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3rd Pov-

Either way you put it, Percy's absence was her fault. If the goddess hadn't killed Persia, Apollo wouldn't have cursed her, which meant Percy would've never had to look for her and on his return would've never been attacked and possibly, dead.

"Hades," Poseidon implored, peering over the edge. "is he dead?"

The god of death shook his head and his forehead creased gravely. "No, but if I am correct on the whereabouts of Percy, he might just wish he was dead."

At this, both children of Hades paled. "It just can't be possible. He would've had to gone deep into the earth and Gaea doesn't have enough power…" Nico's voice faltered, struggling to form the words.

"Tartarus." Hazel muttered. "Percy's in Tartarus."

Annabeth Chase put her head in her hands, sobbing quietly in Piper's shoulder. The rest of them looked towards Hades for confirmation. Hades gave a slight tilt of his head.

Artemis looked down at her hands who'd collected a wet substance.

Tears.

Tears for a boy who'd never acknowledge her as more than goddess and friend.

"We have to do something," Thalia said, closing her eyes for a second. "Maybe the nature sprits could help out. Phoebe could go and track him down-I mean, he couldn't have gone straight down to Tartarus. Could he?"

Hades shrugged. "I'll contact Charon and let you know if he's felt anything in there but Tartarus has a strong gravitational pull-if Percy's anywhere near, he would've been pulled in." With this the god of death gave a brief nod to his children and vanished.

Annabeth pulled herself together and stood up. "I'm going to check the road, maybe there's a hole or something we could use as an entrance." The daughter of Athena then turned to her friends. "You guys should get back to camp and tell Chiron, we're going to need 24/7 watch guarding in case of another attack-we can't afford to be off guard this time."

The demigods nodded and began to shuffle towards the elevator. Persia pulled away from Apollo who still held her. She whispered a few words and Apollo nodded reluctantly. The former lieutenant of the hunt then joined her friends and entered the elevator.

Annabeth's eyes then trailed to her mother who smiled sadly at her.

"We will all update the camp on the whereabouts of Percy Jackson," Zeus looked at all the gods expectantly. No one, not even Ares protested. "until then, no more quests-unless prophesied-can be issued. We need all our children safe."

The demigods bowed respectively as the elevator door closed before them. The goddess of hunt then turned to her twin brother who had wrapped his arms around his sister.

"We're going to find him and everything's going to be alright. You're going to get your happy ending, sis-I know it."

Artemis sobbed into Apollo's shoulder desperately.

Even the god of prophecies couldn't predict that.

Hazel Pov-

"I'm so sorry," Persia sobbed. "I just got so scared, it should've been m-"

"It wasn't your fault, Persia." Annabeth interrupted. "Things like this happen to Percy, but he always makes it. Always."

I felt like Annabeth was saying this mostly to reassure herself but she was worried. We all were. Although I hadn't known Percy for long, it was my job to protect him. We were family and if it had been any one of us, Percy would've done everything he could to save us.

And I failed him. I was supposed to watch after him, be his friend.

Now, I sure did make a sorry excuse for a friend.

When the elevator doors opened, I caught Leo glancing at me sadly. My eyes met his and he mouthed the words, we'll talk later, kay?

I couldn't find my voice so I nodded, kind of happy that I would get to spend more time with Leo.

Although I enjoyed spending time with Leo, part of me wanted to run back to Frank. That part of me loved having conversations about the past with him, his playful cub-like eyes, and his silliness that shone through every time I was feeling blue. But the past part of me wanted to be with Leo. He just understood me in ways no one could ever relate to but kept our friendship light and airy.

But did I want him for him or Sammy?

At this point, Annabeth and Thalia had gone out to search for Percy. The rest of us sat in the lobby, waiting for a taxi.

"Okay," Jason rubbed his temples. "When the cab comes we'll go to camp, inform Chiron on what's happened, make sure Persia has a cabin to stay in, and just wait until we get Percy's whereabouts or a quest."

