Aphrodite was thoughtful as she considered her options. She'd been watching the creature all night as it creeped through the camp and surrounding woodland, catching a handful of the female demigod's and turning them into its unwilling lovers. The goddess found the whole thing rather amusing to watch, seeing this heroes succumb to such a monster and allow it to have its way with them. What she had not anticipated was the manner in which the creature evolved of its own accord, turning even their oracle of Delphi into its slave.

"What am I going to do with you?" She pondered. She should have destroyed the creature at the beginning but so far it's sought only to stave its own lustful appetite. So maybe it didn't need to be eliminated just yet. Continued evolution could prove risky but until then she would just have to keep a very close eye on it.

Which she was quite comfortable with if she would get to witness more of what she was able to masturbate too last night.

Thalia had everyone packed and ready to go by late evening. The hunters were meant to hit the road this morning but things took longer than she'd liked. One such complication was a sudden bout of vomiting from herself. Almost every hour Thalia felt queasy and ended up running to the nearest toilet to throw up, slowing down their exit drastically. Eventually one of her fellow hunters convinced her to let the children of Apollo check her over in case she had a virus or sickness.

"You seem fine physically" Will informed her after his examination. "Have you had any other symptoms? Headaches? Double vision? Loss of appetite?"

"No" she told him. "Might've just been something I ate yesterday."

"Maybe" he mused giving her a small vial of liquid. "Try this. Should help with the nausea and stop you throwing up. My advice is take it easy on your travels. Get a lot of rest and avoid seafood for a while. Otherwise I think you'll be fine."

Thalia thanked the boy and left his cabin, downing the bottle immediately. When she looked up she saw Piper walking through the clearing so she shouted her over. "I heard you had an eventful night" she said smiling.

"What?" She asked confused.

"If this morning was anything to go by" she teased. Piper turned red sighing in frustration. "So what happened? You go sleepwalking in the nude now?"

"Please, stop. I've been trying to pretend this morning never happened" Piper complained red faced. "I don't remember what happened last night. Maybe I was sleepwalking."

"Then maybe start wearing pyjamas" she suggested. She got punched in the shoulder for it. "Anyway, I'd better get going. I've been holding the hunters up all day."

"So I heard. You alright?"

"Stomach bug."

"Well take care of yourself" Piper said hugging her goodbye. "Hey, I don't suppose I could ask a favor from you if your trip takes you towards Camp Jupiter?"

Thalia smiled nodding. "I can pay my brother a visit and tell him his girlfriend misses him" she agreed. Piper thanked her and they parted ways. The hunters left camp a few minutes later after a few more goodbyes. Piper watched them leave and went to get something to eat.

Along the way she bumped into two people she didn't want to see. "Looking good McLean" Travis whistled standing beside his brother.

"Not now boys" she scowled walking past them. "I've had a day and I really did want you two making it worse."

"Would we do that?" Conner asked his brother. He shook his head with mock innocence. She ignored them. "Actually we wanted to make it better" he called to her.

"Return something you lost" Travis agreed.

She rolled her eyes and kept walking. "And what could you have possibly found that I'm missing?"

The two of them shared a cunning glance. "How about some clothes?"

Piper froze. A part of her memory became less hazy. Last night she went for a shower. Her clothes were missing. She turned back to look at them and saw the smug look on their faces. "You took my clothes last night?" She asked accusingly.

"No!" Conner replied raising his hands. "But we did find them early this morning. Happy coincidence. We found them just as we saw you going back to your cabin. And might I say, looking mighty fetching…"

"Just shut up and give them back!" She interrupted.

The brothers paused giving each other a thoughtful look. Piper felt the heat rise in her cheeks. She knew that look. They never did anything for free, there was always a catch. "Okay, we cant just give them to you" Conner explained.

"Because we don't have them right now" Travis finished.

"But we will give them to you."

"Promise."

"Just later."

Piper flicked her eyes between each of them suspiciously. They portrayed the usual mock innocence. She took a deep breath promising herself she would knock them both on their asses. "When?" She asked already regretting the decision.

"Tonight" Travis told her. "Around Ten."

"In Artemis' cabin" Conner added. "Now that it's empty."

She looked across at him. "And why would it need to be empty?" She asked.

"No reason" he replied. He nodded to his brother and they strutted away. "Don't be late" he told her with a wink.

She exhaled slowly watching them leave sharing a private joke. She pondered whether she really wanted her clothes back. It wasn't like she was still naked anymore, the damage was done. She should just stand them up and she wouldn't have to suffer whatever humiliating prank they had planned.

"I don't need my clothes back" she told herself walking on to the dining pavilion.

Over in Boston a trio of figures crossed the street and weaved through the traffic, pushing past people in a hurry to get somewhere. The problem was they didn't know where they were going. "So what now?" one of the figures asked? She was wearing a headscarf standing beside a petite green haired figure, both looking expectantly at their comrade.

"Now we find my cousin" Magnus told them, looking out into the city with no idea where he needed to go.