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Artemis has never been a spy before, but she's watched enough american drama's to know that climbing through the vents were pretty foolproof. So that's how Artemis found her self crawling through the vents, dusting away a few cobwebs here and there. Artemis had an idea of where Hermes chambers would be, and did her best to get there quickly. There was one problem. The vents were so small and Artemis had to slide around on her tummy. This method wasn't very efficent, seeing as Artemis was moving at a slow pace.
"I have to find out what they're up to..." Artemis kept on muttering to herself, to keep her on task. She was seriously regretting climbing through the vents, but she had to know.
After nearly twenty minutes of sliding around the vents and losing motivation, Artemis began to hear voices. She stopped her self mid slide to listen.
"We need Hecate to get on board with this, if this is going to work." Aphrodite said, sounding very serious.
Getting on board with what?
"I'm with Aphy on this one." Hermes agreed
"There's one problem...Hecate might not want to help us..." Apollo muttered sheepishly.
"Oh, Apollo what did you do?" Hermes sighed.
"I kinda hit on one of her demigods the other day..." Apollo muttered.
Artemis heard herself groan, that's just like Apollo, to flirt with every girl in his path. Artemis immediatley bit her tongue and cursed under her breathe. She practically sold herself out.
"Did you hear that?" Aphrodite asked.
"I did..." Hermes muttered, and then called up, "Who's there?"
Artemis clamped her hand to her mouth and closed her eyes.
"Somebody is up there Hermes!" Aphrodite screeched.
"You think I don't know that?" Hermes hissed back. "Hold on, I've got something that might work."
Nobody spoke after that, but Artemis was in anticipation for what Hermes had in mind. That's when the vents started shaking, and Artemis tumbled down onto the hard marble floor. Artemis felt a pain stab of pain up her entire body, and stood up even though she felt like she was about to collapse.
"Arty?" Apollo asked, a bit shocked that his sister was climbing through the vents spying on him.
"Oh great, it's Artemis." Aphrodite groaned and threw herself onto Hermes bed.
"What on Olympus were you doing up there? Hermes asked.
"Never mind that!" Artemis said, pushing away stray strands of hair. "What are you planning? What do you need Hecate for?"
"Does it matter? Artemis, just go away and forget about this." Apollo tried.
"No! If you sent me out there, I'm going straight to Zeus. Now, what are you planning!" Artemis demanded, refusing to leave wthout an answer. Aphrodite rolled her eyes and played with her hair, while Hermes let out a sigh.
"I'm sorry about this Artemis, but you're not giving me a choice." He muttered. That's when Artemis felt a flash of pain, and slipped into unconsciousness.
When Artemis groggily woke up, she noticed that she was bound to one of Hermes chairs. She grunted and tried to kick her legs, but they were tied down to. She looked like she was in some sort of celler, it was dark and the walls were made out of stone. She's never seen anything like this on Olympus, where they in the mortal world?
"Artemis, please try not to fight." Apollo begged, Artemis wanted to launch herself at him, that bastard.
"Let me go." Artemis said, her voice was dangerously low, she wanted to scream, but she doubted anyone would hear her.
"We can't do that, you heard us, and if we let you go you'll expose us." Hermes said.
"Damn right I will! And tying me up is not helping your cause!" Artemis spat back, her eyes glowing with anger.
"Oh, will you just calm down?" Aphrodite muttered aimlessly as she painted her nails.
"Tell me what you're up to!" Artemis snapped, ignoring Aphrodite.
"We can't do that." Hermes said
"So what, you're just going to keep me down here?" Artemis asked, sarcastically.
"Yes, that's exactly what we were planning actually." Apollo said, "Later Arty."
"What!?" Artemis cried, growing desperate, "the others will notice that I'm gone you assholes!"
This got a good laugh out of Aphrodite, "Oh please, you're Artemis. Nobody ever notitces you, and you know it."
With that, Aphrodite flashed out, and Hermes right after her. Apollo was a hesitant to leave his sister, and sighed.
"I'm really sorry, Artemis." He said, as he examined his sister, who looked like she going to kill him the second she got the chance.
"Just get out of my sight." Artemis snapped, refusing to look her brother in the eye.
"Bye, Artemis" Apollo said, and with that he left.
Meanwhile, Athena was having a hard time with Poseidon. She was barely listening to any of his ideas, since she already knew that they were all ridiculous and unrealistic. She could barely keep her eyes open, as Poseidon rambled on about gummy worms on coconut trees. That's when Hera arrived, knocking on her chamber doors.
