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Artemis' PoV:

A silence overwhelmed the whole throne room as everyone registered the details of the picture. Percy, chained to the wall with blood dripping down was not expected.

Hearing a snarl, I turned around. Thalia was standing, glaring at the picture with slightly shimmering eyes. They seemed to be flashing with electricity.

"That bitch! How can she just take Percy like that? I swear, when I find her..." She snarled. Looking closely, I could see her eyes shimmering-mainly with anger, but a bit of it was watery. Tears.

"Thalia, sit. We have more important things to discuss then you swooning over Percy." Hera growled. Everyone in Olympus knew how she had hated any children of Zeus. Sure, we respected her as she was the Queen of Olympus, but she got extremely annoying at times.

Before anyone could reply, the shadows in the room curled and leapt at Hera, binding her to her throne. She gave a yelp, before glaring at Hades. However, he had a confused look on his face. "I'm not doing anything..." He said innocently .

I looked at Nico, who was standing with his hand outstretched. His face seemed to be in shadows, but I could still see his mouth twisted into a sneer. "Don't touch her."

Hera's face reddened with rage as she ripped the shadows away. She glared at Nico. "Do you have any idea who you're talking to?" She yelled.

Nico snorted. "Is the answer a selfish, pompous piece of shit?"

Hera growled, and her eyes flashed with rage. She stood up as her eyes radiated with power. "You dare offend me, son of Hades? I could kill you, right now, if I wanted to!" She hissed.

Nico's eyes filled with rage. He balled his fists and glared at Hera with an unhuman power. An aura of darkness seemed to surround him, and even Hera had slight fear in her eyes. "Go ahead then. Kill me. Show how much you care for demigods." He snarled.

Hera glared at Nico, as her mouth twisted evilly. She stretched out her hand and a ball of shimmering energy gathered up. "Your choice. You wanted it."

The light grew brighter, and within seconds it was shining with an ethereal light so bright it hurt to look at it. I snorted as I remembered how this all began, All because of Nico-boys. The less there were, the better.

Suddenly, the ground started to shake, so powerfully even Hera stumbled. The light extinguished as she glared at Poseidon, but the look quickly died down with the aura the God of the Sea was releasing.

He radiated with a dark green aura, and his eyes were a dark sea green, like a sea during a storm. He glared at Hera. "You're arguing over such a small thing, while my only demigod son is somewhere right now, getting tortured!" He yelled. The room shook again with the power in his voice.

Hera opened her mouth to speak, but was cut off by a glare from Zeus. He looked at Poseidon, who was still enraged. "Okay, calm down, Poseidon. Sit and we should talk about this matter. After all, it's your son."

He sighed and, after one more glare at Hera, sat down on his throne. I felt Zeus fix his eyes on me. "Artemis, you're one of the best trackers. You're going to find Percy."

I felt my jaw drop. Out of all the gods, he was the one who knew how much I hated boys. Even if it was Percy...

"There is no way I'm leading my Hunters to find a boy!" I yelled. Sure, it was childish, but I couldn't help it. Men were disgusting creatures. My anger flared even more when he shook his head disappointingly.

"After all these years, you still haven't learnt. Not all the people are the same. Percy just saved your life... and you still can't thank him!" He said.

Hades snorted. "Ares is the one who needs to forgive Percy. He's still mad from that battle on the beach."

Ares growled and reached for his sword, but stopped as Zeus looked at him.

He turned back to me. "As I was saying... you need to regain control. You're leading the quest."

I gritted my teeth as I tried to hold back my anger. Finally, I sighed and nodded in defeat. It was pointless to fight.

I looked at my hunters, who all had a similar expression-hatred. They had joined the Hunt to escape the cruelty of men, but now to be forced to rescue one?

I felt something stir inside me. Even if I had vowed to never fall in love with a man... why did I seem to hate him so much? After all, he was witty, brave, powerful...

I looked up and noticed Aphrodite staring at me, smirking. I sent her a glare before looking at my hunters once more. They already had their bows ready to use.

I tightened my grip on my bow. "The quicker we get this over with, the better. Let's go.

Percy's PoV:

I screamed again, my vision blurred in pain, as Gaea held a burning rod of metal on my hand. With deliberate slowness, she dragged it down so it reached my elbow, scalding half my arm. I gritted my teeth, trying not to please Gaea by showing pain.

She smirked. "Still not willing to give up anything? Isn't that a shame. I could keep this up all day long. The question is, how long can you keep alive?"

I glared at her, my arm still numb. "You know that I would rather die then give away information, right?" I asked.

Gaea smiled yet again. "You will, sometime. I'll make sure of that."

After giving one final laugh, she sank into the ground, leaving me chained to the wall.

I sighed as I relaxed my muscles. It was good to get a rest after days of torture.

The days after I had given myself in were pure torture. They tried nearly everything to make me either join them or give them information-electrocution, burning, poisoning, scars with a sword and the old fashioned kicks and punches.

Even with my arm throbbing in pain, I managed to get some much needed sleep.

What awaited me made me prefer to be tortured.


When I opened my eyes, I found myself at the Roman Camp, with my friends striking at monsters. That was normal enough, but when I tried to move I realized I couldn't.

A spear sailed through the air towards me, and I instinctively raised Riptide to block it-before remembering I couldn't. It pierced my armour protecting my stomach, making me cry out in pain, as the whole world turned black for a few seconds.

And the nightmare was just starting.

Annabeth, who heard me yell, turned around and saw me lying on the ground. "Percy!" I heard her scream. I lifted my head and managed to watch her kill the Dracaena who hurled the spear, before rushing over to my side.

I tried to speak as she lifted my head, already fishing some crushed ambrosia from her pocket. As she put it near my mouth, I felt my hand clench around Riptide.

Then I stabbed Annabeth, right in the heart.

I cried out, screaming it wasn't me-but instead, I felt myself twist my mouth into a smirk. Annabeth was staring at me with surprised, pleading eyes, and I was forced to watch.

Suddenly, I felt myself being able to move again. My knees buckled as I fell, letting Riptide clatter beside me. I kneeled as I sobbed all the emotion out, Annabeth lying beside me.

What I didn't see was her eyes open, and her mouth twist into an evil smirk.


Okay... hi.

Now, I understand you all have your crates of tomatoes and potatoes, but before you start throwing them, let me get my vegetable-proof shield and explain.

I am TERRIBLY sorry for taking so long to update. School started, and that may have delayed me a bit, but the worst two things happened to me, a worst nightmare to any author.

I got lazy and got writer's block.

Writing this chapter was probably the most difficult thing ever. I had no idea how to explain stuff, and when I finally manage to scrap the first half of it together, it was horrible and made me want to nearly give up. However, some people posted a few reviews up, which inspired me to continue.

Yet again, I am really sorry. However, I have a bit of an idea for the next chapter, which may come soon. Hopefully, I don't need my vegetable-proof shield again.

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