"Didn't Hermes tell you where it was?" Marc asked Percy.
The demigod shook his head, "no, he didn't say anything about that. Maybe we should just look around and hope to find something?"
"Splitting up sounds like a great idea," Galen said nodding, "we can cover more ground that way."
"But how can we call each other out if we find the base?" Kristoff asked.
"Maybe we can just shout really hard?" Galen suggested. Percy sighed and walked away from the group towards the golf course.
"Wouldn't that get the mortal's attention?"
"Maybe we could disguise it, like maybe a bird call." Percy found the perfect spot, he raised his fist high into the air and channelled Body form and Earthquake control into it.
"So what will the bird sound like?"
"How about, kaka-"
"GIGA IMPACT!"
BOOM!
Rocks were thrown to the side as everyone looked towards the source of the explosion. Percy stood in front of a massive hole he just made and when the crew looked over they found an underground tunnel leading into the golf course.
"How did you know?" Elsa asked Percy.
The demigod shrugged, "son of the earthshaker, no big deal."
"You probably alerted Argo to our location kid!" Galen shouted.
"We traveled here on a 1000 year old ship. If he had surveillance outside he probably already knows, besides we are about to blow this entire places to kingdom come, so what's the point about being stealthy?"
"I'm surprised mortals aren't already swarming us," Marc commented, "Strange, there seem to be few around."
"Yeah we noticed the same," Anna explained, "we think it might be something to do with Argo."
"You think he's kidnapping them?" Percy asked. From the corner of his eye Percy could see Elsa frown, Percy could understand why, he wasn't stupid.
"He definitely kidnapped them," Elsa spoke up, "let's get down there. We find the kidnapped people, free them and only after they are all safe we blow the place up, agreed?"
Everyone nodded in approval, "agreed," Percy said as he jumped down into the tunnel. Everyone followed suit and soon the group was going down the earthy tunnel. The surface was solid, Percy's couldn't even see cracks in the dirt. The walls of the tunnel were lined up with candlestick that didn't seem to melt and the ground lined with stone, hard stone.
"So any idea which direction we are going?" Galen asked.
"Doesn't matter, " Kristoff replied as he placed a bomb along the side of the tunnel. He then took out a watch he bought in the shop before and took off the back case. He attached a couple of wires to the battery and set the watch's internal alarm for an hour from now.
"How does the bomb work?" William asked.
"I set the alarm in the watch for 12, when it rings there is a significant drain in the battery that gives a signal through these wires," Kristoff pointed to the wires attaching the watch to the bomb, "that causes it to go off."
"Hm, crude but effective," Marc commented.
The group continued to walk ahead but the tunnel just seemed to go on forever. "So where's that reindeer of yours?" Percy asked to pass the time.
"Sven? Oh he couldn't make it, it's too hot for him," Kristoff replied.
"Then aren't you kind of powerless without him?"
The blind man shrugged, "I have more tricks up my sleeve."
Percy and the other kept up the small talk and soon the tunnel opened up to a huge room. Percy was at the lead and the moment he saw what was there inside the room and pushed everyone back hushing their protest.
"What's wrong Percy?" Elsa asked as the whole group, directed by Percy, slowly walked away from the doorway.
"There are around 50 armored bears inside that room," Percy said taking out his blades.
"Bears?" Galen raised an eyebrow?
Percy nodded, "bears."
"Sigh, might as well go," Elsa said snapping her finger forming a sword made out of ice.
The group charged forward into the room and immediately the bears came into view. Every single one of them were standing on their hind legs like a man and covered from head to toe with armor designed especially for them.
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