Percy groaned. "Can we skip this? I mean, I've killed Ground Beef twice in a row already." He asked the monsters.

In response, the monsters growled. "Let's bite off their heads and put them near that tree over there." Venom said.

'What?' Percy asked.

"Pile of heads, and bodies littered over this clearing."

'There won't be a pile of anything. They just dissolve into dust!' Percy replied.

"Fine." Venom said.

Venom came out. The Minotaur stopped in his tracks. Then charged with his axe. Venom formed a rapier, Destruction, out of his right arm and a trident, Ocean, in his left. He swung the trident in a way where the Minotaur's axe's handle was caught in between the prongs of the trident. Venom turned Ocean and wrung the axe from the Minotaur's grip. Then thrust the Destruction through the Minotaur's chest.

Venom formed his scythe, Time, in his right hand and Riptide in his left and lept into the shocked monsters. Each slash disintegrated a monster. In the end there was one Empousa left. "And then there was one." Venom said. She lunged and bit Venom. Venom then bit her head off.

Venom retreated and Percy felt his head. It was bleeding really bad. He then fell unconscious.

LINE BREAK

Thalia woke up to the sounds of battle. Curious, she made her way out of the tent and looked in the direction of the sounds. There she found that weird gooey thing battling a little squad of monsters. She watched as an Empousa bit the thing and then got her head bitten off. She watched as the thing transformed into the Son of Poseidon she liked so much and then he passed out due to the head injury.

She ran over to him and picked him up. She grunted as he was really heavy. She carried him over to the medical tent and reached for the bandaged. As she turned back to the bed where she laid him, she saw that the black thing that she now remembered introduced itself as Venom, was closing the bite and stopping the bleeding.

"He just needs to rest." It seemed to say. Then went back into Percy's body. Thalis walked over to his side and gently grabbed his hand. Percy shifted in his sleep. He opened his eyes slightly and looked at Thalia. "Beautiful." He muttered then fell back asleep. Thalia blushed. He couldn't have been talking about her, right?

"Looks like someone has an admirer." A voice from behind her said.

Thalia looked back and saw Phoebe standing right beside the entrance to the tent with a smug smirk on her face. Thalia instantly turned even redder. "Yea, looks like it." She said softly.

Phoebe walked over to Thalia and winked. Then turned and walked out.

Thalia sat there for 2 hours thinking, when Percy finally came around. As he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Thalia. And the first thing he said was, "Ughhh."

"Well, I was expecting a warmer welcome." Thalia said. "Especially after you called me beautiful."

Percy blushed. "I said that outloud, didn't I?" He asked.

"Yea, kinda." Thalia responded. "Did you mean it?"

"Yea, yea, I did." Percy said sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head. "I know with you being a hunter and all that-"

He wasn't able to finish as his mouth was caught in between Thalia's. She pulled back and smiled. "I think the same way."

"But, you're a hunter! And you like being one. It can't work." Percy said worriedly.

"She made me a deal. If you return my feelings, she will relieve me of my duties. We're good." Thalia said.

"That's great." Percy said with a sigh of relief. "But I did just almost die, so I'm gonna go back to sleep."

"I'm going to join you." Thalia said. Then laid in the bed and snuggled up to Percy.

LINE BREAK

Artemis was wondering where Thalia was. Usually she would have woken up about an hour ago. She walked over to Thalia's tent and went inside. Artemis gasped as she saw her bed empty.

She walked back out and asked Atlanta if she had seen Thalia anywhere.

"Nope, saw her last night though." Atlanta said.

"So did I." Naomi said.

"Last I saw, she was in the infirmary tent looking over Percy." Phoebe said.

Artemis and the Hunters raced over to the infirmary. And they were shocked. There Thalia was. Cuddled up to Percy, her head in his chest right under his chin, with his arms around her and the blanket covering them.

"Ha, you owe me 10 Drachmas, Diane!" Phoebe whisper-shouted.

"Fine, I didn't think they would actually do it." Diane said while handing her the money.

"Do what?" Artemis said with her eyes narrowed. For good reason too. Doing THAT while in the infirmary tent that is situated in the camp of the group of immortal maidans is a serious offence.

"Didn't think they would actually confess m'lady." Phoebe said.

"Well, does anyone know how Percy got hurt?" Artemis asked.

Everyone shook their head, causing Artemis to wonder a bit. Why would Percy be in the infirmary?

Eventually, she just decided to leave and take Thalia's silver circlet that signaled her as the lieutenant of the Hunt. The Hunters left the Stormy Couple (Their new couple name that will just tick them off) to sleep in peace.