Phoenix'sSoul: Well here we go with the next chapter.
Thalia: So this place does exist.*walks into view looking around* Pretty cool. Sup dude?
Phoenix'sSoul: Oh hey how's it going?
Thalia: Doing pretty good. I heard from Annabeth and Percy about you. Thought I'd come and see it for myself.
Phoenix'sSoul: Well I was about to start the story. You wanna watch?
Thalia: Yeah sure.*Grabs a chair and flops down on it propping her boots up the table and grabbing a cold drink* I have no idea how this is happening, but it's pretty darn sweet here.
Phoenix'sSoul: Yeah it is. Now on with the story.
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Chapter 4
-Issues-
She felt the cool touch of metal on her skin. Looking down she saw a silver locket glinting in the sunlight from the window. She touched it and looked up over her shoulder into his smiling face the smile on her lips matching his.
"What's this?" she asked sweetly
"A present," he whipsered in her ear after kissing her cheek.
Smiling she opened the locket and gazed at the the picture within. It showed three people. A woman with long brown hair holding a baby in one arm, her free hand resting upon the man's that was placed on her shoulder.
"But this is?" she said looking over at him as he walked around the chair.
"I know," he said smiling.
"Are you certain?"
"Of course," he smiled kneeling in front of her.
"But it means so much to..." he silenced her with his fingers to her lips.
"I know what it means," he smiled and leaned up pressing his forhead to her's. "It means that I love you."
She couldn't breath. Her heart threatened to burst from her chest. Their lips so close to touching. The joy she felt in her heart was more than anything she had ever felt before. She leaned forward to close the distance between their lips.
Zoe's eyes snapped open as she sat bolt up right in bed her heart pounding. What was going on. This was now the second time she had a dream about a man. She rubbed her eyes sighing heavily as she did so.
"Are you alright, Zoe?" a small voice to her left asked.
"Aye," Zoe said looking over at Bianca who was laying in the bunk to her left. "Just a dream. I am sorry to have awoken you, Bianca."
"I was already awake," Bianca said sitting up. "I don't sleep well at camp."
"Hopefully we will not be at this one for too long," Zoe said as she got out of bed.
"I hope so too," Bianca said following Zoe. "I can't help but feel like something is wrong."
Zoe walked to one of windows and leaned against the sill looking up at the moon. She adjust the strap of her shirt on her shoulder as she did so. Bianca joined her and the two stood in silence for a few minutes. Then Bianca spoke softly.
"Was it a bad dream that woke you?"
"A dream yes," Zoe answered looking to the younger hunter. "Though I do not know if I would call it bad."
"Was it about Lady Artemis?"
"No," Zoe answered feeling the heat in her cheeks as she reflected on the dream. "At least I don't think so."
"Well, I'm going to try and go back to sleep," Bianca said stretching a little and leaving Zoe at the window.
"Why do these dreams feel so real?" Zoe whispered her hand over her heart.
She looked across the central green to the Hermes cabin. She could not see clearly, but it appeared that someone was moving around in the cabin. A shadow moved across the windows a few times. She shook her head and turned back to try and get some more sleep.
-hours later-
Zoe was just finishing tying her braid when her attention was drawn to the outside.
"Will you get a load of that?" a blonde huntress said pointing out the window. "Something is going on over at the Hermes cabin."
"I hope Nico is ok," Bianca said as she made her way to the door.
Zoe placed her silver circlet upon her head and followed after Bianca. The troop of hunters joined the gathered crowd of campers. Zoe had been hearing loud crashes and things breaking as they had apprachd. Once they had joined the crowd she could here a voice roaring in anger and it was one she recognized.
"WHERE IS IT?!"
"That sounds like Ryan," Bianca said looking at Zoe before looking around for Nico.
"It is," Nico said pushing his way through the crowd after having seen his sister.
"What's gotten into him?" Bianca asked her brother watching as a set of bunkbeds was toppled over with a crash through one of the windows.
"GIVE IT BACK!" Ryan roared again followed by more crashes.
"Take it easy," Connor's voice could be heard trying to calm the raging demigod.
"Yeah man," Travis's voice spoke as well. "Just relax."
"GET OFF!"
Both Stoll brothers came out of the cabin though not how one would expect. Connor came flying through a window while Travis crashed through the door breaking it in half. The crowd of campers and hunters cringed, gasped, and laughed at the sight. Zoe frowned as she watched it all happening.
