Oh, sorry, I forgot Nemesis was the goddess of balance, sorry. I make mistakes, i'm only human! Okay, here's the chap, but i saw i only got a few reviews for the last chap, which I think is the best yet. (the chap, not the reviews) And here. You. Go...! Oh, by the way, get tickets to see Cirque Du Soleil, AMAZING! WOOHOO!!!!!!!! I got a t-shirt. Heheheheheheh.

Chapter 8 (I think. I'm losing track.)

Lets face it. I'm not the most athletic person. Far from it, in fact. Never have been, never will. Well, then again, I never thought I would remember everything about my old life... So i guess anything is possible. I was running, running running as far as I could, only hoping Seri was following. I didn't dare to look back. I heard screams from the cavern, and loud footsteps. I was screaming curses in my head, because I didn't want to waste my breath. I made random turns, until I literally ran into a girl, who looked a little younger then me. I halted, and thankfully, I saw Seri coming up next to me. The girl who had extremely messy dirty blond hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a T-shirt and athletic shorts. She looked scared, but brave too. Ready to face anything. I wished I had a weapon.

"You human?" I growled.

"Yes." She said firmly. "Are you?"

"Yeah." I heard footsteps behind us. "No time for pleasantries. We gotta go." I started to run, not really caring if the new girl was following. I felt a breeze, and instinctively, I followed it. I burst into sunlight, and I was falling. I twisted myself in midair, and saw the door I had burst through was a trap, and you would just fall down down down. I twisted myself again, and saw we were plummeting toward a lake.

"Oh Gods." Seri screamed. "POSEIDON, SAVE US PLEASE!"

I heard a really high pitched scream. I looked over my shoulder, and saw the new girl screaming. Her eyes were wide.

And we hit water.

The first thing I realized:

I wasn't dead.

Second?

I was okay.

Third?

The water was the clearest blue I'd ever seen. Clean and clear. Weird, because from the air, it had looked like it was a deep blue.

Thank you Poseidon, I owe ya one. I thought. I was a great swimmer, according to my old swim team coach, and I was trained to hold my breath for a long time. I could hold it for five minutes on a good day. I swam to the top, and tried to look for Seri. I saw nothing, so I went back down. I swam around, and found the new girl. I beckoned her to go to the surface, and she obeyed.

"Did you see the other girl that was here?" I asked her.

She shook her head. "No. I tried to look."

"Dang." I said. "Well, who are you?"

"Emma." She said. She brushed her wet longish hair out of her face.

"Yeah, well, Hi. I'm Abby."

"Cool."

Without warning, she ducked underwater, and I saw her swim down. I followed her immediately. She was already coming back up, gripping an unconcious Seri behind her. I went to help her. I took Seri's other arm, and we swam up to the surface. We swam away from the big cave, to the other bank. It was bare. No trees. No brush. Nothing to cover us. If they had a gun, we'd be dead in ten seconds flat. I placed Seri on the muddy edge.

"So, you know CPR?" I asked hopefully.

"Not at all." She replied.

"Well, that's not good."

"Nope."

"Well, I think there was an old-" I was interuppted by a violent coughing sound. I glanced down, and saw Seri hacking up water.

"Are you okay?" I asked her when she seemed to calm down. Seri nodded.

"Well, come on. We should get going before they come for us." I told them.

"Agreed." Said Seri.

We got up and started walking. I couldn't help but looking over my shoulder to see if anyone was following. We were about a half mile away when I heard a sharp, ping ping ping, hitting the dry dirt.

"Dammit!" I cried. "Run!"

And so we did. We ran for our lives, the sharp sound of bullets hitting the ground close to us. We running for about fifty feet when I head Emma cry out it pain. She tripped and stumbled, did a somersault, and lay still on the ground. I picked her up, and basically dragged her away. The bullets were still hitting everywhere, and I was screaming wordlessly.

"WHY?!" Seri screeched. "STOP THIS! WE'RE ONLY KIDS!"

"Seri, we need to run." I gasped. "There's no time."

The bullets were coming more and more, but not as fast. Emma was bleeding badly, I'm guessing she was shot in the stomach. We were so far away the cave was a speck in the grassland, but the bullets kept coming. Finally, they stopped, far behind us. I placed Emma on the ground, and put my hands on her bloody wound.

"Who is she?" Seri asked.

"Her name is Emma." I said. "I ran into her in the cave when we escaped."

"She got shot?"

"Yeah, I'm really surprised that we didn't, and that she only got shot once."

"Well, you know what they say: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Hey, can I have your jacket? I need to wrap this wound."

"'Kay." Seri took of her white shawl and handed it to me, reluctantly.

"Let me guess, Charlie Dione?"

"No, today is National Channel rememberance day."

"Only you would know that." I muttered. I wrapped the shawl around Emma's stomach, and tied it tight enough to it would hopefully stop the bleeding.

"So, we need to get away from here. Catch a plane to New York or something." Seri said.

"Yeah, that'd be good, IF WE HAD A PLANE!"

"Sorry! I don't think well under pressure!"

"Oh my gods. Sometimes I wonder why I'm friends with you." I said. Seri rolled her eyes.

"Well, I guess we can try saying all the names of the Olympians and hope they hear us." I said.

"Okay, on three, shout.... Apollo." She said.

"Why Apollo?"

"'Cause he's cool."

I snorted. "If you say so. Anway.... One... Two... Three!"

