Second chapter! Woo! Soooo sorry I've been neglecting this, but there's just a lot of drama right now. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter Two

"The Argo 3? Heather…why…" Even Thea, who was normally calm and collected, was speechless.

"Because, Thea. Don't you think it'd make things a whole lot easier?" Heather answered.

"I guess…But…Didn't your dad already do that?"

"Yeah, but I put some original Heather-tech on it!" she exclaimed.

"Heather-tech?" asked Nico, his gray eyes wide.

"Yeah, my own technology! Like a touch-screen control board, using just my hands to steer the ship…Alright that was just a Kinect I installed…But still! New generation technology! It's beautiful, isn't it?" she said, spreading her arms out towards the ship. Her wavy black locks fell down to her shoulders, and that insane gleam in her brown eyes that always set Annabeth off guard was present. Annabeth felt her phone vibrating, and she picked it up to read a text. They couldn't call, but they could text, because texting didn't send off any scent waves or whatever monsters smelled. It was from Jake's older brother, Mike.

I need to talk to you. Jake's missing. Hurry, please.

She had thought it strange that Jake wasn't there, but now she was really starting to worry.

"Uh, guys, I gotta go for a minute, I'll be back in a few." She said, and started to walk off.

"Wait, Annabeth, where are you going?" Chase asked.

"I just remembered I gotta check something, I'll be back in a minute, don't worry," she assured him, faking a smile.

"Okay…" he didn't sound totally convinced, but he didn't question her any further. "Need my keys?"

"Nah, I'm not going far,"

"Okay, be careful." He was starting to sound like her dad or something. She nodded, and jogged off. She contemplated for a moment on why he was so worried about her…He knew good and well she could take care of herself, but maybe it was because of a deeper connection? No. She and Chase were just friends, that's all. And besides, she was dating Jake. As far as she was aware, she didn't like Chase that way…Did she? They had been friends for longer than she knew Jake, but that didn't mean they had to like each other, did it? She pushed those thoughts aside and ran up Jake's driveway. His house was red brick and huge, but that was because his mother was a successful lawyer. She knocked on the door and Mike greeted her almost immediately.

"Come on inside, and we'll talk." Mike looked just like Jake, except that he was mortal, and hazel eyes.

"What do you mean Jake's missing?" asked Annabeth after she'd sat down on the familiar black leather couch.

"I mean missing as in 'gone'. I can't contact him, I've even resorted to calling. He didn't show up last night at all, and I was hoping that you'd might know where he is," She shook her head.

"Last time I saw him he was going home from my house yesterday around noon…Mike, do you think…"

"I'm frantically hoping that's not the case…"

"Have you told your mom yet?"

"No, she's in Atlanta working on a case, and I didn't want to disturb her,"

"Right…Jake mentioned that. I'll ask around, and if nobody's seen him then we'll just assume that it's something demigod related, and I'll get the gang together and see what we can figure out," Mike nodded.

"Gods, I swear that kid cannot stay out of trouble for five minutes…" Annabeth tried not to take offence at that, but she couldn't help feeling just a little bit annoyed. I'm overreacting.

She left and told the gang what had happened. They agreed to help and they started with asking around the neighborhood. Nobody had seen him, and by the time they got through it was well into the night and most people couldn't be bothered. They split up and agreed to continue in the morning.

That night, Annabeth had a series of disturbing dreams. She saw Jake's face twisted in an evil snarl, and a loud voice that sounded like somebody was scraping their fingernails down a chalkboard teased "Come on, little hero, try to save your friend…But I don't think he'll be very happy to see you…" It laughed evilly, and continued. "But if you help me, I can give you him and more…" She couldn't speak. The voice laughed and slowly faded away, and she was jerked out of sleep by a silver blade hurtling her way.

I. Am. So. Sorry. I know it's not very long, but I wanted to give it a time break here, so I'll explain everything in the next chapter! What do you think they'll do? Please review! I like it when people review it makes feel like I'm actually doing something right!