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Jace pov

when i find Skylar, she has two targets and eight knives. one target and four knives each. i grab some paint and lather the target in this pattern, black, red, black, red and yellow. i only put yellow in so i could say i was murdering the color. when i look up, i see Skylar doing black lacework on the handle of one of her knives, the end grip bulb painted silver. i have to admit it was impressive. "Hey, want to listen to some music?" Skylar asks, i grin and nod. she smirks and plays Disturbia by Rihanna.

Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum

What's wrong with me?
Why do I feel like this?
I'm going crazy now

No more gas in the rig
Can't even get it started
Nothing heard, nothing said
Can't even speak about it
All my life on my head
Don't want to think about it
Feels like I'm going insane
Yeah

It's a thief in the night
To come and grab you
It can creep up inside you
And consume you
A disease of the mind
It can control you
It's too close for comfort

Throw on your brake lights
We're in the city of wonder
Ain't gonna play nice
Watch out, you might just go under
Better think twice
Your train of thought will be altered
So if you must faulter be wise
Your mind is in disturbia
It's like the darkness is the light
Disturbia
Am I scaring you tonight
Disturbia
Ain't used to what you like
Disturbia
Disturbia

Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum

Faded pictures on the wall
It's like they talkin' to me
Disconnectin' your call
Your phone don't even ring
I gotta get out
Or figure this shit out
It's too close for comfort

It's a thief in the night
To come and grab you
It can creep up inside you
And consume you
A disease of the mind
It can control you
I feel like a monster

Throw on your brake lights
We're in the city of wonder
Ain't gonna play nice
Watch out, you might just go under
Better think twice
Your train of thought will be altered
So if you must faulter be wise
Your mind is in disturbia
It's like the darkness is the light
Disturbia
Am I scaring you tonight
Disturbia
Ain't used to what you like
Disturbia
Disturbia

Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum

Release me from this curse I'm in
Trying to maintain
But I'm struggling
You can't go, go, go
I think I'm going to oh, oh, oh

Throw on your brake lights
We're in the city of wonder
Ain't gonna play nice
Watch out, you might just go under
Better think twice
Your train of thought will be altered
So if you must faulter be wise
Your mind is in disturbia
It's like the darkness is the light
Disturbia
Am I scaring you tonight
Disturbia
Ain't used to what you like
Disturbia
Disturbia

Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum

I notice halfway through the song, Skylar and i started singing along. "I like that song, it's good. someone once told me that they thought this song was about torture, and i just called them an idiot." i shrug and Skylar laughs,

"Yeah, what type of torture?" we both break into uncontrollable giggles, but we are interrupted by Jason and Nico, calling us for dinner. i notice, even though Skylar is holding a grudge, she doesn't stop smiling, well that's a good sign. At dinner, Chiron makes an announcement.

"We will be starting a new demigod process, it will be called the Gemini Project. One or two campers from each cabin will live together so that we can study the natural reactions to each of the gods and goddesses lifestyle to others. Some, like Athena, they study more than anything sometimes and Apollo loves music and to be outside in the sunlight. each camper has been chosen by their cabin. that was what the vote was for last week." oh, right, the vote. my cabin voted for me, i wonder who else is going. "The campers are: Clarisse from Ares, Annabeth from Athena, Jason and Thalia for Zeus, Nico for Hades, Jace for Nemesis, Skylar for Apollo, Percy for Poseidon, Drew for Aphrodite..." and a couple other people from the remaining cabins. this shall be interesting.

Skylar pov

Yay! i am going to live with Jace again. i am happy with butterflies and rainbows and i'm living with Jason... damn it. he is sooooooooo annoying! why can't he man up and apologize properly. like, get over me leaving, i had to. i look back up at Chiron, waiting for him to continue, "The new cabin has been built between the Apollo and Nemesis cabins. the people i listed go pack up and go to your new cabin." i shrug, getting up and walking over to Jace.

"Ready roomie?" i smirk at her horrified reaction, "I bet they have separate rooms or something. if they didn't i would die. i can not live with Jason, let alone sleep in the same room." Jace nods,

"That makes sense, you would tear him limb, from limb from limb from limb." she says, i sigh, Jason is impossible, but so is Jace. we walk over to the cabins, and i see my cabin mates packing the remainder of my things, i guess they knew i would be moving.

"Thanks guys. i loved living here for the time i did. question, why did you pick my clothes for me?"

