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After Halley had hung up the Iris-message, Percy had called his Sally and Paul to ask if the others could stay over. It took some slight persuasion, but eventually they agreed.

"Let the girls stay in our room or the guest room," Sally instructed. "You and the boys will have to work out where else to sleep. I think there might be an air mattress in the hall closet."

"Thanks Mom," Percy said, starting to hang up.

"Wait, Percy, before you go…" Sally said frantically.

"Yeah?"

"Percy, what is going on? Is everything okay?"

Percy glanced at Annabeth who was standing next to him.

"We just… something came up, and we figured it would be better if we worked it out together," he answered, trying to keep his voice calm. "Don't worry, Mom. We'll be careful."

Sally sighed. "Okay Percy."

"Bye Mom."

Percy hung up the phone and turned to Annabeth.

"I hate lying to her, but I can't tell her that Gaea's looking for us and trying to steal our powers."

"It'll be okay Percy," Annabeth responded. "Sally understands that there are some things we can't really talk about."

Percy sighed. "You're right, but still…"

"Of course I'm right, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth said. "Now come on, I think Reyna had something else she needed to tell us."

They walked back into the living room where Reyna, Leo, and Jason were all crowded around Nico, who had apparently just woken up.

"Hey Nico!" Percy said cheerfully. "Glad to see you're up!"

The other four looked up at them. Percy and Annabeth immediately noticed the worried looks on their faces.

"What happened?" Annabeth asked.

"Nico had another dream," Reyna said quietly.

"The same one?"

Nico shook his head. "It's different. I didn't see the mountain, or hear Gaea talking either. I saw my sister…"

"Bianca?" Percy asked.

"No…" Nico frowned. "I forgot I hadn't told you guys about Hazel…"

"I met her," Reyna said. Then she frowned. "Nico… what did you see in your dream?"

"I… I saw her and that guy Frank. They were at Camp Jupiter, walking up to Temple Hill... when there was a huge flash of light and this really weird voice saying their names." He looked up at the others. "That's when I woke up."

"I knew it," Reyna muttered.

They all turned to her.

"What do you mean, Reyna?" Jason asked.

"Just a hunch I had," she murmured. "I think Hazel and Frank might have something to do with the new prophecy."

"Oh, great," Annabeth said. She looked over at Percy. "We have to be the most unlucky half-bloods in the history of half-bloods."

"Being involved in three Great Prophecies?" Jason asked. With a sigh he added. "How does that happen anyway?"

"Like I said, we're just unlucky," Annabeth said.

"Well, if you think about it…" Nico said. "We are sort of lucky."

"What do you mean?" Percy asked.

"Well, we did survive the first two. We easily could've died in either war."

They all stared at him a little blankly. No one had really been expecting Nico to be the optimist.

"What?" he asked. "It's true."

"He has a point," Leo said. "I only fought in one of those, and nearly died. But all four of you survived two wars. Either you've all got mad skill… which I guess is true, or you're all really lucky, which is true too."

They let this sink in for a little bit. Then Annabeth spoke up.

"You think Hazel and Frank have something to do with the prophecy?" she asked Reyna.

Reyna nodded. "It's just a hunch, but when I ran into them at Camp Jupiter, there was just something about them… they're both really powerful."

"Well I knew that," Jason said. "Before we went into hiding, Halley and I chose them to go on a quest to find to the find the camp's eagle standards."

"The eagle?" Reyna asked. "They found it?"

Jason nodded. "They are really powerful. Hazel's only thirteen and Frank just turned sixteen."

"And they found the eagle?" Reyna asked.

"Yeah," Jason said, "They did really well too."

"I saw Frank had a Mural Crown and a centurion badge," Reyna said.

"Well, actually, he got those before he went on the quest," Jason explained. "That's how me and Halley decided to send him. He picked Hazel as his companion."

"Wait," Leo said. "I thought you were supposed to take three on a quest… who was the third one?"

Jason frowned. "I don't remember… I'm sure there was one, but I don't remember who." He shook his head. "Anyway, you think that Hazel and Frank have something to do with the prophecy? What exactly?"

"I'm not really sure," Reyna said, "but I have an idea. But I want to wait until the other three get here."

Percy checked his watch. "Well, it's around eleven now… it'll be about five in the morning in Paris. They said they'd get here as soon as they could, but that'll still take a while. I say we try and get some sleep." He quickly explained the sleeping arrangements Sally had come up with.

…

As she and Annabeth got ready for bed, Reyna couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. She pointed this out to Annabeth.

The daughter of Athena frowned. "And you mean something's wrong besides the fact that some of our best friends are losing their powers, and the evil earth goddess, mother of the entire world, is trying to hunt us all down?"

"Yes, besides that," Reyna said. She sighed and collapsed down onto the bed.

The girls had decided to take the guest room. Nico claimed the couch, since he had already been there. Percy went ahead and slept in Paul and Sally's room and Jason and Leo fought over who got his bed and who got the air mattress. Leo won the bed with the argument "Jason's basically Prince of the Air, so the air mattress is perfect for him."

"What is it then?" Annabeth asked.

Reyna shook her head. "That's just it. I don't know. I'm a goddess, but I'm still as clueless as I was when I wasn't."

She groaned and covered her face with her hands. Annabeth couldn't help but give a slight laugh.

"It's okay, Reyna. We never know what's going on. I'm sure everything will turn out fine."

Reyna uncovered her face and raised her eyebrow. "You seriously believe that?"

Annabeth scrunched up her nose. "No… not really. But…" she sighed. "Honestly, that's what we need to keep thinking, whether we really believe it or not. Otherwise…"

"Don't," Reyna said, holding her hand up. "Don't say anything else." She smiled faintly. "But thanks, Annabeth."

