Rachel was leaning against the file cabinet talking to Nico when I walked in to work. It was Thursday now, three days after their case started, and they still hadn't found who did it. Every time I asked them, they only said they were close.

When I sat down at my desk, their chatter seemed to waver. I sighed, great. "Hey uh, Annabeth?" Rachel asked nervously.

"Ken?" I answered subconsciously, not looking up from my computer.

"You remember when you said you could get into your father's personal files?" I waved my hand in a circle, urging her to get to her point. "Right, well I need to run some fingerprints through the database."

I looked up from my computer. "Do you think you have a suspect?"

"Well we ran them through everything else, I just want to be sure." Rachel answered vaguely.

Annoyed she didn't just answer me, I nodded. "Send me the fingerprints and I will."

"Ok! Move, Nico." She pulled his chair and pushed him across the room to get to his computer.

"Hey! You have your own desk, you know!" He exclaimed from where he was pushed across the room, pointing to a highly decorated desk only two meters (6 feet) away from Chiron's.

She gave him her middle finger and continued with her hurried typing; a notification sprang up in the corner of my screen. I clicked on the attachment and set to work scanning the information. Rachel stood in her place in front of Nico's desk, smiling expectantly at me. "Rachel," I sighed. "It is going to take some time for the prints to run."

She nodded and waved it off, "Oh no big, I have work to do in the lab. Call me if it finds anything!"

I chuckled lightly to myself as she rushed to the elevator. Nico grumbled and rolled his chair back to his desk. "You are wrapped around her finger." I laughed.

Nico stuttered in surprise. "W-what does th-at mean?"

"Do not act like I cannot see the connection you two share." I scolded him playfully.

The younger agent tried to hide behind his computer, flustered. It was then that Percy walked in from parking his car. When he took in our work space, he burst out laughing. "You figured out Rachel and Nico's thing didn't you?"

I tilted my head. "How did you know?"

Percy hung up his coat on a hook behind his desk. "Because she's the only thing that can make him blush like that."

"I am not blushing!" Nico protested, then sank behind his computer again. "It's just hot in here."

"I feel fine." I said, just to tease him. Percy started laughing.

A young girl walked up to Percy and handed him a folded piece of paper. She was quite beautiful, and obviously a mix of Indian-sorry, Native American-and American. Her skin was a light mixture of the two cultures, her eyes seemed to change color as the light reflected off of them, her dark brown hair pulled up into a long pony tail.

She smiled down at my partner as he took the paper from her. "There's your search warrant, Jackson."

"Thanks Pipes," Percy said in return. "Oh, Piper, this is Annabeth. She's Jason's replacement."

The woman turned to me, her ever changing eyes sparkled with excitement. "Hi! My name's Piper, I work with Chiron and the guys as their lawyer. I cover all the legal trouble they get in." She winked at me; I shook her hand. "It's nice to have a girl on the team for once! It's been all guys for as long as I've been here. My desk is right over there, come see me any time! I'd love to get you know you." I followed her finger to the desk two over from mine.

"I will keep that in mind." I smiled at her, unable to keep myself from taking a liking to this girl.

Suddenly her smile widened. "What's that accent?"

"Israeli," I answered.

"Sweet! I'm Cherokee myself, that should bring on some interesting stories, huh!" A loud buzzing sound went off at her waist. Piper removed a small pager from her belt loop. "Oh! I gotta take this, see ya guys later!"

I laughed lightly as she hurried back to her desk, Percy joined me. "She likes to talk." He stated.

"Thank you," I rolled my eyes as I sat down, "For pointing out the obvious. Are there anymore people I should know about?"

"Well," He paused to think, silently counting people out on his hands. I read his lips as he mouthed their names. Nico, Chiron, Rachel, Piper, then names I didn't know like Leo and Malcolm. "Yea, a few."

"And? When do I get the pleasure of meeting them?" I asked when he didn't continue and started up his computer.

Percy leaned back in his chair, contemplating my request. Suddenly he stood up. "Sure, why not now?" I took his outstretched hand and followed to the elevator.

I fell in step with him, matching his strides. "Where are we going?"

"Down to the basement," Percy pressed the 'B' button on the control panel and the elevator began to move. "That's where they spend the majority of their time."

"So, who am I meeting?"

"Well let's go to Leo first, he's our weapons specialist." I nodded and watched the number count down on the small screen. When we reached the basement, Percy guided me towards a caged area. He typed in a code on the small keypad and opened the door for me.

I walked in, taking in the shelves and rows of different kinds of guns of all different calibers. I raised my eyebrows at the extent of the collection. After several turns and weaves in and out of many more rows of several different kinds weapons, Percy pointed to a man hunched over a work table.

"That's Leo." He whispered to me, then louder, he called to the man in front of us. "Yo, Leo!"

He spun around, a knife in one hand and a huge smile plastered on his face. "Percy! Hey, wassup bro. Who is this?" Once he saw me, this 'Leo' person strode over to stand directly in front of me.

I glared up at the curly haired man, who was invading my personal space. "Leo, this is Annabeth, she's my new partner; Jason's replacement."

