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Annabeth Pov

"So you think we could just pick the lock?" asked Frank

"Maybe; if there was a lock to pick." I pointed out. "Let me think." I took an inventory of what we had. We had an assortment of weapons such as swords,

knives, and arrows, nothing that could alone break the cage. We had Xander's hydro, geo and aero kinesis, none useful. Jason's electro and aero kinesis, not

useful. Hazel's geo and magneto kinesis, maybe she could try to pull the bars of by pulling on the iron bars. Frank's ability to transform, again maybe he could

change into something that can pull of the bars.

"Well, the only thing I can think to try is have Hazel and Frank try to pull of the bars, Frank change into an elephant, Hazel focus on the iron bars." I told them.

They both did what I asked, but to no avail.

"I don't suppose you know a way?" Jason asked Manto. She sighed dejectedly and shook her head.

"My biggest question is where is the trap?" asked Xander. I was about to yell at him for tempting fate like that when I heard a voice behind me say

"Yes, where is the trap?" The voice clearly belonged to a guy, the way he asked the question suggested he hoped the trap had been sprung. I whirled around

to see that we were completely surround by Anemi Thuelli.

"Jason, you need to fight them off, Xander you can help."

"How?" he asked.

"Create a hurricane, it will act like a blender and destroy the storm spirits." I explained. He nodded his head and a hurricane formed around him. He and Jason

charged the spirits while I tried to figure out a way to get Manto out of the cage.

Megan Vesi Pov

The fights have been brutal lately, I spend most of my time on guard post on the Williamsburg bridge. It has been fairly quiet so I have been using this time to

pour through the disk Percy gave me. Just holding it made me feel smarter and stronger. It felt like my brain was wired to an internet network, but the only

data was on swordplay and powers of the children of Poseidon. When I tried to look at all of the information at once it felt like I would have better chance

discovering nuclear fusion than fathoming all of this information at once. Still it was possible, my older brother was living proof of that. Mostly I having been

pouring over swordplay rather than power usage. Swordplay was something that came very naturally to children of Poseidon, and was something that I could

quickly learn without, whereas to learn to use my powers the same way Percy does would require me to have a place to practice.

"Megan, I came to relieve you of your duty." Said one of the soldiers who worked under my brother. "Also you should know Thalia has asked to see you." he

informed me. I nodded and went off to find her. When I did find her she was with two of her hunters who I did not know and Jess, daughter of Hecate, and the

current head counselor of the cabin.

"You asked to see me?" I said as I walked up to see her.

"Yes, I have a scouting mission to go on, and I am to bring four others with me. Aside from the two hunters you see I have chosen you and Jess." she informed

me. I was kind of shocked to be chosen to do this.

"I would love to, but may I ask why me?" I asked. Thalia smiled at me.

"Lady Artemis recommended you." she informed me. "Now lets go."

Percy Pov

I was shocked to learn what I just did. I have spent countless hours trying to figure out why everybody suddenly stopped caring for me, especially for someone

who did not do anything so spectacular. Lets face it all he did was kill a stupid bull man; which I did twice, for the record. Anyway, out of every single scenario

that passed through my head this was never one of them. I never assumed that the gods forgot me on purpose to save their own skins. However surprisingly

this new knowledge did not fill me with rage or spite. In fact felt new drive to protect this world ad save Olympus. This is probably because I could not hate the

gods anymore than I already do, but now my hatred for the campers, and for my father, and even for Annabeth began to dissipate.

Important Authors note: first of all i want to specify, ANNABETH AND PERCY ARE NOT GETTING BACK TOGETHER. Sorry to all of you people who reviewed asking for percebeth, but i feel that it does not fit into the story, even with Percy's new feelings, he still harbors three hundred years of separation between the Annabeth he left and the women he now knows. Second i want to say that i apologize for any inconsistencies within my stories or to the PJOT universe. Including, but not limited to how Percy lost his mark of Achilles or when in the begining he said that he hates all the old people, sans Thalia, Nico, and Grover. Both of those chapters had been written before the Son of Neptune, and Percy losing the mark was actually an original idea on my part, before it appeared in SON. Anyway R&R.