I usually get really complacent after I upload a chapter and think that I'll give it some time for more people to read it. Then I realized that writing stories aren't just for the reader ya know, it's for me too cause I wanna see my ideas on the site so fuck it. Imma keep it going.

Artemis checked to see if Isaiah was back early three times before she found Zoë

standing in her path as she went a fourth time. She never took time to appreciate the new glow that came with the revived daughter of Atlas. There a dark silver aura around Zoë that made all of her features that much more prominent. Artemis didn't remember her former lieutenant's hair being that long and luscious, or her eyes holding literal volcanoes, or even the woman being as thick as she is now.

Especially since Zoë had changed into a pair of gray leggings with a white sports bra to go with it. It was a comfortable and effortless outfit but it looked stunning on the assassin. Before she knew it, Artemis was very openly checking Zoë out and the girl receiving the attention felt odd, not uncomfortable per se, but odd. Regardless of the reasoning behind her old mistress looking at her like that, Zoë cleared her throat.

"Umm, you've kinda been pacing from your room to Isaiah's. Is whatever you need to talk to him that important? I can call him back right now if there's an emergency-"

"No! I mean it's not an emergency, I just had a few questions for him. But I also wanted to talk more with you, a chance to catch up after all this time."

"Well, he still isn't here so we can go back to my room if you want…"

Artemis was already nervous about being caught assessing Zoë's assets, so she was more than happy to go somewhere else. They walked down the hall to the assassin's room and found it across from Bianca, one person Artemis was rather nervous to talk to. Right after adding her to the hunt, she gets captured and her newest hunter was sent on a quest to save her, leading to that hunter's death. You can imagine why a conversation or apology would be really awkward…

Zoë led Artemis into her room which turned out to be an entire apartment. There was a living room that was connected to a kitchen, a hallway that led to more rooms, and it was well furnished. Zoë noticed Artemis' surprised look and answered her unasked question, "I always wondered what it would be like to live a normal life in the modern mortal world. Isaiah and I came here a few hundred years ago and we walked around New York trying to find the optimal place to live according to common city folk. This was the best apartment we found, but the landlord was being an asshole about rules and regulations to follow because Isaiah looks like a troublemaker. Then the idiot goes and says that he wasn't even gonna live there even though we got a tour because we applied as a couple. I had to knock the idiot male out and Isaiah literally stole the entire apartment and put it here for me to live in."

Artemis liked the sound of "idiot male" coming out of Zoë's mouth after all these years but didn't like the reminder of how close she and the master assassin were. She was led to the large couch in the living room and the two sat down. Zoë had been wearing sandals and kicked them off, sending them somewhere under the coffee table, prompting Artemis to take off her boots and neatly set them next to her feet. As they lounged there, the goddess had to admit that the thought of mortal life was slightly intriguing.

She could imagine coming home from a nine to five job and sitting down to rest on the couch just like was now. Then Percy came in from his job to see her laying there, sore and tired from work. He walks over to her and kisses her before sitting next to her and swinging her legs over his lap. Percy proceeds to massage her stiff feet while asking her about her day with nothing but love and care in his eyes.

Artemis couldn't help but allow her eyes to water at her daydream of something that looked so amazing, yet impossible. Zoë must've been on a similar wavelength, "I think when I got it, I tried to imagine a life where I'm not constantly fighting for my life or others. Having jobs, friends that I could have fun with, maybe a guy to spend my life with…"

At the last sentence, Artemis stiffened. She felt a little miffed that Zoë mentioned friends to have fun with as if they didn't use to be friends and have fun hunting together. Then she mentioned a guy and the maiden within got angry that a hunter would even think like that. But Artemis also thought of having a guy to be with, not to mention that after their conversation in the throne room revealed that they were thinking of the same person.

Speaking of that conversation…

Flashback (FYI, I honestly don't know what I was thinking when I made "Break Time" in the throne room and everyone casually spoke to each other as if there wasn't an impending war coming… But it's there so I have to roll with it. Sorry)

"He must've done a lot more for you than you're telling me but okay, I accept the relationship you guys have, though it seems to be a bit more than just a mentor and student thing going on…"

"Yeah about that… Artemis I think I can talk to you about this, it's pretty hard to talk about with anyone else…"

"Okay, I'm ready."

