'Wow…' I mutter.

It feels just a little bit unrealistic. I went out from the house, and then almost immediately the sun greeted me with a warm kiss. It's warm and gentle, as if Apollo himself is kissing my skin. The breeze is almost magical, with the wind blowing gently against my hair and my skin, giving me a whole new different sensation. The view is amazing, a wide mown green field behind me as far as the eyes can see. Wooden houses, here and there on the green field. Small mountains and hills at the end of the field, filled with breezy green forests. A lake right in front of us, glistening with the rays of the sun; it looks magnificent. Best of all is that there are no loud drilling noises or any other noise pollution here. It's all so relaxing and peaceful.

'Beautiful, isn't it?' An unfamiliar voice says from behind.

I turn around and find a large boy looking at me. He's probably around 6'1" tall, maybe more. He has a pair of blue oceanic eyes, and short brown hair. He has a tough face, like wrestlers kind of tough, and yet he still manages to look kind.

He walks past by me, 'I remember the first time I came here. I couldn't take my eyes off the view for hours.' He says as he stares at the lake.

I keep my distance from him, 'Who are you?'

The boy turns back to me, 'My name is Marcus Rain.' He looks me in the eye, 'And I'm a son of Poseidon.' He declares it with a solid and proud tone.

I pause, and then he examines me.

'You're not surprised.' He says.

He's right. His eyes give the same feeling that you get when you look at Percy's eyes, it's as if you can smell the ocean breeze and feel the cold splash of the water.

'It's not that much of a mystery.' I turn back to the view. 'Where are we?' I ask.

Marcus pauses, and then he turns back to the lake. 'This is Switzerland.' He glances back at me, 'But we call it home now.'

Oh great, now we're in Europe. We're miles away from our home, trapped with our enemies, and no idea where our other friends are.

He smiles, 'Annabeth Chase. I have heard a lot about you.' He walks toward me, 'It is said that you are the most skilled strategist the camp has ever seen, even more than Sophia Hunt, is it true?'

Sophia Hunt? I know that name, but I can't remember the details. If I remember correctly, Sophia Hunt was the counselor for the Athena's cabin. People said that she was the best strategist in history of the camp, that she was an equal to Odysseus. It's obvious enough that she was said to be Athena's most prized daughter.

'I don't know. I have never even met Sophia Hunt before.' I answer.

He chuckles, 'Sophia would have said that as well. You remind me a lot of her.'

Suddenly there's a sound of a window glass shattering apart. I turn around quickly and a chair already punched through the window from Willy's house.

Marcus approaches the house quickly, and I follow him from behind. Marcus and I walk to the door, but before Marcus can open it, Lisa and Willy come crashing out, bringing the door down with them.

They roll, and Lisa manages to pin down Willy. Lisa punches Willy in the face, again and again.

'Lisa!' I yell.

Lisa ignores me, she keeps hitting Willy until finally she's out of breath. Willy spits out blood, but he doesn't seem to be in pain at all, in fact he still looks calm.

I can tell that it enrages Lisa even further. Lisa is ready to swing another punch, but Marcus grabs her arm and stops her. Marcus pulls back Lisa easily; Lisa tries to struggle but Marcus pins her in his arms.

Willy sits up, 'Are you done?' His tone is clearly trying to provoke Lisa.

Lisa struggles again, she's trying her best to break free from Marcus, but Marcus keeps her tight in his arms. It actually looks a bit romantic how Marcus wraps his arms around Lisa, of course it would be more so if Lisa isn't trying to get out from there.

Marcus glares at Willy, 'Stop talking.' Marcus orders.

Willy stays silent, and then he gets up. He walks back into the house without so much glancing back at Marcus or any of us.

Lisa struggles again, like she wants to go after Willy, but Marcus is holding her tight. 'Easy now, you don't want to hurt yourself.' He says.

Lisa stops struggling, her attention shifts towards me. 'Annabeth, why in Hades' name, we're still not beating the life out of him.' Lisa looks enraged.

I stay silent. I did consider pummeling Willy mercilessly, but we need him for the moment. It doesn't seem that he has any intention to harm us, and he might be able to tell us what happened to Percy and the others. Besides, I'm pretty sure sticking to Willy is what we need to do to find our next destination.

'Calm down, girl. He's not dangerous to you both; he is not allowed to hurt you two.' Marcus tries to soothe Lisa's anger.

She looks at Marcus, still angry, but I think she realized that it's pointless to throw more tantrums as long as Marcus is holding her. Lisa calms down, and then Marcus releases her.

Looking at this makes me realize that Marcus is a natural-born leader. He has this aura that makes people listen to him and obey him, not to mention that he has an incredible charisma, even enough to make Willy obedient.

'I know that you probably would not believe me, but Cathy's death is something that I do not want as well.' He says.

Lisa glares at Marcus, 'Then why did you send her to that psychopathic boy you call brother?'

Marcus stays silent, there's a slight expression of guilt on his face.

