Chapter 10

I held back a groan as I got up to go to see my detention teacher, Mr. Lane.

"How long do we have detention?" I asked in my sickly sweet voice, batting my eyelashes.

"Two weeks," he said, not looking up from his papers.

I sighed. "Mister.... Lane, is it?" I said, he looked up at me and I decided to use my favorite (and forbidden, but clearly that never stopped me. See, that's probably why I like Alec. We both could bring the apocalypse with our 'bad behavior') trick, the alluring sea eyes. I changed the color of my eyes to a very pretty aqua color and made them sort of spin in a wavy way to get people to do what I wanted. Like have less detention. Three days is reasonable, I'd say.

"Yes?" he said in a dazed voice.

"Can we have three days of detention please sir?" I said trying not to smile as I said it.

"Yes," he said in the same voice.

I grinned as I walked away saying "Thank you".

I told you it always worked.

I grabbed my stuff from my locker and went back to the detention room. Adriana was in there when I returned. She completely acted like as if I did not exist, though she was trying to pass it off as staring off into space. I knew better, though, since I did that often too.

But I did notice that there were two boys were at Mr. Lane's desk and Mr. Lane was asleep.

I looked over and said to them "Wanna do me a favor and not wake him up so I can ditch and get the hell outta here?"

They both looked back simultaneously and I had to restrain myself from thinking 'whoaaa they're hot'.

Um, wait I did just think that. Damn!

The hotter one with dark brown hair and mahogany eyes shrugged and said "Ya sure whatever. As long as you agree to come with us," he said with a hot cocky grin.

I looked at the other guy with black hair and black eyes like night but were somehow nice looking. Whoa. Weird.

And he looked too familiar but somehow not in a good way even though he was gorgeous.

"Sure, whatever," I said to them with a smile. Adriana looked at me for a second but looked away as soon as I met her eyes.

So I left with two hot guys even though I technically was dating Alec. Weirdest thing I've ever done and probably the stupidest, once I figured out what actually was going on.

The hot guy with mahogany eyes didn't change much, which was good because he was cool. But the guy with black eyes changed into my least favorite god, Hades.

Which meant that leather jacket, hottie biker stud was Phobos because no other god has eyes that can scare you out of your pants. Except they never tended to work with me. Maybe that was cause he was always hitting on me. Ugh, he's almost as bad as Leo! Except you know, Leo doesn't hit on me. Cause if he did...okay that's just maddddddd weird I honestly don't even wanna think about it. Ew!

Oh right, most hated god standing right in front of me.

"You!" I yelled at Hades, "What the hell do you want?!"

Hades grinned. He had ugly sickly pale white skin like a ghostly white color, demonic black eyes that made you see scenes of death, and black hair. His long black cloak went down to the floor and he had his staff with him.

"You are truly an amusing little hero. You think that you can do whatever you want. I'm sure that's Hermes's work partially."

I pretended he didn't say his last sentence.

"But," Hades said darkly now, "You cannot get in the way of this war. This gives me the opportunity to take over Olympus!" he said, the glimmer of hope in his evil eyes.

I looked at Phobos. "And lemme guess, you support this only because it involves war and fear."

"Naturally," he said with a smile, "Plus you and your hot Artemis-demi-goddess-would-be-friend were involved. You know, I still have sex with people who are taken," he said giving me a look that I completely ignored. Naturally.

"Ya, thanks but no thanks darling. Baby steps. And I'm taken for a longgg time because I love Alec. Sorry," I told him, but loving the sound of me saying 'I love Alec'. "As for you Hades, you need to remember who you're messing with. Oh, and maybe how you took my mother?!?" I yelled, lunging at him. He shot me off easily by shocking me with black death energy from his staff.

"You silly girl, you're little demigoddess friend is probably dying and here you are lunging at me for your dead mother," Hades laughed evilly.

