Percy Jackson Annabeth Chase meet the Fallen C6
"Lady Anna will be here momentarily." The lady replied making it clear they were to wait there. Daniel had moved closer so he was holding Luce. Arianna moves over to look at some of the artwork on the walls. Annabeth could tell that they were authentic originals.
"Annabeth, who is this Anna?" Gabbe asked
"You will see." Annabeth replied looking away from a piece of art to look at an architectural design. She recognised it immediately and just knew that this was one of her mother's designs.
"Is that?"
"Yes the original design for the White House." A voice stated making them all turn to look up the stairs.
"Sam?" Arianna asked as Sam was walking down the stairs with the lady who let them in.
"Lady Anna." The woman stated and Annabeth could tell there was a warning tone.
"I know, Alice why don't you go and get some drinks for our guests. We will be in study room 6." Sam stated leading the others down the hall to a room. Annabeth had to do a double take, this study was more like a library the walls were covered with books from floor to ceiling a desk was in the middle of the room. Behind the desk was more books. She noted the lounge suite in the middle of the room, the sofa's looked really comfortable. "Come in make yourself comfy." Sam stated moving over to her desk only now did Annabeth notice that she was carrying a scroll. She placed it down on the desk. "Want to tell me why you are here?" Sam asked
"I'm sorry I just have to ask is it Sam or Anna? And why was that woman calling you Lady?" Arianna asked
"My birth name is Anna, only a select few call me that. I prefer to be called Sam. That was Alice she works for me. When I am not here she maintains this place." Sam replied
"I am here for help...we'll technically they want help." Annabeth replied indicating the others in the room. Luce was stuck looking at the books with wide eyes. Daniel was like her shadow sticking close to her. Arianna was stuck staring at Sam and Gabbe well she looked lost in thought.
"You rich or something?" Arianna asked
"Or something. What do you need help with?" Sam asked
"We are trying to find this." Gabbe stated handing her the book. Sam took it looking it over before focusing on the item they were trying to find. Annabeth saw her frown.
"I can't help you." She stated but Annabeth saw the recognition in her eyes Gabbe must have seen it also.
"You know what it is." Gabbe stated
"You do not want it." Sam stated
"Trust me we really do." Luce stated making Sam turn and look at them, really look at them.
"Do you know what this is for?" Sam asked them
"Do you?" Daniel asked
"It is used for sacrifices and not praise the gods type it's used for the ugly kind the gruesome kind. For power." Sam stated looking at them "so trust me when I say this, it is best for this to remain lost." Sam stated closing the book.
"We can't."
"What could you possibly want with that kind of power?" Sam asked
"It is not the only thing it is used for." Daniel mumbled but Sam heard it she was stuck staring at him. It looked like he was made uncomfortable by it as he shuffled on his feet looking away from her. Sam turned on her heel and moved around the study grabbing big thick heavy books from the shelf, one then another until she had five she opened each book to a different page. She looked around the shelves mumbling to herself before her eyes landed on a book on the top shelf. She grabbed a ladder and climbed up.
"Lady Anna." Alice chastised entering the room putting down a tray with cups handing Annabeth a specific cup with a wink Annabeth took a sip and smiled seeming it was nectar. Alice then moved over to Sam who had pulled out a book and it was bigger than any of the others and looked much older. Sam held it like it weighed nothing as she walked down the ladder.
"Alice I am fine." Sam stated as she took the book from Sam's hands.
"Your aunt will not be impressed with you taking this specific book." Alice stated Sam waved off her concern.
"I need it. You worry too much." Sam replied taking the book back she placed it down on the desk. "Solve it if you can." Sam told the others in the room.
"None of these books are in English." Luce pointed out.
"Nope, you have Latin, Arabic, French, Spanish, Hebrew and my favourite Greek." Sam stated indicating the large book in front of her.
"You can read them all?" Gabbe asked
"Same as you I bet."
"Why make us solve it if you already know the answer?" Daniel asked
"I want to see your intentions." Sam stated completely ignoring the glare Daniel was sending her.
