Okay guys this I will admit that I'm not fully satisfied with this chapter and if it gets flamed I completely understand. I hope you will read it though so that you can help me out with ideas cuz I need em.

Nico POV

I was dragged back to the holding room with the others. I didn't even have the heart to fight them. When they threw me back into the room everyone gathered around me as the door slammed closed.

Percy touched my shoulder. "What happened? You don't look so good."

I shrugged my shoulders. My mouth was dry and my legs felt like they would give out at any minute. I slowly sank into a sitting position and that's when the faces turned from slightly concerned to flat out worry.

Thalia was the only one without sympathy. "What the fuck happened, Nico? I mean, do you plan on sharing the information that has you looking as pale as the fucks outside the door?"

My head snapped up to glare at her. "I saw her."

Everything was still after that. Not a single person had to ask who I meant. They knew.

Percy shook his head. "What? Where?"

"Everything they were saying was right." I said in a hollow tone. "Alec is running them."

Thalia instantly grabbed me by the shirt and pulled me to my feet. "And just how the fuck do you know that by just seeing her?"

I shoved her away from me. "They took me to the feeding room! The bitch they called 'Nikki' is actually Alec and she plans to kill all of us!"

"How could Alec try to kill you?" Travis asked in shock. "I thought you two were a thing."

"Fuck, no they were not a thing!" Thalia snarled at him. Then she turned to me. "If she was going to kill you then why are you still here?"

I shook my head. I couldn't tell them what had happened. Definitely not in front of Percy or Thalia. I only sighed. "I don't know. She just said some stuff about how I killed the GreatOne and when I told her she had it wrong she left the room."

"Why would she think you killed the GreatOne?" Conner asked. "I mean, everyone said it was her."

"It was." I insisted. "But . . . Alec doesn't remember anything before . . ."

"Since before she died." Percy said coldly. "Well, someone must be feeding her information like that."

"I told her not to believe Luke and she got pissed so I'm guessing that means it's him." I said.

"Wait, why the hell are we standing here trying to figure this out?" Katie asked. "I mean, we should find a way out and then worry about turning Alec from evil to good."

I wanted to hit her but everyone agreed with her. Percy patted my shoulder. "We'll get her back. I promise."

Annabeth POV

I stood at the head of the ping-pong table waiting for Mace to explain. He looked shaky from all the attention and I felt sorry for him.

Mace cleared his throat. "Well, I was thinking that . . . well, I made Thalia this bracelet a while back and it had all these magic charms on it. One was Greek-light and it also had a built in lock-pick, an I-pod, head-phones, and this really cool little—"

"We get the idea." Alec's impatient voice rang out. "What does the 'I love you' gift have to do with finding my father?"

I spun around to see her peeking up from behind the couch where she had obviously been hiding. I sighed and gave her a stern look. "Alec, I told you to wait in the cabin."

"I know, but I can help with—"

"Go wait in the cabin." I snapped in a harsh tone. I instantly felt sorry for it when Alec fell a step back in shock. I had never snapped at her before. "Look, sweetheart, I'm sorry but I'm just a little on edge right now. Will you please just wait in the cabin and I promise I'll explain the entire thing for you and Harley when I get back."

Alec didn't speak, didn't change her expression, but just turned and walked out of the Big House. I knew I'd catch hell later but couldn't let it stop our plans. I turned to Mace. "Continue."

Mace nodded. "Well, one of the charms was a tracker type thing. It only works if Thalia decides to turn it on but if she has then we should be able to locate her."

I thought about this. "How will we know if she has it on?"

Mace patted his jacket pockets, reached in one, and pulled out a bunch of scrap metal pieces. He tossed them on the table and then pulled out a flat disk about the size of his palm. "This should lead you to wherever she is."

I held out my hand and Mace tossed it to me. At closer inspection I saw that there was a bronze arrow carved into the disk at on one end. "What is it?"

Mace cleared his throat again as everyone stared at him in confusion. "Well, if you look closely, you'll see that there are a couple of dots at the bottom and if you slide your thumb along them, the arrow will glow and the disk will spin in your palm to point out the direction."

My eyes found the dots as he spoke and I slide my thumb in the way he had described. I waited but nothing happened. I raised an eyebrow at Mace.

"Well, that's the problem." Mace seemed very aware of the eyes on him. "It will only work if the person who activates the device is the person Thalia's thinking of when she turns it on."

"How the hell are we supposed to know that?" Becky—head councilor for the Aphrodite cabin—snapped at him. "I mean, fuck! If we could read her mind then we wouldn't even need that shitty little thing you came up with!"

I glared at Becky. "Leave him be. I don't see you coming up with a solution." I slide the disk across the table. "If she activates it she will be thinking of you."

Mace blinked in surprise as he picked up the disk. "How do you know that?"

