Thalia was a tough girl; she knew that, after all she turned into a tree for that. It was hard to make her feel afraid of anything, considering she'd already faced titans, fought two wars in a row, and sided with her goddess; she was a daughter of Zeus and lieutenant of the hunt to Artemis, but still... what she saw with those three sisters of the hunt scared her.
It was common to see one of the hunters dead, usually on some hunt after some monster or something, but those three were posed and probably tortured before being killed and placed in that position, besides, Artemis who did not get along with it was strangely restless.
Now the hunters had completely broken camp as they waited in the clearing for Apollo, who had been called by his sister, for some reason Artemis was strangely restless looking around and checking that everyone was together and present. It was at that moment that everyone heard a horn and looked to the sky where they saw a bright red maserati heading towards them, the vehicle quickly braked right in front of them before the door opened and Apollo came out.
He was a very handsome young man with almost shiny blond hair and sky blue eyes; he was wearing a white tank top with sunglasses attached to it, as well as black pants and white sneakers. The god quickly got out of his car and for the first time since Thalia had met him he did not try to flirt with any of the hunters or even make a joke, he simply addressed his sister and the two walked away from the group and just as some were about following them, the goddess turned.
"Sorry, but we need to talk alone for a moment." Artemis declares with a small tremor in her voice, which made Apollo and Thalia narrow their eyes. "Come here brother."
With that, the two moved away enough so that they could talk in peace and that it was still possible to watch them, which made Thalia frown at that.
"Great, more secrets, what now? Another doomsday threat?" Thalia thinks in frustration before noticing how the goddess's expression turns solemn with her looking away while Apollo looks shocked and his mouth opens in shock.
The two chatted a little longer with Apollo looking like he was going to do something if the scowl on his face was any indication, but Artemis stopped him by grabbing his arm with a stern look. Suddenly she hugged him, which shocked all the hunters a lot; after all, Artemis was not one to show affection towards any man, not even her father Zeus.
Suddenly Apollo pulled away putting his hand on her shoulder saying something and with that he started towards the girls before snapping his fingers causing the sports car to turn into a shiny golden minivan. Once that was done, the blonde-haired person stood in front of the door and clapped his hands with a bright smile.
"Very well, all aboard the Apollo express! - Apollo exclaims with a smile that makes everyone stare at him.
"What? But where are we going?" Thalia asks immediately, which makes Apollo stare at her; however, it was at that moment that Artemis approached them.
"Camp Half-Blood, whatever happened earlier wasn't exactly a normal attack; I want you to stay there and help defend the camp in any way necessary." Explains Artemis before exchanging a look with Apollo. "Apollo will take them there and then return to help me with the investigation, Thalia you are in charge of the hunt while I'm away."
"What? Why? We can help you." Begins Thalia before freezing seeing the look the goddess gave her.
"No, you're going to Camp Half-Blood and that's final." Declares the goddess before looking at Apollo. "I'm counting on you brother."
In response, Apollo just waves at her before opening the minivan door, which made all the hunters, start to enter the vehicle slowly, giving Artemis glances, clearly confused, but obeying her. Thalia was the last to enter, though she stopped at the door and turned to face the two of them.
"Be honest with me… does this have anything to do with what happened earlier?" Asks the demigoddess, which made Artemis face her quickly.
"Yes, but that is none of your business Thalia, I recommend you focus on keeping the hunt safe and united." Answers the goddess, which makes Thalia narrow her eyes at her.
"Funny, I was going to suggest the same thing to you."
(At the same time.)
Dark-Artemis and Dark-Hera were looking at a misty portal that showed Zack staring at them with a small frown and arms crossed, having just heard what happened.
"So the Huntresses are coming to Camp Half-Blood… this is a little earlier than we planned, but we can adjust to that easily." Comments Zack with a sigh rubbing his face before looking at Dark-Artemis. "Anyway, you almost blew our surprise effect and that is the main advantage we have, stay hidden for a while and don't use your powers until you are called again."
