Percy shut his bedroom door for the 14th time, he just kept looking at Nico and knew something was wrong. He finally decided to Iris Message Annabeth. Slowly he made his way down the hall to the bathroom and ran the warm water in the sink. Waiting for the sunlight to hit the water just right, he stood there, staring into space.
"Please deposit one drachma." The feminine voice said happily.
Percy deposited one drachma as told.
"Show me Annabeth Chase, Camp-Half-blood." He commanded.
"Hey seaweed brain, ya doing ok?" Annabeth asked, smiling.
Percy was overcome with happiness, he almost hugged the mirror.
"Yeah, uh, fine. How are you?" He asked, regaining his cool.
"Good, we got three new arrivals, one son of Athena. His name is Joey Incola, he is pretty cool. We got a son of Hermes, Billy Volo. And then there is Roman Lemures, he is only 8 and pretty much a mystery." Annabeth said casually.
"Nice well, something's wrong with Nico, I don't know what, but it seems grave." Percy said, sort of lost again.
"You don't think!" Annabeth's eyes widened.
"Think what, what are you talking about?" Percy asked, his eyes scanning Annabeth's face.
"Percy, we didn't want to tell you this, but, someone summoned a hole in the Underworld-living realm fabric. That means souls are escaping the Underworld; we think someone is trying to overthrow Hades." Annabeth said, chewing her lip.
"WHAT! WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO TELL ME? I SAVED THE WORLD ONCE; I AM THE PERSON YOU WANT TO GO TO WITH A PROBLEM!" Percy screamed angrily.
"We didn't want to tell you because the prophecy states that 'Three boys with a strange bond' will be the ones to save the god of death's life. We think those boys are Joey, Billy, and Roman. We did find them huddling together in a ditch." Annabeth replied softly.
"You should have still told me." Percy sulked.
"Percy! Wake Nico up, it's time for dinner." Mrs. Blofis called from the kitchen.
Percy waved Annabeth away, his head swimming with all that he had heard.
Oh no! Will Hades be ok? And who are these Billy, Joey and Roman guys any way?