Luke looked betrayed. Tears started forming in his eyes as he sat down on a rock.
"But how…?" Luke said, dismayed.
"It was her fate. Not… Not May's," Annabeth explained, tears forming her eyes too. At the mention of his mother's name, Luke let the tears stream down his face. Annabeth put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"Sorry to interrupt this depressing moment, but could someone explain what is going on?" Lewis questioned.
"We're Greek and Roman demigods, yes like Hercules, and they know about us as we know about them," Piper explained, gesturing to Cleo, Emma, and Rikki. "We go to a camp for demigods in New York and there is another one in California. At the New York Camp, Camp Half-Blood, we have an oracle. Her name is Rachel and she recites prophecies given to her by the Fates. Got it?" Lewis looked overwhelmed but he nodded anyway.
By then, Luke had pulled himself together. He took a deep breath and said, "You guys wanted to hear my story, here it is. I'm a son of Hermes. I died in the second Titan War a couple of years ago and was just recently brought back because I have something to do with this new prophecy."
"There was a war a couple of years ago? How did we not know?" Lewis questioned.
"Well, for one thing, it was in New York City. For another, only monsters, demigods, gods, and titans fought in it so there were no mortals involved. Well... there were a couple... Like Rachel. And everyone that was in close proximity of Manhattan was asleep at the time..." Annabeth took a sharp intake of breath. "But did you know about the freak weather that was moving across the entire U.S? Or how about Mount. St. Helens erupting?" Annabeth explained. The demigods smirked and glanced at Percy.
Percy looked slightly annoyed and exclaimed, "What? I didn't mean to make a volcano erupt! Or let out Typhon! I was just killing some Telkhines!" The five demigods laughed but the mortals seemed lost.
"Wait, how did you cause an eruption?" Emma asked.
"Long story short, I let out the water within me and it made me exhausted," Percy said.
"And land on Calypso's island," Annabeth muttered disdainfully. Percy heard her, and a mixture of sadness and anger filled his eyes. Percy wasn't sure how he was supposed to feel about Calypso. He felt bad for not making sure she was set free, but he couldn't forgive her for cursing Annabeth, no matter how much he understood why she did it.
"Calypso? Like the sorceress?" Luke questioned. Percy nodded. Then an Iris message appeared beside him. It was Clarisse.
"Hey, Prissy! Get your butt over here!" she yelled. Then Chris's face appeared.
"What she means to say is there are a whole bunch of dracaenae at Hedge's house and we need your help protecting the baby," Chris cut in.
"Where is Coach?" Percy asked.
"Date night. Hurry up!" Clarisse yelled. Chris told them the address and then swiped his hand through the message. Percy glanced at the other demigods and then at the mortals.
"Um. We have to go," he said and then jumped into the moon pool, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, and Luke close behind.