It was dark for a minute before their silver glow had started glower neither and they started down the maze. Emily allowed Hannah to lead them though the maze for the next few minutes or hours or however long they had been in the labyrinth. After who knows of how long they had been there that they entered a room, it looked like if it was from World War II. Emily had turned around slowly to look at it, it looked like the inside of the old SSR headquarters or at least the main meeting areas. That was where she had went with her uncle, Agent Carter and Colonel Phillips to take out the planning for each attack on a HYDRA base. She could see the rest of the room in her eyes and what it had been like sitting in a chair talking of the war and their next plan of action. But a voice had broke her thoughts, Emily, Thalia, Hannah and Bianca had turned to the voice with their bows out.
"Nice to remember the past from time to time." Emily had glared when she saw of who was standing at the other entrance in the room that was in the room that the four of them were in. Standing under the archway was a man in his late fifties, he had short gray hair and a clipped gray beard. However he was wearing the same or a similar uniform as Colonel Phillips had wore in the war. Emily had tighten her grip on her bow, but than Emily had lessen her grip on her bow and lowered as she study the man better. Even though his hair was gray that it was clear it was not all the way gray and where it was not gray it was brown. His eyes were gray like a child of Athena, it seem like he was thinking a million things at once. Something that Emily had got use to after meeting Athena and her children, however there was something else there that was not normally present in any child of Athena and that was she was correct in guessing that this man was a child of Athena.
His eyes showed years of living, even more than her long life and Emily was used to seeing this as well. But his seem different for mixed in with showing years of living that his eyes seem to show at this man knows her from somewhere. But there was a hunt of humor in his eyes, not only that but some of his other features seem familiar to her as well. But she couldn't figure out of who this man was and why he made since a comment towards them. But however since he was looking at Emily that she figured that comment was more towards her than the other three. As she thought of Thalia, Hannah and Bianca that she had looked over at them and they looked at her. All three of them still had their bows out, Thalia, Hannah and Bianca had looked over at her waiting for her to tell them what to do. Emily motion for them to at least lower their bows but keep them out at least, of which they did, Emily had looked back at the man and took a couple of steps forward before she had spoke.
"Who are you? Why are you?"
"If I had my guess hat either Apollo or Artemis had sent you four to come done and look for me." Emily took a sharp intake of breath and she could hear the other gasp when the man had spoke. For Emily realized of who this man was.
"Daedalus!" Daedalus had smiled when Emily had said that, when he had smiled that the statement that Daedalus had made earlier had become clear to her. Emily had let go of her bow and it had disappeared from her hands. She had walked up to Daedalus and slapped him across the face.
"Emily!" Daedalus had looked over at Thalia when Thalia had said Emily's name.
"Don't worry, Thalia, I deserved that." From their faces that it was clear the three of them were confused so Emily had spoke.
"For seventy years, I only heard rumors of what happened to Daedalus. That was when I was thirteen years old. Than about sixty nine years ago, I had went to a camp in Italy because of the SSR and James and Lauren and went with me. Until now, I thought that there was only four known demigods in the SSF."
"Meaning?"
"Meaning that when she had entered camp in Italy that I never told her that I was a demigod nor the fact I was Daedalus. For during World War II, I was Colonel Chester Phillips. I was the in of the super solider program. Not only that but I was the one that Elizabeth and her uncle reported to when they had finished an attack on a HYDRA base or for their planning. But we need to leave here though before we can finish." Quickly, Emily and the others had followed Daedalus though the labyrinth, their walking seem to go faster with Daedalus leading the war. Than Daedalus had went to a door and ushered the four of them before he had closed, when they entered that Emily looked around in amazement. It was covered with different things that would make Howard drool over and play with, Emily was sure that Hephaestus would have a lot more than Daedalus does though. Emily had turned and looked at Daedalus when he closed the door behind them, when he closed the door that he looked at them.
"Yes, I know I have a lot of explaining to do." Daedalus had told them his life story of what happened to him, Emily felt sorry for him in many ways but yet not so sorry for him. Some of it seem unbelievable but that was not much of surprise so no one knows for sure of what they found in the labyrinth or even in the mortals world. When he had finished that Daedalus had looked to the floor, Emily was about ready to say something when the door had opened up. They all looked to the door and watched as three people walked into the workshop, two of them Emily knows at once. One was Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena, and the other was Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon. But it was the red head girl was the one that Emily didn't know, however it was clear that Annabeth and Percy didn't spect to see any of them in there.
"What are you four doing here? Not only that but Quintus what are you doing here?" Daedalus had looked over at Emily, Emily shook her head and spoke.
"I am not going to say anything, stupid head." Daedalus had raised his eyebrow when Emily had said that.
"Still going to call me that than?"
"I told you that stupid head fits you and it still suits you, even more so than before. I also said that laughing boy and funny boy won't work, since you rarely laugh and you have a sense humor that only a few would notice."
"The only difference that I had seen so far between you back than to you now is that you are more outspoken." Emily rolled her eyes when he said that. "I almost thought you were going to punch me instead of rolling your eyes." Emily had got off the stool she had been sitting on when he said that and looked at him.
