New York City; New York

~Dan's POV~

Dan watched his sister as she stared in awe at the Empire State Building. He didn't get what was so fascinating about it. Sure it was tall, but there were tons of high buildings in New York City. He didn't get what made this one so special.

They walked inside the building. There was no one there except for the guy at the main desk.

"I don't see Fiske anywhere," Amy mumbled. "I'll text him and tell him that we're here."

Amy pocketed her phone after the text was sent.

"Shouldn't there be more people here? I mean, you said this building was very famous, so why are we the only ones here?" Dan asked.

"I don't know, Dan." Amy looked frustrated. He knew she always looked like this when she didn't know something. And he could tell it was bugging the crap out of her.

Someone tapped Dan on the back. He turned to see Ian and Natalie Kabra.

"What are you doing here, Cobra?" Dan snapped at Natalie.

"Because, Daniel," Natalie said. "We received a message from Fiske telling him to meet us here."

"It's DAN! It's D-A- then an N!" he yelled back.

"Y-y-you guys t-to?" Amy stuttered.

"Yes, love." Ian responded.

"D-d-don't call m-me t-t-that!" Amy replied.

Before he could respond, they heard a car door slam outside in the front of the building. "Looks like we aren't the only ones here." Dan muttered.

They looked towards the door. "Oh no," Natalie grumbled. "It's the Dolts."

Dan watched as Hamilton, Reagan, and Madison Holt stepped through the doors.

"Hammer!" Dan yelled.

"Dan!" Hamilton responded.

They gave each other a high five. "So, how's my little buddy been doing?" Hamilton asked.

"I'm doing great!" Dan replied.

"I would hope so," came a new voice.

Dan turned to see Ned, Ted, and Sinead Starling. Dan had heard that Ned and Ted received surgery to overcome their blindness and headaches.

Before Dan could say anything to them, there was another new voice. "Yo! Wassup cuz?"

Dan whipped his head around to see the world-famous Jonah Wizard. It was a miracle that he came in here without attracting attention, especially in New York City.

Sinead turned to Amy. "How are you and Evan?" she asked.

Amy bit her lip. "He cheated on me," she barley managed a whisper.

"Who's Evan?" Ian asked.

"It looks like, now, Amy's ex-boyfriend." Sinead replied.

Amy nodded.

"What are you all doing here?" Hamilton asked.

"We got a text from Fiske," everyone said at the same time.

Amy's phone buzzed. "It's Fiske," she said.

She read the message out loud:

What are you talking about? I didn't tell you to meet me in New York City. Get out of there now! A large amount of Vesper sightings have been seen at the Empire State Building.

Ned paled. "We have to get out of here. Now."

As they turned to the doors, a group of teens in Greek battle armor appeared at the door.

~Annabeth's POV~

As the group of teens sent by Chiron walked in the Empire State Building, the first thing they noticed was that there was no one there but a group of teens. That was kind of weird because the building is usually jam-packed.

The second thing they noticed was that the group of teens seemed to be in a heated discussion. They looked suspicious to Annabeth. She shared a look with Percy.

This isn't right, her face said.

He nodded in agreement.

Annabeth saw the teens turn. They walked towards the door and they all stopped abruptly. They stared in shock at the group. Sure, they didn't even bother hiding all of their Greek weapons and armor and stuff because the Mist hides all of it from the mortal eye. Like if they saw Percy's sword, they would think that it was a baseball bat or something. But, her point was, that they all seemed to see all of this stuff. Yet, it was a one in fifteen chance of finding a mortal that could see through the Mist. And finding a whole group of them in one place? Yeah, something was definitely suspicious.

A kid that looked Nico's age, thirteen, with dark blonde hair, jumped with excitement. "Is that a knife?" the kid stared at Annabeth's celestial bronze dagger. "Cool! I want one!"

A girl that looked about his age with amber eyes and silky, dark hair, rolled her eyes and hit him in the back of his head.

The rest still had mixed emotions. Some looked like they wanted an explanation. Some looked scared. Some looked downright confused.

A girl with auburn hair that was tied into a ponytail was about to ask Annabeth a question when a group of four walked into the building.

~Sadie's POV~

Sadie walked into the Empire State Building with her wand in hand. So did Zia and Walt. Carter had his Crook and Flail. They didn't bother putting their things in the Duat because for some reason, people who weren't Egyptian Magicians never seemed to notice anything when they casted spells, and stuff like that. They didn't know why, but it just worked that way. That's why Sadie was so shocked when two groups of teens were just staring at them in shock and looked at what they were holding.

The Empire State Building was empty which was kind of weird. She didn't know if that counted for "unexplainable magic" or not.

The three groups of teens just stared at each other, not knowing what to say. Sadie noticed that the group of teens closer to the door was wearing battle armor and was holding bronze weapons.

"Um," Sadie managed. "Why are you wearing armor?" she looked at a guy with messy black hair and sea green eyes.

"Why are you holding a staff and a boomerang?" he responded.

Sadie sighed. Yes, I get it. The wand does look like a boomerang, she thought. That's what I thought it was when I first learned that I was an Egyptian Magician.

"I believe I asked you a question first," Sadie responded.

Before the guy could answer, a group of about ten buff looking men in black suits with "V" on the sleeves came in through the door. The guy Sadie was talking to swung his sword at one man but it just went through him like he was wasn't there. Sadie rubbed her eyes. Did that really just happen? Did he really swing a sword at him and did it go completely through him like he wasn't even standing there?

A teen boy that looked like he could've been a kid model yelled, "Vespers!"

"Have you gone mad?" Sadie yelled at him in the same British accent.

Before he could answer, she felt a needle go into her arm and the world went black.