can, but first let's get some night rest and finish this stupid quest. Then I am going to train you guys to become one of the best fighters they ever had in camp." Percy said excited. He was glad that his friends excepted him so easily as a trained primordial champion.

"Deal." The trio said in unison.


AN: Well that was longer then planned... Hope you guys liked the new chapter and tell me what you thought of it!

Tomorrow the chapter will be as long as this one and i hope to get finish the quest.