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Chapter 6

A second later

Percy's POV

When Juno said that, I looked over at Annabeth and saw that she was shocked, probably even more shocked than me.

"Um, what do you mean by that?" I asked, saving Annabeth from sounding like the dumb one.

"It means I know where your mother and daughters are," Juno said, looking and sounding not the least bit annoyed by my question. For some reason though, I felt an annoyed air around her.

"I know that," I said, offended. "I mean, how do you know that?"

"That's an easy answer," she said. I stared at her. She started to laugh. "My mom kidnapped them."

"What?" Annabeth yelled, obviously upset. Juno smiled. "What horrible person could your be?"

"As much as I agree with you about her being a horrible person at times, I would think this is an easy answer for you two," Juno said with a huge smile. "After all, she was already planning on taking something from you."

"Oh my gosh," Annabeth said with her mouth hanging open. "You're one of Jinx's daughters."

"Correct, now could you guess which one?" she asked, amused. Her hair seemed to change to straight blonde hair and back to wavy black hair.

"You're Camille," I said simply. "Are you the only one with your mother's eyes?"

She looked at me weirdly. "I'm the only girl. Christopher is the only boy. I call ourselves the lucky ones," she replied. She then waved her hand. "But that isn't all that important. Don't you want to know how to get your mother and babies back?"

"Let me guess, we promise to give her the babies that are on their way to her?" Annabeth asked, seeming confident it was the answer.

"Wrong," Camille said with a small smile. "I sort of lied. My mom didn't steal your mother and babies, I did. I thought it was the best way to get you to do what I have in store for you."

"What could be so important you need to steal our babies?" I asked, furious. My mother is probably going to be giving me a really hard time about choosing my friend the next time I see her.

"My mom's been kidnapped by this half-Titan, half-God female. Her name is Poison. My mother was pretending to help her and the Titans out to get information about them and their plans for us Gods. Poison found out when my mother had most of us fight Poison two days ago. Poison kidnapped my mom 24 hours after the attack. She's sent Hera something, a threat. If we don't bow down to the Titans, Jinx will be killed," Camille explained, no trace of smile anymore. It also seem like she dropped the hispanic accent and was now speaking with a British one. Must be where she lives the most.

"We might do it if you can explain the whole Hera thing," I said, confusing her and myself. I have no idea where that question came from.

"What do you mean explain the 'Hera thing'?" she asked.

"Why would Poison send something to Hera instead of Zeus?" I asked, now making a bit more sense.

"Hera is Jinx's mother, my grandmother. It would hurt her the most and she would be more rational with a plan of getting her back. Zeus would do something disastrous that would end Jinx's life for sure, and maybe even his own," she said after a few seconds of thoughtful thinking.

"Why not Lucas?" I asked, wanting to know why parents are more important than spouses, the ones who actually have to deal with the pain and sorrow the worst.

"I don't know, I guess cause he would tell Zeus and together they would end both of their lives," Camille said, desperate to stop the questions from coming.

"Well, before I can tell you whether or not we take the quest, will you tell us what happens if we don't?" I said, wanting to know what who happen to my mother and babies.

"My mother will most likely die, your mother and daughters will be returned, and the Gods will forever frown upon you and your family forever," Camille said with a small smile and a tiny bit of sarcasm.

"Okay, and if we do take the quest, what are we allowed to do? Can we have friends help us?" I asked, wanting as much help as possible and wanting to not put too much stress on Annabeth.

"Of course your friends can help. We would supply you with everything you need for the quest and help you along the way, but only when we think you are close to failing or you might need help," Camille said.

"Will you let us go discuss in a different room?" Annabeth asked as she pulled me into the dining room.

"Sure," Camille said after the door was shut.

"Are you seriously thinking about having us do this?" Annabeth whispered. She seemed upset and angry. Must be hormones because she's usually all for these types of things.

"Yes honey," I said, looking deeply in her eyes. She knew I was serious.

"Fine," Annabeth sighed. "But I get to choose the people we bring. I know what the best strategy would be."

