"What in the name of all gods is going on?"
The blonde in front of the rainbow sighed and ran her fingers through her hair, staring at the electric blue eyed girl on the other side of the Iris Message and shrugging.
"I have no idea, Thalia", whispered Annabeth tired. "But yesterday... Percy just disappeared. It must have happened somewhere between me saying good night to him and him entering his cabin. He's just... away. He didn't leave, none of the gods took him, none of the campers either. The Big Three had been with us when we discovered this and they are... mildly put, enraged. Lord Hades went to the underworld and told Nico, who had just dropped by to preach to me about keeping Percy safe - right, as if that shouldn't be his and the gods' job! Anyway, he left to go and search for Percy on his own. I think he kind of blames us campers for not taking care... Grover left a little while ago too, saying that he will roam the wild, listening to the nymphs and their gossip and if they know anything about Percy. As far as I know, Lord Poseidon send Tyson out to search. And to back our big guy up, Nico gave him Mrs. O'Leary to keep him company. Though Lord Zeus did the most childish thing of them all..."
"Well", grunted Thalia and rolled her eyes. "You're talking about my dad. So it figures. What did he do? I mean, Lady Iris dropped by earlier and told us, but... it was kind of in a rush and very shocking so I didn't really catch her completely there."
"He sealed Olympus off", hissed the blonde girl irritated. "The gods cut off their connection to their children, even Mister D is going to leave camp. We're... unsupervised."
"Sounds... worrisome", whispered the huntress. "What are we going to do about this...? I mean, I know what I and my girls are going to do since Lady Artemis took us on our own search for the sea moron. But what are you going to do?"
"I will do anything in my power to find that moron and whack his head until he apologizes on every language on this blue planet for leaving me all alone with his grumpy, horny lovers just like that", growled the daughter of Athena annoyed. "And then I will hug the air out of him..."
"Try relaxing some, Annabeth", chuckled Thalia with a mild frown. "You've had a rough time too, girl. With the war. And with all the gods bothering Percy, you were left in charge of the camp and the renovations all alone. And now that Percy disappeared, you're going to be even more stressed. Whack his head until he invites you to a nice, pleasant vacation."
"Yeah", laughed Annabeth softly, rubbing her face. "Yeah, I should do that... You know what the stupid thing is...? I wish he was here because he would know what to do. Which is ridiculous, because then... this situation wouldn't be. And I haven't slept since he disappeared yesterday morning... I'm tired, but when I went to bed last night and tried to close my eyes, all I could think was that my best friend was out there, somewhere, most likely captured by some kind of foe and maybe even tortured... How could I sleep...?"
"Annabeth", sighed Thalia and shook her head. "Go and lay down. At least for a while. You know Percy better than most. He would currently be very mad at you for exhausting yourself."
"Oh damn, you're right", muttered the blonde and nodded slowly. "Thank you, Thalia. And... call me again if you find any lead, okay? And call Nico. Actually, call him first, because otherwise he will be all angry and whiny and grumpy."
"Will do", chuckled the daughter of Zeus.
The rainbow slowly vanished and the blonde was left alone again. She folded her hands in her lap, pressing her eyes closed tightly. What was she supposed to do? During any rough situation she had been in during the past four years, there had been Percy next to her. This was the toughest test she had even been through. Even tougher than holding the world for Atlas had been.