"Cause we wanted to see your reaction. but, you didn't react strangely, must be because it's your norm." Will laughs, i just smile,

"Yeah, it was like i was at my penthouse." i smirk at his reaction,

"Penthouse?" he gapes, i try not to laugh,

"Will, i am the owner of Lark Enterprises, what do you expect? though i do spend lots of time in our beach houses. Maui, Hawaii. Florence, Italy. Paris, France. Cancun, Mexico. lots of them. i let people use them all the time. if you want you can use one. just give me a three hour advancement, and i can have some staff there to take care of the cleaning and cooking." i say, glancing at my empty closet. he just nods. i smile, and give everyone a hug. i wave, to leave, but i see them stiffen at something behind me. i turn to see Nico, i smirk, they are kind of afraid. "You, yeah you." i say pointing at Nico, "Help me with my luggage, please." he smiles and walks outside. i stomp after him, not liking being ignored, but i hit something hard and thin, causing me to fall down. i look up to see two skeletons, both walking inside and grabbing my stuff. Nico smirks,

"Karma." he says helping me to my feet.

"For what?" i ask, brushing off my butt so there is no dirt on it.

"For not believing in me. now that we're housemates, you have to trust me." that makes me laugh,

"I do trust you, i'm not mad at anyone but Jason. he won't man up and apologize for being a jealous little poo. seriously, Chris, yes, even Chris learned to deal with others flirting with me. when is it going to snow?" i say abruptly changing the subject,

"Tomorrow. lets go. the skeletal people will be at the new cabin by now." i turn to see our new cabin. it is pure white with the symbols of all of the cabins. i walk in to find a huge circular room, in the center there is another lower circle of space. in the small circle, there is a fireplace front and center with a flat screen and couches. around the room, white doors with the symbols of the respective cabin is embedded into the wood. walking over to the door with the sun on it, i opened the door. it's a medium sized room with a queen bed and a huge window looking over to one of the Apollo windows. i wave when Tiara looks at her. Tiara smiles and waves back. smiling to myself i unpacked my clothes into her closet. she looks to the side of the wall and see glass display cabinets. there are heads for her crowns and tiaras, drawers for watches and bracelets and stands for her earrings and necklaces. hear my door open, shoot up to see Annabeth coming in with Percy in tow.

"When are you going to forgive Jason?" she blurts out,

"When he is man enough to figure out what he did wrong and apologize for it. tell him that, it shows you think he can't do it." i say, Percy nods, but Annabeth hits him in the arm.

"What, you know it makes sense. you would do it to. by the way, Nico asked to make it snow, so it is now snowing and there is an ice rink in place of the volleyball court. i assume you have skates right?" i grin and run to my closet, pulling out my new skates i got for my birthday in august. they have gold blades and the laces are metallic. i grab my lime green coat and run into the sitting room, telling people where i am going. when i get to the rink, it's empty, perfect. i pull on my skates and start out with ten laps, then moving into tricks. my axel jumps come first, following closely by a lutz jump. i stop immediately when i hear clapping. the stolls are eyeing me,

"Not bad, not bad, can you beat us?" they smirk and start stumbling onto the ice. thats where it all went wrong for them. apparently they can't skate, so they just skate one lap and smirk at me, i grin and take off, doing a lap before pushing into a flip jump.

"You just got pwned, beat that suckers!" i exclaim, while they fake looking offended. "I'm going sledding, care to join me?"

"No, we can't Skylar." Conner says to me,

"We need to get back at Percy for dumping pudding in our beds." Travis grins evilly. i shrug, going over to the shed, pulling out a sledding device. i run to the big hill that Jace and i walked down on my first day at camp. i decide to slide towards the forest, that was my first mistake. when i hit a tree, i just lay there, assessing the damage. i love the feel of the sun on my face, but a shadow blocks it out.

"Are you ok?" the shadow says, the muscly figure bends down and rolls me onto my back. I get a good look at him, blonde hair kind of shaggy, blue eyes, Hermes.

"Hermes, you look like Hermes." I say before I could stop myself,

"Aphrodite, that's what you look like." He says, yup, a demi god.

"Guess again." I smirk, sitting up slowly, shaking the snow from my braid.

"If it's not Aphrodite, it has to be Apollo. Nice to meet you Miss Lark." My smirk is wiped off my face.

"You saw the press conference." He nodded, "Ok, I was just angry, I'm not usually that cold unless you get on my bad side."

"So, why were you angry?" he asks curiously,

"My friends were under charm speak by that little ass Drew, so my boyfriend and my best friend plus everyone else that attended that ceremony were being jerks. So I left, only for them to come back and my best friend Jace had to explain because my boyfriend wouldn't grow up." I huff, but I also know that if he is a bad guy, he can't benefit from that information, I am pretty sure.