Zoë snapped her fingers and timed slowed around them, presumably giving them more time to talk to each other. "As I told you, Isaiah showed up in Ouranos' Realm and saved me. After I joined his assassins, we grew close until we started dating. I truly believed that I was in love with him and that we would be together forever… until Percy showed up. Percy was the first example of a man who broke all rules of being a disgusting male that permeated the Earth. On the quest that I died on, I admired every sign that he was different and he was also pretty cute at the time. Then seeing him kneel over me as I died with sad eyes was too adorable. The longer Percy was around, the more I felt gravitated to him instead of Isaiah in my free time. Watching rise in the ranks so quickly, then becoming commander in record time. Watching him try to heal his heart after you broke it. These things all told me that I was attracted to him but I didn't want to be like all the males we condemned so I ignored it."

Artemis didn't like that Zoë dated a man or said she broke Percy's heart but was strangely intrigued in the story. She should be jealous that another girl was after Percy's heart but for some reason, she wasn't. The goddess gestured for Zoë to continue so she did.

"Isaiah picked up on it, as any good assassin should, and decided to confirm it for himself. He found a unique situation on Td- 02 that required an undercover assassin and someone to go in as a cleanup crew after the mission was complete and sent me and Percy on it. Long story short, he ended up having to save me because Isaiah tipped off one of the men in power and they sent too many people after me for me to handle without using my powers that were concealed to keep my cover. Percy saved me and I practically jumped his bones and started kissing him in some sort of thanks. Over the years, Isaiah and Percy truly bonded as brothers so he was angrily pushed me off of him and opened a portal for me to go back to Chaotica while he stayed to finish the mission."

"Why was he so angry? I understand it's his brother but it was only a kiss that could have been interpreted as something that happened in the moment-"

Zoë took a low blow at her former mistress, "The same way your make-out session with him was in the moment?" Artemis' eyes widened in hurt and she leaned away from Zoë, causing the girl to realize how disrespectful that was.

"I'm sorry, it's just a lot to think about this whole romance ordeal. It was so much easier when we swore off love. Anyway, that portal led me straight to Isaiah who was chilling in his room, flicking through mission reports as they came in. I didn't expect to have to face the reparations of my actions so quickly and I froze when I saw him there. He spun around with a blank look, then smiled when he saw me and tried to hug me, but I couldn't hug him back without feeling bad that I betrayed him. I don't want to delve into that conversation yet, but in the end, we broke up because he knew that he was the second best thing to the guy I wanted the whole time, Percy Jackson."

"Does Percy know about all of this?"

"No, that's the problem. To him, I used him to ruin my relationship with his brother and since then he has been strictly professional with me. I've been meaning to get this off my chest for a long time so I'm really glad to see you!"

Then the two were interrupted by Isaiah firing his shotgun into the ceiling and Zoë smirked at Artemis' reaction as she walked back to her fellow Chaotic peers.

Flashback End

Artemis wanted to get more into how Zoë developed feelings for Percy, but also knew it was a touchy subject. The best way to get into it was to delve into her personal story with Percy finding his way into her heart. Artemis told Zoë the same things y'all learned in the flashback a few chapters ago but added how certain events made her feel. Like how happy she was that Percy got her a new recruit and the respectful and thoughtful way that he did it. Like how embarrassed she was when that mortal assumed they were together and had a child, but surprised at how much that idea intrigued her. That was the first time she not only thought of a man in a romantic way but also imagined a future with him. That and the hunters basically teasing them into being in a relationship and the spectacle they put on in Camp Half-Blood culminated in the night they kissed and engaged in intercrural sex.

Zoë was surprised to hear Artemis' side of the story couldn't help but feel for the goddess because one stupid moment of saying something when you meant something else resulted in her first chance at true love fall apart. It was nice for them to sit together and confide in each other the way they used to. Artemis asked to hear Zoë's story from the beginning, hoping that her old friend was willing to talk more about it. She was truly curious to know what it was like to be recruited and to date the very person she wanted to interrogate.

Zoë took a deep breath and decided to start with Isaiah getting her "His original objective was to check on the primordial and ensure that his and his realm was secure. I was bored out of my mind and annoyed that we couldn't cause harm to anyone up there because they would feel the pain, our physical states were similar to that of spirits. Several guys up there, including the original Orion, kept trying to hit on me and promised that if I gave them a chance, they would ask Ouranos to make us tangible for a day so we can 'consummate' our new relationship."

