Hi guys! I AM SO SORRY IT HAS BEEN SO LONG PLEASE FORGIVE ME! Okay so I would like to state right now that this is NOT the last chapter. I repeat this is NOT the last chapter. There WILL be ONE MORE chapter. Again NOT THE LAST. I'm just saying that now so you guys don't get confused and stuff or whatever. I guess it'll make more sense once you read it. Anyways, this chapter is hella long and I would like to apologize in advance. There's just a lot of stuff that needs to happen in this chapter it's going to be jam packed with information and plot and stuff. I hope you guys are ready for a wild ride :) (Please don't hate me) One other thing, I've been planning this ending for a while now, like ever since I started this story. I knew how I was going to start it and how I was going to end it so this chapter and the last one isn't just some kind of impulse. And I do try to make things in the story connect so pay attention to that if you can. Also, friendly reminder that Sarah still has the scar running across her face. :) And we last left off with them from the fire and Sarah been grabbed from behind and taken away. So enjoy!

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It felt like my body was being ripped apart in every direction. My stomach did 15 somersaults and a backflip before we finally stopped. I felt my feet land on hard ground. I looked at the floor which was marble just like the one in my dream. It was then that I knew things were about to go South very fast.

The big man from the shop continued holding me so that I couldn't move while the other voice walked around so that he was facing me. It took my eyes a minute to adjust to the darkness of the room. When they finally figured out how to see I was greeted by a furry face and sharp teeth inches away from mine. If I hadn't been gagged I would have screamed. The hairy man stared at me with eyes the color of silver and I knew immediately who he was. The wolf man who had terrorized me in my dreams.

The wolf mans lips curled into a nasty smile and he made a guttural noise that I had a feeling was his laugh. "Tell me half-blood," he purred running a sharp claw lightly down my face and cutting the gag off. "What do you know about their plans?"

I opened my mouth a little, glad to have the gag off and stared at him in confusion. "What?" I managed.

His smile faded and he spoke much harsher now. "Are you deaf? I said, tell me their plans!"

"W-what plans?" I stuttered genuinely confused.

"The plans the seven have of defeating Gaea!" He shouted angrily. "That's why we brought you here. You're close to them, you know things, so now you're going to tell us their plans."

"I-I don't-" I really didn't know. Did they even have a plan? I was starting to think they were just winging the whole quest and just kind of hoping for the best.

The wolf man growled, his silvery eyes glistening violently. "You must know something. You've been on that ship for a week you should know all of their plans by now."

I shook my head. "Really I don't," I said staring at him pleading silently.

He studied my face with his intense eyes before growling at me. "You're lying," he snarled angrily.

"Wha- no I'm not!" I said frantically.

"You know information about the quest and you are going to tell me, even if I have to force it out of you."

I gulped. "Please..." I begged, trying to convince him that I knew nothing. It didn't work. Truth was I knew what he wanted. He wanted to know what they were up to and how they planned on defeating Gaea and I knew that. Annabeth was trying to find the Athena Parthenos to help and they had already had the Torch of Victory idea. They knew what they were doing but I knew the people holding me did not and I couldn't tell them or else the seven would be in danger.

The wolf man grabbed me by my hair and yanked me down onto the ground and I yelped in pain. I fell back on the ground, my head hitting the floor and I winced. The dog man ran his claw down my face and snatched up my hair sniffing it yearningly. "Tell me, my princess, what do you know?" His nickname for me sent shivers down my spine. He leaned up close to my face and snarled. "Tell me their plans!" He growled at me. I managed to shake my head without him pulling my hair even more. "Fine," he spat pulling his hand up so that I could see the sharp claws jutting out from his fingers. "I guess we'll have to do this the hard way," he said turning his index finger around staring at his claw appraisingly. I stared in wide eyes as I figured out what he planned on doing.

"No, please," I muttered.

"If you talk then I'll just stop right now," he said looking at me expectantly. I stared at him thinking. I couldn't betray them all like that. If they found out their plans they would all be in danger. When I didn't nod or agree on talking the man snarled. "That's what I thought," he growled and turned his pointed claw down to my skin. I screamed as he ran it across my forearm. He dragged his claw in a squiggly line across my arm. I wiggled trying to get free but him and the other monster had me pinned down. The wolf man stopped and looked up at me expectantly, asking me a question with his eyes. Are you ready to talk? I shook my head in response to his non spoken question. The man glowered at me and put his claw down again drawing a different line. I screamed in agony as his claw cut deep into my arm.

"Stop!" I shouted in pain.

