"No delays," I said. "Well . . . the perfume thing, if you think it'll work."

 

Six Aphrodite girls kissed me on the cheek in excitement.

 

"All right, enough!" I closed my eyes, trying to thi nk of what I'd forgotten.

"The Holland Tunnel.

 

Jake, take the Hephaestus cabin there. Use Greek fire, set traps. Whatever

you've got."

 

He grinned. "Gladly. We've got a score to settle. For Beckendorf!"

 

The whole cabin roared in approval.

 

"The 59th Street Bridge," I said. "Clarisse — "

 

I faltered. Clarisse wasn't here. The whole Ares cabin, curse them, was sitting

back at camp.

 

"We'll take that," Annabeth stepped in, saving me from an embarrassing silence.

She turned to her siblings. "Malcolm, take the Athena cabin, activate plan

twenty-three along the way, just like I showed you. Hold that position."

 

"You got it."