Thaila's P.O.V.

"Let me go!" I yelled pushing against the netting as the snake people dragged me inside a wet dungeon. Little rats ran across the beams above and a faint flickering bulb was here. She opened up a door labeled. 'Prisoners of War: Half bloods' she flicked her tongue as she pulled me inside the dry dusty room. The temperature changed, to freezing, the air was drying with no moister. She shoved me inside one of the cages near the back. As she clicked the doors shut the people stared to talk again.

"Hello Demigod. What's your name? I'm Bandit, daughter of Hermes. That's Black eye, Son of Morpheus, Red knife daughter of Ares, Fang, and son of Apollo."

A girl said walking over to me. She was at least fifteen. I got out of the net and looked around. I easily saw all the people she pointed out, except for one cage….

"I'm Thaila, daughter of Zeus. Leaders of the hunters, second in command of the rebels."

I said proudly. The girl smiled at me.

"Who's that?"

I said looking at the big cage on my left. Bandit's breathing stopped.

"T-That's S-Shark t-t-tooth… He's been here for years, the boss of us all."

She whispered in my ear. I walked over and peaked inside his cage.

"I wouldn't…."

Black eye murmured to me. The cage was musty and wet. I touched the floor and realized it was blood. I looked in and saw a shape of a person by the back wall.

"Leader of the rebels huh? Mighty impressive Thaila. I used to know someone like you, but those memories are forgotten."

A deep voice seemed to whisper to me. I looked in and saw the shape of Shark tooth.

"Who are you? Who's your parent and why are you in here?"

I asked the figure. People behind me froze and Shark tooth rose up onto his legs.

"Always the same questions. Everybody who comes here learns one thing. I am Shark tooth. Leader of the prisoners. My parents are long forgotten and so am I."

He said huskily. He reminded me of Nico for a second. A light rhythm of footsteps echoed down the chamber. The door opened and in walked tired nymphs. They were covered with bruises and had buckets of water. They had rags and looked tired. They walked over to each cell and opened the doors; they walked in and locked the doors behind them. A nymph walked into my cell and started to pick up the net off of the floor. I noticed the nymph inside Shark tooth's cell. Her bucket was filled to the brim with red water. She was tired with brown hair and green eyes. So timid, calm and sad.

"Juniper!"

I cried in shock. She turned her head. And smiled in glee.

"Yay! Someone who knows me! Are you from the camp or a rebel?"

She asked. I smiled and walked up to the bars.

"June? It's me, Thaila!"

I said. She froze then screeched with glee.

"Do you know Shark tooth?"

She asked sadly. I nodded and she sighed, Shark tooth then walked over and rubbed her shoulder sympathetically.

"Don't worry Juniper, one day we'll get out."

He said as nicely as he could. I almost cried out as I saw him. His face was unharmed except for one scar running on his face. From the corner of his mouth to the tip of his eye. His cloths were died red with his blood. Eyes grey from stress and pain. Hair used to be black but matted and clumped; scabs and fresh wounds were visible on his skin. His arms thin and bloody, a chunk of his elbow was missing, I could see the bone underneath. I held back the vile that was coming up. He sighed sadly as he saw my face go pale.

"I know, Kronos hates me more that Zeus."

He explained before retreating back to his bed.

"Shark tooth?"

"Thaila?"

"What happened to your family?"

He was silent for a while.

"They are all dead. Kronos came in a day after my capture saying how he would hunt down my family. I didn't believe him until he showed me my mother's wedding ring dripping blood. Her husband and her baby were slaughtered because of me."

I said. Bandit grabbed my arm.

"He hasn't told anyone this before."

She mouthed. I nodded trying to keep him talking.

"Did you come to camp Half blood before the war?"

"…..somewhat. I was in the war and took on many quests. I got offered the chance to destroy Kronos's host multiple times, but I hesitated because others would not want me too."

I froze, how did he know about this stuff?

"Who was his host?"

He chuckled.

"I know that you know that Thaila. Luke Castilian was Kronos's host. Others would not approve such as Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, Percy Jackson, and of course you."

I froze. How did he know this stuff?

"Shark tooth…."

Black eye started.

"I knew that you had a hard life but that was stupid of you."

Bandit said. A saw a flash from his eyes.

"Bandit, you had hoped. I was left all alone. I had few friends, and then I did something I could never forget. I let my friend die. Right in front of me she died, screaming and I couldn't do anything. My mother married a man who whipped me and was the worst he could be, I killed him and moved to camp. I went to camp and took place in the war, and then I was captured and lost everything. My mother burned to ashes. I lost the love of my life because of Kronos."

