Twig, Annabeth, and I drove to the park to meet Nico, Thalia and Mrs. O'Leary. We let Twig go and play on the swingset. We all sat on the park bench beside the swingset as Mrs. O'Leary chased birds. I wonder if birds can see through the mist. Probably not or they'd be flying A LOT higher.

Nico and Thalia were acting strange. "What's wrong, guys?" I asked.

"Well-uh..." Thalia tried.

"It's happening," Nico said. "Again."

"What's happening?" Annabeth asked.

"Kronos." Nico answered.

"What?" Annabeth and I asked.

"Actually it's. . .well. . .we're not exactly sure. But we know it's someone who has or is helping Kronos."

"How long have you known?" I asked, feeling a bit confused.

"We just found out yesterday. When we called Chiron and told him we had Mrs. O'Leary. He said that they were in the beginning of a war and it was best to keep Mrs. O'Leary with us for a while."

"What do we do?" Annabeth asked.

Nico put on a smile. "Looks like it's time for the heroes to get back in the game." We all looked around at each other smiling.

Percy's Pov-Percabeth's house

Annabeth was silent the entire car ride home. "Do you-"

"No." she snapped.

"You didn't even know what I was going to ask!"

"Fine then. Ask." she smirked and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Do you think we should go to camp soon."

"I knew it," she said. "No."

"Why not? Camp needs us!"

"Percy! You don't understand! Twig needs us! What would she do if something happened to us, Percy?" Annabeth started to cry. I outstretched my arms and let her crawl into them.

"I-I'm sorry Annabeth."

"We're not heroes anymore. That was a long time ago. We've got Twig now. It's never going to be the same as it was when we were 12."

"I know Annabeth. I know. But. . ."

"I know. We need to do it for camp. Let me sleep on it, okay?"

"Okay."