Percy held his breath. Don't look down, don't look down, he thought, praying that the magician wouldn't see him. As the fates would have it Amos didn't look down and instead marched straight to the front door, leaving.

"At least thats one of our problems out of the way" came Annabeth's voice from right next to him, making him jump.

"For Poseidon's sake Annabeth, don't do that."

"The others won't be far behind" she said, gesturing towards the stairs. Percy understood, wjich was a first for him, they needed to talk in private, and the hallway wasn't the place to do it.

Once they were in the guest room Carter and Sadie had given them, Annabeth started the conversation on a positive. "This place has become a prison. We can't stay here any longer."

"It wouldn't do is any good to leave."

"What makes you say that?"

"Remember when Bast threw us out, and Carter found us straight away. How did he know where we were?"

"You think they would be able to track us?"

"Yes."

"And what about camp, would they be able to find us there?"

"Annabeth, camps a long way from here, and I'm not getting in the damned chariot again"

"I wasn't thinking about the chariot of damnation." She pulled the ash tray off the cabinet in their room and filled it with water, she placed the now full ash tray next to the window, letting the sunlight touch the water. She had made a rainbow.

"You want to iris message someone." Captain obvious much, but Percy hadn't even thought of that.

"Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, show me Nico Di Angelo." She tossed in the required drachma and waited.

"Lock the door" she told Percy. "If the egyptions see this, they will definately think we're working against them." Percy obliged and locked the door, he also shoved a chair under the handle just to be safe.

When Nico answered their Iris message, he looked like he hadn't slept in weeks.

"Nico, you okay?" Percy asked, worried about his little cousin.

"What? Oh yeah, its just getting to the end of summer and dad is really excited about getting Persephone back. He's been singing! Do you have any idea how bad a singer the lord of the dead is?"

"I can empathise." Percy said, horrified at the idea of Hades singing.

"Percy" Annabeth said. "We're not here to talk about Hades singing. Magicians trying to kill us, remember?"

"Magicians?" Nico asked.

"Long story, which we can't explain because we're sworn to secrecy. Point is, can you get us out?"

"Where are you?"

"Brooklyn."

"Hold on, I'll be about ten seconds."

Percy staered counting.

One.

Annabeth kissed him.

Two.

He kissed her back.

Three.

Someone knocked on the door.

Four.

Annabeth opened it.

Five.

Sadie Kane came in.

Six.

She told them what Amos had said earlier.

Seven.

Annabeth told her that she and Percy already knew and were leaving.

Eight.

Sadie offered to help.

Nine.

Carter came in.

Ten.

"Hi."

All four af them jumped when Nico materialised from the darkest corner of the room.