Hey! Sorry to have kept you guys waiting so long, but I'm afraid my walk has become rather sillier recently. Also, I had writers block.

I burst out of the claustrophobic staircase and rush outside, breathing in the sweet, sweet air. I bend over, practically having an asthma attack. How many stairs did Hephaestus have? I feel like I spent hours climbing them! Maybe he was messing with me, and I did.

I find the path soon enough and run down it as fast as I can. How long was I gone? Did Skylar call the rangers? Am I too late?

My worst fears are realized as I see the collection of ambulances and news reporters by Old Faithful. I push through the excited crowd and past a police officer over to a group of very serious rangers interviewing Luca as Skylar sobs next to him.

"I'm telling you, my friend just jumped into the hot spring! And she was fine for like, five minutes, and then she starts drowning and she's gone!"

"Young man, that particular hot spring can reach temperatures above boiling point. What you are describing is impossible. Where are your parents? You aren't allowed to be here unaccompanied!" A female ranger responds icily. She notices me and starts.

"Hey! You're not allowed over here!"

When Skylar sees me, she runs over and gives me a massive hug, blowing her nose into my shoulder. Gross, but expected. What I didn't expect was for Luca to grab in a massive bear hug too.

"Oh thank God. Oh thank God!"

"What happened? We thought you drowned!"

The park ranger marches over, a completely confuzzled expression on her face.

"What in the Blue Blazes is going on!"

Still hugging me so close I may actually die from suffocation, Luca tells her "This is my friend. The one who died."

And everyone goes completely nuts.

An hour later, I'm standing in a holding cell with my friends next to me. We're being interrogated, for the second time this week. Only this time, I don't think I bat my eyelashes out of trouble.

The officer holds up a video. It's taken from a distance, but you can clearly see me jump into the pool, and a minute later, disappear under the surface.

"Care to explain this?" He says, his eyes narrowing. I shrug.

"Not really. You won't believe what I tell you anyway."

"Try me."

"Well, I'm actual Emma's evil twin, Amy. I used mind controlling tech I had collected on our home planet Xerox* to force her to kill herself so I could take her place on the high council of time masters. Any questions?"

His nostrils flare with anger. "Listen girly, do you have any idea how much trouble you're in? The whole fire brigade showed up! This is all over social media, there are news channels across the country for this! You could go to federal prison for this!**" Or more likely, sent to a secret lab in area 51 where scientists study me day and night for the reason why I survived such an 'extreme heat'.

"Sir I honestly can't tell you what happened."

"Oh, you'll tell me! If you don't explain yourself within the next 2 hours, you saucy little brat, I swear to God I'll make your life hell!" He screams, spittle flecks flying everywhere. Gross.

He turns to Luca and Skylar. "And that goes double for you." Luca glares as Skylar starts to whimper. Officer Biggums (I never caught his real name) storms out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Luca is involuntarily grabbed by Skylar as she begins another cry fest.

"Well, care to explain to us what just happened? You've got plenty of time."

I tell them everything. About the Cyclops, and the shoes, and Hephaestus. Well, everything except for Leo. Styx promises are not to be taken lightly.

"Omg. So, you can fly now?" Skylar asks, leaning down to see if my sneakers have suddenly sprouted wings.

"Well what are you waiting for Wonder Woman? Fly us out of here!"

"Kinda hard to do that when we're locked in a jail cell Luca! Besides, they confiscated the shoes along with the rest of our stuff, they're right next to my backpack." I point to table across the room and sure enough, they're there.

I scan the area. "One door, leading to police central of hostile enemies, one window, with security sensors no doubt, a table with our stuff on it, and a metal chair. I could probably break us out of this cell, but we'd be caught as soon as we walked out that door, unless we had some sort of invisibility cloak..." A 150 watt lightbulb goes off in my head. "Which we sorta do!" I pull the Insta-Mist, which I forgot I had in my pocket, out and show it to everyone.

"Guys, I've got a plan!"

*Xerox is a copier machine. I just like the name.

** I have no idea whether or not this is true, but Yellowstone is government property. And Emma did just pull some major back-from-the-dead action.

Just one more chapter to go! 'Thank god!' I can hear you faithful readers out there saying, 'I thought she would never finish!"

You guys are jerks for saying that.

-Sage Nicholson