Author's Note: See guys, I told you that I would have this chapter out by today, even though it means that I won't get more than 4 hours of sleep tonight. Anyway, thank you heatherfda17 and PerceusSeaweedBrainJackson for responding to my questions. Both of you asked me to continue this story, so for that I am forever grateful, but you both also told me that I shouldn't read the actual Blood of Olympus before finishing this Fan-Fiction. While I completely understand why you say that, because you are afraid I will post spoilers or incorporate Rick's work into my own, please know that I would never do that. Before I am asked though, I have not read BoO yet, no matter how much I want to, but I am on The Lost Hero now (I know the last time I updated, I was on The Sea of Monsters, but when I want to, I can read pretty fast, so I started/finished The Sea of Monsters and The Titan's Curse yesterday, and The Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian today). Anyway, I will delay reading BoO until November 7th gets closer, but I will have to eventually read it (but I do swear that I would never post spoilers or plagiarize). Enough of my rambling though, onto my story, where we see what is going on with the rest of the crew while Percy, Frank, and Piper are on their mini-quest (sorry if my writing is a little choppy, I wanted to make sure this chapter got uploaded tonight)!

Song of the Chapter: Too Little, Too Late by JoJo

Chapter 9- Hazel POV

Seeing Frank, Percy, and Piper disappear into thin-air was almost enough to bring tears to Hazel's eyes. Her heart was aching something fierce at the fact that she wasn't with her love and on his quest, even though she knew she was needed more on the ship, than on the mini-quest to Pylos.

Sighing, Hazel did her best to put on her impassive face, and she turned to the rest of the Seven, who looked like she did, heartbroken but resigned, even Leo which gave Hazel's mind pause, considering he didn't have a boyfriend/girlfriend off on the mini-quest. Shaking her head, deciding to ask Leo about it later, Hazel decided to ask the question everyone was wondering.

"Great, we are at the bottom of the ocean. How are we going to get to the surface and fix our severely damaged ship?"

This caused many bewildered then panicked looks amongst the other 3 demigods like they had just realized their situation. Before anyone could say anything though, Hazel felt a sudden cold current pass through their air-bubble, and before she knew it, her whole vision blurred and she felt herself spinning.

Considering she got seasick on the tamest oceans, this new situation did nothing for her stomach. Just before she knew she was going to throw-up, Hazel felt her knees suddenly connect with rough stone.

Not missing a beat, she leapt to her feet and unsheathed her spatha, and quickly looked around to become aware of her new surroundings. Before she could properly take in the setting, Hazel saw that Leo, Jason, and Annabeth were lying next to her, struggling to their feet as well, looking like they too were trying to hold in their lunches.

Giving everyone a minute to regain their wits, Hazel took the moment to observe her latest location. She did not recognize the quaint town, uneven cobblestone streets, sanitary white buildings, or the lush mountainside with its ominous caves and full-bloom trees. Although, that wasn't saying much considering she had spent her entire life either in New Orleans, Alaska, or Camp Jupiter, not counting the recent quest she went on with Frank and Percy.

"Anyone know where we are? I've been to a lot of places, you know living on the streets on-and-off, but I've never been here," declared Leo, always the blunt one.

"I know this place! Although, I've never been here, only read about it. Anyway, we are in a small part of the country Montenegro, a country boarding the Mediterranean. However, I don't know exactly what town we are in," stated Annabeth, ever the informational one.

"Fantastic, and do you know just how we got here? I felt a sudden cold wave, and then we were here!" demanded an irritated Jason.

"I don't know for sure, but my best guess would be that this was Poseidon's gift to us. From what I remember, there is a harbor 20 miles from here, and I'm sure the remains of the Argo II are there, but we do need to get supplies, which Poseidon recognized. I would bet that he transported us here to get what we need, and then we can go back to the ship," guessed Annabeth.

Since no one had any better guesses pertaining to what just happened, they all shrugged and went with Annabeth's hypothesis. Dusting themselves off, they all started off towards the shopping area of the town, where they guessed where the hardware stores would be.

Leo did most of the work with tracking down the supplies, though how he knew which ones to get without even seeing the damage was beyond Hazel's guessing abilities. As Leo gathered the supplies, Hazel realized with a rush of panic that they didn't have any money, which she confided to Annabeth.

"Hazel, as reluctant as I am to suggest this, I am going to have to ask you to use your abilities with the mist to make euros- the currency here- 'appear'. It's the only way we will be able to get what we need, and we are kind of pressed for time," reluctantly suggested Annabeth, who looked very uncomfortable at the idea of stealing.

While Hazel had been raised to be the best girl she could be, combined with the fact that she was Roman, made it so she very rarely broke any rules. Taking a deep breath though, Hazel resigned herself to the fact that they were going to have to steal if they ever wanted to be able to save the world. She supposed the phrase, "the ends justify the means", fit very well here.

This didn't stop Hazel from dragging her feet over to where Leo was impatiently waiting for her at the counter, with about half the store's supplies with him. With a snap of her fingers, the cashier's eyes glazed over and he wrote something on a receipt, signaling that everything was paid for, and that they were free to go.

Terrified that the cashier would somehow come to his wits and call the police, Hazel, Leo, Annabeth, and Jason all hurried out of the store as fast as they could without looking suspicious and while carrying about 200 pounds of repair materials.

They had almost gotten to the edge of the town, where it was most busiest with tourists surrounding some ancient fountain, when Hazel felt Annabeth suddenly stiffen up beside her.

Spinning around to see what is wrong, because Annabeth was one of the toughest people she knew, meaning she definitely didn't scare easily, Hazel saw with wide-eyes a giant spider-woman approaching in the distance.

