Hello, readers! Updates are probably going to be scarce until I finish The Fire Within, but I felt so bad for not updating for so long. For those of you who didn't get it last chapter, Tory is a daughter of Athena. THIS IS AN AU! I'm so sorry for not just saying that before, but it didn't occur to make it an AU until I read one. Sorry again!

Enough rambling on my part. Read on and PLEASE REVIEW!

CH 2

Hazel

Well, this is just great. Nico and Javier took off and left us here to deal with these clueless mortals, and now they've put us in jail cells. To make things worse, we don't have any way to contact Chiron. I'd say it can't get any worse, but I've learned it can, no matter how horrible your situation is.

The detectives lined us up outside the interrogation room. They usually keep people separated, but Clarisse threatened to rip a hole in the wall if they didn't put us all together. Apparently the officers didn't like holes, because they were very quick to get us outside the interrogation room.

I was first in line, so I had to go quickly, about a minute after they lined us up. Just as I was about to enter, Frank squeezed my arm gently and whispered,"Good luck." I gave him a weary smile and slipped through the door, a detective behind me. He had brown hair and blue eyes, and was wearing a suit that you might see in a business interview. "Sit down, please," a woman's crisp voice rang out behind me. I turned my attention to her, and recognized her as the one who had pointed a gun at Javi during our conversation about Leo. Standing next to her was a man with darkish brown hair, blue-gray eyes and playful face features. The woman was pretty enough to be a daughter of Venus, but if she was a demigod, I had never heard of her. Her brown eyes gleamed with caution and a little anger, her beautiful features a mask of seriousness. She opened a file on the desk, and said,"Since you and your friends are kids, we don't have files on you. So you need to tell us your name, age, and parents." Uh-oh. How was I going to tell her my dad was Pluto? Then again, she already knew about my power, which I had accidentally revealed in the lobby when I had gotten too nervous. I decided I wasn't giving any information until I knew who she was.

I decided to do what Clarisse would do, and take it head on. Maybe I could get more information out of her as to her connections with Javier, and if possible, Camp Half-Blood. "Lady, you have the nerve to stick us in jail cells like criminals, make me come in here and tell you about my personal lives, when I don't even know your name?!" The woman sighed and grumbled,"Point taken. I'm Detective Beckett, and that's Detective Ryan," she pointed to the man who had come in behind me,"And that's Mr. Castle." The man standing next to her nodded at me. "We work with the New York Police Department. Detective Javier Esposito disappeared with one of your comrades, and we need to know what's going on."

Annabeth

After we lined up outside the interrogation room, Hazel had to go in for her interview, since she was first in line. I was behind Frank, third in line. I turned to talk to Percy who was behind me, and Piper, who was behind him. "So how do we get out of here?" Percy grumbled. Jason and Clarisse slid forward from their places behind Piper to get in on our conversation. "Well," Piper mused,"We've lost our quick way out. Nico and Espo must be playing pinochle with Chiron and Mr. D by now. I could try talking us out…" She shook her head. I leaned against the wall, thinking hard. "Annabeth? Any ideas?" Jason asked. "I'm working on it," I grumbled.

Suddenly I remembered something. "Guys, where's Festus?" Piper groaned. "Some police officers took him away when they lined us up. I still have no idea why they let us out. In most cases, wouldn't they keep us locked up and handcuffed until they were ready for us?" She made a good point, and I had been wondering the same thing. My theory was that they were seeing if they could trust us. If we proved we were trustworthy, they would work with us. Possible- actually probable. I came to a conclusion. When I went in for my interrogation, I would propose the idea, even though the detectives were probably thinking the same thing.

Frank was called in as Hazel came out of interrogation, her golden eyes blazing. "I can't believe… oh, the nerve of that woman! Just because she's a police officer doesn't mean she can treat me like that!" Frank and I exchanged a worried glance as an officer stuck his head out of the small room. "Hey, whoever's next in line needs to come in here!" His blue eyes glittered with uneasiness as he looked Frank over. The son of Mars entered the tiny room and the door swung shut.

I turned my attention back to the hallway as Tory turned the corner. Before Nico and Javi had left, Tory and I had gone to the break room to do a little catching up. When Javi had said she was a daughter of Athena, I remembered her from her visits to Camp Half-Blood. Now she walked toward me, a friendly smile on her lips. Her brown eyes gleamed playfully as she called,"Long time no see!" "It's been an hour, Tory," I laughed. "I know, but compared to the Labyrinth, that's forever!" Tory winked, and that brought me back to her eyes. Tory had once told me that she had gotten tired of people asking if she was blind, so she had gotten some contacts and enchanted them to be perfectly see through, like fake glasses, and brown. She had also dyed her hair dark brown, to go with her eyes. Sometimes, I swear, she could be a daughter of Aphrodite.

