A/N Hey guys, I'm back! This is going to be my last update for a while because I'm going on an overseas holiday (so excited!) tomorrow. I just thought I'd put this chapter up before I go.

Diana POV

I'm suspicious. Of course I am. What, with Auntie Beth crying, my best friend missing and us showing up at their house at 2:30 in the morning, who wouldn't be? Obviously the little kids. And Emily. She's too nice and trusting. That's what Mum and Dad say about Auntie Hazel too. But I can see on his face that Sammy doesn't believe the story that Uncle Percy told us either. I pull him and Emily aside.

"There is something going on here, and we are going to get to the bottom of it," I tell them forcefully.

Sammy nods in agreement, but Emily doesn't look convinced.

"What it we get in trouble?" she asks.

"Who cares? Luke and Zoë are missing, most likely kidnapped, and you expect us to sit here and do nothing?" I almost yell.

"Shhhh, keep your voice down. We don't want to scare the little ones." Sammy warns. "But I agree. We have to do something."

"I'm gonna go down and see if I can hear what they are talking about, you guys stay here. I'll report back soon."

"Be careful!" Emily yells behind me.

I run down the stairs, and slow down as I get closer to the kitchen doorway.

"Who could it have been?" Rachel asks.

"Probably some monsters who want revenge from Gaea's downfall," Uncle Percy says, sniffing slightly.

"Should we call the police?" Rachel says.

"Well, they won't be able to do anything, but we should probably call them anyway. Maybe they can broadcast a picture of them on the news, just in case they show up. Luke's knife was gone, so maybe he and Zoë can put up a fight of their own."

"Don't worry Perce, we'll get 'em back," Uncle Leo reassures him.

"You're gonna have to be extra careful though. It sounds like they wanted revenge on all of us," comes Uncle Percy's voice again.

"You guys are going to have to be careful too," warns Mum.

"If it means being reunited with my kids again, I don't want to be careful," says Auntie Beth.

"That's no way to talk," replies mum, and I can hear her put a tiny bit of charmspeak in her voice.

"What are we gonna do?" Dad asks. "We can't just have monsters breaking into our houses every other night, kidnapping our children and then eventually, taking us!"

"WHAT!" I yell. "LUKE AND ZOË HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY MONTERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AS WELL?!"

Dad comes over and strokes my hair.

"No one is going to take you away, don't worry," he soothes me. "We're going to work something out."

"I don't believe you!" I yell, pushing him away. "I've heard about the war with Gaea, and how the monsters would do anything to stop you! I'm going to be taken, and so are the rest of us."

"Di, don't talk like that. We are ready for them now. We are going to make a plan, find Luke and Zoë, and get rid of the monsters once and for all!" says auntie Hazel, but I don't know who she was trying to reassure; me, herself, or auntie Annabeth. I run over to where uncle Percy and auntie Annabeth are sitting and whisper into Annabeth's ear,

"Don't worry auntie Beth! When Tom and I are taken, we'll find Zo and Luke, and we'll make a plan and free ourselves."

"Don't call me Beth," she said with a weak smile.

"Sorry auntie," I reply cheekily.

They shoo me back upstairs so they can make a plan, and I tell Sammy and Emily what I heard. As I'm talking, I feel a little body press into me, and tears soaking my pajama t-shirt. I look down and see Bianca sobbing into me. She must've been listening in to us, like I was listening into the adults. I bend down to her eye level and stroke her long brown hair. I pull a tissue out of the box, and wipe her eyes.

"How much did you hear?" I whisper

"A-all of i-it," is her shaky reply.

"Don't worry," I reassure her. "I'm sure Tom and I will be taken before you, and Luke, Zoë, Tom and I make an unbeatable team. We'll defeat the monsters before they even get a chance to leave to come and get you."

She smiles weakly at me, and I feel a sudden urge to protect this innocent little girl, and all my other 'cousins'. This is how our parents must've felt when they had to save the whole world, and all the innocent mortals in it.

A few hours later, we are all bundled in the car, on the way back home. Tom is sound asleep, but I'm too nervous to be even remotely tired. I just sit in the back seat, chewing my nails like I do when I'm anxious. Dad catches me, and tries to reassure me.

