[Percy] Did you see it? Did you see what happened to my mom?
Wait, so this is the kid who killed the Minotaur.
-[♪ tense instrumental music playing] -[Chiron] I know you feel powerless,
but you're not.
All will reveal itself in time.
[Annabeth] I'm Annabeth.
[Luke] Annabeth sees the world differently.
Always six steps ahead of everyone else.
Chiron's been promising her for years a demigod would arrive
who was fated to go on a quest that even Chiron couldn't prevent.
[Chiron] You have been claimed by Poseidon.
Your father needs your help.
An ultimatum has been given to him by Zeus that if he doesn't return the master bolt,
there will be war.
[Grover] Your mother was stolen...
by Hades.
If you can find her there, I think you can bring her back.
When do we leave?
[♪ music concludes]
[wind whistling]
[footsteps approaching]
[door lock clicking]
[door creaking, opening]
[sighs softly]
[floorboards creaking]
[house creaking]
[sighs]
Hi. I’m Percy. It's nice to meet you.
I was told a quest isn’t a quest until you’ve said so?
Which is weird considering you're a Halloween decoration.
[gasps]
Oh, geez.
[♪ foreboding instrumental music playing]
[groans softly]
You seem busy. I’ll come back.
[Oracle breathing raspingly]
[Percy] Whoa.
[scoffs] Come on, really?
You shall go west and face the god who has turned.
And you shall find what was stolen and see it safely returned.
[♪ pensive instrumental music playing]
The Oracle has confirmed what we expected,
that this quest will proceed toward the Underworld,
where you will confront the god who has rebelled against his brothers.
Hades.
The entrance to Hades's domain lies under the city of Los Angeles.
This is where you will journey to.
Time is short.
I have selected our most compelling candidates,
from which you will choose two to join you on this quest
and ensure
-that we succeed. -Annabeth.
Customarily, one waits to at least hear a name or two before choosing.
Are you sure you don't wanna hear more?
This thing, Zeus’s master bolt,
we need to get it back, right?
-Yes. -And it’s gonna be hard to get, yes?
Extraordinarily.
And if the mission required someone to push me down
a flight of stairs for it to succeed...
you'd want someone who won’t hesitate when they do it.
The first quest-mate shall be Annabeth Chase!
[♪ uplifting instrumental music playing]
[Chiron] Now, on to the other candidates.
-[♪ music concludes] -[horse neighing in distance]
[snorts]
-[groans] Dude, what have you been eating? -[horse snorts]
Whoa! Wait, hey. I’m not trying to antagonize you.
I’m just genuinely curious.
[snorts]
[Percy] Hey.
Hey.
Sorry I missed your selection ceremony.
I’ve been, you know...
shoveling his poop.
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
I guess Mr. D wasn’t too happy you told me about my mom?
No.
No, he was not.
So, who’d you choose to go with you?
You.
Funny. No, seriously, who'd you choose?
I chose you.
Why?
[♪ foreboding instrumental music playing]
You shall be betrayed by the one who calls you friend,
and fail to save what matters most in the end.
I trust you.
And... And, right now, nothing's more important than that.
I'm gonna pack the best snacks.
[neighing in distance]
[indistinct shouting in distance]
[Percy sighs]
[footsteps approaching]
How much money did they give you?
Um, 200 dollars in cash, and a bag of these.
I think they’re Canadian, maybe?
Or from Chuck E. Cheese, I don’t know.
They’re golden drachmas.
Dollars for human world, drachmas for mythic world.
Don't mix 'em up.
I brought you this.
Well, these are...
-interesting. -[chuckles softly]
[exhales]
Maia.
[♪ mystical instrumental music playing]
Those are interesting.
A gift. [clicks tongue] From my dad.
Maia.
[♪ sentimental instrumental music playing]
I thought about choosing you before I chose Grover.
Hey, Grover’s a lot stronger than people think.
I was afraid.
I have a chance to rescue my mom from Hades.
I can’t let anything stop me.
And I’m afraid...
if it gets in the way of the quest, Annabeth might try to.
And you told me you'll always be on her side no matter what,
-and-- -It’s okay.
Really, I... I get it.