I nodded-that seemed okay for the time being.

"Wait," Leo held out a hand as if to pause time. "we're just going to sit and wait until we get a prophecy or quest?"

The son of Jupiter eyebrows rose. "I mean, yeah. You heard Lord Zeus."

"I did." Leo confirmed. "But we're actually going to follow his orders?"

"has a cabin to stay in, and just wait until we get Percy's whereabouts or a quest."

I nodded-that seemed okay for the time being.

"Yes. We are. Annabeth is right, we can't afford to lose anymore demigods." Piper said.

"We haven't lost Percy." Frank stated and I agreed with him.

A moment of grief passed over us before Persia cleared her throat.

"So, where will I be staying?" She asked.

"Hermes cabin, most likely. But that's only until your godly parent claims you." Nico explained.

"And if she doesn't?"

"Are you telling us that your godly parent is a goddess?" Piper questioned.

Persia gave a slight smile. "My father was a mortal but he found and adopted me so naturally, I assume she's a goddess."

Jason blinked for a moment before speaking. "So far, all you've told us is that you ran away from home, met and joined the hunt of Artemis, then was killed as a lieutenant by Artemis…"

Jason frowned before a look of revelation fell upon his face. "You know your godly parent, Persia."

The girl could barely speak but luckily, a taxi cab came to the rescue.

"Let's go," Jason ordered, as we squeezed into the cab. I could tell he wasn't done talking to Persia. He was going to find out her godly parent.

And he wouldn't stop until it was revealed.

3rd Person-

The demigods arrived at CampHalf-Blood around five o'clock, with no Annabeth, Thalia, nor Percy.

"Welcome back, children." Chiron greeted, eyeing Persia happily. "I see you all have found the one you've been searching for."

"It's good to be back, sir." Jason smiled. "Persia, this is our mentor/camp director, Chiron. Chiron, this is Persia."

The girl did a delicate courtesy then shook Chiron's outstretched hand. A look of worry crossed his face as he drank in the fact that they were only seven demigods standing before him-instead of ten.

"Where is Annabeth? Thalia and Percy?"

Frank gave a brief run down on the day's events and informed Chiron on what the next step was.

"Very well," He nodded, suppressing the sadness that wanted to overcome him at the loss of Percy. "I'll get the watch guard on duty, one of you make sure Persia has all supplies for her stay in the Hermes cabin, and afterwards we will meet for dinner."

The group nodded while Chiron galloped away.

"We should probably Iris-message Annabeth and Thalia," Nico suggested, fishing out a golden drachma.

Leo reached into his tool belt and brought out a spray water bottle-it was automatic so he set on the ground and waited for Nico to toss the coin. Nico mumbled the prayer to Iris and soon enough, both demigods appeared on screen.

"Jason?" Thalia asked. "Are you guys at camp?"

Her brother nodded. "Right on the border, actually. Any signs of Percy?"

"No." Annabeth swallowed then looked away.

"We looked everywhere." Thalia sighed. "No crater, none of the mortals saw anything, not even a dent. I'm sure if you guys find Grover, he could send an empathy link to Percy."

Hazel nodded, considering the idea.

"Dinner's about to start soon, Thalia." Piper added. "You guys should head back soon."

The daughter of Athena shook her head; defiant.

"No, no, no." She murmured. "Zeus said we couldn't go looking for him once we got to camp-this is our last chance to find him. I'm not leaving. Not without Percy."

Thalia's features had taken on a devastating expression. "We'll be back in fifteen minutes-try asking Phoebe if she can track him."

At this, Persia's eyes brightened.

The daughter of Zeus then proceeded to swipe her hand through the message, ending the connection.

The group of friends then exchanged a grim look but headed into the camp. Little did they know that Perseus Jackson was right beneath their noses.

A/N- Don't know why this is slanted but eh...bye!