"Oh shit, of course! You BASTARD!" I yelled running towards the door. I didn't leave without throwing one of my handy dandy bobby pin needles at Hades's eye. It missed unfortunately but I heard him swear at me as he disappeared back to the Underworld with Phobos.

There was one thing I loved about gods was that they were always so cocky and reliant that their plans would work.

I would enjoy proving Hades wrong.

I ran back into the detention room and switched my bracelet into a sword. I saw the Fury scratching and screeching at Adriana as she just struggled to keep it away from her with--was that a screwdriver? Ohmygodsandgoddesses it was. Um, okay. Anyway, the teacher was completely out cold sleeping, unaware of anything going on. Rolling my eyes, I ran from the doorway and jumped off a desk so I could reach the flying beast which had huge, skeleton wings, skeleton body, red horrifying eyes, a black beak and black, long, curling, painful -looking claws. The whole being was surrounded by a black shadowy substance, black as ink.

I swung viciously at it in the air as I flipped to do so, landing on another desk across the room. The Fury snapped its huge ugly beak at me and scratched me with its claw on my shoulder. I bit my lip in pain as it did so, and i looked down to see blood staining my pale blue Nike t shirt. It hurt like hell, but i worked through it.

"You don't like that, eh?" I said to the Fury, "And I loved this shirt by the way, so now you die twice as painfully!"

I saw Adriana curled up on the floor holding her chest and I saw a lot of blood. Uh oh. That's never a good thing.

Shit.

The Fury swooped down and swatted at me again, and I swung, cutting the underside of its belly.

"HAH!" I yelled, watching it land in pain. It growled at me and flew back at me still, however.

I did a cartwheel to get under its belly and then chopped off its wing as close to its body as I could get. It screeched, causing a sound that made my ears feel like they were bleeding. They weren't though, I'd know if they were.

I stabbed downward once it fell to the ground and the Fury stopped moving. Pulling my sword out, I went over to Adriana.

I looked at her and sighed, rolling my eyes. I can't believe I'm about to save this girl's life (for the second time since I technically already saved her from the Fury) after I let her beat the shit outta me and break my nose.

Well, at least I knew I was a semi nice person.

"C'mon Adriana, I'll take you back to my place and fix you up," I said in a slightly annoyed voice. "Oh and you're welcome," I told her as i picked her up to carry her to my car. I guess it's a good thing she's semi unconscious, cause she probably would've stabbed me for that.

But I could've sworn I saw her smile a little bit when I said it. Or maybe that was just me. I honestly didn't really care, Adriana needs major medical help for that gash on her chest and I could use a little for my shoulder.

So naturally, I called Alec as I sped off at 90 mph to my house.

"Leo helllllp!" I yelled running/limping to the door.

"Noooo." He muttered from somewhere inside.

"I'm dying."

"Well I'm busy."

"Leo please!" I heard myself beg. It's never a good sign when I'm begging, and I didn't appreciate hearing me drop down to that level.

He came to the door, his face full of anxiety and worry from the tone of my voice. There was a blonde girl next to him who was (surprisingly) fully dressed.

"Help." I panted. He ran over and took Adriana from me and guided me inside to the couch then disappeared somewhere with Adriana in the back of the house. The blond girl sat in the chair uncomfortably looking at all of the blood that was coming out of me. Leo appeared again in the room with blood on his hands. He looked so freaked out like he was the one dying on the couch instead of me.

"What do I do?" He asked bewildered. "Oh gods, you're hurt," he said, looking at my arm and freaking out even more. If I weren't so hurt, it would be pretty amusing to

"Find Alec but make sure Adriana doesn't bleed out first," I said, the gash in my shoulder starting to feel numb.

"How?"

"I don't know hold the wound shut if you have to." He didn't smile at the idea of having to hold Adriana's chest, he still looked really freaked out.

"Uh. Paper towels." He ran into the kitchen.

He comes back putting down his cell phone and throwing out a bunch of paper towels. "You owe me a new bed. And are you okay?"

