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"Look at how polluted the ocean is. Mortals really need to take better care of the ocean," Percy said to Annabeth in the evening. "Makes me feel kind of dirty."

Annabeth laughed. "Perhaps you could teach them." They were leaning against the rail, watching the Argo II sail over the sea. Percy slipped his hand into Annabeth's.

Leo came over. "We're going to need to stop soon. Festus says that there's another engine busted, and we don't have the supplies to fix it."

"Okay. When are we going to stop?" Annabeth asked.

"The closest city near here is Preveza. We'll stop there for the night and get our supplies in the morning," Leo replied.

"Are you sure we should stop? The giants probably have every monster on their employee list looking for us. They might attack if we stop," said Percy worriedly. "Actually, I'm surprised that the only attack we've had so far is the harpies."

"I'm sure," said Leo a little stiffly. Leo had seemed kind of cold to him, Percy had noticed lately. He briefly wondered why, then dismissed the thought.

"Well, I'm going to go to the kitchen and eat dinner," Percy said. Annabeth followed him down. Some of the crew were already there. Hazel was talking with Frank, but Percy noted that she looked a bit concerned. Piper was there too, as was Jason, now looking a lot better..

After Leo had arrived, Leo told the others of his plan to stop in Preveza and get supplies.

"What items do you need?" Jason asked.

"We should stock up on more food, and it would be nice if we could find some ambrosia, nectar, and maybe some more weapons. But I need more iron and some more tar. Also, I'm going to get some tools to fix the busted engine."

"I'll go get the food with Frank," Hazel volunteered.

"Jason and I will see if we can find some magical items, Celestial Bronze, or ambrosia," Piper said.

"Annabeth and I will get the iron and tar," Percy said.

"Okay, glad that all that is sorted out. But I've got some bad news," Hazel stood up. She explained her dream to the crew. "One of Gaea's allies has created some sort of spell to use against us. We're going to have to be careful. I'm not sure what the spell does."

Annabeth fingered her chin thoughtfully. "But they said that it would be used on a valuable person? Like Jason or Percy?" Percy wasn't particularly happy about that.

Hazel nodded. "Not sure why they said that. They found me before they said more."

"Do you know who they were?" Percy asked. That could help tremendously. It would certainly be easier to avoid whoever it was.

Hazel shook her head. "It was too dark to see anything."

"We can talk more about this tomorrow. Right now, I've got to inspect the damage to the engine to see what else I need. I also need to dock the ship." Leo pushed his chair back and got up, followed by Hazel and Frank.

"Well, since everybody's leaving, I suppose I'll go to my room and try to sleep again," Annabeth said.

Percy and Annabeth left together. "What do you think about Hazel's dream?" Percy asked Annabeth.

"I think that you need to be careful. I don't want to lose you," Annabeth kissed him. "Good night."

"Good night," They went into their respective rooms. Percy sat on his bed and watched as the ship sailed near Preveza. He thought about Damasen and Bob. Hopefully they were all right. Percy owed both of them his life.

Then Percy thought about the arai, and one curse in particular. Had Calypso really cursed him? Okay, maybe he had left her, but he had had to stop Kronos. But you didn't make sure that the gods freed her from her island, said a voice in his head.

Shut up, he replied. Despite what Calypso had said, Percy still thought that maybe it was possible to return to Ogygia.

Percy eventually fell asleep, hoping for no dreams, but that apparently was impossible for him.

First, Percy heard the voices. "Have you found out the location of the crystal?" asked the first voice.

"Yes. It is here. We must retrieve it before the demigods discover its existence and find it. If they do, they could use it to stop us from waking Gaea," said a second voice. The landscape around Percy lightened considerably, and he saw that he was standing in the mouth of a tunnel dug deep in the side of a mountain. Percy looked around, taking in his surroundings and filing it away for later use so they could find this crystal the voices were talking about.

"You must retrieve it soon. The demigods are near this location, and will arrive within a day or two," said the first voice. Despite the light, Percy couldn't find the source of the voices.

"Do not worry. I will get it. But first, there is something else I have to do." The voices started to get softer, and Percy's surroundings faded to black.

He woke up to the sound of someone knocking on his door.

"Percy?" It was Annabeth. "Are you awake?"

"Yeah. I am now," Percy sat up groggily.

"Sorry, but we're going to go get the supplies soon. You'd better hurry." Annabeth left.

Percy dressed, stuffed Riptide in his pocket, and then went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. Annabeth was waiting for him.

