A/N: So I took a bit loner than usual because I was trying for an extra long chapter ^_^ Hope you like it and can you tell me whether you'd rather have shorter chapters opposed to longer ones like this? I myself like keeping it to about 1.5K but writing nearly 4K was fun and I feel like it's more rewarding to you awesome readers!

When I woke up Teddy was talking to the fishes. Then I realized I was hearing the fishes too. Okay Kara. You're not going crazy. I got up and made my way to him. The fish waved a fin and I heard Goodbye Lord and Lady! And it zoomed away leaving us alone. Teddy's eyes were bloodshot like he hadn't slept at all. "Why didn't you wake me up for the next watch?" I asked.

He rubbed his eyes and grinned. "You looked tired and I couldn't sleep so I figured I would take watch the whole night."

I flicked his head, which probably hurt more than I meant it to. He leaned on my shoulder and began to drift off. Before he was unconscious he muttered, "Wake me up in a few."

I let him sleep, knowing he would need it. Lake Ontario was actually beautiful in the morning, the lack of serpents helped make it more attractive. A twig snapped behind me and Teddy shot up faster than I could whip my head around. A kid maybe six that looked a lot like Teddy was tiptoeing his way over from the trees. We made eye contact and he started screaming, "MONSTERS!"

I pounced on him and shut his mouth. We really didn't need another serpent incident. His eyes were fearful as he looked up at me and Teddy. I recognized the boy in my dream and I would have liked to have thrown him to the serpent but Teddy made me get off him. He crouched so that he was eye level with the kid and spoke in a soft, fatherly voice. "Listen. Me and my sister know where you are from. We know what you've been through. We've been in the same situation before but right now we need your help to stop anything like this from ever happening."

The kid gave a nervous glance towards me and he clutched Teddy, "Do you promise you'll protect me from the monsters?"

He smiled and nodded. Teddy stood up and the kid grabbed his hand. From someone else's point of view it would look like Teddy was the under aged father. He walked him over to where our bags were. "Are you hungry? We've got… granola bars… laffy taffy… and I think these are pancakes."

The kid shrieked with joy and took my laffy taffy. Luna and Alex woke up soon after. Alex's hair was messy and stuck up everywhere but Luna's managed to stay in its braid. Luna noticed the boy and asked, "Did I miss anything?"

Teddy explained to her what had happened and she began to play with him, doing all that motherly stuff with him. I'm not really much for matchmaking but they seemed perfect for each other. Alex on the other hand slowly got up and patted down her choppy golden hair. She sat to herself just like me, watching Luna and Teddy play around with the kid. She had an unhappy look on her face, almost like…jealousy?

After waiting around for a while I finally took charge. I grabbed my slightly slimy bag and slung it on my back. "We should get moving" I said, "I want to get to this factory and destroy it once and for all."

Everyone grabbed their bags and Teddy egged the kid on. "C'mon. All you have to do is lead us and we'll take care of the rest. I promise no harm will come to you."

The kid held on to Teddy's and Luna's hand at all times as we went inside the main building. The halls were lined with fuel tanks like they had been trying to fill up about a hundred Boeings. "They don't use Uranus or electric." He said.

"What?" I asked.

The kid frowned and tried to pronounce his words carefully, "This place is a Noo-clear Power plant. They don't use Uranius or elections anymore. They use gas."

Teddy had dumbfounded look on his face too so Luna translated. "He said that this place doesn't have uranium to power the city anymore. Meaning it's abandoned. Electricity is gone so they use gas to power everything."

Teddy instinctively touched his back pocket. I knew what he was thinking. If the bomb set off right now, we would never make it out alive. Teddy announced, "I don't think this is the right place. The main building would be too obvious. Anyone would come here" he asked the kid, "Where do you think they held you before you escaped?"

He closed his eyes and thought about it. "Those big circles."

"The cooling towers?" Alex asked.

He shrugged and Luna dragged both Teddy and the kid with her. "Here. Look there's a map… the cooling tower is on the outside so we would have to exit this place first. We can set your bomb there."

We exited the creepy place and entered the cooling towers but I couldn't help but gasp. Fuel tanks everywhere were feeding into the giant rotor above, providing electricity. And worse than that were the pods that were everywhere. It lined the inside of the cooling tower in a spiral all the way near the top. I estimated at least 300 pods. And there were three other towers. The only resistance were three telekhines which we dispatched quickly. "What is this?" I asked.

The floor was filled with murky water. Not that clean but watery enough for me. A few bones and flesh bits were scattered on the water that slightly sickened me. Alex looked green and I thought she would puke but she seemed to be holding it in.