"You will just have to trust us that our intentions are good." Daniel states Arianna was talking with Luce as Daniel tried to get Sam to stop this nonsense. Gabbe had moved over to look at the Greek book on the desk the same one Annabeth was looking at. Annabeth watched as Gabbe read the page Sam had opened the book to then looked around the room. She went over and pulled out a different book from the shelf but this book did not come out instead there was a loud clicking noise that stopped the conversation in the room. They all turned to look at Gabbe who looked surprised Sam was the only one that was smiling as the shelf in front of her went down into the floor revealing a hidden room.
Annabeth looked in the room this one had a large map on one of the walls on the other two was camping equipment. On three pedestals in the middle of the room had different items, one was a silver dagger that had a light silver glow to it. On another it had a spear shaft that looked to be made of celestial bronze and on the third was a dagger identical to the first except it was gold and had a golden glow to it. The items themselves were not what held Annabeth's attention but the symbols on the pedestals. The silver dagger had a mountain, the golden dagger had some kind of flower, and the spear had a temple depiction.
"You read the pages, where is it the thing you seek most?" Sam asked looking at Gabbe who looked at the room as a whole Arianna moved to the map, Daniel was looking at the pedestals. Gabbe looked at the map searching for a mountain there were four different mountains on this map, searching each mountain closely she looked for a temple. Only one of them had a temple built into the side of the mountain.
"Here." Gabbe stated
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, although I do not recognise this map. Where is this?" Gabbe asked pointing to the map. Sam was looking at Daniel though who was looking at the daggers
"What are these made of?" He asked
"Gold silver and bronze." Sam replied
"Those materials don't glow." Daniel pointed out stepping closer to Luce
"What are you?" He asked clearly on the defence. He was surprised to see Sam was smiling.
"Annabeth will take you to koiláda tou fotós." Sam stated Annabeth turned to look at her.
"Where exactly is this valley of light?" Gabbe asked
"You will start your journey in San Antonio Texas." Sam stated
"San Antonio is a big place." Daniel pointed out
"Emory Peak." Annabeth stated gaining their attention
"Do you know where in Emory peak?" Daniel asked now that they finally had a location they still needed it narrowed down.
"It is hard to describe. If this is the place I am thinking of." Annabeth states looking at Sam.
"Which is why you will need these." Sam stated chucking a bag to Arianna, Gabbe and Daniel.
"Woah, woah, woah that's it?"
"Yes."
"Sam I only know it from stories." Annabeth stated looking at her
"You should ask Grover to accompany you. He is into nature." Sam stated
"But you know exactly where it is." Annabeth pointed out.
"Can I have a word with you." Gabbe stated looking at Sam who looked from Annabeth with a sigh.
"Sure." Gabbe ended up leading her out of the room Annabeth was left with the others. She saw the look pass between Arianna and Daniel.
"Alright who is ready for a road trip?" Sam asked coming back into the room. "Your friend here is very convincing." Sam added they were back in the study
"Lady Anna, you have more visitors." Alice stated coming into the room with three other members from Sword and Cross.
"School reunion." Sam retorted dryly looking at Cam, Molly and Roland.
"This is your place?" Roland asked entering the room "that is a lot of books." He added
"Alice I will be going out for a bit."
"Is that wise?" Alice asked giving her a specific look.
"Probably not but when has that stopped me." Sam smiled grabbing her bag that she had placed on the desk after she had placed all the books back in their right places.
"Anna." Alice stated in a serious tone Sam turned to her places her hand on her shoulder.
"I will deal with the fallout afterwards."
"You have been pushing it a lot lately." Alice stated she was clearly worried.
"Let's call this my rebellious phase." Sam stated with a smirk. Turning back to the others in the room she saw that most were looking at her Cam and Daniel were talking with each other in hushed tones. "Okay, I will be taking the jet." Sam added talking to Alice as she guided Annabeth out of the room the others followed behind.
"Wait you have a jet?" Arianna asked jogging to catch up
"We will take the small one." Sam stated with a shrug
"You say that, does that mean you have a big one?" Arianna asked but Sam did not respond instead she was leading them to a garage.