Marik got dressed and went outside, where Thalia was smoking. They started talking and soon they were both high. Reyna just shook her head and dove back into the pool. Artemis later came out the room and asked Marik to borrow his bike. He reluctantly tossed her the keys and she took off.

They wouldnt see her for almost a week.
During that week, they would be attacked many times, Marik would save Thalia and Reyna, but in turn almost get himself killed. When artemis returned, she found the girls surrounded by a purple pod of energy, and Marik fighting a giant. Artemis quickly helped Marik defeat the giant, but not before he was knocked almost 30 feet back by the giant's club. Marik crawled away after the giant was defeated and enveloped himself in a ball of energy even Artemis couldnt break.

When Marik came to, Artemis, Reyna, and Thalia were fighting 4 giants, even Artemis, a god, could not defeat them. As soon as Marik charged, Zeus summoned him to the throne room on mount Olympus. Marik was quick to use language that not even his father, Ares, was brave enough to use in the presence of Zeus, let alone at Zeus. Everyone silenced as the barrage of 'motherfucks' and 'hermaphroditic sweat-hogs' ended. Even Zeus himself looked suprised at Marik's actions. Eventually Ares materialized a throne beside him. Marik walked over and took his place at the throne. Zeus gave Marik an option accept godhood or die. Marik accepted under the contition that he could go down and help the girls fight. When Marik appeared in the middle of the group of giants. As an aura of white light enveloped Marik, Artemis screamed for Thalia and Reyna to close their eyes. They barely had time before Marik appeared and revealed a form so powerful and so blinding that the giants were incinerated immediately. As Marik absorbed the light, returning to his human form, everyone opened their eyes and saw Marik. Waves of emotions from how, to why, to what the fuck passed over their faces, until Artemis ran up to him and hugged him so feircely that he almost fell over. She was crying and mumbling something like "you ever fucking do that again, and i'll...", and then all of a sudden she silenced and listened to his heartbeat. Marik and Artemis walked back to the hotel room hand in hand.

Thalia looked at Reyna and smiled. As they entered their room, Thalia mumbled "I told you so"...