Piper had her doubts before they even entered the sewers, but when she actually saw what that mall sold, she was really worried.

Shelves of bottles with different colored liquids lined the walls. Some were glowing, some were sparkling, and there were random empty bottles that Piper suspected contained invisible liquid. Her first thought was nail polish, but after reading the lables, she realized that they were, how do you say, potions. Yes, potions.

There were potions for healing any kind of disease, potions for poisoning rats, potions for restoring memory, wait, restoring memory? That would be perfect for Reyna!

Piper was snapped out of her daze by a woman's voice.

"Customers! Wonderful! And who might you pretty little children be?" Piper hastily turned the corner to find Reyna and Leo standing near a tall woman, as if entranced.

"I'm Reyna, this is Leo," Reyna said.

"You're, you're M?" Leo asked.

"Yes dear. Would you like to buy something?"

"Uh, of course. Maybe this acid, or the poison?" Reyna suggested.

"Yes! Of course! Come this way, we have some spectacular deals."

Piper had a horrible sinking feeling, but she followed Miss M down the stairs to the next level.

"Wow, check these out! Leo said, holding up two orange camp t-shirts. Piper saw them, and felt sick. One was shredded by what looked like huge claws, and one was peppered with bullet holes. All the other clothes were like that too, there was a suit of armor with a spear hole in the middle, and a toga with a reddish brown stain that looked suspiciously like blood. Piper almost threw up when Reyna held up a burned purple shirt that looked almost exactly like her own and asked if Leo thought it was her size.

"Guys, stop," she said, realizing for the first time that they were under some sort of spell. "We need to leave. Now."

"But my dear!" Meda said, looking at Piper in amazement, "They haven't chosen what they are going to buy!"

Piper hesitated, remembering the potion for restoring memory. "Who are you, really?" she asked. She wasn't Medusa, or a muse, or Medea, or, no wait, could this lady be Medea? But Medea died trillions of years ago!

The lady looked at Piper with a strange light in her eyes.

"This way my dears, the things you are looking for are only one floor down."

Piper, Reyna, and Leo followed M down the next flight of stairs, Piper examining her surroundings warily.

There were cages and cages of creatures on this floor. Hydras, three headed dogs, hellhounds, and were those storm spirits? Yes!

"We need this," Piper announced, holding up the cage of swirling winds.

"Yes dear, that can be arranged, for a price of course." M said, "But would you like anything else?"

Piper hesitated. M was standing right in front of a fountain. The water was bubbling, no boiling. Where had Piper seen this before? Wait, she hadn't seen this before, she'd read about it before.

"Medea!" she gasped. "You are Medea! Reyna, Leo, don't listen to her! She's a crazy woman who killed her brother and children and tricked some innocent girls into killing their father! This is Medea! The original Medea, like, with Jason!"

Medea snarled. "Do not speak that name," she said, angrily. "It was his fault. Besides, I didn't kill my children, the townspeople did! As for killing my brother, he drove me to it! He promised I would be his wife, then abandoned me!"

"How unfair!" Reyna gasped.

"No, Reyna, listen! Jason left her because she had become a bloodthirsty monster! Don't trust her!"

Medea turned to Piper, a queer smile on her face. For a second, Piper thought she saw a skeleton in flowing robes, but it must have been a trick of the light, because Medea looked as real as ever.

"Reyna, Leo," Medea said, in a stern voice, "I command you to fight each other. Do not worry, if you are hurt, I can simply dip you in my fountain and you will come out young again."

Reyna and Leo turned towards each other. Reyna flipped her knitting needle daggers out and twirled them expertly. Leo drew a huge hammer from his toolbelt.

"Leo, you're so annoying. I never meant to take you on this quest, I just said you could come because I wanted to shut you up. You've been a big drag on our progress."

"Reyna, you always act like you're in charge. You never let any of us put our thoughts in and you always act like we're doing things wrong."

"Guys, please! Just stop!" Piper begged. "Medea's tricking you! You don't need to fight! Lay down your weapons!" Piper put as much power into her voice as she could, but she didn't know if it would work.

"No, you never liked each other! Fight!" Medea commanded. Reyna and Leo paused, then rushed at each other, daggers and hammer clanging.

Even with Reyna's broken arm and collarbone, she still put up a brilliant fight, dodging every swing of Leo's hammer.