"Since when do you care and where's Alec?" I asked ignoring his comment completely.

He frowned. "Listen sis, I have always looked out for you."

The fact that he was so serious when he said that scared me slightly. Who was this guy and what had he done with Leo?

"Uh... you okay Leo?" I said uncertainly.

He rolled his eyes. "One day you'll remember me saying that and think I'm a good older brother. Alec's coming," he said, walking a way with a small smirk to go check on Adriana. Nice to feel loved. The blonde girl looked from me to him and got up to follow him like a puppy. I held the towel she had given me for my wound. She was an alright girl, whoever she was. Too bad she was probably being used by my bro.

"I'm older!" but my voice was slightly hoarse because of the pain I was getting from my shoulder. The blood seeped through the towel easily and I was close to screaming when I put any kind of pressure on it.

"Keyla?" Alec said from the door. "Gods, what happened to you?" he said in a frantic, worried voice as he opened the front door and came over to me. I sat upright, ignoring the pain as I did so.

"No, no, it's okay I'm fine," I told him. He pulled me into his arms.

"Why do you always say you're fine when it's obvious you're hurt?" he said with a small smile, "I can fix it."

"Adriana first, please," I told him as I was beginning to pass out on his shoulder.

"Whoa, what is she doing here?" he asked.

"They sent a Fury at her in detention."

"I thought that cut looked like claw marks. Let me fix you up first, please, you're about to pass out," he said, his pretty blue eyes meeting mine. Those were about the only things I could focus on at the moment.

"But Adriana..." I said in a whisper. I felt my eyes closing.

I could see Alec was set on helping me first. His eyes had a personality of their own and gave that away. He was very stubborn to begin with, though.

"No, you first. You're dying," he said, laying me down on the couch. I saw Leo come out, opening his mouth to say something but then shutting it.

"Please... Adriana..." I whispered, putting my head down and closing my eyes. I heard him groan slightly at my stubbornness and I wanted to smile, but I had no energy to do so. I felt like the world was full of shadows and I was becoming one of them. I felt Alec's lips on mine and I tried to force myself to wake up but there was not enough blood in me to do so. I heard his footsteps head into Leo's room where Adriana was.

Ha-ha I got through to the stubborn boy and got a kiss...

I went out cold.

My necklace was still on me, so my nightmare thing (it wasn't exactly a nightmare cause I wasn't sleeping, I was passed out) was horrible.

I saw Hades destroying souls in the Underworld because he was so angry that I had foiled his 'genius plan'. Cause he didn't give it away to me, ah-bviously. That was sarcasm if you didn't know.

"Ya, but she's good. I shoulda got her number," Phobos said in Hades's throne, sharpening his sword and looking bored. Hades hit him lightly with his staff so he would get up out of his chair.

"The only thing that's she is good at is getting in my way. And that must be stopped," Hades growled.

"But she's hott," Phobos objected. I felt like laughing, but I didn't know if I was actually there or not. "Reaaaaally hot." He said nodding his head then...never mind that doesn't need to be repeated. Guys are pervs, especially Greek guys.

Hades rolled his eyes at Phobos. "You are definitely your father's son. Following around the pretty girls."

Phobos raised an eyebrow. "Oh and you and Persephone? Okay, alright there Uncle Hades," Phobos said in a semi groan, "And how do you intend to stop Annakeyla?"

Hades looked evilly thoughtful for a moment or so and then smiled in his grotesque evil way. "We are going to trick her brother into telling Adriana the truth. Then Zeus will start a war against Artemis, Poseidon and everyone else involved and I shall rule after they kill each other!"

The best part of this little nightmare thing was Phobos just looking at Hades after he had said that and just saying "Right..."

The scene shifted and I saw Artemis talking with Poseidon. I didn't realize how semi angry i was with Artemis until now. Her daughter was a nightmare and if, yes still if, we ever became friends, she'd be a hell of a girl to whip into shape.

