I awoke the next morning my eyes puffy from crying everyone noticed but it was an unstated topic. The sky was a grey and misty, I could almost feel the precipitation. Fog had settled on the water, just this morning, Phoenix had manifested a giant fishing boat to blend in with the ones around here. Pearl was down below "sketching", Percy leaned on the deck rail and looked out into the abyss. I sat and studied the floor of the boat with different patterns of wood. My voice lost my mind blank and my sadness killing me inside.

"Were getting close, I'd say another half-hour." Percy said to no one in praticular.

"Oh way to go dimwit you know how to tell direction and currents!" Pearl shouted from below her voice some what muffled. He rolled his eyes in annoyance I could feel another fight just sitting down on the bottom of his stomach. He jumped down hard on the floor of the boat and Pearl yelped. "Do that one more time and see what happens!" She yelled.

We traveled the rest of the way in silence tension hanging in strings throughout the day. Pearl came up once only to say she needed to see the sunlight. Then she immersed herself back in the bottom of the ship. Finally Percy directed the ship over to a dock of the Miami Harbor. He leaped off the boat and tied the rope to a post. Phoenix jumped with great agility off the boat and landed on his two feet at the end of the boat. The fog still rested on the unsettled water. Something wasn't right it was too quiet. Percy walked on ignoring the sense that even I felt. Pearl toppled onto the dock wooden boards and then became still her ear resting on the dock.

"Crap, Percy…" She yelled but her voice trailed off. Her eyes became wide with realization. She leaped up and grabbed my hand. Dragging me with the fastest speed ever. Phoenix laughed, but Pearl sent him a dirty look. "Get your butts moving." She had fear hidden in her sea-like eyes. Percy suddenly began to catch on why Pearl was running he ran faster Phoenix ran after him. Percy grabbed me and held me in his arms. He jumped onto the parking lot, set me down and whirled around. I screamed, what rose out of the water was giant, a monster.

His skin was a rocky red, sea creatures grew on it and his mouth was a hole revealing tens of millions of teeth. He let out a roar, shaking the whole dock system. His eyes were two giant yellow round stones. Staring straight at me.

"PAN!" He erupted. I gasped he was after me.

"Oh shut up you oversized piece of corral." Pearl snapped, she pulled out her sword and whipped it into his massive leg. He glanced down at her and his slimy seaweed lips went upward.

"You child of Daddy."

"Oh great another younger ugly little brother, thanks dad." She jumped onto his leg and started to climb he began to shake it, but he didn't have very good balance he fell into the water making a tidal wave erupt.

"Pearl!" Percy and I cried at once. Percy ran to the end of the dock and dove in. Phoenix grabbed my hand and held me close in his arms. I was well aware of this. But I was worried what about Pearl and Percy. What happened to them? I noticed we weren't by the docks anymore, Phoenix apparently had inherited some creepy Apollo power making him go the speed of light. He stopped at a gym and dropped me down and led me in. He walked in and was greeted almost immediately by two guys, I couldn't look up at them, they were a little creepy.

"Domincus, Rombus, it's me Phoenix." He said he reached down his shirt and pulled a small chain with a miniature of the sun on it. It glowed like the sun, I thought it was beautiful, but it looked hot. The guys grunted and opened a slit of a path for us, he grasped my hand then pulled me along to a glass door that was steaming, a sauna. He opened it and there himself sat Apollo.

"Hey Dad." Phoenix said, he smiled.

"Well hello there son, listen I just learned a new haiku."

"Dad! NO DO NOT DO IT DO NOT!" He shouted and laughed with an astonished face. "Please."

"I was just kidding, oh Phoenix nice catch ya got there, Penelope, daughter of Pan. I can't get over the fact he produced you." He shook his head and smiled down at the floor.

"Dad listen there's kind of this prophecy that Penelope has to figure out and uh the line is like somethin like, the throne of a god lay empty, and we figured out it was your son…my uh older brother, Asclepius." He stood there a bit awkwardly and I had never seen Phoenix the boy that was so smooth. Apollo's smile fell and sadness creeped into his eyes.

"Phoenix that's not something I would like to disgust."

"Dad, it's a frekin quest we have to solve it, please come on."