Suddenly a monitor flashed on, the person on the screen was none other than Dyson. "Ah there you are! My three most successful clones ever created!"

I stared uneasily at the kid but he was staring at the screen, dumbstruck. "You were very foolish in coming to my largest manufactures. The greatest demon guards my life's work and you my dear children are trapped here."

He laid his eyes on me and spoke again, "Sierra always considered you his greatest creation. But you lost your potential when Hydra was born. What is your names again? Kara and Teddy? Get ready to be terminated."

Teddy was red with anger. He shouted at the screen, "I will kill Hydra! And after I'm finished with him, I'm going after you! All this time you've been hiding but now it's time for you to show yourself and fight us face to face."

He smiled and pulled out a remote. He pressed a button and threw the remote away, "Good luck with that… Teddy. Your only hint is Florida. Now a little science lesson for you children." I cursed under my breath and I saw Teddy do the same. "I created a stimulant that can be injected within the bloodstream. This substance has the power to make the user obey me and only me. Not really that amazing, yes, but when inside the right person…"

I stared uneasily at Teddy and he did the same to me. Which one of us had this stuff? We both were under captive and had taken a million injections. Could one of those have been this stimulant? The TV turned off but the room was still glowing a bit. I stared at the kid and realized his eyes were glowing green. I took a step back and pulled Alex and Luna with me. "Uh… Teddy? I think you should back away."

He noticed the boy's eyes and he slowly backed away. I sensed the attack before it came. The boy lunged at Teddy but I got in his way. Instead of feeling a six year old pushing against me, I felt a giant dragon smashing me to the sky. He flew me above the cooling tower and dropped me. I fell on the tower but I didn't break anything. Perks of being a super strong clone. The dragon landed on the cooling tower next to me and I got a good look at it. It was like a regular dragon, green and scaly, but it had a longer neck. He roared, "Death to the enemies of Dyson!"

He snapped at my head but I ducked and rolled under his legs. I pulled my dagger and stabbed in between the protective scales. It lodged inside Hydra but his tail came and nearly whipped me off the tower. Instead I grabbed the tail and held on for dear life as he swung me back and forth. "FIGHT YOU INSOLENT COWARD!"

I let go at the right moment and landed on the tower again, almost falling off. The little innocent boy that we found this morning was now gone. Replacing him was a killing machine. He stalked his way towards me, but over the edge I could see Alex flying, holding Luna up, who was aiming her crossbow at Hydra. I pointed in their direction, "Hey Hydra! Look over there!"

He turned and Luna fired at his eyes. He screamed and began to fly after them. Oh right! He can fly! I grabbed his tail so he couldn't lift off but it was draining all my energy. Then suddenly he transformed into the six year old boy, the glowing green eyes still present. He pulled the dagger out from his back and charged me.

I could tell he wasn't skilled with a blade. He was more of the smash and kill type. I managed to dodge most of his attacks but a punch made its way to my stomach, making me fly off the tower. Alex picked me up from the air and tossed me back on. Luna was on the tower with me and Alex soon landed next to us. She pulled a long dagger out and handed it to me. Luna shifted her crossbow into a spear. Alex breathlessly asked, "Are you ready girls?"

Alex flew from above, her fists crackling with electricity, Luna stayed back, jabbing Hydra in every weak spot she could find. I tried to stab him but his scales reappeared, rendering frontal assaults useless. I was too close this time and he succeeded in swallowing me. I felt the same sensation of being swallowed that I felt back in Lake Ontario. I used the dagger and cut around me, 360 degrees. I felt the head fall off as I tumbled out of the limp neck. I was covered in monster blood and saliva which smelled really gross. Alex and Luna helped me up. "That was amazing!" Alex said, "We didn't even-"

She stopped midsentence, making me worry about what was behind me. I turned around and I saw two heads splitting from the single neck Hydra had. "Fuck."

It makes sense now. Hydra growing more heads. I wonder why I didn't realize that earlier. I dodged a bite and a tail swipe retrieving my original dagger. Alex's electricity was almost useless against Hydra. Every time she zapped one head into a dead husk so that it wouldn't grow, the other head would bite off the dead husk, allowing more heads to grow. By the time we had gone through Hydra it had sixteen heads, all of which we were overwhelmed by.

We were about to be cornered off the tower but I saw Teddy finally climbing up to the top of the cooling tower. Took him long enough. He drew his white blade and yelled at Hydra, "Hey! Dragon thing! Turn around!"