The wolf man lifted up his hand and looked up at me. "Have you decided to talk?" he asked me. I gulped and stared at him, my eyes dewey. "Well, then I guess we won't stop," he said returning back down to my arm. He carved in again and I screamed, tears now steadily making it's way down my face. I could here my yells eco through the dark, marble hall, screaming for an end to this. "Talk!" the man barked angrily at me.

I shook my head again. "N-no," I managed to get out. The wolf man went down again and I closed my eyes trying to get ready for the pain that was about to shoot through my body once more. I screamed as the wolf man cut something else into my forearm. "No! Stop! Please!" I begged helplessly. They man shot me an evil glare out of the corner of his eye and I knew he wasn't going to stop until I spoke. He lifted up his claw and moved onto another line. I squirmed and wiggled trying to get myself free of their clutches, trying to get this pain to stop. I screamed louder as tears poured down my face. I desperately begged him to stop in between my screams. My already sore throat from the fire felt raw and scratched. Every sound, every scream, every plead, sent a wave of pain through my scratchy throat. I continued yelling as the man seemed to take forever, digging extra deep and taking extra long on this one. He was trying to brake me, trying to get me to talk but I knew I couldn't, not if I wanted them to succeed in defeating Gaea.

The man looked up at me. "Well? This is you're last chance. Are you going to talk?" I felt drained of all energy. My arm felt heavy, my head was swirling, and my throat was too dry to let me talk. I managed to muster enough energy to slowly shake my head. I refused to give them away, no matter what this man did to me. The wolf man growled angrily, obviously disappointed that I wasn't cooperating. If my voice was working I would have told him not to feel bad, I don't cooperate with anyone.

The wolf man stood up and stared at me angrily. I slowly looked down at my arm to see what he had done. I felt nauseous at what I saw and I silently prayed that this was just another one of my dreams, of my nightmares, and I was going to wake up any second and go out and talk to Leo. I knew it wasn't a dream though. I had once heard that a way to figure out if you're dreaming is to see if you can read. You can't read in dreams and as I stared down at my forearm I could perfectly read the word SPARE etched in and bleeding. I felt sick.

I slowly moved my head so that I was looking at the wolf man who was staring at me angrily. "You have one last chance to talk," he spoke in a snarl. "Talk and we might spare your life." I managed to shake my head just enough to get my point across that I wasn't talking any time soon. The man let out a low growl. He turned to the one eyed man standing in the shadows. "Kill her."

The one eyed monster stared at him in slight shock. "Are you sure? Don't you think we should use her against them more?" he asked the dog man.

The wolf man shook his head. "They'll come looking for her whether we kill her or not. Either way they'll walk right to us and right into our trap." My mind raced. All of this just to lure them in a place at the same time to capture them. Wasn't it a little extensive? I wasn't even sure most of them would come to find me. Maybe a couple. Leo would probably be the only one to try and find me. Oh Gods, Leo. I was filled with terror. If he walked in here alone we would both be dead. Neither of us would make it out alive. I prayed that he would just leave me here to die or at least come with more people to help him fight. My thoughts where interrupted by the wolf man speaking to the tall figure. "Kill her!" he shouted at him again.

The large man nodded and stumbled for the axe hanging on his pants and brought it out. He held the large blade out so that it was facing me and I felt like I was staring my death in the eyes. I felt like I could already see the Grim Reaper reaching out to take me. I gulped as he raised his axe up. "Whatever you say," he said holding it high above me. He lined up the shot so that it would come down directly on my neck. I prayed that my death would be quick and painless.

I stared at the blade glinting in the light and I tried to figure out where I went wrong, how this could have been avoided. A nagging voice in the back of my head said that it was meant to happen, that it was written in my fate. I remembered what Leo had told me that night, that I may not die, that something might save me or that my dream was wrong. I wished he was right but something told me he wasn't.

I watched as the man readied the axe. I wondered if I should close my eyes or watch the weapon come down on me. I didn't have much time to ponder whether or not to watch my death. The man brought the axe down. It seemed to happen in slow motion. I watched as it got closer and closer to me, screaming out my name, yelling for a victim. This was it, this is where it all ended for me.

What happened next surprised me.

The axe was inches away from my neck, ready to claim me as it's next victim when a streak of orange and red seemed to fly above me at the large man. The axe was hit out of his hand and sent flying to the ground, just barely missing my leg. I let out a slow shaky breathe I hadn't realized I had been holding. I looked around in confusion. What was that? What had just happened? A couple of feet away from me there was a thud and a grunt from the large man with one eye. I looked over to see flames surrounding him. There was something on top of him but I couldn't see it through the fire.