"I truly regret putting him in the sky, especially since Gaia was able to take the darkest part of his spirit and revive him into the giant we fought in the Second Giant War."

"The asshole was the most determined to get with me because we were both hunters but I had to tell him off again and again. Even if we couldn't touch or affect each other, we could touch ourselves and look at each other. Imagine how angry I was whenever he would satiate his lust by jerking off while staring at me. His biggest mistake was doing it when Isaiah made his visit. After speaking to Ouranos, he used his mechanical wings to fly around the realm and overlook everything. He noticed me trying to get away from Orion's leering and got surprisingly angry at the situation. Orion finally caught me at the edge of the realm that leads to limbo and smiled as he could finally finish what he started. Suddenly Isaiah drops from the sky in front of me, blocking Orion's sight. The mechanical wings disappeared and I was able to see the outline of a random, tangible man in front of me and didn't know whether to be happy that he's stopping disgusting male or to be wary of his intentions after he dealt with Orion."

"Why couldn't Ouranos do anything to stop it from happening?"

"He can only intervene when someone is threatening the safety of others by communicating with anyone that wasn't already in the realm. Orion wasn't bothering anyone but me so the situation didn't concern him. Isaiah, however, felt the need to protect anyone that was helpless in a situation so he helped me. Orion saw the random person in front of him and was embarrassed to have his dick out in front of a guy, but looked at him annoyed, as if waiting for Isaiah to move. Some people have come to the realm to retrieve others but no one could touch them because they were spirits so Orion wasn't too worried about this guy. What he didn't expect was Isaiah to summon a blade and slice his head off in one fluid movement! He proceeded to catch the falling head and let the body, still clutching the dick, to hit the floor. Orion screamed, then realized that he was still alive and looked at Isaiah confused and nervous about whatever was going on. This new guy that just gained a thousand points in my eyes turned to me with the severed head in hand and held it up so that it was facing me. He squeezed the hair on top causing Orion to scream in pain and said, 'Apologize. Now.'"

"He killed him and forced him to apologize? Isaiah must not be that bad then…"

"My thoughts exactly! After forcing Orion to apologize, he dramatically condemned his spirit to the Void, which also caused him to become weaker on Earth, making it easier for Reyna to defeat him. I actually smiled at a man for the first time since Percy and he looked at me blankly. While I didn't necessarily like the idea of a guy smiling at me or even looking at me at the time, it was still annoying for him to look at me like that… man-hater or not, I look good! His eyes opened really wide suddenly and brought up his arm to type something in. It confirmed his suspicions and he smiled brightly at me before grabbing my arm and teleporting us to Lady Chaos. Ever since then, I've been a Chaotic Assassin and I owe it to him."

"Lady Chaos already wanted to recruit you? And is that the only reason you're loyal to him?"

"Well that brings us to him and I dating. Lady Chaos wasn't specifically looking to recruit me per se. She merely had me on a watchlist and was waiting to see what happened to Percy on Earth. If Percy's talents had been wasted on Earth, she would have recruited him using me and some of his other friends that died over the years. Because Isaiah brought me back before she was ready for me, she entrusted me to him. In other words, find something for her to do before I need her."

"That seems a little mean… I thought she was a cool person?"

"Lady Chaos is really cool for the creator of the universe but tries to keep up the pretense that she is tough and intense to stop people from initially not taking her seriously. I did, however, feel a way about her reviving me and turning me into a Chaotic Warrior, then dismissing me right after. Isaiah brought me back to his ship and showed me this room and to settle before coming to meet him and his right-hand assassin in training. I was excited at the prospect of staying with 'one of the most powerful beings in the universe' but also hoped that the other assassin was a girl. No former hunter initially wants to spend that much time with a man, no matter how cool or powerful he is. I left the room and noticed that the other rooms held blank doors while mine and the one across from it had names on them. I look at the other and it says, Bianca D'Angelo! I don't know how I knew where to go but I all but ran to the control center to see Isaiah and the new hunter I got killed talking. I ran up and hugged Bianca, eyes watery and all because I felt so bad about taking her on a quest she wasn't ready for. Thank Chaos she forgave me before she even joined Isaiah, I was so scared that she would push me off or something."

