Happy 24th chapter! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: 33 days! YIPPE! Obviously, if I'm this excited for Mark of Athena, I am not Rick Riordan. No suing.

XIV

Percy

The one good thing about Will catching Percy was... Well at least now he wasn't on constant bedrest. That left him with more time to train, and just hangout. Right now, Annabeth was giving him a tour of the Argo II.

Currently, she was showing him her cabin aboard the ship.

It was impressing, practical, and very predictable. The wooden walls were painted silvery-grey, the bunk along the far wall from the door was adorned with sleek silver and white bedding, with the owl pillow that Percy had gotten Annabeth for her birthday (along with a silver owl necklace that he noticed was hanging at her neck.)

Also, there was a huge desk, crowded with blueprints, maps, writing utensils, books, a dictionary, scratch paper, and everything else your average Daughter of Athena would need/want. His girlfriend had a small set of drawers dedicated to clothes, which was pushed up against the foot of the bed. Percy noticed a lack of advanced technology, which had been so common in Cabin 6 before Percy had disappeared. No SmartBoards, no scientific computers, nothing. Except the one Scientific Calculator that laid on the desk. Not that he guessed Annabeth would need it, of course.

"Ta da. My room..." She told him blandly.

"It's nice! Looks like your cabin at Camp... Very logical and whatnot."

"Yeah I guess, you wanna see your room?"

"Sure, why not?"

"Kay, come on then."

He wasn't sure why she was being so moody, Will couldn't have chewed her out that bad earlier that morning, could he? They walked down the very long hallway, Annabeth's room was way at one end... And apparently Percy's was on the other.

Annabeth filled him in, "Boys on one side, girls on the other, Hedge in the middle. They felt it necessary to keep our rooms farthest apart for some reason."

"Gee, wonder why. Ah well okay. Lets see this spectacular room you wanted to show me so badly." He teased, and opened the door to find a barren room. Wow, that made him feel special...

"The ship adjusts itself to accomodate us. The only thing Leo couldn't figure out was the food dillema, therefore the Camps had to supply it. Your room should be all decorated by the end of the hour. And no, you can't change rooms. Leo designed it so that each room only responds to one person, and all the spare rooms are accessed by remote control until we get new people. If we ever get any..."

"So I can do whatever I want with this space?"

"Pretty much. Although, some things are off-limits. You'll figure it out as you go. For now, just imagine your dream room."

He did. It had blue walls, and looked otherwise nearly exactly as his room in his mom's Manhatten apartment had. Oh gods he missed home so much right now...

The only difference to this room compared to the original was that this one had the shield Tyson made him after their Sea of Monsters expedition, and the fountain Tyson made for the Poseidon cabin at Camp Halfblood.

Annabeth was wrong for once in her life; the room sprung into shape within ten minutes.

"Looks like your room back at your mom's place." Annabeth stated.

"That was the idea."

"I would have thought you would ask for a flatscreen with a PS3 or something... You didn't, did you?"

"No, hence why they aren't here now. But great idea!"

"It won't work, technology in the rooms has to stay basic for Leo and the ship's sake. The ship will fail if you overwork its brain, but the engine is sturdy enough to run non-stop for a year."

"Lame. Is that why you don't have a SmartBoard in your room? Is there any cool technology here? I mean, even Camp had a Wii..."

"There's a small game room on the second floor. And yes, that's why I didn't have my 'Board."

"Makes sense. What else is on this ship?"

"I'll show you, come on."

So they left, and went back to the tour.

Annabeth showed him the ship from the fourth floor up. She said that the fifth floor was Leo-access only. Anyone else would suffocate or burn up from the heat.

Sounded pleasant.

Anyways, the fourth floor was all the cabins. There were also two staircases, one leading to the third floor, and one like a fire escape, going from floor to floor straight to the most vital places (infirmary, kitchen, game room, and the boys end of the hallway.)

Third floor held the game room, Roman style bath house (man was Percy glad Jason had remembered that and included it in the plans), washing room, and training room. The training room was huge, and amazing, and 100 percent armed with awesome.

Second floor was the kitchen, dining room, pool (Hades YES!), and another hang-out place.

First floor was the infirmary, and the armoury. Which Percy found hilariously ironic. Seriously, a place to arm yourself to hurt stuff, and then a place to heal people and creatures, back-to-back.

Then there was the deck which looked just like every other part of the ship, only more heavily armed with cannons and such. War trireme, right?

By the time the tour ended, it had gone from being mid-afternoon to evening, and Leo had made what he called 'Uncle Leo's Tacos'. All Percy knew was that they were very good.

After that, he was exaughsted, so while everyone else went to play a game of Scrabble (which Percy figured would be hilarious to watch, and would probably end in the only non-dyslexic demigod winning... Meaning Frank.), he said goodnight and walked down to his cabin.

He fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow, and had no dreams.

He was also awoken two hours later to a girl's terrified scream. Oh gods, it never ended, did it?

Yes, it was Will. No, I could not think of what to do with it without dragging the story more. I can't afford (nor do I want) to do that. So, skip ahead and WHA LA! Tour :) Hope you enjoyed, and hope you review! Seriously people, it's not hard. Press the button, type a few words (or a lot if you want to be a pegasus and be amazing!), and send. Make my days a little brighter, why don't you?

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avocran: Sorry for disappointing you, I felt like being blantantly obvious just for the heck of it. Teehee those are the only reasons I dont hunt down Rick... I want the real book! But nah, if I do then we won't get that book, huh? Im touched that you like this story well enough to consider that though! Don't worry, I wont stop updating. Im splendid, thank you! Time between school and writing is spent reading and hanging out with friends, plus I don't really watch T.V. much. Sorry! But I'll take your word for it. Thanks for reviewing!

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