AN Sorry it took me so long and this chapter is a bit short but I had a project that I had to do and it was 25% of my grade. So I had no time to really do the shapter long and I think this is good enough so…here you go.
"As you should know I am the goddess of the hunt. We camp out, we have no real home. No solid place to stay. We travel, all the time. We live in tents, nice tents but tents. We are protected by my magic and immortality; yet somehow…" she looks back at the other girls. "My hunters are being dragged away; in the middle of the night mostly when we are all asleep. I want to know what is happening to them. And I want them back."
I looked at Nico both of us thinking the same thing. What if they're dead?
"They're not dead." said Artemis. "I would know if they were dead."
"With all due respect, why don't you find them?" I asked.
"Because I've already tried. I need help and you are the ones to help."
"Well, again with all due respect. If you couldn't find them what hope do we have to finding them?"
"Because…you three are special. Simple as that…you are special, plus I think this will help you."
"How?" asked Chance.
"I think Dread has them. To awaken what she will awaken will take strong sacrificing. You are looking for Dread, right?" asked Artemis.
"Yes." said Nico.
"Do you know who is she trying to awaken?" asked Chance, a little too strongly.
"An ancient vampyre who has been in poisoned for a very long time before the time of Dread her self. Before me actually, I don't know his story well. I don't even know his name! But I do know this he is very powerful. Untouchable and if Dread succeeds we won't even notice before we're gone."
"And you don't know where they are?" I asked.
"No, I don't. No one remembers, not even Zeus."
"How?" I asked.
"Some gods; just like people; choose to forget things. Most of them forgot."
"And others?" asked Chance.
"Have died." said Nico.
"I know it's a huge risk but will you help? Please." asked Artemis.
I looked at Chance and Nico.
Chance frowned looking through the hunters, and then looked like he was shocked. "Where's Thalia?" he asked.
"She was one of the first ones taken." Artemis frowned.
"I'm going." He said, without another thought.
"So am I." said Nico.
"Then, me three." I said.
They all looked at me weird. "What?" I asked.
"Three?"
"Well I was the third one to say I'm going."
"How do we keep on ending up in this desert!" I yelled
"At least we have water this time." said Chance.
"And shelter." said Nico. "Even though were not in them right now."
It was night time and right now we were walking in the desert, it was night time and still a light warm drizzle fell on us.
Artemis and her Hunters were going to search the East. Nico, Chance and I were to search the West. If we found anything we were to send a message through Mist.
"What are we looking for?" asked Chance.
Nico shrugged. "Some thing weird…"
"Like?" I asked.
"You'll know when you see." Nico shrugged.
"Like an island type thing in the middle of the desert?" asked Chance.
"That looks like a good place to sleep." I said.
It looked like a meadow more then an island with a couple trees surrounding it.
"It looks like a trap." said Nico.
I looked at him. "Maybe, though we should go see it."
"Only if we're on our toes, we don't want to suddenly get attacked-"
Suddenly the image of Chance speaking was taken to blurs and muffled sound to blackness