~ANNABETH~

That night, I slept peacefully and dreamlessly, which should have made me happy, but considering the fact that we were going on a quest, only scared me even more than if I'd actually had a dream.

As planned, after getting in the shower and putting on a orange Camp Half-Blood t-shirt, sneakers, and jeans, along with my red backpack that I used for quests, I met Percy and Jason at Thalia's tree. Both seemed incredibly jumpy and high-strung. Their eyes were blood-shot, and their faces were pale.

Clearly they'd had dreams last night.

"So, where to?" I asked, trying to keep the mood light and easy, even though that really wasn't possible.

"I don't-" Percy started, but was interrupted by Jason.

"Mobile, Alabama." He croaked.

"What?" both Percy and I asked, looking at him as if he were nuts.

"Mobile, Alabama. That's where she lives." his voice was hoarse.

"How do you know that?" Percy demanded.

At these words, a look of confusion and pain came to his face. He grabbed his forehead as if having a massive headache.

"I don't know."

Percy glared at him. "How could you not know?"

"I just don't OK?!" Jason cried in frustration.

Percy looked like he was going to snap something at him, but I stepped in, knowing that things could get ugly. Two Big-Three demigods were not ones you wanted to see angry.

"It's OK. All that matters is that we know where. We can find out how later."

Percy glared at Jason a moment longer, before stomping ahead of us. Into the mortal world. Jason was about to walk, but I stopped him by putting a hand on his shoulder.

"You better not be hiding something, Jason," I told him, my voice coming out in a low hiss, "because this quest is really important to Percy, and if I find out you know something about his sister that your not saying, I will make you regret it. Got it?"

Jason's face went even paler. He knew me well enough to know that I wasn't lying, or that it was just a threat. It was a warning.

He nodded, and I let go of his shoulder. I began to walk forward, when I heard Jason call my name.

I turned around and looked at him. He hesitated, then said:

"Never mind."

I nodded, albeit feeling suspicious, and walked into the mortal world. I soon heard his footsteps behind me.

We soon took a cab to the nearest airport, and bought tickets once we got there. It look a little while, seeing as we had some metal in our pockets, and had to hide our weapons from the security guards, but soon we were sitting in the terminal, at least Jason and I were.

Percy would be travelling by sea. The Mississippi River was near Alabama, and we knew it was the safest option. After all, Zeus (or Jupiter) was not cool with Percy travelling in his territory, seeing as he was son of Poseidon.

I wonder if Percy's sister has to deal with that problem. I thought.

Most likely.

Percy would be meeting us at the Bel-Air Mall, a popular store in Mobile (or so its website said). We'd have to wait for him for a little while. He'd travel by pegasus from the Mississippi River. (Percy had informed Blackjack of our plan, who had heartily agreed since he was pretty close to the child of the sea god.)

And so, soon we were flying. We were trying to conserve cash, so we were flying in coach class. I pulled out a piece of gum, chewing on it to keep my ears from popping. I looked over at Jason who had leaned his head against the chair and was snoozing, although seeming alittle disturbed, not uncomfortable at all.

Lucky. I thought.

I busied myself by pulling out Daedalus' computer, since I was unable to sleep, and flipping through some of the architectual files that were stored on here. Ever since Daedalus had given it to me, I have been practically memorizing what he put on here. His works are incredible.

Before I knew it, the pilot was announcing that we were going to land in 5 minutes. I quickly smacked Jason the arm who jumped in his seat.

"We're about to land." I told him.

He nodded, and yawned, waking himself up. His eyes looked blood-shot and his face pale still, even though he'd been for almost 2 1/2 hours, which was how long the trip lasted.

"You OK?" I asked him in concern. He looked pretty rough.

He nodded and gave me a smile that I knew was fake, however I didn't press for answers, knowing it wouldn't help.

Soon we had gotten off our airplane and were heading out of the airport. The sound of people's voices mingled with the smell of the food from the food court. My stomach gurgled. I had forgotten to get breakfast.

As if reading my mind, Jason said:
"We should probably head to the food court when we get to the mall."

I nodded in agreement and once we got there we stopped by McDonalds to get some food.

Once we ate, we went out in front of the mall to wait for Percy.

Let's hope Jason's right about this. I couldn't help but think, because if he were wrong, our whole quest would be either delayed or ruined.

Just great.

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