"I need to take my contacts out before my interrogation," Tory said, coming to a stop in front of me. "Wait, you're being interviewed? I thought you worked here!" I cried. Tory sighed,"Yeah, but they remembered how we left before Javi disappeared. Why did he do that in front of everybody anyway? What an idiot!" I snickered, but straightened up. Javi wasn't an idiot and I knew it. I opened my mouth to reply, but before I could, the door to the interrogation and Frank walked out, his dark eyes crackling with anger. The blue-eyed mortal came out behind him. He gestured to me, saying, "Ms. Chase, please come in." Tory and I glanced uneasily at each other, but I followed the man into the room.

Tory

Annabeth followed Ryan into the interrogation room, the door closing. The way Hazel and Frank came out of the room… well, let's just say I was curious, in the least. I had to find out what Beckett was saying to the demigods. So what if I'm a half-blood? I still work here, and I have a right to know what's going on, I thought. I slipped past the rest of the kids, and came to a halt in front of a door next to the interrogation room. I opened it quietly and peeked in. Castle, Captain Gates, and two other officers stood in the small room, taking notes as they listened to the conversation. I pushed the door further open, and Gates and looked up at me. The captain glared at me. "Tory, go back to the line." Defiantly I shook my head. "Sir, let her stay. She might have some insight that we could use," Castle piped up from behind Gates. She eyed him, then nodded. I met Castle's eyes, sending a silent thank you. I slid up next to him and tuned in on the conversation.

Annabeth was sitting opposite from Beckett, her hands cuffed. Her gray eyes gleamed with caution. That made sense, as she was probably thinking about how mad Hazel and Frank had been when they came out. Beckett, her face a mask of desperation and anger, asked,"Ms. Chase, I do have a file on you and your friends Piper and Percy. Yours says that you attend school here in New York City?" Annabeth nodded curtly. Beckett glanced down again. "Have you ever come in contact while you were in the city? In a cafe, or walking home, or here in the precinct?" Again Annabeth nodded. Hesitantly, Beckett asked,"Have you seen him do that trick before?" Annabeth's head bobbed up and down as she replied,"Yes, but it's not a trick. It's called shadow travel. He can melt into the shadows and reappear somewhere else." Next to me Castle stiffened. "So these people have cracked teleportation?! Holy cow!" he whispered excitedly. I had to stifle a laugh as he bounced up and down on his toes like a little kid with a lollipop.

Beckett's face was contorted in disbelief. If I were her, I wouldn't believe Annabeth, either. Before the detective could reply, Annabeth said,"I want to make a proposal. If you help us against a threat we're facing, we'll show where Javi is, and-" "So you do know where he is! And you know him!" Beckett exclaimed. "That's all the proof I need." Annabeth banged her fists on the table. Detective, if you aren't going to help us, you're not going to see Javi for a long time. The reason we came was for his help! Now, if you will be so kind as to shut up and listen, I can tell you the rest of my plan."

Beckett was simmering with anger at Annabeth's tone, but she gave a stiff nod. "Good. I'm happy to see you'll cooperate. Now, I think we should work out what we're going to do with Chiron, so let's go outside." Beckett rolled her eyes, but relented. She stood up and unlocked Annabeth's cuffs. "Detective Ryan, If you would be so kind as to ready a few squad cars, we're going to pay a visit to Camp Half-Blood."

The demigods, including myself, as well as the detectives and Mr. Castle headed outside. Piper, who was pulling Festus the suitcase, pushed a few buttons and the bronze dragon sprang to life. The detectives leaped back, their guns in their hands. Piper cried,"Wait! He's not going to hurt you!" Her charmspeak relaxed them, and she coaxed them into putting their guns away. The demigods, excluding me (I was riding with the detectives) bunched onto Festus, and Piper called,"Get in your car and follow us, detectives!" Her charmspeak worked like a.. well, charm. The three hopped into their car and Festus took off, the police cruiser wailing along behind us as we headed to Long Island.

What I'm probably going to do is alternate in between chapters the POV's of the detectives and the demigods. So for example, last chapter, I did the detectives' view, so for this chapter, I did the demigods.
The reason Beckett knew Piper was because of her dad, but I'm writing it so the detectives don't know much more about Frank than his name, and that he lived in Canada. Of course they didn't know about Hazel because she lived in the 1940's. I'm writing this as best as I can figure. If anything is off, forgive me and please feel free to correct me.
Thank you for reading and review please!
P.S. Did anyone who's reading this watch the Lab Rats/Mighty Med crossover last night?