It caught his attention but Hydra's tail swiped me off the cooling tower. I thought I was a goner but I felt a foothold. I looked down and realized that Teddy threw his sword at the right moment to save me. I watched from below in horror as he took on the sixteen heads the girls created. "Hey! Remember what I told you!" Teddy pleaded, "I won't let anything hurt you buddy! Just stop the destruction!"

Hydra looked conflicted. He charged Teddy but halfway in between his run, he changed into a six year old boy, his glowing eyes began to flicker. I clung to the edge and pulled out Teddy's sword and got back on top the cooling tower. Then we observed Hydra and Teddy. He had his arms outstretched like he was waiting for Hydra to give him a hug. Hydra, his eyes still flickering, went over and hugged him but the glowing eyes took over and grabbed the time bomb out of Teddy's pocket. "No!" Teddy screamed.

Hydra activated it, his eyes starting to flicker again. He winced as he crawled over to the edge. "Please go… I don't think I can… I can't stop it."

Teddy dived as Hydra fell off to the inside of the tower and grabbed his hand. I realized this was the moment I had in my dream. Alex already had flew Luna to safety and was coming back for me and Teddy. I went to Teddy's side and held him. Hydra groaned, "I can't… can't."

Teddy had a determined look in his eyes and shouted back, "Yes you can! Fight it! You don't need to do anything Dyson says!"

As Hydra's eyes flickered, his body began to deform. Scales growing in random patches, a wing grew out of his back, and the hand that Teddy was holding onto began to form claws. They bore into his forearm but he still held on. "You can't do it Teddy. Let him go."

He looked straight into the boy's eyes as he transformed again and again. "No." he grimaced, "I can do this. I can save him!"

Even though he wasn't Percy I could see how Teddy was a lot like him. He was willing to sacrifice himself for a boy he hardly knew, just because he wanted to, not for any selfish reasons.

The time on the bomb was down to fifteen seconds. Alex arrived next to us, tugging at our collars. Hydra's eyes bursted into a glowing green for the final time. Instead of trying to break free from Teddy, he was now trying to claw at his face. And for the first I saw Teddy lose hope. Something in his eyes seemed to break. I whispered in his ear, "Let him go."

Just when I thought my dream would become a reality, Teddy loosened his grip and let him fall into the tower, the bomb still blinking visibly he fell farther and farther down. I could hear his maniacal cackling even as he fell. Alex attempted to fly us off but we were too heavy and she only managed to float us away. A few seconds after our take off the tower exploded into green flames. "Shit!" I screamed.

Hydra had said that the building was now run by gas and I saw it was true as other surrounding buildings and towers exploded after it. Alex was buffered by the flames and we fell like a rock into a nice cushiony parking lot. Once we stopped rolling I got up, still nothing was broken but the fall and the flames had made me dazed. Alex and Teddy were both unconscious. Luna was still somewhere out there but I couldn't wait for her. I lost consciousness before I could take another step.

When I woke up I literally sprung out of bed, ready to blow up everything. "Whoa there warrior goddess. Calm down and lay down." Luna was feeding Alex bits of ambrosia, next to her was Teddy who was also still unconscious. "You guys fell pretty hard. It thought you were all dead."

I could tell she was completely distressed and I patted her back. My head was still spinning and my whole body felt like it was on fire but I managed to crawl my way over to Teddy. He had a nasty burn on the arm with four fingers. I laid my hand on his forehead. He was burning up. "What's wrong with him?" I asked.

Luna put a wet towel on his forehead. "I don't know. Alex has it too. I think Hydra had some sort of poison on his claws. I mean we didn't get scratched and we're fine but they both have scratch wounds. I mean, I assumed that was the reason."

Alex was worse off than Teddy. Her skin was turning into a pale green which was probably bad. "Ambrosia hasn't been helping either. I fed enough for them to wake up and feel at full strength but the poison is somehow blocking the effects of ambrosia. Only serious god power would restore them."

"How are we going to find a god in… where are we again?" I said.

"In a hotel. In New York. I caught a cab and trust me it was tough trying to make us seem normal enough to ride a cab."

Luna handed me an ambrosia square and I chewed it slowly. My strength returned to me but there was still the matter of Alex and Teddy slowly dying. Luna dug in her backpack, "Maybe we can call Percy. I have a drachma in here somewhere…"

I had no idea what she was talking about but I assumed it was something helpful. She pulled a giant gold coin out of her backpack and ran to the sink and left it running. Then she pulled the curtains open, letting the sun shine through. "Can you spray the water into mist?" she asked me.

I willed the water from the faucet to spray a bit near the window, creating a weak rainbow. "Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering. Show me Percy Jackson in New Rome."