He said. His voice crackled a little at the end. I felt pity in my heart, I was a hunter but losing that much even I would not heal.

"I'm so sorr-"

"I don't need your pity Red knife. I want out of here. My life has been inside this bloody cell for four years."

He growled. I crawled over to Bandit.

"Did he say four years?"

Bandit nodded, no wonder he was in charge. I fell asleep and woke the next morning. Keys jingled in the entrance way. An Empousa and a demigod walked in. the Empousa went to our cages but the Demigod went to Shark tooth.

"Hello Shark tooth, not looking so brave today are ya?"

The little demigod said. I noticed fear in his voice and Shark tooth laughed darkly. The demigod took a step back.

"What's wrong little Noah? Afraid you'll be killed by a man behind bars?"

He said from the shadows.

"N-No! Stop taking like that! Or- or I'll find that girl you kept moaning about in the second year! That um…..Abigail!"

Shark tooth shut up and went to the bars on his cage. The demigod walked over victoriously, but Shark tooth reached through, grabbed the kids shirt, he pulled with increasable force, the guard collided with the bars to make a pinging noise, he fell to the ground with a bloody nose and probably a broken rib.

"Wow, Noah, you didn't even try to stop the blow, or you are too weak to do it. Abigail is not her name, but unless you want to be dead on the floor stay away from her."

Shark tooth said. I shrunken back after the display but the Empousa took my arm and leaded the others away. I walked with Bandit to a strange room.

"Bath room."

She mouthed to me. The Empousa pushed us in and locked it after us. When she was gone I started asking the questions.

"Why did Shark tooth do that?"

She paused as she turned on some running water.

"Shark tooth lived in a small area. He was the leader and another girl. He fell in love with her and then Kronos came and took him. Kronos has been trying to find the girl so he can blackmail Shark tooth and get the answers from him. That's why he's pampering us too."

I thought hard, I actually felt bad for this kid, and the girl.

"Hey Bandit, you've been here a long time right?"

She looked at me sadly.

"Three years."

I sighed and sat next to her.

"Did you ever see a boy named Percy Jackson? Black hair, sea green eyes? Very stupid at times."

She frowned and her face turned sad, her black hair grew stringy in the light and her eyes as dull as Annabeth's.

"Yeah, He was gone four days before I got to prison. Shark tooth was there though. He was in the same room as him."

She said. We washed our cloths and got ready in silence. We then walked back to our cell. I saw Shark tooth still in his cell. He never went to the showers. The guards left and Shark tooth walked over to my cell.

"Hello Thaila how was your bath?"

He sounded jealous. I noted his voice when he was jealous, I had a feeling this would be important.

"Okay, I liked the rebel bathrooms better."

I said with mock sorrow.

"I'm sure you did, why are you in the rebel group?"

He asked. I didn't hear any humor in there; he hadn't ever seen the bathrooms here.

"Kronos destroyed my camp, the camp fled and our counselors, Lord Dionysus and Chiron were captured. The remaining demigods fled to a hidden spot and regrouped. We have been destroying buildings to try to harm Kronos. We recently blew up the Empire state building."

I said honestly. Bandit was quiet in the corner.

"So that's why Kronos was in a sour mood. I got three hundred more whippings that day."

He said, I flinched and imagined his other tortures.

"Is that why you are covered in scars and your cell is in blood?"

I asked. He stopped moving as if deciding to tell me.

"Yes, they do horrible things to us, me mostly. I offended Kronos the most and paid the price. I was chewed by hellhounds, archery practice target, sword dummy, medicine test subject, and weapon tester."

I could imagine more that he did. I flinched as the door creaked open and in a familiar face walked in. Ethan Nakumari. Bandit rushed over to my side and started whispering a thousand miles an hour.

"Stay in the corner, don't say anything, and don't gasp. Any attention drawn to you can be lethal. Trust me, Shark tooth can handle this."

She whispered. I did what she said and hid in the dark corner next to Bandit. Ethan walked in with high leather boots; he had chains on his pants and a knife. He slowly walked over to Shark tooth's cell.

"Hello Shark tooth."

He said coldly. Shark tooth didn't reply. I squeezed Bandits arm, I was afraid of what was coming.

"What's wrong, getting pecked by vultures too much for you?"

