Charlie looked angry. I didn't blame him. He'd been lied to his entire life, and I hated it when people I cared about lied to me. I mean, I understood why Leo and Calypso didn't tell him, but it was still frustrating. And not just for Charlie, because the rest of us have to deal with him. He huffed at everything that stood in his way, including a rock he tripped on when he got off the dock.

"Ok Max, where to?" I asked, taking a deep breath. It was nice to be outside in the real world. It would be nicer if my parents were here, but Orlando brought back good memories. When Casey was a baby and I was about 6 or 7 years old, Mom and Dad had taken me to the Harry Potter theme park for my birthday. I'd read the series and quickly became obsessed, so it was a trip that I'd always remember. The rides had twisted through the castle and I'd gotten to see everything I'd read about, it was a dream came true.

"Jase, did you hear me? I said we should go a mile or so East, closer to the forest where the Naiads would be," Max repeated.

I nodded, glancing behind us just in case we were being followed. Because we were in Orlando, the closest thing to a forest was a grove of palm trees about a mile away. There was a small creek branching off from the ocean in the grove and it seemed the perfect place to find celestial bronze.

Apparently, it was the perfect spot for an ambush as well. We had predicted that Charlie's Titan genetics would scare the typical monster off, but whatever had attacked us wasn't typical. We'd entered the grove and all was calm. Max crouched, placing his hand on the ground, and told us that we were in the right spot.

"Coolio, how do we get the metal?" Charlie asked.

I smirked and raised my hands. The water rose from the small creek, but I didn't get a chance to find the bronze.

"Jase!" Max screamed my name, just before pain erupted from the back of my head and my world went black.

The demigod dreams came quickly after I was knocked out. I tried to force myself to wake up but stopped when I saw the vision my dream provided. My parents. Dad was tied down on a large slab of rock and above him hovered another boulder. The boulder was attached to a pulley and the only thing keeping it from dropping was my mom, who was holding onto the rope at the end of the pulley that kept the rock in place. In turn, she was in a large tank of water with a bubble around her. I assumed that my dad was the one creating the bubble because his face was contorted in effort. The water had some kind of deep purple colored liquid but the bubble kept it from touching Mom. That's why he wasn't using the water to escape. It was poison, and if he did anything with it Mom and/or the others would be killed by it. His eyes found my own and my heart stopped. He didn't know I was here, did he? His mouth dropped open and pulled upwards in a small smile. He did know I was there. I tried to yell his name, to call for him, but no sound came out. I knew I was crying. I could feel the tears on my cheek. He shook his head as if telling me to be calm. He momentarily closed his eyes and I could how tired he really was. Controlling water took a lot of effort by itself, but keeping the poison at bay as well? I didn't understand how he was still alive. I couldn't see the rest of the Seven but I could hear Aunt Piper yelling something about Repair boy, so I assumed Leo was there too.

"Ok Beauty Queen, I'm sorry! I know I should have contacted you, but I was scared! Besides, Jackson Junior already chewed me out. Give a guy a break!" Leo sounded a lot like Charlie. I tried to walk forward but felt myself being pulled further and further away.

I reached for my dad desperately. He smiled and nodded slowly, his own personal way of telling me it was ok. But it wasn't ok! It wasn't ok at all!