"Honestly, I'm nervous to talk to her one on one because I might get a reaction like that. It's not fair that I have her join, then right after getting her killed by getting captured…"

"Bianca isn't that type of person. None of us really got a chance to properly get to know her but now I know that she's not the type to blame anything that happens to her on others. She was proud that she saved Percy's life, who later saved the world, even if it was at the cost of her own. Before I could try to apologize, Isaiah interrupted by touching my head with a glowing finger and all the information about becoming an assassin versus a soldier flew into my head. After properly processing it all, I knew that I wanted to be an assassin, working from the shadows and deal with small groups rather than armies."

"Isn't being an assassin just naturally better. You, Bianca, and Isaiah all seem so powerful compared to the energy I felt from Percy's captains."

"The Army cannot protect the universe without the Assassins and vice versa. Wars are won not only by the soldiers and commanders but also by the spies hidden within enemy lines or people to take out key players that may deal large blows to the soldiers. Soldiers are important because they are meant to go in head first with the main objective to take out as many enemies as they can while working in units of one hundred or more. As an assassin, I can drop into a room and take on ten to twenty enemies and walk out unscathed and without the people outside the room knowing what happened. On the battlefield, however, I would have to rely heavily on my powers to focus on bigger groups of enemies and that's just too difficult compared to the ways that I was used to being trained. Soldiers, however, aren't meant to be quiet, they are meant to draw attention and do everything in their power to take out waves and waves of enemies."

"Is that why Percy's captains are going to train the campers to be like that? To take out a lot of monsters?"

"Yes, except their training is special and difficult. It's easier for Chaotic Warriors to train in either way they choose because they get Chaos' blessing when they decide to become one or the other. The assassin blessing is similar to your's in that it gives us enhanced agility, speed, and strength. In addition to that, our movements are naturally almost silent, we automatically plan out how to handle situations efficiently and without drawing attention, and have enhanced vision that can detect movements through thin walls. The soldier blessing comes with enhanced strength, almost infinite stamina, the ability to wield large and heavy weapons with ease, natural battle sense, and the ability use their powers to affect large areas while still using natural skills. That also comes with five lives that are taken each time one dies and has to reform. Assassin's only get three lives."

"So they literally have to work hand in hand in order to be successful?"

"Exactly. The only problem is that the army is still getting used to the thought of Percy being their commander and not threatening them or beating them into submission. That's why you saw him snapping like that in the throne room because he's tired of that being the case. The soldiers that he has on call to come to the planet are in his command building and are all fully loyal to him because he won them over through his signs of strong battle strategy and prowess. Once he can work out the kinks with the rest of them, he and Isaiah can lead their warriors to properly protect the universe."

"Ohhhh, I get it now. Okay so back to how you got infatuated by him. Or at least thought you were."

"Well, you have to admit, he looks sooooo good-"

Suddenly Isaiah appeared in the room. "You damn right I do. Sorry to interrupt but we have an emergency to handle. Silena has brought it my attention that one of the hunters aren't who we think they are."

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Hazel knows that she failed the simulation five times now but honestly didn't care. Ever since she and Frank broke up, she's been craving some sort of romantic relationship to stabilize her emotionally. She's always been a bright and outgoing girl ready to help and support her friends but she's also a 17-year-old girl whose emotions are still partially controlled by hormones. The box put her back in school with Sammy and he was protecting her through humor as usual, but in every situation, they were already dating. Hazel cherished every hug and kiss they shared in these situations. And when he was put in situations where he got hurt to protect her, all the demigoddess had to do was stay still until it was over and the bullies left so she could help him and get away from the place but instead, she revealed herself and saved him every time.

The box may have just been a machine but it also adapts to the thoughts of its occupants. Unfortunately, Hazel just learned how to hide her thoughts from others so it was having a hard time. As Hazel got beat up saving Sammy, she smiled, happy to protect a guy she used to love and her thoughts slipped through the block she put up to hide her mind. The simulation adapted immediately and suddenly she was underground with the growing Alcyoneus and Gaia all around her.

Maria Levesque was hovered over the crater the giant was in and Gaia was chanting some sort of spell. Hazel realized that her mother was being sacrificed to finish reviving the giant born to oppose her father and almost jumped up to save her. She was stopped by Maria making eye contact with her.

Please stop, Hazel heard in her mind somehow, you are the only one that can save the world right now. If you help me, you would merely give her another person to sacrifice. Let me go and destroy this place.

