A/N: STILL HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DOGGER, but by the time I'm done with this chapter you might be eighty years old.

I really do apologize, but Book Three will be ending abruptly, to make way for Book Four, in third person omniscient, but focusing mostly on the worst couple I can possibly come up with… and no, Dogger, it's not the two who will be immaculately conceiving. ANTHONY JR... (well, technically the third, since our Anthony is Anthony Jr…)

IT'S ABOUT TIME THE GINGER GETS HER TURN… even though she's totally overdue for an ass-kicking.

Changed my mind. Ginger still gets her turn, but not her turn at who I planned on her getting her turn at.

One of the last questions on the Mary-Sue Litmus Test (what does "litmus" mean?) is, and I quote, "Do you view your characters more like tools than friends/children?" I always used to check that one off, because my characters were simply objects with traits, and I used their traits as tools to make whatever I wanted happen. Now, well, look at Freddy, Ker, Bunny, and Anthony – I chickened out of killing them all.

I downloaded a ton of music to my MP3, so now I have constant music instead of just listening to the stuff on my computer.

Freddy POV

Ker's mother, Anna, had proven herself more than useful in our research of Bunny. Turned out Anna had known Bunny for the same five years she knew Hades before she finally had Ker, and Bunny in her late teens and early twenties was exactly what we wanted.

Luckily, Anna was talkative, because Adrianna was our chief interrogator, and she left Gina's side even less than Anthony did, and judging by Jack's jealous sulking, that was saying something.

"I met Bunny just after she arrived in the Underworld, a few months, maybe. She was twelve years old," Anna began. "Hades always told me of how he took a walk around L.A., and when he came back, there was 'a small, cheery blonde' sitting on his wife's throne." She laughed merrily. "'Hi, Hades! How are you on this fine winter morning?' Bunny was fourteen when I really got inducted into the world of Greek "mythology," and that's when she met Maria. My sister, I mean.

"Bunny hardly ever mentioned Percy Jackson. She seemed utterly happy, despite her prematurely aging appearance and the light fading from her eyes. I lost contact with Bunny when I was twenty-two, and she was…" She paused to think. "Eighteen?"

There was another pause, longer this time, and after a long while, Anna took a shuddery breath. It was an eerie break in composure for such an elegant, put-together woman. She pursed her lips in a hard, thin line. "She pressured Hades into buying her cameras, and she collected photos, adding to the ones from her childhood. She collected those pictures in a photo album. It was her one passion. She had hobbies, but that photo album is her life's work."

Camille leaned in, utterly intrigued, as if she was witnessing magic.

Camryn spoke before her twin got the chance to. "Please, for the love of Poseidon, woman, tell me you've still got that photo album."

Anna smiled, biting her lip playfully, like a little girl with a juicy secret. "As a matter of fact, I do. Maria was closer to Bunny than I was, so she's kept it all these years, until she moved out of our father's home. When he passed on, I took the album. I doubt Maria even remembers it." She tapped the white three-ring binder on her lap.

The binder looked like a child's creation – glittery lettering labeling the front The Long and Interesting Life of Bunny Antoinette Parker. It was a tragic reminder of Bunny's formerly childish nature, and how quickly she'd become a dark, rotted-out woman hell-bent on taking her revenge. I felt a tug at my heart – sympathy. I was sympathizing with the enemy. Great.

Anna silently handed one photo to Jack.

He gaped at it. "Holy crap."

I leaned over his shoulder to view the photograph. It was of a twelve-year-old Bunny, her arm around a kid who looked sixteen or seventeen, with black hair and green eyes. Besides the hair and eyes, he looked eerily like Jack, and come to think of it, he looked like the twins, too.

Anna smirked. "Sexy, am I right?"

Jack wrinkled his nose. "Um…"

Camryn and Camille ate the photo up. "IS-THAT-PERCY-JACKSON?"

Jack's eyes darkened.

