Hey, so I found a song that fits Mori perfectly! It's Runaway Love by Ludicras and Mary J. Blige. It's about abuse and one line says how the mom's always bringing home a different boy each night. It's a beautiful song and I think is perfect for Morisana Thanatos Crasse.

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Mori's POV

Apparently, two hotels and no monsters were too good to be true. A soft, muffled scream wakes me up. I rub my eyes and glance at the digital clock on our night-stand; ugh. 2:30.

Great. Morning.

Another muffled scream.

I rub my eyes again and squint as someone switches on the light. I gasp. Carrie, Stella, Chase, and Nico are all sitting up against the wall, tied up and gagged.

Uh oh…

"Hello, daughter of Thanatos,"

My head whips up to see a man with jet black hair, black, swirling eyes, and a pale face. Just looking at him makes me sleepy and I sway. He smiles. I hop out of bed, shakily.

"So, you are the spawn of my…twin?" He spats out.

Twin? Dad has a twin? Ugh, he's my uncle?

I glance at Carrie. Even with the gag, she mouths, Hypnos.

Oh…

I smile. "Hello, Uncle Hypnos! How are you this fine morning?"

Yeah, yeah, I know. Stupid thing to make a god mad, blah, blah, blah.

"How am I?" He fumes. "Your idiot father has disrespected me for the last time! All of this 'Mother Nix likes me best' and teasing over whose powers are better. Bah! Its ridicules! So, I thought I might take the most precious thing he has; you,"

Me? Me? Me? I snarl. "If I'm so precious, then why'd he leave me with an alcoholic mom to beat me? Huh?"

He smiles. "I see you aren't as found of your father as I thought…"

I lower my head. "Look, take me if you want. Just…just leave them alone, okay?"

All my friends muffle protests. Hypnos smiles. "Very well, then." He snaps his fingers and I crumple to the ground next to my friends and black out.

Nico's POV

No! How could Mori agree to that? How could she just leave? She's the leader of the quest!

We all sit down on the beds, rubbing our wrists. Carrie sobs, "Her fatal flaw…it's…its loyalty. She promised we would all go back." Another sob. Stella rubs her back, trying to calm her down. "She told me she, she had a dream. When Phobos and Deimos…she said it was of her in a cell. She knew this would happen," She continues sobbing.

I lower my head and stand up. "We need to keep moving. The sooner we get the cure, the sooner we can get Mori back." I turn to Chase and Stella. "We're in Utah, right?"

Stella nods. "The lady said we were in Orem, Utah,"

I nod. "Good. We can travel to…"

"Sacramento," Chase finishes.

We all stare at him and he shrugs. "It doesn't drain Stella and me as much as you. I'll take Carrie; Stella can take you."

We all agree.

10 minutes later, we were all standing outside. Stella grabbed my hand and told me to close my eyes. When I open them, large buildings are everywhere.

"Nico! Stella!" Chase and Carrie rush over to us and we take a look at our surroundings. I smirk. "I think I know how to get there from here. Grab hands," They do. I close my eyes and concentrate. Stella screams.

We land—well, fall, in the Underworld. "Sorry. I'm not good at landing,"

Stella throws her hands in the air and I laugh. "Oh, yeah. Forgot Apollo's kids were afraid of the dark. Oops," I dodge the rocks she throws at me.

I roll my eyes. "Look, can we just get to Melinoe? I actually prefer to be with my girlfriend. Ow! Stella!" She smirks and lowers her hand; she was dead on with the rock, strait in my stomach. I grunt. "Can we please…?" I make hand gestures and they nod.

Drawing my Stygian sword, I make a path through all the dead spirits in the Fields of Asphodel. Once through, I make a beeline for the Fields of Punishment.

Stella gawked at me. "There?" She shrieked. I nodded and smirked as Chase and Carrie dragged her between them.

As we walk, we begin to hear a string of curses coming from the other side of hill we were standing by. Tumbling made the ground shake slightly.

"Who…what's that?" Carrie asks. I just sigh and lead them over the hill. They slowly follow.

Sisyphus. The man who cheated death. The man who tricked my step mother, Persephone.

Mori would have called him a genius, of course.

What a weirdo,

"Hey, Sisy!" I call.

