PSDW: Hello, young Jedi.

FFS: Don't you mean Demigods?

WPBW4L: Yeah... or even better... Wizards!

FFS: We're not wizards or Jedi you weirdos.

PSDW: Don't get angry, young padawan. It's not the way of the Jedi.

FFS: WE'RE NOT JEDI!

WPBW4L: Yeah! Wizards have to channel their anger through there wands to make them more powerful!

PSDW: Sounds more like a Sith to me!

FFS: Gahh... Can we get on with the chapter?

PSDW: Of course! I'd be happy to!

WPBW4L: Oh alright... Who's chapter today?

PSDW: I wrote the chapter... I can't say that I own the chapter because Jedi can't own anything besides their cloths and Jedi weapons and stuff...

FFS: -_- Were you watching Star Wars earlier today?

PSDW: Uhhh... Maaayyybeee...

FFS: Let's get on with the chapter...

Chapter 25

Jaclyin's P.O.V.

"Okay, where to first?"

$800 and a churro later, we were sitting down and were trying to plan out our trip.

I took a bite out of my churro and listened to everyone's ideas.

"I want to go on Indiana Jones!" Vanna said.

"I want to go on Pirates!" Rebecca said.

"Thunder Mountain!" Jane said.

"STAR TOURS!" I shouted.

An hour later, we were all running off to Tomorrow Land to get lunch from Pizza Port. After we had our lunch, we went on Space Mountain, and then we went on Star Tours. Jane, Vanna, and I were all going on when Rebecca suddenly stopped.

I turned and looked at her, worried. "Are you okay, Rebecca?"

Rebecca nodded, "I'm fine, you guys go on ahead. I'll wait for you out here."

I started walking towards her while Jane and Vanna followed.

"What's wrong, Beccy?" I asked.

"Nothing, I just don't like roller coasters in enclosed places, that's all." She said, self-consciously.

"Are you just going to wait here for us? Or at the exit, rather?" Vanna asked.

Rebecca nodded, "Sure. I'll be in the store."

We all began walking and I turned back to Rebecca, "Don't you dare go wandering off. Remember that one time at the mall?" I said sternly while Rebecca giggled. One time, we all had gone to the mall after a band competition. We were all eating lunch in the food court and Rebecca had to go to the restroom. I had told her to wait for someone to go with her, you know, buddy system? Well, I had gotten up to throw something away and when I returned, Rebecca was nowhere to be found. I had gone off looking for her and when I went back to our table, she was there along with a sales person who was giving me the creeps. It was very confusing. "I don't want that to happen again."

"Fine," Rebecca said, "I'll stay put."

I narrowed my eyes at her and Jane, Vanna, and I went off to the ride.

"That was awesome!" Vanna said.

"I know! I can't believe See Threepio is the pilot this time! And Artoo's there too!" I said.

"Hey! Jewelry!" Jane said, immediately running off to the jewelry racks.

"Ooo! Make-your-own-Lightsaber station!" I said, immediately running off to the station. Vanna just stood there, deciding who to follow.

I was trying to make my own lightsaber when Vanna came up behind me and dragged me away.

"Hey, wait! My purple lightsaber!" I whined.

Vanna rolled her eyes at me and continued to pull me away. When she found Jane, we got straight down to business. "We need to find Rebecca." She said first, "We don't need to be chased by more people because of her."

I nodded. "Did she have a weapon of some sort with her?"

Vanna shrugged, "I think so. I think she had a whip or something."

I nodded, fiddling with my ring, "We need to find her quickly."

"Didn't she say she was in the store?" Jane asked.

I ran my hand through my hair nervously, "Yeah, but knowing her, she's probably halfway to Adventure Land by now."

Vanna rolled her eyes.

An hour had passed and we still hadn't found Rebecca. We had searched the whole park and we were back where we had started.

"There you guys are!" a voice said, full of relief, "You have to come see this."

I looked up and saw a happy Rebecca coming towards us. Vanna sighed in relief and Jane smiled. I got up and put my hands on her shoulders and brought them up to her neck. "I'M GOING TO—"

Vanna and Jane gave each other a look and quickly pried me off of Rebecca. I glared at Rebecca while she rubbed her neck sorely.

"Come on," I said, "Let's go on Matterhorn."

We were standing in line for the Matterhorn at about lunchtime when official looking Disney Land officers surrounded us.

"If you would come with me, ladies," the lead guy said.

"Why?" I asked them, nervously twisting my ring.

"We did nothing wrong!" Vanna said, turning to Rebecca, "Right, Rebecca?"