"STOP guys!" Piper screamed. Hopefully they wouldn't tear each other apart just yet. Neither Reyna nor Leo was winning.

"Fight!" Medea commanded. Suddenly, Reyna did something that surprised all three of them. Slipping her daggers into her bag, she charged at Leo, pushed aside his hammer, and kissed him.

"WHAT?" Medea said, outraged. Piper was just as amazed, until she spotted the dagger Reyna clutched in her good hand, ready to stab Leo in the heart. Leo had given into his emotions, and his hammer dropped to the ground.

Piper knew this was her only chance to save her friends. Medea was off guard, and if she didn't act now, Leo was good as dead.

"REYNA! LEO! STOP!" she shouted, pouring all her emotion into her words. Reyna broke away, her dagger clattering to the floor. She'd done it!

"What? Impossible!" Medea said.

"Let's get out of here!" Piper yelled. Suddenly, a huge dragon burst through the roof, shattering glass and clothes racks.

"NO!" Medea screamed. "My potions! They're explosive! Look what you've done!"

"Come on guys," Reyna commanded, hoisting Leo up onto the dragon and climbing on after him. "Piper, grab my hand!"

With a whoosh, Piper, Leo, the cage of storm spirits, and Reyna were back into the sky. Looking down, Piper saw the store erupt in flames.

"Piper," Reyna said in amazement. "You saved us."

Piper blushed modestly.

"Yea, thanks beauty queen, we would have killed each other had it not been for you."

"Reyna?" Piper said.

Reyna sighed. "Yes?"

"What you did in the factory, was that really you? Was that Medea charming you into doing something, or…?" Piper was really a bit frightened. Had she really been best friends with a girl who would do something as cruel as what she had been going to do to Leo? Someone who toyed with other people's emotions and preyed on weaknesses?

"No," Reyna said, looking out into the night. "I think that was me. I'm really sorry Leo. I didn't mean all those things about you, and I certainly wouldn't have kissed you like that if Medea hadn't been enchanting me. I mean, if you turned out to be a double agent and had to be gotten rid of, I might have, but I didn't really- I'm sorry."

"No, it's fine," Leo said, but his face was like stone. Piper could tell he was really mad and a bit hurt.

"Leo, I'm sorry! I don't know why I did it; it just seemed like what I had to do." Reyna begged.

Leo shook his head. "I thought you were better than that, Reyna," he said.

Reyna looked like she was about to cry, which was a bit of a shock to Piper, considering Reyna didn't seem like the type of person who cries. But perhaps Piper didn't know Reyna as well as she thought she did.

Author's Notes: I'm a bit ashamed of this chapter, since it's so short, a bit sloppy, and since I haven't edited half as much as I should have. Sorry guys, this is definitely not my best work.

And now for some explaining. Yes, the story ends on a bad note, but don't worry, I'm planning some major Reyna-awesomeness next chapter. I was a bit nervous making this chapter, and when I'm nervous, things don't tend to turn out right, but I was not about to chicken out and skip this part. I am positive I have the different floors wrong, but it was the best I could do. Feel free to drop an editing comment, I would appreciate that greatly.

And have you noticed the pattern? Reyna saves them, Leo saves them, Piper saves them. Example: Reyna saves them on the Grand Canyon, then Leo saves them by bringing Festus, then Piper saves them by talking French to Boreas, then Reyna saves them by breaking their fall, then Leo saves them by taking out the Cyclops, then Piper saves them by taking out Medea, then Reyna saves them by taking out King Midias, and so on. Well, it might end there actually. I don't remember.

For those of you that hate emotional conflicts, DO NOT WORRY! I hate them too, and this one will be resolved at the end of the next chapter. I was really actually ashamed at what Reyna did here, I wrote it out, then was like "Reyna! I can't believe you would do that! That's completely barbaric and inconsiderate and cold and... well, and Roman really." Then I mentally punched myself for making the circumstance unavoidable and refusing to edit it out. Well, Romans will be romans, and my keyboard will just keep typing random things over which I have no control.

I want to give a special thank you to The Invisible Pretender, who was the only reviewer last time. You guys made me feel really bad about that chapter. =( Well, not really. I can't hold grudges for some reason. Just make sure to review!

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