Just take care of each other out there.
-[birds chirping] -[♪ music continues]
She’s really gonna miss that tree, huh?
When Annabeth first arrived here with Thalia and Luke,
they were being chased by monsters.
Agents of Hades. Sisters.
Furies.
-Mrs. Dodds? -Yes!
One was our algebra teacher. Alecto.
Thalia turned back to fight to buy her friends some time.
Her satyr Protector tried to stop her, but she wouldn’t listen.
So, at the last moment...
Zeus intervened to save her life and...
changed her form.
The most powerful being in the universe’s best idea
to save his daughter’s life...
was to turn her into a tree?
She was the bravest demigod I ever knew.
She fought valiantly, and she met a hero’s fate.
She met a pinecone’s fate.
Forbidden children are always in danger, even the strongest ones, even Thalia.
And you are not Thalia.
Do exactly as I say, and maybe you survive this.
Are we clear?
Does she think she’s in charge?
Who’d you think would be in charge?
[Percy] I guess I assumed we’d do a show of hands or something.
[♪ uplifting instrumental music playing]
[Grover] Hero’s quests are world-defining events.
They have made and broken empires...
altered the course of human civilization...
changed the balance of power on Olympus.
A quest is a sacred thing.
And to be charged with one is to be in conversation
with the gods themselves.
-[♪ music concludes] -[toilet flushes]
[passenger coughs]
There is no way this is what sacred smells like.
We’re soldiers on a mission. It’s not a vacation.
Thank you for clearing that up.
But if this is so important, why didn’t Chiron spring for plane tickets?
This seems kind of low priority, doesn’t it?
Sorry, I assumed someone had told you.
Tell me what?
Percy, it isn’t just the monsters who are gonna be trying to stop us.
You’re a forbidden child.
Zeus might decide to take a shot at you himself.
The sky is his domain.
We’d be serving you up on a silver platter to try to travel through it.
Yeah, no one mentioned that.
[Annabeth] Okay, I'm gonna go get us some snacks.
-I’ll come with you. -[Annabeth] No, you’ll stay right there.
Why? It smells terrible back here.
Monsters can’t smell you through that, so that’s where I want you.
I wanna vote.
Who thinks that we should all go get to breathe fresh air
-and buy our own snacks? -[Annabeth] There’s no voting.
Chips and sodas okay for you guys?
I don’t think you should just get to decide we don’t vote.
-I’m sorry to hear that. -[Percy] Okay.
I wanna vote on whether you get to decide we don’t vote.
-Grover, please, can you help your... -[Grover clapping slowly]
-[Annabeth] ...friend? -I really don't wanna be a tiebreaker.
I have a better idea.
♪ Oh, golly, the road’s gettin’ bumpy 'cause I got me some friends ♪
♪ Who just can’t get along ♪
♪ Oh, dear! When the team’s gettin’ grumpy ♪
♪ The trick to gettin’ through it is singin’ this song-- ♪
Dude, what are you doing?
It’s the consensus song.
Verse two encourages us to say nice things about each other.
You get a few rounds in and you’d be amazed
at how disagreements just kind of...
fade away.
Chips and sodas okay for you guys?
-Whatever. -Yes, please.
Okay.
Our voting system's broken.
-[doorbell rings] -[indistinct chatter]
[♪ suspenseful instrumental music playing]
[coins clattering]
[Grover] Monsters can’t be avoided entirely.
They’re more common than you think.
The trick is to spot them first before they spot you.
It’s true they are more likely to sense a more powerful demigod.
A child of the Big Three, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades,
is at the most extreme risk.
But it isn’t your power, exactly, that draws them.
It’s more complicated than that.
They smell fear.
That’s bees.
What a monster senses kinda depends on the monster.
Some are better at sensing your inadequacy.
Some, your need for glory, your shame.
It’s important to remember that if you’ve ever gotta confront one...
wherever your armor is weakest,
that monster's probably coming right for it.
Nothing will stop them, not even death.
[♪ music continues]
[sighs]
[Annabeth] If you guys were better at your job,
I might not have noticed you here so easily.
If Thalia were better at hers,
there might not be a family of squirrels making her their home.
