Well, guys, guess who is back! I know it has been forever since I have posted and many of you probably will have forgotten what this story is about cuz it probably wasn't that great to begin with lol anyways I had some shit going on and I'm really sorry about how long it's been.

I hope you enjoy the update anyways,
R&R!

Rachel's POV

After the battle, many of the campers were injured, missing, or worse. I heard many talking about how she was to blame. They said that she turned against us the way Luke had. They claimed that she would bring down Olympus.

And I believed them.

If anyone had the power or brains to do the things they claim, it's her. She has more street smarts than anyone I know—Annabeth has book smarts. No one was as tough or mean or ruthless than she when it was needed—not even Clarisse.

We needed to find Alec and bring her back to the camp. She needed to see what she was doing to us and then she would snap out of it. I knew it would work . . . because it had to.

Nico's POV

Being held captive by red-eyed, stank-breath jackasses was not how I planned on spending my first few days of summer camp. Percy and I were shoved into a room that was heavily guarded.

We were surrounded by the tunnel creatures—I'm seriously about thisclose to making that their real name—and other demi-gods that we recognized.

There was Michael Yew from the Apollo cabin. The Stoll brothers were sitting together on the floor—no doubt sorting through things they stole before being captured. Pollux and Katie Gardner were talking quietly in the corner. Joseph, Annabeth's understudy, was taking inventory around the room.

Of course everything came to a halt as soon as we entered the room. Travis was the first to break the silence. "Aww, shit, we are gonna die!"

"Shut the fuck up, dude!" Conner yelled. "We are not going to die!"

"Don't tell me what to do! They are the best fighters in camp and they got captured! How are we gonna live if they couldn't—"

"We came willingly." Percy cut Travis off. "They had my kids and I offered myself instead of them. Nico came in place of Annabeth." He gave me a pointed look that said he was grateful for that.

I nodded at him. "We need to get out of here. What have you guys found out?"

Joseph sighed. "Well, what we've got here is a shit load of nothing. No way out besides that door which can only be opened from the outside and if we did get it open they would over power us."

Percy looked around and I noticed him hesitate at the sight of the ceiling. I glanced up and realized that you couldn't see anything. I remembered the entryway that was tucked above reach from the first time I was in the tunnels.

Percy and I exchanged looks and I knew he was thinking the same thing. I turned to the other campers. "Have you checked up there?"

They stared at me uncomprehendingly. "The ceiling?" Katie asked. "What the fuck would be on the ceiling, Nico?"

I rolled my eyes. "We need a light."

Suddenly the doors opened and a girl was shoved inside. I internally groaned. "Get your fucking hands off me you stupid, blood-sucking fucks!"

The doors slammed and she kicked the door before turning around to realize that we were staring at her. I raised an eyebrow. "You wouldn't happen to have a light, would you, Thalia?"

She blew some of the hair out of her face. "Actually, I would."

She pulled a charm off her bracelet and handed it to me. I stared at it. "What the fuck am I supposed to do with a charm?"

She rolled her eyes. "It was a gift from Mace. It's magic. Push the button on the design and it is brighter than Greek fire."

I pushed the button and, sure enough, it began to glow. I threw it into the air and caught a feint glimpse of something that made me choke back a flood of hope.

"Did you see that?" Michael asked. I could see the look in everyone's eyes that said they had.

I caught the charm and tossed it toward what we had seen. It was clear as day—almost. There was a tunnel there. Everyone cheered and smiled like dorks until sad reality washed over them when I asked, "How do we get up there?"

Travis glared at me. "Damn it, Nico, ruin the joy in the room!"

I shrugged. "You got any ideas?"

"We could stack?" Katie offered.

I looked up at the opening. It was a good thirty feet above our heads. "I don't think that's gonna work." Pollux said.

Thalia huffed and walked over to the wall. She felt along it with her finger tips and pulled herself a few inches off the ground. She followed this method for a while.

She was maybe ten feet above us when she sighed and started down. "Well, so much for that."

We heard the doors begin to open and we all looked up and the opening. The charm was still glowing and it was obvious. Thalia fiddled with her bracelet. As the doors opened to allow whoever to enter, the light went out.

We had to force ourselves not to sigh out loud.

Then four guards came in and smiled. The main one stepped up like he was some bad ass. "Who is called Nico?" He asked in a strange accent. Where the fuck was this guy from?

