Alex, Scott and Dylan packed their things. Dylan was both nervous and excited for his first quest. Dylan went into the woods and called his parents, through the iris message, that night so excited to tell his parents the news.

Annabeth was reading on the couch, with Percy`s arm around her. Percy was watching TV and Jack was playing with his cars on the floor.

"Dad! Mom!" Dylan called.

The three of them looked toward the iris message.

"Hi Dylan!" Annabeth said. She looked happier, more alive now that she hadn't been working.

"Hey Dylan!" Percy greeted.

"Dylan!" jack shouted.

"I gatta tell you guys something!" Dylan said excitedly. "I`m going on my very first quest tomorrow!"

Percy and Annabeth exchanged a worried look.

"So soon but you only been training for a few weeks." Percy commented.

"I wanted to go. I felt it would be fun. I thought you guys would be proud of me!"

"Dylan, it's just quests are very dangerous and require a lot of skill and-"Annabeth said.

"Dad went on a quest when it was his first year." Dylan argued.

Annabeth gave Percy this look as if to say: this is your fault.

"Yes and we almost go killed like 3 times." Percy told Dylan.

"I`ll be okay. My friends are coming with me and they've been training for years, plus they have survived quest before. I`m gana be fine."

Annabeth sighed. "Okay. I trust you. Your smart, you`ll do fine."

"Thanks."

"Be careful." Percy said.

"Will."

Then Dylan waved his hand through the mist and disconnected the call.

In the morning the boys headed down to the big house. Samantha watched them from her cabin door and waited for them to get far enough away that they wouldn't hear her follow them. Samantha soon started to follow them down to the big house with a duffle bag and a pocket full of drachmas. When she got to the big house she went inside and saw the boys going into Chiron`s office. Samantha listened at the door.

"232 demi gods have been killed just this fall by all kinds of creatures." Chiron told the boys. "56 demi gods have injured badly. These demi gods range in age from 8 to 50. All of them have been here before and have shown a lot of skill. The first few attacks were in Nebraska 39 demi gods were killed there then Florida where 22 then…"

"Large amounts of demi gods dying in many different states! We get it!" Mr. D complained. "My gods get on with it! Get to the point!"

"Fine. In New York there was only one attack, Annabeth Jackson. But her husband who is also a demi god, wasn't attacked. Which I find odd since he is a very powerful demi god, he did save Olympus at age 16."

"No way!" Alex shouted. "That is so cool!"

Everyone stared at Alex.

"Uh…sorry continue." Alex said, looking embarrassed.

"We don't know what any of this means," Chiron told them. "But I'm convinced it's all a part of some kind of evil plot."

"And I think he is crazy," Mr. D commented. "Demi gods are attacked by monsters all the time."

"Yes but not like this. Not this often, not this many in one state."

"We are sending you to talk to some the kid's parents to start." Mr. D told us. "One of them lives at 52 maple drive in Nebraska City. Maybe they had some kind of beat or maybe you`ll see some kind of clues or meet a monster. So let's get the bus and we`ll drop you off."

Samantha ran up the stairs and waited until they had left. Then she went outside and went into the woods.

"Stêthi 'Ô hárma diabolês" she shouted then through a drachma onto the ground. The grey sister`s taxi appeared.

"Where will you be going?" One asked.

"52 maple drive, Nebraska City."