TT: Uh huh, we're back.

HK: And Tia finally agreed to stop fighting. She finally realized I was right when I said Zack was ugly. *grins*

TT: WHAT? NO! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! *goes insane with hammer* *destroys everything in sight* AHHHHHHHHHHH!

HK: *shrieks girly-ish*

TV: OH MY GODS CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP? Ugh, just read the chapter.

Tia's POV

Okay, I could've sworn I just saw someone sneak through the woods… a chill ran down my back. Right when I saw the person leave out of my sight, I started running. My destination: Iris cabin. I know I'm being annoying with messaging Shawn but….nevermind.

As I entered the cabin, the floor boards creaked. Unusual, I thought. I made my way to the mist and threw in a drachma.

"Show me Shawn, Kansas plain where the-uh-war is!" I yelled with not-so confidence. But instead of his image showing up, I saw a bunch of guys and girls fighting… Shawn nowhere to be found.

I got a little worried. Why isnt he there? I cut the connection with my pocket knife. Okay…. One drachma to waste. But right before I was gonna throw another one in, all I saw was a fuzzy screen in the mist, and I could only hear two voices.

"So do you get bored in here?" one boy asked.

"Yes. EXTREMELY" the other boy chuckled. Oh my gods… it was Shawn and some other dude!

"SHAWN! Shawn!" I screamed. I don't know if they heard me.

"What the- Tia?" Shawn sounded puzzled.

"Yes! Tia! Where are you? Why can't I see you?"

"Were in Kronos' underwater base; Shawn was captured." The boy replied for Shawn.

"WHAT?" I screamed. "And who's with you?"

"Luke" the boy answered. "Son of Hermes"

"Ummm… what are you guys doing in there?"

"I don't know" Shawn sounded suddenly down. "But Luke was resurrected"

"I realize. And I'm Tia, daughter of Aphrodite" I greeted. But then I heard static. No! I'm losing signal!

"Shawn! We'll come and get you! I promise!" I yelled. Then the fuzzy screen disappeared into mist.

I ran as fast as I can to the Apollo cabin, to find Dylan, Zack, Annabeth and Tori playing 500 Rummy. I burst through the door, and they jumped up, seeing me pant.

"Tia! What's wrong?" Tori asked, wide-eyed.

"Shawn…Kronos…underwater base…captured…Luke…Iris messaging…lost connection.." I gasped for breath, then fainted.

"…..Tia…..Tia, wake up" I heard as I opened my eyes. Dylan's face was right in front of mine, whispering to me. "Finally" he chuckled.

"Uhhh… are we still at Tori's cabin?" I asked.

He laughed again. "No. we're at your cabin. Your siblings are train-well, sitting on the side of the archer's targets, gossiping. You fainted."

"Yes, Dylan. I'm aware of that" I smiled. He was holding my head up with his arm around the back of my neck. His other hand was on his knee. He was staring into my dark eyes, and I was staring into his sea-green eyes. I loved that color.

Then the weirdest thing in the entire history of the world happened.

He leaned in and kissed me.

His lips hit mine for a second, until I pulled away, and slapped him.

"Hey! What was that for?" he looked really puzzled.

"Um, for the thing you just did!" my cheeks were burning.

"What? That I kissed you?"

"Um, YES!"

"Why did you slap me for it?"

"Because you know I have a boyfriend!" I got up as quick as I could. Then he got up, too. Yippee.

"Oh come on, Zack never has to know." He started to lean in again. I slapped him again.

"Quit it!" he yelled.

"You quit it! And I'm not going behind Zack's back!" I turned around, walking toward the door.

"Tia!" he said.

"WHAT?"

He spun me around, grabbed my waist and pulled me close to him. In an instant, he crushed his lips against mine.

It's been over ten seconds, and he's still kissing me. Why am I not stopping him? What's going on?

After twenty seconds, he pulled away from my lips, but was still holding me close. That was…nice. I thought. Then I quickly shook those thoughts out of my head. Wait! No! No it wasn't! Bad Tia!

I pushed away from him, and he slowly made his way toward the door. Once he left, I felt like melting. But I just remembered: I have to tell Tori what I had found out.

