Thank you guys SOOO much for reading this! The day after I posted the last chapter, we had a record breaking 495 views in one day! You have no idea how awesome that makes me feel. I love you all! And now we get to the part where things start to get interesting.

Hades disappeared, taking Annabeth's body with him. Percy was left with wide eyes and an open mouth. He racked his brain for what he knew about the Hope Diamond, so he decided to send an Iris message to Hazel. He went to Turtle Pond to do this. He manipulated some water into mist and put in one golden drachma. All of the sudden, Hazel's face showed up in the mist. "Hi Hazel, I need your help," he said.

"What's up, and where's Annabeth?"

"I don't really want to talk about it right now. Anyway, what do you know about the Hope Diamond?"

Hazel's eyes widened, "Percy, why do you need the Hope Diamond?"

Percy looked down, tears in his eyes, "To get Annabeth back."

Hazel was still confused, but she told him everything she knew, "The Hope Diamond is a huge blue diamond that is on display in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. It also has a curse on it, most people think that it's because it was stolen from the idol that it was originally on, but the real reason is that a child of Hades summoned it from the earth. The curse stated that death will come to anybody who touches it."

"Well...that's some diamond," Percy said. "Thanks Hazel." the mist faded.

Percy went to the closest internet cafe he could find, to do more research. Then he summoned the Taxi of the Fates.

"Where to?" One Fate asked.

"Washington D.C. Smithsonian." Percy said.

They traveled very fast and arrived at the Smithsonian in a matter of five minutes.

"That will be thirty golden drachmas," the driver Fate said.

Percy paid the fair and got out, and headed to the Museum of Natural History. He found a case containing a necklace with a blue diamond so huge that Percy could hardly believe it was real. "That must be it." He surveyed the case, looked at the glass, bullet proof. How am I supposed to get this?! Am I just supposed to break the glass? Nope, the glass is UNBREAKABLE. Suddenly, Percy remembered that he heard somewhere that some opera singers could break glass with their voice. But how am I going to reach a note that high? It's not like I can sing it! If only I had like, a siren that I could summon whenever I wanted. Too bad I don't, that would be awesome. Well, there goes that idea.

Percy decided to do more research on bullet proof glass, and he discovered that it wasn't actually glass, but plastic, which could be broken by heat. "What I wouldn't give to have Leo Valdez here right now." He sighed, "How the heck am I going to do this. getting this alone is going to take me a week, but this is just the first thing. This is starting to sound more like the labors of Hercules or something."

"I got it"

Percy stowed away in the bathrooms until all the lights went out. He walked, very quietly to the case. He started to go through his backpack when a flashlight shone on his face. "What are you doing here!" A night guard said.

I am evil to end here, but I still have to figure out how exactly how Percy is going to get the Hope Diamond. You should give me ideas by... REVIEWING! Love you guys! Thanks so much for reading!