Rebecca laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her neck, "Heh, about that…"

"Come with us," one of the officers said, unclipping the chain rope and pulling us out of line. The officers herded us out of Fantasy Land and back to Main Street, USA. The lead officer led us down the street and through the back stage door. Suddenly, my head felt like it was splitting in half. I doubled over in pain and I was in a different place. I saw several men fighting four girls.

Wait, I thought, that's us!

I looked closer at the men and saw that they weren't men at all. They were Cyclopes.

My eyes fluttered open and I saw three familiar faces hovering over me. I sat up and put a hand to my head. "What happened?"

"You just fainted for no apparent reason," Jane said.

I started to get up when my gaze landed on the officers. I immediately stood up and my ring morphed into my sword.

"Jaclyin!" Vanna said, trying to pry my sword out of my hand, "What's going on."

I pulled my hand away from her, "These guys aren't security guards! They're Cyclopes! Weapons out, now!"

The lead officer laughed, "You figured this out sooner than I would've thought possible for a bunch of demigods."

His face shimmered and we were staring at 5 fully grown Cyclopes. Vanna's sword was out in a flash, Jane was ready to throw her dagger and Rebecca had her whip out and ready to go.

"And I thought this was the happiest place in the world!" I muttered. I then raised my sword and attacked the leader with everyone following me. I brought my sword down and the Cyclopes's club met it. The Cyclopes kicked me in the stomach and I fell back on my butt and brought my sword up just in time to block the Cyclopes's club that had magically sprouted spikes.

"Ready to become my dinner, demigod?" The Cyclopes growled.

I was about to answer back when the stench of his breath got to me. "You need a mint, my friend."

I then promptly punched him in the nose and quickly got up. I looked to my friends and found that Vanna had already killed one of them and was fighting a pretty fat one. Rebecca had turned hers to stone and was helping Jane with the Cyclopes that was attacking her.

The lead Cyclopes roared in anger and charged at me. I held up my sword, ready to defend myself, but the Cyclopes hit my wrist with his cub and grabbed me by the neck.

The Cyclopes smiled evilly, "Time for Dinner!"

I clawed at his hand but it was no use. His hand held my neck with an iron grip.

"I'd hate to have to ruin such a pretty face, though," The Cyclopes said, stroking my cheek. I glared at him and tried to bite his fingers, suddenly remembering what Artemis did to Atlas in the third book.

"You'll regret that," I growled.

The Cyclopes laughed, "Oh, will I?"

I stabbed him in the stomach with my sword. The Cyclopes's eyes went wide and his mouth was open in an 'O' shape. He let me go, and fell to his knees.

"Yeah, you will." I growled, pushing him to the ground. The Cyclopes's body lied there for a second before turning to dust and blowing away.

I put my sword away, or back in ring form rather, and walked to where my friends where standing. All of the Cyclopes were dead and dust littered the ground.

"That was kind of intense," Jane said.

"That was kind of creepy," Rebecca said.

"That was kind of like Star Wars," Vanna said. We all looked at her and she shrugged, "What? I just got off of Star Tours! What do you expect?"

I rolled my eyes and looked around, "Come on. I don't want to get caught backstage by real security guards."

"Indiana Jones is amazing, right?" Jane asked, "You know he's also the guy who plays Han Solo?"

"Harrison Ford, you mean?" I asked, "Yeah, everyone knows that!"

Rebecca looked at me nervously, "I didn't,"

We all looked at her and laughed. We walked through Adventure Land and quickly emerged in New Orleans Square right next to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

"Oh! Can we go on that next?" Rebecca asked.

I shrugged, "Sure! Why not?"

We all ran, oops I mean, 'fast walked' to the entrance and were glad to find out that the line for the ride was less than five minutes long. We quickly walked through the line and found ourselves in the very front.

All of us were getting on the boat when these four teenage girls who looked a little bit older than us sat in the row behind us. They looked like the cheerleader type which none of us, being band people and bookworms, seem to like.

"Yo, ho, yo, ho a pirate's life for me!" I heard Rebecca mutter under her breath. I smiled at her. Rebecca loves Pirates. Whenever we come to Disneyland, we always go on Pirates as an honor to her. We never could explain her obsession with pirates, but now with her being the daughter of Poseidon, it made sense.

The boat then started moving and we were floating along the man made river.

"Dead men tell no tale!" a creepy over voice said.

"Hey, it's Davey Jones!" One of the girls behind us said.

I rolled my eyes and muttered under my breath, "Obviously."