Hazel didn't want to listen to her mother. She was stronger now, stronger than she had been at thirteen years old. Right before the girl could fail the simulation again suddenly she got visions of her, Percy and Frank on a small boat sailing on the Pacific Ocean. Then the three of them walking towards a Greek warship with Percy's arms around their shoulders. Then her Leo and Echo running away from Narcissus and his posse. Vision after vision of her with friends appeared and she knew that none of it would happen if she revealed herself and got her soul sacrificed to Gaia's son.

It hurt to go through this again, but Percy holding her after helping her train with visions of the earth goddess gave her strength and for the second time, she used her geokinesis to destroy the underground facility and listened to Gaia's angry wails as her plans were delayed.

Hazel woke up in the box with a smile on her face. It opened and she sat up to see Leo looking at her with concern making her smile even brighter. Something about his eyes and the energy behind them made her happy to see him, adding the visions she just saw about her friends, Hazel was instantly jovial that he was worried. She looked to see Annabeth smiling, looking relieved and felt good about that too. The daughter of Pluto had to admit, she was upset about what the blonde did and their interactions were stiff afterward. Annabeth did, however, pop up in her memories of friends so she still thought fondly of the gray-eyed beauty.

Esmeralda waited for Hazel to get out of the machine before snapping her fingers, making them disappear. She walked in front of the group and addressed them. "It's currently 20:35, meaning we still have about 25 minutes before dinner. I say we go early to debrief, then get to know each other since you'll be stuck here for a while. Percy will join us shortly and he will go over what the next few weeks will look like."

The demigods looked at each other in surprise, not expecting a captain of the Chaotic Army to want to interact with them any more than she had to. They followed her into the elevator that reappeared outside of the training room and noticed that their clothes returned and the bodysuit was gone. Even Esmeralda had changed back into her purple blouse and dark-blue jeans that made her look nice and thick for the boys.

They filed out of the elevator and looked around in wonder once again at all the different rooms and parts of Percy's command building until they got to the mess hall. Before they could join the random people getting food and sitting down, Esmeralda stopped them and led them to a room within the mess hall labeled "Specialists Only." As soon as they sat down, screens came out of the table and displayed a menu for them. After learning how to access it and that they can be as unhealthy as possible, the demigods quickly dug in.

"Not to simulate the stupidity you guys have to deal with in mortal schools, but I'm sure you guys have met each other at some point on a surface level. Let's attempt to learn more about each other and share stories and adventures."

Everyone looked at each other, not know who to start with until they heard a burp come from Leo who excused himself and cleared his throat, ready to speak. Hazel and Annabeth groaned at the prospect of him speaking but laughed when he gave them a look.

"Okayyyy, so-"

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Percy and Isaiah stood outside of the house of Sally and Paul Blofis as the former fidgeted looking at the doorbell and the latter glared at him for taking so long.

"Are you gonna ring the bell or not?"

"My sister is almost four! That's the age when they can walk and talk, but also don't like meeting new people! What if she doesn't like me?"

"You'll never know how she feels about you if you don't open the fucking door!"

"No cursing in front of my family idiot!"

"No name calling in front of your sister!"

"No-"

The two boys were interrupted by the door opening abruptly. They turned to it while straightening up, expecting to see Sally glaring at them for arguing again but instead Khione, the snow goddess, open the door. They were taken aback by the sight of the goddess in a maid uniform that looked really sexy on her. "I thought I heard you two out here. Do you want to come inside while I alerted Mrs. Blofis of your presence?"

The boys walked in and walked into the living room to wait for Sally and Paul. "Woah bro, I didn't expect her to be so docile now."

"I know right! When Piper ordered her to protect and serve my mom, she was ready to put the house in an eternal winter…"

"I guess giving your mom the Chaotic Blessing gave her enough power to put Khione in her place."

They laughed at the thought of Sally smacking a powerful goddess into her place as a servant but quieted down as they heard someone descending the stairs. Sally was ecstatic to see her baby boy and someone she saw as her son in her house for the first time in a while. She ran up to Percy first and hugged and squeezed him with a mix of natural motherly strength and the boost that came with the blessing. When he murmured something about her hurting him she let go, then turned to Isaiah and kissed him on the cheek, happy to see her boys.

"Khione, be a sweetie and prepare some cookies for these boys. Don't add the food coloring without me though! Thanks honey," Sally said as her servant left to follow her directions. She turned back to smile at the brothers' surprise visit and couldn't help but appreciate that they always dressed in similar clothes without realizing.

