Percy lives but except he's completely dry, and he has the ability to breath underwater. A messenger who looks like Sally Jackson appears. They tell him to travel to Santa Monica before he goes to the Underworld. When he swims out of the water and finds Grover and Annabeth, he explains everything that just happened. Right after, a woman spots him calling Percy out for causing an explosion in the arch. They all leave and catch the train to Denver It's a week before the summer solstice, and Annabeth thinks its best to contact Chiron. They spray mist from a nozzle in a car wash, creating a rainbow. Annabeth offers a gold drachma (Currency used in Greece before the Euro) to Iris, the goddess of rainbows. She shows them an image of life back at …show more content…
As soon as they go to retrieve the shield, traps spring and they all quickly realize this was a trap set up by Hephaestus to catch his wife, Aphrodite, with Ares. Strange things begin happening such as cupid statues appearing, and video cameras to show them to Mount Olympus. Spiders surround them deeply frightening Annabeth. Percy realizes the only way out is to ride the ride. Percy begins thinking hard to try and start a current in hopes that it'll take them down the ride. Once they return to Ares, he laughs at them; he knew it was a setup. As a reward, Ares shows them how to make it to Las Vegas as well as gives them a backpack with necessities for the rest of their trip. Ares also tells Percy that Hades captured his mother so he can control Percy. Their ride to Vegas wasn't the best; it was a truck with circus animals on it. Annabeth explains why she was scared of the spiders. Percy also realizes that Grover is the satyr that tried rescuing Thalia, daughter of Zeus. She was also friends with Annabeth and Luke. Grover was assigned to take her to the camp. Although, he didn't want to leave Luke and Annabeth. Now, Grover blames himself for failing to protect them and for Thalia getting turned into a tree. Percy and Annabeth both disagree with him. Grover eventually falls asleep leaving Percy and Annabeth to talk. Meanwhile, Percy is worried what'll happen if a war broke out between Zeus and Poseidon. Annabeth claims she