I smiled nicely. "That would be me."

"You come with us. Nikki need visit you." He sounded like a cross between something out of a Dracula movie and a kindergarten student.

"Well, you can tell Nikki to shove it." I said with a polite smile.

"What's the matter, Nico? Scared of a girl?" Thalia teased in a voice so low that only I could hear her.

I clenched my teeth, but didn't talk because the Count was talking. "Boss will be angry. You not want to make the boss angry." The guards laughed and moved in to grab my arms.

There was a bit of a fight as the other demigods jumped on the tunnel creatures. Only more rushed in to help and I was drug down a hall with my hands bound behind my back.

Annabeth's POV

We were sitting in Percy's cabin and crying. Well, Harley and I were but Alec refused to show any signs of weakness. She instead paced the floor with her hunting knife.

I hated to cry in front of the kids. I was afraid it would make them think that there was no hope but I couldn't help it. The father of my children and love of my life had been taken and probably eaten by those . . . things!

No! Percy would not get eaten. He was too strong for that. He wouldn't give up like that.

I continued to think positively and it was enough to stop my crying. I comforted Harley and she was just about done with her crying when Rachel walked in. "We have a plan."

Alec's POV

I was lying on my stomach on a cold table. I was completely topless and a boy was standing next to me with a tattoo gun. We had been working on the same tat for months now and I was finally getting the finishing touches done.

The pain meant little to me. I didn't even flinch when he began to work. When he was finally finished, Tyler placed some waxy stuff over it and a bandage over that.

I sat up and pulled on my shirt. It hurt a little when the fabric slid across the fresh inking but I didn't let it show.

"You should be able to take that off permanently in two to three days." Tyler told me as he put away his tattoo gun.

I nodded and lit a cigarette. "Thank you, Tyler."

Tyler dipped his head towards me and left the room. I took a long drag and sighed as I exhaled. I felt tired although I never slept. I couldn't even remember sleeping ever.

Luke entered the room and didn't wait for me to ask. "We have Nico di Angelo."

I shrugged. "Who?"

"He is the demi-god that killed the GreatOne." Luke said coldly.

I felt an evil smile slip onto my face. "Put him in the feeding room."

Nico's POV

I was thrown in a bright room with bright ass lights. I sat there while they untied me and then I sprang into action. I took out two tunnel creatures before three knocked me to my knees. Hell, give a fucker his props for trying.

After a few minutes, the doors opened and the last person I expected to see walked in. "Alec?"

She raised a familiar eyebrow and eyed me. "They call me Nikki now. You must be Nico."

I rolled my eyes. "You can stop acting like you don't know me, Alec."

"My name is Nikki and I don't know you." She said with an edge to her voice.

I walked right up to her and she stood her ground—just like I knew she would. "You do fucking too know me! You were my best friend! You told me about your brother! You spoke to me right before—"

She shoved me away from her. "I don't know what you're talking about. I never had a brother. I don't remember my friends and I don't remember my death. You need to stop talking so I can just kill you."

I froze. "You brought me here to kill me?"

She looked at me as if that should be obvious. "You're in the feeding room, smartone." She waved a hand and the guards released me and left the room silently.

I stared at her. "You could kill your best friend? What the fuck has gotten into you? I know you died but you shouldn't be like this. You killed the GreatOne!"

Her eyes widened. "What? Are you stupid? You killed the GreatOne. He left me in charge and now I'm killing you this is how it works."

"That's a lie! No one could have killed that thing if they wanted it! Who told you that bull shit?"

"My associate! It's none of your godsdamn business!" She reached out and grabbed my shirt.

I shoved her away. "Don't believe a word Luke says! Don't you remember he tried to kill you? He killed Max!" When I realized that this was a lost cause I felt the little hope I had had drain away. "You don't remember anything . . . do you?"

She stared at me. "No. Not really." She took a deep breath and then stepped a little closer to me. "How do you know this stuff?"

I stared at her. "You were my best friend."

"Bull shit." She spat. "You're a demigod! You believe this shit about them caring for us? It's a lie!"

I couldn't believe what she was saying. "You stupid, stupid girl! You don't remember anything but yet you're acting like you know everything! Your brother named his child after you for fuck's sake!"