"You idiot! I am immune to fire!" the large man yelled trying to shove the figure off of him. Slowly the fire died down and I wondered how I hadn't realized who it was before. The large man pushed off the figure which skidded across the floor. The fire extinguished to reveal a short latino with curly hair. Fire, of course! Leo.

I wasn't sure I had ever been so happy to see someone before. I tried my best to sit up and eventually with a lot of moaning and pain I was on my feet. I inched towards Leo who was getting himself off the ground from being thrown back from the one eyed man. I watched as he looked up to see me making my way towards him. Slow, but nonetheless towards him. He broke into a wide smile and rushed towards me wrapping me in a tight hug.

"Sarita!" he shouted happily gripping me as hard as he could as if he couldn't believe I was there. It kind of hurt but I was too happy to see him to care.

"Leo!" I yelled back laughing and wrapping my arms around him. I had never really been one for hugs but at the moment I felt like I could hug him for the rest of eternity.

"Princesa, oh Gods, what happened? Are you okay?" he asked me slowly pulling away to look at me. I wasn't really sure how to answer him so I simply showed him my arm in hope that it said all that needed to be said. I guess it worked. Leo's look turned sour and angry. "They did that to you?" he asked, all trace of laughter out of his voice. I nodded slowly. Leo's face got beet red and his hair seemed to smoke. He was so mad he was literally on fire.

Leo turned over to look at my two captors. I wondered why they hadn't attacked us while we were hugging each other. I looked over and saw the large man still trying to get up and the wolf man was still standing up, staring at something behind us. I looked back in confusion, trying to follow his gaze. I finally saw what he was staring at. Out from the shadows came Jason, Piper, and Hazel. They walked towards the wolf man, weapons raised. Wolfy growled at them. "Lycaon, nice to see you again," Jason said sarcastically looking at the wolf man.

"Wait, you know him?" I asked confused.

"Sadly, yes," Leo answered me. I gave him a look of confusion. How had he met him before? Leo then turned his attention towards Lycaon. "And you hurt her so now you're in for one hell of a day," he muttered angrily setting his hand on fire as a threat.

The wolf man snarled angrily at the flames. "You think you scare me? Ha! Puny demigod, I've got more than you can handle." And with that he raised his head up and let out a howl that made the dim lights hanging from the ceiling shake and threaten to fall. There was a loud rumbling from all around us and before we knew it there was a horde of monsters surrounding us from every corner. From short, stumpy men with multiple arms to electric horses to more half wolf men, they surrounded us, blocking every possible exit. I gripped onto Leo nervously. There was no way we were going to survive this fight. Piper, Jason, and Hazel slowly made their way over to where me and Leo were standing which was basically the middle of the large room. Piper handed me my sword and bow and arrows. Leo must have grabbed them after I was taken away and they brought them here to me. I gave him and Piper a thankful look and slung my quiver around my shoulder and knocked a bow in place.

I readied myself as a monster came charging at me. I quickly let go of my bow and it sunk into its skin before it exploded into a powder of dust. Next to me Leo had his signature hammer out and was ready to bring it down on any monster that came within five feet of him. Jason, Hazel, and Piper were doing the same thing with their weapons. Seeing them made me wonder where the other three were. I didn't have much time to contemplate before another monster charged at me. I shot an arrow at it and it narrowly dodged it. I tried again and this time hit it.

The five of us continued fighting monsters as they came towards us but there were too many and they were starting to close in on us. We were outnumbered. I shot another arrow and above me the ceiling rumbled. I looked up afraid that the roof was going to cave in on us. What happened next was close enough.

"Get out of the way!" Piper shouted to us, her charmspeak slightly leaking through. Me and the other four quickly jumped away towards the side of the room just in time to see a massive clawed foot brake the ceiling and fall to the ground bringing the rest of the creature with it. The ceiling's shards went in every direction, taking out a couple of monsters. In the center of the room stood a large dragon with barbed claws.

"Damn, Hazel, your boyfriend is pretty cool," Leo noted staring at the creature in front of us. I couldn't help but laugh a little as I realized that the dragon was Frank. Frank shook off the dust and ceiling on his back and leaned down to let two people off; Percy and Annabeth. I had to say, this was definitely the coolest rescue mission I had ever seen. Once they were off his back he transformed back into human form and brought out his bow, ready to fight. We all lined up, ready to fight the monsters as they came at us. Frank and I shot arrows, Piper charmspoke, Leo set things on fire, and Percy, Jason, Hazel, and Annabeth slashed and stabbed.

