I told my friends about some of the dreams I had that night.
"So, the maiden's name is Diana." Percy said.
"That's her alias. The goddess of war and destruction says she never gives her real name to anyone." I corrected.
"And she's got Clytius aboard the SS Armageddon." Hazel said.
Frank looked at his girlfriend, really confused. "SS Armageddon?"
She shrugged. "What? It's an appropriate title. That's probably what the evil maiden wants to see."
"We don't know what Diana's goals are." I reminded them. "Either way, things aren't looking good."
"Not good at all." Percy stated. "So how are we going to stop her?"
"I don't know." I answered. "I would say explore another desert, but I don't want anyone else getting poisoned again."
"We wouldn't run into Khione again." Piper lamented.
"What do you think, Leo?" I asked. He wasn't paying attention. "Leo?"
"Huh? What?"
"What do you think about roaming around another desert?" I asked.
Leo turned away. "I'm not sure..."
Frank turned to Leo, concerned. "Are you alright?"
He hesitated. "Well..."
Suddenly Piper's dagger showed us another vision. Calypso was chained to a column. Phobos, Deimos and Atlas were all there.
"She's not confessing to anything." Phobos said.
"Unfortunately, this girl is so stubborn." Deimos chimed in agreement. "Just tell us where they are!"
"No. I won't..." Calypso coughed. "Tell you..." She coughed again. "Anything..." She coughed three more times.
"Why not? Don't you love your dear old dad?" Atlas asked, trying to taunt her.
"I won't..." She coughed. "Make the same..." She coughed twice. "Mistake twice..."
"Why's she coughing so much?" Phobos asked.
"She has tuberculosis." Deimos answered.
"You don't have to suffer like this, Calypso. Just tell us where Leo and his friends are, and we'll cure you of your sickness." Atlas told her.
"Never!" She coughed. "You'll never hurt my beloved Leo Valdez!"
The maiden, known to us as Diana, stepped into the room. "How the interrogation doing?"
"Not well. She's as stubborn as a mule." Phobos answered.
"Have you tried bribing her with healing her sickness?" Diana asked.
"Tried that. Didn't work." Deimos chimed in. "Now what?"
Phobos thought to himself for a minute. "Well we have three options; cure her and keep her as our prisoner, let her suffer and die, or just put her out of her misery."
"We're not going to kill her." Diana said. "Her death won't help us in any way. I'm going to cure her then see if my mind-control won't work on her." She threw a golden light towards Calypso. She exhaled and the magic swarmed around her for about 20 seconds or so. She softly gasped. Her sickness was gone. "Now then." Her hand glowed with gold energy. "Tell us where Leo Valdez and his friends are."
She groaned in agony. "No.. I won't..." Her other hand glowed gold.
"She's trying to resist. Somehow she is resisting my influence."
"Maybe because she was formerly a Titan?" Atlas asked.
"Perhaps." She turned to Calypso and her eyes now glowed gold. "Calypso Angelis, tell us where Leo Valdez is."
"No... no... No!" Her eyes flashed. "Camp Jupiter." She shook her head. "Why did I say that?"
"Finally, we got her!" Phobos stated.
"They'll never see it coming." Diana said. "We'll possess one of the campers, and then Percy is a goner!"
The vision ended. Leo turned away, very sad.
"Leo, did you see this vision?" Jason asked.
Leo turned towards us. "I did."
"How many days ago?" Percy asked.
His head sank. "Four."
"Then why didn't you tell us this earlier?" Frank asked.
"I was scared. Calypso's imprisoned by the bad guys and it's all my fault! I never should of let her go!" he exclaimed.
"The odds are against us." Piper commented.
"We have no choice. We must fight on. Whatever Diana and her allies have planned, it can't be good." I said.
Suddenly I saw a vision. Calypso was in Griffith Park (which I had never even heard of). She had her hands chained behind a post. I saw Phobos and Deimos clearly for the first time and could make out their physical features. They both had black hair, one had brown eyes and one had black eyes. They both wore ripped jeans and black t-shirts with Panic! At the Disco on them, except At the Disco was crossed out with a red line. They also wore leather jackets, black combat boots, and had visible knifes on them. (I don't know what the mortals saw with the Mist)
"Why are we here?" Phobos asked.
"We were told to take Calypso far from the lair." Deimos answered. "Why must you be so oblivious?"
"I know that, but why here of all places?"
"So that we can feed off the fear of the people touring here, including the fears of Calypso. We'll be more powerful. Once we have done this, we will hunt down Annabeth and her pathetic friends."
"Isn't our half-sister Piper among them?"
"That matters little, Phobos. She is our enemy."
The vision ended.
"Annabeth? Are you okay?" Percy asked.
"I know where Calypso is. She's being held hostage in a deserted corner of Griffith Park." I answered. "We have to find her... and quickly."
"Why? Are they going to kill her?!" Leo asked.
"No, but Phobos and Deimos will hunt us down." I answered.
Piper looked away, despondent. Was she thinking about how her immortal half-brothers turned to the dark side? We soon left for Griffith Park, hoping we could find Calypso before Phobos and Deimos found us.
"Let me guess, you want us to split up." Jason said.
"No. I know exactly where Calypso is, so there's no need for that." I answered.
"Where is she?" Leo asked.
"She's on the top of Mount Hollywood, not too far from the Greek Theater." I said. "We best be on our guard."
We roamed through the park, running into a number of tourists along the way, but we didn't see any monsters, gods, Titans or rogue immortal maidens. Eventually, we found Calypso, chained to a post. My nerves started to calm down, but my mind told me to be alert at all times.
"Calypso!" Leo exclaimed.
He ran to her. Then I had a bad feeling stir up. "Leo, don't!"
Leo ran into an invisible wall. "Ow!" The invisible barrier flashed blue for a moment, then it disappeared. We heard a sinister laughter. Mist appeared.
"Who are you?!" Percy asked.
"Show yourself!" Piper exclaimed.
A woman stepped out of the mist. Black hair fell down her shoulders, her hazel eyes flickering with power, and her perfect skin, she looked like a young model in her 20's. She wore a black silk dress with a diamond necklace. I had never seen her before, yet somehow I recognized her. Before I could say her name, one of my fellow demigods beat me to it.
"Medea." Piper said, scowling at her.
"Long time, no see." she greeted.
"You know her?" Hazel asked.
"How could I forget?" she quipped back.
"I don't get it. I thought she blew up in a fiery explosion." Leo said.
"Oh I was resurrected by Gaea sometime after that. When she was defeated, I was forced into hiding. Now that the Deceiver of the Gods has found me, she has offered me a chance at power." Medea answered.
"You should surrender now, Medea. You're outnumbered. There's seven of us and one of you. What'ca ya gonna do?" I taunted.
"Outnumbered? Well, I can fix that." She blasted Piper down with a fireball. "Perseus, Jason, Frank, Leonidas, go to sleep." They tried to resist, but eventually they all fell to the ground. "And now for my next trick." She got out a flute and played an eerie, bone-chilling tune. Soon Phobos and Deimos appeared in front of us. I gasped. Piper got up. Hazel looked terrified. "Now we're evenly numbered and you're outmatched. Fairness is such a fickle thing."
"It's over, foolish heroes." Phobos stated.
"Turn back now." Deimos warned.
This looked really bad. I didn't like our odds against our foes, but this was just another day in the life of a demigod, right?
