Author's note.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or The Kane Chronicles.

Anyway enjoy Chapter 4 in which we will go back to the quest members as they search for the triplets.

Chapter 4

Leo's POV

"Ok so where should we start looking first?" I asked.

None of them said anything at first and then Annabeth snapped her fingers and said.

"We should talk to Hades."

"What!" Tina yelped.

"Think about it, Perry was hosting Hades, if anyone knows where at least he is, Hades does." Annabeth said. "And since you and Nico are both children of Hades, it will be easier for you two to go talk to him."

"She has a point." Amy said.

Tina looked scared. I didn't blame her, she would be meeting her father in person for the first time. I put an arm around her to comfort her.

"You don't have to come with me when I go to talk to him, Tina." Nico said to her. "I can talk to him alone."

Tina took a deep breath and then she said.

"No, I'll go with you. Besides I have to meet dad eventually."

"Then we should go." Nico said. "The sooner this is over with, the sooner the triplets will be out of trouble."

We all nodded and then Nico and Tina shadow traveled to one of the entrances to the underworld.

Nico's POV

Tina and I were heading down into the underworld without the others. It was too dangerous for them to come with us so we went alone. As we descended deeper into the underworld, I could see Tina visibly becoming more and more nervous.

"Relax, sis, dad's not that bad." I said putting a hand on her shoulder.

"I know, it's just that this is the first time that I'll be meeting him in person and I'm nervous about it." Tina said nervously.

"It'll be fine, besides I know from Perry that he likes you." I said reassuringly.

"Yeah but I can't help myself from being nervous." Tina said.

"It'll be fine." I repeated.

She nodded and we continued down into the underworld.

Tina's POV

When we reached Hades's palace, Nico didn't stop for the guards and I followed his lead. They wouldn't hurt me since I was a child of Hades, right?

They didn't and soon Nico and I were standing in front of our father.

"Nico, Tina." Hades said.

"Father." Nico said respectfully and I echoed him.

"Why are you here?" He asked.

"We wanted to know if you knew where Perry was, the triplets have been kidnapped and we need to get them back." Nico replied.

Hades nodded but he was frowning slightly as he said.

"I would answer you children but I have no idea where Perry is."

My jaw dropped. Penny said that no matter what anyone who was hosting a god could be located by said god. If Hades couldn't locate Perry, then nobody could.

"But-" Hades said and I raised my head as he said. "I know somebody in Elysium who may be able to track them down."

"Who?" Nico asked eagerly.

"His name is Theseus Chenner but according to a few souls he prefers to go by Thece." Hades said and I wondered why he had paid enough attention to this boy to remember his nickname. "He is a very good tracker and should be able to help you find the triplets."

Nico and I nodded. We were about to leave when Hades said.

"Find my host."

We nodded again and then we headed out to Elysium.

When we reached Elysium, several spirits bowed to Nico and I as we passed. I thought it was kind of weird but since we were children of Hades it was only to be expected.

Nico asked the people in Elysium where we could find Thece and they directed us to the archery range. I saw a boy, maybe twelve years old, shooting arrow after arrow and landing most of them in the bulls-eye.

"Hello, would you happen to know where we could find Thece Chenner?" Nico called out to the spirit.

The boy turned. I saw that he had auburn hair and silver eyes. He set his bow down and walked over to us.

"Thece Chenner at your service." He said bowing. "What can I do for you?"

"We need your help finding a few demigods." Nico said.

"That's all people ever need me for." Thece sighed and then he got cheery again and he asked. "Who am I locating?"

"Percy Jackson, Perry Jackson, and, last but definetly not least, Penelope Jackson." Nico replied.

Thece's jaw dropped. He stared at us for a minute and then he stuttered.

"Does this Penelope have black-hair and sea-green eyes?"

"Yeah, how'd you know?" I asked.

"She- she was my adopted sister, back when I was alive." Thece stuttered.

I was shocked. Penelope had a foster brother? I think Nico was just as shocked because we were both staring at him.

"She was your adopted sister?" Nico asked after a moment.

"Yeah." Thece said and then his head snapped us and he asked. "Why do you need me to help find her?"

Nico and I looked at each other and then Nico said.

"She and her brothers were kidnapped."

Thece's mouth dropped open and he just stared at us for a moment before demanding.

"Who took her, who took my baby sister?"

I glanced at Nico and then I said.

"One, don't ever let her hear you call her that, she will kill you."

"Really?" Thece asked and we both nodded. "Wow, Penny has changed a lot."

"She hasn't changed in the time I met her, the first time I met her, she set an earthquake on me and pinned me to the ground." Nico said.

"Really? She did that to you?" I asked him laughing. "Wow, Penny definetly is the meanest girl I've ever met."

Thece laughed and then he said.

"She was never like that when she was five, she was one of the sweetest girls you ever met."

"I find that hard to believe." Nico said disbelievingly.

"It's true, when she was five, she would never even slap anyone." Thece said laughing. "She didn't even punch bullies."

Nico and I looked at each other and then we laughed.

"That's so not Penny, if you so much as look at her the wrong way now, she'll break you." I said grinning and then I frowned as a thought came to me. "We may want to stop talking about this because if she ever hears about this, all three of us will be broke in ways that we do not want to be broken."

"Yeah we'd better stop talking about that now." Nico agreed.

The three of us were silent for a moment and then Thece asked.

"Does Penny still have that bronze dagger with the dragon hilt I gave her?"

I thought about it for a minute and then I turned to Nico and asked.

"That sounds like Perry's dagger, doesn't it?"

"Yeah, it does." Nico agreed.

"She gave it away?" Thece asked sounded disapointed.

"Perry needed a weapon and Penny provided it." I explained.

"I guess that makes sense." Thece sighed and then he said. "Well at least he has it. That will make it easier to track him down."

"Why?" I asked.

"I put spells on all of my weapons that allows me to locate them." Thece explained. "And since that dagger used to be mine, I have one on it as well."

I nodded and then Thece got a concentrated look on his face. After a moment, he snapped up and he said.

"I think I know where they are but I'm not sure how to get to them."

Author's note.

And so we meet a character from Penny's past. I hope you readers liked it and remember to REVIEW.