I'm back, though I have the feeling that some of the Gods of Fanfiction kind of don't like me... couldn't imagine why, but I digress. Anyway here is the new chapter, enjoy!

Rage

POV: Zackary

"Well judging from the look of these, they've been dead for at least two years, at the minimum at the maximum about five hundred" I said while Percy stared before whispering

"I haven't seen so many dead demigods since Cronus (I got that spelling from the Odyssey) invaded New York"

"Guys more runes" Clarisse said pointing to the wall. The runes she was talking about went from wall to wall being connected by two large runes, one on the floor and one on the ceiling.

"What the Hell?" I asked unconsciously switching to how I heard modern twenty year-old's talk, before crossing the rune circle and walking over to one of the bodies. Turning it over I unfortunately saw what I thought it was and threw up on the wall.

"I thought you went through conditioning!" Clarisse yelled chuckling a bit.

"That was for being turned into a decent male, not this" I yelled back saying the last part quieter.

"Decent?" Percy asked confused. "Mistre- Lady Artemis's idea of the ideal male; strong and able to hold his own, able to see things in more ways than his own, intelligent and able to follow orders to the letter... among other things. From what I know I'm the only one to succeed and for that I am eternally grateful to Lady Artemis, which is why I pledged my undying allegiance to her. But that's beside the point; you need to see this" I finished carefully picking up the body and bringing it to the edge of the runes.

"How?" Clarisse asked staring at the dead body, which had several chunks bitten out of it.

"I'm tempted to say 'zombies' but I don't think your in the mood" Percy said his eyes flicking to me. "Good you're showing that you're more than just brawn" I said thinking what could have down this. Then it dawned on me. "Laestrygonians" I muttered my hand reaching to my bow out of habit.

"Laestrygonians?" Percy asked confused while Clarisse's eyes widened.

"I take back what I said earlier about you being more than just brawn" I snapped at Percy. "How could he not know what a Laestrygonian is?" I thought annoyed. "He wasn't raised the way you were; until he was twelve, he was a semi-normal mortal with dyslexia and ADHD"

"Wolf?" "Yes young one?" "When'd you wake up?" "I've been awake all along just in too much pain from having your face smashed into my now broken ribs, to contact you" She answered curtly.

"I'm sorry, I should have paid more attention" I responded saddened that my incompetence had gotten my Bond injured, while Clarisse explained to Percy what a Lygstrian is. "It wasn't just your mistake; some of the fault falls onto me for not noticing them before it was to late" Wolf said trying to make me feel better I guessed.

"No Wolf don't blame yourself, that's my job; I am the male after all" I responded smiling internally a little. "Zackary" she said a little saddened, "I thought we were past that. Just because you were born a man doesn't make you responsible for everything that goes wrong"

"I know but as one of the strongest of our group it's my fault, and I could never blame you" I responded noticing that one of the demigod's hands were missing.

"What happened to his hand?" I asked getting the attention of the other two members of the quest. "Nothing why?" Percy said indicating the hand on my side of the body.

"Not that hand, the hand that isn't there!" I almost yelled exasperated throwing my hands in the air before bringing them down at the stub that used to be a hand.

"Oh... I think it disintegrated" Percy said after a good minute. "Thank you captain obvious, we can see that" Clarisse said pinching the bridge of her nose.

"I would question how someone who's survived as long as you have can be so stupid, but then I remember that Poseidon isn't the most intelligent... fish in the sea" I said grabbing the dead man's other arm ripping it off and chucking it at the weapons.

"Why'd you-" Clarisse asked before it turned to dust and scattered. "Oh" she finished. "So the runes keep these bodies fresh... sick" I said before shoving the rest of the body across the runes.

"Was there any point?" Percy asked leaving the question hanging. "Call it the best burial I can give at the time. Nobody, not even our greatest enemies, deserve this fate" I said moving more bodies across the rune circle.

"Couldn't you just remove the runes?" Clarisse asked with her left brow raised. "No, see the circle of runes on the ceiling?" I pointed to the ceiling, "Those are the runes of protection. Probably had a dau- child of Hecate draw them promising that they'd let them go free" I said sadly

"Zackary!" Wolf's voice pierce through my mind, "What?" I asked still shoving bodies "I smell fear... and lust!" she cried almost whimpering. "What?" I almost yelled my eyes widening, before I grabbed my weapons and left the room as quickly as I could Percy yelling behind me.

POV: Percy

"Hey Zackary where're you going?" I yelled confused. "Zackary? ZAK?" I yelled as he turned a corner and disappeared.

"Where?-" I started before Clarisse rushed past me "Come on, if what I know of Artemis is true there's only about three things that could get someone who grew up with her and her Hunters that mad; 1. a man abusing a woman. 2. Perverts. And 3. rape" she said as I caught up to her. "Which one do you think it is?" I asked fearing the answer a little.

"I wish it was number 2, but chances are its 3" She answered solemnly.

"Great who knows what a pissed Hunter will do, let alone one that goes against the very fabric of the universe itself" I said cringing. "Don't you think you're being a little over dramatic?" she asked as we reached a fork.

Choosing right we began running before I said "Artemis is a sexist who believes men are the reason for all strife that ever happened. As much as I hate to admit it... she's mostly right. Anyway she'll find a reason to blame a man for everything, mostly Apollo. She's given that ideology-"

"Ideology... since when did you talk like that?" Clarisse asked laughing "I think Annabeth's starting to rub off on me. Back to the point she force her Hunters to adopt her beliefs, and its those beliefs that make Artemis and her Hunters, Artemis and her Hunters. When she allowed Zackary to join she shook the very foundation of how things work" I finished.

"That was... in depth" Clarisse commented. "Like I said Annabeth is rubbing off on me" I said dryly.

"There he is" Clarisse said as we began to slow.

"I'm done with her so you can have her" a voice said and there was the sound of a body hitting the floor.

POV: Zackary

I had just arrived when I saw it. A man, around 25 years old, white, around 5' 7 1/2, and a dead naked woman. "Its about time you showed up; I was tired of waiting" he said indicating the dead woman, who I now saw was a girl of about 16.

"What is wrong with you?" I demanded drawing my sword. "Nothing, my lady told me to find a way to draw you here to test you. So I decided that I would use your own forced feelings against you, all it took was killing all the Laestrygonians and taking this young girl here" he said smirking.

"Who are you?" I yelled glaring my anger rising. "Me? No one, just a champion of a mother who decided to see if you were the person who could fix her bastard child's unhealthy habits" he responded grabbing the girl's hair when Percy and Clarisse caught up.

"I'm done with her so you can have her" he said throwing her body in front of me.

"You didn't answer my question: WHO ARE YOU?" I yelled as Percy and Clarisse came into his view.

"If you want to know my name you could have just asked" he smirked making me even more angry, "My name is Martin Christopher, but you can call me your polar opposite" Martin smirked as my anger turned into complete and total rage. "What's happening?" Clarisse asked.

"I don't know, but it looks like the energy that Artemis creates her bow and arrows out of is coming out of him" Percy said sounding oddly intelligent. "Perfect" I said noticing that what he said was true. "Makes it easier to kill him with"

hope you enjoyed.