Reyna knew she had said it plenty of times, but it was still important to state how much she just hated children of Venus. All of them were terrible, in many different ways. Reyna thought she had seen the worst that the children of Venus had to offer. Until, a child of Venus just had to absolutely wipe the floor with Reyna and one of, if not the, most powerful demigod at Camp Half-Blood. Oh, and Hedge as well.

"Guys, I am so sorry," Piper said for the fifth time in the last minute. She stared at them and then slowly looked down at the dented and blood stained makeup case that she held. "I wasn't thinking straight. When Percy grabbed me, this voice just told me to hurt you guys."

"Well, you accomplished that," Reyna muttered. She placed both hands to her broken nose and felt her black eye. Who taught Piper to fight so well, and who added twenty pounds of weight to a makeup case? Hedge handed Reyna an ice pack, and Reyna buried her face in it.

"I'm really proud of you, Piper," Percy said. He hissed in pain. "All that training is really paying off. My only advice is to not get distracted when you are fighting multiple people. You were so busy beating me to death with the case that Hedge was able to disarm you."

"I don't think Annabeth would be too happy if Percy got all of the seaweed knocked out of him," Hedge commented. Reyna moved the ice enough to see out of her uninjured eye. Hedge was laying a giant ice pack on Percy's back. There was a small freezer hidden in the corner of the cabin that was full of ice packs. Apparently, one of the children of Venus was allergic to pretty much all of the chemicals in perfume, and they constantly swelled or broke out into hives. Instead of being normal and not using perfume, the other children of Venus just stocked up on ice packs

Reyna closed her eyes for a few moments and heard Hedge grabbing an ice pack for himself. Out of all of them, Hedge escaped mostly unscathed. A broken finger or two wasn't going to stop him.

"What exactly is going on?" Piper asked, motioning to the earplugs. Reyna buried her face in the ice again and bit back a groan. "I remember bits and pieces of everything. Were we building something?"

"You were building an altar," Reyna answered. She lowered the ice and wiped some of the blood from her nose. She studied the droplets of blood on her hand. "When I woke up this morning, all of the Greeks were under a spell of some sorts. Sirens have taken over your camp."

"Sirens," Piper repeated. She slowly sat down. Reyna placed her face back into the ice pack. Hedge's brilliant plan was to find Piper and try to break her from the spell. From there, Piper could, hypothetically, use her charmspeak to free the rest of the Greeks. Would the charmspeak work against the Siren's song? Reyna wasn't sure, but for Hedge's sake, it better.

"There was a woman, maybe the leader, that called all of you worshipers. She said that all of you were pledging loyalty, which I guess gives her power. We don't really know what to do from here," Reyna admitted.

"Annabeth hasn't thought of a plan yet?" Piper asked. Percy looked away. A small frown came to Reyna's face, but she shook her head slightly. "Annabeth is still under their control? Who is free?"

"Roman and I were never under their control," Hedge answered. He moved to the door of the cabin and glanced out. For some reason, the Greeks were not touching the cabin, and Reyna didn't know how she missed that. Most of the original twelve cabins had been stripped of decorations, but no one had touched Venus' cabin. What made it different?

Reyna hoped to investigate the cabin and find answers. All she found was the overpowering stench of perfume and more makeup than anyone would ever need. Her investigation was cut short when Percy carried Piper into the room. Piper was as limp as a sack of potatoes, and when Hedge followed behind holding onto his club sheepishly, Reyna knew what he had done.

Percy had laid Piper on the ground, while Reyna lectured to Hedge about not bashing in the skulls of demigods. Percy, for some reason, tried to jump to Hedge's defense. It took all of Reyna's self control to not yell at the two for being absolute idiots.

Percy told her that they had tried to talk Piper into coming with them, but Piper had been so focused on her task of trying to remove some of the stone floor from the dinner pavilion. Since she was the only demigod around, Hedge decided to hit her in the back of the head with his club. That story did nothing to make Reyna feel better, especially since the two had to carry an unconscious Piper halfway across the camp.

Thank the gods that no one seemed to have noticed them. The spell that the demigods were under seemed to have them keep a one track mind, and the Sirens were so focused on singing that they didn't notice anything around them. Maybe, the cabin they were staying in had decided to just give them all of the good luck that it had withheld from others.

Reyna's lecture was short lived though. When she heard Piper groan and turned towards her to check on her, a make up case slammed into her face. The shock of being hit was definitely the reason she fell backwards and didn't move for a few moments. It was not from pain or anything else.