The rainbow immediately shifted into an image of Percy who was enjoying a moment with his daughter. Addie saw us first and poked Percy. He turned around and waved to us. "Kara! Luna! Um… what's up?"

Luna lifted Alex so that her face was visible to Percy. Percy immediately gave a funny look at her. "Ew. What's up with her face? Gross, maybe you guys should get that inspected."

Luna rolled her eyes. "Yeah thanks a lot Percy. Because we didn't know what to do when we saw them like this. We want to know how we can cure them. Ambrosia isn't working and I think only god power will work."

Percy scratched his chin and appeared to be thinking. Something that didn't happen often. "Well if you're still in the New York area I suggest you get to Camp Half-Blood. Farm Road 3.141 Long Island, New York 11954. I'm pretty sure that's the address. Dionysus is the camp director there and if he's on a good day he probably won't help you."

"Oh well thanks for that" I said as I rolled my eyes. "We totally need a lazyass god to help us heal our dying friends."

Percy shrugged, "Chiron's also there too. He's a master at antidotes and whatnot. He's a lot more helpful."

Luna set another wet towel on Teddy's forehead. "Whatever that has the potential to help we have to do. Kara if you're willing to we can go to Camp Half-Blood. At this point it's our only chance."

I nodded and Percy gave a fatherly concerned face. "Kara… stay safe."

He waved his hand through the message, disconnecting us from him. Luna and I packed all our stuff and left the hotel, carrying an unconscious demigod each. Funny enough, the taxi drivers didn't exactly care about unconscious riders. I figured it probably happened more than once. Luna paid with a platinum colored card and we arrived at Camp Half-Blood. From the outside it looked like a strawberry farm but I knew it was much more. We climbed the hill to a giant tree. The hill overlooked most of the camp and although it didn't have a city like New Rome, it was teeming with demigods. Twenty eight cabins were set in a circle, with more and more being built. I could see a coliseum, a volleyball sand pit, a massive forest, and a solitary big blue house. Luna gave a look at me while she shifted uncomfortably under Alex's weight. "Let's start at the giant house."

Campers gave us strange stares as we waltzed right to the house but we ignored them all. On the porch a satyr with curly brown hair, a middle aged man in a wheelchair, and a pudgy man in a Hawaiian flower print shirt were playing some sort of card game. The satyr gasped as he saw who I was carrying. The wheelchair guy just stared gravely and the pudgy man just sighed. Luna spoke first. "Erm… Is Chiron or Dionysus here?"

The sky rumbled and the pudgy man rolled his eyes. The wheelchair man spoke, "Speaking. And young woman, please be careful how you throw around the god at present's name. Grover it is your turn."

I looked over to the pudgy man that I realized that he was Dionysus. No way he's a god. Couldn't he make himself more… appealing? He glared at me like he heard what I thought and laid down his cards. "I do believe I won this time you old centaur!"

Chiron laid down his cards and Dionysus shouted with glee. The satyr put down his cards and he just flipped. The god blew up the table and kicked the house door open screaming, "WHY CAN I NEVER WIN ZEUS? HAVE YOU CURSED ME IN NEVER WINNING A GAME OF PINOCHLE?"

He yelled Ancient Greek profanities in the air as he disappeared from our sight. Chiron pointed at a large porch bench. "Lay them on the bench" he pointed to the remaining seats that weren't blown up, "Sit and tell your story."

We explained from the literal beginning. Teddy's beginning. Or at least the bits he told me. The whole time the satyr just fidgeted and chewed on a cushion. Chiron sighed and rolled his way off the porch. Grover dragged our dying friends off the porch but when I turned back Chiron was a full grown centaur. How he kept it all in one wheelchair I had no idea. Chiron lifted the unconscious bodies on his horseback.

We walked to the hill we were just on which kind of ticked me off but I followed silently. Grover and Chiron deposited our friends beneath the tree where a golden fleece and a dragon were waiting. After fighting a dragon myself I can't say I was too excited about seeing another. Grover took the fleece and draped it over our friends. "What…"

But Chiron silenced me. We waited a good five minutes until I tried to ask again, "What exactly is supposed to be happening?"

Chiron draped the fleece on the tree again and scratched his beard. "This is interesting. I cannot cure this new type of poison nor the fleece. Although god power is enough to heal your friends, Mr. D is… busy. I suggest you call Apollo, he is often lenient to… "Cool" demigods."

Luna crossed her arms, "What is that supposed to mean?"

Grover coughed and I could see he was trying to cover a laugh. Chiron too looked like he was trying to suppress a grin. My shoulders drooped a bit, "How bad is it?"

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