After everyone got ready Ella told us we were where we needed to be. We all got off the bus in blistering heat, orange and purple cliffs towered over us, I could smell all sorts of things filling my nose, iron and blood, probably a child of Ares, strawberries and feathers, a siblings of Charlie, I could smell fire and oil, Hephaestus' children. I smelled roses, apples, and cheap perfume, Aphrodite's children. But then I caught the scent I was looking for, dew drops in the morning and laurel, and leather bound books and cypress trees. I walked quickly towards the smell, I had to find Allison and Kayla and any other half blood that was being held against their will. As I b-lined toward the scents, I worried about how many half bloods I would find that left willingly. I turned behind me to see the other following me, they all had puzzled looks on their face except for Jack, she knew exactly what was going on. I continued to walk between the cliffs until they open up to a plain with a bunch of shacks the old run down house sat between them, I felt a knot in my stomach what if my dream was coming true.
I stood there in shock and thats when all Hades broke lose, I hadn't noticed before I ran into the open field, but Thantos had guards all around the top of the cliffs. Harpies flew towards us, Charlie and Jack jumped into action. Cutting the harpies down, leaving a gold sand where they used to be. I looked around for Wilson, but he was fighting a group of Hell Hounds, all with bloodthirsty black eyes.
The earth began to shake, I turned to see a cyclopes blocking the only exit. Grayson looked at me and nodded, he ran towards it cutting left and right, using the walls to get eye level with. I turned to Ben and Thomas, "Thantos is in that middle house, we need to stop him before we rescue anyone. If we don't he will just keep taking Half Bloods."
Ben and Thomas nodded and said "After you."
We ran inside the old house, Thantos was sitting back against a broken table, "Daughter of Poseidon, I've been waiting for you. I see you brought a son of Zeus, and a Son of Hades. Oh wonderful."
As he spoke I stepped in front of Thomas, Thantos noticed what I was doing and laughed, "Trying to protect him from your dreams are you? Worried you're going to kill him? You should be."
Thantos stood he waved his hands and a black bow and two arrows were in his hand, he aimed one at Ben and fired, upon impacted the arrow shattered covering him in a cloud of black dust, Thantos took aim and fired another at me.