Lost from within, pursing the end.

-Thalia Grace

Calypso's Island was chaos.

"So do you think that Jason, Nico and the Aphrodite children just ran off to the Underworld without us?" Clarisse demanded. "You- filthy- traitor!"

Chris wrestled her back. "Clarisse, calm down," he said soothingly. "Kayla, Will, Mark, Sherman, take care of the traitors. Kill them."

Austin, Butch, Christopher glared daggers before they were led off by the other campers. Fuming, Clarisse lashed out at a tree.

"Jason and Nico are probably dead, and Thalia's trying to survive under torture by Luke. Do you seriously think that we can still win this, Chris?" Her voice shook slightly as Clarisse turned to him.

"Yes," Chris said determinedly. "Don't worry, daughter of Ares."

Three hours later

"Here we are," Nico said tiredly. "It's midnight on the isle, but why are demigods running around and…?"

"Jason! Nico!" Kayla screamed. "Oh my gods!"

"Kayla, are you alright?" Piper asked, concernedly.

"If you count finding out that Butch, Christopher and my half-brother were traitors are okay, then, yeah, I'm fine," Kayla muttered bitterly. "Austin, Butch and Christopher are getting executed in the morning. Clarisse, Will, Malcolm, Katie, Leo, Travis and Clovis are checking the other demigods now, see if they're traitors too. Do you know what happened to Thalia?" Kayla asked.

Piper shook her head. "No idea," she admitted, "But we'll find out, like always."

"Aphrodite children, take control of the island," Nico ordered. "Piper, organize the campers, please."

The Aphrodite cabin nodded and left.

One hour later

"Operation Omega, part two starts now," Luke spoke into his phone.

"Take the monsters and let them destroy everything, correct?" Ethan asked.

"Start from here. Demolish the Empire State Building with atomic bombs or something. The mortals who can see through the Mist will have nowhere to run. Take the demigods underground and start bombing."

Three hours later

Okay, Thalia thought dazedly. Luke's destroying the world. The start of a new Golden Age. Okay. Now, go back to Calypso's Island. Run like Hades.

Then, something smashed her onto the ground from behind her. Thalia closed her eyes in defeat.

"Hello again, Thalia. Perhaps you need a lesson on how to escape from a place," Luke's sweet voice sounded in her ear as he tugged her back into the building. Then, he injected something into her, and Thalia blacked out.

Three days later

"I know you're awake." Luke's cool lips contacted her jaw, and Thalia suspected that he was leaning over her.

She kept her eyes closed.

"I'm going to bring you news, and you're not going to like it." Thalia felt her hair being brushed out of her face.

"Asia's almost destroyed; now my monsters are taking China. We're at Hong Kong, almost done. Just have to take out South Horizons and they're coming back here to America." Luke's fingers trailed down from her shoulders to her arm, and Thalia held back a shiver. "Want to come?" he drawled, voice inviting.

"No, thanks," Thalia breathed, her voice softer than she'd intended it to be. Her eyes were still closed. "But if you could leave me in peace I would very much be grateful."

Luke laughed quietly. "The mortals are panicking. The Mist can't work so perfectly, so half the smothering remains of the world are revealed to Greek mythology. Earth's population is reduced by a quarter, and the people who can see through the Mist have evacuated to underground. Not sure exactly where, but I'll find out soon."

Thalia controlled her quickened breathing. "You wouldn't. Are you forgetting my sixty demigods? All I have to do is send a fast Iris-Message and your Operation Omega will stop immediately."

"Really?" Luke's lips moved down to her throat. "Can they get out of Calypso's Island?"

Thalia attempted to push him away, her eyes still tightly shut. "Yes, they can, unless-" she stopped midsentence.

"Unless Calypso's actually helping you," she whispered.

"You got it finally," Luke caressed her cheeks. "Congrats, daughter of Zeus."