AN: PLEASE DON'T HATE ME! I know I said I was going to be able to post more over the summer, but I've been working and gone with no internet and my dad was trying to stay home a lot so I rarely got the computer...I'm sorry guys. But I did it! I finished the chapter! And if I'm really good I might be able to have the next one up in the next few weeks.

Disclaimer: (I might have stolen this from someone because I thought it was awesome :) )

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

I don't own PJO/HOO,

Rick Riordan do

Roses are red,

Cookies are blue.

I only own the plot,

But I wish I owned them too

Hazel's POV

I always hated the curse that gave me power over precious stones. I never thought I could hate the ones given to me because of heritage, the ones that I deemed useful. But now, watching my cousin's life force slipping between fading and stabilizing as Will tried desperately to save him. It took everything I had no to cry. But I was focused on something else. Nico had grabbed my hand and silently asked for help. Together, we were working with Will to piece back together what remained of Jason's soul. It was like in those sucky old horror movies where the picture is screwy and the monster is clear but you can't really do anything because you aren't...there. That's what it felt like as we tried to gather the pieces. That's what it felt like while the world revolved around us. Until the final part came into play, we couldn't leave. It might have been hours, minutes, or seconds.

"Come on, Jase. Don't you dare leave me again or I will drag you out of Hades by the hair." Thalia's silent sobbing and threats was helping about as much as Piper's charmspeak. Even though she was trying to get him to wake up, only parts of his soul were listening and it was making it harder to find them.

Will was shaking silently in front of us. "Oh please shut up you two! I'm trying to save him and you two blubbering isn't helping! Percy, Frank. Get them out of here. In fact, all of you out!" As everyone started leaving it started getting easier. Like they were blocking my view or something.

I closed my eyes tighter, if that was even possible, and renewed my focus. Nico had gotten alot of the peices back but I could see him slipping. Without his soul, Will's work would be in vain. "Damn it Jason, work with us." I was started to feel tired. Exsurting my powers like this, it wasn't good for me. And then it happened. I found the second to last peice, quickly adding just as Nico did with the one he found. I didn't have time to see if it worked, I passed out.

Oh stop glaring at me! It's not like I control the universe, or the fates! I'm simply telling you what happened. Yes, Nico and I tried our best. Yes, I over used my powers. But no. I have no idea if he lived or not. Because I had my own problems to deal with. You see, my dad can only talk to me through dreams. So of course when I passed out was the perfect time to tell me something completely unrelated to what was going on.

"Happy early birthday, Hazel. I know it's next week but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to contact you then. Anyway, your present will come later but at the moment I need to tell you something important." Of course he took a dramatic pause, he was related to king of dramatics...his little brother. "You all are being hunted or herded or something like that. There is a monster at your school but I don't know who. They've been able to cloak themselves or somehow appear mortal to get through the barrier. That's why all this stuff is happening. It might just be to scare you away so their plans succeed or to weaken you so when they come into effect, you lose the fight. I am so sorry, my daughter. This is all I can give you. I must go now."

I finally found my voice just as he started to disappear. "Dad? Thank you.." I swear I saw him smile as his body dissolved into smoke and dust.

I tried to force my open but as soon as I did I closed them again, wishing to never see again. The world was spinning faster than the planet and it was splotchy like someone took a sponge to a painting. I groaned, feeling seasick all over again.

"Hey, it's okay. Every things fine. Can you look at me?" The voice wasn't the one I wanted to hear, the one at the moment I really needed. But I could feel the now tough muscle of his arms holding me, the smell wafting off his clothes and soothing my rapidly beating heart heart.

I had to force my eyes open, but as soon as they came into contact with Will's worried ones, I bolted into a seating position, accidentally squashing Frank's arm with my thighs. "Is Nico okay? What about Jason? Oh gods, please tell me it worked."

"Calm down Haze, you need to relax." Will was probably right, but the only thing he did was make me angry.

I snarled at him, glaring through a thin curtain of hair that had fallen in front of my face. "You tell me if they are okay right now Will Solace or your jewels won't be the only thing crushed after this."

I thought he would laugh, considering I was tiny compared to him. But he instantly fell backwards and scooched away. "Nico is fine. I'm not crying or over working myself, am I?" He shifted nervously. "But Jason..." He shuttered. "He's stable. That's all I can really say right now, Percy brought him back to camp to rest up. Considering he's still unconscious, he'll be doing a lot of that."

I growled at him before curling back up in Frank's arms, too tired to move anymore. Or threaten anyone else. "I'm tired." I snuggled into Frank's chest, way too 'loopy' to care that in my time this would be like walking around nude in this time. At least, as far as I knew. I mean it would be scandalous but not really arrest worthy. Do you know hard it is to compare two times like this?