"Alright I see how this is gonna be, alright I'll tell you about…Asclepius." He sighed, "If Penelope can sing better then me."

"Apollo, sir, do you know who you are, do you know who I am?" I asked astonished.

"I know who you are, and I know who your dad was, he may not have been that good with a pipe upside down, but I didn't say he couldn't sing." He gave a victorious smile that could bedazzle any girl, besides me I was unmoved for once by Apollo's flirtatious moves.

"Ok your on." I said, I was determined.

"Alright kid let's go, right now, Phoenix you be our judge, and be fair kid." He winked at him and then got up and snapped his fingers we were then in a room. With dusty old instruments and a glossy grand piano sat in the corner. Apollo sat down and started to sing. It was beautiful, gorgeous. Better then Coldplay. I looked down why did I ever agree to this. His voice was perfect harmony and could be a soprano or a bass. And he sang to some old tune, I didn't know the song. Then he stopped and looked at me.

"Your turn sweetheart." He smiled stood where I was standing. I had always known I was a talented singer but I couldn't sing up against a god. But not just ay god, Apollo. The word's first rock star, the best at every instrument. But then it happened the voice in my head, sing. My body was enveloped in the melody of a place so far away, but so very close. I sang out the first note of a beautiful song.

"When winter's frost creates a cold wall.

My heart stops beating, and I fall to the ground.

My icy world zooms out of view.

I'm stuck in a eternal place, of warmth or love.

The fires of my wrath are bursting with anger.

And the Earth is warmed, and I am free.

My head reaches out of my slumber and I awaken.

The light of the sun warms me and I'm touched.

Winter has died and spring has come…

"Wow…that was whoa. Your sure your not mine?" Apollo asked when I finished.

"I'm quite positive." I smiled at him.

"Well that was about as close as you can get to perfection, and that's coming from me. I even envy you a little, I guess Nemesis is finally moving on me." He flashed Phoenix a grin, but Phoenix rolled his eyes. "Alright so what do you wanna know about well… Asclepius." He looked sad for a second and I wanted to hug him, yes the god, Apollo, I wanted to hug.

"Everything." I said immediately. Apollo looked at me and got a thoughtful look on his face. As if he needed to ponder the question for a little while.

"Everything?"

"Yes Dad, when she said everything, she meant everything!" Phoenix said he raised his arms in the air dramatically.

"Alright well that's asking a lot; hmm alright well Ac was born a few eons ago. His mother was this beautiful woman with gorgeous brunette hair that always had a golden string braided in it. Her eyes were so black, they were even blacker then the bottom of the deepest sea. She was under the name of Crotos. The second I saw her, she was mine I had claimed her. I disguised myself as a rich merchant granting her every wish. But the one wish she always longed for was a son to love and care for. Of course I gave my whole being to her. My full power my whole life, all for this woman, and she gave birth to our son, Asclepius." He paused his eyes flashing with remembrance, before continuing.

"Now Crotos had been so forsaken since I left her. Which I never meant to hurt her but it turned out that way, she sent Ac to Camp Half Blood, and Chiron raised him. He learned so many techniques from him about medicine and things that should have been left alone. But Ac was determined to rise up to Olympus and impress me, even though he already have. He became in contact with a more powerful source and he raised a dead woman from the Underworld. I was very impressed with my son, so I made him a god. But I told him not to speak of his gift, but when Hades found about this little incident he began to erupt with anger, and Zeus to counteract the action. He struck down both my son…and my beloved Crotos…"He trailed off he sat down on the piano stool and sighed.

"I was overwhelmed and so I killed the Cyclops, Arsion, Arsion was the Cyclops that made Zeus's lightening bolts. We have never had that father-son relationship since. I still miss Crotos still to this day."

"Wow, I'm sorry Apollo…I-I had no much pain it caused you."

"Well sweetheart, gods have feelings too." He looked up at me and gave a small smile. Sadness had carved itself on his face.

"Dad, where was Asclepius's throne in Olympus?" Phoenix said.

"He didn't have one in Olympus; his throne I'm guessing its in a hospital, which one…I have no clue, I'd say pretty close to here. He always liked being near me, which really was a nice thing for him to want."

