Summary

Chapter 17

Percy and the others manage to make it to Santa Monica, where Percy wades into the ocean. Soon he is taken by shark fin to the ocean's depths. There a Nereid appears with a message and gift from Poseidon. She tells him not to trust Hades, and gives him three transport pearls. Whenever he needs to get somewhere fast, he has only to smash the pearl and think of where he wants to be.

He meets back up with Annabeth and Grover and they take a bus to look for the entrance to the Underworld, which goes by the name of DOA Record company. While they look for it a number of monsters start appearing. Percy also sees his stepfather on a television set being interviewed by Barbara Walters, claiming that Percy was horrible and a troubled teen capable of any sort...