"It is very nice to meet you." Leo smile spread, his teeth almost blinded me. His close proximity was getting on my nerves, and I would just have to show him it was a bad idea to mess with me.

I quickly stepped out of his range of sight, pulling my knife out of its holster on my upper arm at the same time. I kicked the back of his knees before he could turn around to force him to my level.

I placed my Kris at his neck. "Do not flirt with me." I whispered into his ear, deadly calm. Leo nodded quickly, his eyes wide with fear. I smiled in satisfaction and let him go.

He scrambled away from me in a hurry, rubbing his neck. "Damn dude, I'm surprised you're still alive!"

I scoffed and crossed my arms. Percy laughed. "Me too, but I know better then to make a Mossad assassin mad."

Leo through his arms up. "You could'a warned me! Hey, that's a sweet knife." I was surprised by his ability to suddenly change the subject. "Kris? Oh man, I've seen some pretty wicked ceremonies performed with those! And that one, wow, look at that craftsmanship-"

"Leo." Percy interrupted him.

"Oh, sorry." He apologized. Leo turned and, hesitantly, offered his hand to me. "We got off on the wrong foot. My name is Leo, sorry about earlier."

I nodded, taking his hand in good faith. Leo leaned back against a table and crossed his arms after I had released his hand. "So, Mossad huh?"

I shrugged it off and walked along the closest row of weapons. "Quite a collection you have." I commented.

"Yeah thanks, gotta be prepared ya know? You never know what these whack-jobs will bring me." Leo stuck his thumb in Percy's direction. "Or in this one's case, you never know when he'll bring his gun in for repair. Honestly, boy breaks something every week!"

Percy pretended to be offended, but his slight smile gave it away. "Do not!" We all laughed.

"I have a question." I said when the boys had calmed down.

"Shoot." Leo nodded.

I frowned. "Shoot what?" I asked, confused.

He scratched the back of his head, "Well I, I mean go ahead and ask."

"Oh," I nodded. "Who was Jason?"

"Jason was my old partner." Percy said from next to me. He was leaning back on the same table I was, his arms spread out behind him; one conveniently behind my back so he basically had his arm around my waist. "He retired a few months ago when his dad died because he inherited a lot of money. He and his sister split it, but she's still working just to occupy her time."

"How do you know?" I inquired.

"She's our next stop, see ya Leo." Percy brought his arm up so it actually was around my waist and lead me out of the cage.

"Stop by anytime!" He called from behind us. "Gets lonely down here."

"Then come upstairs." Percy joked back. I chuckled at them. "Alright, she's right through here." He opened a door for me, I nodded a thank you and walked in.

I was met with a room that reminded me of a forest. The walls were a deep green, the floor a dark brown hardwood, and the walls littered with pictures of various animals; it reminded me of Leo's gun collection.

"Hey T!" My partner called to a woman with her back to us, looking intently at a computer. She swiveled around in her desk chair. I met her bright blue eyes and saw a spark of what I could have sworn was electricity. She had short, spiky black hair, and was wearing almost all sliver. The woman stood and bounced over to Percy, enveloping him in a large hug.

"Hey! You really should come down more often, I miss seeing you!" She flashed a bright smile.

"You're always welcome upstairs." Percy repeated the line he had told Leo only a few minutes ago, but instead of a joking tone, he sounded sincere. I felt a ping in my heart, but quickly pushed it down as he introduced me once more.

"Hello Annabeth," She greeted warmly, pulling me into the same kind of hug as Percy. I stood there awkwardly with my arms at my sides while trying to breathe. "I'm Thalia, nice to meet you."

"You too." I said back politely.

"Thalia is an on-duty agent." Percy explained. "We only call her in when we need her. She's an animal expert."

"I do weather patterns too." Thalia added as she walked over to her computer again. I looked over her shoulder to see a complicated system of weather diagrams dating back at most to three months ago. "Which is why I'm here; checking out the patterns from the last four months to help Reyna in her current case."

"Who is Reyna?" I asked Percy quietly as she continued to talk.

"Leader of another team." He whispered back. To Thalia he said, "That's really cool T, but I gotta bring Annabeth to meet Malcolm."

"Oh you'll love Malcolm, Annie! He's just like you." I flinched at the nickname, but didn't comment.

"Like me?" I asked. Percy pulled me out of the door before she could answer and dragged me back to the elevator. "Hey." I punched him in the shoulder. "I was talking."

He rubbed the place of impacted, not answering while he pressed Rachel's floor. "Sorry to break up your gossip," He said finally.

I sighed, leaning back against his chest; deciding just to accept his apology. I had to look down at the metal floor when he wrapped his arms around my waist to keep my smile under control.


Well hiya guys...

I'm sorry I haven't updated, but I recently took a trip to the Emergency room because I had an 'Asthma' attack where I couldn't breathe. Thing is I don't have asthma, I have Bronchitis. Which sucks...bad...

So now I'm home, coughing my lungs out, and updating for you. Reviews will make me feel better!

Always yours,

~Arty