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When everyone woke up (since we couldn't tell if it was day time), we packed up our things and continued on our journey. Five hours later, we ended up on an edge on land. In front of us was an enormous stretch of water. I figured no one except me could possibly swim across that.

We looked around for boats and found nothing.

"Well this sucks." Andrea muttered.

"I could always swim across." I offered.

Everyone nodded and I plunged into the water. After about thirty minutes of swimming, I came upon an island. On said island was a boat and a house. Inside the house were three rooms. Perfect. To the east of the island was a stretch of land surrounded by mist. To the west was more water. North was water too. I grabbed the boat and pushed it out to the water and sailed back to my friends.

Marko cheered when he saw me and everyone looked up quickly. I pulled the boat up and they all piled their stuff on. We sailed back to the island and set up in the large house. Marko suggested the guys share a room and the girls share a room. Monica innocently suggested the couples sleep together. As if no one could guess what was going through her dirty mind.

In the end, and to the glee of Monica, it was decided that the couples would share a room. Marko looked a little downcast as he set up his things. I understood, sorta. He was alone. It was sad. Andrea pulled me into the room and told me throwing all my things on the bed was not acceptable.

"Jeez," I muttered. "You sound like my mom."

I was rewarded with a slap to the back of the head.

"You know," I said with my back turned to Andrea. "We never made it official."

"Made what official?" She asked.

"Us dating." I said still fixing my stuff.

"Oh yes we did." She said sure of herself.

I turned to her. "I don't remember any of us asking each other out."

She gave me a seductive smile."Oh yes you did."

I frowned. She sat on my lap and whispered in my ear. "You made it official when you broke . . . ."

I noticed Kayden standing there with a giant smile on his face. I sent a shockwave that threw him back and closed the door. I wondered if he was smiling now.

I woke to an empty bed and the smell of eggs and bacon. Marko, Kayden, and I stumbled out of our rooms and down the stairs. Monica and Andrea where standing over dual stoves and cooking a breakfast for a ginormous drakon. All three of our stomachs sat up a begged.

Kayden almost tripped over himself to get to Monica. He tried to kiss her, but she backed away mumbling something about morning breath.

"Did you guys eat yet?" Marko asked.

Andrea nodded. "We've been up for like five hours."

It sure looked like it too.

I cleared my throat. "I'm planning to explore the island over there. Anybody want to come?"

Marko nodded. Kayden mumbled something. The girls began to nod but Kayden shook his head.

"You girls have been up all day. Get some rest."

Monica tried to argue but Kayden looked at her and grinned. "You know it's true. Look, your eyelids are already beginning to close." And with that, Monica's head slumped on the table. Andrea was next. Kayden shook his head again. After breakfast, Kayden and I carried our girls to our rooms and went back downstairs. We loaded up the boat with necessary essentials: weapons, nectar, ambrosia, oh, and of course, duct tape. The island was misty and it was hard to see.

"This place gives me the creeps." Marko said.

"You know what's creepier?" Kayden asked. "That singing."

I was about to ask what singing when I heard it. A soft melodic sound ebbing through the floorboards. It seemed to carry me forward. We came to a closed door. I tried the doorknob. It wasn't locked. We walked in and the second most beautiful girl I've ever seen was sitting there.

She smiled at us. "Hi. My name is Sirena."

All of our jaws dropped. I think Kayden began drooling.

"Would you like to sit down?" She asked us. We nodded dumbly. Marko and Kayden sat down but thinking of Andrea kept me standing. I cleared my throat. She stood and walked towards me.

"Do you have a question Achilles? My brave, brave, hero." She touched my cheek.

"What are you?" I was falling under her spell again.

"I'm a Siren."

I knew it. "Aren't they ugly things with turkey heads and all that?" I asked.

She nodded. "Those are. I'm the beautiful one. It's a timeshare sort of thing. I was the siren back then."

I nodded. It made sense, sort of. "Are you going to kill us?"

She shook her head. "I'll turn you in to Kronos. It's my job."

I whipped Riptide out so fast, she fell over. Kayden was standing over her with Aegis and his sword. Marko looked sad. I felt a flash for empathy for Marko and decided to try something else.

"How many half-bloods have you captured already?" I asked putting my weapons away.

She looked thoughtful. "Four?"

"What were their names?" Marko asked.

She shrugged. "I don't even like my job. Kronos said he'd torture me if I didn't and use me for . . . . ." She shuddered.

"How would you like to help us?" I asked.

Marko grinned. She shrugged again. "Cool. Let's do it"

I risked a glance at Kayden. He was trying his hardest not to grin.

I opened the door to our "house" and stepped inside. Marko walked in after me. Kayden walked in after him. And Sirena walked in after him. Monica and Andrea weren't up yet.

"Should we wake them?" Marko asked.

