We arrive back at Camp Half Blood around midnight, exhausted and relieved. The quest is over, and now we have time to just rest. It's something that all of us deserve, but especially Nick and I. We're both ready to crash because of the long day's journey. It wasn't nearly as long as when we first started jumping, though, because Nick's getting better at shadow travelling. We were able to cross hundreds of miles in just four jumps on the way back, compared to jumping maybe twenty times on the way there.

Nick's getting stronger by the day, and it seems like I'm gaining quite a bit of power too. Maybe it's because we're hanging around together and we're both Hades' kids, or maybe it's because we're both gaining more experience. I don't know how it's happening, but I'm glad that it is. More power means more standing, and more standing means more control.

Now that I'm back, I want to try to become the leader of my cabin, like I was before I died. Except this time, I won't be alone in my cabin, so there will have to be votes on what we will and won't do.

Once we pass through the gate, all we want to do is sleep, but that's not possible quite yet. First, we have to report to Chiron that we successfully finished our quest, then we have to deliver Leo, Jeannie, and Calypso to the Apollo cabin for urgent treatment. After that, we can rest, but not before.

We walk up to the White House and bang on the door. I hear an annoyed grunt, then the soft patter of hooves, growing louder. After a few minutes, the door opens up, revealing Chiron. He smiles and invites us in.

"So," He says casually, waving his hand at us to sit down, "You accomplished your Quest, I see."

We nod a bit, too tired to really answer.

Chiron purses his lips. "I see that Leo and Calypso aren't in that great a condition. Since I know now that you've done what was needed, deliver them to the infirmary immediately. Then go straight to bed." He cracks a smile. "And that's an order!"

We all stand up and grab Leo and Calypso and carry them, still unconscious, to the Apollo Cabin's infirmary. As we near, we hear the clatter and chatter of people for the first time in weeks, and as we get closer, we're able to make out individual voices.

"Marissa, over here."

"John, can you please try to sit up?"

"Hey! That hurts!"

"Mmph. You'll need stitches."

"Do you need Ambrosia? I can go get it."

At the door, Will, Ivan, and I set Leo down on the ground and I call out for a medic. A girl with curly red hair and a face of freckles rushes over. When she see's Leo's and Calypso's conditions, she makes a panicked face and runs to get another person.

The other kid pulls a face and has us life Leo onto a gurney, then Calypso, and then they rush them into the depths of the hospital. Moments later, Jeannie is instructed to go with one of the Apollo kids into another room.

Once they're all in safe hands, we walk back to our cabins without another word. As I open the door to my cabin, a voice whispers in my ear, I'll get you, Nico DiAngelo, if it's the last thing I do.

I whip around, my hand on the door's handle, but see no one there. I scan my surroundings, unable to see any signs of life, and then I step into my cabin and crawl into bed. Safe, but only for so long.