Author's Note: I'm back! Don't kill me! I know it's been a long time! *cringe* Are you ready? Things are getting intense… oh no. So, if you forgot, Ben's a traitor, Evelyn has been separated from the group and is traveling to Kronos with Ben, and the others are with Steven, the strange white-haired boy. And that's what you missed on Demigods' Destiny. :D

"Where's Evelyn?!" Elizabeth screamed for the fifteenth time.

"She's with an old friend of yours." Steven said cooly. The four Demigods Sicomba, Elizabeth, Louise, and Mary sat in the back of a white van (very inconspicuous) with the boy, Steven driving in front.

"Luke?!" Louise asked, horrified.

"Not yet." Steven said with a small smile. It was more a smirk, actually.

The four Demigods looked at each other sadly. Evelyn had gone missing, and they were all captured by some goons. They didn't know where they were going, but they assumed they were headed toward Kronos.

And that was the one place they didn't want to go.

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"Do you need some lunch?" Ben asked quietly to Evelyn. She hadn't looked at him the entire way. He had begun to play her favorite songs, but she didn't react.

"No."

"Ev, you can't starve yourself."

"I told you not to call me that."

"Please Ev. Don't shut me out. You've got to understand…"

Evelyn said nothing. If he really cared he would pull over. No. In fact, he would turn around and help her save the others. Then he would help her save Dalia. Evelyn ached to turn to him and talk to him, and take his hand, but she couldn't. She just kept staring out the window.

"Ev, if I don't take you, he'll kill me."

"Then you should die. Die rather than betray your friends."

"Can you bring a fandom into everything?"

"Yes."

"He'll kill you too."

"Happy to oblige."

"Don't say that."

"Shut up Ben."

Basically the entire trip to Kansas went about in this way. Evelyn didn't speak, and Ben always tried to make her. They did, after a while, stop for food. Evelyn's stomach unfortunately betrayed her. In that moment, the two were almost like they used to be.

"Ev, your stomach is louder than a rhino."

"I'm not hungry."

"You sound like Samwise Gamgee."

"Well, Mr. Benjamin, thank you."

Ben chuckled and Evelyn actually cracked a smile. She finally looked over and saw Ben's smiling face, and everything seemed so normal. She was just taking a car ride with her best friend, and golden haired side-kick.

"If we're getting food we're getting Dairy Queen." Evelyn said grudgingly.

"Oreo Cheesequake?"

"How in the name of Hades do you know my ice cream order?"

"You're my best friend, Ev. Of course I know your ice cream order."

"Well yours is Reese's…."

Ben laughed, and for a moment, Evelyn did too. Then she remembered what Ben had done, and withdrew herself, turning to the window. Ben sighed.

"At least I had you back for a minute." Then he turned up the music, and they didn't speak again until they reached Kansas.

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"We have to get out of here!" Mary whispered.

The four of them were sitting in the back of a white van (super inconspicuous!) driving through who knows where.

"Well if you have any ideas, please let us know!" Louise hissed. They were all extremely frustrated.

"Guys. Chances are they're taking us to Kansas, so we're heading straight to Dalia anyway." Elizabeth said calmly. Being the Athena one, she was pretty calm and calculated about it.

"Or they're taking us to some random other headquarters in the country…" Sicomba said angrily from a corner.

The others groaned.

"Then we have to escape, then get to Kansas." Louise said.

"We're only in Kentucky, it's two states away." Sicomba muttered.

"Better escape and travel than be in here." Elizabeth said.

"Sicomba might have a point…" Mary said, blushing.

"Oh don't let your stupid crush get in the way of saving Dalia." Louise said angrily to her.

"Shut up!" Mary said, almost yelling.

"Shhhh!" Elizabeth said with her finger over her mouth.

Louise and Mary sat back, their arms crossed.

"We have to get out of here." Elizabeth said. "It's final."

"Well how?" Louise asked.

"I've got a plan." Elizabeth said with a wicked grin. For the first time in a day, they all looked at each other and smiled. They had a plan.