"Why is he behaving in such a manner?" Zoe asked Nico.
"Somebody took his mom's locket," Nico answered in a distressed voice.
"Oh no," Bianca said clutching at her hair. "This won't be good."
"Yeah he's never gonna find it," Zoe heard off to the right.
Turning her head she found the source of the comment. A sandy haired boy was laughing with a couple of other campers to the back of the crowd. After a moment the boy pulled a silver chain and locket out of his pocket. Zoe's vision went red at the sight of it. She made her way over the boy.
"How dare you!" Zoe shouted at him.
"How dare I what?" Jacob asked as he started spinning the locket from it's chain on his finger.
"That locket does not belong to you," Zoe glared at him. "Give it here now."
"What?" Jacob stepped back. "Why should I?"
"YOU!" Ryan roared from the doorway of the Hermes Cabin. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
Jacob startled by the sight of Ryan charging at him from the cabin fell back on his butt. Zoe seeing the rage on Ryan's face moved quickly. She snatched the locket from the ground where Jacob had dropped it. She stood between the fallen boy and the charging one and put her hand up.
"Ryan, stop!" Zoe shouted just as Ryan was bearing down on her.
His chest was pushed against her hand. Zoe whom had hunted at Artemis' side for many centuries had seen many terrifying monsters face to face, but at this moment staring into Ryan's face she felt a little afraid. Gazing into his rage filled eyes Zoe saw no trace of humanity. She held up the locket for him to see.
"Ryan," Zoe said doing her best to keep her voice strong and calm. "Ryan I have it right here. See it's right here."
For a moment Zoe thought she was in trouble. Ryan's eyes looked beyond the locket to her face. Those animal like eyes were boring into her. After a few more moments the swaying of the locket caught his attention. His eyes focused on it and slowly Zoe could see as his senses returned to him. Noticing that her hand was still pressed against his chest Zoe pulled it away and held the locket out to him. Ryan blinked and took it from her. He looked around at the assembled campers as he placed the locket around his neck without a word and walked away.
"Jeeze," Jacob said from the ground. "What a freak."
"Freak?" Zoe asked looking down at him
"Yeah," Jacob muttered as he started getting up. "It was just a joke. He didn't need to act like that."
Zoe grit her teeth in anger and placed a swift kick to Jacob's face. He fell back clutching his bleeding nose.
"What the hell was that for you bitch?!" yelled at her.
"You should be gratefull," Zoe said glaring down at him.
"For what? You breaking my nose?"
"No for stopping him."
"Whatever," Jacob said from his spot on the ground.
"Next time I might not be here to stop him," Zoe said before kicking Jacob again and walking away the rest of the hunters following her.
The campers dispersed shortly after the hunters left. Travis and Connor had a couple of their younger siblings take Jacob to the Apollo cabin to get his nose fixed. Percy and Thalia helped the Stoll brothers clear up the mess of the window and door before they went to join the rest of their cabins for the regular camp activities.
"Bianca," Nico said softly.
"I know," Bianca nodded and turned to Zoe. "May I go check on him?"
"No," Zoe said flatly causing Bianca and Nico both to look down in dismay. "I shall."
"Why?!" Phoebe demanded as both Nico and Bianca smiled at Zoe. "He's a boy!"
"I do not have to have a reason," Zoe responded to Phoebe. "Now, Phoebe, I want you to take the rest of the hunters into the woods for some practice. I want to start training Bianca."
"But," Phoebe began.
"There is to be no buts, Phoebe," Bianca said firmly. "Now go."
Phoebe raised her hand and directed the rest of the hunters to the woods. Zoe sighed shaking her head. She stood there for a moment trying to understand her own reasoning for why she was doing what she was doing. She bit her lip and groaned a little before looking in the direction that Ryan had gone. The only thing in that direction was the camp's arena. So she decided to make her way there.
-sword fighting arena-
"Rargh!" Ryan roared as he took a training dummy and threw it across the arena floor.
"I believe thou art supposed to use a sword on those," Zoe said from one of the entrances behind him.
"I don't have one," he answered breathing heavily. "And I've gotta do something to work off my anger."
"Oh so thou art angry?" Zoe said with a small smile on her. "That is good to know."