Oh, man every torture wasn't kidding, getting your spleen pecked by vultures would make me mad.

"What do you want Ethan, you're the executer and as well as I know nobody here is in wish for death."

Fang said hard, I heard faint fear in his voice. Ethan turned to Fang and drew his knife.

"Oh what's this? Little Fang wants to be all brave without his bow. Let's see how brave you are when you're missing your hand."

He sneered. He walked towards Fang, and opened his cage. In an instant, a knife blew past Ethan's head and lodged itself into the stone. Ethan glared at Shark tooth. He was in the open now, he held another dagger.

"It's me you want Ethan, leave the others alone."

He said coldly. I saw Ethan hesitate but he drew a sword.

"So Shark tooth, finally an even fight."

Ethan said. Shark tooth almost smiled.

"No, I always thought that you would fight without cheating, and this cell is a cheating pen as I see it."

He said. Ethan cursed and unlocked the cell, Shark tooth sprang punching Ethan. He threw his dagger pinning him to the floor, he then kicked away the sword.

"I could kill you for keeping me here for years, but your life wouldn't make up for it."

He growled knocking Ethan unconscious. He grabbed the keys and threw them to me. I caught him and looked at him, I actually noticed this was the first time I saw him out of his cell. He was tall and looking lethal. Muscles bloomed below his skin and scars rippled across his flesh. His left leg from the thigh down was ripped away, I saw a thin casing on flesh covering the bone, and I saw the artery pumping blood in it. I shivered and unlocked all the doors. Bandit looked at Shark tooth in surprise.

"Wow, I never expected you to do that."

She said shocked. Red knife was picking all the weapons from Ethan, Fang was guarding to doors.

"You don't know me at all."

He said. The scar on his face darkened as he grabbed his knifes. I took a short foot long sword Ethan had and we dashed away. I was right by Shark tooth, the others followed, he was a born leader.

"Wait here, Thaila come with me."

He whispered. The others hid in the shadows. We got closer to the smells of food, and dashed inside. He pulled me beside a row of pans. A sad looking Nymph walked over and we pulled her under. She smiled as she recognized us.

"I promised you, now you can go see that Satyr you talk about."

Shark tooth said smiling. Together Juniper, Shark tooth and I slipped into the hallway and ran to meet the others. We caught up with Bandit and slipped into a supply closet. Fang lifted the air duct and we slipped inside. We slowly made our way to a ball room, Shark tooth slipped down and waited for us to come. We then saw what we were after, the bathroom. Shark tooth dashed across and hid inside; slowly we all did the same. He pulled at a grate in the floor and slowly we all slipped down. Red knife closed the lid after she slid down. We walked in silence for hours, finally we saw a little light up ahead, a deep rumble echoed down the sewer.

"He has found out."

Black eye said with fear. Shark tooth nodded and stumbled on. I then realized something, how did Juniper know Shark tooth? And why am I heading away from my revenge?

"Juniper, how do you know Shark tooth?"

I asked, Juniper replied quickly.

"He was the first prisoner and I was one of the first nymphs, I was the one to clean his cell and we got talking and became good friends."

She replied, like they rehearsed it. We crawled on until we were under a road, light streamed down.

"Thaila, you need to lead us here. None of us has seen the city in years; we don't know the hardest and easiest paths. You need to lead us to the rebels you speak of."

Shark tooth ordered. I then crawled up and lifted the little man hole. I looked around and recognized the street. We were on Egret, only four blocks away from the forest, but a high monster highway. I set down the hole and whispered to them what to do. We all disguised ourselves with some paint like blue muck Bandit stole from somewhere, but I really didn't want to know where. The boys ripped cloth off to make a headband ski mask thing. We then all dashed up and out into the light. A car honked and a monster howled. We dashed into an alleyway and saw a dracaena; I stabbed it and kept running. One block, two blocks, three blocks….

We were almost there, and then it jumped in front of us. A large fully grown hellhound got in between the forest and us. Its muzzle dribbled spit and its eyes blood red. It pounced on Red knife and she stabbed its paw. It yelped and charged at me. I froze as it gained, I saw Shark tooth jump and grab me. We tumbled in a roll and landed a meter away from the hellhound. Its muzzle was stuck in the ash fault because it pounced head first.

"Don't ever do that again."

Shark tooth said grabbing Ethan's sword, he then slashed the mutts head off into dust. We ran into the forest and slowed to catch our breath. We then started back to the rebel camp…