Author's note.

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

To Sastt: Sastt, Sastt, Sastt, where would I be if I just told you? I can't just tell you who his parents were. And I can't just tell you how he died. That would go against everything Authoresses (inside joke) stand for! Also thanks for the story. Nice to hear something different from what everybody else posts.

Anyway let's get back to the story. I hope you enjoy Chapter 5.

Chapter 5

Percy's POV

We had been walking for what seemed like hours to me. And so far we had found absolutely no one! This place was basically deserted.

"Penny, do you even know where we are?" Perry asked.

"Yes." She replied and I looked up, hoping that if she knew where we were than she would know where the nearest source of water is. "We're in the Duat."

I shouldn't have got my hopes up.

"But where in the Duat?" Perry asked.

"I don't know. Everything looks the same here and I can't even find a pesky Egyptian god." Penny said huffing in annoyance.

"So what are we supposed to do?" I asked.

"I'm hoping that we run into one of the nicer gods, like Anubis or Nepthys." Penny replied.

"Doesn't Nepthys hate me?" I asked recalling the first time I had spoken to the river goddess.

"She doesn't hate you, she just finds you annoying." Penny replied smiling a little before adding. "Besides, she's the one who is most likely to help us. Not many gods like me since I've threatened to beat them up or, in Anubis's case, have beaten them up."

Perry and I shook our heads and Perry said.

"You really like to beat up people, don't you?"

"Shut-up." Penny said her cheeks turning a light pink.

"Fine." Perry huffed before adding. "Let's just keep moving. If the guy who kidnapped us finds us, we may not get away so easy."

We nodded and kept moving.

Tina's POV

"What do you mean you don't know how to get to them?" I demanded before Nico could. Nico was downright scary when he was angry.

"They're in some place that I doubt even the gods have entered." Thece replied holding his hands up. "It's a very sandy and a very magical place."

Nico snapped his fingers and said. "That's the Duat. Penny always described the Duat like that."

"Um... what's the Duat?" Thece asked.

"You know how the Greek and Roman gods are real?" I asked, once he had nodded, I continued. "Well the Egyptian gods are real too only they don't go around having demigods, they let these people called Magicians to do their work for them. Most of the Egyptian gods live and exist only in the Duat and it's very hard to get to unless you are a Magician or a person who is a hosting a god."

Thece digested this information for a moment and then he shuddered.

"I cannot imagine my mother in my head, that's just creepy."

"I agree with that. Did you know that Penny, Perry, and Percy are hosting the big three? It's kind of creepy especially when we're taking to Perry and our dad at pretty much the same time." I said shivering.

"I can only imagine." Thece said before adding. "But it would be even worse if one of them were actually hosting my mother. They'd be liable to beat up every male that ever came near them."

"Why?" I asked. I was curious to hear why his mother would make them do that.

"Well my mom, to begin with she didn't have me the normal way, in fact I think she hated the fact that the way she had me, I was basically a disappointment for one simple reason, I was male." Thece said stuttering a ittle bit.

That last statement got my attention. What mother would hate their own child just because he was male? That's when it hit me.

"You're mother is Artemis, isn't she?" I asked. Nico must have reached the same conclusion as me since he didn't gasp or do anything of the sort.

Thece nodded reluctantly.

"She basically claimed me in a way that no one except myself would notice. And whenever I went to camp, I was basically unclaimed since no one believe me when I told them. I was unaccepted since they thought that I was just lying for attention."

I felt sorry for Thece. No one deserved that kind of life. Not even a forbidden child.

"I understand where you're coming from, Thece, I didn't feel accepted at first at camp either. I think people still are wary of me and the only reason that they don't treat me differently anyway is because of my girlfriend." Nico said and I felt bad for him as well. I also felt angry. No one should be wary of my brother if anything they should be wary of Penny!

"Thank you, son of Hades, that makes me feel better." Thece said smiling. After a minute, he said. "Anyway, if what you said about this Duat is correct, then you'll have to find some Egyptian gods to host. From there you need to get into the Duat, and start searching. I would come with you but I'm still only a ghost."

"You've done enough, thank you for your help." I thanked the ghost before asking. "Would you like us to pass on a message to Penny?"

"Would you?" Thece asked getting excited.

"Of course." I replied.

"Tell her that I'm sorry for what happened all those years ago. Also tell her that I miss her." Thece said and I nodded. I didn't know what he was talking about when he said 'for what happened' but I was willing to pass on the message. Besides, Penny would understand what he meant.

Thece smiled and then he went back to his archery practice while Nico and I headed back up to the land of the living.

Annabeth's POV

As soon as Tina and Nico came back out of the entrance, Leo asked.

"So what did you find out?"

"Well we know that the triplets are in the Duat now." Tina replied almost hesitantly. "We're going to have to go there to get them back."

"But half-bloods can't go to the Duat! That's only for Magicians and godlings!" Amy exclaimed. I could hear fear in her voice but I didn't know why she was so afraid.

I knew what we had to do. We would have to become godlings and each of us would have to host an Egyptian god. I stared at Amy, hoping to get that point across to her.

And it must have because after a moment, she paled. She backed away and said.

"No no no no! We're not going to host some Egyptian gods. We're not Magicians, we can't handle that."

"Yes we can. We're demigods. How hard can it be to host an Egyptian god?" Tina asked.

"How are we even supposed to host an Egyptian god?" Leo asked. "It's not like we can just call one up and ask 'hey I think you're a pretty cool Egyptian god, can I host you?'."

"We'll need to talk to Carter and Sadie." I said, though I didn't particularly having to ask people for help. "They'll know how we can host an Egyptian god."

"Well then, it looks like we're going to Brooklyn!" Tina exclaimed and for some reason Leo started laughing.

Author's note.

And that's a wrap! This chapter was more of a filler but I still hope you enjoyed it. Anyway, remember to REVIEW!