In response, Dark-Artemis was silent before nodding and turning to leave the room, which made Dark-Hera follow him with her eyes. Once the boy left the room, she turned to her leader, which made him glare at her.
"What happened now?" Asks Zack with a frown.
"Dark-Hades and Dark-Poseidon are heading towards the Lotus Hotel and Casino, the lotus eaters will be exterminated today... we need a distraction; Dionysus cannot realize that one of his main cults is eradicated." Reports Dark-Hera, which makes Zack face her and nod slowly before starting to rub his chin.
"I see... I think I can handle it, leave the distraction to me, meanwhile I hope you are already proceeding with the current phase of the plan."
"Yes, Dark-Aphrodite and Dark-Dionysus are now in the labyrinth of the Minotaur, soon they must return. Dark-Ares and Dark-Hermes are hunting monsters and cursed objects; Dark-Hephaestus, Dark-Athena and Dark-Demeter are in the works finishing the final details on their design; Dark-Apollo is in the sea of monsters looking for the wings, soon he must find all the pieces and return to base." Continues the woman making Zack wave to her, before getting up from where he was sitting.
"Very well, continue what you are doing and Dark-Hera… keep an eye on Dark-Artemis, he might need your support." Commands the boy with a softer look, which makes Dark-Hera stare at him in silence before nodding and deactivating the portal.
With that, Dark-Hera quickly left the throne room and walked towards the tower stairs, which she quickly climbed a few floors before stopping at one of the doors, she approached it before opening it.
That done, the woman found herself looking at a simple room with several stuffed animals, as well as some small animals walking around, rabbits, cats, dogs, foxes and other types of similar animals, in addition the walls seemed to be made of several tree trunks. Trees with a roof made of leaves and right in the middle of it was a large, bright white moon-like stone. However, in the corner of the room, there was a kind of small camp with a fire, a fallen log with a chest and a bed made of hay, besides sitting on top of the log was a boy.
He was a handsome young man with red hair with pale skin and silver eyes, with a scar in the shape of a crescent moon next to his right eye. He was dressed in a white shirt with a coat and black pants with silver sneakers, he seemed to be poking the fire with a stick deep in thought and totally ignoring the animals around him. Seeing this Dark-Hera calmly walks towards him before sitting down next to him, which at first he does not seem to notice.
"You do not have to pretend you are not upset, Alexandros... You, like all of us, want to take revenge on one of the Olympians and so far you were the only one who had the perfect opportunity, but was forced to give it up so as not to compromise the plan." Begins Dark-Hera before placing a hand on the boy's shoulder, noticing how he seemed to tremble with the touch and a small sob came out of his throat. "But don't get carried away by this hatred, focus it on completing your goal, completing the plan and carrying out your hunt."
The boy was silent, which made Dark-Hera sigh and start to get up, but he stops her from leaving when he grabs her arm, making the woman turn to him.
"I already told you... call me Alex and..." Murmurs the slightly blushing boy, averting his eyes. "And you can stay here? I... I don't want to be alone right now..."
Dark-Hera didn't give an answer, Alex just let her go before the woman sat back on the change and pulled him into a hug, making him relax laying his head on her shoulder. At that the woman started rubbing his arm humming a melody that made the boy slowly close his eyes, they continued like this for a while, even when Alex had already fallen asleep.
[…]
A couple walked towards the Lotus Hotel and Casino, quickly passing the reception and entering the casino where they saw several people around playing and eating some kind of flower.
The couple was a boy and a girl, both apparently being 18 years old. The boy wore a black overcoat with a gray cotton shirt, with beige pants and shoes of the same color, however on his head he had a beige beret that covered most of the of the boy's black hair with a white mask around his face with dark glasses.