Isaiah wore a button-up white polo with black jeans and black and white jordans while Percy wore a collared button-down white polo with black jeans and black and white vans. Before she could speak to them, a small voice came whining from the kitchen.

"Mooooooom! Khione said that I can't have any of the cookie dough!"

"You didn't finish your lunch so you have to wait until dinner to eat!"

"See Mom! She's being mean!" Estelle's voice came closer and closer until she came into the living room with a pout on her face. She froze when she saw Percy and Isaiah. Despite being three years old, being the daughter of a teacher and an author set her up to be intelligent for her age. She noticed that Percy looked a lot like her mom and felt like his presence was familiar for some reason so maybe they were related. Intelligent or not, Estelle didn't like to be around people who were strangers to her and back up behind her mom and peeked at the two guys from between Sally's legs.

The greatest mother in the world took her daughter from between her legs and lifted the girl into her arms. "Estelle, remember when I told you all about the heroics of Percy Jackson that he was your demigod brother?"

"Yeah, and that I can't tell Piper and Hazel that he's alive and on a secret mission for a powerful lady. Is the guy on the left my brother?" Estelle questioned while looking at him.

Once Percy smiled and the girl can see the clear resemblance between his smile and her mother's, Estelle jumped out of her mom's arms and ran straight into Percy's arms. Sally's heart practically melted as she saw the siblings together for the first time since he and the hunter's visited almost two years ago. Isaiah smiled at the scene as well and was ready to sit back and get more comfortable, maybe even tell Sally about Percy and Annabeth getting close again but was interrupted.

He stiffened as he got the information telepathically from Percy who was still hugging his sister but still giving him a meaningful look. Isaiah glared because the information would have been useful earlier but nonetheless knew he needed to go. He looked at Sally apologetically but she knew how it was for the boys since they were both leaders. She waved at him as he dissolved into thin air, then realized Estelle would be expecting an explanation for the other guy suddenly not being there and facepalmed.

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"There's no way that he did that to his mom! She is such a nice lady!" Bianca was laying on her side with her head propped up on her left arm, looking as Thalia with a smile on her face and mirthful disbelief in her eyes.

"He really did! Sally was being the good mom that is and he felt embarrassed by the attention because the girl he had a crush on was in the car. On our way out, she checked in one more time to make sure he had everything he needed to be safe and Percy snaps on her before urging us to hurry and get to the school you were in." Thalia was still on her back smiling as her electric blue eyes stared up at the ceiling.

The two had spent was felt like hours telling each other story after story of things that happened to them before settling on talking about people they knew. Bianca told Thalia about her and Nico before they knew they were demigods and Thalia told Bianca about her Luke and Annabeth. That brought up the new Luke who was one of Percy's captains and how he was a good guy now. Also brought up Thalia's strained relationship with Annabeth since the blonde broke Percy's heart. You know people say that there are twenty or so questions you can ask a person to fall in love with them or become best friends with them? That's what it was like for these two laying bed together and talking.

Bianca wanted to talk to Thalia about Isaiah but felt like the girl's first impression of him should be during their training tomorrow so she held off until then. Thalia learned so much about the army and the assassins and the cool things they do on missions, making her want to join more than before. The things Bianca said to her when she first got in the room settled into her mind a little more and she realized that the main and initial reason she was a hunter was because she needed to escape the Great Prophecy.

That was a long time ago so why should she still be restrained to being a hunter? She didn't hate all men, she didn't have a problem with love, but was surrounded by girls that did. Thalia felt that if she could still maintain a good relationship with the hunters as a family, she herself doesn't have to be a hunter. She resolved to try her best while on this ship and during the war to see if she could have an opportunity to join the assassins on the ship.

But, let's not dwell on these thoughts right now. She turned an propped herself up to the same position as Bianca and asked what it was like to be with Zoë right after she died.

Speaking of the daughter of Atlas…

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Artemis jumped off the couch in outrage. "How dare you accuse one of my hunters of being a traitor?!"

Isaiah had explained to the huntress and assassin that one of the hunters had a different fingerprint than she was supposed to according to her profile. The only thing to be assumed was that this wasn't the same hunter and that she was planted on the ship to infiltrate and complete some sort of objective. Artemis almost exploded after he had finished talking.

" How do you know it's not her? Based on a difference from her 'profile?' That's crazy!"

"So a machine created by Chaos herself made a mistake?"