"APOLLO!" We both screamed at the top of our lungs. "APOLLO!"

Nothing. Then, a splitting pain in my head, and I crumple to the ground.

"Abby?" Seri asks worridly. "C'mon, what's wrong?"

The pain was nothing compared to the stuff Nemisis gave me a taste of. It was different, but stronger, more painful. But not physically, more metal, basically making me feel like crap.

"Oh yes." A voice spoke in my head. "You're nothing. But you're going to come back. You're going to come back and serve as my general. You will be under my control. You will win the world for me"

It was Prometheus.

"NO!" I screamed, Seri looked confused. "I WON'T!" And I screamed again as the pain doubled.

"Yes. Come back to me."

It was so tempting. I truly, really wanted to. All the way to my bones and toes. I felt myself getting up and starting to walk.

"Abby? Where are you going?" Seri called.

"Back." I said.

"No!" She took my arm and wrestled me down. She pinned me down, and looked into my eyes.

"Abby. Stop. He's forcing you to do this. Look at me."

I closed my eyes and pushed up with all my might. Seri was strong.

"Abby, ABBY! Look at me!" Seri shouted. Then, she did something I thanked her for later.

She smacked me across the face. The evil titan inside me roared in pain. Then, the pain stopped, and I gasped desperately.

"Seri, Seri thank you." I wheezed. I hugged her.

"No problem. But seriously, I think we should get further."

"I wish we could," I said. "But Emma can't walk."

As if on cue I heard her groan. She tried to sit up, and grabbed on air for help. I caught her as she fell back down.

"Abby?" She asked.

"Yeah?"

"Where am I?"

"I do not know. Can you walk?"

"I think so."

She tried to stand up. She succeeded. I gingerly let her go as she took a few steps. Then, she fell. I didn't catch her in time this time, and she hit the ground.

"Dang." I said. She was unconscious again.

"Guess we're carrying her." I said to Seri, and picked up her legs. Seri picked up her arms. We dragged her for about fifteen minutes, and then came to an almost dried up pond. There was a small puddle in the middle, and since Emma was getting heavier by the second, we decided to rest. We placed her down, and Seri ran toward the water.

"Seri! Can you wait?" I said, a little annoyed.

"No." She said. She was already gulping up water.

"Seri! We have to try to IM someone!"

She stopped.

"Oh yeah. Sorry, I'm thirsty!"

"Whatever. Just, try and make mist. I'm sure the sun will make a rainbow."

"Okay." We tried to splash, and such to make a mist, but nothing worked. After about a half hour of trying, the sun was going down, and still no luck.

"Poseidon? Please?" Seri begged. Apparently, someone was listening, because a very, incredibly slight mist appeared. A rainbow was sparkling. I dug a drachma out of a pocket, and threw it in the mist.

"O, Iris, accept my offering!" Seri prayed. The rainbow shimmered, and Seri said, "Mount Olympus!"

The mist got clearer and it showed Mount Olympus.

"ANYONE?" Seri bellowed. "HELLO?"

A beautiful, thin, old looking woman, came into the picture.

"Seri? Is that you?" She asked.

"Yes.... And you are...?"

"Oh, excuse me, I'm Hera." The woman said.

"Oh. Lady Hera? Prometheus took us. We escaped. Could we uh..."

"Wait, is Abigail there as well?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, thank gods."

"Aren't you a goddess? You're praying to yourself?"

"Maybe."

"Okay. We also ran into a girl... Her name's Emma."

"Emma? I've always liked that name."

"Yes, but she's hurt. She got shot, and she's not looking too well."

"Emma? I've always liked that name... Not many demi-gods, er, um, children are named that these days..."

"Um, sorry to interrupt, but that's not the point." Seri said, a little desperate.

"Oh, yes, I'm sorry. What was it you need?"

"I was hoping we could get to Olympus?"

She laughed. "Now what fun would that be?"

"Gee, that's a hard one... Maybe saving a life... and the spirit of Delphi.... oh, and apparently, THE PERSON WHO COULD WIN THE DAMN WAR FOR YOU!"

Seri wasn't one to curse, but when she did, like now, I'm guessing people took her seriously, because Hera's eyes turned cold and hard, and she waved her hand.

"You're lucky I don't blast you to pieces." Hera hissed.

"But you can't. Zeus would destroy you if you killed the oracle."

Hera's form flickered.

"Don't test me."

"I'm not trying to. But I will bend you unless you transport us to Mount Olympus." Seri said simply. I nudged her.

"Seri, don't get us killed." I warned.

"Wise girl." Hera said. "Very well."

And we were transported. I think she made it a little more painful then it had to be, because Seri yelped in pain as we landed on the marble flooring of the Olympus throne room. Hera smirked.

"Next time, I'll throw in a broken arm too." She threatened. Seri shrugged.

"Great."

"Yes well-" Hera was interrupted by an earsplitting:

BOOM!!

I felt like I was deaf, and then everything seemed to happen in slow motion. A burst of several multicolored flashes, and all the Greek Gods appeared. Zeus shouted something that I couldn't hear, and everyone responded. Artemis grabbed my arm, and handed me a knife. She placed her hands on my shoulders, and looked me in the eyes. I understood. All the Olympians took up fighting stances, and my hearing returned. Zeus was shouting directions, and Hera was handing out weapons. Zeus looked around, and called to Hermes to come to him. He told him a message that I overheard.

"Get Winny. Tell her the war had begun."

Winny was my old mother.