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Travis/Connor: Look guys she has finally updated.

Clarisse: About time.

Coralie14: Why do you care?

Connor: Lady Athena looks like her head is about to explode.

Hermes: She always does when she is trying to get an answer.

Coralie14: What question?

Lady Athena: WHO SUGGESTED THE AQUARIUM?

Chapter 8: Camp to Museum

"Who suggested the Aquarium if Kelp Head didn't?" asked a frustrated Athena. It was the next day and the question had kept her up all night as she tried to work out who it was.

"Does it really matter?" asked Hermes.

"YES."

"Cool, lets play guess who," said Apollo.

"What were the suggestions, Lady Hestia?" asked Rachel.

"They were the Aquarium, Paint ball, Surfing, Visit the Museum and a Ghost Tour," replied Hestia.

"Well we know Seaweed Brain suggested Surfing," said Annabeth.

"I'm guessing Athena chose the museum," said Demeter.

"No, I was busy planning a strategy in case Lord Zeus…." Athena started to say but faltered off.

"So which gods suggested something to do?" asked Connor. All the gods shook their heads none of them had suggested an activity.

"So if none of the council made a suggestion it must the demi-gods," said Hera and all eyes turned to the children.

"Don't look at me," said Travis and Connor "We were running for our lives."

"The museum outing sounds like a good idea but I didn't suggest it, I was preparing, and on a date with Percy. BEFORE IT WAS RUDELY INTERUPTED," said Annabeth glaring at the Stolls. Chris and Clarisse were also shooting daggers with their eyes at the two brothers.

"Well I didn't suggest anything," said Rachel. She had been planning to suggest going to the Art gallery but got distracted by her painting.

"I didn't suggest anything," said Will.

All eyes turned to Thalia and Nico.

"We wanted to see what Uncle's domain was like," admitted Thalia.

"Why would you want to see his domain?" asked an astonished Zeus and Hades.

"Because it is the only domain we haven't seen, duh," replied Thalia and Nico. All the gods looked surprised at this answer.

"So why make all the other suggestions?" asked Artemis.

"I had to make sure our suggestion was accepted," said Nico.

"So you suggested Paint ball?" asked a confused Ares.

"I knew Aunt Hestia wouldn't choose it. It goes against her ideals," admitted Nico.

"So what is wrong with a museum trip?" said Athena and Annabeth.

"Boring," said Travis and Connor while Apollo and Hermes groaned.

"It's too much like school, and Lord Poseidon and those four would probably whinge the whole time," said Nico pointing.

"He's right hence why I didn't pick the museum," said Hestia.

"I decided we needed one more suggestion that would be rejected and I couldn't imagine Aunt Hestia wanting to go on a ghost tour," admitted Nico. Hestia had been right when she guessed he had suggested the activity.

"Let's get on with the story," said Zeus.

"I flew up in the clouds following the quest group. With the holiday traffic it was mid morning before we reach Manhattan. Blackjack and I landed on the Chrysler building." said Percy.

"You thought we would go to the Greyhound station. You know Zoë was driving?" said Thalia.

"Not until Blackjack informed me. He then got distracted by a donut shop," said Percy.

"Donut shop, don't tell me he wanted to go through the drive thru," said Thalia as Percy nodded.

"Connor add Donuts to the list," whispered Travis, unfortunately he was over heard.

"Sugar and Apples for horses, now Donuts for Blackjack… What are you two planning?" asked Annabeth looking confused and maybe a bit worried. The two brothers just shrugged with matching grins on their faces as all the demi-gods groaned.

"I guess the Mist was used so Zoë could drive?" said Will. Thalia nodded her head.

"We were ready to follow the van when a vine wrapped around Blackjack and my legs holding us in place," said Percy.

"How, What?"

"God alert," said Percy. Everyone thought who it could be.

"It was the wine dude," shouted Hermes and Apollo.

"THE NEXT PERSON WHO CALLS ME THE WINE DUDE, WILL END UP IN A BOTTLE OF MERLOT," screamed Dionysus.

