The rest of the ride into the city was quiet. Well, relatively speaking considering who was riding. Holly still seemed a little shell-shocked about being thrust into a book dimension, Artemis was muttering to himself, tapping his leg. Foaly was trying to... do something. Athena couldn't see what from where she was crammed against the door. Kayla was riding shot-gun, presumably to get away from Trevor, who was babbling about random stuff to do with hair-gel.

Athena herself wasn't quite sure how to be taking this. She tried to talk to Kayla about where they'd go once they reached New York City, but the child of Athena just said that she'd tell everyone when they got out of the van.

Athena always had a plan. Right. Maybe the goddess, but right now, she was just trying to figure out how the books she had read when she was younger actually turned out to be real. And apparently... she was from some alternate universe of a book herself. A series called Artemis Fowl. This was just too weird.

When they reached New York, Athena thanked Argus on behalf of her brother, and Foaly, and Holly, who were still a little shell-shocked.

As the van turned and headed back, a Pegasus dropped from the sky and two demigods leaped off his back.

"It's not safe for there to be eight demigods and a centaur in the same place," Kayla told Percy and Annabeth by way of greeting.

"Technically," Athena murmured, "it's four demigods, and elf, an Aeri, a centaur, and a regular human boy with magic." Being described as normal pulled Artemis out of his stupor.

"Hardly normal. I'm a certified child genius, who figured out inter-dimensional travel."

"Whatever," Athena muttered, while the others stared at her.

"Elf?" Annabeth asked.

"Yes, I'm an elf. And leprechaun, but that's a job, derived from LEP recon," Holly explained with a resigned expression.

"I wonder what you me and Artemis smell like to monsters. I guess it would depend on whether they smell demigod blood, or the magic."

Kayla shrugged. "Whatever the case may be, it started with just three, and the others ought not to have come."

"This girl carries the name of our Mother, and Chiron was apparently supposed to watch for that. Would you like to just sit back and not find out why?" Annabeth demanded of her sister.

The redhead just rolled her eyes. "Well, of all places in America for Mom to go, I think the Smithsonian is most likely. So, I hope someone has money, 'cause the train to get to D.C. isn't cheap."

"It's a good thing I'm always prepared then," Annabeth said, pulling out a wad of currency.

As they walked, Trevor tried to ask Athena's friends about 'the world of Artemis Fowl' as he put it, but it seemed to be weirding them out a bit. So Athena tried to save them.

"Trevor, you're a son of Aphrodite, correct?"

The blond boy looked back at her. "Yeah, I am. Why?"

"Just making sure. Now, I just want to tell you something. Some of the questions you're asking… well, try not to get too close to THE subject."

"The… OH," he said, eyes widening slightly. "You mean the Time Paradox thing?"

"Uh… If you mean the obvious chemistry between Holly and Artemis, then, yes," Athena said, wondering what happened in 'The Time Paradox'.

"Yeah, it is. You see, Holly and Artemis go back in time to get an antidote to a potential breakout of some kind of plague, and Artemis gets really injured. Holly heals him, just barely, and she's so happy she kisses him." Athena knew she must be staring at the boy as if he'd just sprouted wings, but she couldn't help it. He just continued as if he didn't notice a thing. Which she guessed was possible, since he was a son of the love goddess and discussing a possible love life. "And then in The Last Guardian, Artemis kisses Holly. Sure, he has a totally 'logical' reason for doing so, but he still does it. And he sacrifices himself to save her life, never mind that he comes back to life."

Athena was reeling internally. "Okay, okay, stop. You're giving me a headache," she told the enthusiastic demigod. Then something registered. Sacrificed himself for Holly, never mind that he came back to life. WHAT!?