"Is that a joke?" Ryan asked chuckling softly as he turned to face her. "You're making a joke."
"What?" Zoe asked crossing her arms. "Just because I am a hunter I cannot make jokes?"
"No," Ryan said grinning. "It's just nice to see you smile."
Zoe could feel the heat beginning to rise in her cheeks again. She did not know why she reacted this way around him. She had been around boys before as per Lady Artemis' training of her hunters even in this modern age. The boys she had met always acted the same way. Trying to get her attention or trying to make her theirs. She shook her head and made her way over.
"If these training dummies are not helping thou work off thine anger then perhaps I can help."
"What do you mean?" Ryan asked as she approached.
"I mean spar with me," she responded taking a stance.
"Are you sure," Ryan asked taking a stance as well.
"Yes," Zoe nodded. "Now just because I am a girl do not take me...WHAM!"
"You hit me?!" Zoe said in astonishment after she rolled to her feet.
"I thought that was the point of sparring," Ryan said his eyes on her.
"It is," Zoe said whiping the back of her hand across her lips to find a small trace of blood. "I just did not think you would actually do it."
"Why not?" Ryan asked relaxing a little. "You're my opponent. Why would I not try and defeat you?"
Zoe smirked and rushed forward grabbing his arm as he stepped back in shock. She flipped him over her shoulder and slammed him into the ground. She jumped back before he could recover to get some distance between them. Ryan rolled over and shot to his feet.
"What the heck was that?" he asked taking a lower stance than his previous one.
"Your first lesson," Zoe grinned. "Never let your gaurd down in battle."
"Good to know," Ryan said as he began to circle her. "Any more lessons?"
"I will let you know when you need to know them," Zoe answered as she watched his movements.
The two struck and their dance began. Try as she might Zoe could think of no better term for what they were doing. Yes they were trying to beat the other, but at the same time they were learning. Learning each other's fighting styles, their movements, their bodies. Zoe soon found herself focusing on the wrong things about him as they continued to spar. Ryan saw when her shoulders relaxed and struck. He went in as a charge and she attempted to side step, but he threw out his arm and caught her waist. He spun behind her and wrapped his other arm around her.
"What?" Zoe squeaked as she felt herself being lifted off the ground.
"Gottcha!" Ryan threw her using a suplex and she landed hard on the ground.
"Ow," Zoe said from where she lay upon the ground. "That hurt."
"Sorry," Ryan said extending his hand to help her.
"Do not be," Zoe said taking his hand accepting his help to stand up. "You treated me like an equal. I appreciate that."
"It feels like we've been fighting for hours," Ryan said as he made his way to where a bunch of towels were kept and several bottles of water.
"That is becasue we have been," she stated as she looked up at the sky noting the suns position. "Almost three hours."
"No way," he laughed as he started to pull his shirt off. "That's impossible."
"Not for a hunter," she remarked still not looking at him.
"I was talking about myself," he said his back to her as he poured a bottle of water on his head. "How could I fight like that for almost three hours? I'm nothing special."
Zoe looked over him and was shocked by what she saw. A single long scar ran down his back at an angle. It was old and deep. She did not know how he had recieved it, but she knew that it must have hurt a lot.
"How did you get that," Zoe asked pointing at his back.
"Huh?" Ryan asked toweling off his head.
"The scar."
"Oh that," he put the towel around his shoulders and reached over his shoulder and lightly touched it. "I got it saving someone."
"I'm sorry to hear that," she said walking over and grabbing a bottle of water and towel. "It is not surprising how often when one does things with good intentions they are...punished."
"It sounds like you speak from experience," Ryan said as he finished drying off and putting his shirt back on.
"I have walked this Earth for many years," Zoe said looking back up at the sky. "Yes I am speaking from experience."
"Well I don't think it's a punishment," Ryan said giving her a small smile. "I think of it as a testiment."
"Of what?" Zoe asked looking over at him.
"If I had not been there," he said as he turned to leave. "If I had not been there someone might have died. Thanks for the sparring match."
Zoe watched as he left. She sighed shaking her head before drinking from her water bottle. He was definitely different that was for sure. A regular mortal couldn't have fought that long or that well even if they had been training for years. Certainly a demigod could fight like that, but not without proper conditioning. Something was strange about him indeed.