Annabeth shrugged. "We're two girls trapped in an apartment with four guys… can't have you going crazy on me."

"That is true," Reyna said with a laugh. Suddenly, her vision was flooded with a bright golden light.

The image that followed was one of Halley and Dakota with their swords drawn standing in front of a broken window. They looked confused, like they had no idea how the window had been broken. Halley looked over and said something to Dakota, but Reyna couldn't hear it or tell what it was. Before Dakota had a chance to respond, something grabbed Halley's arm and she cried out in pain, collapsing to her knees.

…

The sound of the crash caused an automatic reaction. Halley and Dakota immediately pulled their swords out. Piper grabbed her dad's arm and pushed her behind him.

"Piper!" Dakota said. "Get your dad somewhere safe."

Piper quickly pushed her dad back into his bedroom. Halley and Dakota charged forward towards the windows, which were in the next room over. But when they got there, nothing but the broken window was the only thing that was obviously wrong with the room.

Halley looked over at Dakota. "This isn't right," she said.

Dakota shook his head. "What…"

Suddenly, Halley felt someone grab onto her arm. A burning, ripping pain flared up her arm. She screamed and felt her knees give out from under her.

"Halley!" Dakota yelled as he frantically looked behind her, trying to locate the person attacking her.

Her voice floated into his mind, but it sounded strained. Dakota could barely make out what she was saying.

Left… side… head level.

Dakota still couldn't see the attacker, but he trusted that's what Halley meant, so he quickly moved to send a kick towards the area where his chest should've been, if they were human. If they were average giant size, it would be considerably lower, but still a decent target.

His foot connected with something solid, which immediately gave way, falling backwards. Halley fell to the ground and gasped for air. Dakota swung his sword in the direction the attacker had fallen, only to hit nothing but air.

"He's gone, Dakota," Halley rasped. "You kicked him and he jumped back out the window."

"Was he the only one?" Dakota asked.

"I think so," she replied.

Halley tried to get to her feet, but collapsed.

"Hey, are you okay?" Dakota bent down next to her, gently resting his hand on her back.

Halley shook her head. "I… I don't know." She took in a deep breath. "Are Piper and her dad okay?"

We're fine, Piper's voice floated into Dakota's mind. He nodded and helped Halley to her feet.

His sister looked at him expectantly. "Did you not hear me?" she asked. "I asked if Piper and her dad were okay."

Dakota stared at her as Piper and Tristan walked into the room. Both were dressed in regular clothes, and Piper had her book-bag slung over her shoulder.

Why are you staring at Halley like that Dakota? Piper asked.

"I…" Dakota's eyes flicked from Halley to Piper. He took Halley's shoulders in his hands and gripped them tightly.

"Hey!" Halley protested, struggling against Dakota's grip. "What's going on?"

"Hals," Dakota said forcefully. "Look at me."

Halley glared at him. "What?" she snarled.

"Halley, Piper answered you," Dakota whispered. Fear entered Halley's eyes as she realized what he was saying.

"Can you not hear her?"

Halley looked like she wanted to start crying, but bit her lip. Slowly she shook her head.

"No… I can't."

Dakota cursed. Piper stood with her mouth slightly open in shock.

They got to her too.

…

It was a long, quiet plane ride from Paris to New York. It had taken an extra hour or so for Halley and Dakota had to come up with a believable story of why the hotel window had been broken. Fortunately, they had Tristan for help. He easily helped with confirming their story of someone trying to break in and rob him. In the end, they believed that story and agreed to move Mr. McLean to a different room without charging for it or the window.

Tristan and Mellie had gone with them to the airport to see them off. Tristan gave the pilot specific instructions to take the three half-bloods (he didn't use that terminology, of course) to New York and to not ask questions.

So with the pilot minding his own business, the three were free to talk about whatever they liked. Only, that didn't happen. After the attack, Halley hadn't really talked at all, and of course Piper couldn't talk. That left Dakota doing most of the talking.

Dakota checked his watch as the pilot announced they were about two hours from their destination. His watch was still set on Paris time, which was close to six hours ahead of New York time. If it was about eight in Paris, then it was about two in New York, meaning they would probably get there around four… a great time to show up at Percy's apartment.

Dakota announced this to the other two.

Well, I'm sure they'll be cheerful to see us, Piper said with a smile.

Halley looked at Dakota, who quickly relayed what Piper had said to her.

Halley nodded and leaned back down on the couch she was laying on.

"Hals," Dakota said. "What happened back there?"

"I don't want to talk about it," Halley mumbled, barely audible.

"Halley, you need to tell us so we can figure out what exactly is going on."

Halley quickly pushed herself up to a sitting position.

"You want to know what's going on?" she asked harshly. "I'll tell you what's going on. We were attacked, I let down my guard and some invisible… thing stole my powers!"

"It's not your fault, Hals," Dakota said, trying to calm her down. "It was foul play. They attacked you from behind, and they were invisible."

Halley glared at him. "But now I'm blocked from hearing any mind communication. You can't even connect to my mind and talk to me like that. It's not that I just can't do it myself, but…" she didn't finish as she picked up one of the couch's throw pillows and chucked it across the room.

Dakota started to say something else, but he noticed Piper shaking her head out of the corner of his eye.

Just, let it rest, Dakota. She's still in shock. Give her some time.

Dakota gave her a grudging smile and nod, then reclined back in his chair. Pretty soon, both Halley and Piper were asleep. Dakota couldn't blame them. They had all three been up all night. Dakota figured he should go ahead and catch some shut eye too, because he doubted that the next few days would give him any chance to do that.

Okay, so this chapter is sort of short, but that's okay. The action scene wasn't exactly what I had wanted, but I like the way I wrote it instead.

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