It was a group decision. Wander around trying to figure out how to get to Seattle or ask for directions. Once we stepped in the casino, a bellhop in the same garb as Poseidon ran into us. "What's up guys? The Lotus Hotel and Casino has been expecting you! Here are your Platinum Cash Cards and your rooms are listed on this receipt!"

He handed us five cards and I stared at it confused. Addie dropped her bag. "Oh. My. Gods. They have Architect Haven! I wanted to play that so bad!" she ran to it yelling back, "See ya later!"

The rest of my friends left their bags and weapons in a similar fashion and left, Sammy went to play Battlefield 7, Luna went to the ice skating rink, and Alex went to go bungee jumping. I looked around my surroundings. There was a black Maserati on display which made me want to take it and drive away. The bellhop smiled at me when I didn't leave like them. "C'mon buddy! It's time to play! Your bags will be taken care of and we'll alert you when our new game floor is finished."

I grabbed all our bags. "No thanks" I said, "I'll do it myself but thanks anyway."

It took the elevator about fifteen seconds to get to my floor. Our room was a spacious apartment, with four beds, three bathrooms and a giant kitchen. I laid our stuff on the ground and noticed there weren't windows. That was weird. I went back down where my friends were having fun, doing their own thing.

I went into the food court and bought myself pizza. Along with the pizza they sent blue soda and a flower on my tray. A note was put next to it. It read Enjoy your stay at the Lotus Hotel and Casino! Have a complementary flower!

I took a whiff of the flower. It smelled wonderful but it was also intoxicating. Hey stupid! This is a lotus flower. It will keep you in this casino for eternity. So wake up and get out! Flower equals drug. Drug equals bad. Get out. I realized I had been taking whiffs out of it for a couple minutes. I set it down and wandered to Sammy. He was busy killing the Americans. He cursed in Chinese and madly moved his fingers around. "Hey Sammy there's something wrong with this place."

Sammy cursed in Chinese and slapped the screen. "You're telling me! I can't beat this stupid guy! Oh! I respawned!"

He returned to his game, ignoring me. I tried hitting him but his thick body frame probably made my hits seem like a mosquito's. I walked off trying to find anyone else. Every single person I tried gave me the same results. Ignored. Maybe we should tie them all up together and drag them out. Or we could leave them. "Okay. Tie them up. I can do that." I said.

Ha! He likes my ideas more. Nu-uh! B. the Lotus Hotel and Casino will make time in the outside world faster so hurry. My brain strained as they fought back in my mind. I gathered all of our stuff from our room. I went around hooking our bags on my friends' arms. They didn't even blink an eye. Next I had to find some sort of material to tie them up with. I ended up tying the bed sheets in our room together. It took me at least an hour to tie them all together and then tie my friends. "Well here goes nothing." I muttered.

I gave a mighty yank and my friends all tumbled from their game. They struggled to get up but I yanked again. This time they got tangled into each other and couldn't stand without fumbling against each other. I pulled and pulled, playing a game of tug of war. When I reached the door the bellhop rushed towards me, "Are you leaving so soon? We've got our new floor open and we've got our new Platinum cards for our special users."

His eyes seemed to plead for us to say. My arm extended trying to reach out for it but it stopped half way. I grabbed the bed sheets and tugged and pushed through the door. The doors hit my friends as they went through but at least they were out. My eyes burned in the bright light. "What the hell?" I muttered.

Alex groaned and stood up, helping the others up. Well except for Luna. "Oh Styx. Addie. You might want to see this."

I peered over her shoulder and my heart nearly stopped. It was May 18th. We started the quest on the 4th. Addie frowned. "We need to get to Washington. Now."

We ended up buying Greyhound tickets to Seattle. Addie was in a worse mood than I was. She was glad I woke her and the others from their trance but she was moody because her chance to find Percy was thinning. Sammy sat by himself, still complaining about his game, Alex and Addie sat together, partially because Alex was the only one Addie could stand at the moment. I sat next to Luna who stayed quiet while Alex whipped her head back for a conversation every five minutes.

