Chapter 7

Interrogation

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THALIA'S POV

"Honestly Annabeth. Give me one good reason why I should help."

"Why? She's going to die if you don't help her soon Percy. Why shouldn't you?"

"Let's see… she attacked us… disrupted the Games and stole my sword!" countered Percy.

"Guys STOP!" I yelled, this wasn't getting us anywhere, "Percy, get your butt over here and just help her."

"Yes Percy," Chiron added, "We already searched her and Riptide is nowhere to be found. She must have hidden it. And I am curious to who she is working for."

"And I want to know why she's only being heard by me." added Nico.

Percy glared at us for a moment and then said: "Fine."

He walked over to the girl. After Percy drained the bubble with the water, we walked back to the Big House. Chiron and Mr. D invited us into the big house and we tied the thief to a bed. We didn't want her to escape, but we wanted to help her and ask her questions. A LOT of questions.

Percy placed his hands on the girl's chest. He took a deep breath and his brow furrowed, as if he was concentrating. He took his hands and slowly started moving them up, toward the girls mouth. When his hands reached her mouth, the girl's mouth opened and a stream of water that she had swallowed flowed out. The girl remained still, even after all the water was out.

"Thalia," Chiron said, "can you give her a shock, we need her awake."

I walked over to the bed and placed my hands on the girl's feet. I felt a small shock go through my body and the girl's body jumped slightly.

Suddenly the girls gave a gasp and her eyes opened. Those dark, bottomless eyes looked around the room and then focused on us. She glanced at Annabeth and I and then to Percy and Chiron. Finally they settled on Nico.

"You almost drowned. Are you ok?" Nico said out of the blue. "No. Percy and Thalia woke you up. No. Of course, of course."

We all looked at him strangely.

"What?" asked Nico, "I'm answering her."

"Nico," Chiron questioned, "she hasn't said anything."

"That's the thing Chiron," Annabeth pointed out, "nobody but him can hear her. We have been this close to her several times but she hasn't said anything. Not one word."

"Hmmm," Chiron put his hand to his beard, stroking it.

"Of course not. No don't bother, he doesn't like you. He wasn't going to help you in the first place." Nico was still talking to her, keeping eye contact with her the entire time.

"Alright, alright. So Nico is the only one that can talk to her," pointed out Percy. "How are we supposed to communicate with her?"

"Nico can be our translator." I pointed out, "He can relay what she says and we can talk to her that way." Everyone agreed.

"Alright let's cut to the chase, where's Riptide?" Percy questioned, arms crossed.

Nico was silent for a while. "She said she won't talk to the… murderer?"

"Murderer?" Percy gasped, "I'm not a murderer!"

"Hang on Percy," Chiron interrupted. He turned to the girl. "What is your name and why won't you talk to us?"

"She said her name is Alyia (pronounced a-lee-a), and… she refuses to talk to anyone but me for the time being."

"Alright. Who are your parents?"

Nico was silent for a moment and then said: "Her dad is… Hades and her mom's side is…complicated."

"Wow!" I exclaimed, "Another Big Three child," I exclaimed, "now I have another girl to hang out with!"

Percy, Annabeth and Nico glared at me.

"Aww c'mon I'm just pulling your leg guys, I'm still going to hang out with you." I said.

"Ok then Alyia, what's your mother's side?" Chiron asked.

Nico listened for a while, and we all sat there, waiting.

"She said... Her mother died during four years after the birth of Alyia's twin brothers: Mickey and Jeremiah…wait what?"

"What," I asked, "what does she say?"

Nico replied: "she says that it would be better to show you than tell us."

"NO!" Percy shot out, "in order for her to show us, we would need to release her!"

"Relax Percy," Annabeth said, "we are just going to release her arms, her legs are still tied. Don't get all riled. Loosen up."

Chiron and I walked over to the table and untied her arms. Alyia sat up and took a deep breath. She raised her hands. Her eyes and hands started glowing with the same energy that she used when we first met. She waved her hands in a circle and the black energy formed a solid screen in front of us. Her eyes glowed a little brighter and she started chanting:

"Wohs su eht tsap. Wohs su ym tsap."

It was all gibberish to me. I had no idea what was happening until the energy screen started glowing and an image appeared on it...

*Alyia's past*

Location: A hospital. A little girl with light blue eyes and light blond, almost platinum blond hair sat in a waiting room next to a man in a black trench coat and dark sunglasses. Hades, Lord of the Dead. Hades was cuddling two young boys in his arms. They both looked around four years old and had the same platinum blond hair as the little girl.

"Daddy? Is mommy going to be ok?" The little girl asked. "She's been in that room with all the pretty nurses and doctors for a long time."

"I hope so Aly, I really hope so." Hades replied, his voice grim.