They sat together, whispering for about an hour. Then, when the sun started to set, they nodded, and got into position. Sicomba lay his hand on the side of the van and concentrated. The others watched and listened. Suddenly, the car shuddered, and started to slow down. Sicomba smiled. Soon they had stopped altogether. They heard a yell from the driver's seat in front of them and suddenly the back doors were open.

"Did one of you do that?!" Steven, the white-haired goon asked angrily.

"No… how do you expect us to control a car?" Mary said calmly.

"Fine." He said, pushing the doors shut and walking to the front. Louise threw her knife with perfect accuracy and it landed between the doors right before they closed, leaving an opening. Sicomba looked at her, impressed.

"You're good." He said with appraisal.

"Yes, yes I am." She said smiling.

"Stop flirting and move!" Mary said, a hint of jealousy on her tongue.

Sicomba slowly pushed the van doors open and hefted his hammer. He snuck around the side of the van to the front. Then, from behind, he slammed Steven the goon's head with the butt of his hammer, sending him flying into the hood.

At the same time, Elizabeth took two very powerful blunt arrows, and hit the two other goons in the forehead. They were both knocked out. Mary and Elizabeth dragged the three boys into the back of the van, took their keys and locked the van, with them inside.

"Well that went better than expected." Sicomba said, smiling.

"Question, why didn't we steal the van?" Elizabeth asked.

"Kronos would recognize it. He'll be looking for it." Louise replied.

"Right, so… how do we get to Kansas?" Elizabeth asked.

"How 'bout horses?" Mary said pointing. They all looked, and right by them was a pasture filled with horses.

"How convenient!" Louise said, vaulting herself over the fence with ease. The others followed and they stood, looking at the horses.

"Too bad Evelyn isn't here… she's great with horses." Elizabeth said sadly.

"Don't worry," Louise said, putting a comforting hand on Elizabeth's shoulder, "we'll rescue her AND Dalia. You'll see."

Elizabeth nodded. The four Demigods then made their way through the pasture, picking out horses. When they were all up and mounted, (Which took a lot of swearing and falling off), they rode west, toward Kansas.

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Finally, Ben pulled into an abandoned parking lot in front of an old, decrepit building. Evelyn hopped out, throwing her empty blizzard cup into the back of the car. It was amazing how two underage kids could drive across the country without being noticed by a single cop. She started sauntering toward the building, prepared to make an entrance.

"Ev!" Ben yelled, running up to meet her.

"What?" Evelyn replied, not turning around.

"Do I seriously not get a goodbye?" he asked.

Evelyn stopped.

"You don't deserve one." She said, still not turning around.

"I know." Ben said.

Evelyn just shook her head, forcing back the tears.

"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone…"

Shut up brain!

Then she kept walking. She walked straight up to the door, and walked inside, never looking back.

When Evelyn got inside there were two guards at the door. She knocked one out with a quick blow to the back of the neck, and pushed the other against a wall, holding a dagger (which Ben nicely let her keep) to his throat.

"Take me to your leader." She snarled.

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"Ride Shadowfax! Show us the meaning of haste!" Sicomba said rather dramatically, smiling. The others laughed at the wonderful Lord of the Rings reference. They were riding through the country side, looking for Kansas. They realized sometime during the night that they didn't know where they were supposed to go, but hopefully they would be led to it by some awesome lucky demigod stuff.

"Hey look!" Mary said pointing.

There was a large rainbow, easily visible even in the dark leading somewhere in front of them.

"Iris is on our side, right?" Elizabeth asked.

"Yeah." Louise replied.

"Well then let's follow the Awesome Godly Path of Destiny!" she shouted, riding a little faster. They all sped up, following the rainbow, glad that for once a god had decided to help them.

Okay, I know it's short (avoids thrown food) and bad (avoids thrown television) and I'm sorry! (avoids thrown horse) But I am having SEVERE WRITERS BLOCK! Seriously, this quest is killing me. KILLING ME. Oh uh… sorry Dalia. But seriously, review me your criticism, I'll try to have another chapter up soon! (yeah that's what you said last time) OH SHUSH YOU!