Chapter 26

We were right in front of a building it looked and smelled like a casino.
"Lotus hotel and casino." Grover said
We turned to walk away when a man in a uniform stopped us.
"So your checking in I presume." He said
"No we-" Annabeth started
"Oh and here are your key cards. They will work on any machine." He said
I shrugged why not.
"How much?" I asked
"What?"
"How much money do we have until we run out?"
"Your funny kid." He said "no limit!"
We found our rooms. In the closet were clothes in my size I showered and changed.
'Find the details'  Bruce's voice echoed in my head.
Why would they have clothes my size?
"So now what?" Annabeth asked
"I say" Grover said "we play."


'Trust your instincts' Dicks voice told me 'if it feels wrong it probably is.'
Something wasn't right. I knew but soon these thought left my head. I rode down an indoor water slide a few times and even did a ropes course. I started playing some games. Not slot machines arcade games.
"this game is groovy"A guy said
Groovy? I thought
"Yeah it looks sick." I said
He stared at me like I was crazy.
"What year is it?" I asked him
He paused like he was thinking.
"1977" he said
"No really" I frowned "what is it?"
"1977" he said "leave me alone in trying to play."
'There's more to being robin than punching.' Dicks voice echoed 'tracking finding things out find details'
I realized where I was. My quest!
I ran to find Annabeth. I found her at a game where you could build your own city.
"We need to leave!" I said
"Why?" She asked
"Our quest."
"What?"
"To save everyone!" I said "people are here from 1977 you stay forever if you come!"
"Go away"
"Spiders." I said "big hairy spiders"
She frowned and then looked more alert.
"We need to find Grover" she said
We found him at this face where you were the deer and you were hunting the people.
"Grover it's time to go."
"Die human!" He yelled and he clicked the trigger trying to shoot us.
We grabbed his arms and pulled him towards the door.
"No" he yelled "I just got to a new level"
"Is there a problem?" The bellhop asked
"We are leaving" I said
"Oh no please don't go" he said
He sounded sad like he would be heart broken if we left.
"Would you like a platinum card." He held up three
I was tempted to take one. But knew I'd stay forever.
"No" I said "let's go"
We pulled Grover out the door and hurried down the street.
I found a newspaper and looked at the date. June twentieth. We had one more day for our quest.

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