"I can do that easy."
"Do you mind if you answer the questions?" Emily snorted when Annabethh had said that, Emily looked over at Annabeth of who looked puzzled. "Do you two know each other?"
"Yes, Annabeth, Elizabeth and I meet a long time ago." Emily had glared at him when he had used her real name, Emily really didn't care if he used if it was just the two of them or when they were around the hunters or the howling commandos. But calling her by her real name in front of people that doesn't know her backstory was something else. Daedalus had notice the glare and he went on. "We meet before she had changed her name to Emily." Emily rolled her eyes and than she hand spoke.
"Artemis and Apollo were not sure if the camp had sent the campers down here to find Daedalus and so the four of us had come down here. Hannah is mainly here because she is one of the few clear sighted mortals in the hunt." After that, that Emily and the other hunters rarely spoke as Daedalus had told the three questors of who he was and he told them the same thing as he did with Emily and the hunters. However Annabeth had ask more questions than Emily, Thalia, Hannah and Bianca had did. During that time that Mrs. O'Leary had entered the workshop, Emily only knows of the hellhound because the hellhound had lived close to the camp in Italy as well as seeing her in New York. She had kicked Percy than Daedalus and than Emily. Emily had petted Mrs. O'Leary as best as she could and spoke to her.
"Missed me girl?" Mrs. O'Leary had barked and wagged her tail and it was than hat Annabeth had spoke to Daedalus.
"Where is it?" Emily knows what Annabeth had meant but that, Emily already knew where it was for Daedalus had already told Emily and the hunters.
"With Luke, I'm sorry, my dear. But you are several hours too late. Kronos promised me freedom. Once Hades is overthrown, he will set me over the Underworld. I will reclaim my son Icarus. I will make things right with poor young Perdix. I will see Minos's soul cast into Tartarus, where it cannot bother me again. And I will no longer have to run from death."
"That's your brilliant idea? You're going to let Luke destroy your camp, kill hundreds of demigods, and then attack Olympus? You're going to bring down the entire world so you can get what you want?"
"Your cause is doomed, my dear. I saw that as soon as I began to work at your camp. There is no way you can hold back the might of Kronos."
"That's not true!"
"I am doing what I must, my dear. The offer was too sweet to refuse. I'm sorry." Emily had jumped back as Annabeth had pushed over an easel and the different architectural drawings were scattered across the floor, Emily figured Annabeth would overact like this but not this much though. Not only that but Emily's reaction would have underact compare to what Annabeth was doing.
"I used to respect you. You were my hero! You - you built amazing things. You solved problems. Now...I don't know what you are. Children of Athena are supposed to be wise, not just clever. Maybe you are just a machine. You should have died two thousand years ago."
"Annabeth!" It was Thalia of who had shouted but Emily walked over to Annabeth and spoke softly.
"I know how you feel Annabeth but yelling at him won't do any good. We would need to protect the camp as much as we can and I know some people who could help."
"You mean the hunters, I mean they are very good at hunting and killing. they are also female warriors as well, but there are not very meany of them and I doubt they would not be much of a help." Emily had turned to Daedalus when he had said that.
"Daedalus, how long have you been down here since you entered the labyrinth after World War II ended?"
"Wait a minute." It was Annabeth of who spoke and she was looking at Daedalus.
"You had come out during World War II."
"I did indeed, when I had come out that America had just joined the war and I thought I I helped in the war that my punishment would not as bad as it could be. It was during this time that I meet Elizabeth or you know as Emily. But I meet her she still had her old name but since made a new name during to the events in her past during World War II. To be honest, she did the more braver the than I did for I had come back here." Annabeth had looked at Emily when Daedalus had said that and Emily spoke.
"After the war ended, I learned most of my half siblings were killed as well as most of my friends. My boyfriend had disappeared without a trace and my one best friend died, my adopted uncle died from falling off a train and down a mountain. My actual a
Uncle had crashed and most likely died." Annabeth's eyes wide. When Emily had said that.
"You're Lieutenant America, but your uncle ..."
"Is alive. Yes, I am aware of this." When that was said that Daedalus had looked between them in surprise.
"You mean he did die in at crash?"
"No, Daedalus. He did not die than. He went into a Suspended Animation and he was found alive five and half months ago." Daedalus looked stunned when Emily had said that and Emily had went on. "That is not all, for Apollo had made the howling commandos the secret protectors of both the mortals world and demigod world. With his blessing that they had become immortal. Not only that but James is still alive and he had been training them to use their new powers and train them like if they were born demigods. So more or less that is an extra two hundred and fifty men and girls besides the demigods at camp. If you hadn't be hiding here, you would have knew this." From the look on his face that it was clear that Daedalus was surprised but this news.
"You mean all of the howling commandos are alive."
"All but two, Bucky and Lauren. I am surprised you didn't know this since there is an entrance to the labyrinth a couple of miles from the hunter's camp and the howling commandos camp site is in the next clearing over."
"Than there was hope for the camp, I have been so blind." Daedalus had lowered his head in shame. Emily was about ready to respond when Emily notice that Mrs. O'Leary's ears were moving as if she could hear something.
"Someone's coming."