Disclaimer: Me no own PJO.

I combined 2 electronics/devices in this chapter so it's nice and long (somewhat...not really, but oh well).

This chapter is for Hours14! Hope you find it funny!

Nico POV

I am sleeping over at Percy's apartment tonight. We were going to get up early tomorrow morning so he could take me to Camp Half-Blood. I told him that could just shadow travel there, but he insisted on taking me. I think he just wanted to show off his new car that he got from Sally and Paul.

"Nico, I'm setting the alarm for tomorrow," Percy told me while we were hanging out in his room. "That way, we won't sleep in."

"OK," I responded. I didn't get what he meant by "setting the alarm" but I didn't bother to ask. Maybe it was code for "my mom will drench us in cold water if we don't get up early."

"Do you want to go watch TV?" He asked. We were starting to get bored.

"Sure. What's on?" I asked.

Televisions were the newest invention when I was a kid. The box-like device could display pictures that moved so it looked like you were watching someone in real life, but it was actually just recorded. It was so awesome.

But after coming out of the Lotus Casino, I realized that these TVs (as they were now called...Americans just love short forms) had completely changed. They came in different sizes. They were skinnier and fancier looking. You were able to use a little device called a remote to flip through channels instead of having to get up and turn the dial. TVs didn't even have dials anymore. And the best part: it was in color! It was truly amazing.

I could spend hours watching Percy's TV. There were more channels and shows these days. They even had these little disk things called CD's (once again...short form for compact disk) that you could put into another weird device (way too many devices to keep track of) to play movies. It was incredible.

"Guess what, Nico?" Percy asked me as we went into his living room. "We've got some "on demand" channels now. Cool, huh?"

"Uh, sure," I said. What's "on demand"?

We sat down on the couch. Percy picked up the remote and started flipping through channels. He stopped at a channel with the words "on demand" behind it. Maybe this was what he was referring to. Doesn't look any different from the other channels, though.

"So what do you want to watch?" Percy asked.

"Don't you have to see what's on first?" I questioned. Seriously, Percy. It's not rocket science.

Percy shook his head. "That's the thing with "on demand" channels, man. You get to choose what you want to watch, when you want to watch it. You get it?"

I shook me head. "No..."

He sighed. "Just tell me what you like to watch."

"Uh, I like Mickey Mouse." I said happily. It was an awesome show.

"Dude, that show is for preschoolers!" Percy said, perplexed. "Ever heard of real shows?" He rambled off a list of his favorite TV shows.

I frowned. "But I like Mickey Mouse. And I've always wanted to see it in color!"

Percy face palmed. "Welcome to the twenty-first century, Nico. Where Mickey Mouse no longer exists except on a kids show to help teach kids how to use their brains while turning them into zombies at the same time!"

"Oh," was all I could say.

"How about we watch one of my shows." Percy reasoned.

He pressed a few buttons on the remote and his show came on. It hadn't even started yet!

"Wow, right on time!" I said in awe.

Percy looked at me and rolled his eyes. "Of course it is. That's what the "on demand" is for."

"Oh," so that's what he meant. You could literally watch shows when you demanded to watch them. How brilliant!

The next few hours were spent watching numerous reality shows and new episodes of Percy's favorite sitcoms. I was intrigued by the color and picture. It all looked so life-like. Percy said that it was the HD (another short form...this is getting ridiculous). Well then, HD is my new best friend!

Afterwards, we went to bed. Well, Percy went to bed and I curled up in a sleeping bag on his disgusting floor. We were out cold pretty fast. Who knew the floor could be so comfy. Must have been the heaps of underwear cushioning me.

I woke up to a loud beeping noise. Beep, beep, beep, beep.

What was it? Oh no, there was a fire!

I threw off my sleeping bag and violently shook Percy awake. "Percy! There's a fire! Wake up!"

"Hmmm...?" Percy mumbled.

"Get up! I can hear the fire alarm!" I yelled in his ears. The fire must be in the kitchen or living room. Oh, no. What's going to happen to Sally and Paul? What's going to happen to the chocolate cookies?

"Get up!" I screamed.

Percy finally got up, eyes wide open. "Nico, what's your problem?"

"There's a fire!" I cried.

He cursed. "Where?"

"I don't know but I hear the alarm!"

Realization his Percy's face. He finally understood what I was talking about.

He quickly got up and walked over to his clock. He pressed a button on it and the beeping stopped. "Fire's out," he said grinning. "Dude, it was just the alarm clock. Remember? I told you that I set it so we could get up early and go to camp."

"Oh," I said dumbly. "Oops."

"Well, now that we're up," Percy said, still grinning madly. "Let's get ready to go."

I hope Percy doesn't tell anyone about this. That would be embarrassing.

What do you think will happen? ;) Please review!

A/N: I know, I know. Technically the TV was invented after Nico was born. But I think he encountered it sometime before he was put in the Lotus Casino. Besides, he's got to have some knowledge of at least one invention, right? So let's just say he already knew about the first television.