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We went down the stairs, and almost got caught immediately. A person was coming in with broad shoulders.

"It's Atlas!" Grover hissed.

Annabeth shoved us into the shadows.

"Welcome," Chiron said with a forced smile. "It's nice to see you again, Mr. Atlas."

"His last name is Atlas?" I whispered. Annabeth slapped me.

Atlas grunted. "You trashed the whole school while we were gone."

"Well, lookie here!" Mr. D said waltzing into the conversation. "Let's get this over with quickly. As you saw, the building broke down, and the secondary building is not in good shape. And our cafeteria is ruined."

"Typical," Atlas growled, but let him be led away.

We got out of the shadows.

"What now?" I asked. "How are we gonna find the entrance?"

"There's a Greek Delta on it," Annabeth said. "I saw one a few years ago, but the Labyrinth is constantly moving so I don't know where it is now."

"That's helpful," I muttered.

She scowled as we walked around looking at the walls.

"Why don't we check upstairs?" Grover suggested. "Daedalus might know."

I took a sip of my drink. "Maybe. But are you sure it's safe?"

"We'll split up then," Annabeth said curtly. "Grover, you're coming with me."

"Wait, what? Hey—" he said as Annabeth dragged him off.

I sighed and walked around the offices. Nothing. I heard voices in the cafeteria and went to go check it out.

"So they found out," Atlas muttered.

"Well, duh. You Titans aren't very subtle about it," Mr. D said.

"It's not like you Olympians are better either," he snapped.

"We don't create monsters as you do," Chiron said. "Should we continue?"

"No, wait until Kronos gets here," Atlas said. "This is a mess."

"Alright then," Chiron sighed. "But where will you stay now?"

"You should've been more responsible," Atlas snapped. "All classes are canceled for the month while we're rebuilding."

"But we'll still have the group therapy," Chiron said. He didn't give him a chance to argue and wheeled himself out of the room.

He looked at me, and got a sly glint in his eyes. He motioned over to his office, and I followed him.

"What's he doing here?" Atlas scowled.

"Oh, I need to discuss detention with him," he said cheerily.

Atlas scowled. "He looks like Poseidon."

I flinched, and Chiron put a hand on my shoulder.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Mr. D said, strolling out of the cafeteria. "He looks like old Barnacle Beard. So what? There's a whole bunch of people here that are ungrateful children of famous people."

"Yes," Chiron said. "If Poseidon really did have a son, then what's the big deal? Zeus had one too." His voice hardened at the end.

Atlas glared at him. "It's only because of that stupid pact that Olympus survived this long. We can always break it, if you do so as well."

"Whatever," Mr. D said, waving his hand. "Chiron, do whatever you have to do. And if this man keeps on pestering me, I'm going to have to find a room at a five star hotel for him."

"Come in, Carlos," Chiron said, looking at Atlas.

I realized that he was talking to me, and followed him inside his office.

"Percy," Chiron said. "I know you're looking for the Labyrinth."

"Yes, sir," I said.

"Will it help if I told you it was dangerous, perhaps even suicidal?"

I shook my head.

He sighed. "At least you were smart enough not to venture outside on your own directly. If you did, well, you'd probably be dead. We have a top-notch security here."

I nodded. "I don't suppose you can give us any help?"

He shook his head. "The Labyrinth doesn't like to be searched for. It will reveal itself to those who aren't looking for it intentionally."

"Without the riddles please?"

"You won't find it if you keep searching for it that way," he smiled. "I recommend taking another sip of your drink. You look very dry."

I took a sip. I didn't even realize how dehydrated I was.

"When will this be fixed?" I asked.

"Next detention," Chiron said. "Though Daedalus should be in his lab if you go look."

"Thank you," I said and got up.

"And Percy?" he said, and I looked back. "Don't tell your name to anyone who asks. I hope you find the Labyrinth before Kronos comes. He should be coming in a few days."

I nodded. "Okay."

He smiled sadly, and I left. I went back up to the dorm and stood in front of the staircase that led to the third floor.

"Percy?" Daedalus said, approaching me.

I jumped. "Oh! Um, hello. I thought you were up in your… lab."

He chuckled. "Well, I'm human too, so naturally I had to grab something to eat." He showed me his blueberry muffin and coffee. "Come on up, I brought some other food."

I went up the stairs after him. Stupid, I know, to go after someone because they offer food, but I was starving. The school didn't send us any breakfast today.

"I have a double cheeseburger from Aunty Em's," he said, taking food out of his plastic bag. "Some donuts from Monster Donuts…"

He invited me to snack on the food he brought, which I did so gratefully.

"And lastly, candy from Sweet on America!" he said.

My eyes widened. I wondered if my mom was still working there. How was she doing? I didn't send any mail or call my mom this week, so I should be able to.

"Is something wrong?" Daedalus asked. I shook my head and attacked the blueberry sour strings.

"So why did you come here?" he asked.

"Detention," I said. "Can you fix this?"

Daedalus sighed. "I tried to think of a solution all night, and I think I have one, though I'm not so sure."

"Try," I said. "That's the point of detention in this school—experimenting on the students, so what so different about me?"

He muttered something under his breath, and told me to go sit on the chair. He rummaged around his desk and got out a syringe.

