I decided to give you guys another chapter tonight. I couldn't go to sleep anyways :P So… thanks for all of the AwEsOmE rEvIeWs! They defiantly helped out with getting you this chapter *cue round of applause*

I have been thinking… what would it be like without PJO? Well, honestly I think that life for us writers would be boring. I mean, we need something like this to put the icing on the cake, right? Also, I don't think many people would be aware of the Greek/Roman past. I was actually interested in the whole charade even before I knew the series existed. I really don't want to be the only one though.

I guess it is true how Rick Riordan made this series into what we'd call… a modern twist to an all ready created 'myth'.

On top of that, I've been thinking about all of those things in the world that we hate/love. We say we love ice cream. We also say we love our partner. Would you die for your ice cream? Same thing with hate… well, not so much. I don't really hate anything… I just dislike them *GOODY TWO SHOES ALERT!*

Well… I guess you can call me that….

Here is an awesome quote I want to share-

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever."

-Mahatma Gandhi

~GoGreen52

The Cost

Chapter 21

Annabeth POV

I walked to the lab after telling Katie off. I mean, she didn't even bother to meet me. How sick is that?

I saw Charles reading the note over and over again, trying to see how the person wrote it. We tried it for finger prints earlier and all it came up with was Nico's. So far, we have Nico as a suspect. Great.

"Annabeth! I didn't think I'd see you here," Charles inquired. He took off his reading glasses and smiled a sad smile, "Normally I'm the only one in this station."

I nodded and gave him a sheepish smile, "Sorry about that. I guess I'll just have to change things, wont I?" I asked teasingly.

"No, you wouldn't!" Charles faked a gasp, causing me to laugh.

"You know what, Charles?" I asked, and he looked up again.

"What?" he asked, looking at me questioning.

"If I weren't married, I'd totally go for you." I kept a completely straight face and he just burst out laughing.

"You don't say?" he asked in between laughs. I just shook my head at him. Men.

I was fiddling with a locket that was in the jean pants of Geremy Walker. It opened and I was shocked. I actually regonized the girl in the locket. Brianna.

She kind of confused me. I didn't see any marks on her neck. Looks like she let him take it off her. But if it was so ideal to her… she wouldn't have let him take it off. There isn't any blood on the chain, so I wouldn't think she had him force it off her. That can only mean one thing.

"Charles? Page Detective Gorres and tell her I'm going to need an interview," I said, taking off my lab coat and slipping the locket in my pocket. I made sure it was in the bag first though, so my finger prints don't get on it.

"With who?" he asked, looking at me like I just grew a third eye.

"Oceanus." With that I walked out of the lab.

Percy POV

After the huge fight with Annabeth and Katie, I was absolutely sure I was in some crazy dream. I'd wake up in a few minutes, knowing that it was all not real.

"Percy, I'm so sorry! I didn't know-" I cut Katie off from yet another rant.

"Look, I'm really not the person that you should be apologizing to right now. I think that Annabeth understands, though. In reality she always puts herself before other people too… that's one thing that keeps bighting on my nerves though," I said. Katie nodded and looked at the table.

I took a deep breath and stood up. "I'll just go call my mother and tell her to drop Aaron and Adela off here." The team nodded, while Katie and Travis just looked at weirdly. "They're my adoptive children."

They nodded and smiled. Travis threw me a thank you look and I nodded at him, knowing it really wasn't Katie's fault… thoroughly. I mean, she really didn't bother to meet Annabeth… that might've saved us all of the stress.

I picked up the phone and dialed my mother's number. "Hello?" I heard her say in the phone.

"Hey, mom. I need you to drop off the kids at my work," I said.

"Okay, sure thing Percy. See you in a jiff."

"Love you mom." I hung up and smiled. I was one of the few men that actually tell their mother that they love them in a public place. Hey, I have a wife. What do I have to lose?

Thalia and Grover walked into my office both giving me a small smile. "What did Nico do?" I asked, knowing it had something to do with him. He can be keen when he wants to be, but I guess he needs to work on balancing it out.

"Well, let's just say he uncovered a print on the light in his room." Thalia said, clearly proud.

"Ugh. One problem though. That's not enough to pin them or even get a warrant. This isn't solid evidence." I knew that there had to be something more to it.

"Yeah, well the print belonged to our own, Oceanus." Thalia said smirking. I shook my head in shock that Nico of all people found this out.

Short chapter, but I'm tired now, and I'm sure the excitement will drop… not like there was any in this chapter, but wait for the next one tomorrow!

~GoGreen52