He looks at me and groans. I chuckle. Stella stares at me. "You know him?" She asks, shocked.

I nod. "Minor quest Thalia, Percy, and I took." (A/N: The Demigod Files! Um…I believe it's "The Sword of Hades". Good story. Moving on!) Stella nods slightly.

We go around Sisy, who continues cursing and trying to roll the boulder up his hill. He curses in several languages I don't know. Carrie's eyes widen. "Gods, I speak four languages; he's colorful."

We all laugh.

After what seems like a year of walking, we hear water rushing.

I curse. Last time, we had Percy to help us. But now, we got nothing.

Chase looks at me. "River Lethe?" He asks. I nod gravely.

Carrie sighs, "How are we supposed to get across now?" She starts pacing, something I learned she did when she's thinking.

Stella looks at me. "You said you guys were hearing before. How did you—" She sighs. "Percy?"

I nod.

We all turn and stare at Carrie. She throws her hands in the air. "Why are you looking at me?"

I shrug. "You're the Athena kid,"

"You're the Hades kid," She retorts.

I sigh quickly and walk over to the edge. Stella smiles suddenly and looks at me. "Shadow travel?"

I mentally smack myself for my stupidity and nod. We all grip hands and I concentrate on the other side of the Lethe. The trip is short, but with four people, I immediately collapse. Chase hands me some ambrosia and I eat it, happily.

I stand up and say, "So. Who's ready to go meet the goddess of ghosts?" Three rocks are thrown at me.

As we walk, Melinoe's cave gets more and more into view. Great, I think sarcastically.

We reach the entrance and all stop. Chase starts, "Now what?"

White fog covers the floor and we instinctively stand back to back. Chase gasps. A man about min-twenties stands in front of us. He's wearing jeans, a black t-shirt, and a gray jean jacket. His earth-brown hair hangs in his eyes as he glares his soft brown eyes at Chase. His skin is unnaturally pale. "You!" He exclaims at Chase; Chase cringes.

"D…dad?"

The man throws his hands in the air. "Who else?"

Chase stutters, but…but…how…"

The ghost, who I know is Melinoe, turns to both Stella and Carrie. She morphs into a girl about twelve. She has short, thick, layered brown hair and bright blue eyes. Her skin looks like it used to be tan, but is now pale. Stella gapes as tears slide down Carrie's face.

"Amber? Stella breathes. She starts crying as Amber, AKA Melinoe, says, "I thought you two were my friends. Then you ditch me! Suicide was the best choice I ever made! It took me away from you!"

Carrie stutters, "But. But you left us. You left for that stupid boy who pressured you!" Stella collapses and sobs.

Melinoe turns to me. I see her true form again: one side of her face is a pale, chalky white. The other is pitch black and hardened, like a mummy, as Percy described it. She sneers away from me. "Son of Hades," She growls. "Why are you here?"

My friends break from there trances. Chase blinks, confused, then spots Melinoe and gasps. Carrie and Stella do similar.

I raise my sword. "We're here for the cure," I tell her.

She smiles. Her teeth are kind of…gross. Ew.

She laughs, but it sounds like a cat dying….trust me, I would know. "Foolish demigod! You honestly think I will just let you have my cure?"

I sigh. "Look, we can do this the easy way, or the hard way."

To back me up, my friends draw their weapons. Melinoe just smiles and crosses her arms. I smile as well.

"Hard way it is,"

We all charge.

Mori's POV

I was in a cell.

Just like in my dream. I let out a small sob and whimper slightly. Hypnos took me. Away from my quest. From my friends. From Nico.

I whimper, "One shall perish while the six move on," I sniff and continue. "I just pray they get the cure back to Percy,"

The cell door open and reveals the three dracaena that have been feasting on my blood since I got here. I scream.

They step forward and smile. The leader says, "Thisss ssshould be fun!"

Against my will, they roll me onto my back and bite into my skin. I go faint as they literally suck the life out of me. Father, please! Please! I beg.

He responds, I am so sorry Mori. I am doing my best to stop my brother, but… He trails off and I sob once more before fading into the horrid slumber of sleep.

Well? I decided to make this one filling so you guys would be like, "Oh, that wait was totally worth it!"

Anyway, I have decided I won't post again until I get more reviews.

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