"Don't worry Di," he tells me. "We're going to work something out, remember? You and Tom are completely safe."

I nod, tears filling my eyes. We both know it is a lie, but for mums sake, and Tom's, we need to be strong. I make a mental note to sleep with my dagger on me, and to tell Tom to do the same.

"Safe from what?" Tom asks, making us all jump.

"How long have you been awake?" Dad asks suspiciously.

"The whole time. I wanted to pretend to be asleep so you would carry me inside, but I got too curious."

Mums sighs. "It's nothing hon. Don't worry about it."

"No, it's not," Tom says stubbornly. "Otherwise Di wouldn't be biting her nails, Dad wouldn't look so stressed and you wouldn't try to hide anything from me."

"Why are you so observant?" Mum complains. "I blame you, Sparky."

She's just trying to change the subject, I can tell, so I decide to step in.

"Luke and Zoë were kidnapped by we don't know who, and whoever they are want to target all of the seven, and their kids," I say, emotionlessly. "Oh, and we're pretty sure that we're the next targets."

Tom takes it better than I expected him to. He just nods, looking grim, and then furrows his brow, like he's making a plan.

"Don't worry though," Dad repeats. "We're going to do everything we can to stop them. Uncle Leo's going to make an alarm so we can detect them, and there's always going to be someone on watch."

The next morning I wake up, relieved I'm still in my own bed. We all spend the whole day planning, installing and the grown ups help us practice with our swords and knives. I, personally favor a knife, like Mum, but Tom has a sword which he conceals as a key ring. All the kids are improving so much. That night, Tom and I go to bed scared for our lives, but we wake up surprised, because we are still at home. I immediately panic, thinking that Sammy and Emily have been taken, or even poor Bianca and Anza, so I jump out of bed and fly downstairs as fast as I possibly can, and ask Mum and Dad what happened.

"Nothing," Mum says, looking just as surprised as I feel.

'Wha-, but the m-monsters?"

"They must've known about the alarms Leo put in and training that we did, and decided that we were too tough for them," Dad says, grinning.

I smile back, but I still don't believe we're safe.

'Do you want breakfast?" Mum asks me, as if this is just a normal day. And then it dawns on me.

"You don't seriously expect me to go to school and act like everything's normal?" I ask her, and to my dismay, she nods.

"My best friend has been kidnapped and is who knows where, and you want me to go and learn how to calculate the volume of a stupid cylinder?!" I yell.

"Diana, don't talk to your mother like that," Dad scolds.

"No, she's right," Mum says. "We can't expect her to act like everything's normal. Maybe she should help us look?"

"No. Absolutely not. It's much too dangerous," Dad says.

"Well you can't make me go to school," I say defiantly.

"No," Mum agrees. "How about all the kids come over to our place and continue training. I'll stay here and help them."

"Okay, but I doubt they'll need to fight monsters anytime soon."

So that's what we do. We spend all day training in the backyard. Well, everyone else trains. I spend most of the time on the phone to all my aunties and uncles, trying to find out where my missing cousins are, with Esperanza on my lap.

When it gets too dark to keep searching, everyone comes and picks up the kids and heads home.

"Alright you two, time for bed. You're not getting out of school tomorrow," Dad tells us.
"I still don't feel safe, Dad," I tell him once Tom has gone to his room. "I want to sleep in Toms room."

"Di, I'm sure you won't need to. Uncle Leo's put in the alarm system and either you mother or I will be guarding at all times," he says reassuringly.

"I don't care. I want to be there for Tom, just in case."

"Fine," he sighs, and helps me to drag my mattress into Tom's room.

After mum and Dad have come in to say goodnight, I whisper to Tom, "Have you got your key ring?"

"Yes, it's in my pocket," comes his muffled reply. "But Dad said we were safe. Why will I need it?"

"I'm sure you won't," I tell him. "It's just to be safe."

"Goodnight you two," Dad yells. "It's time to stop talking, and don't worry, you're safe."

Tom and I were taken that night. And my only thought as we struggle and kick is 'he lied. Dad said we were safe, but he lied.'

Sorry (not). If anyone can guess why I named Jasper/Jiper's kids Diana and Tom, I will dedicate a chapter to you and give you virtual blue cookies. Just leave it in the reviews and I will say if you are right.