Jason POV

My heart stops when I see Hazel. As soon as we saw Frank, I knew something was up, but this is beyond what I expected. Percy, Leo, Calypso and I all do a double take. Hazel, who's usually so full of life and love, laying, eyes closed and motionless on a bed. Her left leg is so obviously broken, and her head has a small patch of scarlet blood, trickling down onto her pillow, unmistakably still fresh

"What- what happened?" Leo chokes out.

"We don't know," Frank replies sadly. "She was on guard, and I heard a scream. I ran out and-" Frank chokes up.

"It'll be okay," Calypso soothes him. "Look, here comes Will now,"

I look to where she's pointing and sure enough, Will and Nico come running.

"We- just heard," Nico pants.

I give him a grim smile. He looks down at her and gasps.

"Will, do something!" he cries out. "I- I can't loose another sister."

Percy steps in and wraps his arm around his little cousin.

"No one is going to be lost, okay Nico?" he says sternly.

"And if you're going to be talking like that, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. Your negativity will affect the other patients," Will adds.

Nico sighs in defeat, and sits down next to Hazel. Will examines her then turns to us.

"She's in a coma," he informs us, and I hear Frank's sharp intake of breath from beside me. "She should be okay. Her body will just need to heal, and when it does, she'll wake up. Normally it would take about two weeks, but with ambrosia, it'll be down to about a week."

Normally we'd smile at the news, but with the kids and the monsters, we're worried she'll be taken before she wakes up.

Annabeth and Piper choose that moment to burst in, making us all jump, and scan the room.

"Shit," Piper says when she sees Hazel.

Despite herself Annabeth shoots her a look, then turns quizzically to Will. "Coma?" Will nods. "And you've got no idea what happened?" Frank shakes his head. "Sorry Piper, I take that look back. Shit."

Everyone looks at Annabeth with shocked expressions. She never swears.

Percy shakes his head, but is obviously still concerned. "You feeling better Wise Girl?"

She nods, and he visibly relaxes, taking her hand into his.

"Alright, enough from you two love-birds, is there anything we can do to help Hazel?" Leo interrupts.

"Just, keep talking to her, play her music, small things like that. We don't know if she can hear us, but it's important we try."

"Thanks Will," Frank says. "Why don't you guys get some sleep, I'll stay with her."

Percy and I look gratefully at Frank. We're both exhausted, and as much as they would protest, Annabeth and Piper are too. Leo and Calypso look pretty tired too, but Nico isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

"Thanks Frank," he says, "but I'd really rather sit with you."

"I understand," Frank says, and the rest of us retreat to our respective cabins (aka Percy and Annabeth in cabin 3 (thankfully Poseidon only has two other children, who both go home for the summer), Piper and I in one of the guest rooms in the big house and Leo and Calypso in bunker 9).

Sammy POV

Crap. Crapity crap, crap, crap. First, we saw Mom get beaten up by those- those things. Then, we were taken by the same things. Then we were thrown into a cell with our cousins, and told that they are being tortured for some sort of plan that we know nothing about, and that neither celestial bronze, nor imperial gold works on the- Epilates is what they call themselves. Nightmares, apparently it translates to in Ancient Greek.

"What are we gonna do?" I ask. "When did you try to break out, and how did they punish you?"

"More torture," Diana whispers. Her long brown hair is dirty and tangled, and her eyes have lost their sparkle. She sits against the wall with Tom on one side, Bianca on the other, and Anza in her arms.

"We tried, we think about three days ago, but its hard to keep track in here," Luke answers my other question. Him and Zoë are in the corner, Luke still trying to get more nectar into Zoë's cuts, Zoë telling him its no use.

"Luke, if you put anymore on there, Zoë will spontaneously combust. Stop," Emily says. I grab her hand, and she lays her head on my shoulder. They have all lost hope. It's up to us to come up with a plan. We need to motivate them somehow.

"So, what exactly was your plan?" I ask them.

Luke takes a deep breath. "Tom, Zoë and Bianca were hiding in the corner with Anza. Di and I tried to hold them off while the others escaped, but they were immune to my knife, Tom's sword and Diana's dagger."

Emily and I exchange a glance. I can tell we are both thinking the same thing.

"Maybe you approached it the wrong way," she says.

"Maybe they're not immune to everything," I continue, but we are cut off suddenly by the sound of vicious laughter. Diana's grip tightens around Tom and Bianca, and Zoë starts crying into Luke's chest.

"I don't want to go," she sobs.

Emily walks over to Zoë and strokes her hair.

"It'll be alright. Just remember that we're here, and that we love you, and it'll be fine," she says soothingly. At that moment, the monsters burst in; Diana stands up and pushes Tom, Bianca and Anza behind her, while Emily and I stand in front of Luke and Zoë. They walk right past Di, and head straight for us. I assume they're coming for Zoë, for she seems to be getting the most torture. Quite possibly because she has the most resilience and willpower, and if they break her, they'll break everyone else. But instead, they ignore the two Jacksons, and roughly drag us out the hall. I hear Diana gasp, half in relief, half in frustration, and I hear Zoë collapse in a thankful heap on the floor. As we are walking down the hallway, I see a small window, high up, light streaming through, hurting my eyes. We must've been in there for at least three hours, because when we first entered, it was nearly dawn. I sigh as we go past it, and take in the various torture devices, most of which I'm pretty sure were banned in the 1800's.

"What's the plan?" they yell at us. "Tell us, and spare the pain."

"We don't know what you're talking about," Emily yells back defiantly, and the Epilates grin devilishly.

"Great. It's more fun this way."

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