In the back of her mind, Hazel recognized that that was Arachne, but she was more focused on Arachne's companions, the giant king himself, Porphyrion. Both monsters were grinning widely, like they knew how much fear was coursing through Hazel's veins at that very second, given away by 100 diamonds suddenly popping up around her feet.

Sparing a wild glance behind her, Hazel realized at the same times as the other three demigods that mortals that could be used as hostages or killed out of spite surrounded them, and there wasn't an abandoned building anywhere that they could duck into. However, using her keen eyesight, Hazel spotted a bunch of sea-caves on the mountainside, within sprinting distance, that would allow them some refugee.

Not daring to speak her plan out loud, Hazel just nudged Jason's shoulder and discreetly pointed to the sea-caves, signaling her plan. Luckily, Jason immediately got the message, because he immediately passed it onto Leo. She was about to pass it onto Annabeth, when Hazel noticed that the daughter of Athena had seized up and had gone rigid with flashbacks overcoming her mind.

Just when Hazel thought the situation couldn't get any worse, for Arachne and Porphyrion were still advancing and would reach them at any moment, the wind suddenly picked up and a deafening clap of thunder shook the skies. Hazel didn't even need to look up to see the pitch-black clouds rolling in, producing great volts of lightning every few seconds.

Hazel knew they only had about 5 minutes before the unexpected hurricane struck, and 10 before the monsters attacked. Her mind whirling at top-speed, Hazel realized that the first thing they needed to do was get rid of the mortals.

She needn't bother even tell Jason or Leo her realization though, because Leo had already lit a small fire in his hand, and Jason then used his powers over the winds to spread the smell of the smoke to the people of the town, insuring maximum panic.

Hazel knew the next step was up to her, so for the second time within the hour, she snapped her fingers, but this time it was to make an uncontrollable wild fire appear in the eyes of the mortals, racing down the street, 'threatening' everyone and everything in the town.

This got rid of the mortals within 1-½ minutes, it was amazing what panic could do, so the previously crowded streets were now virtually empty. Arachne and Porphyrion looked surprised at how they managed to clear out the extra bystanders so fast, providing Hazel with the perfect distraction to the following step in her plan.

Closing her eyes, she willed a camouflage to bend around herself and the three other demigods, making it so they appeared to have disappeared into thin air. Not missing a beat, Hazel then made two tunnels appear in the monsters' visions, using not her mist powers, but her earth-centered ones. Another snap of her fingers though, hopefully made a scent to appear to both monsters that the group had split up, Jason and Hazel going one way, Leo and Annabeth the other.

Ignoring the wind whirling around her, Hazel prayed that her glamour would hold as she watched Arachne and Porphyrion break into an argument on which way they should go, until finally deciding to split up themselves.

Smirking to herself, Hazel observed Arachne enter the tunnel on the right, the one that she had made it appear that Leo and Annabeth had escaped in. The minute Arachne got past the exit, Leo immediately summoned large amount of fire to his hands that was promptly thrown at the overgrown spider, incinerating her before she even realized she had been tricked and could shout a warning.

When she had made the tunnels, Hazel had tried to will them to lead straight to Tartarus, but considering her time-crunch she didn't know if she had succeeded or not. She was thinking this as she watched Porphyrion blindly charge into the tunnel, thinking that no one could outsmart him, and that his targets were lounging right behind him, laughing at his stupidity.

Not taking any chances though, Hazel immediately collapsed the tunnel with a flick of her hand as soon as she felt like the time was right. She was about to ask Jason to help her, but he beat her to the punch, by willing a great wind to blow on the rocks, forcing them to collapse upon themselves even more. Leo then blasted the entrance with all the firepower at his disposal, causing them to melt and solidify into an impenetrable entrance.

Although, she wished that she could have killed him, Hazel still took plenty of joy hearing Porphyrion's outraged cries, when he realized that he was trapped, and since his powers only covered the sky, he was helpless.

However, Hazel didn't let that fool her into thinking that would hold Porphyrion for long, she grabbed Annabeth's arm, which was still shaking with overwhelming memories, and started sprinting towards the mountains, trusting Jason and Leo to follow her.

Keeping Annabeth from falling was taking up so much of Hazel's attention and energy, especially because the rain had finally started making the up-hill slope muddy and slippery and the fact that Gaea kept trying to trip them up by ensnaring their feet with roots. Hazel didn't even immediately realize that it was just Leo following her.

A quick glance upward though, showed Hazel that Jason had used his air powers to allow him to fly, and be able to scout the caves before anyone else reached them. Smiling to herself, Hazel thought to herself how Jason will never change, he will always be a selfless idiot, who can't stand others being in danger if he could help it. With a jerk, Hazel realized that Jason was a lot like another child of the Big Three she knew, Percy.

Promising herself to explore these thoughts another time, Hazel, Leo, and Annabeth reached the cave after a very long sprint of a continuous 10 miles. Just as they reached the cave, Annabeth's cloudy glazed grey eyes, began to clear and focus again.

Just as Hazel saw that Annabeth's expression retuned to her normal calculating appearance, meaning that the flashbacks from Tartarus had finally ceased to badger her already traumatized mind, Annabeth's knees suddenly gave out, and her head snapped forward as she let out an agonizing howl, that could only be caused by a broken heart.

Disclaimer:

Hazel: "Wow that was lacking for your usual cliffhanger standards."

Me: "Well, I had originally planned this chapter to be longer, but I needed a change of POV, and this was a good place to end it, otherwise this chapter would be way too long.

Hazel: "You know Rick never cared how long his chapters were, he would just write whatever he wanted."

Me: "Care to give me an example on how he did that in Blood of Olympus?"

Hazel: "You can't trick me, I refuse to tell you any spoilers, and that goes to the readers too! No reviews contained spoilers! Or that will make Rick, the one who actually owns us, very mad, he hates it when any of his readers are spoiled unnecessarily!"