"Come on, Seaweed Brain. We're going to leave Preveza at one o' clock." Annabeth tapped her foot impatiently.

Percy finished off his croissant. "Okay, I'm ready." Leo, Frank, Hazel, Annabeth, and Percy got off the boat and found themselves in the streets of Greece.

"Okay…I guess Frank and I will head that way," Hazel pointed to a market nearby, and soon they disappeared in the crowd.

"Where do you find iron and tar here?" Percy asked Annabeth.

"No idea. I guess we'll just have to explore." They started to wander the streets. After visiting dozens of stores, they finally found a store that sold tar. They bought some of that, and they got some iron from a store next to that.

"Why don't we find a place to eat lunch here?" Annabeth waved her hand at the street they were in. It was littered with restaurants and cafes.

"How about that one?" Percy pointed to a café that sold American food, like cheeseburgers.

"Really, Percy. Here we are in Greece, ancient land of the gods, and you want to eat American food we can get back at home?" Annabeth asked incredulously.

Percy smiled. "Yep."

Annabeth shook her head in exasperation. "Fine."

They sat down and looked at the menu. "I had a dream last night that might help us defeat the giants," Percy remembered.

"How?" Annabeth asked. Percy explained his dream to her.

"Hm…" Annabeth thought for a moment.

Before Annabeth could reply, they heard screaming coming from the direction of the port where they had docked. Mortals were running away from the dock and panicking in general.

Percy sighed. "How much you want to bet it's some monster who wants to interrupt our nice lunch?" They drew their weapons and ran in the direction of the screaming.

At the dock, Percy could see a Hydra terrorizing the people there. Jason, Piper, Hazel, and Frank were already there. Jason chopped off one of the heads, and two heads grew back from the stump.

"Jason! Don't cut the head off! Burn it!" Annabeth yelled.

Jason looked her way and shouted, "There isn't anything flammable nearby! People try not to set their ships on fire, remember?"

"I wish Leo was here," Percy muttered. "Where could he be?" Just then, the Hydra looked their way and spit poison. Percy narrowly avoided it. Percy looked desperately around for something he could set on fire. There was nothing. All he saw were mortals running away and some shops. He absently wondered what the mortals saw. Maybe a giant reptile?

"Percy! Watch out!" someone screamed. Percy looked up just in time to see a Hydra head coming toward him. Just as it reached him, he jumped in the air and landed on top of the head.

Percy tried to hang on to the thrashing head, but he could feel himself slipping. With one last jerk, he flew off the Hydra head, skidded across the dock, and splashed into the polluted sea.

"Yuck." Percy was grossed out. "This water is disgusting!" Then he saw Leo running towards them.

"Leo! Burn the heads off!" Percy heard Jason yelling to Leo as he climbed out of the dirty water.

"I'll need a distraction!" Leo shouted. "Can you guys do your storm thing?"

Percy and Jason stood back to back. Together, they raised their arms, and Percy summoned the water. Soon, they had a hurricane going. The Hydra roared and focused on them.

"Try not to extinguish the fire!" Leo yelled. Percy reduced the rain. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Leo setting fire to the stumps of the heads he had cut off.

Soon, all that was left of the Hydra was a pile of dust. Percy and Jason stopped the storm. Leo said, "Thanks for the diversion."

"No problem," Percy gave him a tired smile. "Did you get the supplies you needed?"

"Yeah. You?" Leo asked.

"The tar and iron," Percy said. Hazel, Frank, Piper, and Annabeth came over.

"So now that everybody's got their supplies, I think we should leave as soon as possible, before any more monster attacks," Annabeth said. They climbed the ramp up to the ship. Leo started up the ship, and they took off.

Percy retired to his bedroom, exhausted. Someone knocked on his door. "Come in," he called out.

Annabeth entered, a computer tucked under one arm. "Hey," she smiled. "How are you?"

"Tired. Summoning a storm takes a lot of energy."

"I can tell." Annabeth sat next to him on his bed. "Do you want me to get you something to eat?"

"No, it's fine. I'll eat later," Percy said. Right now, all he wanted to do was sleep.

Annabeth seemed to read his mind. "Do you want me to go….?"

"It's all right. You can stay if you want."

Annabeth sat at his desk, where she set down the computer she had brought. "Mind if I work on this?"

Percy yawned. "Okay. You can do that while I sleep, if you want to stay."

"Just don't drool." Annabeth's attention was already on the computer. Percy fell asleep to the sound of Annabeth typing.

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