Yea, I know I havn't updated in like forever. I hit a major writers block and today I somehow managed to scrape together a chapter. I'm coming to and end in this fanfic, so I decided to end on a double wammy. You get two chapters for the price of one! Well hope you enjoy!

~Artemis Frimm

We managed to reach Denver without any problems. Denver was just how I remembered it. The only problem was; we had to find a way to get to Garden of the Gods. We managed to get a taxi and finally we were heading towards the end of our quest. It felt pretty good.

We rested a little bit in the taxi on the way to Garden of the Gods. I was exhausted and even though she would probably never admit it, Artemis probably was too.

About an hour later we reached Garden of the Gods. It was just as I remembered it from when I escaped the Labyrinth. Gargantuan orange-ish red rocks jutted up out of the ground, and could be seen from a few miles away. Artemis leaned over to look out my window. "That one over there," she said pointing to one of the larger of the rock formations, "That's called the kissing camels." She said.

I squinted my eyes, trying to see the 'camels'. In my opinion they looked like two velociraptors connected at the mouth. I didn't say this though. "Where do you think the lightning bolt is?" I whispered so the cab driver wouldn't hear us.

"Probably on top of the kissing camel one." Artemis answered.

I nodded and then realized that we had a small dilemma, "How do we get up there?" I asked.

Artemis shrugged, "Climb I guess." She said.

Caught up in thought, neither of us had realized that we had arrived at the park. Finally the cab driver gave an annoyed grunt, "You two gonna get out and pay any time soon? 'Cause you know I've got other places to be." He scoffed.

Artemis pulled out the money and handed it to him, "Sorry, and thank you." She said, hopping out of the car.

I followed her out and no sooner had I shut the door did the cab driver speed off, almost running me over.

Artemis frowned, "Huh, I guess he was in a hurry." She said.

We walked toward the large rocks and stared up at the steep cliff. It would be pretty darn hard to get up there.

"Hey there they are!" someone shouted from behind us.

Whirling around we saw two large goonish-looking men coming our way.

Artemis frowned again, "Well I guess this is where we start climbing." She said as she raced toward the rock and began climbing.

I followed her and needless to say I was a lot less agile then she was. She managed to find hand-holds out of nothing while I was moving slowly so I didn't fall.

The creepy dudes were still calling for us to come down there. Obviously they didn't realize that us demigods don't follow orders from creatures like them. I guess they didn't get the memo.

We kept climbing for a while, and for a few minutes I honestly thought that they had given up in trying to get us. I thought that until they started shooting arrows at us. Thick, crudely made arrows began shooting at us. We had almost reached the top without getting hit. Suddenly, Artemis let out a gasp of pain and began to fall. I prepared myself to catch her just in case, but she managed to catch herself, and scrambled awkwardly up to the top.

When I reached the top of the "kissing camels", the first thing I noticed was one of the arrows laying on the rocky ground, covered in what looked like ichor… a lot of it.

I began panicking, and I looked around for Artemis. She was leaning against a rock, her face looked pained.

"Lady Artemis, are you alright?" I asked.

I realized that she had her hand clamped to the lower part of her knee. She pulled her hand back for a second, revealing a deep, circular gash below her knee. She was bleeding badly, and for a moment it looked as if she would pass out.

"What happened?" I asked feeling horrified.

"One of those trolls had very good aim." She gasped, "I'm fine, we need to keep going." She said. She took a step forward, but instantly fell, unable to stand on her leg.

I caught her before she hit the hard rocky floor. She was almost in too much pain to be embarrassed. I set her down on the ground gently.

Her face had turned pale and she began putting pressure back onto her wound.

I looked around for her bag, and found it by the edge of the cliff. I grabbed it and began searching through it, looking for the Liquid Fire.

I finally found it. I put some of the greenish liquid onto my finger. Tentatively I rubbed some of the liquid onto her wound. She let out a gasp of pain, and I noticed silvery tears forming in her eyes. I found myself relieved that she didn't shove me like I had shoved her with the Liquid Fire. I had a feeling that if she did, I would've fallen off the cliff.

"Are you ok?" I asked her.

"Yea, I'm fine." She said quietly.

The wound was closing up. Not nearly as fast as mine had, but it was closing up none-the-less.

"So where's the master bolt anyway?" I asked.

Artemis shrugged, and tried to stand up; she winced in pain, but managed to stand.

Artemis looked around for a minute, "It should be here." She said looking confused.

I shrugged, suddenly, my head felt dizzy, before I realized what had happened, I had passed out.

I was still standing on top of the kissing, but Artemis was no longer there. Instead, I heard the voice of Kronos. "Well done Mr. Jackson. You've gotten far. You've also done me a great favor." He said his voice mocking me.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"You've helped me complete my weapon. You, who saved the gods in the last war, just helped me destroy them. As your prize, you can have the Mater Bolt back. I never needed it. It was the bait. Enjoy." He said.

Suddenly, I felt myself falling off of the "kissing camels" vaguely I heard Artemis screaming from somewhere above me.

I passed out again.

Well that's this chapter. I hated this chapter, it took over three(?) yea i think three weeks to write this. So here you go hope you enjoyed. Now onto the final chapter.

~Artemis Frimm