Artemis froze at his words, then flopped back on the couch and crossed her arms while glaring at him. Zoë cleared her throat and looked up at Isaiah. "Who is it? And how do we go about it without her knowing that we are on to her?"

Isaiah smirked because he already had a plan in motion.

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Naomi sat on her bed, watching TV while eating popcorn. She originally didn't know what she wanted to do for fun because for the last months her fun had to do with being with the hunters. Suddenly a large TV appeared in front of her and started playing "The Office" from season one and she was hooked.

As she was watching until she fell asleep, the board that held her schedule suddenly changed into a message. Being that you all will be helping in the war, here are the key players and places that we will go after once you all are ready. Please place your thumb on the board to read your print and verify that you can access this information. Naomi didn't feel like she was important enough or smart enough to have the info but was curious to see what kind of things the hunters would do while helping the assassins. Once she placed her thumb on the designated location, the board changed again to show a bunch of information that she couldn't understand.

Then without a warning, her body froze and her head began to hurt. It felt like someone was invading and taking over but she couldn't stop it. Next thing she knew, she was watching from the sidelines as her body scanned over the info before taking out a phone and taking pictures of it. Once done, her body sent the information to the only contact in the phone, Naomi regained control and fell to the floor in pain.

Somehow, someone forced her to reveal the information of Isaiah's plans and she just endangered everyone on the ship. She almost immediately gathered herself before sprinting out of the room, still in her pajamas but too frantic to think about changing. Once she got to the command center, Naomi looked around frantically for some way to contact Isaiah and tell him what happened. As if summoned, He appeared in the room and looked at her with a confused face.

"Hey, Naomi… Is everything okay-"

"I'm so sorry sir but I just somehow betrayed you! It's like something came over me when you sent everyone your plans and I took this phone from out of nowhere and sent the plans to whoever the contact is-" Naomi stopped because the phone was suddenly blank as if it factory reset just now. Isaiah's face got even more confused and suspicious of her, scaring the poor hunter who felt bad about what just happened.

Isaiah wasn't confused about what just happened because he was the reason it happened. He purposefully sent false info to her room but expected her to happily send it and then act like she didn't. However, the girl was frantic and trying to tell him what she did. Only one explanation came to mind.

Zoë and Artemis were watching from the former's room, just as surprised as Isaiah, wondering why the girl was trying to help after what she did. Suddenly, Zoë came to the same conclusion Isaiah did and turned to Artemis. "What's something only Naomi would know, no one else could possibly know this information?" The goddess in question had to think about it but turned red at revealing this to Zoë.

Isaiah heard a voice in his head but didn't bat an eye as he tried to confirm his suspicions. "Tell the truth. What do you think of McKayla Smith?"

Naomi turned red and was baffled that one, he disregarded what she just told him and two, that he picked up on how she felt about the other hunter. Only Artemis knew about that! "Um well, she… she's really… I mean I think she's…" The poor girl stuttered as she tried to explain without revealing her attraction to the mortal huntress.

This meant that whoever this was in front of Isaiah wasn't Naomi, but had her memories and thoughts. Some strong magic was at work. He snapped his fingers and the girl fell asleep immediately, dropping into Zoë's arms as the former hunter appeared in the room with Artemis.

"Artemis, this isn't Naomi. I don't know who has abilities this strong but they were able to use magic to give this girl Naomi's appearance, memories, and thoughts. I'm asking for your consent to remove the magic from this girl figure out who she really is and any clues as to where the real Naomi is."

The goddess was surprised that this guy asked her permission and appreciated the thought. She nodded and watched as Isaiah removed any traces of magic from the girl. They were astonished at the girl's clothes disappeared leaving her nude. Before Artemis could freak out, the hair changed from black to brown, the age of the girl increased a few years and the skin complexion became darker. The breasts grew along with the rest of the body until it was a completely different woman in Zoë's arms. A brown dress appeared on the girl and her eyes opened to reveal completely gold eyes that looked surprised that she had been found out.

This is a slow building story that requires details and a lot to attach to each other so it isn't just one of those 50k word shitz that low-key leave me wanting more to read. I don't mind em but I want mine to be one of the longer ones that has the romance build before they instantly fall in love and fuck, ya know. If ya got a problem then byeeeee, I'm having fun writing this and won't be deterred by you wanting it to move quickly. Expect filler chapters about relationships between ppl building rather than saying "They became friends over the course of training" and leaving it at that. Have Fun!