Oh great! Look who it is xD I'm back and with another chapter! Well...it's actually part 1 of the chapter...the rest will be uploaded tommorow or maybe tonight if I'm feeling generous. Also, I found a couple mistakes with the last chapter, and so so so so so so sorry about that :( I'll try to keep the mistakes low. ANYWAYS, HERE IS THE CHAPTER, I HOPE YOU FIND IT AS EPIC AS I DO...WELL ITS ACTUALLY JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT'S COMING. IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME! REMEMBER TO FOLLOW, REVIEW, AND OTHER STUFF. WHY AM I WRITING IN CAPITALS? Well I don't know, but I do know that the story is only going to get better from here :D So enjoy!

Piper I

Piper was ready to go Chuck Norris mode when she saw the casino explode. Were her friends safe? Did the giants die? And why wasn't anyone screaming? All the civilians were just looking and smiling at the blazing casino. Some went, ooh! Oh that's great! So people enjoyed watching buildings blow up? That's cool, she thought. Then it dawned on her that the mortals probably just saw fireworks because of the mist or maybe buildings blowing up were normal in their town. Ah the mist! She wanted to punch whoever even decided to create the mist. All through the past months, the mist had played with her into believing that she was dating Jason Grace…even though she is now.

Jason! Piper decided that if he had gotten out of the casino, she would punch him so very hard, or maybe judo flip him like Annabeth does. She was proud of him, because he had risked his own life and had made everyone get out safely, but she also felt very angry. They were a team and needed to do everything together. Maybe she could have helped him or at least…well, maybe there really was no choice, but just thinking about this annoyed her even more! Just an average day in Pipers mind.

She would have run back to the casino to see if she could have helped her friends of course, but Leo and the rest held her back. She had yelled, kicked, and even went far enough to give Leo the deadly look. Okay, that was evil, but she needed to help Jason and Frank. All throughout this quest, she had felt that she hadn't done much and although she felt ashamed to say this, but why did her mom have to be Aphrodite? Like seriously! She found it extremely hard to battle monsters with makeup.

Piper flashed back to reality and took a look around her as she ran. With her, were Thalia, Grover (who looked ready to pass out), Nico, Hazel, and Leo. They all had frantic looks on their faces and Piper could tell they were all freaked out as she was. She was good at reading faces, being the daughter of the great Aphrodite and all. Don't you worry child, your role is soon coming… She thought she heard a voice in her head say.

The ship had come into view and she could make out the figure of Coach Hedge the extremely helpful satyr who seemed to stand out of the crowd since he was…well, a satyr. She could also make up two other figures standing on the deck of the ship all watching Piper and her friends. She was not sure who those people where but they didn't look hostile…at least for now. It's probably Rachel and uh…well we'll find out soon, thought Piper.

After about 2 minutes, Piper and her friends were back on the deck of the Argo II, all panting and all holding their knees. When she managed to look up after the black dots had left her vision, she saw that the two figures standing on the deck were Rachel and…oh no…Apollo. Great! What's he here for now? To sing another poem? Thought Piper as she regarded the god.

He was dressed like a model…literally! He wore a plain white v-neck shirt topped with a black vest and wearing Ray-Bans. On his arm was a tattoo of the sun, and his teeth…well they were as bright as a flare, or the sun itself!

As for Rachel, here hair was a mess but other than that, she looked fine, maybe a little more freckles, but she was fine. Apollo had probably healed her with his "godly powers".

"Sup fellas thought I'd pay you all a visit" said Apollo and then he looked at Thalia who wouldn't meet his eyes, "Oh and tell my sis I said hi"

He looked at everyone as if he had just realized that they had all run away from their deaths, but all of Pipers mind became clouded as she glanced at the spot where the casino had been. She could see the spot clearly of course from the ship and what she saw brought sparks to her heart.

Flying straight for the Argo II were Jason (flying like superman) and Frank (who had turned into a bald eagle). They had made it! They had escaped the trap and probably defeated the Giants! Piper was still in awe as Jason landed with Frank (and he changed back to human). Jason simply walked over and gave Piper a hug, while Thalia was staring at him amusingly.

"I'm guessing we're a bit late?" said Frank though heavy breaths.

Everyone laughed. After having a long tense journey, it was good to have some refreshment.

Then he pointed at Apollo and said, "And you are…"

"My name is the awesome god Apollo. Ah and you are not at all late! I've got good news, and bad news" then the god lowered his glasses and stared at Jason, "oh and no problem buddy, I just killed off two giants for you, no need to thank me"

Jason's face darkened and his face turned as red as a strawberry.