The little girl looked down at her pink sneakers and said: "Daddy? What is making mommy so sick?"

Hades put the two boys down on the chair next to them, placing them just so that they would lean against each other to hold one another up while they were sleeping. He took a deep breath and replied: "Sweetie…Mommy has a germ in her lungs..."

"Lungs?"

"They are the things that help you breathe. Anyways," he put his hands on his daughters shoulders, "Mommy has a germ that has gone into her lungs and has made her very, very sick. It made her extremely weak and strange things started happening to her."

"Like when all her hair started falling out and she had to get a wig?"

"Yes. Just like that. Mommy started going to lots and lots of doctors to help her. But there was nothing they could do. They told us that she needed an operation to see if she would get better. If the operation cures her, she should be coming out very soon."

"YAY!" The little girl jumped up and down. "Soon mommy can play tea party with me again! We can have tea and sugar cookies and Mr. Snuggie can come and be with us! And we can play dress up with all her lipstick and..."

The little girl babbled on and on... Hades listened intently until his face froze. His eyes widened and he turned toward the operating doors a split second before a doctor came out of it. He turned to the blabbing girl and the sleeping toddlers with sympathy.

"What? How is she? How is my Carly?" Hades demanded standing up, "HOW IS SHE!"

The doctor took a breath and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Smith, your wife didn't make the operation. Would you like to see the body?"

Hades froze, and stood there in shock. The little girl came over to her dad and tugged on his coat pocket.

"Daddy? What's wrong? Can mommy come home now?"

Hades said nothing to the girl. He just scooped her onto his shoulders and the two boys, waking them up in the process, into his arms. "We are leaving."

"Wh-why? Isn't mommy-" stammered the girl.

"NO ALY. MOMMY ISN'T COMING HOME!"

They started walking out of the hospital and headed into the parking garage.

The little girl looked at her dad, tears forming in her eyes. "Why not?"

"Because- because she's dead."

The little girl looked down, a single tear dripped down her cheek. The twins however heard the announcement that their mommy wasn't coming home and started crying. Hades reached their car and pulled out the keys. Once everyone was seated inside, he started driving away.

"Daddy? Where are we going? This isn't the way home."

"We aren't going home."

"What? Where are we going then?"

"I have something else planned."

They drove and drove. As time passed, they entered California. The car soon came to a stop at DOA recording studios.

"Why are we stopping here daddy?"

"Be quiet Aly. Get Mickey and Jeremiah out of the car and follow me."

Aly got the two toddlers out of the car and held their hands as they entered the building. As they walked through the doors, a cold eerie voice greeted them.

"Hades! My man! Waz up?"

Charon walked out from behind a desk and gave hades a pat on the back. Hades showed no emotion.

"I have no time, Charon."

"alright alright, are these the kids? Awww. This must be Aly, Mickey and ... Jeremy?"

"My name is Jeremiah!" The little boy said, sticking his tongue out afterwards.

"Alright then, Jeremiah. So what did you come here for my Lord?" Charon questioned

Hades looked at the three kids beside him and flicked his hand. A couple bags of candy appeared on the table at the other side of the room and he motioned that they should stay over there for now. Once they were happily munching on their Crunch bars Hades said:

"These are three of my...children. They are too young to be on their own so I want you to take them to The..." he whispered the rest in Charon's ear.

"Are...are positive my Lord? When will they be old enough to be on their own?"

"In a couple years or so, I will let them live here."

"Here? In the Underworld? But sir! When have you ever been this nice and caring to any of your children? What about their mother? What about foster care or the orphanage? And since when have you been this nice to any of your children?"

"I can sense the power that these three can possess, and there is much more power that they can store in their souls, especially the girl. And without her brothers guaranteed safety, she will do nothing."

"Wait, power stored in their souls… you don't mean-" Charon shuddered, "but the last demigod that tried the process spontaneously combusted!"

"I realize the danger, although this girl is different than the other, she is more powerful, more vast. She will be the vassal of all the power that needs to be controlled." Hades said grimly. "The child's fate has been set. She WILL be the vassal."

*end flashback*

The magic around Alyia's hands suddenly flickered and went out. Alyia's glowing eyes faded and she collapsed onto the bed.

"What- what was that?" Annabeth asked.

Chiron's face was pale, "I understand a little bit of why this girl is so troubled, she has gone through much."

"What happened afterwards?" I asked, curious.

"I'm sure we will be treated with another show when she wakes up. For now, let us give her a well-deserved rest." Chiron promised.

Percy, Annabeth, Chiron and I filed out of the room, getting ready to wait on the Big House porch for Alyia to wake up. Nico stayed behind though, and stayed by her side, waiting, watching over her, as if she was his sister.

There you go! Sorry if you thought that this chapter was so serious, it needed to be!

More of Alyia's past will be revealed in the next chapter.

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