"It's a deal I'm willing to make honey," I said with a smile as we walked back into the living room.

"Well, we've decided that we are going to take the quest," Annabeth said. Camille smiled.

"I'm glad," she said. "Your only limit is that you can only have up to three comrades to help you."

"Fair enough," Annabeth said, a little distracted. She must be focused on who we were going to bring. "When and where do we start?"

"Tomorrow morning at 10 in the empire state building. You'll have to be up in Olympus by 10:15. Go to the house that keeps changing it's outside," Camille replied. "I need to get going. Is it okay if I...you know."

"Yeah, sure," I said as I pulled Annabeth back into the dining room and closed the door.

"Who are we bringing?" I asked as soon as I was sure Camille was gone.

"Thalia for sure," Annabeth said. "I'm trying to figure out who's the best at tracking and who's really good at convincing."

"Well, Piper is wonderful at convincing people to do anything, she's even convinced Zeus one time to wear a pink shirt with white pants and walk around telling everyone 'God loves you,'" I said, chuckling at the memory. It just happened to be the dinner rehearsal for our wedding.

"Okay, so we'll bring Piper too," Annabeth said. "Now for our tracker. Grover's pretty good."

"Then let's bring Grover," I said. Annabeth looked hesitant. "Come one, the two that are already coming are both girls. There needs to be a guy, and who's better than Grover?"

"True, true," Annabeth said as she pulled out her phone. "Grover it is. I'll call the girls while you call Grover, okay?"

"Okay," I said as I pulled out my phone and looked for Grover's cell phone number. When I found it, I pressed talk and waited as the phone rang. He picked up on the second ring.

"Yo, Percy, what is up?" Grover asked, obviously either drunk or just got up.

"Hi Grover, I'll tell you what's up when you tell me why you sound like that," I said, wanting to make sure he was sober. He rarely had beer, but when he did, his judgement was screwed up extremely.

"Well, Juniper and I just had some fun," he said in a dream-like voice.

"That's all I need to know," I said, cutting him off. If I didn't, he would put a bunch of details that I really didn't need to know.

"Okay, so why are you calling me?" he asked, sounding like he snapped out of it.

"Annabeth and I have accepted this quest to go looking for the goddess Jinx," I explained. "We were wondering if you would like to come help us. It'd be you, me, Annabeth, Thalia, and Piper."

"Well, count on me coming. Juniper will be mad, but she'll understand, she always does," he said. "When and where do I need to meet you guys?"

"TOmorrow morning at 10 in the empire state building," I said, recalling what Camille said. "We're going to meet one of Jinx's daughters for our supplies."

"Okay, see you then," Grover said.

"Bye," I said as I hung up the phone. Annabeth was already done.

"That was quick," I said, surprised she beat me. It usually took her forever to get off the phone.

"Thalia said yes right away and Piper just needed to be told her goddaughter had been kidnapped for this," she explained. "What took you so long?"

"Grover sounded drunk, so I needed to make sure he was sober. Don't worry, he was and he said yes," I said, hoping she wouldn't want details.

"Okay, so we have everyone we need, now all we need is some sleep and we'll be good to go," she said.

"Honey, it's only 1:45," I said, most likely sounding like a whiny baby.

"I know, I didn't mean we go to bed now, though there's nothing else to do," she said, obviously tired. She barely slept since my mom didn't come home when she said she would.

"You know what, you're going to go to bed. I'll join you later," I said as I led her to the guest bedroom that we were using. "It's no use to fight, I know you're tired and you deserve some sleep. Please do it for the babies."

"Fine," she said, pretending to be defeated. I gave her a kiss and walked into the living room. I sat down on the couch and turned the TV on. There was a good movie on, so I watched it. Paul came in a little after it started and sat down next to me. I eventually popped some popcorn to enjoy with my step-dad. This isn't how I usually mentally prepare myself for a quest, but it sure did beat the usual get-in-trouble-and-almost-get-killed situation.

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