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Thank you for reviewing smegol26 and yes Annabeth is leaving with Percy
Sorry about the low amount of action the action will come full force next chapter
Percy's Cabin
Percy Pov
As soon as I say that I hear two girls asking questions faster than a machine gun. Mostly why there or why not somewhere else etc. Before this gets out of hand I tell them to quiet down and explain to them why Alaska is the best spot.
"You better have a good reason for wanting to go to Alaska Seaweed Brain," Annabeth says seriously
"Alaska is populated to a point where a house in the middle of nowhere won't surprise people, this means we can live in stealth from technology like scanners or satellites in the south and north poles. I also made friends with some of the local gods on my trip so they won't bug us. If we live somewhere like Canada then the population might see us fighting monsters which usually ends with us holding guns and the monsters being innocent children to them guess who wins." I say really liking the reasoning
Annabeth ponders this and tells us that even though my head is kelp this is actually a good idea.
"Hey Calypso can you grab Nico for me,"
Before I even have a chance to hear an answer she bursts into flames and returns in less than a minute with Nico.
"I love Hestia for giving me her blessing," she says while panting
"But it is pretty tiring to use," she adds on after gaining her breath back
When Calypso was brought to camp she didn't have any powers because her mom doesn't rule anymore so Hestia gave Calypso her blessing which gives her limited teleporting, can summon limited items, and can create and control fire. The limits are she can't teleport farther than a mile and the items have to be small or else she overdoes the power within her.
When Nico arrived I had to explain everything again. "This is so annoying he had the exact same questions as the girls" I thought. After the explanation we had one problem left.
"How will we get there," Annabeth asks
I realize Annabeth is right getting there will be hard.
"We can't take a plane or Zeus will see us. Boats are out of the question too because Poseidon will see us. And Nico can't shadow travel that far while Calypso can only go where she once was or close by," I say now thinking trying to figure out how to get there.
"What about trains," Annabeth says curiously
"They are not underground so Hades can't see us while Poseidon or Zeus both can't see us if we are on a train. The other gods don't bother with simple things like trains so we would be safe." Annabeth adds on
"And they're cheap so dad won't notice any credit charges on the card he gave me," Nico says not letting us forget he has a credit card
"What about the monsters though, we can't attack them without raising suspicion because "four teenagers killing innocent dogs on a train would make the news." Calypso says
"We could dress up and get a potion from the Hecate cabin to mask our scent temporarily," Annabeth says
"Why don't they hand that out for every mission then?" I said thinking that could save lots of campers
"The ingredients include minerals not from this world that came in a meteorite. They only have ten bottles that last around a week so Chiron forbids the use unless the mission is too dire and dangerous." Annabeth whispers because a harpy flew outside the cabin
"Then what about us, if we take four they will know we took it because two campers leaving and two campers dead while four potions are stolen can help the Athena cabin figure out pretty quickly", I hear Calypso say
"They won't because I can fake on of them so when it opens it will disappear and we will only have to take one because the effect will spread evenly giving us around 2 days of being monster free.", Annabeth says still somewhat quiet
"That should work and I can take it from the cabin because they only have one camper and he has a quest today." Nico says devilishly
"What did you do," I say suspiciously
"When I heard Zeus say you died I felt something was off, so I sent the Hecate cabin off on a quest and used their equipment to send an Iris message that bypassed the gods block on you guys it was only one way though" Nico says happily
"Lets just say that it required me to search through every living being that breathes and if I see one more plant I will kill someone" Nico adds rottenly
All of us just laugh at this before returning to the conversation. We have exactly three hours before we have to leave so we get a good head start before camp notices everyone is gone. In a few minutes Nico returns to the cabin with the real potions while Annabeth put the fake ones in. We all had notes explaining that we had a quest from the gods except me and Annabeth. When camp contacts the gods the gods will say they never sent any quests and we will be long gone.
By the time we did all this it took an hour because sneaking around camp isn't the easiest thing to do at night. When we finally met up again we had all our stuff and were ready to leave.
As we walk past the camp border I say "Calypso, Nico this is your last chance to turn back after this you may never come back here are you sure you want you want to come with us?"
They both immediately reply "Yes" at the same time
I raise an eyebrow to them while Calypso has a blush and is trying to hide it Nico has a stern glare with pinkish cheeks.
