Alex's pov
I glare at the metal. I look at my palm and consentrate on a small flame. A small flame appears, but flickers weakly. I feel it eating at my energy rapidly and before I can put it out, I start falling to the ground.
I hit the ground heavily, knocking the air out of my lungs. I see the blurry shape of Percy leaning over me.
I stare up at him, trying to will myself into answering him. I see his mouth moving, but I can't hear him... I feel myself slip into a flashback...
"Ally!" I hear Leo call to me. I had just fallen off the tree that we had been messing around in. My arm hurt like crazy as tears fell down my cheeks and I try to regain my breath.
"Alex! Are you alright?" I hear Leo ask from above me.
"Just... Peachy..." I wheeze out. He helps me to my feet and leads me back to the apartments, me clutching my throbbing wrist...
Daddy was fighting off a creature that looks like a snake with five heads. Hydra.
He was looking over his shoulder at me everyonce in awhile, telling me to run home. I was frozen to the spot.
The middle head looks at me as the others continue to occupie Daddy. Redish orange flames shot out at me and I screamed, the flames burning my tender skin. I somehow got out of reach and saw a small puddle.
Something told me to touch it so I did. Immedately the water crept up my skin, healing me. I sigh in realief.
Daddy who has a few burns comes up to me and picks me up, checking me for burns. He smiles softly at me. "Looks like you found your gift..."
I hear growling and I go outside to investigate. The growling stops and I see a body on the ground. A bloody body.
I pull out my flashlight and shine it on him. I nearly drop it.
I rush forward, tears threatening to spill over. "Daddy!"
"No!" I shoot up bolt right, shaking.
"Are you alright?" Percy asks me as tears threaten to spill over.
I pull my knees up, wrap my arms around them, and bury my face in them, no longer able to hold back my tears. "Just peachy..." I say quietly, afraid my voice will crack.
"What happened?" He asks worried. Of course he's worried, he's my twin, I would be too.
"Memories..." I sigh, still hiding my face.
"Oh..." Percy says softly. I feel him wrap his arms around me and I lean into his chest, breathing in the familiar and very comforting smell of the sea.
After a while, I look up at him seriously. "Perce? How are we going to get out of here?"
Emily's pov
I look around the room. "Why would you want me on a quest?" I ask.
"Fate has decided, they want you to help." Chiron states.
"A quest for what exactly?" I ask.
"A quest to find and bring Percy and Alex home." Annabeth says.
"And how are we going to do that, may I ask?" I look at her then at the rest of the table. The boy with curly hair who seems close to Alex, Leo I think his name is, looks down at the table, fidgeting with his slightly oil splattered fingers. When he looks up at me, he looks ready to break. "We have to try..." He says, barely above a whisper.
I nod my head.
"So who's going besides Emily, Zoë, and I?" Annabeth asks.
"I'm going." Leo says almost immedately.
"Okay, that makes four, two more from the Seven." Chiron states.
A few kids glance at each other. "Me and Frank will go." A blond haired teen says.
"Frank and I, Jason." Annabeth sighs.
"Whatever."
I roll my eyes, then I think of something. "Guys, where are we going exactly?"
Everyone glances at each other when a black door appears on the wall, and out step Lord Chaos.
A/N I was thinking about stopping here, but I'll continue a little longer... your welcome!
"Lord Chaos, to what pleasure do we owe your visit to?" Annabeth says.
He glares playfully at her, then looks at everyone. "I cannot pinpoint Percy and Alex's exact location, but I will say that they are somewhere in Southern California... Be warned, you have very little time in which to bring them back, eleven days to be exact. I can get you to Houston, but something won't allow me any closer..."
"Wait... the only really important thing in California besides Camp Jupiter is Mount Tam... do you think they could be there?" Annabeth asks quietly.
"Worth a shot." Jason says. "The Titans were buliding their temple there..."
"Here are some bags for you. Now, come on." Lord Chaos says. Six bags appear with our names on it. I grab mine and follow Chaos through the mysterious black door.