"Hold on, I have to get this." Athena said, getting up from her bed to open the door. Hera looked like she was ready to plot some horrific murder plan, and Athena knew what that meant. Zeus cheated on her, again.
"Hera, how can I help you?" Athena asked, trying to stay civil. She and Hera never really got along in the first place, but it their relationship got messy when Hera started tormenting Annabeth.
"Zeus is sleeping with some whore...can I come in?" Hera asked.
Athena turned to Poseidon and nodded towards the door, "Out."
"But we weren't finished-" Poseidon began, before Athena cut him off.
"I don''t care, out." Athena said, she really didn't like Hera, but she rather be with her than with Poseidon right now. With that, Poseidon sighed and left, and Athena let Hera into her bed chambers.
"So, Zeus is sleeping with another girl," Athena said, as she took a seat at her desk, which was beautifully carved with dark wood. "this isn't really anything new."
"I know, but I just really want to do something, I'm so angry Athena, I feel like I'm going to implode." Hera said, sounding desperate.
"Alright, so what did you have in mind?" Athena asked
"I was thinking we could do something at the Spring Banquet." Hera confessed.
"And why would I let that happen?" Athena asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Because, with Poseidon the banquets already a joke, and I just need this one opportunity to make a grand statement." Hera pleaded.
"Didn't you already make a huge statement by turning Callisto into a bear and then having Artemis kill her?" Athena muttered.
"Yes, but that was so long ago!" Hera cried with exhasperation, "Just, please Athena, I'm begging you."
"I'm still gonna stick with no," Athena said, giving Hera a fake smile. "If you want to get some sort of revenge on Zeus, you're gonna have to get Hermes do to your dirty work."
"I already went to Hermes, he's busy with something else, please Athena." Hera tried again, convienetly leaving out the fact that she saw Hermes smack Artemis in the head with a steel pan.
"My answers still no," Athena said, turning her attention back to her parchement paper, "You know where the exit is." She said, not looking up at Hera. Hera sighed and left Athena's chambers. It didn't matter if she got Athena's permission or not, she was still going to do whatever it takes to teach her trash husband a lesson.
Later that day, Zeus called the olympians for a meeting in the throne room, they had many things to discuss, including the Spring Banquet, and who their mother loved more. But mostly the Spring Banquet.
"So, what progress have you made in terms of planning, Athena?" Zeus asked, while sitting on his throne, radiating power.
"Well father, me and Poseidon managed to agree on one detail." Athena spoke up quietly from her throne. "We decided that sundaes will be served for dessert. That's all."
"That's it?" Zeus asked
"Well, what did you expect with the two of us working together?" Athena asked, annoyed.
"Watch your tone with me, young lady," Zeus said sternly, "You know what I expect from you, and I expect you to deliver."
Athena just groaned and mumbled, "Yes, father."
Hera couldn't help but notice that Artemis wasn't in her throne besides Apollo, who was listening to music on his iPod. What happened to her? Hera assumed that whatever was going on in Hermes chambers would've resolved on it's own by now.
"Where's Artemis?" Hera asked, directly looking at Apollo. At this, Hera swore that she spotted Aphrodite nervously pull at the strands of her hair, and Hermes coughed uncomfortably.
"Uhh, dunno." Apollo said rather quickly, but Hera wasn't falling for it.
"Really? Because I was just outside of Hermes chambers and I could've sworn that I saw you, Aphrodite, and Hermes with Artemis." And knocked her out cold, but Hera didn't mention that yet, she was enjoying this.
"Oh, uh, well..." Apollo stuttered, until Hermes took charge.
"We were with her yes, talked for a bit, but then she left. Haven't seen her since." Hermes said smoothly.
"Well then," Hera smiled sweetly, "I really hope she's alright, not kidnapped, for instance." Hera said, her gaze directly at Apollo. The three gods looked shocked for a moment, but Hermes quickly took over.
"Yeah, let's hope not!" He chuckled. Aphrodite slathered on another coat of lipstick, her tenth since Hera mentioned Artemis. Hera smirked, the other olympians may not have realized it, but Hera caught them red handed.
After Zeus dismissed the gods, Hera noted that Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite were gone fairly quickly. She smirked, and made her way to Hermes chambers, as she had an offer that he would not be able to deny. Well, actually it was more like blackmail, as she had no intentions of saving Artemis. But this is how politics works on Olympus, and Hera was going to get exactly what she wanted.
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