What do you do when you have to volatile elements that shouldn't be together? If you were the supposed genius Minerva, you put them in the same room on camera duty. Thalia sighed in annoyance and glanced behind her. Reyna was sitting at the opposite desk and staring down at a laptop that controlled the cameras.
Reyna was too injured to go anywhere, so she was sitting in the most secure part of city hall. There was only one entrance to it, and the door could only be opened from the inside. Thalia was forced to stay behind because everyone was worried that her emotions would get in the way, and she was also powerless, thanks to Reyna.
Really, there was nothing stopping Thalia from charging across the room and beating Reyna to a bloody pulp, other than the handcuff on Thalia's wrist. It was pathetic really. The adults didn't trust her enough to not kick the shit out of Reyna, which didn't make sense really.
Thalia sighed and glance down at her chair. It was a swivel chair with wheels, so she could hypothetically roll herself across the room and slap Reyna upside the head. Instead, she focused on the cameras. There was another thing that Thalia hated about camera duty. It was the fact that every time she watched the cameras, something bad happened.
"Check," Thalia muttered into her ear piece. The adults, Titans included, had cameras attached to their vests. All of them had earpieces. The kids were going to be the drivers. Minerva didn't think that Pluto would blow up the car or cause a wreck if the kids were driving. "Can anyone hear me?"
"Unfortunately," Oceanus said. His yelp was heard through Theia's earpiece.
"Ignore him. I'm checking in," Theia said. Vulcan grunted for his check in. Venus and Piper were too busy talking about something, but they were talking so fast that Thalia couldn't follow. She just wished that they would finish their conversation before trying to check in.
"Reyna, how are you doing?" Hylla asked. Thalia sighed and closed her eyes. Hylla was going as back up muscle, but she was suppose to stay in the background. "Have you been icing your jaw?"
"Yeah," Reyna muttered. Her voice was so quiet that Thalia barely heard it. It took a moment for Thalia to look across the room. Reyna was staring down at the laptop, and only half of the cameras were on. It was the same half that Thalia had turned on when she was showing Reyna how to use the laptop.
"You going to turn those on?" Thalia muttered. Reyna nodded slightly, but all she did was stare at the laptop. Reyna made no movements to do anything. She just stared at it. "Are you trying to get everyone killed?"
"Just leave me alone," Reyna muttered. She stared at the laptop and slowly moved her hand over the keyboard. Thalia pushed herself towards Reyna and grabbed her arm. "I'm getting it."
"Then get it," Thalia snapped. Reyna glared and shoved Thalia's chair away Thalia stood, but the handcuff stopped her from strangling her ex. "Just change the fucking camera already."
"I don't remember how to!" Reyna snapped. Her voice was almost as loud as a yell. Reyna's cheeks reddened, and she looked down. Her hand moved to jaw.
"How can you not remember?" Thalia snapped. Reyna glanced up, and their eyes met. Thalia looked at the scar on Reyna's forehead, from where she had been shot. Thalia let out a deep breath and showed Reyna how to change the cameras.
Reyna listened silently and slowly changed the rest of the cameras. They were also patched into the security cameras that the meeting place would be at. Thalia spoke softly, "Does that happen a lot?"
"Not being able to remember what I'm doing five seconds after I start doing it?" Reyna asked. She glanced at Thalia. "Everyday. I keep walking into a room and forget why I was there. I've taken to writing it down on a piece of paper, or I will forget."
Thalia nodded and looked down. She walked towards a notebook pad and wrote the directions into it. Then, she placed it by Reyna and walked back to her own laptop. Thalia ran through the rest of her checks and then stared at the laptop.
They were surrounded by computers and monitors. A large monitor on the back wall showed all of the cameras. Reyna scrolled through each one to test all of them. Thalia slowly watched her. It looked like Reyna was still struggling to remember, as she kept one eye on the paper and the other on the monitor.
After taking some time to calm down, Thalia was still pissed. She kept trying to count to ten and all that inhale and exhale stuff. It wasn't working. At all. Thalia didn't want to get rid of her anger though. She wanted to make someone hurt just like she did. Hades would work, but she could live if it was one of his friends.
How did a monster like that even have friends? Who decided to work with Hades? Was he threatening them, or were they psychopaths as well? Thalia didn't plan on finding out. She just planned on finding a way to handle them.
"Thalia," Reyna muttered quietly. Thalia debated just pretending that she didn't hear Reyna. It would be easier than trying to hold a conversation with her, but at the same time, it could be something important. Thalia bit back her angry sigh and took a few moments.
"What?" Thalia finally asked. She glanced back at Reyna and saw that Reyna was just staring at her. "Is is something with the cameras?"
"Why did you tell Pluto that we kidnapped Bianca? Why would you throw us under the bus like that?" Reyna asked. Thalia looked away and felt the guilt rising. She used anger to shove it back down.