"My daughter is on her deathbed!" Poseidon practcically roared at Artemis, though I could tell he was not mad at her, he was just angry in general. Artemis looked sympathetic. "Mine is too," she said softly. I saw that there was a new moon out tonight, probably because Artemis was so worried about Adriana. i had faith that Alec would save her, though. I could see the sea had huge 20 foot waves and was roaring as it crashed into the shore. My dad's anger was not something you could hold back.

Help me daddy...

The scene shifted for the last time and I was in a flashback of being at Adriana's for the first time.

'"What?"' I heard myself say.

'"I'll tell you later,"' Leo said.

The words repeated in my head endlessly.

'I'll tell you later'... 'I'll tell you later'...

Yes, Leo. Yes you will.

"She's coming around," I heard Leo say in a sigh of relief.

"Of course she is. She'd never quit like that," Alec said but he sounded relieved too. I felt him kiss my forehead and Leo groaned.

"You're lucky I like you," Leo said, "Because if I didn't, you would be dead by now."

I could almost see Alec smiling as he said "I know."

I finally opened my eyes and saw the ceiling above me. I turned my head to see Leo and Alec; Leo on the other couch and Alec kneeling on the ground next to me.

"Thanks," I told both of them sitting up and yelping in pain at my arm. Alec pushed me back down.

"Ya, I couldn't quite heal that because of Hades's shadow magic on it. It's going to take a little while to heal. I'm sorry, " he told me, brushing the hair off my face. I laughed as I heard Leo gagging dramatically.

"Oh, gag all you want Mr. I-sleep-around-with-anyone-with-boobs, including last year's art teacher," I told my brother as Alec started hysterically laughing and saying "Dude, really?"

"I liked her creativity," Leo argued, "And you're obviously fine, Anna, already dissing me five seconds after you regained consciousness. Love you too," he finsihed with a smile, walking back to his room to check on Adriana.

'I'll tell you later'...

"Leo," I said. He turned back his head at me. "Yes?"

"Remember how when we first saw Adriana and you said 'oh shit' when you saw her and—

"You wanna know what I was supposed to tell you but then conveniently forget, am I right?"

"Well at least we know he's sort of smart," Alec muttered to me. Leo glared at him and said "You're dating my sister, I'd watch it" as I giggled.

"Ya, so, what was that exactly?" I said to Leo, still smiling.

"You really wanna know?"

"Yes."

"Really?"

"Just tell me, gods dammit!" I said.

"I like Adriana," he said, opening the door to his room and closing it right after he said it. He opened the hallway closet then went into his room. There were noises coming out of his room that didn't sound that great. Jeez if she was still in the shape that I last saw her then what ever Leo was doing to her wasn't good. He came back out and shut the door. Wierd. Oh.

My mouth hung open and I heard Alec say "Okay then. That's a new one."

"Oh. My. Gods!" was all I could say repeatedly. Alec seemed amused at my surprise.

Leo reopened the door, slamming it into the wall and yelled "She's gone!"

I looked from him to Alec and then we both stood up at the same time.

I can't believe we lost her! Knowing her, she probably ran away. Thanks for the gratitude, bitch! We freakin' saved your life!

"There's no point in looking for her she probably ran away," I said out loud finally, "If she doesn't show in school tomorrow, then we worry," I said with an edge of anxiety to my voice. I bit my lip in worry and Leo looked at me with wild eyes.

"What else can we do?" I asked them as a legit question though I didn't mean it to be legit, I meant it as 'we can't do anything else now'.

Adriana, I'm sorry for whatever Leo did to you. Please be okay, I thought.

I erased the thought from my mind, shocked I'd even thought of it in the first place and went to bed, confused, nervous and scared. I was glad Alec stayed the night (no nothing happened like that, don't be dirty, readers).

Because I didn't know how much longer I could make it alone.