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Martin POV

(Surprise! I couldn't resist.)

She jumped. Why would she jump!

It's because I love you that I'm leaving.

Her last words. Why would she say that?

I was currently hanging over the side of the window, too afraid to open my eyes.

Vaguely, I could hear Mom and Dad struggling with the door and calling to me and Victoria, asking if we were okay.

No we were not.

Slowly, shakily, I pulled myself back into the room and made my way to the door. I unlocked it and my parents barreled into the room. I leaned on the wall and slid down to the floor, hiding my face in my hands. Not surprisingly, I could feel tears.

"Martin?" my mom questioned, sounding worried. "Where's Victoria?" I felt her kneel next to me.

Silently, I pointed at the open window.

She gasped, covering her mouth. She slowly stood and made her way to the window to look out. Before she could, Dad stopped her and told her to call Coach Hedge. Then he looked out the window himself.

I expected to hear a mournful sigh, but I didn't hear anything. Confused, I looked up at Dad.

He was still leaning out the window, looking back and forth, like he was searching for her body. When he leaned in, he looked confused.

"I don't see anything, Martin. Are you sure she jumped?" I stared at him and let him think about what he just asked.

Meanwhile, Mom slammed the hotel phone back into place. "Gleeson isn't answering. Do we know her Aunt's number?"

Dad shook his head no.

"Well then, I'm calling the police. Victoria is missing after all. And after that jump, she has to be injured."

After a speedy conversation on the phone, Dad went outside to wait for the police and Mom went to stay with Logan.

I went into the bathroom to wash my face.

I couldn't stop thinking about Lucy. Her curly brown hair. Her bright green eyes. Her sarcastic comments, and the way she smiled. How peaceful she looked when she was in the comma. How scared she looked before she passed out.

She had grown on me so fast. I had never believed in love at first sight, but the way we connected… it was unreal.

And she had broken my heart. Just like every other girl. It had just never hurt this badly before.

With every thought I splashed my face. I sighed and wiped my face with a towel. I wanted to scream. I had just watched Victoria jump out a window, and somehow her body was gone. Was that good or bad?

Out of the corner of my eye I saw something sparkle. It was a silver key necklace with a diamond at the start of the blade.

Victoria's necklace.

My hands shaking, I gently scooped it up. I stared at it and walked out to the window. The moon and stars were way too bright. The sky should've been pure black.

I clutched the necklace into my fist.

"I'll find you, Lucy. I swear."

Victoria

By the time I woke up, we were in Arizona. Yes, Lei was that fast. And he was exhausted. I climbed off him and sent him home. The sun was rising on August 15. Three days left.

I stood at the entrance to the Gulf of California nervously, hand on my stomach. This was so not good for Percy Logan. However, the end of the world was also not the best for my son.

With one last pat on my stomach, I waded into the water.

I didn't get much of Dad's sea powers. I could breathe underwater, stay dry, heal, withstand pressure and swim super-fast. All handy skills, but I couldn't actually manipulate water. I could however, talk to sea creatures and horses, as well as cause earthquakes. That was pretty fun.

To be honest, I wasn't really looking that hard. I mean, how hard is it to find some pavilion that was slowly rising from the ocean. And it was supposed to be protected. Was some monster protecting it, or spell, or what? Or maybe the titans were planning something. That was the most likely scenario.

There it was. A grey Greek styled circular pavilion. You could see the blue flame from where I was, still a good half a mile away. For that matter, you could feel the heat from the flame. I drew Kyma into a sword and slowly swam forward.

I was maybe a hundred yards away when an Iris Message formed in front of me. A beautiful woman with long black hair and pale skin appeared. Her hair seemed to dance around her.

"I am Eris, Goddess of discord and failure." Her voice came out slippery, and I could almost hear the mischievousness in her voice. "Turn back, traveler, or face my wrath."

I was a little surprised. A goddess was guarding the flame? Then, why do I have to get to it? What role does it play with saving Olympus? I decided to try the nice route.

"Lady Eris!" I said with false cheerfulness, trying for a smile and failing miserably. "Believe me, I don't want to face your wrath. It's just, I really need to get to the flame. May I ask why you're guarding it?"

Eris studied me for a good bit. Then she said, "Young demigod, do you not understand what you are standing before?" She sounded almost… offended.

"A rising pavilion with some blue flame leaning west?" Apparently that wasn't the correct answer.

"You foolish girl!" She shrieked. "You are lucky I am not there, or else I would've destroyed you!" She had her face so close to the message all I could see was her eye. "Turn back now, or I'll have my substitute rip you to shreds."

I shook my head. Substitute? "I'm sorry but I can't do that."

She looked surprised, then smiled coldly. "Then die, impulsive one."

The Iris message disappeared, and before I could even raise my sword, I was hit with a wave of darkness.