Rebecca heard me and laughed. As we floated along the ride, a steady uneasy feeling filled my gut. I glanced behind us and saw that the cheerleader girls were the only other group on board besides us.

I shrugged the feeling away and focused on the ride.

"We need Sparrow!" one of the mechanical pirates said from its ship, "Fire!"

I ducked as a spray of water flew over our heads and laughed when I saw it had hit Vanna full on in the face. The boat continued to float and I couldn't shake the bad feeling. I glanced behind us one more time and I swore I saw a head on fire but it was gone as quick as it came.

Wait, I thought. Cheerleaders, flaming hair… That seems… My eyes grew wide. It can't be!

I felt claws at my throat and my hair was being pulled painfully hard back. "Oh, but it is, demigod."

"Kelli, I'm guessing?" I said.

Kelli laughed evilly, "Glad to know I'm famous around here."

"What do you want?" I asked her. I glanced over to Rebecca who had pulled her whip out. Vanna was aiming an arrow at Kelli and Jane was ready to throw her knife.

Kelli pulled my head farther back, exposing my throat. She then dug her claw deeper into my skin, "Make one more move and she dies."

The girls hesitated but held their positions. Kelli looked at them with anger in her eyes. "Tell them to back off or—"

"Or what?" I growled.

"Or your precious boyfriend gets it," she whispered fiercely.

I froze, my eyes as wide as saucers, but I quickly regained composure, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Kelli smirked, "Oh, but you do. Remember that boy, oh what's his name, Matthew?" she looked at me smiling evilly. "Well, he's at our base right now and if you or your friends make a wrong move, he'll die. Along with his friends."

I gulped, "First of all, he's not my boyfriend, and second of all, it's not nice to threaten people." Kelli pressed her claws harder against my exposed neck. "Guys, it's fine. Back off. We're just having some, ahh, aggressive negotiations here."

"Now," I said, "Tell me what you want from us."

The boat was still floating along and we were just passing the scene in the jail.

"You will come with us right as we get off of this ride with no funny business. None of you will try to pull anything. Got it?" Kelli growled ferociously.

"Yeah, yeah, we got it," I said. I'm starting to sound like Han Solo, gosh darn it, I thought to myself. "What else?"

"We will take you to our employer and we will get paid generously. If you make one negative move, your boyfriend gets it." Kelli said, making a swiping motion across her neck to prove her point.

I nodded solemnly. This is why the Jedi can't make attachments… I thought. The boat we were in was slowly floating to the end. Kelli let go of my hair and pulled out a small dagger. The boat stopped and we got up and out. Kelli pressed the dagger to the small of my back and pushed me forward. We turned down the little alleyway that was full of Pirates and Haunted Mansion shops. We came to a door and Kelli pulled out a key.

"Wait," Vanna said, "This is the entrance to Club 33!"

Kelli laughed, "That place is just a myth. When people saw us and… some other people… they got suspicious, so we made up 'Club 33'. But then the staff got suspicious of us too because they had never heard of Club 33 so they made it real." The door opened and Kelli shoved me inside with the other empousai and their victims following.

Kelli pushed me around a corner and through another door where she pushed me into a chair. I immediately stood up with Vanna, Jane, and Rebecca flanking me.

"Not very smart, not binding us," I growled, my ring morphing into my sword.

Kelli smirked and held up an iPad. These guys got it good! I thought. The screen came to life and it showed an image of a boy. The boy's hands were chained above his head. My blood went cold. Matt. Kelli pressed a button and suddenly what looked like thousands of volts of electricity surged through him.

"STOP!" I yelled at Kelli, "STOP IT!"

"Drop your weapons!" she snarled, "All of you."

My sword clattered to the ground, my eyes still glued to the image of Matt being tortured. "Please! Stop!" I pleaded.

Kelli pressed another button and the torture stopped. Matt's body hung limply from the chains.

"One more move," Kelli growled, "And this happens to your boyfriend again. And this time, I won't stop."

I gulped. "He's not my boyfriend and I thought Empousai didn't eat girls."

Kelli chuckled, "Oh, we're not going to eat you. We were hired to capture you and have you delivered to our employer!"

"And who's this employer you keep speaking of?" Vanna asked.

"That, my friend, is none of your business!" one of the other empousai said, circling her.

"Take them below," Kelli said, sitting down in a chair that wasn't there before.

More empousai appeared out of the darkness and roughly grabbed all of us. I struggled against them and they had trouble pushing me to where they were going to take me. The empousai then pressed a cloth over my mouth and nose and everything went black.