I rushed out the door, running to the Apollo cabin. I burst through the door, again, and screamed.

Tori gasped. "WHAT?"

"SHAWN HAS BEEN CAPTURED AND BROUGHT TO KRONOS' UNDERWATER BASE AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO BROUGHT HIM THERE OR WHY THEY DID! AND LUKE, SON OF HERMES, WAS RESURRECTED AND HE'S IN THE DUNGEN-THINGY TALKING TO SHAWN!" I screamed. Then I took a few large gasps of breath. Her jaw dropped, eyes wide.

"Okay, were going to save my boyfriend. Grab Dylan, Annabeth and Zack, and tell them to pack. We leave by sundown"

Zack's POV

I started packing. At sundown, we will be leaving to the underwater base. Tia had told me that Annabeth were coming, too. Annabeth, I didn't mind. But in my opinion, Dylan is a piece of crap. He's stealing Tia away from me, he has a giant crush on her, and he ends up spending more time with her than me. Although, we kind of needed him. You know, because of the whole "breathing underwater" thing, and the "swimming really fast underwater" thing. Ugh. Blubber brain.

I was also worried about another thing. What if Tia doesn't make it? That thought ran through my head over and over, making me tear a little.

? POV

Great, I thought. They're gonna go "save the world" again. Kronos will be there to stop them…and so will i.

Tori's POV

I sat under Thalia's Pine, next to Zack. Dylan, Annabeth and Tia weren't ready yet.

"Okay!" he suddenly screamed, making me jump a little.

I stared at him like he was crazy.

"Oh, um… I uh… was uh… thinking about Tia.. uh.. and um, Blubber Brain" he stuttered.

"Uh, um, oh, uh, umm, uhhh,,, uh, um, is that all you can say? We need a positive, confident attitude. And if you don't put a big, happy smile on your face, I will rearrange it so you do!" I screamed. Yeah, it was harsh, but I'm in a harsh mood. Deal with it.

Once I saw Annabeth, Dylan and Tia walk up to us, I said "So, lets roll"

First, we headed to the lake. Why? Get canoes. We needed to get to the Bermuda Triangle somehow!

Tia, Zack and Dylan carried one canoe, and me and Annabeth carried another. We headed out of the woods, and started walking to the nearest lake, bay, ocean, whatever.

It took hours. We walked through woods, muck, road, spiky, weird looking plants, and much more. After about 4 hours of walking, carrying 1 million pound canoes, we reached a large bay. Phew.

"Alright, you guys get in. I'll take care of the rest" Dylan stated. We did as told.

"One, two… three!" he dove underwater, under both of the canoes. After about five seconds of preparing, (go close to each other, holding on to each other, and the sides of the canoe), we blasted off.

It seemed like the speed of light. We went so extremely fast, we could beat a rocket ship in a race. In around 5 minutes, we crashed into a bunch of trees. All of us groaned, untangling ourselves in vines. A jungle? No. Florida? Yes. We were on the coast of Florida.

"where to?" Tia asked.

"The closest bathroom, I hope" Dylan chuckled.

Tia laughed. "Wow, nice Dylan"

"I know I'm nice"

They smiled and laughed. Zack scowled.

"Okay! Lets find a bus" I tried to pass the akward silence.

We walked to the nearest bus stop. It only took about, oh, I don't know, like 50 trillion years for a bus to come.

"That would be 20 dollars" the driver told us. A little pricy, and we didn't have any cash. So I handed him a few drachmas.

"Keep the change" I patted his shoulder and we all walked and sat in the seats, and the driver's jaw dropped.

Dylan's POV

The bus ride seemed fine, until a group of five old men kept staring at us. Their cold, chilling blue eyes went right through me. Then, they all blinked at the same time, and when they opened their eyes, blood red, reptile-looking eyes appeared where their old blue eyes used to be.

"Oh gods…" I mumbled, as the five men transformed into a five headed, fire breathing Hydra.

TT: Hehe…

TV: Why do you people always try to kill your characters?

HK: DUH! It's sooo funny!

TV:*rolls eyes* just review. :)