Percy and Hedge, henceforth known as the two idiots, managed to subdue Piper. Now, they were all sitting inside of Venus' cabin. Reyna blinked and realized that someone was talking to her. She focused back in on reality and looked up at Piper.

"Who else is free from their control?" Piper asked. She was studying Reyna, almost like she was concerned about her. Reyna wasn't sure why though.

"The three of us, Juniper, Grover, and Leo. All of the other demigods are still under the control of the Sirens. Chiron is trapped in the Big House, but he is also in some kind of sleep or stasis. We're not sure where Rachel is, but Grover is trying to find her. The Sirens want her, so she can pledge loyalty," Reyna answered.

"And, we don't have a solid plan," Piper assumed. Reyna nodded her agreement and lowered her face back into the ice pack. "This is what we do best though, isn't it? We make it up as we go along."

"I have a plan," Hedge interrupted. "Piper, you can use charmspeak to free the demigods from the Siren control."

"I don't know if it will work," Piper began. Reyna lowered the ice pack again and threw it into a small trash bin. She slowly stood and hobbled forward. Reyna was tired of sitting around and trying to think of what to do. They needed to act quickly.

The Sirens had some kind of plan that involved the altar they were making, and it had something to do with the demigods pledging loyalty to them. Reyna didn't know how long it was going to take, and she didn't know what the next step for the Sirens would be. She did know that they could not let it get that far. They had to sabotage the altar somehow.

"Do you have explosives?" Reyna asked. The two idiots and Piper quickly looked at her. "I'm tired of sitting around. The best defense is offense, so we need to go on the offensive. Percy, do you think you can convince Annabeth to follow you. From there, we can have Piper use charmspeak."

"I think I can," Percy answered. He slowly stood from the ground and did his best to keep the ice pack pressed against his back. "I don't know if just my voice will be enough to snap her out of this long enough for her to follow me, but I can just say we have a new task from the Sirens."

"Bring her back here," Reyna said. She glanced at Piper. "Try to use your charmspeak to free Annabeth. If that doesn't work, you two will just have to force wax in her ears and hope she doesn't murder you before you can. Now, do you have explosives?"

"Leo will," Piper slowly answered. Reyna nodded. "Why do you need explosives though?"

"I'm going to blow up that altar," Reyna answered. Piper remained silent and just studied her. Reyna slowly glanced down at herself. She looked normal, other than the fact that one of her pant legs had been cut away to show the bandage tightly wrapped around her leg. That must have been what Piper looked concerned about. "Percy's fault. You can yell at him later."

"Isn't blowing up the altar going to be loud and attract a lot of attention?" Hedge interrupted. Reyna nodded her agreement.

"That's why you're going to take Juniper to another safe area. We need to get away from the main body of the camp," Reyna answered. She hobbled towards the door. "We'll plan this out when we are all back in the cabin. We will wait long enough for Grover to get back and then get moving."

"I don't really think it's the best idea to create an explosion in the middle of the camp, especially if the demigods are actively building that altar," Percy said. Reyna glanced at him. She knew that she couldn't just shrug off that concern.

"I'll make sure that no one will get caught in the crossfire," Reyna promised. Percy studied her for a few moments, like he didn't believe her. Reyna just kept her face neutral. She wasn't upset that Percy was worried. If a Greek walked inside her camp and said they wanted to set up an explosive inside, Reyna would have them escorted out immediately.

"Percy, I am not going to let a Greek get hurt. I promise you," Reyna said, and she met Percy's eyes. He slowly nodded. "I just need a distraction to break into the Big House and try to wake Chiron."

"I trust you," Percy said after a few moments. Reyna didn't really appreciate the hesitation, but she would take the vote of confidence. "Are you sure you can do this with your leg though?"

"I'll be fine," Reyna said. She looked around the room. "We all have to work together and trust each other during this. Please understand that I will treat the Greeks just like I would treat my own campers."

"That's what worries me," Percy admitted. Reyna studied him for a few moments. He just stared directly into her eyes. "I've seen how cold Romans can be, and I don't want my friends to be caught in any of the crossfire."

"They won't," Reyna said. She bit back an angry sigh. They couldn't argue about something as dumb as Percy's wrong opinion. If they started to fight over the small things, they wouldn't be able to stick together through this. All Reyna needed was for the Greeks to listen to her and trust her. If they could do that, she could help save their camp.