I shot back monsters left and right. My throat was still dry and I was still in a lot of pain but I fought like my life rested on it. Which it probably did. I refused to stop. I just had to get past this, get past all these monsters, and I could go to Camp Half-Blood and start a new life. It was so close I could taste. I was almost there, almost at a new life. Sure there were things I was going to have to get past, like the rest of this quest and the glaring word on my arm that seemed to be screaming at me, but I could get past it. It was so close, I was almost there.

Leo came up behind me and swung at a monster that would have gotten me from behind. "Thanks," I smiled at him quickly.

"That's what I'm here for, Sarita," he smiled back at me. We fought back to back, protecting each other from every corner. I shot my last arrow and grabbed my sword. I never would stop running out of arrows would I? This was going to be like a new trend that happens every time I fight. I parred a stab and sliced back, turning a storm animal to gold dust. Behind it came a wolf like man, not the one who had taken me but one of the ones he had called to help.

I sliced at it with my sword but it simply passed right through. I frowned. Why wasn't this working? I tried again but it did the same thing. The monster laughed at me. I tried again. It didn't work. "What the hell?" I shouted annoyed. Leo turned around to see what I was talking about. The man lunged a clawed hand at us and we dodged it.

Leo gasped realizing what was happening. "Silver," he said to me.

The wolf man grabbed him by the shirt and tossed him to the side. "What?" I yelled back trying to figure out what to do.

The wolf loomed over him with his teeth shining. "Silver! Use silver!" Leo yelled as he lit his hand on fire trying to get the monster to back away. The new wolf man howled angrily and bared its teeth at Leo.

I stared at Leo is confusion, trying to figure out what he was saying. "Silver?" I mumbled to myself. I looked at my sword carefully. One half was a bronze color but the other was silver plated. The monster took a step towards Leo. I had to do this quick. I turned the sword so that when I struck him it would be with the silver part. The monster loomed over Leo ready to rip his throat out. I took a deep breath and swung my sword at the wolf man. I was half expecting the sword to go straight through him again but to my surprise it hit the monster who howled in pain before running off. "Huh, silver," I said quietly to myself looking at my sword. I reached down a hand at Leo to help him up.

"Thanks, Sarita," he muttered dusting himself off.

"No problem," I said with a smile.

Leo was about to say something but stopped and changed his words quickly. "Cuidado!" he yelled pushing me aside and flinging his hammer at short monster and hitting it in the head. I quickly stabbed it and it turned to dust.

I looked over to see Piper and Frank in need of a bit of help and I ran over as Leo stayed there to fighting other monsters. I charged in and swung at a storm horse and helped Piper with the monster she was having trouble with. Piper smiled at me thankfully and I nodded before running away in another direction. I was trying to find that jerk of a wolf who had taken me and done this. I knew silver was his weakness now and I was going to end him and make it hurt.

On my way there I ran into the one eyed man from before. "You," I growled angrily at him, lifting my sword up.

The man gave me a stern look. "You got away once, you're not going to get away again." He readied his axe and swung it at me. I narrowly dodged it and hit his leg with my sword. It howled in pain and shot metaphorical daggers at me with his one eye. He swung his axe at me again and I parried his strike. Our metals clashed together making a loud noise. He was stronger than me, I knew that. But I was faster and probably smarter, I just had to know how to use that to my advantage. I ran around him and he huffed as he tried to keep his front towards me. I kept running around him making him spin in his place. I finally stopped and he stood wobbly and dizzy. He tried to focus on me but couldn't quite. I struck his arm causing his axe to fall from his hand and before he had enough time to react I sent my sword through his belly causing him to explode in a cloud of gold dust. I smiled widely. One of my captors, check. Just one more to go.

I ran around the edge of the room, keeping my back to the wall so that no one could sneak up behind me. I was tired and every part of my body hurt. Blood was still running down my arm and my throat was still in pain and my lungs burned from the left over smoke but I knew I couldn't stop. As I ran I looked around at the scene that laid out in front of me. Most of the other demigods where fighting by themselves. We were still outnumbered but we had definitely made a dent in their numbers. I watched as everyone fought as if their life depended on it- probably because it did. They were all amazing fighters, each of their technique and style was different but flawless. I could sit and watch Percy and Annabeth fight together all day. The way they moved in sync and struck at the same time, it was almost beautiful.

