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Ch. 3- Where is she?
Apollo P.O.V
I was worried about Rachel when I went to go make the sun rise. But I had to do my work or Zeus would get ticked. When I got back to camp I began to walk to Rachel's cave. Nico di Angelo stopped me. He looked pail, or paler.
"Apollo, this morning I got this weird feeling coming from Rachel's cave. Do you mind if I come with to check on her?" he asked. I new the kid had a little crush on her, but I let it pass. I nodded. Hearing him say that made me worry even more. Being the son of Hades he could know when someone dies, and I felt worried. But I was sure if Rachel had died I would have know. But I still walked faster to the cave. When we got there, there was a cold draft coming. I walked into the cave, and almost let all of my godly powers out in rage. The entire cave was destroyed. And Rachel was not in sight. I thought about the prophecy. Then Nico spoke what I was thinking.
"On the lunar eclipse when all is come,
maiden of Apollo shall be gone." he said with a distant look. I felt bitter misery consume me. I looked around and then I noticed it. There painted on the wall over Rachel's bed was a pure black sun. it looked half risen. And then did I know who had taken her. Erebos the god of darkness and shadows. The second was kinda obvious. My ex-girlfriend: Eos goddess of dawn. This was a challenge of some sort. I felt anger surge inside me. I heard Nico yelped and back away. When I looked at myself I was starting to glow. I simmered down and stopped glowing. I looked around the room. Nico ran out saying he would go and tell Thalia and the others. When they came I turned to them.
"I am guessing the symbol is from Erebos and Eos my ex-girlfriend. I think they took Rachel. They both hate me for different reasons. But now lets look for a clue." I said walking over to the table and looking around. I heard someone giggle and looked to see Annabeth and Thalia with a paper in there hands. They looked at me trying to hide there laughter.
"Apollo, you never told us you dated Eos!" they said holding up the letter laughing. I took it and began to read, it was written in Greek.
Dear Apollo,
my love, I have never stopped loving you. Even when you would cheat on me with those annoying mortals. But when I saw they way you looked at that oracle I couldn't stop my anger! So I joined the other minor gods who want a change of leadership and kidnapped the little witch, but I love you Apollo. And I am a goddess, she is just a mortal. You will forget her, and I will be there. From: Eos.
And as I read the more angrier I got. I broke up with her like a century ago! And she is the stalker type. So she still thinks we are dating! She is one insane goddess! I looked down to see the letter burning in my hands. I dropped it and let it smolder on the floor. I thought. How could they have taken Rachel without me noticing. Nico suddenly jumped up.
"I know what happened!" he cried. I looked at him. The others stopped what they were doing.
"Well, what death boy?" Thalia asked. I smirked. Nico glared at her.
"Well, you said Eos and Erebos. And Erebos can shadow travel like me. So I am guessing he helped Eos kid-nap Rachel." he said. Percy nodded and took out an imaginary pipe.
"Please continue Watson." he said like Sherlock Holmes. I rolled my eyes. Annabeth hit him upside the head like Gibbs from NCIS. But what Nico said did make since. But that meant that maybe there was moonlight! Artemis! I hoped my sister had seen something. I turned to Thalia.
"Yo, where is my sister?" I asked urgently. She caught on. She turned and ran waving for us to follow. We got to the vans and she hot wired one. I tapped her shoulder.
"When did you learn how to do that, wait I don't want to know." I said holding up my hands. She grinned. The car roared to life. We all climbed in. I was technically the eldest but Thalia got into the drivers seat. We began to drive. We drove for what seamed like hours. Until we came to a wood. Thalia got out and called for Artemis. Then in a flash my sister was there. I ran to her.
"Artemis, please I need to know. Did you see where the people who took Rachel took her?" I asked shaking her. Her face dropped. She grimaced.
"I am sorry brother, but I can not tell you." she said. I looked into her eyes. She looked away. I backed away.
"Why! She is the most important thing in my life!" I yelled raising my hands. Artemis gave me a stern look.
"Come yourself! I was forced to swear on the River Styx not to tell." she said hoarsely. I looked at her. I sighed.
"Is there anything you can tell me." I asked. She thought. Then her eyes brightened.
"Yes, I can tell you whom will help you. Got to Aura. She can tell you where to search for Rachel. I am sorry, but that is all I can tell you." she said vanishing. I sighed. The others looked at me. Percy turned to Annabeth.
"Who is Aura?" he asked. Annabeth sighed and hit her hand to her forehead.
"She is the goddess of the morning wind. Duh!" she said as if it was the most obvious thing. Percy looked confused.
"Okay, so how do we find her?" they all looked to me. I shrugged.
"I don't know. But I know someone who will." I said grimacing. I shuddered and looked down.
"Aura is Dionysus's mother." I mumbled. When I looked up they all had shocked looks on there faces. I nodded. I pulled out my phone and dialed his number then put it on speaker. It called.
"Hello, what do you want?" I heard Dionysus call. I sighed.
"Hey, uh I need a favor." I said into the phone. I heard him grumble and curse my name.
"Alright what?" he said. I sighed.
"We need to know where Aura is. And I was thinking since she is your mother you would know." I said. I heard him bring in a sharp breath. I waited for an answer.
"Well, I know where she is. But why should I tell you!" he said sounding bored. I thought of an idea I looked to the demi-gods. I grinned.
"Because I have all your least favorite demi-gods here and they might die on this quest. But if you don't tell me we will have to come back." I said grinning. Percy, Thalia. Annabeth and Nico glared at me.
"No need to say more! She is in Vermont. In the highest part of the Appalachian Mountains there. Good-bye go die!" he said hanging up. I felt a little offended. But I decided to not get mad and just focus on Rachel. I turned to the others and we got back into the van and began to drive North-West to Vermont. I was worried.