[Annabeth] Is that why Hades sent you here?
To gloat over a job you almost did right once?
[scoffs] How things have changed.
You're not the frightened little girl I came for all those years ago.
[Annabeth] Don’t kid yourself. I wasn’t that frightened.
Maybe so. Maybe so.
Either way, now it would seem that you're exactly what they say you are.
The pride of Athena’s offspring.
Perhaps the most formidable demigod child alive.
[Annabeth] Why are you here?
I'm here to collect your friend.
[Annabeth] Collect him? For what?
Oh, I don’t question orders.
"Bring him in, quick and quiet." That is what I was told.
Lure him off this bus where I can take him quietly away from so many eyes,
and your quest goes on unimpeded and unburdened.
We both know he isn’t gonna be of any help to you,
and maybe even a hindrance.
[sighs]
Some children must learn the hard way.
Look, I’m not against the idea of consensus,
I’m just not sure the song is doing what you think it is, is all.
Guys, you need to open that window! Now!
[Grover] I don't think these windows are supposed to--
[♪ tense instrumental music playing]
-[Grover] Oh, no. -[shrieks]
Go, go, go, go, go!
[bus alarm wailing]
Everyone, leave your belongings and exit the front of the bus.
-[passenger] Excuse me. Lady. -[Alecto growls]
[Percy] Annabeth, let's go!
[Fury shrieking]
-[Grover screams] -[Fury screeches]
-[hisses] -[Annabeth] Hey!
[screeches]
[Annabeth] We're done here. Let's go.
[♪ dramatic instrumental music playing]
[Alecto growling]
[♪ music concludes]
[birds chirping]
[Grover] Somewhere up ahead, this turns into a satyr path.
[Percy] What’s a satyr path?
[Grover] It's a road through the wilderness.
Satyr explorers use them.
Harder to track us.
That’s great, but if we stay in the wilderness,
how are we gonna find a phone?
What do we need a phone for?
So we can call camp.
T-- To get help.
We don’t need help. We’re fine.
[scoffs] We’re fine?
We haven’t even gotten to Trenton, and we're wandering through a forest.
I didn’t even know they had forests in New Jersey, but we've found one.
I would say we're the opposite of fine.
[Annabeth] We were sent on a quest by the Oracle,
by the gods.
What'd you think, it would be easy?
It’s supposed to be hard.
That’s why only certain people are chosen.
If we call camp, we’re basically saying it was a mistake to choose us.
I’m completely comfortable with that.
Everyone makes mistakes.
Why are you so afraid of who you are?
What?
You know, what’s interesting about this particular satyr path
is it’s actually the one my Uncle Ferdinand took
when he set out on his own quest.
What was that supposed to mean, afraid of who I am? I’m not afraid.
Yes, you are.
You aren't just a kid.
"Just a kid" doesn’t do what you did to Clarisse back at camp.
"Just a kid" doesn’t have Hades sending top lieutenants to retrieve them.
You know, you are a part of something
so much bigger than we can understand right now.
We have to move forward, whether you like it or not,
whether you want to or not.
You don’t want to call camp, fine.
Then, at least let’s call your mom.
Excuse me?
[Percy] Athena? Your mother.
I’d call my father, but we aren’t exactly on speaking terms.
You know, because of the lifelong neglect and all,
but you and your mother seem close. So, why don't we ask her for help?
Grover, will you explain to your friend that he needs to pull himself together?
You can’t ask her, can you?
-When was the last time she talked to you? -Grover.
[Percy] I don’t know why you keep pulling him into this.
-He’s on my side. -What makes you think that?
He’s my Protector, it’s his job.
-He was my Protector first. -First?
What do you mean "first?"
Very exciting, getting to walk in Uncle Ferdinand’s footsteps.
Next best thing to getting to talk to him again.
Thalia, Luke, and Annabeth had a satyr Protector.
That was you.
-Why didn't you tell me? -[Grover sniffs]
Do you guys smell that?
-Grover, I’m not kidding-- -No, neither am I. Just shush.
[Grover sniffs]
Hamburgers.
-[birds chirping] -[♪ intriguing instrumental music playing]
Grover.
