A/N: Long time no see, and I believe I owe all of you an apology.

In my defense, I lost motivation although now I am back, to end what I have started.

Previously

Artemis P.O.V

We had a rough idea that the monster was somewhere near Los Angeles, but we could not trace it. Not even the wolves were able to trace its scent. I also had the feeling as if we were being watched. As if despite us knowing its location, we were the ones at a disadvantage. The wolves interrupted my line of thinking with their howling, followed by them racing towards the city. Of course, we all followed. They suddenly stopped near the suburbs and THAT was when we were attacked by a group of Empusas and Cyclops. We, the hunters, had been TRICKED!

We got rid of those monsters and it was then that I caught a glimpse of a humanoid figure on top of one of the buildings. He just vanished suddenly, assuming it was a he. And the way he vanished wasn't like we gods do, nor how my hunters do. Dark tendrils embraced him and he was just gone. It could well have been my imagination if it wasn't for the feeling that washed over me and rendered me helpless.
The feeling of utter powerlessness.

Olympus, it seemed, was facing a threat, that was greater and more powerful than we had faced before. Defeating it would prove very hard, even with help of all the demigods!

Chapter 1

Minotaur P.O.V

He had left me in-charge, of a group of monsters, that had no inclination to go against his wishes. It wasn't because they were loyal to him, they FEARED him. And fear, I have learnt can make one do a lot of things, even those against your nature. Like sitting tight, and not escaping Hell, to cause havoc in the world above.
We weren't really different from those puny mortals, we just don't have a conscience. Most of us at least. I am one of those monsters, although I suppress my conscience, and I have become good at it. But I suppose it's because of the fact that I'm a half demigod.

Even though this reflecting is good, not only a past-time in Hell but also to keep up my unknown-somewhat humanoid-ish side alive, however, I should probably get up and work on recruiting more monsters for the Legion.

He hasn't told me anything about his plans with this army, but it's obvious, it is to cause havoc on Earth. Or could it be, that with these numbers and his strength, he is working to destroy the Gods and the demigods alike. To make himself King, with we as his loyal supporters? If that were the case, I wonder whose side will I be on? The Olympians or him? Is it possible that we could be free, for once and for ever? Or am I over-thinking it? He just intends to breakthrough Hell? Couldn't he already?

In Hell

Monsters of all kinds had gathered near the gates of Tartarus as the Minotaur had told them to. But everyone knew, he himself wasn't clever enough or patient enough, to gather an army before attacking, and everyone knew he was working for Him.

The Minotaur had divided the army into squadrons, each with approximately the same number of different kinds of monsters, and these squadrons were placed in different parts of Hell, so that their presence wasn't noticed by Hades or any of his minions. The main army was near Tartarus, as this was His abode, and there was less supervision here. Furthermore, Tartarus itself shadowed their presence to some extent. If this wasn't enough, they were placed near areas where portals to the other world occasionally opened, so that they could efficiently pour out from Hell.

At Olympus

Artemis P.O.V

I had called a meeting to discuss the development that had been made in our monster-hunting which regrettably had failed. Surely, we had killed many monsters, but the main purpose was to find the source of power which had shook both Olympus and the Earth. Even though, I didn't want to highlight the apparent failure of my hunters, I had no choice.

Soon, Hestia appeared, followed by Poseidon, Hades, and rest of the Olympians. Father, of course arrived fashionably late, even after Hera.

"Why have you summoned us? Is it important?", Father asked.

I cut-short a retort and simply replied in the affirmative.

"What is it? Tell us!" Ares asked albeit slightly excited.

I looked around the room, reading all of their expressions. Zeus was slightly interested. Apollo seemed worried, as he saw me worried. It was good to know that he cared, although I would never tell him that. Athena, Hestia and Hades seemed curious. Hera was completely blank and Ares couldn't care less.

I sighed and then told them the whole incident.

"So basically, you called us here to tell us about how you and your hunters failed miserably?" Ares retorted.

"That wasn- "

I was interrupted by Athena.

"No, you idiot, even though I have to admit that this is humiliating for Artemis but obviously she didn't tell us all this just to humiliate us."

"Yeah, and if something could fool the hunters, it is certainly dangerous." Apollo pointed out.

"Indeed, and that is why she called us, to inform us of this new threat," Athena remarked.

"Hah! I bet I could have crushed him within seconds" Ares haughtily replied.

"You couldn't even defeat him, and this was way stronger than him" I had to remind him, to which he became sheepish and silent, which was a relief.

"So, you think, this was the reason for the power surge that we felt?" Athena asked.

"I think so, but we can't be too sure, it could well have been a monster…" I replied, but everyone including myself knew that I was deluding myself.

"To be on the safe side, we should keep looking for this mysterious figure, I'll look through the archives to see if there is any humanoid monster in Tartarus, that we don't know" Athena assured everyone.

Father felt that it was time to make a bolt statement, "Very well, I, Zeus, King of Gods and God of Skies, hereby declare a search party to look for this foul creature and to put it to death."

Finally, Poseidon also spoke, "Although we shouldn't involve any of the demigods for this search, it would cause panic within the camps."

Athena praised his profound thinking and she seemed surprised.

That surprised all of us, or at least those who noticed, because Athena doesn't praise anyone, let alone her enemy. But no one said anything, except Hestia, who smiled knowingly.

Hades also put forward a proposal, "I think these demigods should include the Hunters, after all they are also demi-gods, at least most of them."

I was furious at this; how dare he compare my hunters to those demigods. My any one hunter, could beat two of the campers single-handedly. Except the Old Ones, the Ones who participated in the Giant War, those were strong, but less in number.

Apollo had apparently realized that I had been offended, so he diffused the situation by clarifying Hades' viewpoint, "What he means to say is, we shouldn't put their lives in danger, they are important too."

"Or wait, you are too scared to fight alone?" Ares remarked.

I squinted at him, "Artemis isn't afraid of anything", I replied boldly.

"So, then it's settled, we Gods will look for the Mysterious figure, and let's keep it a secret, until we know more about it" Hera finally spoke.

We all agreed to this, and the meeting was adjourned by Zeus, the unofficial God of Theatrics.

I sat there, thinking how I would break the news to the hunters, they had to live with the campers, for an unknown amount of time. Plus, I didn't like keeping things from them, after all they were my sisters in arms.

But I finally decided not to tell them, after all, this was for their own safety. Even if I didn't want to agree with Hades, he was right, we couldn't endanger the lives of these demigods, not unless we knew more about the threat. And I had seen him, I had felt powerless.

Another thing that I realized was that the Gods had become more considerate towards the demigods, all due to his efforts, even though he was a man and despicable like other men, he gave the demigods their rights. He had opened the eyes of the Olympians, to tell them that, the demigods weren't pawns in their games, but rather important for the survival of everyone.

Sigh I should break the news.

Just as I was about to leave, something caught my eye, on the ceiling above, in a corner, I saw something black, disappearing. When I looked again, there was nothing there. Could it be that figure? But I hadn't felt any power surge or the helplessness that had come over me earlier. If it wasn't him, then what was it? How could something enter the Throne Room without us knowing. It must have been my eyes deceiving me, the figure had scared me more than I let on, I suppose. Or I was over-thinking it? But I concluded that it must have been due to some other reason, after all I couldn't fear a monster. I was Artemis, the Hunter. Killing monsters was my job!

Hope you liked it? I'll try for one chapter a week, if I can.

R&R :/