The light flickers as day and night passes. She has long since forgotten how long she has been here, imprisoned. At first they confused her, but they had grown lazy, they had fallen into a cycle, thinking she was too weak to fight, too crazy to think. She encouraged them to think she was ruined, gone. Giggling when they neared staring eyes unseeing at them as they passed. Really she had been planning and when a lazy guard unlocked the door, as the sun peaked, peering inside to check if she was still present she knocked him out with two quick punched, undercut and right hook, to the temple and throat. Pulling him inside she pulled in the ill fitting uniform took the keys and began her search. Nobody would come for her, not for at least a day of she was lucky.

Percy was alert. Something was going on. He had heard guards running up and down, chasing after eachother, yelling threatening and beating the prisoners. They were looking for someone, someone important. If someone had escaped… annabeth or Reyna maybe? Jason or Leo? They were pretty sharp.

Standing peering through the cracked stone she surveyed the ruins around the prison, the infertile earth and the inferno that was the sky. Something was happening. If the guards in the courtyard were anything to go by. Running a hand through her short curls, falling just below her earlobe now, she thought hard. She could hear soft footsteps running down the hall, a key in the door , she turned and smiled . " I was wondering when you would turn up"

Jason rolled over clawing at his hair, trying to make the voices go away. The Titan, Pallas, laughed loudly booting him in the stomach. "Come on the kid doesn't know anything, he's lost it , leader of Rome my ass," the laughter echoed around the room as the larger man followed Pallas from the room.

Piper ran and ran and didn't stop she wasn't going to give up, not by a long shot. The guards were idiots and a little wheedling was all it took.

He struggled to listen to what was going on, he was getting stronger, he would have his chance , but for now he made do with waiting, something was going on, maybe his opportunity would come soon.

Hazel was learning control. Learning power. She had been told that knowledge was power, that was a lie. Pain was power. And she that in abundance.

Push ups. Crunches. Running back and forth across his cell. He was preparing, or just trying to stay sane. He had lost his puppy fat on his first quest. But know he had lost the thick muscle. He was tall, wiry but he would build back up the muscle again.

She smiled and laughed and danced never giving up hope. She bedded the titans, their supporters cold and distant she would have her freedom yet.

Nico stood tall. He was used to surviving on little. He knew the others weren't, they would be weaker, there were a few, run aways and foster kids, but for the most they were all well fed and used to comfort. Annabeth could plan. Reyna could lead. Leo could arm them. The others, they would need to heal first to use their powers, he had that experience, but not him, even as he melted into the shadows, he would save them prove to them he could be a hero. He couldn't use his powers though, they were bound, so when the door swung open he used his nails, his teeth, his elbows and knees. Everything he had and stole weapons and armour from the two guards he had taken out.

Thalia had been slowly lowered to the ground. She knew she would probably be tortured, killed , maybe worse. The lieutenant of the hunt, an immortal virgin, yeah they couldn't be finished with her yet. A lot of possibilities ran through her mind. She prepared herself expecting the worse. What she hadn't expected was to come face to face with her cousin holding out a plain iron spear a grin on his face. "I think " he murmured voice soft " it's our turn to save the world" had she mentioned how much she loved her baby cousin? He deserved a new Pokémon game for this.

"I don't play Pokémon" she must have spoken aloud "come on kiddo, when the wars over I'm going to buy you an ice cream " there was a strange look in his eyes that made her stomach curl, longing and pain. She should have made sure he was okay, he was still just a kid, but she would look out for him now.

Hefting the sword and spear in sync the cousins stalked through the ruins looking for their first victim.