So, here is the second chapter.

Disclaimer: I, WarKingHero, do not own PJO, the characters, or anything that is in the 9 books (8 plus the first chapter of HoH) that is available to the public. I only own the plot.

Nico II

Chiron had called an urgent meeting for all the cabin leaders. I usually don't go to these meetings; they bore me to death. But with Percy gone, I felt that I should attend the meetings for him. The cabin leaders were all waiting for Chiron to come in and start the meeting. After about a minute or two, Chiron came in and took his place at the head of the ping-pong table.

"Another demigod has disappeared," Chiron began. "That makes six demigods in two weeks."

Great, start off this meeting with another depressing announcement. I wasn't really surprised since this was the sixth meeting in two weeks.

"Where did they go?" Conner asked.

"No one knows. The satyrs assigned to them all reported them missing on days that they would meet up and bring them to camp."

"Do any of the demigods have anything in common?" Malcolm asked.

"They all disappeared on their thirteenth birthday," Chiron answered. "The day they would be claimed by their godly parent."

"Whose children were they?" I asked.

"I do not have that answer. The gods have not revealed anything, if they know anything."

"What should we do?" Leo asked as he set down a miniature motor he was toying with.

"What if we send out more people to make sure they get to camp safely?" Travis suggested.

"That would only put more demigods in danger," Kate replied. "And more satyrs would only attract more attention."

"If Percy and Annabeth were here, they would know what to do," I mumbled.

"Well they aren't here, punk," Clarisse growled. "We are more than capable to be able to figure this out."

Clarisse was always acting like Percy was a problem to her. Even though she would never admit it to anyone, Clarisse considered Percy to be her best friend.

"We can still ask them. I can -"

"No, Nico," Malcolm said. "They are not going to be involved in anymore of this. They can't."

The room was quiet for a while. I got up and headed towards the door.

"I'll keep an eye out for anything suspicious," I said over my shoulder.

"Nico, wait," Chiron said.

I stopped at the door and looked back at the centaur. An understanding passed between the two of us.

"Be careful and don't do anything rash."

I nodded and left the Big House. With Percy and Annabeth gone from camp, the place had never really been the same. Them not being here really took its toll on everyone. Clarisse and Malcolm stepped to take charge and lead, but it wasn't the same. The two knew it would be hard roles to fill, but they did try their best.

I walked over to cabin three and just stood in front of the door. I had only been inside a few time since Percy left. Tyson would stay here during the summers. He would spend the day in the forges with the Hephaestus kids and spend the evenings keeping the cabin clean and looking like new. It was around two o'clock, so Tyson was at the forges. He would be leaving for Poseidon's realm at the end of August. I opened the door and walked in. I didn't expect anyone to in here, but there was a girl standing in the middle of the cabin.

"Hey death breath," she said without turning around.

"Pine cone face," I replied. "What are you doing here?"

"The Hunters were passing by so I thought I would drop by."

Thalia turned around and face me; I could see some sadness in her electric blue eyes. She was trying to hide it with a smile. We knew each other well enough to see through each other's façades.

"I miss them both," Thalia said as she turned back to the cabin.

"They're happy now," I said. "They finally get to be free of everything we have to do. The gods won't bother them anymore. At least I hope not."

"Yeah," Thalia sighed.

"You could come visit them."

"I haven't been able to, and I don't think I will anytime soon. Artemis is focusing on hunting down the stronger monsters, like drakons and hydras, so demigods can make it to camp."

"You here the latest news?"

"You mean about the six missing demigods?" she replied. "Artemis does know about it and she is probably talking to the gods about it now."

"Well at least the gods know about it now. I'm actually heading out now. Gonna visit Camp Jupiter."

It took a while, but three months after the Giant War, Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood had finally settled their differences, and peace was brought between the two camps.

"Gonna see your girlfriend?" Thalia teased.

I felt my face grow warm. It was probably red too. I playfully shoved Thalia in the back.

"She's not my girlfriend," I retorted. "We have a - "

"Professional relationship. Yeah, yeah Nico. I've heard that so many times."

"It's true!"

"Whatever. Tell my brother I said hi."

"Will do. See ya later Thals."

"See ya Nikki."

I just shook my head, ran into the shadows, and traveled away from Camp Half-Blood.

There is chapter 2. It feels good to open up a new story with 2 chapters in one night. I am looking forward to your reviews and feed back. If you haven't already, I suggest you take a look at the poem I wrote about the last scene of MoA.

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