The girl next to him was Bianca wearing a beige overcoat with a black shirt underneath with crimson pants and black boots. The two stared at each other before advancing a little further around the place, ignoring the employees offering the lotus flowers to them; they walked a little further until they stopped in front of the bar and climbed onto the table.
Bianca looked at everyone and smirked before snapping her fingers causing a shiver to run down everyone's spine as the shadows suddenly grew darker in place, which caused the noise she made to echo throughout the room. The place before everyone looks at the couple on the table.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am sorry to inform you, but you have been stuck here for a long time, the current year is not exactly what you think it is." The boy began walking around the bar table, gaining everyone's gaze, noticing how the employees' eyes glowed purple. "You are all trapped in the lair of the lotus-eaters; they trapped you here for years, centuries and maybe even more, feeding on your soul while keeping you drugged with the lotus flowers."
"We came here today to end this, I myself was a victim of them, but not anymore and that is why..." Continues Bianca walking to the opposite side of her colleague smiling maliciously at the bartender, who had his eyes shining in a vibrant purple. "We will kill everyone here, I am sorry for those who were trapped here many centuries ago, but consider it a benevolence, and you are out of your time and will be reunited with your old family members."
With that, the couple faced each other before throwing two coins in the air and quickly grabbing those, causing a kind of armor quickly cover them before revealing that they were Dark-Hades and Dark-Poseidon. The woman took a deep breath as she clenched her fists causing tendrils of dark energy to shoot out from the shadows on all sides causing people to scream as the staff stared with frowns, at the same time two blades made entirely of water appeared in the man's hands at the same time. Time all the drinks present in bottles and glasses started to float in the air.
"Don't worry, we will be quick, so it will be painless" Declares Dark-Poseidon before he turns into a jet of water and reappears in front of one of the employees sticking his swords in his stomach, causing a purple liquid to explode from the wound, instead of blood.
After that, the tentacles started attacking everyone around and so the screams started.
[…]
"This is shameful..." Murmurs a boy with black hair with green eyes and Caucasian skin, he was wearing an orange shirt with the image of a Pegasus, underneath he had shorts and common sneakers, this was Percy Jackson, the hero of Olympus, who fought in two wars, against giants and titans saving the world.
He was currently in the backseat of a car with a sulky face sitting next to a blonde girl who was smirking at him. She had brown eyes with skin the same tone as the boy's and wearing clothes similar to his; this was Percy's girlfriend, Annabeth Chase.
"What exactly is Seaweed Brain? The fact that the great hero of Olympus is being left in the camp by his parents? I do not see anything shameful about that." Declares the girl smiling before turning to look at a book in her hands. "Wow, you were so cute."
"That's exactly why I think it's shameful..." The boy thinks with a little blush before looking at his mother in the front seat. "Why did we have to bring the photo album?"
"Oh, I think I accidentally put it on, sorry Percy." Laments the woman in the front seat making the boy sigh and lean back in the seat crossing his arms.
They fell into a comfortable silence, though the boy soon leaned over to look out the window with his fist pressed to his cheek. Percy kept looking at the window seeing the trees passing by and the blue sky, he kept watching the scenery passing by before he noticed that the color of the road started to slowly change turning reddish, which made him blink in confusion when a loud thunder echoed, however it didn't. It was ordinary thunder.
It suddenly felt hard to breathe, as if the action itself was hurting him, the air was burning his lungs, Percy turned to check on the others in the car and his eyes widened to find himself alone and back in Tartarus.
"What? How did I get back here?" Asks Percy before his eyes widen as he fell to his knees coughing violently, suddenly he felt something kicking him in the stomach, knocking him to the ground.
The boy grunted trying to get up when suddenly a foot pinned him to the ground, making the boy look up and widen his eyes when he saw what appeared to be a shadowed figure staring at him with bright eyes.
"Percy... Percy... Percy..." Murmurs the voice; however, it sounded like thunder echoing everywhere. "You can't save her… not like that… not yet…"
"PERCY!" Exclaims a female voice that Percy thought was familiar, but he could not say what it was.