"That's Percy Jackson, just after he met Bunny. She was closer to your mom, remember? I think it's right after he saved the world or whatever, too." She waved the photo away dismissively. Then she looked at Jack. "Please, for heaven's sake, tell me your name is not Jack Jackson."

He groaned. "Please don't bring that up ever again. We're lucky to have stopped Adrianna from saying it. We don't need to start her up again."

Anna chuckled.

Expertly, she flipped open the binder and scanned the pages, searching for something. Finally she took out a small photo and handed it to Jack.

Jack isn't smart, but he's smart enough.

He stared at the small square in his hand and sucked in his breath sharply, Percy Jackson forgotten.

"That's why Maria's late," Anna explained hurriedly, staring at the photo album in her lap. "She's looking into that specific photo."

"Let me see," Camille said softly. Jack, wordlessly, held up the photo so we could see it.

It was of a couple of little girls – six years old at the most. The one on the right was obviously Bunny – thick blond curls more disheveled than usual, blue eyes brighter, gray streaks in her hair nonexistent. The left one, however, was another case altogether.

She was about Bunny's height, an inch or so taller, but her hair wasn't at all like Bunny's springy curls. It was shoulder-length, ruler-straight, and red, closer in color to Adrianna's than Bunny's. Her blue eyes were sharper, and her eyebrows darker, but other than that, she was disturbingly similar to Bunny.

"Another daughter of Apollo," Jack said quickly. I wasn't so sure.

Camille looked doubtful. "But-"

"Another daughter of Apollo," he repeated firmly. "Just another daughter of Apollo. She means nothing."

He sounded like he was trying to convince himself, not my sister.

"Go show it to Adrianna," Camryn commanded. Her eyes flickered with something that seemed to say, And while you're at it, go get your girlfriend back. We miss you, Jack.

Gina POV

"Jackpot," I whispered.

Anthony grinned. "We got lucky, didn't we?"

Adrianna nodded fiercely, her ponytail bobbing up and down. "You can say that again."

Recap: Jack had come to us with a photograph, seen Anthony, conveniently remembered he had something else to do, handed photo to Anthony, and run off.

Chicken.

"So what we're thinking is what, exactly?" I asked. I knew I looked stupid sitting in bed all the time (Adrianna wasn't letting me up for anything), and I didn't want to be misinformed. The least I could do was contribute verbally, if I wasn't allowed to compete physically.

Adrianna went from fervent-nurse mode to logical-strategist mode in less than a heartbeat. "I'm thinking of this in terms we know. Okay, we know half-siblings and we know full-blood siblings. This isn't a hugely reliable point to be making – I mean, really, you know how similar half-siblings look. You could see Freddy out on the streets and think he's Percy Jackson, and last I checked, Percy Jackson is not a ginger. But if you look at full-blood siblings, some of them are practically identical." She gestured to Anthony. "You and your sister. Same hair, same eyes, at least similar faces. Bonnie and Myrtle. Hack a few years off of Myrtle's age and stop straightening Bonnie's hair, and they're indistinguishable."

"What about Troy and Felix Day?" I quipped.

Troy and Felix were half-siblings, alright – Troy a son of Apollo, Felix a son of Hermes. They were connected by their mother, which was pretty unique around here.

Adrianna nodded. "Troy and Felix. You'd look at them and swear they were twins."

"I don't get why this matters," Anthony said.

Adrianna held up the photo with two fingers, so he could see it more clearly. "I know Jack Chase, and I'm willing to bet that by now, he's convinced himself that this is her half-sister. I don't know about you two, since you're both in love with the kid, but I'm willing to prove him wrong."

Anthony narrowed his eyes. Adrianna didn't seem to notice, and if she did, she didn't care very much.

"We have evidence," she continued. "Firstly, Bunny came to camp at age what?"

Anthony looked at me, exasperated. His eyes seemed to say, Does she really expect us to know this?

"Seven." Adrianna rolled her eyes. "Second, these two look crazy-similar. Third, Jack and Anthony are totally having a secret affair."

