Bianca di Angelo & The Olympians

Nice To Meet You, We're 80!

Third Person POV

"Oh my gods, how long-"

"I don't know," Percy responded hastily, "But we need to find Grover."

Annabeth nodded, and he grabbed her hand so they wouldn't get separated again, and began moving through The Lotus Hotel and Casino. They searched for a few minutes before Percy wondered out loud, "Would anyone staying here have seen him?" Annabeth took that thought and quickly used it, grabbing a young boy's attention by asking if anyone had seen a boy with acne, a limp, and enough WaterLand themed clothing to start a park himself.

The boy had to have been around 10, and was wearing some Lotus Hotel merchandise. He was carrying a deck of cards in his hands, and wore a smile that could be seen for miles; similar to others in the Casino. "I saw someone like him over this way, I'll show you!" he said gleefully. 

Percy and Annabeth looked at each other sceptically. It was very possible that this boy was a monster, and while they didn't want to take any chances, they weren't going to just leave Grover here. They decided to follow the boy, who led them through the arcade, speaking to them as they moved. "I'm Nico, I've been here for about a month, it's really cool! They have this stand where a magic wall shows some other guy who played Mythomagic with me, and I'm getting really good."

He raved on about this game, until he found Grover playing a game where he was shooting humans, instead of deer. "Take that you nasty humans! That's what you get-" Annabeth grabbed him, and he shoved her away. "No!" Annabeth and Percy simultaneously grabbed his arms, but he struggled.

"Nico!" a worried girl's voice called from where they had originally come from broke through the crowd.

"Over here, Bianca! That's my sister, sorry." Nico called back, and a girl ran up to them. She, like her brother had extremely dark brown eyes, to the point where they were almost pitch black. Where they differed is while Bianca had brunette hair cascading down her shoulders, Nico had black hair cut short enough that it didn't cover his ears too much; although it was still quite scraggly. She was fitted with a simple red short sleeve, with the Lotus logo splashed along its backside. She had dark blue jeans, while her brother was donning a black lotus shirt, and shorts with many designs trickled around them. "I was just showing these people where that limpy guy was, see?"

"Oh," She took a deep breath, she was hyperventilating from running around searching for her brother. "Well, I'm sorry if he bothered you." she said, looking at the odd trio, one of which seemingly struggling against his counterparts.

Annabeth shook her head, "No, not at all, we were just going, actually." she kicked Percy in the shin (he wondered if she enjoyed doing that of late, considering she had done it on the van as well.) He glared in Annabeth's direction.

"So soon? Oh! Where are my manners? I'm sorry, my name's Bianca di Angelo." she held out her hand, and retracted it after the restrained boy tried to bite it.

Annabeth looked at her closely, the gears turning in her head. "Why don't you come with us? You know, breath fresh air for a minute?" Percy looked at her incredulously, but knowing her, there was some planning going on, so he decided to go along with it. He nodded quickly.