![]() The one time she’d convinced him to be a rebel was back at the Wilderness School, when they had sneaked onto the roof at night to watch a meteor shower. Breaking the rules didn’t come naturally to him. He was hardwired to be a leader and set a good example. Why didn’t they get to break the rules?īut Jason wasn’t like that. Piper wished that she could talk with Jason all night-just curl up on the stable floor and enjoy being with him. She didn’t want any loose vials of that stuff rolling through the corridors in the middle of the night.Īs they were fixing up the stables, Piper thought about the night Annabeth and Percy had spent down here accidentally. For another, last night’s explosions had given Piper a healthy respect for Greek fire. For one thing, she got to spend time with Jason. Reorganizing sickbay and battening down the storage area took them most of the day, but Piper didn’t mind. Piper and Jason took charge of cleaning the lower deck, which had been thrown into chaos during the monster attack. Please report to Supreme Commander Leo for your superfun list of chores!” “Good pep rally, but there’s still a ton of things to fix on this ship before we get to the Mediterranean. He pushed a button, and a loud blast of steam exploded from Festus’s mouth, making everyone jump. Judging from their half-eaten breakfasts, the others still felt uneasy but Leo managed to shake them out of it. “I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth.” Annabeth is going to kick some serious booty, too. “We’ll deal with that when we get to Rome,” Piper suggested, putting a little charmspeak in her voice to soothe her friend’s nerves. She was trying to hold down a wave of panic and terror. Piper suspected that Annabeth knew what awaited her…or at least that she had a very good idea. “Woven, like webs?”Īnnabeth’s face turned as white as printer paper. ![]() “Won through pain from a woven jail,” Frank recalled. Annabeth, what’s down there? What’s guarding it? If it’s got to do with spiders-?” “Except…” Percy took Annabeth’s hand again. “That wasn’t the way I’d put it, but yes.” “It could kick some serious booty,” Leo offered. If this statue is the most powerful symbol of Athena ever created-” We saw what recovering the golden eagle standard did for the Roman legion. “I don’t like the idea of you risking your life alone, but you’re right. “I have to succeed,” Annabeth said simply. Piper knew she must be terrified inside, but she did a good job hiding it. She didn’t finish, but the question seemed to hang in the air: Was saving the statue even possible?Īnnabeth squared her shoulders. “It could end thousands of years of hostility. “This could change everything,” Piper said. Piper stared at Annabeth with awe, just starting to appreciate the huge responsibility her friend had taken on. And maybe…maybe the statue has some sort of power that could help us against the giants.” It could heal my mother of this hatred she’s got, tearing her two aspects apart. “But if we could save it somehow, it could unite the two camps. “So if we-I mean you-find the statue…what would we do with it? Could we even move it?” Percy seemed be having similar thoughts, judging from his surprised expression. But now…if they could discuss such a huge problem so calmly-the ultimate source of Greek/Roman hatred-maybe there was hope for the two camps, after all. Piper was close enough to both of them to know that. The two of them had never really trusted each other. They spoke like a team, without any hostility or blame. Piper watched the two of them-Annabeth and Jason-with quiet amazement. They follow the Mark of Athena…a kind of magical trail that links them to the statue…hoping to find the resting place of the Athena Parthenos and get the statue back.” “Most don’t know about the legend, but in each generation, a few are chosen by the goddess. “And the children of Athena have been searching for the statue ever since,” Annabeth said. She became Minerva, a much tamer goddess.” They literally stole Athena, so she could no longer be the symbol of Greek military power. The Roman demigods swore it would never see the light of day. They hid it in an underground shrine in Rome. To break the Greeks’ spirit, the Romans carted off the Athena Parthenos when they took over the city of Athens. “At least, that’s one theory, and it fits the legend I heard at Camp Jupiter. Some thought the statue was carried off-” ![]() Some people thought the statue was melted down for its gold, or destroyed by invaders. “It’s one of the biggest mysteries in history. “How does a forty-foot-tall statue in the middle of the Parthenon just disappear?” The ship went silent, except for the waves lapping against the hull. It stood in the middle of the Parthenon in Athens.” It was forty feet tall, covered in ivory and gold. “The most famous Greek statue of all time. “What statue?”Īnnabeth took back the silver coin and slipped it into her pocket. “Hold on.” Percy made a time-out gesture.
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