She stepped back in shock. She blinked her eyes and coved her surprised instantly. "I told you I don't I have a broth—"

"Yes, you do! His name is Percy Jackson! You died so that he wouldn't have to!" I exploded.

"Why can't you just die quietly?" Her eyes began to change. They had been a strange shade of purple and now were turning an impossibly bright red.

I sighed and threw my hands in the air. "I don't know what I have to do to prove that you used to be my best friend."

"You can shut up and die?" Alec offered sarcastically. "I mean, that's just an idea."

I shot her a glare and then I had a thought. "Your favorite color is purple. You are bisexual. You hate people trying to protect you because you are afraid they will get hurt because of it. And my blood was the first blood you ever tasted."

Alec shook her head and stepped away from me. She didn't stop backing away until we were seven feet apart. "I've never met you!"

I was tired of trying. I decided there was only one way to get her to know I was telling the truth. I had no idea if it would work but I prayed it would. I dug my thumb nail into my wrist and slid it across my veins—I had no idea if they were important ones or not.

Alec was right next to me in a flash. She snatched up my arm and froze before she could drink from me. Her eyes bore into mine. "What are you? Your blood—"

She broke off when my blood had flowed far enough down my arm to touch her hand. She stared at it but looked as if she was afraid to drink it—scared to know the truth.

Then her control broke and she fell on my blood in an animalistic way. It didn't last long. She took one gulp of my blood and we both saw it.

It was like a flash of our lives. I saw when I saved her from falling in the tunnels. We both relived our teasing each other. Our conversation in the hotel. The fight on Olympus. But the one that was the most impacting was when she spoke to me as she died.

Alec was instantly on the other side of the room. "What the fuck did you do?"

I didn't know what to say. I just stared at her. "I didn't—"

"Bull shit!" Alec screamed. She looked like she was in shock and was trying to get every drop of my blood off her.

"I'm the son of the god of death, not the god of hallucinations." I snapped back at her.

Now she was in front of me. "I hate you!" She yelled at me. Her hands came up and she shoved me hard. "I fucking hate you!"

The next time she tried to shove me I caught her wrists. She tried to jerk away from me and I saw tears running down her face. Tears of blood.

"Alec," I started.

"Don't call me that!" She screeched. She shook her head and then stared at me. "I hate you!"

I only shook my head. I didn't need to argue with her about this because even as she spoke she was getting closer to me. She fought it every inch of the way.

"I ha—"

She was cut off when our lips touched. In that brief second where it could have been called a kiss, Alec turned and ran from the room.

Alec's POV

I slammed the door to the feeding room. What the fuck was that? What the fuck was wrong with me?

I raced to my office and began to pace the room. Was it true? Did I really kill the GreatOne? Luke had said that the gift of the GreatOne was passed onto the person who died right after him. He said that after Nico had killed him, I had been the next to die.

But could I really trust Luke? I had never felt comfortable around him. I didn't like him at all. It wouldn't be so unreasonable to think it was because I had hated him when I was alive, would it?

And Percy. When Luke had said his name I had felt like I should know him. Nico had said he was my brother. That I had known him.

I swiped my hand to the desk and grabbed a lamp. I swung it hard and it smashed against the wall into unrecognizable pieces. I hated not knowing.

At that moment Luke entered the room. "I was told you did not kill di Angelo."

I ignored him and instead grabbed him by his throat. "Why did you want Jackson on the list?"

Luke's eyes went wide and he gasped for air. "He is the one who killed me."

"Why?" When Luke didn't answer, I lifted him off the ground. "Why?"

Luke coughed. "He trusted the gods. I went against them."

This sounded true enough but I wasn't sure. "I have one more question and if I even think that you are lying to me, I will put an end to your second life." Luke tried to nod but he couldn't. I assumed he had the idea. "Have I ever met Percy Jackson?"

Luke didn't answer for a while. I got impatient and squeezed on his neck. "Yes!" He cried out.

I dropped him to the floor. "When?"

"He was your brother. You tried to get him to join our fight and he refused." Luke spoke through gasps.

I eyed him. And then I saw it: the flashes of bright red in his eyes as he spoke. Luke was lying. I went over all of my options in a second and then smiled. "Glad we had this talk. And if you ever deceive me again, I will kill you. Don't ever forget that."

Luke nodded and I left the room without a second glance at him crumpled figure on the floor.

Okay, so that's all for now. I hope I can update soon.