Hey guys I have returned from the Black Abyss of my busy schedule!

1) The disclaimer is in pretty much ever chapter and look here it is again: I don't own PJatO!

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4) Had it ready last night but didn't get to post it. Enjoy!

Chapter 12:

"Leo, stop that you're going to destroy the little brain cells you have left," Reyna snapped at Leo; lately she could scare the prickles off porcupines with just one glance. The rhythmic banging of Leo's head on the concrete wall stopped as he turned his head to address Reyna.

"Reyna, you're not the only one whose missing Percy and Annabeth," Leo returned to banging his head on the wall. "Even… though… Annabeth… kicks… my… butt… like… every… day… I… prefer… her… yelling… at… me… over… you."

"And I'd ten to none rather have Percy pestering me than you, te incompetens stultus semideus!" Reyna shouted at Leo.

"Really, Reyna, Latin? You're making fun of me in Latin… I see how it is! Two can play at that game!" He smiled fiendishly as he quickly thought up a nasty insult, "Τρίψτε λίγο μαγιονέζα σε όλο το πρόσωπό σας και στη συνέχεια να τρώνε μερικά σοκολάτας που καλύπτονται υγρός δελφινιών περιττώματα εννοείτε πρόσωπο!"

Piper turned to Leo, "What the heck? That doesn't even make any sense!"

"Yes it does!" Leo said in a defensive whiny voice.

"No it doesn't!"

"Guuuuuuurl, don't make me come over there!" Leo put a hand on his hip and snapped his fingers.

Jason put both of his hands up in the air, "Could we all just quit bickering for five minutes?"

Reyna rolled her eyes, "Graecus."

Piper crossed her arms and muttered, "Ρωμαϊκή επίστεγο."

"What was that?" Reyna fired at Piper.

Leo quickly stepped in between them. "She said… uh… that the uh… that she uh… wanted some chicken! Yeah that's it…" Piper gave him the chicken-was-the-best-you-could-come-up-with look and he shrugged.

"Okay, okay, okay, whatever guys we just need to get back to work. We need a plan." Reyna began to pace the room.

Piper rubbed her forehead, "Guys, I think I'm going to have to side with Reyna… for once."

Leo spun around with wide eyes, "Oh gods! It really is the end of the world! Grab your goats and children!" He ran around sporadically before stopping to grab Jason by the shoulders and shake him, "Don't just stand around! We're in the middle of a major crisis her-,"

Jason covered Leo's mouth and looked him dead in the eye, "Leo, calm down this is serious."

A sliver of a smile crawled its way onto Leo's face and in one quick motion he removed Jason's hand and sang out, "There's an animal in trouble somewhere!"

Frank and Hazel made eye contact briefly before Hazel stood up and crossed the room to whisper something to Reyna. Frank was emanating a kind of nervous, tense aura that spread throughout the room. He looked anxiously from Hazel to Reyna to Leo and back to Hazel. He thought hard about the weird dreams he had been having; the ones where his mother appeared and told him that in order to succeed there had to be sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice. The weirdest one by far though was the one where the mud-faced lady told him in her sleepy, raspy voice that, "The fire of corruption will swallow and burn everyone, especially those who have a wooden soul." Then she vanished and he awoke soaking wet drifting down the Little Tiber; which is perfectly fine if you're Percy Jackson, but Frank wasn't exactly Percy Jackson. Frank shook his head to clear it, Focus Frank!

"Listen, Reyna," Hazel spoke in a hushed tone. "I can take Leo out of here and distract him for a little while so you guys can make a plan without interruptions."

She threw her hands up in the air, "Thank the gods!"

Just as she had said it the middle of the room erupted into a picture of a big sky blue house and an older looking centaur. "Chiron?" Piper looked dumbfounded as she took in the details of the Iris Message.

Chiron smiled and nodded his head to Piper, "I have some rather disturbing news. I originally tried to contact Annabeth but some force was interfering with the signal."

Jason scratched his head, "Yeah… uh… Chiron about Annabeth…"

Piper stepped in and finished for him, "… Chiron, she's gone and so is Percy." Piper retold the tragic story of how Percy and Annabeth had saved them from a soggy grave. She told him that Annabeth had been injured and Percy had taken her to the infirmary to be treated. She told him how Percy had insisted to stay with her no matter what. Then her eyebrows furrowed as she once again recalled the puzzlement they had all felt when they entered the infirmary only to find a New York Yankees ball cap on Annabeth's bed and a pen in the chair next to the bed.

Chiron stroked his beard and stared into the distance in concentration. He shook his head slightly, "This is not good especially considering the news I have."

"What kind of news?" Piper said it slowly carefully letting out each word as if they were little time bombs.

"Rachel has been spouting out strange prophecies non-stop. They aren't like the traditional prophecies she usually gives; she's just been randomly giving small sentences or maybe even just one word. I believe they are part of a larger picture, a puzzle if you will. Maybe if we were to write them down and piece them together we would be able to see the entire message more clearly."

Everyone nodded their heads slowly. Reyna's head snapped up, "Hazel, go find Octavian, he'll want to hear this."

Hazel nodded and jogged out of the room. Chiron continued, "The messages are quite unique; no two are the same nor do they talk about the same things. Sometimes she goes on about "The River of No Return" or the "Peacebringers". They all contain a similar ring to them. They all talk about imminent destruction unless "The Two" are recovered."

Chiron had been slowly pacing back and forth when a girl with fiery red hair came up behind him. He turned just in time to see her eyes open wide and flood with a florescent green light that shown out like flashlights. The Seven become Five and The Five will fall to the feet of Earth without the wisdom and power of The Two. Demigods, heed the warning of Delphi! Find The Two! She collapsed as everyone stood in shock. Octavian dropped the stuffed tiger and knife in his hands and they clattered to the floor bringing everyone back to reality.

"Man, I'm starved you guys got any ice cream around here?" Leo looked around at all the pairs of eyes glaring at him. "Fine, have it your way but I'm pretty sure Percy and Annabeth wouldn't try to save the world on an empty stomach."

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