"Jace Nakamura, daughter of Nemesis. She thinks I'm evil. We were friends, but then I had to leave and she didn't like that." He shrugs, I smile and stand up.

"Well I got to go, or she will flip since I forgot my stuff at our cabin." He looks shocked,

"Our?" I laugh,

"Since you haven't been around, you wouldn't know. There is this program, The Gemini Project. One or two people from each cabin lives in one to study our reactions. What sucks is that my boyfriend got picked. It was mainly cabin leaders, but since there is only two of them in the cabin, plus they are brother sister, they both went." He looks thoughtful,

"Your ex is Jason Grace right," I nod, and wait for him to continue, "his sister and I were in the same friend group with Jace, Annabeth, Percy and a few others. So if your Apollo, you can sing right?"

"What?" I ask, purely shocked,

"Sing, simple. One word, that leads to more. Talking with a beat." He smirks, and I laugh, best summarization I have heard since, ever.

"I don't sing without music sorry. But since you are a demi god, you could come to camp." I look expectantly at him,

"People wouldn't be impressed. Besides, I need to go. See you around." I grab a random pen from my pocket and grab his hand. I write the address of my office building and the phone number.

"Swing by in ten weeks. I need to go back to work for Christmas since it is such a busy time for albums and hotels, plus the new clothing lines." He winks and walks off, tossing me the sled. I catch it and walk off towards camp. When I get back, everyone is waiting,

"Why were you out so late?" Jason asks, I shrug,

"I was sledding, and I hit a tree. Met a nice Demigod. Talked. And here I am. Woo, exciting." I say sarcastically. He shrinks back, but that just makes Thalia laugh,

"Goes to show, don't get on Apollo's not quite pretty side."

"You mean ugly side." I correct her,

"No, I meant what I said. Apollo can't be ugly, same with Aphrodite. They can be not quite pretty or hot. Your more on the pretty side." She says, I raise an eyebrow,

"Are you hitting on me, man I never would have seen that coming." I joke, she kind of blushes,

"No you moron. You've gotten most of the guys in this camp around your finger. Not to mention what Jace said about your other school. So five people a week would declare their love for you. Damn, that's weird." She smirks at my glare at Jace.

"I am going to practice some music, Jace, would you like to come?" I growl, but Jace seems unfazed.

"Sure, I want to hear more about the dude from the forest. The way you talk about him he sounds hot. But I doubt he's as hot as Nico." Jace winks at him and they run off to the stage. I put on a track, adjusting the volume and base. I play Dead End Countdown by The New Cities.

Exiled and pushed away, lost in time, always I'll be
This bitter person who's stuck right here disillusioned
Don't stand by if you don't like what you see
So unsatisfied, no, I won't take what you say to me

Give me some time, give me some reason
Make up your mind, cool down the fever
Drama must die, so give me some way
To salvage this life, finally it's over

You oughta stay away, till you see what runs through me
Unless you get this game, the only one I wanna play
My promise is cold, you've never been told
There's nothing to hide, I never did lie
There's no way to win when love is in vain
I won't take what you said to me

Give me some time, give me some reason
Make up your mind, cool down the fever
Drama must die, so give me some way
To salvage this life, finally it's over

Dead end countdown
Dead end countdown
Dead end countdown
Dead end countdown

I know we're stuck inside a dead end countdown
With no communication straight down
We're drowning in our desperation
We're lost beneath the surface

Give me some time, give me some reason
Make up your mind, cool down the fever
Drama must die, so give me some way

To salvage this life, finally it's over
Give me some time, give me some reason
I know we're stuck inside
Give me some time, give me some reason
Now we're stuck inside

Dead end countdown
Dead end countdown
Dead end countdown
Dead end countdown

I finish and the track ends, Jace is clapping slowly, "Very nice, it was good." she comments, i decide to go kind of diva.

"I know, i'm amazing, amazing i tell you!" i say,

"Gods, do you have multiple personality disorder?" she asks, suprised i can go from kind of serious to playful in a minute.

"No, i'm just a spaz." i joke.

"smooth" she replies dragging out the ooth. "True, but smooth. Only you act like this when your spazing: 'oh my gosh oh my gosh, this is amazing, and I'm amazing!'" Jace imitates,

"Haha, very funny, your lucky we're alone." But little did we know, there was someone watching us, someone we hoped to never find.