The whole camp was buzzing with excited concern as the head counselors searched the grounds for Jason. Piper sat in the corner crying while Annabeth stroked her back. "How could … Where did he… I miss him!" She choked out between sobs. Percy and Jared paced nervously running their fingers through their hair. A bright light then flashed through the hall, when the campers regained their sight they saw a tall man with a grey beard. "Chiron!" His voice boomed. Chiron turned to face him, his legs visibly shaking. "Where is my son?" The hall was silent each demigod too stunned to talk. "Weelll…" Chiron said avoiding eye contact. "Grow a pair." Mr. D whispered to Chiron. "We lost him!" Dionysus told Zeus "What!" Zeus roared. Percy stood up "Wait you don't know where he is?"
"No, not even Hermes could find him." Zeus fell uncharacteristically silent. "I feel so helpless." He began to tear up. "This is awkward." Sam whispered to Tri. "Chiron you need to find him… please." Zeus did look helpless. He disappeared in the same fashion that he arrived, once again leaving the demigods temporarily blind. "I guess a quest is in order, are any demigods willing to help recover Jason?" Chiron told the half dazed campers.
Some of the Demigods that were chosen were expected, Jason's friends: Percy, Jared, Clarisse, Leo, Halfdan, the Stoll Brothers, and, of course, Piper. But there were also some you wouldn't have ever guessed: Demetria for starters, Kylie, Blair, Sam and Ali, all the daughters of Apollo, Kylie being one of the youngest campers. DJ an Ares kid, Summer, Demeter's daughter, Cleo, daughter of Nike, Hypnos's daughter Zoe, and Hade's son Zeno who was a year round camper but kept to himself so Demetria didn't know much about him. They were split into three groups to cover the country. Rachel Dare had instructed them to "Look for Earthly dead." Everyone was stumped until Zeno suggested we look for ghosts. "Think about, ghosts are dead but still on earth."
"No that's… actually that makes a lot of sense. I'll get on that!" Annabeth said and then rushed to her cabin to do research. She came back about an hour later. "Okay here are some of the most haunted places, chosen for ghostly encounters as well as seclusion and ability to hide a person with out too much trouble." She handed everyone a list, which read:
Alcatraz Island/Prison San Francisco, CA
Franklin Castle Cleveland, OH
Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia, PA