"PERCY!" Percy suddenly lets out a scream taking his gaze from the window to look at Annabeth, his mother and stepfather staring at him worriedly.
"Percy what happened? Out of nowhere, you started looking at nothing and... You were..." Asks Annabeth looking at him worriedly, which made the boy look at her confused and tired.
"I was what?"
It was at that moment that Percy realized he was wet, with that he took his hand to his face rubbing the liquid and looked at it, however he was surprised to see water mixed with blood.
"What? What happened?"
"I don't know, you suddenly started bleeding from your nose and eyes, you were starting to sizzle like a kettle!" Exclaims Paul, his stepfather staring at him worriedly.
"Paul, speed up, let us go to the camp, they must have an answer for that." Commands Sally, Percy's mother, making Paul wave and accelerate the vehicle down the road, at the same time that the silence made it possible for them to hear the radio.
"And the authorities were surprised with a huge fire that spread in a casino in Las Vegas that ended up spreading throughout the city..."
(At the Camp Half-Blood.)
Zack was doing some push-ups next to his bed, as he was doing them he could hear the commotion outside;
Today was the day when most of the campers would return to camp, so it would be the perfect situation for him to approach the camper's members of the "chosen seven" and especially the daughter of Aphrodite, Piper Mclean. As far as he was able to discover, his dagger was the same as Helen of Troy's and that if the girl looked at her reflection in the blade, she could see a glimpse of something important happening concerning her.
That was a great danger to him and the others; if she saw them... the plane would be completely eradicated. Zack grunted before getting up completely covered in sweat.
He walked around the hut for a while until he passed a mirror, the blonde-haired person was ready to leave, but he soon stopped and turned back to face himself. Now the boy wore simple black pants just as he could see his own body full of muscles for an 18-year-old boy, however what made him keep staring at himself were the countless scars that covered him on all sides.
Zack was paralyzed, staring at himself with a glazed look until he suddenly found himself losing his balance and falling to his knees, the boy closed his eyes tightly as small rays came out of his body covering him and the sounds of thunder were heard from outside the cabin. At that moment the blonde-haired person started to take several deep breaths until the rays stopped completely, as soon as he calmed down, Zack got up, however he kept his eyes closed and grabbed a shirt quickly putting it on.
After that, he opened his eyes and faced himself with the Camp Half-Blood shirt, but it seemed strange for him to see himself in that outfit. Suddenly he saw Dark-Zeus staring at him in the mirror, which made the boy smile in a more genuine way.
"Yes… Zack Hillbrey could have been a fun life, but I'm not that kid I've been for a long time, I'm Dark-Zeus." Zack thinks before picking up a black white and blue sleeveless vest, with that the boy opens the door of his cabin. "Now, I need to create some distraction to Dark-Poseidon and Dark-Hades…"
Moreover, Zack was surprised to see a mini golden van descending from the skies towards the entrance of the camp, as well as many people gathering at the entrance. Curious, the son of Zeus started running there, along with the other campers.
"Or maybe I don't needed."
(In Vegas.)
Dark-Poseidon watched as the entire casino burned around him, the fire dancing violently spreading everywhere, with the red and purple liquid scattered, as well as the lotus flowers crumpled on the ground. The man walked a little until he reached the middle of the place seeing everything destroyed with countless bodies on the ground, however what most caught his attention was Dark-Hades looking at a kneeling man with several tentacles made of shadow holding him with some of them threaded on his skin.
"P-Please... Mercy." Begs the man, with the purple liquid leaking from all his wounds; however, Dark-Hades kneels in front of him lifting his face, holding him by the chin.
"I lost 70 years of my life here… my brother lost 70 years… They took me out of my time, they took them out of all the people here and I never remember you showing any empathy for us." Comments Dark-Hades quietly staring at him, while the man cried looking at her begging. "Why should I have any mercy for you?"