"Thank you?" said Jason as if he were speaking a foreign language, "Last I checked buddy, we did all the work, you gods just have to come and stick your nose into everything! You gods never help us when we really need it! The gods just use us like their toys and can never admit they need our help!" yelled Jason. He looked like he wanted to punch a brick wall.

Apollo's face seemed to age by forty years.

"Because you are on a quest, Jason Grace, I shall spare you today, but not next time! We gods help you more than you think! The sprinklers were a good idea but did you forget that the giants are more resistant to fire than you? You would be dead if not for me" said the god through gritted teeth.

Jason would have probably wanted to say something "nice" back but Piper put a hand on his shoulder as if sending him a sign to stop. He just sighed and shook his head.

"Uh so Apollo, you said you bring some kind of news" said Piper, trying to talk nicely to the god. She wasn't using her charmspeak because she figured her power probably wouldn't work against a hundred thousand year old god.

"Yes, well, not me actually…your friend Rachel over here has some important news to say" said the god, stepping back to let Rachel speak.

"Uh yeah, and sorry about the whole Gaea thing, I mean I don't remember it but Coach Hedge told me…anyways, I had this vision while I was passed out, it was about these two giants and they were discussing some 10 parts of a key needed to close the doors of death, I don't know anything else, except that the ten separate pieces of the key are in 10 different places in Greece, and each are heavily defended by Gaea's little minions, so breaking through will not be easy" spoke Rachel. She seemed to be rambling on and on and also looked pretty tense as if she were hiding something else she had seen in her dream.

"I also think that Percy and Annabeth will have to do the same thing in Tartarus" said Rachel.

"Okay, I don't know how crazy this idea is, but can we work on a way to contact Percy and Annabeth?" asked Hazel, "I mean, Leo found a whole bunch of plans and inventions so maybe he could…"

"I can't promise anything but I'll try okay?" said Leo who frantically started jotting down notes on a piece of paper. He looked like a psychopath trying to write a groceries list.

"And guys, I think I know where the first part of the key is, it's in the-" continued Rachel but was cut short by Nico.

"The first part of the key," said Nico, "Is in the Parthenon". He looked at everyone as if they should have been scared, and Piper could guess why.

"Wait how do you know?" asked Frank.

"Let's just say I've been having some 'visions' as well" he said dryly. Man that kid freaked Piper out. He would do well in a horror movie…as the murderer. It was almost as if life seemed to die when he walked past it, which would kind of suck.

This time, Apollo spoke up, "I don't think you guys get it, this place used to house the Athena Parthenos…the very same one you guys have aboard this ship, and my guess is that this is where the statue comes into play, but that is all I can say…Hey that rhymes! "

Piper wished that the god could be a little more descriptive, but she had to cover her ears as the god began to rant off some stupid poem. So what do they do with the statue? Have a party or something? If they brought back the massive statue to the Parthenon, what good would it do? Just thinking about this quest made Piper want to go mad. This was crazy! If the gods wanted to get rid of Gaea, why didn't they just do it themselves instead of telling their kids too?

"Okay so that was the good news" said Apollo, Good? How could any of this be possibly good? "The bad news is that, you guys know that the giant Pit Tartarus has a spirit of its own? Yeah well now Tartarus has joined with Gaea, so you'll kind of have a problem there…don't worry, no monsters will just reappear everywhere, but now, Greek monsters and mortals are dying and they are going into Tartarus meaning that you will go to Tartarus without a proper choice because the pit basically has some control over the underworld…so yeah, you're screwed, anyways I gotta get going, try not to die yet, but guys, you're numbers aren't looking good…" and with that the great god vanished.

Piper knew from studying a map Leo had given her that the Parthenos wasn't very far away and they could probably reach it in about an hour or two. But what if it was all a trap? Was it really worth it? She figured they had no choice. If they wanted to

"Well then," she said to her friends and grabbed Jason's hand, "What are we waiting for?"

"Yeah," said Coach Hedge, "Let's kill some monsters" but he had a paranoid look on his face, then Piper realized who wasn't scared out of their minds? They were basically headed for a slaughter house.

"So guys, we need a plan," said Piper, "Let's get started"

So that's chapter...9? Wow I didn't think I'd survive this far. Thanks for all the views, followers, etc, you are all awesome :D. Free air guitars to anyone that follows! Also, this chapter was inspired by a tv show that I saw..you guys will know what I mean next chapter. Also, I might be doing Questions and Answers at the end of each chapter IF you guys have any questions or preferences So until next time! GOOODBYE! AND REMEMBER TO FOLLOW.