-Artemis Cabin-
"How's is he?" Bianca asked as Zoe stepped out of the shower.
"What?" Zoe asked not having realized the hunters had returned. "Oh he is fine."
"Are you sure?" she asked her eyes full of worry.
"Yes," Zoe smiled as she dried her hair. "I helped him work things out."
"Oh really?" Phoebe said leaning against the the door frame. "I do not think that Lady Artemis would approve."
"What art thou implying, Phoebe?" Zoe asked as she got dressed.
"You're being awefully friendly with that boy," Phoebe stated. "I don't think Lady Artemis would approve of such fraternizing."
"I was simply assisting him as a favor to our newest hunter," Zoe said motioning to Bianca. "I assure you, Phoebe, that there is nothing wrong with what I am doing."
"If you say so," Phoebe said shrugging and heading to her bunk.
"I do," Zoe stated as she and Bianca exited the bathroom. "So, Bianca, how was your first day of training?"
"It was pretty cool," she said smiling. "Phoebe says I have the makings of a good tracker."
"That is excellent."
"Yeah she's got good eyes," Phoebe called from her bunk.
-after dinner-
"It has come to my attention that there was a bit of a comotion this morning," Chiron said walking up to Ryan and Nico who were just getting up from the Hermes cabin most of it's campers were trying to sit as far away as possible from the two of them.
"Yeah," Ryan said rubbing the back of his neck. "I lost my tempter."
"Well," Chiron said stroking beard. "I think at least for tonight you should stay in one of the big house guest rooms. I'm sure after a good night's sleep everyone will forget or forgive."
"Uh thanks, Chiron," Ryan said with a nod. "I apprceciate it, and I'm sorry too."
"Don't be," Chiron said with a smile. "Even the greatest of us lose our tempers every now again. Even the gods themselves."
"Should I take offence to that?" Mr. D asked as he made his way past the centaur.
"Of course not," Chiron chuckled. "I did say greatest didn't I?"
"Yes you did," Mr. D nodded as he made his way to the big house.
"Come along, Mr. Huntington," Chiron said as he made his way away from the dining pavillion.
"Sleep tight, Nico," Ryan said ruffling Nico's hair.
"Seeya tomorrow, Ryan," Nico pushed Ryan's hand away playfully and walked over to where the Stoll brothers were waiting for him.
-Big House middle of the night-
"Listen here you boiled brained lout!" Zoe shouted at the many eyed surfer dude baring the steps of the front porch. "Get Chiron out here right this instant. I need to speak with him. It is of the utmost importance."
Ryan looked down from the wind of the room he was staying in. He'd woken up a few minutes ago when Zoe had decided to start yelling at the man Argus whom he had been introduced to earlier that evening. He opened the window slightly to try and hear more.
"Miss Nightshade," Chiron's voice came from out side of his field of vision. "Do you not realize that it is the middle of the night?"
"Yes, I do!" Zoe said stamping her foot in frustration. "I would not be here if I did not think that it was of great importance!"
"Then what is it?" Chiron asked stepping into Ryan's field of vision causing him to smirk seeing curlers in the centaur's tail.
"It is about lady Artemis!" Zoe said stepping up to Chiron. "She is in trouble. The hunters and I must go to her now!"
"No," Chiron said flatly.
"No?" Zoe crossed her arms. "You cannot stop me."
"You're right," Chiron nodded. "However, the powers of the camp borders certainly can. Lady Artemis commanded you to stay here unless she gives you instructions in some manner. And the camp borders will prevent you and the rest of the hunters from leaving unless you are sent on a quest."
"Then send us on a quest," Zoe demanded.
"No," Chiron said again.
"Chiron!" Zoe shouted. "Lady Artemis is in danger! I had a dream about it! I know she needs us!"
"Dreams can tell us things," Chiron said sagely. "However, at this time my decision is final."
Ryan watched as Chiron turned and headed back into the big house. He sat there against the sill and watched Zoe standing there glaring at the big house. He couldn't help but think that she looked cute when she was angery. He shook his head after a moment and walked back to the bed. He reached down into the bag on the floor and pulled out camera and lens. He walked back to the window putting the two components together he looked back down to see Zoe still there. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Sorry," Ryan whispered softly before lifting the camera to his face and pointing it towards Zoe.