'You two must be starving. Dinner should be ready by now.' He says.

Lisa and I look at each other, confused, while Marcus just waltzes back to the house.

'Wait!' I stop Marcus before he goes back into the house. 'Why are we here?'

Marcus stops, and then he glances back at me. He smiles gently, 'I'll tell you everything over dinner.' Marcus turns back and goes into the house.

'This is a trap.' Lisa says.

'I'm not so sure about that.' I reply.

'Annabeth! He's our enemy! I don't think he's preparing a feast in there for us!'

'If they wanted to kill us, it would have been a lot easier to just do it while we're sleeping rather than waiting for us to wake up, don't you think?' I say.

'They're planning something, Annabeth! And you can bet that it isn't anything good!' Lisa argues.

'Even so, we need to go with them.' I turn to the house. 'I need to find Percy.'

Lisa groans, 'Annabeth! For crying out loud!'

I turn back to Lisa, 'You just have to trust me on this one.' I try to assure her.

Lisa pauses, she takes a long breath, and she calms down. She nods to me, a bit unwillingly.

I walk back into the house, with Lisa right behind me.

Marcus is there, setting up the plates on the dining table. Willy on the other hand is putting the dishes on the table. It's strange to see that they look really peaceful and in harmony.

'You're late.' Willy says.

I feel another presence right behind us, someone just entered the house. I glance back, and see a guy, Asian, with a pair of blue-green eyes. Definitely another son of Poseidon. He's around 5'11" tall, with silky long black hair. He's wearing a black leather jacket, and black jeans. He's carrying a white plastic bag, filled with gods know what.

'I'm sorry. I had to go look for this in a dozen different stores.' The Asian guy says.

'Take off your jacket and go lay down the other utilities. We have guests.' Marcus points to us.

The Asian guy glances at us, and then back to Marcus. He nods and then puts his plastic bag on the sofa nearby.

Willy turns to us, he points to us. 'Yukimura. Meet Annabeth and Lisa.' He gives a brief introduction.

He turns back to us again, he bows, 'It is a pleasure to meet you.' He says. The Japanese way of greeting, guess he's half Japanese.

Yukimura goes to the kitchen, and then he takes some silver chopsticks from one of the shelves. All three of them are setting up dinner in a harmony; they must have done this too many times already.

The three of them sit down, ready for dinner. They look at us, like they're waiting for us to sit down. Lisa and I awkwardly sit down while all three of them just stare at us.

Willy made us a large steamed fish, fried noodles, finely cut roasted ducks with honey dip, and corn soup for each one of us. There's also a bowl of rice right in front of me, and everyone else. They all look good, and not being able to eat properly for days also works up quite the appetite.

The sons of Poseidon start to dig in quickly; they just gulp in everything they see.

'You're lucky, Annabeth.' Marcus looks at me, 'The last time Willy tried to make Asian food, he managed to almost kill us all.' Marcus smiles.

Yukimura rolls his eyes, 'For the last time. These are Chinese food, they're not from anywhere else in Asia.'

'China is in Asia.' Marcus replies. 'It's the same thing.'

'Not all Asian came from the same country.' Yukimura grumbles, 'And really, what did you expect? You asked a white guy to make good Chinese food, instead of the actual Asian guy here.'

Willy looks at Yukimura with his plain expression, 'You were born in Manhattan, and you're not even Chinese, you're half-Japanese.'

Yukimura smiles, 'Still more Asian than you'll ever be.'

The atmosphere is completely different from five minutes ago, it was really tense and all mysterious back then even though they were in a complete harmony. Now it feels completely like a warmth happy family.

'He pulled it off regardless. This is delicious.' Marcus says.

'You're being too nice, Marcus.' Yukimura says, 'If you had given me the job, you would be eating even better Chinese food right now. I can make better Asian food than him.' Yukimura grins to Willy.

Willy just keeps eating, and without any slight change of expression, 'No, you can't.' Willy declares.

I can't help but smile a little bit. They're bickering just like normal siblings. It's actually pretty funny to see them like this.

Marcus laughs, he turns to me, 'Annabeth, why don't you tell us how the foods taste.'

The three of them stare at me, making me a bit nervous. I pick up my chopsticks and then I try some of the ducks. I dip it in the honey sauce, and then I eat it.

Everyone's stare becomes more intense. Even Willy stops eating, and just looks at me with his chopsticks still in his mouth.

'It's delicious.' I say to them.

Marcus laughs cheerfully. I can see Willy grinning from the corner of his lips while he continues eating.

'She's a guest, she has to say that.' Yukimura smiles to me.

'Aren't you going to eat?' Marcus speaks to Lisa.

I glance at Lisa. She still looks cautious, watching the movements of every son of Poseidon.

'Why are we here?' Lisa asks.

Marcus leans back, 'You can relax, Ms. Heidi. We have no intent—'

'That's not what I asked.' Lisa sharply glances off Marcus, she turns her attention back to Willy. 'What is it that you want from us?'