-What are you doing-- -Somebody's making hamburgers
in the middle of nowhere, on a satyr path.
Whoever it is...
they’re from our world.
[♪ ominous instrumental music playing]
[Annabeth] Oh, come on.
What?
Aunty "Em" has a garden full of petrified stone folks.
Yeah, this is someone from our world, all right.
Anyone wanna guess what "Em" is short for?
Oh.
[♪ music intensifying]
Let’s get out of here, please, while we still can.
[♪ suspenseful instrumental music playing]
You should have accepted my offer when you had the chance.
Offer? What offer is she talking about?
[woman] Not today, friends.
Not on my doorstep.
[footsteps approaching]
Oh, shoot.
If you have something to resolve, why not come inside and I’ll help?
Alecto? Will you be joining us?
No, well I wouldn’t think you would.
She won’t bother you as long as you’re with me.
But it isn’t as though she’ll leave either,
not if it means reporting that she failed to retrieve the son of Poseidon.
How did you--
[woman] A forbidden child has been claimed.
How long did you think that secret would keep?
It’s a pleasure to meet you, son of Poseidon.
I’m Medusa.
[♪ tense instrumental music playing]
Percy, don’t.
She’s a monster.
[Medusa] We all choose who we make our monsters,
but, right now, that one wants to tear you limb from limb...
and I’m offering you lunch. The choice is yours.
[footsteps receding]
I think we can trust her.
-What? -Dude!
I can’t explain it, I just...
My mom used to tell me her story.
And the point was always that she isn’t what people think.
And I definitely trust my mom.
So I’m going in. You guys do what you want.
What are you...
[♪ music concludes]
-[bell chimes] -[door opens, closes]
[Medusa] You must be hungry.
I left snacks on the table while I get something proper going.
You think it’s safe to eat?
Percy, I’m not gonna lie to you, I’m really hungry,
-and I’m ready to take that chance. -[bell chimes]
Thanks for coming.
This isn’t the same for me as it is for you.
Why?
[Medusa] You're concerned I would hold a grudge against you
simply because you are a daughter of Athena?
You shouldn’t be. We're not our parents after all.
And you and I might have more in common than you think.
Please, sit and eat.
So you’re not a monster, what are you then?
A survivor.
You must be a little more than that.
There's a Fury out there that seems terrified of you.
Because she knows what I think of her.
I don’t like bullies. When one shows up on my doorstep,
they end up spending a lot more time there than they planned for.
The gift the gods gave me is that I cannot be bullied anymore.
[Annabeth] What my mother did to you wasn’t a gift,
it was a curse.
You are loyal to your mother.
Yes.
-[Medusa] You stand by her? -Always.
-You love her? -Of course, I do.
[Medusa] And so did I.
So did I.
Do you know the story of how I came to be this way?
I do.
-Do you? -[bell tolling]
Do I?
[bell tolling]
Athena was everything to me.
I worshipped her, I prayed to her. I made offerings...
She never answered.
Not even an omen to suggest she appreciated my love.
[♪ somber instrumental music playing]
I wasn’t like you, sweetheart.
I was you.
I would have worshipped her that way for a lifetime...
in silence.
But then one day, another god came, and he broke that silence.
Your father. The Sea God told me that he loved me.
I felt as though he saw me in a way I had never felt seen before.
But then Athena declared that I had embarrassed her
and I needed to be punished.
Not him.
Me.
She decided that I would never be seen again
by anyone who would live to tell the tale.
That isn’t what happened.
My mother is just, always.
The gods want you to believe that, that they are infallible.
But they only want what all bullies want.
They want us to blame ourselves for their own shortcomings.
That is not what happened. And you are a liar.
Something’s burning.
[sighs]
Would you give me a hand in the kitchen? I think lunch is ready.
[footsteps receding]
Grover...
get ready to run.
-[♪ melancholy instrumental music playing] -[pan sizzling]
She's not usually like that.
I mean, a little bit, she is, but that was a lot.
[Medusa] She’s going to betray you.
Sooner or later, people like her,
they always do.
I don’t think she’s like that.
[Medusa] Then you will be an easy mark for her when the time comes.
What do you care?
