Hopefully this chapter will shed some light things.

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Me: Malakai is here today to talk to you.

Malakai: Hello everyone.

Me: So Malakai, do I look like Rick Riordian?

Malakai: Uh... I don't think so. Why? Are you supposed to?

Me: Nope! I guess that akes care of that...

Malakai: She doesn't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Me: Thank you Malakai!

"What do you mean?" Aaron asked.

Aeron looked over at Malakai. Malakai nodded and said, "Just come on. You'll understand later."

No one else spoke. Finally, Malakai stopped walking. We had reached a small cave type deal. "Go on inside." Aeron told us.

We all went inside and sat down on the ground. "Now tell us what's going on." Lyla demanded.

"Yeah, we deserve to know!" Percy said.

"Calm down, will you!" Malakai sighed. "Now then, what I'm about to tell you is completely true. You have to understand that. Are you with me so far?"

We nodded our heads. Malakai swallowed and said, "We have to start long after Kronos created the Seven Treasures; in the future. You have to understand what a place the future is."

"How do you know?" Percy asked.

"Because," Malakai swallowed, "Aeron, myself, and Evangeline are all from the future…"

"WHAT? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" I yelled.

Malakai looked at me, his gaze soft. "We are…"

The voice inside my head said, 'You have to believe him. It's all the truth.'

I nodded my head and said, "Tell us what it's like."

"The future is nothing like it is in today's world. In the future, time is at a complete stand still. The wind never blows… raindrops never fall… and people are frozen in time, just the same as they were the day it froze… unable to move, think, or anything."

"Then how are you guys here?" Travis wondered.

"You must know that gods are unable to be frozen in time like everyone else. Once Kronos learned of this, he grew angry and called his brothers and sisters out of the depths of Tartarus to destroy the gods." Percy tightened his grip on Riptide at those last words. Malakai continued, "Just before the gods' were defeat-"

"Gods can't be destroyed. "Annabeth pointed out.

"If there is no one left to remember them, wouldn't they fade away?" Malakai questioned.

"So they all just faded away?"

"Not quite." Malakai said. "They all faded away… but one. Truly the last Olympian, she was."

"Who?" Percy asked.

"Hestia." Malakai whispered. "She was kept alive by the flame… eternally burning in all our hearts."

"That still doesn't explain you guys," Aaron said.

"I was getting there." Malakai said. "So, as I was saying, just before the gods were defeated, they combined all their powers, sort of like the way Kronos did with the time pieces, only in reverse, and created two 'children of the gods'… me and Evangeline."

"So you're like brother and sister?" Travis asked.

"I guess… I've never really thought of it like that. So, yeah… sort of." Malakai said.

"Continue please." Aaron begged.

Malakai said, "Hestia taught us everything we'd ever need to know so one day we could save the world."

"You're kind of like angels, aren't you?" Lyla asked. "Saving the world…"

Something clicked with Annabeth. "Evangeline and Malakai both mean 'Angel'. That can't be a coincidence, can it?"

"There is no such thing a coincidence." Malakai muttered. Annabeth's eyes squinted as she thought.

"Where does Aeron fit in to all of this?" Travis asked.

"Aeron and Morana both mean 'death'." Annabeth looked over at Aeron.

"Yes, they do." Malakai looked over at Aeron as well.

"I told you, I've changed!" Aeron said.

"But you won't give me a single reason why."

Aeron's face flushed a bit, "Nope."

"Travis, Aeron and his sister are the children of Kronos. They do all his dirty work. Aeron's job just happened to be disposing of Lina and me. It just so happened that we were preparing to leave for the past to try and retrieve the time pieces, and ultimately, save the world. We jumped in the vortex that would take us to the past and Aeron jumped in with us. While we were inside the vortex, we tried to fight off Aeron. Unfortunately, he knocked Lina off balance and she fell into another time zone. I grabbed her had just as she was about to slip away. I was barely hanging on to her as she was dragging through time. I think that's what caused her to lose her memory. I was starting to lose my grip and I knew she was slowly losing consciousness. I looked at her one last a time and let go. I turned and saw Aeron about to stab me, so I jumped and I guess he did the same. This wasn't even the time period that we were supposed to be in…"

"Whoa…" Percy and Travis said together.

"I guess that's about it." Malakai said.

"Who was stealing the time pieces when Aeron was with us?" Lyla asked.

"It was Morana, wasn't it?" Annabeth asked.

Malakai said, "Yeah, and how Morana found us, I don't know."

A voice said from behind us, "It wasn't very hard. Poor wittle brother kept trying to contact me. He said he was scared."

"I'm not afraid of you Morana." Aeron said. "If you weren't afraid of me, you'd come out instead of hiding."

"Ha! You think I'm scared? Me? You're so funny." Morana said, stepping out of the shadows. She looked very mad, and slightly crazy. "Daddy ordered me to kill you, you little traitor!"

"I'm not a traitor!" Aeron yelled as he ran forward, sword in his hand. Their blades connected and sparks flew.

"You can come out now!" Morana yelled as she dodged one of Aeron's swings. He was a surprisingly good swordsman.

Out walked what I assumed to be more Titans (by the energy they gave off). One looked like he was on fire. Walking hand-in-hand with him was a woman that was glowing. She was divine. Slightly behind them was a woman who looked very tough, rough, and scary at the same time.

Annabeth whispered, "That's Hyperion, Theia, and Themis."

"What are we going to do? We can't fight three Titans at once. We can barely fight one!" Percy whispered back.

"Would you like some help?" Coeus asked, crouching down over us.

We all jumped and readied our swords. Coeus said, "Ah, would ya stop? I'm going to help you. There's no way you can defeat them on your own."

"You are so confusing. I thought you were mad at us for killing Lucky." Lyla reminded.

His face twisted. "Yes, I'm mad. But I'm also wise, and I know who I'm going to help." He looked at us. We looked at him. "I brought help."

Behind him walked two more women. One had beautiful flowing red hair. The other had blonde, glowing hair.

Annabeth whispered, "That's Phoebe and Mnemosyne."

They walked over to us. Percy asked, "You're really going to help us?"

"Yes, I want the gods to win!" the red headed lady said. Her voice was high. "I really like Zeus…"

"If you're really going to help us, then we need to make a plan." Annabeth suggested.

"Defiantly," Coeus said.

Annabeth, along with Coeus, came up with a brilliant plan. Percy was going to run and get Aeron; they were going to follow us out. Coeus, Phoebe, and Mnemosyne were going to fight the other Titans while we escaped.

Percy edged his way to Aeron as out Titans walked up to meet the others. Their sword clashed and the air was tense. I looked over to see Percy fighting Morana with Aeron.

Suddenly, the air got really cold and everyone stopped what they were doing. A dark cloud came into view and hovered in the air. Morana shouted, "Father! I'm glad you could make it. As you can see, we've got some traitors among us."

Well… that complicates things…

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Mythology Lesson: Hyperion is the Titan of the Sun, Theia means 'bright goddess', Themis is the Titan of Law and Balance, Coeus is Wisdom, Phoebe is the Titan of the Moon, and Mnemosyne is the Titan of Memory. Mnemosyne is the mother of the Nine Muses. Zeus was the father. She was the red headed Titan... (that's why she said she liked Zeus)

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