"Just kidding" I say after putting my hands up in surrender
"Enough with the flirting we have to catch a train in five minutes" Annabeth says with a sly smile
Nico and Calypso both shut up and are unable to look at each other until we reach the train which is a special one for going to Florida and back it's stop in New York is helpful though. Before the person at the ticket line even asks for our tickets I manipulate the mist and tell him we have the vip cabin. Luckily there was no one in line because being the middle of November when everyone had school or a job.
"Told you I can manipulate the mist," I tell Annabeth proudly
"Now just shoot an arrow straight and you'll get a bone," She replies and holds up a dog treat
"Why do you even have that," I ask while waving my hands around
I hear Nico making gagging noises in the back while Calypso just laughs with Annabeth. "Great now there are two of them"
I walk into the cart and was surprised. It had a digital map and TV in every soon as I saw the our destination was five thousand miles away I crashed my bed/chair fall asleep and get hit with usual demigod dreams. Thats right folks a confusing dream where pigs flying has a deep unexplainable meaning. This time I was in a dark room with clear nothing. The walls were made of some sort of black glass but it had some black smoke coming out of it. There seemed to be paintings of people with x's on them. After looking the paintings I realize I am no longer in the same room. I see hundreds of paintings with x's, dates, exceptions and everything. I feel the urge to explore the millions of picture but before I can I get hit with black. Now the room changes again to a judging table.
This was definitely not Hades underworld. I felt my body's urge to walk towards the stand but I knew that would kill me. Then I hear a voice say one sentence. If the end is the beginning of something else then how did everything begin?
I look around frantically for the voice. It made me feel as if my bones were glass as if winter came early and all my soul would tear out of my body. It made tartarus feel like a wood prison cell. I quickly clear my head then notice the scene changing again but everything is turning white with some yellow and I wake up. It was eight o'clock and I look around. The digital map on the table showed we were 3000 miles away. It would take a few days to get there because the train went through almost all of Canada and stopped at Juneau, Alaska's capital. From there we would head to Prudhoe bay (don't know much about this place so my facts might be wrong).
But before I think about this more I see the breakfast cart is coming down. I tap Annabeth and she growls at me pulling her blanket closer. I try the same with Nico and he rolls over. When I tried it with Calypso she nearly burned my hand of of growled a bit. After deciding I had enough of this I douse them all with water and all of them jump up with glares at me. I tell them the breakfast cart is here and I dry them all off.
You really can tell what type of person a guy is by the way he orders breakfast. Nico asks for black coffee and eggs while me and Annabeth just get eggs and toast while Calypso takes two waffles, five muffins, a mountain of hash browns, and three eggs.
"Something seem wrong with the picture here," I say jokingly
"When you live most your life eating fruits and anything else on a deserted island you learn to like any other food." Calypso says slightly tired
No one responds still feeling the effects of being dumped with ice water from Canada. The next few hours were filled with boredom. Never leave 3 ADHD kids in a smallish room in the train. Nico was trying to watch TV but all they had were news channels and sitcoms. Calypso absolutely had to redo her hair every few minutes and was twitching all around going for water every few minutes. Annabeth was trying to read all her books but after a while she was reduced to reread the books again and again until she started to memorize the books. And me, I was reduced to trying to decipher my dream and of course have my fun by pulling pranks on them. This includes changing the mist so Nico sees the entire world as some little ponies world. I can't stand doing nothing. Is that a feather in the corner? Why are the walls so close?
Before I lose sanity I hear an announcement "We have arrived at Juneau, Alaska" Before he even finishes talking I grab my stuff and bolt for the door. I hear Nico and Calypso looking like they were having a spaz attack as they grab their stuff and Annabeth looks normal other than her looking like she would anyone who would touch her stuff. We all rush out of the train and breath in the sweet outside air.
"Thank the gods for that being over", I say with relief
After this we had to "borrow" an iditarod sleigh that went pretty fast against the ice by the time we reach the bay we have all slept and kept watch. I look at the bay and imagine a midsize house not too big but not too small. I use my water powers and make an ice house that had all the space we needed. I then broke into the sewage system and made a hole around the size for a plumbing cable while Calypso made us beds and toilets Nico used his steel powers to make the plumbing cable for the sewage system. Being the son of Hades Nico always had these powers but were extremely difficult to use. Annabeth started putting out stuff like pictures and collected some dead wood for a fire. By night time we had a ice house filled with beds some basic gas lighting that we stole from the store 100 miles back.
"Well good job guys," I say tired after decorating the rooms to everyones taste
With that I fall asleep on my bed not caring that I missed dinner knowing what work was ahead of me.
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