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Chapter 33: The Traitor in Our Midst

Camp Half Blood

Luke's POV

I woke up to the sound of incessant beeping. I opened my eyes I was laying in bed covered with a thin white sheet. The walls of the room were white and a bright fluorescent light was in the center of the ceiling. I turned my head and saw a heart monitor beeping and I had an IV sticking out of my arm. I felt something on my head and I reached up and touched it. My head was covered with gauze bandages and then the pain hit me. I felt like my head was about to split open. Then I felt hot, I looked down and my left arm was bandaged from my hand all the way to my elbow and my right hand was also bandaged. What happened? Then I remembered, I was in my room in the big house and someone knocked on my door. I opened it and standing in front of me was Calypso, she looked worried and sad, I didn't know why. I asked her if she wanted to come into my room so I turned around and suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my head and the lights went out. The realization hit me, Calypso was the traitor, why would she betray us she hated the titans too? I heard the door to my room open and then I saw Annabeth and Percy step inside. They both looked relieved when they saw me. Annabeth ran over and hugged me Percy smiled. Percy and Annabeth sat on the chairs that were on either side of my bed. It was quiet for a moment, but I knew I had to tell them.

"I remember who did this, I know who the traitor is." I said.

"Its Calypso isn't it?" Annabeth asked before I could say anything. I could see Percy move uneasily in his chair.

"I'm afraid so, she knocked on my door and looked sad and worried I asked her if she wanted to come in and talk, when I turned to lead her into my room she must of knocked me out." I said.

"She did more than that, she tried to burn you alive." Annabeth said.

"Why would she do that?" I asked. I looked over at Percy and he looked like the weight of the world was on his shoulders.

"I wish I knew, we have to find her before she leaves we need to know why, I need to know why?" Percy clarified. Annabeth looked at Percy, I could tell she was worried about him.

"How do you feel Luke?" Annabeth asked. Percy straightened up and looked at me.

"My head hurts and I guess these are burns?" I asked as I held my hands in the air.

"Yes, Chiron said that you have third degree burns, if it wasn't for Rachel you would have died." Annabeth said. I noticed that she looked down at her feet when she said Rachel's name.

"Rachel, she saved me, is she ok?" I asked.

"Luke, she's in the intensive care unit, she had severe burns, we didn't know how severe until we got her to the infirmary." Percy said sadly.

"Can I see her?" I asked. As if in answer to my question Apollo walked into my room.

"How do you feel son of Hermes?" Apollo asked.

"OK, a little sore, but I'll be fine." I said. Apollo nodded and forced a smiled.

"How is Rachel?" Annabeth asked worriedly.

"I just got out of surgery with her, the last of the skin grafts are complete and she is now recovering in a room down the hall, but she can't see anyone until tomorrow, maybe." Apollo said. We all nodded in acceptance. "If you'll excuse me, I wish to check on my oracle and then I have to go." We all bowed our heads at Apollo as he walked out of the room.

"Well that answered my question." I said sadly. Annabeth and Percy looked like they needed to go, but they looked back at me. "Go ahead, I need some sleep anyway." They left all I could think about was Rachel I wish I could see her. I wanted to thank her and to tell her that I cared for her.

Percy's POV

Annabeth and I left the infirmary, thank goodness everyone will be all right in time.

"We need to find Calypso." I stated, Annbeth nodded I knew she could read my expression, something was wrong why would Calypso betray us?

"Where do you think she'll be?" Annabeth asked. We had already checked her room in the big house to no avail.

"I have an idea." I said. We walked down to the ocean and down the beach until I saw a small flower garden at the end of the beach near a large mound of dirt. Sitting on her knees and crying was Calypso, she was holding the all to familiar moon lace flower in her hand. She had been crying for a while her tears made a small puddle in the garden.

"How did you know about this?" Annabeth whispered.

"I heard Triton talk about it, this is where they would meet." I said. Speaking of Triton, I hadn't seen him in two days. I stopped walking and looked toward the sea, I had an ominous feeling that I knew why Calypso had betrayed us.

"Seaweed brain, what's wrong?" Annabeth asked concerned.

"I think I know why she did it, but we'll ask for confirmation." I said. We ran to Calypso, she heard us coming, but didn't even move or try to escape. At that moment I knew my idea was correct. "Calypso we know that you're the traitor." Calypso started to sob loudly. "They have him don't they?" Annabeth's eyes grew wide when I said that. Calypso just nodded between sobs.

"I didn't want to kill Luke and I never meant for Rachel to get hurt, but I love him and they told me if I didn't help he would die." Calypso said. I could feel the waves of sadness pour out of her. Annabeth and I kneeled on the ground next to her. Calypso suddenly wrapped her arms around me and cried into my shirt. Annabeth just looked at me with sadness and despair in her eyes.