"We have a job to focus on," Thalia said. She looked back at the monitors.
"They're in a car, Thalia. They haven't made it to the meeting place. Did those months of dating mean nothing? Did the years of friendship mean nothing? How can you just turn your damn back on me like that?" Reyna demanded. Thalia looked down as she heard footsteps moving closer to her. "Even if I was pissed at you, I would never do that."
"You don't get it, do you?" Thalia demanded. She turned to face Reyna. "You freed Pluto, and then, you helped him kill my father! I understand you don't know what it is like to have a loving parent."
Before Thalia could continue, a fist slammed into her mouth, and her head snapped to the side. Thalia spat blood out. Then, she launched herself from the chair and into Reyna. The two slammed into the ground, with the chair falling on top of them.
Thalia raised her fist, but Reyna grabbed her hand. Reyna spoke, "You don't know a damn thing about my family."
"Oh, I do," Thalia snapped. She moved in closer to Reyna's face. "I know that your father was abusive, and I know that your mother was a piece of shit, but do you even remember that? Do you even remember how she died?"
Reyna's other fist slammed into her mouth. Thalia gasped as Reyna pinned her to the ground. Reyna spoke, "I have gone through hell and back these last few weeks, and all I want is my family back. You are trying to take that away from me. If Pluto get his hands on Hylla."
"He'll kill her just like he killed my father," Thalia interrupted. Reyna grabbed her throat with both hands. "Go ahead and do it."
"I can't believe I dated you," Reyna hissed. She stood and walked a few feet away. Reyna crouched down and gripped her injured jaw. "Did you ever care about me?"
"Of course I did," Thalia snapped. Reyna slowly looked at her. "I enjoyed every damn second that we spent together."
"Then why are you doing this?" Reyna demanded. She cursed and gripped her jaw again. "Why are you treating me like shit?"
"Because you helped kill my father," Thalia said. Reyna shook her head and stood. She walked back towards her chair, cradling her jaw. "Because if I don't blame you, I will blame myself. I will feel all of the hatred and guilt that I have been shoving deep inside, ever since I thought I lost you."
"When I thought you were dead, it tore me apart. The world felt wrong, shattered. And, all I could do was blame myself. I didn't dwell on it though. I tried to shove it out of my mind," Thalia whispered. She stared at the ground and felt tears come to her eyes. "If I thought about you, I would think about how I told Kronos to shoot you in the head. I chose my father over you, and I hate myself for it. Every damn day I hate myself."
"Every fucking day I think about how I let you die, and I just gave up on you. I didn't try to investigate. I didn't try to question Kronos about what had happened. If I had looked for you, I could have found out what the Titans were doing. We could have save you. I could have prevented all of this," Thalia whispered. She heard Reyna kneel by her.
"I was shot in the head and kicked off a bridge. I wouldn't have looked for me either," Reyna said softly.
"But, you would," Thalia said. Tears started to stream from her eyes, and she quickly wiped them away. "If the roles were reversed, I know you wouldn't have rested until you found the body or found proof that I was alive. You would not have given up on me."
Thalia slowly looked up. Reyna was studying her quietly. There was tears in her eyes as well. Thalia gently grabbed Reyna's face and spoke, "I'm so sorry, Reyna. I'm so sorry for everything."
Reyna pulled Thalia close and didn't say a word. Thalia rested her face in Reyna's shoulder. She felt Reyna stiffen. Then, a gun cocked. A man spoke, "Both of you stand up."
"Don't," Reyna began. Her left hand let go of Thalia, but her right hand didn't. "Just put the gun down."
"You have three seconds to stand," the man said. Thalia saw Reyna's left hand starting to move. She saw the barrel of a gun that Reyna was taking out from her waistband. Then, a gun fired. Reyna yelled in pain, and Thalia quickly stood.
Thalia turned and stared at Charon. The butler studied her quietly and moved his gun to point at her. Thalia didn't care though. She looked at Reyna and knelt by her. Reyna gripped her bloody forearm. It looked like the bullet had torn completely through her forearm.
Thalia's eyes moved to the gun that had fallen from Reyna's grasp, but before she could lunge for it, Charon fired his gun again. Thalia tensed as the bullet missed her by inches. Charon spoke, "There will be no more warning shots. Stand."
"Let me take care of Reyna first. Then, I'll do whatever you want," Thalia said. Charon studied her for a moment and then picked up the fallen gun. Thalia helped Reyna wrap her arm in her shirt. "Hey. Calm down. Breathe."
Reyna rocked back and forth slightly. She cursed and closed her eyes tightly. Thalia turned and looked at Chiron. She spoke, "How did you get in here?"
Charon held up a small ID card, and Thalia tensed as she realized it had belonged to her father. Charon spoke, "The two of you are coming with me. Now."
"I'm going to get us out of this," Thalia whispered as she looked back at Reyna. She slowly helped her stand. "Just trust me."