Hey! Thank you everyone who did review. I really like reviews. Here is Chapter 13. In the actual book we are seventeen chapters in ( there all twenty two in all). Four more chapter of the actual book! Please R&R! Enjoy.

I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS!

Chapter 13:

Water Bed's Galore

I didn't really know what I was thinking when I shoved the boys into the back of a taxi. I was mostly thinking how we only had a day until our deadline. After the boys were in the taxi I climbed in after them.

"To Los Angles, please." I told the taxi driver.

"That's over three hundred miles. Do you have money for that? You have to pay up front for that." he asked.

"Do you accept casino debit cards?" I asked hopefully.

"Some of them. Depends which one and you have to swipe it here." he said pointing to a machine.

I handed him my Lotus Casino card. He looked at it skeptically.

"Swipe it." I invited.

He swiped it still a little skeptical. His machine rattled. Next to the dollar sign popped an infinity symbol. The taxi's driver's mouth popped open.

"Where to in Los Angles your highness?"

"The Santa Monica Pier. If you get there fast you can keep the change." I said sitting straighter.

The taxi driver drove fast for the rest of the ride, never once going slower than ninety-five miles per hour. Percy also took this time to tell us his latest dream. It was very disturbing.

"The Silent One? The Rich One? Both of those nicknames for Hades." I suggested. "Maybe… That throne room sounds like Hades."

"Something's wrong. The throne room wasn't the main part of the dream. And the voice from the pit… I don't know. It just didn't feel like a god's voice." Percy said.

"What?" Percy asked when Grover and I stared at him.

"Oh… nothing. I was just- No, it has to be Hades. Maybe he sent this thief, this invisible person to get the master bolt and something went wrong-" I suggested.

"Like what?" Percy interrupted.

"I don't know… But if he stole Zeus's master bolt all the gods are now hunting for it, so he would have to hide it."

"But if they already have the bolt why would we be traveling to get it?"

"To threaten Hades. To bribe or blackmail him into giving your mom back." Grover said.

"You have an evil mind for a goat." Percy said.

"Why, thank you."

A few minutes later we drove by a sign that said: CALIFORNIA STATE LINE, 12 MILES. Hours later we were dropped off at the Santa Monica Pier. It looked like the movies, but smelt worse.

"What now?" I asked.

Percy started absentmindedly walking into the water. I wonder if because he was a son of Poseidon he was drawn to the water, like I was drawn to architecture or books.

"Percy, what are you doing?" I asked.

He continued walking, chest deep now.

"Do you know how polluted that water is? Your going to get-" I said, but he was already underwater when I said "get.".

Fifteen minutes later Percy came out of the water. He was carrying three pearls. He explained that you had to visualize where you wanted to be taken then step on it.

"No gift comes without a price." I said not sure about the pearls.

At that point we turned away from the sea and started asking people where DOA recording studios was. According to Auntie Em's Garden Emporium this is where we would find the Underworld. In the middle of a sidewalk we ran into a gang. Percy uncapped Riptide, and sliced a mortal. It passed harmlessly though him.

"Run!" Percy yelled.

I picked a easy place to hide. CRUSTY'S WATER BED PALACE.

"I think we lost them." Grover panted beside me.

"Lost who?" A voice asked behind us.

We all whipped around. Sitting there was a tall man with no hair and a cold smile.

"I'm Crusty." he introduced himself.

"Sorry to barge in, we're just browsing." Percy told Crusty.

"That's okay. Those no good kids come around every night causing trouble. Here come look at some water beds." he invited.

Grover immediately went to the thousand hand massage chair.

"Guys this is so cool." Grover told us.

"You should try this one." Crusty told me motioning to a water bed.

Before could do anything he pushed me on the water bed. He snapped his fingers and said "Ergo!" Ropes sprang around the sides of the bed holding me to the mattress. Grover also tried to get up, but also got roped. I slowly started to sink further into the bed. Then more ropes grabbed my ankles and around my armpits stretching me out. I could vaguely figure out what was happing around me, I started to get dizzy and my head started to spin. I could tell Percy was talking to the salesman, but I could feel my heart start beating slower.

Ohhh it's a cliffhanger! What will happen to them? I'll probably post the next chapter tomorrow, but it might not be tomorrow. It depends.