"Because you are the one who gave her the bracelet." I spoke slowly. Now that our only hope had been shattered I was feeling numb again. I didn't know how I was going to explain this to Alec and Harley.

Suddenly a beeping sound came from Mace. Everyone started to back away for fear that he would explode—thing were always blowing up around a child of Hephaestus.

Mace smiled at them though. "You were right, Annabeth."

It was at that moment that I saw the disk spinning in his palm. Hope surged through me. "I need all of you to grab your gear. We're moving out as soon as Percy's mother is here to get the kids."

Alec/Nikki POV

I walked quickly down the hall to the holding room. Servants parted as I moved by and I smiled with pride. I loved being feared. It meant power—not that I needed anymore of that.

I stopped in front of the two guards blocking the door. "Move."

They did as told within seconds. I opened the door and stepped inside. Every demi-god in the room went still except for Nico. I didn't waste time with their shocked expressions and only grabbed Nico by his sleeve and drug him across the room.

I ran my hand along the back wall and it began to shift and change into a door. I opened it quickly and slammed it closed behind us. "You have one minute to explain."

Nice blinked in shock. "What is it I'm supposed to say?"

I sighed and spoke quickly. "I know we have met. I also know that we were friends. I want to know how I died, who killed me, who this Percy guy is, and why I keep getting this sick feeling in my stomach when Luke speaks."

Nico took a deep breath. "You died to save Olympus, it was kind of a mixture of your pride and the GreatOne's sword that killed you, Percy is your big brother and is actually in the other room as we speak, and you hate Luke because he fucked you over several times while you were alive and he also killed your best friend."

I took this in one answer at a time. I finally nodded, opened the door, and shoved Nico out. I stepped into the room to see everyone still staring at us. I took a deep breath. "Which of you is Per—"

I broke off as I locked eyes with a boy on the other side of the room. I felt a rush of calm and safety shoot through me as I stared at him. "You."

Percy Jackson stepped forward. He walked quietly into the room and I slammed the door behind us. He gazed at me with cold sea colored eyes. "What is it?"

"You have thirty seconds." I spoke just as briskly as I had with Nico. "How'd I die?"

"You saved Olympus." He spoke quickly.

"And who killed me?"

"That's hard to say." Percy crossed his arms.

I rolled my eyes. "Put it simply then."

"The GreatOne."

I sighed. "Well, shit. I suppose you think you're my big brother as well."

"I don't think that." I noticed the way he emphasized the "think" part.

I sighed and cracked my knuckles. I couldn't look weak but I found myself unable to meet his eyes. I didn't realize I was speaking but heard my own voice asking, "Did you really name your kid after me?"

"No." Percy's voice came coldly. "I named her Alec. Obviously, that's not who you are anymore."

I let out a long breath. That last sentence had made up my mind. I set my hand against the wall and waited for another door to form. When it was finished I turned to meet his eyes. "I don't remember you."

"I know."

I nodded slightly. "That door leads to an empty hall. If you turn right and follow it for half a mile you'll find a set of stairs that lead to the surface."

Percy blinked in shock. "I'll have to get the—"

I held up my hand for silence. "No, Percy. This is only for you."

"Well, I can't just leave them here." Percy protested.

"You will if you plan on seeing your family again." I spoke softly. "The plan is to lay siege to that camp of yours. I'm going to take a guess and say that you have more than one person there that you care for."

Percy seemed shocked with me. "What about Nico? I thought you were friends."

I looked back at the ground. "Nico has a job to do here."

"Like what? Die?" Percy was angry now.

I flinched away from him. "Nico knows his job. He doesn't like it but he promised."

Percy glared. "I know where this place is. I could come back if I wanted."

Now I was pissed. "Are you fucking stupid? I'm giving you an out! Do with the information as you please but for fuck's sake don't tell me about it!"

Percy jumped at my tone. "Are you saying—"

"In or out, Jackson?" I snapped. "You have five seconds."

Percy took a deep breath and walked out the other door. I smiled as it closed behind him. I went back to the holding room and sealed the door behind me.

On my way to the door a girl with black spiky hair stopped me. "What did you do to Percy?"

"That's none of your concern."

She blocked me as I tried to move past her. "Then what about the fact that we're being kept in this room? Can I ask about that? I mean, it seems like that is my fucking concern."

I grinned at her. "Uh . . . You're all going to die."

The look of shock on her face was priceless. I walked passed her quickly. I paused before I opened the door and locked eyes with Nico. He was staring at me in shock as well as the others.

"Don't forget your promise."

With that I left the room and continued on to carry out the rest of my plans.

Okay so . . . I'm not sure what should come next but if people have ideas I would be grateful. Hope to hear from ya sometime soon because I'm totally lost.