"Can I end up in a bottle of champagne?" asked Rachel "I don't like merlot."

"How do you know what they taste like?"

"Functions with dad, I would sometimes have a sip or a mouthful when he and mom weren't looking," admitted Rachel.

"Wow… The Oracle is badass," said Connor with Travis, Chris and Clarisse nodding in awe.

"Duh, she stole a horse, and you definitely don't mess with her when she has a hair brush," said the son of Hades as Rachel turned red.

"Talking to Dionysus I managed to upset him. I'm sure Blackjack wished I kept my mouth shut, but I had to ask why Dionysus hated me so much?" said Percy. "Mr D then told me about his wife…"

"Mr D you're married?" said a shocked Chris. The demi-gods who hadn't realised were shocked that someone had agreed to marry the grumpy bum.

"He thinks all heroes are selfish and ungrateful ever since Theseus dumped Ariadne after she helped him with his quest," said Percy glaring at Dionysus.

"You will be no better than other heroes," grumbled Dionysus.

"Well hopefully your story will change his mind," said Lady Hestia. Dionysus glared at her but there was no vengeance in his expression.

"Dionysus let me continue on my way, in the hope he would get lucky and I would be one of the ones to die," said Percy. With that comment Poseidon charged at Dionysus with his trident. Zeus quickly jumped from his throne and intervened, otherwise his youngest son would have probably ended up as fish food.

"I'm glad I didn't know that before- he believed we would crash and burn during the quest," said a disgruntled Thalia glaring at Dionysus. She wasn't the only one in the room glaring at him.

"Blackjack and I followed the quest group to Maryland before they stopped at a service station," said Percy.

"You were there?" asked Thalia.

"Yeah, I witness Grover saying he was pretty sure about something," replied Percy.

"Grover had done a tracking spell that said we should go to D.C.," informed Thalia.

"Grover was ninety-nine percent sure that it was right … but then changed it to eighty five percent sure. He was pretty sure he had done the spell right," said Percy.

"Is goat boy ever sure of anything?" asked a grumbling Clarisse.

"He is better than he was," said Annabeth defending her friend.

"Blackjack and I continued to follow the group. As we approached Washington, Blackjack started to loose altitude and was slowing down. I realised that he was so tired that we may soon fall from the sky," said a guilty Percy.

"Of course he was tired; you had been riding him non-stop for half a day. That's not easy for him to do," said Poseidon glaring at his son, concerned for the flying horse.

"Once I realised that he would run into the ground before complaining," said Percy but was interrupted.

"Just like a male wanting to appear tough. Men hate to show weakness," said Artemis, as the males in the room rolled their eyes.

"I got him to set me down near the Washington monument. Before telling him to rest and return to camp," said Percy. "Meanwhile Thalia and the others were getting out of the van a couple of blocks away. They were taking their lead from Grover."

"Well we were following his tracking spell," said Thalia rolling her eyes.

"I started to follow my friends, when I noticed a man get out of a black sedan. He was wearing dark sun glasses and a large black overcoat," said Percy.

"That's not strange in Washington," said a confused Rachel.

"It is strange when you realised you had seen it on the highway," replied Percy rising an eyebrow.

"It was following us," asked a surprised Thalia.

"Yes and as he began to follow you I recognised him. It was Dr Thorne, the manticore."

"I hate that guy," said Annabeth.

"You and me both," replied Thalia with Percy nodding in agreement.

"Wearing Annabeth's invisibility cap I followed Thorn as he followed the others. The others didn't notice him as he stayed well back as not to be seen."

"Duh Percy, that's the first rule of spying. DON'T BE SEEN," said Hermes.

"Grover lead us to the Air and Space Museum and we entered," Thalia informed the group.

"Stupid Mortals, they are lucky I let them enter my domain," grumbled Zeus. He hated having to let the mortals fly in aeroplanes.

"So did mortals really landed on the moon?" asked a curious Rachel. Artemis sighed

"Yes I allowed Athena's children to test their scientific theories and experiment. As you know I allowed them to reach the moon. I only allowed mortals to land six times, with twelve men actually stepping on the surface," said Artemis growling at the end.

