-Carter Kane-

Annabeth and Percy stood frozen to the sand portal I managed to make finally. "I guess I should explain this." I started with a grin. "This is a sand portal. The conjurer of it has to think of the place they want to go for it to work. This one will bring us to Brooklyn House, or at least the roof of it."

"That is awesome!" Percy finally spoke up, excitement in his eyes. "We could have used this on so many occasions!"

"Is it pretty difficult to make?" Annabeth wondered as she observed it.

"Yes, but it just takes practice. My sister is better at it than I." I confirmed. "So, walk through, and uh, be prepared for an overload of sand."

"And what should we expect on the other side?" Annabeth made her caution known.

"A confused Griffin by the name of Freak. But don't worry; he's usually behaved around me." I explained plainly.

Percy went in first, and then Annabeth followed warily in. I followed the two and dusted the sand off my clothes as the two demigods coughed up sand they mistakenly ingested. Freak peered at me out of confusion. "I'll come back with water, and Freak a snack to keep from eating people." I informed before leaving, earning weird looks from the two of them.

I walked into the kitchen to grab two glasses of tap water and a prime rib for Freak. As I finished filling the second glass, the lights turned on as Sadie rubbed her eyes tiredly as she took me in. "Oh bloody hell Carter, how about giving a heads up next time?"

"I told you I would be leaving at ten." I rolled my eyes out of irritation.

"Our time, or Cairo's time?" She demanded.

"Cairo's." I gave a small smile to seeing her staff she was now leaning on. "Planning on having me explode?"

She grumbled a few choice words in response. "Maybe, but Amos would give me a lecture on why I shouldn't go around killing older brothers."

"You can go back to bed. I'm just going to have them sleep in our spare rooms a few more hours." I explained. "And then we can get onto the situation."

"Carter," Sadie's voice grew concerned as her eyes stayed fixed on me. "Walt and I didn't tell you exactly who we would be fighting."

"I think I have an idea already-" I started.

"It is the Greeks." Sadie interrupted quickly. "We are going to end up fighting them, Carter. Bringing them here is a mistake."

"Perhaps Anubis and Isis were just wary. I mean, they can't see the future Sadie. We've changed so many things that it's simply a mess what we see ahead." I pointed out.

"We are experts when it comes towards being the victims of deceit, remember Carter?" Sadie snapped. "Don't stand there and let them pull the blindfold over your eyes."

"Look, if it does come to that, Amos is ready for a fight." I reassured. "Actually, he might have been ready to kill them before I showed up."

"Should have let him then." Sadie scorned.

"You remember all those times that we wished we had anyone's help or even company while we traveled?" I started. "They may need our help if our worlds are being drawn together."

"There are seven of them, they can fend for themselves!" Sadie's voice rose. "They don't need us along, and they'll see it soon enough and want to kill us instead-"

"And why do you think they would suddenly turn against us if we are pathetic compared to them?" I demanded, getting frustrated with the common logic in the situation.

She hesitated, considering my words. "Perhaps they are power hungry like Set?" She offered.

"And we dealt with Set." I reminded quickly, for Set has always been a sore topic to bring up. "This group is just a little older than we are, but I'm sure they are scared just as much as we were when facing Apophis."

Her expression saddened, for once my sister decided to actually listen. "Amos mentioned that Gaia and Apophis might be linked despite being of different worlds. Who knows what Gaia can do if we just stand by. She might even release him again and we don't have a clue as to where his shadow is now." I continued.

"Welcome back Carter." Bast's voice started from the doorway. "You two realize everyone can hear you, right?"

I laughed nervously. "Sorry, having an important family discussion." I apologized.

"More like another end of the world meeting." Bast corrected quickly. "You might want to hurry up with those glasses. Sadie, you should go with him to get introduced."

Sadie grumbled at the thought, but grabbed the prime rib and followed me upstairs.