The smile on everyone's faces vanishes.

Willy pauses, he puts his rice bowl on the table. 'We don't want anything from you. The elder gods put you here, and I do not know nor do I care why they did such things.' Willy says, 'You'll learn that they do things just because they simply thought it might amuse them.'

Lisa snorts, 'So I suppose then we'll just eat like we're best friends, like nothing happened and nothing else is going to happen.' Lisa glares at Willy, 'You betrayed us, you attacked the camp, plotting to destroy Olympus, but worse of all…' Lisa clenches her fists, 'You let your brother murdered an innocent mother and an innocent daughter.'

Willy looks down, 'We all did what we had to do.' Willy looks at Lisa, 'It was all for justice.'

Lisa bangs the table in reaction, 'How is that justice!?' She screams. Lisa looks enraged. 'How is murdering two innocent people be called justice!?'

There's a painful expression on Marcus's face, while Yukimura is just trying not to look at Lisa. Lisa's eyes though are fixated on Willy, and as usual, Willy simply just keeps an expressionless face.

'Just because you're children of one of the big three, you think that it's fine for you to treat other demigod as disposable trashes!? The elder gods supported you, and then you think that you have all the power in this world to wreak havoc on everyone's life. It isn't justice! You're all just some brats that happen to earned power the easy way, without any knowledge of how to use it or how to be responsible with it. You all think that you have nothing to lose, but it causes people to lose lives!' Lisa bursts.

Willy stays silent for a moment.

Willy turns to me, 'Nathan's seat is where you're sitting right now. He misses dinner a lot though. He has to accompany Selene and the others back at the palace.' Willy looks down, 'He complaints a lot about the food here, but he loves it. He especially loves it when we make Italian food.'

Lisa looks a bit confused of what Willy just said, and so do I.

'John is never here. He thinks that we're only family by blood, not an actual family. He thinks that we're only trying to replace our losses with the family that we have now. He thinks that it's a weakness.' Willy says, 'He eats with luxury in the palace, alone with lots of servants.'

Lisa leans in closer to Willy, 'I'm not interested one bit in your family history.'

Willy stays quiet; he gazes at Lisa's chair. There's a hint of pain in his face.

'You're on Matthew's chair…' Willy says. 'He's always late for dinner. He practices a lot with his spear somewhere a bit far, that's why he's always late. He doesn't anyone else to see his training just yet. He even stays up late sometimes just to train.' Willy almost smiles, 'He's always trying to be as good as Marcus.'

'Stop.' Marcus pleads.

Willy is still looking at the chair Lisa's on, 'It's a pity… He loves Asian food. He always tries to get back home earlier if it's Yukimura turn to cook for dinner.'

'Great, so you have three other psychopathic brothers. I—'

'Two, Lisa. I only have two other brothers left.' Willy looks at Lisa. 'Matthew died, recently.'

Lisa pauses, 'That doesn't have anything to do with us.' She says.

'Of course it does.' Yukimura replies.

'Yukimura!' Marcus yells. It sounds a lot like an order to stop talking.

Yukimura ignores Marcus's call, he glances to me, and then back to Lisa. 'Your hero, Percy Jackson, killed Matthew Frost.'

At that very moment, I freeze instantly. Percy killed someone? No, he wouldn't have killed his half-brother, no matter how twisted they might be.

'Lies.' I hiss.

Willy turns to me, 'It's not a lie. Percy plunged his sword right through Matthew's chest.'

It's impossible! I know Percy, and I know that he would try his best to save them all. He would never have done that. And yet… Every fiber in my body is telling me that they're not lying. The sons of Poseidon are convinced that Percy is the one that killed Matthew, but how can that be?

Willy stands up, 'So you see, Lisa, we do have something to lose. In fact, we have everything to lose. You think that we are treating other demigod like trashes? You should take a closer look at the very beings you people are trying to protect. We don't do this because we are bored, we're doing this because we want to let the gods know that they are not invincible, that they cannot treat us like some sort of recycle wastes. The gods are supposed to be our parents, but they do not know the slightest thing about humanity. They played us, they treat us like garbage, and they simply do whatever they want. So if they can't do their jobs properly, then I would destroy their high seats in Olympus, so that no demigod or ordinary human may suffer again from the foolishness of Olympus.'

Willy has a calm expression, but I know that he's angry. His face is trying to keep his composure, but it's obvious enough that he can bursts in anger anytime.

What does being a god has anything to do with it then?

'It's time.' Yukimura says to Willy.

Willy nods to Yukimura, and then Yukimura and Marcus stand up; they all look at Lisa.

'Follow us.' Willy orders us. Lisa looks at Willy like he's really just that crazy. 'You think that we earned power the easy way. I assure you, Lisa, we did not. We had to risk everything, and we lost a lot of things.'

Willy turns around, 'Follow us, and you might be able to finally see, that we all risked everything that we have... And what we could've had.'