At that moment, the man started to choke as some of the tentacles started to move inside his skin, you could see them moving towards his head. With that, Dark-Hades stood up and walked towards Dark-Poseidon as the head of the man behind them exploded, spraying the purple liquid to the sides.
"Bianca..." Calls Dark-Poseidon going towards her and it was at that moment that the woman threw herself into his arms, hugging him while small sobs echoes from her.
In response, the armored boy immediately hugged her, before looking forward at the bodies, fire and blood. He stared at her for a few moments before pulling away from her and watching her closely.
"I told you before; I'll be on your side no matter what we have to do."
"I know and I appreciate it."
With that, the two embraced again when the two suddenly disappeared in flashes of light.
[…]
"This is not normal." Apollo comments, examining Percy who was sitting leaning against his mother's car while most of the camp looked at him worriedly.
The god was not alone scrutinizing him either; Dionysus and Chiron were behind him staring at Percy with solemn gazes. As soon as the blonde-haired person walked away, he exchanged a look with the three of them before looking at his fellow Olympian.
"Dionysus, I need you to go to Olympus, call an emergency meeting." Asks Apollo to the other god who gives him a look.
"Apollo… what exactly is going on?" Asks Dionysus, still staring at the blonde-haired person, who for a second looks back at Percy before fixing his gaze on Dionysus.
"What happened to Percy Jackson was an even worse symptom than the first time he was trapped in Tartarus, and there's more that would be better if only said once, away from prying ears." Explains Apollo making Dionysus sigh before nodding and turning to Chiron who was staring at them with a knowing look.
"Go, I will take care of the camp." Guarantees the centaur with a nod.
With that, Apollo nods before Dionysus snorts and disappears teleporting to Olympus, which made most of the demigods stare at them confused, after which the blond god knelt down again in front of Percy catching his attention.
"Percy? Can you understand me?" Asks Apollo making the boy stare at him for a while before nodding softly. "Well, listen, I don't know what exactly happened to you, but if it happens again I want you to call me right away, understand?"
Percy just waved quickly causing the god to sigh as he got up and started to leave, however he suddenly stopped and turned to face one person in the group of campers, a new face.
"Hey you." Calls Apollo looking at Zack Hillbrey who took a few timid steps forward, a little tense, but clearly nervous.
"Y-Yes?" Asks the boy staring at him, which makes Apollo raise his eyebrow.
"Are you… are you the son of Zeus?" Asks Apollo, making Thalia who was in the crowd widen her eyes and stare at the boy who was apparently new to the camp and she couldn't help but be surprised to see that he looked to be the age of her brother Jason.
The surprise in her only increased when the boy nodded. His concern itself only increased as Apollo continued to stare at him.
"It is all right?" Asks Apollo with a soft but worried tone, which makes Zack nod with a confused look, which only made the god frown. "Okay… take care then, little brother."
With that, Apollo got into his vehicle and drove it through the skies leaving several demigods standing there, with the majority directing their gazes at Zack, who looked at everyone slightly worried before smiling nervously rubbing his head.
"Well... I must say that I didn't expect my god half-brother to be like this..."
(Some time later.)
The day had been extremely irritating for Zack, after Apollo's visit and the scene it had made, the new Zeus demigod could not have a moment of peace. Now all the campers he met and befriended wanting to make sure that he was actually fine, even Apollo's demigods seemed worried about him, which thrilled him in a way, but still pissed him off. Though one of the things that made him the most nervous right now was the calculating look his apparent half-sister gave him, Thalia seemed to be watching him like a hawk.
This prevented him from training properly, reasoning and even being able to talk to Aphrodite's own troublesome daughter, but on the bright side, he managed to make Dionysus distract himself enough not to notice the extermination of one of his biggest cults today. The boy let out a sigh as he sat at his table at dinner, not many people sat at the reserved table of another god other than his divine father, one of the few things he appreciated and that the heroes of Olympus did was that all the gods alike Olympians and minors got their own tables.
Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps before a tray was placed in front of him, with that Zack looked up to see a girl sitting at the table with him, however it wasn't who he expected to come. She was a beautiful girl, with chocolate brown hair, in a ragged cut with little strands on the sides, her eyes seemed to change color like a kaleidoscope. She wearing her camp shirt with denim shorts and plain sneakers, this one was Piper Mclean, the daughter of Aphrodite, who was a concern to Zack and the others.
"What? What the hell!? What in the name of the immortals is she doing here!? Has she ever looked into the dagger and seen anything about me? Shit… I have to proceed carefully." Zack thinks furiously as an expression of surprise appears on his face.
"Oh… Hello, not to sound rude, but is this allowed?" Asks Zack slightly nervous, which makes the girl stare at him with a soft look.
"Yes, it is not very common, but it is allowed." Piper nods cordially before smiling at him. "Anyway, I'm Piper Mclean, counselor from Aphrodite's cabin, and I'm here to welcome you to Camp Half-Blood."
Hearing that, Zack could not help staring at her in surprise as he felt relief hit him like a freight train when he saw no suspicion in her eyes.
"Thank you, I am Zack, Zack Hillbrey, it's a pleasure to meet you Piper." She greets the boy smiling more calmly at her, never noticing that three people were watching the conversation attentively.
The first was Chiron who calmly ate his food taking a few glances around but keeping his eyes on them longer than the others. The second was Thalia who watched the interaction with a neutral gaze, but still with narrowed eyes towards the two.
The third though was the one he should have been looking for the most, it was Dark-Aphrodite staring down at him from the top of the big house, and her eyes never leaving the two, with that she turned and disappeared in a flash of light.
(On Olympus.)
"It's been a long time since we've had so much tension or an emergency meeting, the last one I remember was in the war with Gaia..." Thinks a man sitting on one of the thrones of Olympus.
He had long silky black hair with extremely pale skin, as well as being quite thin wearing a completely black set of robes, his eyes were dark, that was Hades. The god of the underworld leaned back in his chair as he stared at the other gods who looked lost and confused, except for Apollo, Dionysus and Artemis who were exchanging knowing glances.
It was at that moment that the doors were opened allowing Zeus to enter the throne room, the same with a calm look, he wore an elegant dark blue suit with his long black hair and beard on his head and in his hands, he held his master thunderbolt, which made his brothers roll their eyes at this.
"Now if it were not too much to ask, I would love to know what exactly was so important to interrupt me?" Asks Zeus sitting on his throne, which made Artemis clear his throat making everyone stare.
"Three of my huntress were killed." Begins the goddess, meanwhile Ares lets out an irritated snort.
"Oh for Chaos, your Huntresses die for centuries, why would which matter?' Asks Ares irritated before both Apollo and Dionysus faced him, making him shut up and the other gods to be surprised, after all the god of madness was not to get involved in any of that.
"They were killed by someone who stole my divine energy inside them and… Lycaon's curse was healed, his body was there too." Explains Artemis making Zeus turn to her with an incredulous face and wide eyes before standing up suddenly with thunder echoing and lightning coming out of his eyes.
"WHAT!? WHO!?"
At that moment, it was Dionysus who sighed before leaning forward with a stern look on his face.
"Furthermore, one of my cults was completely eradicated; the Lotus Eaters were brutally murdered, as well as the mortals and demigods within their sanctuary." Continues the god of madness making everyone face him now, finally understanding his irritation.
Attacking a god's cult was a grave insult, as well as a provocation to him, as well as a way to weaken his powers by taking away part of the people who worshiped him. The worst of it was that the Lotus Eaters were the biggest cults of both Dionysus and the Olympians as a whole and this was now an offense to them all.
