We woke up and they were gone. All four of them. Percy, Annabeth, Leo, and Hazel. Gone, zip, zero, nada. Feather, Wilson, and I quickly called the other group, using the controls for Patus. When they didn't answer, we spoke through Patus.
"Guys?" I asked, maneuvering the controls to be on battle override but still be able to talk.
"Clarke, Oh my gods!" Ari said thankfully.
"We're under attac-" Ari swung at something and grunted when her sword hit their armor.
"Are Piper, Jason, and Frank with you?" I asked worriedly.
"What? Of course! They're over..." Ari's voice shrunk.
"Oh my go-" the call ended.
I scratched my head.
"Why are they gone? Percy, Annabeth, Leo, and Hazel are some of the best fighters I know. They couldn't have been taken or..." I thought out loud.
"I mean, it's almost like they..." I said, fiddling with some controls.
"They what?" Feather said.
"Like they left on purpose. We didn't hear any screams, any fight, anything." I continued.
"They wouldn't have left, though, right?" Wilson said.
"I don't know! Like a wise brother of mine once said, I'm just a mechanic. Aren't you the smart one?" Clarke said, almost out of ideas.
"Can you track them? Using some like machinery or something?" Wilson asked.
"Leo! He probably has his tool belt." I grabbed at some random things and twisted some wires together.
"Can you hand me that?" I pointed to the Archimedes sphere. "Thanks."

I held my breath and slid the sphere into my contraption. Either this would work or Wilson and Feather would half to scrape me off the deck. Luckily, I didn't explode. The sphere twirled and clicked for a few moments before a shimmering image of tools and screws appeared on the flat bronze plate connected to the machine. Silence. Then a grunt of discomfort.
"Leo?" I asked, thinking we were inside his tool belt.
"Wha-?" The darkness moved and a thumb covered the screen.
"Clarke?" Leo said. "How?" He asked.
"I did stuff." I shrugged and answered.
"Understandable. Listen, I can't talk now. I'm in a... In a weird situation."
"Why did you leave?" I asked.
"We didn't leave, we're... Some of us... We were getting worried. The quest wasn't going anywhere, Bob definitely hasn't reformed, Gaea wouldn't allow that, and Percy and Annabeth couldn't go back to Tartarus to save him." Leo said, like he had given up.
"Leo, that's not you, who is this? Leo Valdez doesn't give up. And Percy and Annabeth would do anything to help Bob." I said, confused.
"Oh it's me. Percy and Annabeth and I agreed you could make it back to camp or just die on the ship." Leo shrugged.
"Don't tell her that!" A voice yelled in the distance. It sounded like the real Leo.
"Silence!" A deep voice came from Leo's mouth on the screen.
"You're not Leo!"
A muffled yes came from the background.
"Let him go!" I yelled at the screen.
"No can do." The fake Leo sneered.
"Where's Annabeth? And Percy and Hazel?" Wilson said, looking over my shoulder.
"You'll have to figure that out yourself."