I woke up pretty early the next morning, but Apollo was still up earlier, watching the sunrise. I waked over and sat down next to him.

"Hey thanks back there," I said

"For what?" he asked.

"Well where do I start? You and you're sis saved my life, and let's not forget how you healed me," I reminded him.

"You're still the hero here Percy," he told me.

"How do you know?" I asked. He gave me an incredulous look.

"Right," I said. "God of prophecy and all."

Apollo nodded, and then smiled. Uh-oh. "And music. And poetry. Which reminds me–"

"I'm gonna go check up on everyone else," I interrupted.

The look on Apollo's face said suit yourself. Hades and Hera had unintentionally snuggled into each other for warmth. Hermes lay asleep under a tree, alone. Dionysus was passed out in the middle of camp, still clutching an empty flask that smelled suspiciously of grapes. Demeter was lying in the grass looking perfectly content aside from the scar on her face. It took me a while to find Ares and Aphrodite because they wandered off to, uh, talk. Artemis had left earlier, gone to catch breakfast.

I was wondering how Apollo and Artemis would react to me asking for their powers. I wasn't sure about Apollo, but I was pretty sure I'd get a big no from Artemis. She hates guys, and unless I had this gender thing all wrong, I was in fact a guy.

I set that matter aside and thought about how I was going to get to Typhon's Prison. I had no idea how to get there, and Oceanus would just rip us apart the moment we hit the sea. All I knew was Typhon's Prison was somewhere at the bottom of the ocean. That narrowed it down didn't it? I know where it is.

I jumped at the sound of that voice in my head. Female, regal, and know-it-all. Athena?

Wonderful he remembers my name. She responded.

How do you know where Typhon's Prison is? I asked.

Because I'm standing in it right now. My head spun. Athena had gone missing the day the other gods were imprisoned. Now I was hearing her voice in my head and she was telling me she could help me.

Where is it? Somehow I knew things wouldn't be this easy. There was a catch. Dealing with gods always had a catch.

I will tell you, on one condition. Told you. You will use the same raft you used to get back to America, but you must expand it. You must add a rear wing to the raft. You are to not go into the rear wing under any circumstances until you reach Typhon's Prison. Understand?

Yes mom. I thought sarcastically.

Not yet I'm not Jackson. I'm not, yet.

That was the end of my conversation with the wisdom goddess. So I had to build a rear wing to the raft I'd used to get here. There were a few problems with that. It was a raft. If I was going to add a rear wing, I'd first have to make a front one. Athena basically wanted me to turn the raft into a boat with two separate wings below deck. That should be easy. No, the hard part would be getting to the raft, which I'd left in New York harbor at the opposite end of the country.

"What the–" I heard Hera call out. I'm guessing she woke up.

"OW!" Hades shouted. "Hey! What did I do?"

"Ugh, what now you two?" Demeter asked.

"Hades tried to rape me!" Hera shouted.

"I did not!" Hades defended. "I just woke up and found HER using my chest as a pillow!"

"I was so not doing that! I'd rather use a rock as a– OW! Hermes what was that for?"

Hermes shrugged. "You said you'd prefer a rock."

"Will you all just be quiet?" I shouted.

"NO!" They all yelled back at me.

I roared and accidentally made the ground underneath us shake. They all shut up after that. No one said a word until Artemis came back with food. Over her shoulders she had slung a small deer. I wasn't impressed. She was the goddess of the hunt and all she could catch was one deer?

"It would've been easier if I still had my full powers," she commented at me.

"You didn't give me your powers. Did you?" I asked.

I swear if one more person makes that pft sound at me I will throttle them. "Boys are so dense," Artemis mumbled.

"Go ahead," she said, tossing me her bow and an arrow. "Try it."

I sucked at archery. I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if my arrow tip was touching the barn before I even fired. Seriously I'd tried that. I must've notched the arrow wrong or something, because my arrow went backwards and got stuck in Annabeth's hair. I must've apologized about a million times, but I still go the worst beating of my life. Ah, good times.

Anyway, I notched an arrow and looked around for something easy to shoot. I didn't want to torture any wood nymphs, but there was nothing to shoot but trees. Artemis cleared her throat and pointed up at a flock of birds. I aimed and fired. My arrow fell to the ground with three birds speared through it.

I felt another jolt of power flow through me. On a hunch, I turned around and sure enough, I saw Apollo looking a lot less godly. I raised an eyebrow.

"Though I hate to admit it Perseus," Artemis said, "you are the only hope of Olympus, so you're going to need all the power you can get. Especially considering what happen last time you fought Kronos."

I rubbed my neck where I still had a scar. Okay so I'd gotten my sorry butt kicked. But now I only had four more Olympians to rescue until I had all their powers. I'd like to see Kronos pound me then. At that moment, my stomach started to feel like I'd just chugged a gallon of acid. My eye sockets felt like my retinas were on fire. I struggled to breathe for a second, and then the pain receded.

Once everyone was back at camp and I told them all what Athena had told me. Some of the gods groaned. Hermes, on the other hand, was ecstatic.

"Road trip!" He shouted. "Oh yeah! I always wanted to travel cross country."

"Don't you do that all the time?"

"I meant not on business," he corrected himself.

"Well," Artemis said, "We've got a stop to make before we head for New York."

"Where?" I asked.

"Mount St. Helens," she stated. "Hephaestus is imprisoned underneath it."

I hid back behind the bush. I knew I couldn't just follow them across the country. For one Percy would kill me if he saw me. For another, Kronos would get suspicious. The whole idea of being a double agent is not raising suspicion. I knew where they were headed though. Mount St. Helens, prison of Hephaestus. I could help them get Hephaestus out, but it would have to be without them noticing. My mind came up with a plan pretty easily.

I walked away from Percy's camp, careful not to alert them that I was here. I went back into the Underworld and eventually found my way to the Door of Orpheus. Luke was waiting for me there.

"Annabeth!" he shouted. "Titans, I've been so worried."

I managed to pull away from his hug and rolled my eyes.

"I'm fine Luke, but I need to get back to Kronos's palace," I explained.

"What is it?" he asked.

I couldn't tell Luke what I was about to do, because I wasn't sure if his loyalties still lay with Kronos. Even so, I told him what I needed to tell him so I could help Percy.

"I need some fast transport," I told him. "I've found Percy."