Hahaha! It's the weekend finally! I'm so happy! -has a party- I'm hoping to get another chapter or two up before Monday, I will be complete this story, so be patient. And I also apologize for how much the last chapter sucked, thanks to those who can bear with that and to those who can't, BITE ME!

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Theresa looked up when she heard Odie's voice coming from behind the wall, accompanied by the din of a fight. His voice was faint though getting louder.

"Odie? Odie! We're in here!" Theresa called out as loud as she could, hoping to be heard.

Atlanta twisted her head around to get a view of the door. "Come on get us out of here!"

Archie coughed harshly, breathing was getting more difficult as time wore on. Is this how Achilles died? I'm not going to die, I can't die now. I finally got up the nerve to tell Atlanta... he thought dizzily. Artemis' descendant looked over when she heard the disturbance. Brows were furrowed in worry and there was an anxious look in her eyes.

"Theresa, he's getting worse. What'll we do?" She asked, voice shaky and slightly panicky. "He isn't going to last much longer..."

The red head nodded, "I know. But what I don't get is how the injury got infected like that so fast..."

Atlanta turned her attention to her wounded friend, Theresa craning her neck to get a better look. Archie really did look a lot worse than he had when he first arrived. His face had gone an almost paper white, breathing was shallow and rapid and a thin sweat was visible on his forehead. His eyes were closed and he was almost too weak to move, they weren't even sure if he was still concious by then.

"Archie?" Atlanta said, tone tentative.

He stirred slightly, "Yeah?" his voice was quiet.

"You okay?"

I could lie and say I'm fine, I don't want to see her worry. But it would be a pretty pitiful lie, I know I don't look it and I sure as Hades don't feel it. "I'll be fine" he chose, neither techincally lying nor coming right out and saying how he was feeling.

The doorknob shook, causing the two girls to jump. "Atlanta, Theresa, Archie? You in there?" the voice came.

"We're in here, hurry up! Archie's not doing too well!" Atlanta yelled back.

Odie fumbled with the door try to open it. "Give me a second, it's locked. Don't worry I'll have it open in no time"

They waited as patiently as they could, the sounds of the fight only adding to the tension. Finally after what seemed like hours, though it really was only a few minutes, the door swung open and Odie stood in the doorway.

"You guys alright?" he queried as he rushed to untie them.

As soon as the ropes were off, they stood up and rubbed their wrists where the bonds had dug into their skin.

"We're alright, but he's not" Atlanta answered, kneeling down near Archie.

Odie joined her. "Theresa I think the others might need help." Theresa nodded then left to join the fray, stupid Harris had forgotten to take away her nun-chuks. "Atlanta, you have to help me get him out of here. We have to get him back to Hera, he's not going to last much longer."

As if to prove a point, another round of coughing rang through the air. Archie shook when they picked him up, leaning one arm on either of the others.

"Hey Odie" he mumbled tiredly.

"Don't talk" Atlanta said firmly, cutting across Odie. Archie was too tired to be bothered to argue back, and instead just allowed them to lift him up and stumble along supported between them.

"What's the quickest way out?" she questioned.

"Umm, probably the door that's down the corridor over there to the left." came her answer, as Odie nodded in the direction.

The trio walked off in towards it, only to find a silhouetted figure blocking their path.

"What's the rush?" came to menacing voice of their captor, Harris. He stepped forth, an ugly triumphant smirk plastered on his face as he looked at Archie.

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OH NO! I can't believe I'm being so mean to Archie -cries-! Don't worry, I won't let you die! Heh, I ended in a cliffy, don't you want to know what happens? Do I actually let Archie die? Stay tuned to find out!

-puts on Batman theme-

Could just be me, but I was reminded of Saw when I was writing this chapter...

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Demenior

Hehe, is this soon enough? More to come probably tonight or early tomorow morning.