"You need to come to the big house, the downstairs is still untouched by the destruction. We need to talk to Chiron and Mr. D. We'll find Triton, I will call my dad and Theseus, please have hope, I will not let them kill my brother." I said. I could feel the anger build in me, but I easily pushed it to the side, but instead of making it go away, I held on to the anger I would need it for what was to come. Annabeth and I helped Calypso to her feet and we walked slowly to the big house. Many campers watched us and whispered, I guess news travels fast, they new that Calypso was the traitor, but I guess they'll know why soon enough. We walked into the big house and found Chiron and Mr. D talking, they were actually sitting in the family room talking about the damage. When they saw us they stopped and looked at our sad expressions and the tears flowing from Calypso's eyes.

"I see you found her." Mr. D said, he didn't sound angry and I guess he figured something bad was going on.

"Sit down and tell us why you did this?" Chiron said. I looked at Chiron and made a motion that I knew why. I put a hand on Calypso's shoulder and squeezed. She sat up and looked at Chiron.

"I received message from the one called Alecto, a little over two days ago. They somehow captured Triton. They said if I didn't help them they would end his immortal life." Calypso said. Chiron and Mr. D's expression changed from disbelief and anger to one of sadness and pity.

"How did you know that they had him?" Annabeth asked. Calypso handed me an envelope and I opened it. I pulled out a ring with a trident on it my eyes grew wide.

"What is it?" Annabeth asked.

"This is the ring of the heir to the throne of Atlantis." I said. Chiron, Mr. D and Annabeth all had worried expressions they knew that the enemy had my brother and that they could most definitely fulfill their threat. We need to call Theseus and Poseidon, as if on cue three lights appeared in the room. When the lights dissolved standing before us were Theseus, Athena and Poseidon.

"What happened?" Theseus asked. I told them the story of the past two days. Athena sat down next to Calypso and she put her arm around her and comforted her. Annabeth smiled slightly at her mother's sympathetic gesture. Poseidon sat down on the couch across from them and just looked at the floor. I could see the anger growing inside of him. Theseus grabbed my arm and pulled me into the kitchen.

"How do we find him?" Theseus asked. I had no idea.

"I don't know. We can't ask for a quest with Rachel out of commission." I said. Theseus was deep in thought suddenly he smiled and pulled me into the family room.

"I have an idea on how to find Triton." Theseus said. Everybody looked up in surprise.

"What is it my son?" Poseidon asked. Theseus looked at me worried for a moment.

"We use Percy's mental abilities and we couple them with the power of two gods." Theseus said.

"Which two gods?" Mr. D asked. I already knew the answer.

"The two that are related to me." I said. Theseus smiled and Poseidon looked at both of us in disbelief.

"This is too dangerous for a demigod to participate in." Poseidon said.

"Percy is the only one with the mental abilities and the connection with Triton, we're brothers that connection is hard to break." Theseus said. I knew he was right, if I had their help I might have enough power to search the world from my brother.

"Can you do it here?" Chiron asked.

"No, they need a place where their power is the greatest." Athena stated. Poseidon smiled at her.

"My dear daughter-in-law is correct we have to do this near the ocean." Poseidon said. We all walked out of the big house and headed toward the beach. As we walked to the beach Annabeth pulled me to the side.

"Wise girl you know I have to do this." I said, Annabeth grabbed my arm and then pulled me toward her. She gave me a long and rough kiss.

"I know, but you better not die or I'll find you, resurrect you and then kill you again." Annabeth said. I leaned down and kissed her softly.

"I promise on the Styx." I said as I ran to catch up with everyone with Annabeth hot on my heels. We reached the beach, Poseidon and Theseus stood on opposite sides of me. Theseus had a hand on one my shoulders while Poseidon had one on the other. The three of us stepped into the ocean and I concentrated on my brother. I felt a tremendous amount of power flow through me. I felt hot like I was on fire, I willed the water to flow over and through me, after a few seconds I felt cooler. I concentrated again on my brother Triton. After a few seconds I felt myself rushing forward, but my body never moved. I saw fields, streams and mountains fly passed me as I flew across the countryside until I saw a small log cabin in the woods near a very large lake. I saw a sign near the lake, Champlain. Triton was in upstate New York near the lake in a cabin. Suddenly, the connection broke and my consciousness flew back into my body and I almost collapsed. When I awoke my father and brother were holding me up. I shook my head and stood up firmly.

"Do you know where he is?" Poseidon asked desperately.

"Lake Champlain." I said. Everyone's eyes grew wide.

AN: I guess another rescue mission is in order.