Hey guys! How's it going? im glad people were doing well as of last chapter! Math midterms are terrible in general; no one would blame you for failing, in all honesty. I'm also doing well, thanks for asking. :) Thanks for all the reviews last chapter! Ok, first: I'm sorry all the chapters are so short. I'm trying to improve on that, but in case you can't tell... I haven't been doing a great job at that. Second: Yeah, my torture scene was pretty terrible. I was kinda running out of stuff to write about and I didn't want to just end it after practically nothing. So i tried to continue it and... That happened. Sorry to anyone that didn't like it. It was onkh an attempt, it wasn't actual rape, because that would've had to have been censored (cause this is rated T and I don't want to change that) and that's honestly just nasty. Anyways, enough of this. I own nothing but please enjoy this chapter! :)

Zoë's POV

Suddenly, Raven's eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed backwards. I wanted to let out a sigh of relief. I was safe...

For now.

An uncertain amount of time passed. There wasn't a clock in the room, so I couldn't be sure if minutes had passed or if hours had passed.

For all i knew, I could've been cHained up in a room that reacted to time differently. Maybe an hour in here was a day in the outside world, like the Lotus Casino.

Maybe an hour in here was a year in the outside world.

The possibilities of everything kept tumbling through my mine, each one more terrible than the last.

Maybe Luke, Diamond and Sunny weren't trying to save me. Maybe they all were secretly glad I was gone.

Maybe the Olympians followed us unknowingly, waiting to get us for that stunt Raven pulled in the throne room with Ares. Maybe they had killed everyone and made them fade, because we're all immortals now.

Maybe–

My inner panics were stopped by a low groan coming from the floor semi-underneath and semi-next to me. I froze, knowing it was coming from Raven. But which Raven? Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?

He slowly rose to his feet next to me, his back facing me. His posture and stance gave nothing away. For all I could tell, he had lost all memories in general. (Oh Chaos, please tell me that didn't happen.)

If only my mouth wasn't still paralyzed shut, my lips frozen like lead. I could've... Done something! Anything to end this horrible, suspenseful silence.

And then he turned around.

When he fell, his hood must've flopped around and covered his head, because now the black fabric covered his eyes. I couldn't look into the revealing green orbs and tell by their color what was going through his mind.

I settled with the next best thing that was likely to get a response; I arched my eyebrow, almost mockingly.

Beneath the hood, I saw Raven scowl at me, through in fury or confusion, I couldn't tell. "What?" It sounded like it was said out of confusion, not fury.

I rolled my eyes. It's not like I could speak. He made sure of that.

Raven looked me up and down. "Who chained you to this table? Whoever did that must be a jerk."

I rolled my eyes again. This was obviously normal Raven, and he had no clue that he had just lost control for the longest period of his life.

When i said nothing, Raven announced, "I'll free you, Midnight. Don't worry."

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes again. Took him long enough to figure it out.

With a single slash of a sword, Raven cut through the chains binding my person. He helped me up, then inspected me for a hidden gag.

When he realized there wasn't one, he scowled at me, looking bewildered and hurt. "Why won't you talk to me? There's no gag. Did I do something? Just tell me what I did so I can fix it!"

I rolled my eyes and shakily got to my feet. Carefully, I then padded over to the door. It refused to budge. I wanted to scream or sigh or anything, but I couldn't. I tried to force myself to calm down. I need a way to communicate with him while my mouth is still refusing to work. Maybe... Maybe he could use his powers to help me! If only he could understand with that thick head of his.

I paced back and forth a few times before the dust stirring up caused my eyes to water. I couldn't cough, no matter how much my body demanded it.

Wait... The dust!

With Raven watching me, confused, I hurried over to the wall. Just as I had hoped, it was covered with a fine coating of dust from the crash. Perfect!

In the dust, I began to write a message that Raven read aloud as I wrote.

"Mouth... Paralyzed... Use... Powers... Help..." He read, still sounding puzzled. "You're mouth is paralyzed and you want me to use my powers to help you?"

I nodded enthusiastically. Took him long enough to figure it out.

"Wait, so you aren't mad at me?"

I rolled my eyes. That idiot...

Raven seemed to understand my frustration without me having to use words. "Oh! I'll un-paralyze your mouth in a jiffy!" Then he frowned slightly. "I'm not so great at this though..."

I threw my hands up in the air.

"Okay, okay, I'll try anyways!" He promised, spreading out his hands inFront of himself. His eyes slipped closed and he concentrated.

A small bolt of electricity flew from his fingertips and was absorbed into my body. This one didn't hurt, though.

"Oh thank Chaos," I breathed, feeling the words spill from my mouth. I smiled at Raven, walking towards him.

Then I slapped him across the face. "That's for almost raping me," I growled. "You don't want to see what else I should have planned for you."

Hey guys! Next chapter is in five days on Thursday. It should be the regular 4, but I'm taking one day off from writing. I'm not quite sure why, but I'm seriously sleep deprived. I almost fell asleep seven times tonight just while writing the last 300-400 words of this chapter. (And I almost fell asleep in my church mass tonight, which would've been SO awkward.) Anyways, see you Thursday! and I'm sorry for taking the extra day, but I kinda need it.