"I'm going to find Nina," Anthony muttered. He glanced at me, then left the room.

"I thought she dumped your sorry ass!" Adrianna shouted after him. She scowled. "He'll be back."

She was quiet for a while, tapping her foot impatiently, until I asked incredulously, "Are we seriously going to wait for him?"

She thought for a moment, then declared, "Gina Daniels and Adrianna Powers wait for no man. Men are worthless. Unless they're gay. Then they're sexy."

"That makes zero sense," Anthony muttered, having returned with Nina.

"Not gay," she said loudly, then turned, frowning, to Anthony. "Can I go now?"

"You wanted to be involved, right?" he asked sharply.

She blushed.

"So this is your chance," he continued.

"Great, so now Senka can't say we're hiding stuff from our half-titan 'overlords,'" I said brightly.

"Oh!" Anthony looked like he'd just remembered something. "Tell Adrianna your theory, Nina."

Adrianna looked intrigued.

Nina's face turned even redder. "I don't think we were the prophecy kids. It doesn't make sense. The world didn't exactly "fall" to fire. I'm a crappy fire, anyway."

"You can burn arrows to a crisp," Anthony grumbled. "That's more fire than I can do. Hell, I can't even work out my love life most of the time. Aren't I supposed to be able to do at least that?"

Adrianna clenched her jaw and balled her fists. "Well, that's just great. You're right, Nina, and I've been thinking the same thing, I'm just too much of a pussy to admit it to myself." She sat down heavily in a chair, and buried her face in her hands for a few minutes. Then she looked up, a determined fire in her eyes, and snapped, "It's time Percy Jackson got the hell out of the way."

The three of us were shocked silent, until finally Nina got tired of staring sideways at Anthony and left the room, shaking her head as if to clear it. Anthony watched her leave, and when she was gone, he sat in the chair next to my bed, and sighed heavily.

Adrianna's phone rang. Neither of us batted an eye – actually, I'm not sure Anthony even noticed – but Adrianna hopped up and listened to whatever the caller was telling her, blinking her blue eyes confusedly.

"She'll come around," I said softly to Anthony.

"Everyone's saying that about you, too, you know."

I paused and frowned. "Yeah, probably."

He laughed. "Probably everyone's saying you'll come around, or probably you'll actually come around?"

"The first one."

He grinned. "Poor Jack. You know, you don't see this, but you're quite a catch, Gina. You think Jack and Rose are the king and queen? No way. Rose is jealous beyond belief of you."

"Why?" I asked, bewildered and, secretly, quite pleased.

"Well for one, you're prettier than her, in my expert opinion. Two, you're blond. Three, you're tan. Four, you've got Jack Chase in the palm of your hand. Five-"

Adrianna's merry laughter cut him off. She was still on the phone. "My gods, what a small world it is, eh? Don't bother, I've got a girl feeding me cash, but off the top of your head, how much does a plane ticket from Minneapolis to New York City cost?"

Anthony trailed off and froze.

"Uh-huh. Okay, thanks. I'll tell them you said hi. Bye. Thanks so much for your help." She giggled again. "See you in a week."

Anthony turned around to stare at her while she snapped her phone shut and went back to writing something on a pad of paper and chomping on her gum.

She noticed us staring at her and seemed to remember something. "Oh, yeah, Anthony, your dad says hi."

A/N: LOLYES WE ARE SO BRINGING TONY INTO THIS WHOLE BULLSHITTY MESS :D LOLOLOLOL… sorry, kind of tired right now. This is how I am when I'm tired.

Okay, I officially have no idea what I'm doing with the rest of this. So it might be awhile before I update, but I'm pretty sure Dogger is the only one still reading this xD

And I am planning a second series focusing on the children of some of our demigods today… and, of course, Gina and Adrianna will be fighting over Jack. Yes. It's magical. And I was going to say Adrianna's kids are just as screwed up as Gina's, but absolutely no one could be as screwed up as Gina's kids.