[Medusa] Your mother and I, we're like sisters in a way.
Targeted by the same monster.
So I find myself feeling protective of you.
A monster?
My mom never talked about my dad that way.
Where is she now,
your mother?
Is she safe?
No.
She’s not.
And do you trust your friends to help you to make her safe?
Will they let you make her safe if it conflicts with their quest?
[♪ tense instrumental music playing]
I could...
help you remove them from the equation,
so that you can be free of them.
If you ask me to.
[♪ music intensifies]
[snakes hissing]
[♪ music concludes]
[♪ foreboding instrumental music playing]
[♪ music intensifies]
[♪ music concludes]
[footsteps approaching]
[door creaking]
[♪ tense instrumental music playing]
[Percy gasps]
[♪ dramatic instrumental music playing]
[door creaks, closes]
Come on.
[Grover] There’s three of us and only one of her.
If we split up, she can’t be watching us all at once.
-I don’t think it’d be that simple. -It could be.
Here’s the plan. I’ll get in the air, I’ll draw her attention.
As soon as you hear me say, "Maia," you guys start--
Oh, boy! Okay! Um...
[whimpers] Off. Down. [screams]
So, we’re gonna need a new plan.
[Medusa] We are not our parents, until we choose to be.
You two have chosen.
[♪ suspenseful instrumental music playing]
[Medusa] A daughter of a self-righteous mother,
who chose self-righteousness for herself.
[snakes hissing]
[Medusa] And you, you could have shown your father
what it means to stand up for someone you love.
[footsteps approaching]
[Medusa] You could choose to save your mother
instead of doing your father’s bidding.
If neither of you will help teach these lessons,
perhaps you should be the lessons.
When I ship your statues to Olympus...
[snakes hissing]
...maybe that will get my point across even better.
Stand up.
Let’s have a look at you.
[whimpers]
[♪ dramatic instrumental music playing]
[Grover yelling] I didn’t really think this through!
Now!
-[Medusa yells] -[grunts]
-[pants] -[♪ music fades]
-Did you hear that? -[Annabeth] Hey, are you okay?
[Grover] Did you say something?
[Percy scoffs in disgust]
-[squelching] -[Percy grunts]
-Aw, man. -You found it?
Hope so.
[Annabeth] Want me to take it from here?
No, no, I got it.
Just make sure it’s pointing in the right direction
before you take my hat off.
-Good tip. -Okay.
-My hands are kinda full... -Of course.
[Percy sighs]
[♪ soft instrumental music playing]
[Alecto screeching]
-[hat deactivates] -[screams]
[♪ majestic instrumental music playing]
[hat reactivates]
[♪ music fades]
[♪ somber instrumental music playing]
What is it?
Uncle Ferdinand.
[Percy] Oh, no.
Grover, I’m so sorry.
This is as far as he got on his quest.
We aren’t even to Trenton.
But look at him. [chuckles softly]
He’s not like the others, he...
He doesn’t look afraid.
[clears throat] You used the, um, you used the head to get rid of Alecto?
Yeah.
Good.
That was the right move.
Uh, we probably should get going. It’ll be dark soon.
But what are we gonna do with the head?
I just took down a Fury with it, and I wasn’t even trying.
We can’t just leave it for someone to find.
Leave the hat on and bury it in the basement,
that oughta keep it safe.
Sure.
Now, can we talk about the bigger issue here?
What bigger issue?
[Annabeth] "You could have saved your mother."
That’s what she said to you, like you discussed it already.
-Is your mother still alive? -She’s with Hades.
-But I appreciate your concern. -Guys, just please stop.
Oh, I'm concerned. What are you actually doing on this quest?
And why did I have to hear about this from Medusa?
Okay, while we’re at it, "You should have accepted my offer?"
What’s that about do you think?
And why did we have to hear it from Alecto?
[Grover] Enough!
The hat was a gift from her mother.
It’s the only thing she’s ever possessed that connects them.
That oughta matter to you.
Okay, but how are we gonna make sure this thing is safe?
I’m not up to that yet.
And you, really? His mom’s alive.
Can you imagine how confusing that must be for him?
Feeling like he may have to choose between the fate of the world
and the fate of the only person who's ever cared about him?
