Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or any of the TV news channels, or more particularly BBC

Chapter 14

At the same day and time, the Stolls were busy thinking of what TV news channel they should hijack.

"Global TV?" Connor suggested. "Bloomberg?"

"The last one only does stocks don't they?"

Connor face lit up. "What about BBC news! Athena would probably love that channel!"

Travis shared his brother's enthusiasm. "Now we only need the TV!" He said excitedly.

Connor nodded his head. "I'll sneak out now and smuggle a TV out of an appliance store."

"I could do it if you want..." Travis trailed off.

"Nah," Connor grinned. "I need to get some experience out in the field."

"You make it sound like you're a spy, or an agent. Anyway, I can hijack BBC news."

Connor nodded once more before going out the cabin and closing the door. Travis sighed. Maybe it was time to stop playing the big brother.

When Connor was out the door he grinned. The words 'experience in the field' somehow excited him. It was usually Travis who did everything outside camp. And this would be his chance to do something useful. Sure he had sneaked off with his brother several times, but this time it was something different. He was on his own, with only a gigantic bag to cover up the TV.

Connor checked left and right before going outside the borders of Camp Half Blood. He looked around and grinned before going into a full speed run to the nearest appliance store that sold TV's. Twenty minutes had passed before he saw he saw a huge sign that said:

TV DISCOUNTS! GET IT NOW!

Connor shook his head, before his grin widened. What was a discount if you could get it for free? He went inside the store, and caused a scene.

"I'VE BEEN ROBBED!" Connor yelled at the top of his lungs.

Nobody would care if he was robbed, but people were going into―what Connor called 'Panic Mode.' Panic Mode was basically where everyone was panicking and frantically checking their pockets. During the 'Panic Mode' no one noticed the boy who had been 'robbed' slip out of the store with the giant bag that was now shaped like one of the discounted TV's.

Meanwhile, Travis was also going to sneak out. But with different reason. He had a USB drive with all the fake terrorist attack on it. He had even dressed up as a reporter and recorded himself to do a report. It had taken him ten tries to manage it without falling into hysterics.

So now, fully equipped, Travis stepped out the Camp Half Blood borders with the USB drive in his pockets. Doing the same sprint as his brother, he headed towards the Empire State Building, or more specifically Olympus. He needed to teleport to London to go to the studio. So he had to ask Hermes to bring him.

Or maybe I could just Iris message him and tell him to come here Travis thought to himself. Thinking that it was a much better idea, he went back inside the borders an inside his cabin. He took out a drachma and created a rainbow with a water bottle.

Muttering the words to Iris, Hermes's face soon showed up. Luckily, he was alone and currently on his iPhone. Travis waved his hands, and making faces without speaking just to see how long it would take for his father to notice him.

"Please deposit one more drachma to have five more minutes." The voice of Iris filled the silence.

Hermes almost jumped up when he saw Travis making faces. He deposited a drachma and Travis sighed in relief.

"Can you teleport me to London, BBC studio?" Travis went right to the point.

"A prank?" Hermes asked, knowing he was right.

"The best one yet."

"Who's the victim?"

"The entire Athena cabin."

Hermes grinned and swiped his hands through the message, and was there in less than five seconds. Travis shut his eyes and opened them after Hermes had arrived.

"Travis!" Hermes said cheerfully.

"Dad," Travis replied with enthusiasm.

"So where's Connor?"

"Robbing a TV somewhere."

Hermes nodded in understanding and held Travis's arm. "Ready to go?"

Travis nodded and shut his eyes as they landed in the studio without arousing any suspicion. No one gave them a second glance.

"Can you come back in fifteen minutes?" Travis asked.

Hermes did a mock salute and nodded before going out the door. When Travis looked, he had already disappeared. He sighed and began making his way to the recording studio.

Sneaking in one of the DON'T COME IN doors, Travis locked the door tightly and saw the studio. Not bothering to take everything in, except for the emergency exits, he plugged in the USB. Surprisingly no one saw him, but nobody was in the room either. He was surprised but immediately thought of Hermes.

"Thanks dad." Travis muttered, and climbed out the roof.

Travis walked over to Hermes. He had done his prank, and was now waiting for it to play. They teleported away to the cabin, and saw that Connor was already there.

"Hey Travis-" Connor began but then saw Hermes. "Dad!"

The other Stoll hugged Hermes tightly while he just smiled.

"Got the TV?" Travis asked, and Connor nodded.

"Zeus'll be mad if I stay any longer, so I gotta go," Hermes said suddenly.

With one last hug, he teleported away to avoid any lightning striking. The two Stolls opened their eyes, and Travis saw the TV.

"I think Athena would be okay with us doing this." Travis said, but mainly prayed to himself that he was right. "Got the other things?"

"Bug spray, honey, and a hand that can mess the books up, check." Connor saluted.

"Good," Travis nodded, "let's go."

No sooner had those words left his mouth; the two Stolls were out in the open air. Connor made sure that the TV had a note attached to it, and placed it on Annabeth's bed. He programmed it to BBC news, and sprayed the attract bug spray in the outside wood of the cabins. The effect would take place ten minutes later.

Travis had the job of disorganizing books. He made everything messy and took a deep breath before arranging Annabeth's blue prints somewhere else. Then he poured honey all over the insides of the books.

"No enemy in sight, but still. RETREAT!" Travis yelled out the last part.

The two Stolls used the windows as an escape, and it was at a lucky timing too. Just as they left, the Athena cabin came in, but best of all, the bug effect started taking place. Hundreds of insects clung to the wall, just as the cabin was inside. The insects stayed outside but the spiders came scuttling in.

Big hairy spiders, with bloodshot red eyes stared at the Athena kids. But in particular Annabeth. She yelled, and stumbled backwards, causing her to hit the on button in the TV 'gift' from Athena.

"It is said, that a terrorist explosion is seen in all the national monuments..." The voice of a TV announcer, or Travis, said.

Annabeth stayed rooted to the spot, along with the rest of the cabin. Mainly because of the spiders, but the news alerted them all.

"When I mean national monuments, I mean the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal..."

The voice continued listing all the explosions taking place. They could only listen in horror as they saw the head of the Great Sphinx fall down. It was then, where the insects found that it was a great idea to come inside. Hundreds- no thousands of insects filled the air, and the bees took a particular interest in the honey of the books.

The Athena kids' screaming and yelling could be heard in another country. Especially Annabeth when she found out that her blue prints had been stolen, and moved.

The spiders continued tormenting them. They found interest in their hair, and one of them nestled in Malcolm's hair. The Athena kids weren't known to run away or to be cowards, but this was a special case. Each and every one of them ran out of the cabin, screeching, and screaming at every step.

A/N: Please tell me how I did on this one. Also can people tell me ideas of the future pranks? I promise you, I will make the Stolls do every single one of them. But no inappropriate ones though.

LAUGHwithaSMILE: For your bug spray question, the Aphrodite cabin was going to use it on the hunters when they visit.