He began taking pictures of her. He zoomed in and out with each click getting different view points. He really wished he was down on the ground closer to her. He could feel her pressence even from this far with the glass and wood between them. He stopped when he saw her looking up. He wasn't sure if she looking at him or not, but after a moment she turned and walked off towards the cabins.
Zoe rubbed her arms as she walked back to the cabins. A shiver ran through her body, and she wasn't sure what was causing it. The cold? Her fear for Lady Artemis? Her anger at Chiron? That boy staring at her through the window? Was he taking pictures? She reached up and ran her fingers through her tangled hair.
"Gods," Zoe shook her head. "What am I doing?"
-just before capture the flag-
"Ack," Ryan choked as he tried to get his armor straps right.
"Oh you poor dear," Selina said walking up and helping him. "Here let me help you with that."
"Thanks," Ryans said with a small smile.
"There we go," she smiled and patted his cheek. "Let's have fun tonight."
"Uh yeah," Ryan said with a nod as she walked away.
"Oh man can you believe this?" Nico asked bouncing on the balls of his feet. "Do you think we're going to get magic items too?"
"Dunno," Ryan admitted.
"Hey lets go wish Bianca good luck," Nico said and ran off towards where the hunters were gathered.
"Nico, wait!" Ryan tried to call out but too late he was already gone. "Dang it."
"OW!" Nico cried out as one of the hunters knocked him down.
"HEY!" Ryan roared rushing forward to get between the hunter and Nico.
"Trying to sneak up and find out our plans?" the blonde sneered at them.
"No," Ryan growled as he helped Nico to his feet. "He just wanted to see his sister and wish her luck."
"Yeah right," the blonde smirked. "Of course he did."
"Emma," Bianca said as she walked up. "What's going on?"
"These two were trying to sneak up on us and learn our plans for capture the flag," Emma said nodding at them.
"What no?" Bianca said shocked. "My brother wouldn't do that."
"Oh yeah," Emma said looking at Nico her eyes narrowed. "I forgot that's who he was. Boys all looke alike to me."
"Sorry, guys," Bianca smiled sheepishly as Emma walked away. "What's up?"
"Nico wanted to wish you luck," Ryan answered patting Nico on the back.
"Yeah," Nico said nodding. "Good luck."
"Thanks, Nico," Bianca smiled and hugged her brother. "Good luck to you guys too."
"Fraternizing with the enemy are we?" Zoe asked with a grin on her lips as she walked up to join them.
"Only my brother, ma'am," Bianca said smiling.
"No weapon?" Zoe asked Ryan her gazing passing from Ryan to Nico who had a sword he kept trying to pull up on his belt and back to Ryan who didn't appeare to have anything with him.
"Oh no," Ryan adjusted the knife on his belt so that it was to his front and not his back. "Got one right here."
"A knife?" Zoe asked trying to but failing to hold back a laugh. "That's all you're going to fight with?"
"You never know," Ryan chuckled. "Maybe it's all I need."
"Maybe," Zoe said nodding her head before turning away her, face of joy turning to one of worry as her mind drifted back to other things.
"Well good luck," Ryan said waving to Zoe and Bianca as he and Nico turned and followed the group of campers into the woods.
-the woods of camp halfblood-
"I count five, Zoe," Emma said from her position on a low branch. "The two idiots from Hermes, the big guy that I think leads the Hephestus Cabin, Zoe's little brother, and that boy from the other night."
"Which one?" Zoe asked looking up at the blonde.
"The one called Percy," Emma said not taking her eyes off the small group protecting the pile of boulders the flag was on. "No wait he's taking off towards our flag."
"We must move quickly then," Zoe said as Emma dropped down beside her and Phoebe.
"Phoebe left, Emma right," Zoe commanded as they covered the ground to the camper's flag.
Zoe burst through the under brush first. She made her way directly for Bianca's little brother Nico. She knew he wasn't skilled enough to stop her, and the others would be distracted to help him. From the corner of her vision to the right she saw the large black boy from Hephestus cabin begin to move raising his sword to swing. She saw Emma's small frame slide in front of him her leg extended and raised catching between his sending him crashing to the ground. Off to her left she could here the sharp pinging sound of metal against metal as Phoebe took on the two Stole brothers.
