Hi guys, I'm back again.

Aria

"You're a jerk!" Annabeth's voice woke me. "When did she get here?"

I opened my eyes and my face split into a grin as I remembered the exact same thing being said the first time I'd really met the trio.

I couldn't resist. "She, has a name you know."

I wasn't sure if Annabeth was going to punch me or murder me. But I got the feeling hugging was not on her mind. She stood silently fuming in front of me, occasionally opening her mouth before shutting it again, like she wanted to say something but wasn't sure how to put her fury into words. I stood up, subconsciously moving into a defensive position. "Annabeth, I-"

I was suddenly cut off when Percy managed to rival Tyson's bear hug. "Aria! You're alive!"He pulled back. "B-but, how?!" He jumbled. "You were in Mt. St. Helen's, the mountain I blew up! Aria, you exploded! You actually blew up! The entire volcano was filled with incredibly hot ash! You- you..." His voice dropped. "Aria, I thought I'd killed you."

I raised an eyebrow. "You shouldn't have worried. If you'd actually killed me, you'd have one seriously annoyed crocodile trying to bite your head off. He's determined to be the first to disembowl me."

"First?" Annabeth asked. "Exactly how many people want you dead?"

I shrugged. "I haven't been counting."

Percy exhaled deeply. "I was so worried about you. Don't ever do that again! You had so many people thinking you were dead!"

"Yeah," I murmered. "I'm aware of that."

...

Carter

I paced back and fourth in frustration. Sadie grumbling in anger on the couch.

"She just jumped out!" She ranted. "No explanation, no nothing! What is her problem? She just gets out of a volcanic eruption and decides to go try and kill herself again?! Argh! When she does get back, I'm going to punch her! She just drives..."

I stopped listening at that point, I had enough on my plate without my little sister's ramblings. Like my other little sister's decision to run off randomly. I'd thought she'd been dead for a while now, though initially it was a lion that had killed her... Wait! That boy, the one who'd called... Will! Maybe he knew where Aria was!I launched myself at the phone and grabbed the paper that I'd written down the number on.

"Four.. two... eight.. one" I mumbled, dialing on the number pad.It rang four times before someone finally picked up. "Hello?"

I stopped, that wasn't the voice I was expecting. "Hello? Will?"

"What?" The new voice asked. "No, I'm Conner, who is this?"

"Sorry, Conner, I'm Carter, I must have dialed the wrong number. Sorry to bother you."

I went to hang up, but a sudden exclamation erupted from the ear piece. "Wait!"

I put the phone back to my ear. "Yeah?"

"Is this Carter Kane?" He asked.

"Yes." I responded, suddenly a little cautious. "And you are?"

"Conner Stoll." He introduced himself absently, the background noise changed to a slight thumpping and a breeze. I assumed hed started running for some reason. "Hang on a minute." the sound was suddenly muffled, as if he'd taken the phone away from his mouth. "Hey, Katie. Have you seen Will?"."

...

Conner

I was walking on the dock when my phone rang, or viberated, I suppose. Seeing as phones werent allowed at camp, I always tried to keep mine on silent.

I slipped it from my pocket and answered it. "Hello?"

An unfamiliar voice came over the phone. "Hello? Will?"

"What?" I asked, perplexed. "No, I'm Conner. Who is this?"

"Sorry, Conner." The guy said. "I'm Carter,"

Carter!? Like that mysterious number Aria had left?

"I must have dialed the wrong number." He continued. "Sorry to bother you."

On the last word, his voice decreased drastically, he must've been about to hang up. "Wait!" I exclaimed loudly, hoping he could hear me. Excitement coursed tgrough me, despite the fact that I had a feeling that she'd saved me from a giant crocofile, Aria was so confusing and hid so much. Not with lies though, she just never talked about things that didn't make sense. Maybe this guy could help me understand some things, but he probably wanted to talk to Mr. Infirmary first.

"Yeah?"

"Is this Carter Kane?" The question shot from my mouth without waiting for orders from my brain.

"Yes. And you are?" Carter's voice was suddenly cautious, as if expecting something to slam into him suddenly, simply because I knew his last name. Okay Dr. Paranoid... I thought.

"Conner Stoll." I told him subconciously. I started jogging towards the Apollo cabin to see if I could find Will. I spotted Katie, "Hang on a minute." I told Carter, and pulled the phone away from my ear.

Katie looked up as I met her. "Hey Conner."

"Hey, Katie." I greeted. "Have you seen Will?"

She raised her eyebrows at me, "When does he ever leave the infirmary?"

"Good point." I said and turned around and running towards the Big House.

"So," I said, putting tgd phone back to my ear. "Why exactly do you want to talk to Will anyhow? Also, can I ask you a few questions after I find him?"

"Uh," Carter sounded confused. "Well, first question first. I'm hoping Will knows where my sister is. And second, sure."

"Wait," I faltered in my steps. "Who's your sister?"

Carter hesitated for a second before he sighed. "Her name's Aria." He said. "Aria Kane."

"Aria has a brother?" My mouth dropped open. Why hadn't she ever talked about him? Who exactly was he anyway?

"Yeah," Carter said. "Do you know where she is?"

I grinned, "As a matter of fact, I do."

...

Well, I'm incredibly sorry it took so long. I had to rewrite the entire chapter after I finished it, because it randomly vanished.

HAVE A GREAT DAY! (or night, depending on when you read this)

I'm headed to bed now, though, so Goodnight Everybody!