Why are you talking like this?
Because all day I’ve been trying to keep this quest on track
without upsetting either of you. [breathes heavily]
But maybe things need to get a little upsetting before they move forward.
She asked you a question back in the woods,
and you never really answered. What are you so afraid of?
-[Percy] What are you talking about? -You heard me.
-I don’t know. -[Grover] I think you do.
You’ve been fighting with her, you’ve been fighting with me.
Because the Oracle said one of you would betray me. Okay?
-[sighs] -[♪ somber instrumental music playing]
"You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend,
"and you shall fail to save what matters most in the end."
That’s the rest of what she said to me.
I chose her because I couldn’t imagine we’d ever be friends.
And I chose you because I thought if I can count on anyone to be on my side,
no matter what, it was you. And now, I'm feeling so alone.
[breathes heavily] I don’t know what to think or who to trust.
I didn’t mean it that way.
Alecto offered to help our quest if I gave you up to her.
What did you say?
I killed her sister.
Medusa offered to help me save my mom if I turned on the two of you.
And what'd you say?
[Percy] I cut off her head.
You didn’t choose to be demigods.
We didn’t choose this quest.
But we can decide that as long as the three of us are together,
none of us are gonna be alone.
And if we can’t do that, we might as well just head back to camp right now.
'Cause we won’t make it.
I think I’ve got a better idea what to do with this.
[♪ dramatic instrumental music playing]
Hermes Express, she ships these things all over.
Some of it goes to Olympus.
Percy, you can’t ship Medusa’s head to Olympus.
Why not?
-Because the gods won’t like it. -At all.
-"At all" at all. -[Percy] Why?
That’s what you do with dangerous stuff.
Like batteries, you just send 'em back where they came from.
Okay. Look, this is a bad idea.
-They will see this as impertinent. -I am impertinent.
Yes, but we’re not.
Really, very not.
Look.
Medusa tried to derail our quest. She’s got serious beef with your mom.
When you look at it that way,
this seems kinda like tribute or something, doesn’t it?
And besides...
[hat deactivates]
...this way, a part of your mom’s still with us.
Thank you.
So this isn’t exactly what I meant. By choosing each other.
There are actual dangers involved here that cannot be...
You're gonna sing the song, aren't you?
-[clapping faster] -[Grover] Okay.
[Percy] ♪ Oh, golly ♪
-♪ The road’s gettin’ bumpy ♪ -Whatever.
[Percy] ♪ Consensus ♪
-[car horns honking] -[siren wailing in distance]
[indistinct chatter]
[keys jangling]
[elevator whirring]
[♪ soft rock music playing over speakers, Christopher Cross "Arthur’s Theme"]
[vocalizes] ♪ New York City ♪
-[elevator bell dings] -[automated voice] Mount Olympus Causeway
[elevator door opening]
[Hermes] You guys are not gonna believe this.
♪ Arthur, he does as he pleases ♪
♪ All of his life, his master's toys ♪
♪ Deep in his heart, he's just ♪
♪ He's just a boy ♪
♪ Living his life one day at a time ♪
♪ And showing himself a pretty good time ♪
♪ Laughing about the way they want him to be ♪
♪ When you get caught between the moon and New York City ♪
♪ I know it's crazy ♪
♪ But it's true ♪
♪ If you get caught between the moon and New York City ♪
-♪ The best that you can do ♪ -♪ The best that you can do ♪
♪ The best that you can do ♪
♪ Is fall in love ♪
♪ When you get caught between the moon and New York City ♪
♪ I know it's crazy ♪
♪ But it's true ♪
♪ If you get caught between the moon and New York City ♪
-♪ The best that you can do ♪ -♪ The best that you can do ♪
♪ The best that you can do ♪
♪ Is fall in love ♪
♪ When you get caught between the moon and New York City ♪
[♪ song concludes]
[♪ dramatic instrumental music playing]
[dog growling]
You should run now.
Was that the Chimera?
[Percy] Poseidon's never helped me before.
[Chimera growling]
[Percy] He wasn't gonna start now.
[Chimera growls]
[♪ theme music resumes]
[♪ theme music concludes]