"This won't hurt as much, I think," he said. "Are you ready?"

I nodded, and he injected the syringe in my arm. I gasped. I felt cold, but not unpleasantly so. It was like being in the water. My mind felt refreshed, and it stopped.

"How do you feel?" Daedalus asked.

"Much better," I said.

"You look much better too," he noted, and jotted down notes.

"Sir, do you know anything about the Labyrinth?" I asked.

He flinched. "Yes, I was part of the team that made it."

"You made it?"

"Along with Pasiphae, yes," he said. "I'd suggest you don't go looking for it, but I know you won't listen."

"You're right," I said.

"A regular mortal could help," he said, but I had no idea what he meant.

"An example please?"

"Ariadne," he said. "Though I suppose you've never heard of her."

I nodded.

"Hmmm…" he said. "In this school, I'd say Rachel Elizabeth Dare. She's a wonderful girl and actually quite reminds me of Ariadne."

"But who is Ariadne?" I asked.

"Dionysus's wife," he said. "Mr. D."

My jaw dropped. Mr. D was married?

"Come here again before you enter the Labyrinth," Daedalus said. "I have something that might help you."

"Okay," I said. "Thank you. When will it be ready?"

"I'll try to finish it by tomorrow," he said.

I nodded and left. I bumped into Grover and Annabeth on the second floor.

"Percy, where were you?" she demanded.

"Places," I said. "I talked to Daedalus."

"And…?" Grover said.

"He said that Rachel could help us find the entrance," I said.

Annabeth's face darkened. I had no idea why. Did something bad happen between them? "We don't need her help."

"You didn't find anything for the past hour," I pointed out.

"That doesn't mean we need her help!" she said.

"What's up with you?" I said. "You're Rachel's friend, and now you're just mad at her for no reason! It doesn't hurt to ask for help, you know!"

"But it's unnecessary help," she insisted. "We're doing perfectly fine on our own."

Grover groaned into his hands.

"Then maybe you should just look for it with Rachel! If you like her so much," Annabeth said.

"I never said that!" I said. We were yelling now, and students were peeking out of their rooms to see what was going on. They did a double-take when they saw Annabeth here.

"Then why don't you listen when I saw that we don't need her help?" she said.

"Because I know we do," I said.

"Then why don't you just take her along instead?" Annabeth yelled. "And see how much she can help you?"

"Fine then," I said.

"Do whatever you want. I don't care," she said.

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

I felt like a little kid, but we stormed off in our separate ways.

"Perce, you just totally screwed things up," Grover said.

"Not my fault," I scowled. "She's just an annoying bossy brat."

"Don't say that," Grover said.

"What? It's true!"

"You're so clueless," Grover said.

"What do you mean?"

"Exactly my point," he said.

"I'm going to go talk to Rachel," I said. "And see if she wants to tag along."

"My point is proven," he said. "You don't even know where her room is!"

"I'll ask Juniper," I said. "You know her room right?"

Grover blushed. "Yeah."

"Good, let's go."

Rachel's room turned out to be Room 20G. There was loud strange music blaring out of the room. I knocked.

"Coming!" she sighed, and the music turned off. She opened the door. "Oh, Percy! Hey, Grover."

"Hey," I said. "Can we come in?"

"Sure," she said, and made way.

She was wearing a white shirt and jeans covered with paint and doodles. Her red frizzy hair wasn't brushed, but I didn't really expect her to brush it.

"So why did you come here?" Rachel asked.

"I wanted to ask if you wanted to come to the Labyrinth with us. You know what it is, right?" I asked.

She nodded. "I looked in Annabeth's notes in the library. But why me?"

"Daedalus said that you could help," I said.

An amused smile came on her face. "Really?"

Grover coughed awkwardly. "Annabeth."

"I had a fight with her," I admitted.

"That's what I thought," she said. "But I'd love to come."

"You can get killed," Grover said.

"Even better," she said. "But Percy, do you know why Annabeth's mad at you?"

"No," I said. "She's just being really weird.

Rachel sighed and shook her head. "Boys."

"Hey, don't do that to me too!"

She laughed. "Just come by whenever. See you later."

We left her room, and just happened to bump into Annabeth on the way.

"Move it," she growled. She shoved us out of the way and kept on walking.

"What's up with her?" I hissed. "Even Nancy didn't do that."

Grover cleared his throat. "Actually, I'm not sure if you noticed, but Nancy and Matt were gone for some time."

I thought about it, and it was true. There were others that picked on us occasionally, but Matt and Nancy were nowhere to be seen.

"What happened to them?" I asked.

"Who knows," Grover sighed. "Perce, you're going to have to sort out your problems soon."

"What problems?"

Grover bumped his head against the wall. "Never mind."

We walked back to our rooms like that. We passed by Nico's room again, but this time the door was closed. I knocked, but no one replied. I kept knocking.

"He's not in there," Grover said, checking the mailbox. "He didn't even read the newsletter."

I sighed in defeat. "Why does everyone hate me right now?"

Grover laughed. "Don't worry, Perce. I'm here for you."

"Sure," I said and punched his shoulder in response.

"Let's start packing," Grover suggested. "Then we can head to Daedalus's and head on to the Labyrinth."

"Sounds like a plan."