Alicia roused back to consciousness sometime after Savitar had left. Ash had not left her side since he arrived and honestly he didn't know where they were. He didn't recognize the room but he could smell salt air so he knew they were somewhere near a beach. Savitar probably wouldn't have kept Alicia near Apollymi so he was guessing that they were quite far from Greece but where would remain a mystery for a while.

Alicia's eyes blinked open and she reached a hand up to her forehead to try to stop the intense pounding that was happening there. "Don't move Sati, it'll wear off in a minute," Ash said in a low voice. He reached out a hand and a glass of water appeared in it and he held it up for her to sip at.

When the worst of the effects of Apollymi's attack had worn off Alicia sat up and looked around the room they were in. It appeared to be a hotel room but she couldn't figure out where they were or how they'd gotten there. "What happened?"

Ash sat on the edge of the bed and held her hand. "Apollymi found you and she tried to hurt you."

Alicia shook her head, "No. She tried to kill me."

Ash looked sad as he nodded at her. "I need to put you someplace she can't get to you."

"What's the 'but'?"

"But, there's only one place I can put you that she can't reach and it's not someplace I want you to be."

"I'm guessing it's not a fun place then." She put her hands on her knees and braced herself, "Okay, lay it on me."

Ash reached for her hand and held it up to his cheek, "Olympus."

Alicia's eyes went wide and her jaw dropped, "I can't go there Ash, I'm human."

He smiled at her patiently and reached for her to pull her into his arms. Once she was settled back against his chest he put his hands on her still flat belly and he began rocking her gently. "You can go there but there's a catch." She looked up at him and waited for him to explain. "You'd have to be protected by a resident of Olympus and you'd have to become more godlike." She rolled her hand in a 'go on' motion. "Well while you were sleeping I had a little chat with Athena. If you eat some ambrosia you can survive on Olympus and it won't take all of your humanity away so the baby will be okay. You just need to hide out and lay low for a while until you are ready to have the baby."

"I really don't like the sound of this Ash. I can't just disappear for months."

He sighed loudly and looked down on her, "Sati, you don't have a choice. I can't protect you from her if she's finding you when you sleep. I have a lot of friends but not enough to keep you from her if she'd that determined and believe me she is. Baby, you have to be safe and I just can't keep you that way. No, the only answer is to put you someplace she can't reach you and Olympus is the only place. You need to retain enough of your humanity to have this baby or I'd take you to Katoteros right now."

She sighed and ran a hand through her hair as she thought about the situation. "Fine, how does this work?"

Ash kissed her on her forehead and snuggled a little closer to her. "Well I've got some friends that will give you a place to stay there. They'll keep you safe as long as your there. I had to pull some serious strings to get this done but luckily for us the Fates are on our side."

He explained to her that she would stay with Astrid who was a justice nymph and sister to the Fates and her husband Zarek who was a former Dark Hunter. The only problem was that if Artemis found out she was on Olympus there would be hell to pay so Ash pulled out his cell phone and dialed Kat's number one more time.

"Hey, it's Ash, I need a favor," he said after she'd answered. He explained the situation to her with as little detail as possible so that she wouldn't get in trouble with her mistress.

"Oh you owe me so big for this one Acheron," Kat said after she realized what he was asking of her.

"Yeah I do but I'll be saving your butt too. So just do us all a favor and keep Red's eyes off Astrid for a while will ya?"

Once Kat agreed to do what she could he hung up and returned his attention to Alicia who was chewing her lip as she paced back and forth. "What's wrong now Sati?" he said as he rose from the bed and wrapped her in his arms.

"I just have a bad feeling about this. I'm going to be pretty exposed there aren't I?" She had realized that Xiovar couldn't accompany her to Olympus and the thought of being unguarded even there frightened her.

"You will be, but you'll have other people looking out for you. Trust me Sati, the Fates really don't want to see you fall into Apollymi's grasp again. Plus there's going to be plenty of people watching your back, don't doubt that."

She kept chewing her lip and he wondered what it was that could be concerning her so much about this proposition. She stepped out of his arms and walked to the balcony of the room and looked down on the ocean that she still couldn't identify. She watched the waves roll onto the shore and lap at the feet of people on the beach before she turned back to him with a look of utter despair on her face. "What about you?" she asked finally.

Pondering her words for a moment he suddenly realized what she a saying. He couldn't stay with her on Olympus. "Well, I'll just have to have you visit me. Once you get a little bit more godlike you'll be able to come see me whenever you want. Of course it won't be for long but…" he trailed off as her face fell even more.

She spun away from him and leaned out over the railing, "I need you to be there Ash. I can't do this alone."

Molding his body to hers he slid his arms around her waist and kissed her neck, "Oh Sati, you should know by now that I'm always with you."