Muttering under my breath I ran in to the dense woods as soon as the car landed. I raced through the branches slapping them aside as I ran. Not watching where I was going I fell and scraped up my knees and hands. I quickly jumped back to my feet and continued on. After running about a quarter mile I dropped the the ground and started smearing mud across my face. I heard footsteps in the distance and quickly finished that and started tangling sticks and a few leaves into my hair.

"Laura!" I heard someone yell in the distance. "Where are you?" I cursed and sped up my work. Apparently that wasn't suck a good idea since my hand slipped while holding a rather pointed stick, and scraped my cheek, drawing blood.

"Laura!" The voices were closer now. I quickly crawled under a brush and stayed as still as possible.I pressed back into the trunk of a tree. In the clearing I could hear at least three sets of footsteps. They were all slow in their movements, looking for me.

"What if she's dead?" A tear filled voice asked. I recognized it, Lynn was one of the people in the clearing. There was more shuffling and the sound of a muffled sob.

"She's not dead," Will's voice said softly. "She's a tough cookie, don't worry we'll find her." I pressed myself further back into the brush. I could not let them find me or else they would know I was lying. I needed Apollo to show up and quickly. Mentally I started to pray to Apollo.

Oh Lord Apollo, get your sorry butt over here and save me already. There's a search party in my clearing right now and they're about for seconds from finding me. Get Over here before I kick your sorry ass.

"Dad said Apollo should be here soon to help." I bit my fist to keep from gasping and giving myself away. Travis was in the clearing.

Hurry up! Even my siblings are out searching!

I should probably explain why that made me so nervous. Sometimes I forget that you all do not know how the Hermes Cabin operates. Usually, when a camper goes missing they sound out a few search parties, five at the most. They usually do not allow the siblings of the lost to search since there is a possibility that they will only find the poor kids dead body. The only time they allow the siblings to help is if they are almost positive that the person is completely gone, devoured or otherwise. If Travis is here with this group, as the head councilor, that meant that all my siblings were out searching.

That meant they thought me as good as gone.

"I'm going to head back, to see if Lord Apollo is here yet," Lynn whispered. Her footsteps faded quickly into the distance. The two boys still stood in the clearing. They were silent until they were sure Lynn was gone.

"Did you guys start a shroud?" Will asked quietly.

"Not yet," Travis said in a choked voice. "I'm not ready to give up on her yet. I feel like she's just going to pop out of the bushes and ask us why we look so worried. I feel like she's sitting back in the cabin playing with Suzie and Kyle, acting as their mother. She can't be dead, it's not possible."

"I know, man, it's a hard thing to accept. But think about it, she was weak from the near drowning thing, and if she took on an automation on her own, like Kyle thinks, then it's possible that it got her."

"Shut up,Will!" Travis snapped. "She's my little sister, she's survived wars, one monster isn't gonna take her out!" The sound of a fist hitting wood sounded through the clearing and behind me some bark fell.

"Calm down, hurting yourself won't help find her. Let's head back and see what's going on." The two headed off in the same direction Lynn headed off in and as soon as I was positive they were out of earshot I let out the sob I had been holding in.

I do not know how long I sat there hidden in the brush before Apollo came. He crouched down next to my hiding spot and smiled at me.

"Hey, sorry it took so long, I had to make sure no one else was around." He helped me out of the bush. My leg was asleep and I stumbled, falling into his chest. He laughed before putting an arm behind my shoulders and using the other to knock my knees out from under me. He started to walk while holding me bridal style.

"Hey, put me down," I snapped.

"Nope, it's all part of the plan sweetheart," he laughed.

"Your plan is to carry me into camp?"

"Well, I was thinking more along the lines of sweeping you off your feet and heroically carrying the injured princess back to her worried brothers, who will then scold her for being careless. Oh, and somewhere in there a kiss would be nice."

"You can kiss my-"

"Hey now, no need to get vulgar!"

"Fine," I said quietly.

"Now, I need you to put you head against my shoulder and pretend to fall asleep," Apollo said quietly as we reached the edge of the forest. The green overhead started to fade into the orange of a summer's sunset.

"Alright," I sighed leaning against him. My eyes fluttered shut on their own accord and I found myself half asleep. I was still able to feel the bounce of Apollo's footsteps and the cool breeze on my face, but at the same time it all felt like a vivid dream.

"Oh gods, please tell me she's alive," someone cried out.

"She's fine, go to your cabin," Apollo said. My arms were getting a little cold so I snuggled closer to the warm chest next to me. He laughed.

'Getting comfortable, are you?" I groaned.

"Why am I so sleepy?" I mumbled, barely audible to even myself.

"I may have used a small sleeping spell on you, nothing too major. It'll only make you drowsy for now, shouldn't put you to sleep just yet, at least I hope not."

"I am so getting beck at you for this," I tried to sound angry, but the effect was ruined by a wide yawn. Apollo chuckled.

"I would expect nothing less, now I suggest you keep quiet, you're almost home now." The sound of crying filled the air around me. I could hear the slightly stifled sniffs and sobs. A door flew open and slammed against something.

"Oh gods, Laura!" came a tear filled voice. "Is she breathing? It doesn't look like she's breathing? Where did you find her?"

"Why don't you let me in and then we'll all discuss what happened," Apollo said. "Is your father here?"

"Yeah, I'm in here," came my fathers voice. Apollo started walking again and practically bounced up the stairs. I was forced to grab his shirt to keep myself from falling. Apollo chuckled quietly. The sound of a door slamming from behind us sounded through the now silent air.

"Which bunk is hers?"

"Just put here on mine," Conner said. "It's right next to you." I felt myself being lowered to the bed. I shivered once Apollo withdrew his arms. He is warmer than the average person. I felt a few blankets get piled on top of me and the edge of the bed dipped when someone sat down.

"So where was she?" My dad said from somewhere off to the left.

"She was under a brush, that's why it took so long to find her, she was pretty beat up, I healed most of it."

"If you healed her then why are her face, arm, and knees still scratched up?"

"I couldn't heal everything you know," Apollo placed his hand on my knee. The voices around me became more and more detached. My head was filling with fog. Then it all went black.

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