Nico was attempting to draw his sword as Zoe came up on him. She smiled and jumped high above him twisting her body around and playfully shot an arrow at his feet causing him to jump. She landed on her feet and spun to face front again before climbing up the rocks and grabbing hold of the flag.
"See you later, boys," Zoe called out as she jumped from the rocks and raced to the stream.
Victory again for the hunters brought a smile to Zoe's lips. The campers really needed to step up their game. The stream was in view she slowed her pace a bit. There wasn't a need to exert herself too much now. Suddenly the whole world was side ways. Wait why was everything sideways?
"Gotcha!" Ryan laughed in her ear.
"What?" Zoe was shocked. "How?"
"You let your gaurd down," Ryan answered as they lay on the ground. "You thought you were gonna win."
Zoe could feel the heat rushing to her cheeks. She was angery and embarassed with what had happened.
"Thou can get off me now," Zoe muttered as she took in how close they were.
"Uh yeah," Ryan stuttered as he started to unlock his arms from around her.
"GET OFF!" Zoe screamed when she felt something hard pressing into her thigh.
She shoved him off of her. Her face now red from anger at him. How dare he do that to her. She had thougt he was different, but that proved that he wasn't. They were all the same. That was all they wanted, always.
"How dare you!"
"What?" Ryan stumbled back.
"How dare you push that against me!" Zoe screamed pointing at his lower half.
"What?" Ryan looked down and pulling the knife out from his belt. "The knife? I wasn't even using it."
Once again Zoe felt her face burning from embaressment. It was only the knife handle that she had felt. She was about to apologize when Percy and Thalia raced across the creek holding her teams flags over their heads. Gritting her teeth she looked back at Ryan who still had a confused look on his face.
"Congratulations," Zoe gave a slight nod of her head and crossed her arms as a conch shell horn blew in the distance. "Because of you the Hunters of Artemis have suffered our first defeat against Camp Halfblood in over three hundred years."
"Uh, thanks," Ryan said scratching his head as he looked at her.
"WE DID IT!" Thalia shouted flinging her arms around Percy's neck. "WE ACTUALLY DID IT!"
"I KNOW!" Percy laughed wrapping his arms around her waist and picking her up off the ground.
"Zoe, what happened?" Phoebe demanded as she and the other hunters.
"I let my guard down," Zoe said matter of factly. "I believed to be on the brink of victory, and I slowed my pace. I did not keep focus on my surroundings. I did not see the boy Ryan coming at me. He stopped me before I reached the creek."
"You lost to a boy!?" Phoebe demanded.
"Yes," Zoe nodded with a frown. "For the first time in centuries I lost to a boy."
Chiron who arrived carrying the Travis and Connor on his back, both with arrows sticking out of their helmets. To say the old centaur was surprised would have been an understatement. He smiled warmly at his campers with pride once the idea of them winning over the hunters.
"T'was a fine match," Zoe said loud enough to be heard as she walked up to Percy and Thalia extending her hand.
"Yeah," Thalia said clasping hands tightly with Zoe. "Your hunters put up a good fight."
"As did thine campers," Zoe nodded before shaking Percy's hand. "I did not anticipate the sneak attack from one of thine newest and untrained campers."
"Huh?" Thalia asked looking around. "What do you mean?"
"The one called Ryan," Zoe pointed over to where Ryan stood talking with Nico and Bianca.
"Sneak attack?" Percy asked scratching his head. "I thought he was on the offensive team with you Thalia."
"No," Thalia shook her head. "I thought he was on defense with you."
Zoe frowned as she looked over at Ryan. Their eyes met for a moment and he looked away red faced a small smile on his lips. She watched as Bianca talked almost as animatedly as her brother. Most likely about what had just happened during capture the flag. Zoe was wondering just how that Ryan boy had known where she would be in time to stop her from winnning the match when the snap of a twig caught her attention. She turned to the sound and it felt like time stopped. Walking towards the gathered crowd was the oracle.
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Thalia: Awesome we won! *she raised a fist into the air*
Phoenix's Soul: So I take it you like it?
Thalia: So how what's gonna happen next?
Phoenix's Soul: I have no idea. That's why I stopped.
Thalia: Hmmm you know what I think you should do?
Phoenix's Soul: What?
Thalia: *leans forward and whispers in ear with an evil grin*
Phoenix's Soul: *grins evily* Oh yeah I like that!