"I know. I'm really proud of you, you did good. Just, don't use your powers for a while. You might end up like Nico did and I really don't think you want Nurse Frank to exist." He kissed my cheek as he stood up, walking over to where our friends were. Actually, at this point, they were all family.

Frank heaved himself up surprisingly easily with me in his arms. He put me down, letting me lean on him for support. We met up with the group, trying to figure out why this kept happening. When I repeated what my father said to me, they all seemed to relax. A monster they could do, that was something they were used to. The world seemingly trying to destroy them not only physically, but emotionally and mentally too? Not good. This was still not good but at least they had experience with this. They knew how to handle this. And that just made the feeling in my stomach worse and my eyes prickle with tears.

"Now we just need to figure out who it is. Maybe Jason saw who it was or got a hint, so when he wakes up, and he will wake up, we'll get hints from him, at least to who's the actual monster. Figuring out what the monster is, that's going to be harder. It has to be smart, patient and..." Annabeth's eyes widened in realization just as Reyna smacked her forehead. "In control. Maybe the reason we haven't been attacked yet is because whatever this thing is it wants to be the one to beat us. Or an army ready because they can't exactly fight us if we kill all of their soldiers."

Reya nodded. "Or forcing us to leave would be all on it. Besides, with no monsters around would we really have figured this out?" They all shook their heads. "Well then. We have a start. Let's go home, guys."

I would have if I didn't feel sick to my stomach. I said i would meet them outside and kissed Frank quickly so he wouldn't protest. Kind of hard to speak when your lips are covered. I was about to head into the bathroom when I noticed something darting into the shadows. Something...humanoid, but it didn't feel human. "Gotcha."

"Come on girly, follow me." She giggled as she watched the small demigod following her, her hand placed lightly on her belt which probably hid her sword. "Oh, no need for that. It's my turn to have fun, not yours." She dashed across the hall, trying to be slow enough for her to notice but fast enough that she didn't get any recognizable details.

The girl smirked. "Come on out blondie, I know you're hiding from me." Damn, she saw. Oh well, she could always dye her hair or something or get one of the boys to do it for her in a 'prank' so it doesn't look suspicious.

"Blondie? It's that your cute friend, the one I kissed by the pool?" She made her voice lower and gruffer than before so she wouldn't recognize it. "He was so much fun to play with, and I almost got three for one! But no such luck. Well I guess I need something to show mother so you'll have to do."

The girl's eyes widened. "Mother?" She didn't even have time to blink as suddenly she was passed out on the floor while I stood behind her with my stiletto in hand while her head was bleeding from the scratch it gave her.

"Yum, I got blood on this one! Come on girly, let's embrace the cliche while you're still asleep."

When I opened my eyes I was not expecting what I found. I thought I'd be in a lair maybe, my friends around me after winning more likely, or even the low chance of having Charon sigh and saying, "Back again so soon?" What I certainly was not expecting was to be in a janitor's closet with the light turned on.

"What the...?" I tried the door, sighing in relief as it was locked. If it wasn't, I would have been way to confused. I looked around quickly, trying to get my bearings. The door had...something sealing it, so no one would see the light and I couldn't shadow travel because there was nothing else in the room. I looked around for a switch or something to pull for the light to go off but i found nothing. I looked at the ceiling to see if she taped it, but it wasn't there. "Must be an outside one." I stepped in something, jumping a foot in the air. I kneeled down, finding the floor was lightly covered in what looked like oil. Which was flammable. Which meant either breaking the light so I could shadow travel or doing it so I had something to scrape away at the gunk was not going to work. Spark + flamable stuff = fire. Fire + Hazel without Leo or Percy = chared Hazel. I went for my sword only to find it wasn't on me. "Shit." I covered my mouth before realizing I was alone and this was the twenty first century. "Okay, as long as Leo never finds out about that we should be good."

After a few more minutes of looking for a way out, I finally came to an air vent. "Finally." I could reach it if I went onto my tip toes, but just barely. As I looked for a way to get it undone I realized two things. One, I wasn't going to be able to fit through it like in the movies Leo has been trying to get me to watch. Two, it was sealed as well. Which meant if the door and air vent were sealed, I was going to run out of oxygen because none of it could get in or out. Yay me. At least I would last...

I stared as a hole appeared in the thin holding the vent closed. A small tube appeared and I almost wished it was poison gas. Almost. It started sucking all the air out of the room apparently it was big enough to leave no room for air to get inside the closet. I slowly started to feel dizzy, my breathing get heavier as the panic started to set in. I was going to die. I was seriously going to die and I was helpless to stop it.

"Fuck you." Was all I managed to get out before for the second time that day, I passed out.

AN: Sorry not sorry about the cliffhanger. Anyway, hope you guys liked it! I promise to update ASAP and not put it off for three months...Again.