We beat Cerberus but there is still Chimera and Ladon. Those are pretty powerful monsters. If you're going to beat them you have to be prepared. But Cerberus was just a bump in the road. (A/N: Bold italics and italics are the mental voices. Regular text is just 173 thinking to himself.) Bump in the road? You nearly got killed. But I didn't. You showed him mercy. Cerberus is an abomination. He kills for glory and blood. You should have killed him while you could.

I'd hate to agree with him but he is correct. Cerberus was mixed with monster blood to try and create a perfect soldier. Strong, vicious, and bloodthirsty. And he needed to be put down. But aren't I basically killing my own self? Honestly at this point you have a lot more to think about than killing monster half-bloods. Yes. Concentrate on who you are. "Wake up doofus." Luna said.

I looked around. It didn't look like Seattle. As if she read my mind Luna answered me, "It's not Seattle. We just need to switch busses. But first we're going to eat."

We walked down the aisle together and entered the outside again. It was warm, warm enough for me to take off my jacket. I shoved it in my backpack and looked around. "So… Where are we?"

Sammy shrugged, Addie ignored me as usual, Alex was busy listening to music, and Luna was fumbling with a map. Sammy slowed down to my pace and bean to converse with me. "Thanks for the whole Lotus thing. We would have never gotten out of there without you. How did you know to get us out?"

It was because of me. No it was me. I ignored both of them, "Well I just had a feeling. It seemed a bit fishy. How the monsters drove us to that spot. Plus Cerberus seemed too easy. All of it just didn't add up."

Of course I didn't really think there was any real connection but I didn't really want to confide the secret of my mental neighbors with anyone just yet. Sammy scratched his head. "Hmmm… maybe that company doesn't want you anywhere near them. Funny. I thought that werewolf would be tougher."

Personally I thought so too. The SWAT team captain had told me they would find me and that they would kill me. But Cerberus was a piece of cake. Maybe they meant for him to be a piece of cake so that you would let the victory go to your head. Yeah whatever happens don't be a cocky idiot. That's how I went out. "Wait what?" I asked out loud.

Luna looked up from her map, Alex took an ear bud out, Sammy gave me a questioning look, and Addie just ignored me. Again. Luna folded her map and announced where we were eating. "After much concentration I have found that the best establishment this town has to offer is a McDonalds. So how about we go buy ourselves some cancer in the form of burgers?"

Half an hour later we were happily inhaling several burgers. Luna had said it was cancer in the form of burgers but it tasted pretty good. Another first. Eating burgers. Maybe you should make a bucket list. Can we have ice cream? I repeated what they said out loud. "Maybe I should make a bucket list. Can I have ice cream?"

Everyone stared at me funny as I clapped my hand over my mouth. Try not to repeat what we say. It could cost you. What are you talking about? We probably will get ice cream! Sammy came to my rescue. "Yeah! I'm down with that. Let's get some McFluffies!"

"McFlurries." Alex said.

Sammy got up and so did I. We ordered and he reached to pay but he came out of his pockets empty handed. I searched myself and held out the Platinum Lotus card. "You wouldn't happen to take Casino cards would you?" I asked.

The cashier shrugged. "They're basically like debit cards. If you have enough on it I guess you could spend it."

I swiped it on the machine and the screen next to it produced an infinity sign. The cashier's eyes got huge. She quickly disappeared and reappeared with two McFlurries, all of it topped with an enormous amount of Oreos. We thanked her and took our ice cream and admired the plastic card.

When we got back Alex was huddled over something while Addie tried her best to ignore me. She popped out of her huddle and handed me a paper that was decorated by pencil that only had two things written on it. My Bucket List and 1. Eat at McDonalds. "It's so you can keep track of what you want to do before you die. And knowing the average life span of a demigod, you might want it."

I quietly thanked her both and folded it in my pocket. Addie finally talked, "If we're finished here let's go back on a Greyhound. I want this quest over with."

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