Sarah

Sarah felt a little left out.

After falling asleep at the hunter camp in Ohio and waking up in San Francisco Sarah realized that she was the only one not to get a talk with Artemis. Daphne didn't feel like talking about it and Logan had already explained about what his mom had told him.

"So," Sarah said, "you're the leader of the new group of heroes?"

"I guess so." Logan said, not sounded too excited about it. Sarah could understand that. He'd just been told that he would have to lead a life-threatening mission to save the world. That's definitely something that can ruin a person's good time.

"Well right now we have our own quest to worry about." Thalia said. "What's the plan for catching Nereus?"

They sat there thinking for a few minutes, then Logan came up with an idea so crazy it just might work.

But first Sarah had to go shopping.

They stopped off at the goodwill store and, with what little mortal money they had, bought Sarah a tie-dye sweater, sweatpants that were one size too big, and an oversized Fargo hat that fell over her eyes so she'd blend in.

When they got to the docks Thalia pointed out Nereus among the other homeless people. Apparently she had met him before. Sarah walked over and was immediately hit by a retched odor. It smelled like the ocean had thrown up on top of a landfill. Don't focus on the smell, Sarah told herself.

She sat down beside him. "Lotta clouds today, huh?" she said.

Nereus sat up. "You're a demigod aren't y-" before he could finish Logan shot a Daedalus arrow and hit Nereus square in the chest. Metal cables immediately encased the confused hobo. Just for good measure Sarah hit the cables with her sword, freezing them to Nereus's body, completely preventing his escape.

Nereus cursed in ancient Greek. "I haven't been humiliated like this since that Jackson kid caught me!"

Thalia spoke up. "Speaking of which, we need to know where Percy Jackson is. We've caught you, so tell us old man."

Nereus sighed. "I'm afraid I don't know."

"Huh?"

"There's a thick layer of magic shrouding his location." Nereus explained. "Even I don't know where he is." The entire group was crestfallen. Seeing their sad expressions Nereus must have taken pity on them. "I'll tell you what: since I can't answer your first question I'll let you have another."

Nobody could think of a second question. Finding Percy was the goal of their quest. Then Logan stepped forward. "Where can we find the new threat to Olympus?"

Nereus smiled, like the question amused him. "You'll find them on Mt. Tam. Well, TTFN." And with that he morphed into a goldfish and plopped into the bay.

Thalia looked up at the peak of Mt. Tam as if the place both disgusted and terrified her. "I'm betting Percy's up there too." And with that they hailed a cab and took off towards Mt. Tam.

And towards the new threat that waited patiently up there for their arrival.