Annabeth got out of her bed, and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She looked at the clock on her bedside. 6:00 am. She stretched upwards and then bent down to touch her toes. She left the bedroom, and went to the living room. Yup, Nico was curled up on the couch. The guy had been working pretty hard the last couple of days, what with gathering footage, and blackmail on the different deities of Olympus. She began to think about the plan, after grabbing an apple from the bowl on the counter.

What would have to happen next? Well for one Janus would be a viable puppet for now. Eventually, though, Janus would push back. He would begin to rebel in little ways. That in of itself was bad. Annabeth could not have Janus stay in the Olympian council for long. She would have to take over at some point. However for now, Janus was a good idea.

What was the next order of business? Simple. She had two objectives. For one she would have to gain favour with Hecate. Why? If she could get Hecate's recommendation, she would be next in line for the minority rep. She still had at least another week before Janus managed to turn her into a minor god. It would take a while to convince Zeus after all. So Annabeth began to scheme. A couple of things would have to be done. For one she would have to complete some quests for Hecate. She would also have to sacrifice many things to her. However there wasn't much else she could do. So Annabeth decided to get ready and face the day. Her first order of business: Iris message Hecate.

Annabeth took a long breath before turning on the hot shower and creating mist. She shone a flashlight on it, and a rainbow appeared.

"Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering."

Taking a drachma from her pocket she tossed it into the rainbow.

"Show me lady Hecate."

The rainbow shimmered and Hecate's face appeared. Hecate lifted an eyebrow in surprise.

"Annabeth Chase. What do you want from me?"

Annabeth knew Hecate, and she knew Hecate respected intelligence.

"Hecate, I want that which you give without losing."

"So you want my favour?"

"Perhaps."

Hecate licked her lips, and an unidentifiable emotion shone in her eyes.

"This wouldn't have anything to do with politics would it?"

"Politics?"

"Don't play dumb, daughter of Athena. Both you and I know what you really want: My statement."

"If I say yes, will you tell me how to earn it?"

"It depends."

"On what, may I ask?"

"If you are willing to do whatever I ask without a second thought."

"I, Annabeth Chase, swear on the River Styx to do whatever Lady Hecate may ask of me in the next five minutes."

Thunder crackled in the distance. Hecate smiled.

"Good. First I need you to collect my second torch for me. I seem to have lost it in the streets of Manhattan. I will give you a you can return it to me, personally. Then sacrifice your meals to me for the next 2 days. All of them. Do not eat any food. Ambrosia is acceptable, along with I will call in one favour from you at any time in the next five years. Understood?"

"Yes."

Nico woke up, and stretched out his hands. He checked his watch. 9:00 am. Not bad. He got out of his "bed", and walked into the kitchen. Annabeth was sitting at the table studying what looked to be map.

"Hi Annabeth."

"Oh, hi Nico. Just woke up?"

"Yeah"

"Anyways, I need to get going. I have some errands to run. I'm taking the car."

"Alright. Do you know what time you'll be back?"

"Probably tonight. Don't worry about me if it takes more than one day."

"Fine. Anything you want me to do?"

"No, not yet. Take today off as a break. Maybe take a nap. I intend to work you hard over the next week."

"Sure."

Annabeth got up and left the apartment. Nico quickly ran to the window of the apartment. Annabeth was taking the car. All the more hard to follow. He brushed up extremely fast, and quickly searched the area. Annabeth was taking a left. He quickly shadow traveled to her location, and began to follow her. After ten minutes of the exhausting ritual of shadow traveling, Nico looked at the location. An abandoned building. He saw birds with female faces flying around. A harpy nest. Nico looked at Annabeth as she exited the car. She wore a look of grim determination as she put on her invisibility cap, and pulled out her Drakon-bone sword. Then she vanished from sight. Nico looked around for her, and then froze up, because her sword was now at his throat.

"Well, well, well. Why did you follow me Nico?"

Nico stood still his mouth open in shock. How had she found him?

"Is there anything you want to tell me Nico?"

"Well, I was just afraid you were going to over-exert yourself. I came along to pull you out of danger just in case."

Nico silently cheered. His excuse wasn't all that bad. If she believed this, then he would be set.

"Alright, fine. Why don't you actually help me and kill some harpies?"

Nico nodded. He drew his sword, and Annabeth took off towards the harpy nest, Nico following her. In almost no time they had finished the fight. Annabeth looked around and grinned. In a particularly mouldy section of the building was a flashlight, that seemed to glow from some sort of unknown power. She walked over and picked it up.

"Ok Nico I'm about ready to leave now. Mind, shadow-traveling me to Olympus?"

"Won't the gods be able to tell it's you?"

"As far as they are concerned, I am an innocent demigod handing in a quest to Lady Hecate."

"Alright let's go."

With that, Nico grabbed Annabeth's hand and they shadow traveled to Olympus.

A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the late update. I lost track of this story, and almost released a completely different chapter. It would have been terrible. Next chapter, two significant events will occur. Anyways, I have to stop writing. See writing. See you.