"Naw." I said.

" I can't leave my island for too long. Kronos will find out." Sirena insisted for the one hundredth time. The trip from her island to ours wasn't so long, so it was getting pretty annoying.

"Yes, we got that. Do you know where he is though?" I asked.

"I know where his coffin is." She said.

Kayden gave her a questioning glance.

"He's not fully formed yet. He's going to do something and then he'll get his old body back."

This is very disturbing news. I heard footsteps and Andrea walked down the stairs.

"Who's this?"She asked.

"Sirena." Marko said.

She looked at me.

"We met her. She tried to send us to Kronos. She's on our side." I explained.

She looked at Kayden.

He told her the whole story. Suck up.

"Nice to meet you, Sirena." Andrea said.

"Likewise." Sirena replied.

"She's going to lead us to Kronos. Hopefully, we'll save those half-bloods that were taken prisoner."

Sirena nodded. "I hate Kronos. He's manipulated me too many times. And Matt . . . . ." She shivered. "Let's just say I've sworn off guys forever."

And with that statement, Marko's face dropped.

"But not all guys right?" I asked.

I saw her sneak a glance a Marko. "No, not all guys."

"You could stay here and when Kronos sends cronies to search for you, we could take them out."

She smiled. "That would be nice."

Time to put my plan into action. "We only have three rooms so you would have to sleep with Marko."

She blushed but nodded. Marko was trying not to smile. Kayden and I slapped high-fives. Andrea scoffed at how blunt I was and went back upstairs.

That night, Kronos did send cronies. I heard scuffling downstairs. I checked my watch. 10:30. It's about time. They searched the lower levels and began to check upstairs. The first monster crept around the corner. Kayden covered its mouth and stabbed it. It exploded silently.

The next one came up. It gasped when it noticed Sirena tied up at the end of the hall. It stepped forward and exploded. This one let out a shriek. Something snorted downstairs. The sound chilled me because I was sure I'd heard it before. Loud footsteps pounded. It began to climb the stairs.

I ran toward Sirena and cut her loose.

"Get out of here." I hissed in her ear.

"What . . ." I covered her mouth.

"The Minotaur."

Her eyes widened.

"Wake up everyone else and get out of here!" I whispered.

"Will you be okay?" She asked standing.

"I'll be fine."

I motioned for Kayden to move out. He frowned.

"NOW!" I whispered loudly.

He scrambled to stand when the Minotaur fell through the stairs taking the majority of the floor with him. Kayden slid through the hole. I shot forward and grabbed his arm. His sneaker was dangling right over the monster's head. I swung Kayden up but in the process, I fell down. My left palm was pierced by the Minotaur's horn.

"A.C.!" Andrea screamed.

Another voice was calling me. A.C., A.C., A.C., A.C., Achilles, Achilles Achilles, Achilles. ACHILLES JACKSON WAKE UP!

I sat up quickly. I heard scuffling downstairs. I checked my watch. 10:30. It's about time. They searched the lower levels and began to check upstairs. The first monster crept around the corner. Kayden covered its mouth and stabbed it. It exploded silently. In an instantaneous rush, my dream came back to me.

"Get everyone out of here!" I whispered.

The next one came up. It gasped when it noticed Sirena tied up at the end of the hall. It stepped forward and exploded. This one let out a shriek. Something snorted downstairs.

"GO!" I shouted.

Just as the Minotaur approached the stairs, I threw myself down them. I heard Kayden open the doors and wake everyone up. I slammed into the Minotaur at high speed. It grunted in surprise and fell through the wall. I was surrounded by monsters.

The Minotaur stood up and bellowed. It was a mix of a belch, moo, and a yell. Not something you'd normally hear. It swung its head and I flew backwards. As it moved toward me, it pulled out an axe. The handle was about as tall as me and the blades looked like omegas. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. How ironic. I swung Riptide and sliced off the edge of its horn.

The one that stabbed my hand in my dream.

I pulled out my shield. It swung its axe down. It made a high pitched noise as it fell. I rolled out of the way and stood. No use of waiting around. I ran toward the Minotaur and it gave a surprised moo. I cleaved it in two. It exploded into a golden dust.

"Hey!" One monster said. "He killed the Minotaur!"

"Yesssssss, we musssssssst kill him."

"Bring it, meat sack." I taunted.

They all took turns swinging at me and dying. When I finally finished all of the monsters, I ran around the side of the house. They were already taking off with the boat.

"Hey wait up!" I called.

Getting on the boat was no hassle.

"So, how did it go?" Monica asked me.

"I destroyed all of the monsters." I replied.

"OH SHOOT!" I cried.

"WHAT?!" Everyone asked at the same time.

"We forgot Brawler."

As I said his name, a lone howl cut through the night. We turned the boat around and went back to the house.