What if we didn't get to Rachel in time.
Rachel P.O.V
I really wasn't expecting to be kid-napped when I was sleeping. Nor to wake up in a dark moldy cell. I felt really weak. I looked around.
"Where am I!" I yelled to no one. Then I heard a sickening chuckle.
"Silence oracle." a dark female voice called. Then a woman walked to the front of my cell. She had on a long dark cloak. Her eyes glistened darkly.
"Who are you?" I asked with a shaky voice. She chuckled.
"I am Ate Greek goddess of criminal rashness." she said sneering. I thought then told her.
"Really. Criminal rashness? Wow. What a lame thing to be a god of." I regretted what I said. She glared at me. She held up her hand and acted like she was choking me. But I felt it. I struggled to get breath. Ate had a devilish grin on her face. She opened her hand. She began to walk away. But I decided that I was gonna die anyway. So might as well die while annoying the crap out of them!
"That the best you got? Ha! Goddesses of criminal rashness must not have a lot of power." I said smirking. Ate didn't move. She just snapped her fingers. The door to the dungeon opened. This dude wearing blueish Greek robes walked in. he had crazy blue eyes, and a crooked grin. Ate whispered some words to him. He grinned and walked to the cage. I was ripped from the cell and took into a small room. It had blood all over the floor. Some molding flesh and bones sat in the corner. I gulped. This big bulky guy walked in. he had who knows how many weapons. Two swords strapped to his back, a whip at his belt. Three or four knifes. And who knows how many other weapons were on the walls. Ate was at the door. She glared at me.
"Don't kill her all the way, we need her to live till the meteor shower." she hissed. I felt a shiver run down my spine. Why did I have to get all sassy! They the man walked up and gripped my hands. They were bound in thick skin pinching rope. In the center of the room there was a hook in the floor. The rope at my hands were connected to it. I couldn't move. I looked back to the buff dude.
"Hi..." I said awkwardly. He ignored me. I huffed. "Well, I am Rachel! What is you name..*cough* and weakness *cough*" I said smiling. Real suttle I thought mocking myself. The man grinned.
"I am Monos, god of pain. To bad for you." he said laughing. I gulp. Why is it always god of pain? Why not god of freedom and bunnies? He unhooked the whip from his belt and made it make a snapping sound. I flinched. Then he pulled back and the whip hit my back. I bit back my scream letting tears fall. I didn't want to give him any fun in this, by hearing me scream. But by the second whip I screamed enough to burst my vocal chords. He laughed. The lethal amount of whippings is forty I think. So by almost not killing me, I got thirty-none whippings. By the time I was done I was in so much pain I passed out. I woke up in my cell, bleeding badly. I had a few welts from where they must have hit me. I winched as I tried to sit up. I felt my eyes drift close. I needed rest. So I gladly drifted off to sleep. But before I did I thought of what Ate had said. "We need her for the meteor shower." when was that...right. Five days. I sighed. I had no hope. But just as I gave up I thought of Apollo. His goofy grin. And his full of himself attitude. I missed him. So I went to sleep to dream of a special sun god.
Apollo P.O.V
We were parked in a cemetery, which I thought was a terrible place to hide. But we or they needed to sleep. I decided to clear my mind to close my eyes and fake sleeping, because gods don't really need sleep. Maybe that is why most of us a crazy. All father needs is some Z's and POOF happy go lucky! I leaned back and closed my eyes. And as soon as I did, I was in a pure white foggy room. Like standing in a room made of clouds. I looked around. They a woman walked up to me. She had blonde hair and yellow glowing eyes, much like mine. She beamed at me like the first rays of light. And I new who she was.
"Eos!" I snarled at her. He smiled.
"Hello, Apollo." she said sweetly. I approached her.
"Where. Is. Rachel." I said coldly. She skipped the question.
"What? No Hi? No how ya doing? Gosh what happened to you manners?" she teased smiling. I felt my anger boil over. She noticed and raised her hands.
"Fine, you want to see her. I will gladly show her to you." she said with a sick grin. She waved her hand in the air and an image appeared. It was blurry at first, but then It went into a sickly clear picture of Rachel being whipped. I looked away. But then sound was brought. And I heard the ear shattering scream on Rachel, my true love. She was screaming in pain. I looked back when the screaming stopped. It showed her being thrown into a cell. She woke up slowly. She looked around. Then she slumped back down. She drifted off to sleep. I felt anger, hatred, and sorrow boil over and spill out. I yelled in anger. Eos backed away in fear blocking the intense light from her eyes. My mind swirled with images and sounds. But the loudest was of Rachel screaming in pain. And the strongest thoughts, were murderous. I glared slowly back to Eos when I had simmered down a bit. I slowly and stiffly walked up to her. I gripped her wrists and forced her to look into my eyes.
"I will ask one. More time! WHERE! IS! RACHEL!" I yelled. She flinched back and smirked.
"That is for me to know, and for you to never find out." she said before flashing out. I yelled as my anger went to its' max. but then I head a scream. Or a yelp. It didn't sound like Rachel's. I opened my eyes, back in the van. I was on fire, or the van was on fire. I jumped out. The others were out staring wide eyed at the van. When I was just a pile of ash, they turned to me. I sighed trying to control my anger.
"Eos, came to me in a vision. She showed me Rachel being...being..." I bit my lip. The more I thought about it, the more it hurt. Thalia looked at me.
"She was what?" she asked. I sighed.
"She was being tortured. And I must have lost control. Sorry 'bout the van." I said pointing to the pile of ash. Nico shrugged.
"Eh, we are about one day from Appalachian Mt. Anyway." he said like it was no big deal. I sighed. The Annabeth grinned.
"Hey, Apollo. Where is the sun chariot?"
A.N- yeah! TORTURE! hahaha! i hope you liked it!