"Thanks sir, I appreciate it very greatly."

"Sure sweetheart." He was about to snap his fingers but then he stopped and looked right at me. "Pan would have been proud of you. Him and me we weren't so keen of each other but if there was one thing about him that I liked was the love for his children. He always bragged about how you would be a revelation, but I always thought he was just trying to push my buttons. But now I know you will be, watch over her Phoenix." He squeezed my shoulder then snapped his fingers and we stood outside the gym. Percy and Pearl still no where in sight.

"Where's Pearl and Percy?" I asked.

"Probably back at the harbor, if your fast enough maybe we can ask Pearl if she knows anything about the hospitals around here." He started to run and I had to sprint to keep up with him. We reached the harbor and Pearl stood with a long cut up her leg and Percy searching through a blue bag with a American Eagle signature on it. He pulled out sports tape and wrapped it around her leg tightly. I ran to them.

"What happened!" I exclaimed.

"I…he…" Pearl managed before she broke into tears.

"She killed that sea monster, but he knocked out a block of seaweed killing a few hundred fish. You'd think she'd be okay with it, considering she ate about ten of em' last night." He rolled his eyes and smiled.

"So nothing serious happened?"

"A HUNDRED FISH DIED!" Pearl screamed and stomped her foot, she then screamed in pain because it was her leg with the cut, the blood began to seep through Percy's tight wrapping. She fell down to the ground bringing her knee to her chest.

"You idiot." Percy reached down and scooped her up and jumped onto the boat, we followed him onto it. He went down below to the bottom of the ship. Pearl managed to bite her lip to stop from crying. But you could tell she was in great pain. "Do you ever think before you attack! Gods you could have been killed, Pearl! Do you know how much danger you put yourself and Penelope in!" The room went silent, why did he say my name. Was Percy actually worried if I got hurt or not? Pearl shook her head and tears leaked out of her eyes and she looked at me.

"I'm sorry…Pen-Penelope." She sobbed.

"Don't be Pearl, you saved my life."

"OW! Percy what in the name of Hades are you doing?" She yelped.

"Wrapping your leg since you were so careless."

"Shut up! If I hadn't been there you would be dead."

"Really is that what you think?" He snapped the tape with his teeth and then grabbed a knife off the counter and cut it.

"I know it's true Perseus Jackson!" The boat rocked and tipped from one side to the other as the water became furious. I watched the two of them bicker, I had to wait till Pearl was done arguing with Percy to ask her about the hospital. Finally after about another minute of arguing Percy stormed up the stairs and I heard his heavy footsteps above us. Phoenix excused himself to go help Percy with the boat. And slipped out of the room.

"I hate him…I honestly can't stand him! He's always got this deal going for him, like he's the most important thing in the world. So what if Poseidon thinks of him as the salvation son, so what if he doesn't even know I'm alive- oh crap you didn't hear that."

"Wait Poseidon doesn't know your alive?"

"I don't want to talk about it, it's not important." She looked away from me and turned her head to the side. I understood the feeling and then popped the question:

"Pearl, what's the oldest hospital around here?"

"Ummm, Saint Clair's hospital on… uh 5th Avenue!" She remembered. "Why?"

"Asclepius's throne is in one of the hospitals here, my guess was he would prefer one of the older ones."

"Your guess is as good as mine. I would check Saint Clair's, it's pretty old, it was built back in the early 1800s."

"I don't know Asclepius was killed maybe a few centuries ago."

"No he was killed just two hundred years ago in 1802, and Saint Clair's was built in 1800…"

"You don't think…?"

"I think I know, take Phoenix with you and go, I'll deal with dimwit." I laughed and smiled.

"Ok deal, see ya Pearl." I ran up the stairs and heard Percy and Phoenix talking I ducked down behind a crate near the stairs.

"I don't know man, I shouldn't feel this way about her, I have a girlfriend."

"Dude, plenty of fish in the sea, just have both of them. That's what I do."

"Yeah but man she's just so… I don't know man…"

"I'm telling ya dude, just kiss her!"

"Dude that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."

"You don't do it soon, she's gonna be hurt…bad." I got out from behind the crate.

"Percy?" He looked at me, and our eyes met, something passed between us, longing.