"And I am greatly appreciative," said Athena.

"Thorn didn't follow Thalia and the rest. He made his way to the museum of Natural History," said Percy.

"Oh I love that place," exclaimed Athena

"I don't," said Percy ignoring Athena's glare.

"I followed Thorn into the museum that had a sign that said it was closed for a private function," said Percy.

"I hate the word private, I usually read it as pirate," said Katie. The other demigods nodded.

"In the museum was a huge room which had guards on the door and on the balcony was a least a dozen mortal guards and two Scythian dracaenae,"

"The enemy are using MORTALS," exclaimed Artemis.

"Yes," said Thalia.

""Luke was there also and he looked like he had aged ten years even though I had seen him only a few months. Sitting in a chair was another man. I could only see his knuckles as he was in shadow," explained Percy.

"Percy that is so clique, the evil man sitting in a throne in darkness," said Chris.

"Thorne did not seem happy he had to call Luke sir and didn't follow his orders. Thorn informed the two of who was attending the quest. Luke wanted to take them but the General had already sent a little plaything to keep them occupied," said Percy.

"LITTLE PLAYTHING," exclaimed Thalia.

"Luke was not happy when the General refuse his request to attack the quest group, apparently they couldn't risk him," said Percy.

"Why couldn't they risk Luke?" asked Athena but the demi-gods ignored her.

"Thorn got told off for not capturing a child of the three elder gods, and for bringing a scrawny daughter of Athena," said Percy.

"I WAS NOT SCRAWNY," said a furious Annabeth.

"You know what I find amazing is that the enemy knew about Bianca and Nico before everyone else," said Rachel.

"Of course they did, monsters go for the strongest demi-gods," said Will.

"Are you saying I'm strong?" asked Nico. No one answered his question.

"The General's plan was to isolate Thalia from the group. The General did not like to hear Zoë Nightshade name," said Percy.

"He wouldn't," said Artemis "How was he going to isolate Thalia from my hunters?"

"The General ordered for teeth to be planted in soil and watered with a dark red liquid. He said that he will be unstoppable with his ultimate killing machines," said Percy.

"I don't remember them?" said Clarisse.

"Out of the ground grew an orange striped kitten," said Percy.

"A KITTEN," said the group as they began laughing.

"There were about a dozen. The guard made a mistake and got the teeth from the saber-toothed tiger exhibition… he was supposed to get them from the Tyrannosaurus exhibition," said Percy.

"Thank gods it wasn't a dinosaur," said Katie.

"Can you imagine a dinosaur taking on Washington? So COOL," said Connor.

"Can I have a saber-tooth tiger? I can look after it as a kitten and tame it," said Nico looking around the room.

"NO ONE IS GOING TO HAVE A SABER-TOOTHED TIGER," roared Zeus.

"AND NO PLANTING TEETH AND WATERING THEM," shouted Hades stoping his son from his mental plans.

"The General got the right teeth, which were not dinosaur but dragon teeth," said Percy.

"I've seen Dragon teeth. Damn us mortals labelling it wrongly," said Rachel then noticing the strange looks she was receiving "it is so much cooler as dragon teeth."

"Please tell us the dragon teeth didn't come from Sybaris," said Hades.

"Okay the teeth didn't come from the ancient Sybaris herself," said Percy as Hades groaned.

"Out of the ground emerged twelve skeletons, one for each tooth planted," said Percy.

"Are they the ones I saw, the transparent flesh and shimmering bones underneath," asked Rachel.

"Yes, they were to follow the Hunters scent but before they could obtain it I snatched the scarf away," said Percy.

"Thank you, they would have hunted them to extinction," said Artemis. Her family was shocked, she was grateful for a boy.

"I sprinted for the entrance, unfortunately a skeleton warrior got hold of a chunk of my sleeve. I squeezed out of the door and ran."

A/N: Sorry I took so long to update. Thanks for all the reviews, favourites and alerts. It motivates me to write. (Hopefully I get to write over my Christmas break).

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