A/N: Disclaimer: Rights to Uncle Rick. This A/N is going to be a little long, but if you want some insight on the previous chapter, you should read it.
In reply to aronimac: Thank you for your review, and I'm not offended by anything that you wrote, in fact, I'm glad you brought it up. My intention was for the characters to seem a little off in that conversation, they were all talking before Phalcun arrived, that conversation had a part to do with why Annabeth and Percy responded the way that they did; I purposely made Annabeth and Percy act a little differently. All will be explained later on, things are only half explained in this chapter; flashbacks will be included to help explain things. As for the monster attacks, it came to mind, but I admit I got so caught up in the story that I forgot to add those. Any suggestions on what monster should attack? As for Annabeth being good at reading people, Phalcun is the kind of guy that tends to hide his emotions, so unless Piper went with them, nobody could really guess Phalcun's true feelings, not even his own sister, well half-sister, but that's just a detail. Thanks for your review, it was much appreciated. :)
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(Phalcun's P.O.V.)
I glare at the ground, while everyone still stares at me. Four pairs on eyes on me, wide and disbelieving and I understand why. Back at Camp, I was never one to truly get attached to a woman, sure we had a relationship, but I would never fall in love with any of them, or think that I love them. I look up at Annabeth, hoping that out of all of them, she would understand the most.
I see something in her eyes change, and her tone changes to a softer one. "Phalcun, I'm so sorry. I had no idea, none of us did."
"Are you still going to kill her?" I ask, tears beginning to well up in my eyes.
"No, gods I'm sorry. It's just that, we were talking, and then, well we know she's dangerous, really dangerous, I guess we all just thought that she's gone for good. Honestly, I think in the light of the moment, we were convinced that Jae's gone, but then you drop that bomb about loving her-" I cut her off by pulling my sister into a hug.
"I get it, you guys don't want to take that risk, not with the prophecy that Rachel gave. But you don't know her like I do; I swear we are going to get her back." I pull back from Annabeth and look her in the eyes, "I'm not giving up on Jae, not ever."
I feel a hand on my shoulder; I look back and see Percy. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, after what just happened, none of us are giving up on her. We were dumb to even consider the worst."
"Thanks, Perce." I say, Will and Nico nod in agreement. "Then it's settled, we're saving her. We're not killing her."
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(Jae's P.O.V.)
I open the door to the house and see my parents intently talking in hushed voices. "Hello father and step-mother. What might you two be talking about so vigorously?" Both of them looked at me as if I'd said, "I just got ten tattoos!" instead of greeting them.
"Step-mother? Jae, you never call your mother that." Dad says.
I flop down into the armchair, "She," I point at Shelly, "is only my mother because you're married to her. Nemesis is my real mother; she gave me these awesome powers."
Dad immediately freaks out when I mention powers. "What powers? What can you do, Jae?"
"Nothing much, I can feel people's guilt and remorse, and actually go into their minds to see what they're guilty of. Any other powers that I have, I don't know about them, I haven't gotten the chance to test them on anyone." I shrug. "But, I will find out eventually, I have my first target."
"You will find out, but not by using your powers on someone," says dad. "You're going to Camp Half-Blood, no arguments, that's final."
I laugh. "Father, father, father. Have you learned nothing about the new me? I hate to listen! I have my own agenda, and I am not inclined to let anyone interfere with that agenda, not even you or Noah." Mentioning Noah ruined dad's trump card, he'd use Noah as a guilt trick, too bad I don't feel guilt anymore, a plus of being a daughter of Nemesis. No guilt, no remorse.
"I had a feeling you wouldn't agree." Dad nods to someone behind me, and before I can spin around, handcuffs are around my wrists. Actual handcuffs! Noah comes into my line of view; apparently he had come home quietly and stayed behind me. I regret getting up out of the armchair and pausing midway to the kitchen to get a snack.
"What the hell is this? Handcuffs, seriously?" I stare at the three people in front of, wondering if this is some kind of practical joke. "Don't you know what I can do to you? I warned you, all of you, what will the twins say when they realize I'm gone?" Clearly I under estimated the power of my trump card with the twins.
"Calder and Lily are staying with my brother for some time; they won't know you're gone." Shelly has this planned out; the twins will stay with Uncle Dean, and because they absolutely adore him, as long as they hear mom or dad's voice once a day through the phone, they'll be fine. They won't ask to talk to me, or Noah. Mom didn't even need to explain to them why they were going to Uncle Dean's, they only cared that they were.
I growl, a sound that is becoming quite familiar to me. "Fine," I spit. "Take me to Camp; you're just transferring your problem to someone else, so you don't have to keep worrying about me." Nobody says anything, but Noah takes me out to the car and he drives off to someplace I have never seen before.
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(Phalcun's P.O.V.)
There's a knock on the apartment door, Will yells that he'll get it and jumps up to go open it. "I hope that's the pizza," I mutter when Will walks by, he mumbles some form of an agreement. From my position on the couch, I have a partial view of the door, but I can't see enough to know who is waiting at the door. But, if the words Will say so fluently when he opens the door are any indication, it's not the pizza.
"Will?" I call to him, "who is it?" Will just steps back, admitting whoever it is, into our temporary home. When I see who it is, I nearly say the same thing that Will did, and much worse, which would have earned me quite the disapproving glare from Chiron. "Why is she here? No, wait, better question. How did she get here?"
"Don't ask me!" Will exclaims, clearly as shocked as I am, until Noah steps into the apartment too.
"You brought her, why?" I say to Noah. To which, he indicates that her hands are bound.
"I brought her so you can take her Camp, and hopefully talk some sense into her." Noah replies. "At least with the handcuffs, the chances of her attacking you are less than when she actually has her hands free. She may try to run away though; I caught her trying to during the ride here."
"She'd tried to escape from the car, while it was moving?" Despite myself, worry laces my reply, and even though Jae's head is bent and her hair is covering her face, I can see she's smiling at my concern for her well-being.
"She really doesn't want to go Camp." Is all Noah says in reply.
"Hey you three," Jae, who has been quiet through the entire conversation, finally speaks. "Are you guys gonna keep me as your prisoner? It sure feels like it with these handcuffs."
"Get used to them," Noah snaps. "You're going to be in them for a while."
"What if I have to pee?"
I roll my eyes. "Then I take them off, but don't think you're getting out, the washroom has no means of escape. We're all going to be alert with you around; you're going to have someone watching you for as long as it takes to get to Camp."
Jae groans. "Well can you at least handcuff me in front instead of handcuffing my arms behind me? It's seriously uncomfortable." Noah grudgingly repositions her restraints and leaves soon after, quickly tossing me the key to Jae's handcuffs. Will says something about going out to get some fresh air, and since Percy, Annabeth, and Nico have gone out, I'm stuck with Jae. It is now my turn to groan, knowing I'll probably having to endure a good two to three hours alone with the Reverse Jae. I make the mistake of glancing at her, only to see that she is looking at me.
She smirks as Will walks out the door and winks. "Let the fun begin, gorgeous."
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A/N: Sooo, Jae is left with Phalcun, where will this go? Wait and see! Unfortunately, the new update might not come until Sunday or Monday… Review! And thanks once again to aronimac for the review.