"Not just that." Warns Apollo causing attention to be now diverted to him. "Percy Jackson suffered some kind of… brief illness, normally it would be nothing, but the symptoms were the same and more severe than his time in Tartarus, plus he is the hero of Olympus, he fought in two of ours wars as one of the main warriors, this cannot be random."
"Looks like you're going to get what you've always wanted Ares." Declares a woman wearing an ancient Greek dress with golden ornaments with brown hair, pale skin and gray eyes. "Someone is declaring war to us."
A tense silence descended on Olympus as the gods processed this new information.
[…]
The doors of Zeus's cabin open as Zack entered it, with a small smile on his face; he quickly went to his bed before lying down in it looking at the ceiling. The demigod never imagined he would enjoy talking to someone so much again, he should spy and size up Piper, but he didn't expect her to go until he started the conversation, in fact it was the most pleasant conversation the boy had had since returning from Tartarus .
In no moment she comment on Zeus, or anything related to the event with Apollo earlier, they just talked about random things. Even his friends could not make a conversation like that unrelated to the mission and it was actually a good distraction for him, despite his suspicion that she had used her 'charm' on him to relax him, which he was tempted to let her do anyway new considering the shape he was in now.
Suddenly his eyes darkened, at that he stood up and faced Dark-Aphrodite sitting in a chair facing him.
"What you want? I already told you to take your reports to Dark-Hera." Asks Zack with narrowed eyes.
"Just reminding you that your little friend is dangerous and that you should remember that the next time you see her, Dark-Zeus." Comments the woman, which made Zack get up from his bed, which made Dark-Aphrodite tense.
"Get out." Commands Zack, which made Dark-Aphrodite disappear in a flash of light.
For a moment, everything was silent while Zack faced the place where his colleague was before. Suddenly he heard the doors of his cabin being opened which made him turn and widen his eyes to see Thalia there staring at him, the girl quickly looked around before walking towards him with her hands in her pockets.
"So… you are my new little brother, right?" Asks Thalia, which made Zack widen his eyes in surprise, moving away from her a little, moving his eyes to all sides of the room.
"Oh! ...Ye-yes, I think? I-I'm Zack Hillbrey, nice to meet you..." The blonde introduces himself stuttering while Thalia frowns at him, a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Thalia Grace." The girl introduces herself before walking towards one of the beds in the cabin, which made Zack finally notice a bag she was carrying.
He watched as she dropped her purse on the side of the bed before lying down on it, which made the boy blink in confusion at her.
"Eh, I am sorry, but..." Starts the boy making the girl face him with a raised eyebrow. "Aren't you a hunter of Artemis? Wasn't it supposed to be in her cabin?"
"Probably, but I am also a daughter of Zeus, so I can enter here." Thalia answers before sitting down with her legs crossed looking directly at Zack. "Besides, you are my younger brother, I think it would be fair for me to try to get to know you and... Help you if you need to."
"Help?"
It was at that moment that Thalia got up from her bed and walked to the boy, looking him straight in the eyes, as if analyzing him. Zack took a small step back, which made the girl narrow her eyes at him.
"Yes, I am Artemis's lieutenant, and believe me I've seen several hunters suffering from some kind of past abuse, I can see it in your eyes, you suffered something if you don't want to tell me ok, but I won't leave you alone in our maniacal ego dad's cabin." Declares Thalia pointing disinterestedly at the statue of Zeus, rolling her eyes when thunder echoed outside. "See?"
"B-but what about the huntress?"
"They will be fine, there are some that are more than centuries old, and they can take care of themselves, now you? I think not yet." Reveals the girl before returning to her bed; however, she stops suddenly and turns to him. "By the way, I saw you talking to Mclean, just be careful with her ok? She is the ex-girlfriend of his other half-brother, Jason Grace."
With that, she went towards her bed, lying on it, seeing that Zack just stared at her in disbelief before going towards her own bed lying on it.
"…Shit, this is going to complicate everything."
And that's all folks. I wish you all a Meeey Christmas