I continued running along the wall until my eyes rested on a tall hunched over figure covered in hair. It was the wolf man who had taken me, or as Jason had called him, Lycaon. He must have smelled me or something because he turned to look at me with bared teeth. I readied the silver part of my sword and ran towards him. Lycaon growled as I stopped in front of him. I stared at him angrily. "This was all just a trick?" I growled at him. "An elaborate plan to get them all here and trap them?"

Lycaon laughed. "Well of course. You didn't think that we actually wanted you did you? You're nothing, you don't even belong on the quest. You're a spare remember?" I shot him a look as anger welled up inside of me. He laughed again. "Well of course you remember. And I took the dignity of making sure you remember. And if you ever forget, just look down at your arm," he said with an evil smile. The dam inside me holding back all the anger broke and I lunged at him. Lycaon didn't bother moving as he thought my sword was purely bronze. When I struck him with my sword and it hit him, the surprise on his face honestly made me kind of satisfied.

Lycaon hissed at me as his arm bled. This time it was my turn to laugh. "Yeah, you thought you were so high and mighty didn't you? You thought I didn't know your weakness. Well, guess what? I'm a lot smarter than I look." With the end of that sentence I lunged at him again. He barely dodged my swing and managed to claw my upper arm leaving a couple of scratches in it. I winced in pain and turned back around to face him.

"Why do you bother fighting with them? They don't care about you. You're just some random girl they picked up from the street. Nobody on that ship actually cares about you, they just pretend to so they can use you to their advantage. You're just a little pawn in their game."

I shifted my weight. "Oh yeah? Well if that's the case then why did they come here just to get me?" I offered.

Lycaon responded without missing a beat. "They just don't want to loose their navigation system," he smirked.

"Seems like they care a lot about their navigation system then. And you know they care about me because your whole plan rested on them coming after me." I got him there. He snarled and dove towards me, his claws outstretched. I swung and stopped his hands. He fell to the side and I promptly kicked him in the chest causing him to fall backwards. I loomed over him, my sword in my hands, the silver part glistening at him. "Oh, how the tables have turned," I smiled at him bringing my sword down. He managed to roll out of the way just in time making my sword clang against the floor. He kicked my leg and sent me sprawling to the ground too. He got up faster than I did and kicked me in my side. I groaned in pain as I think I felt my rib crack. I was going to need a lot of Ambrosia after this.

"Oops, sorry, I didn't mean to kick you when you where down," he teased. I got up and pointed my sword towards him. I swung, he dodged, he swung, I dodged. We did this a couple of times before I finally managed to hit his arm. He growled in pain and I swung again while he was distracted, the time hitting his leg. He leaned heavily on his other leg while breathing heavy. I realized I was a little out of breath too.

I pointed my sword at him threateningly. "Next time you plan on killing someone, make sure it gets done," I advised him. He growled and I swung the silver part of my sword and it hit him, making him explode into gold dust. I smiled and looked up to see Leo across the room from me. He swung his hammer and knocked a monster out. Even though it was a small weapon, he was pretty good with it.

Leo caught my eye and smiled at me. I smiled back triumphantly at him, proud that I had just taken down both of my captors by myself. A moment of silence and understanding passed between us. I watched as he slowly started to make his way towards me with a crooked, mischievous smile on his face. I realized, maybe just a little too late, that damn I really like this boy. I could go to Camp Half-Blood and maybe, just maybe, have an actual life with someone I really care about and really cares about me. For once in my life I wasn't so much as scared of the future but excited.

I watched as he continued walking my way with his crooked smirk and curly hair bouncing as he walked. His dark eyes almost seemed to laugh. Then they turned sour. His eyes turned to look at something behind me and his smirk fell. My own smile dropped in confusion. Leo's walk picked up speed into a sprint and he opened his mouth up to yell something but it never came out. I was about to ask what he was going to say when I felt a sharp pain behind me in my back. I groaned as the pain shot through my body all the way to my stomach, then out again.

I dropped my sword and groaned. Leo had stopped in his place, frozen by fear. I brought my hands up to the left side of my stomach where the part of the pain was coming from. I slowly looked down to see my hands and shirt covered in blood. My head spun in confusion. What was happening? I looked back up at Leo for some answers but he was still frozen in shock. I moved my legs to walk in his direction but stumbled no more than a few steps before them giving up. I fell towards the ground but right before I hit it Leo had finally moved again. He ran up to me and caught me under my arms.

I groaned as more pain rushed through me from the jolt of the impact from his catch. Leo hugged me tightly and slowly kneeled down and laid me back holding me close to his chest. I looked at his eyes which where scared and dewy. "Sarita," he whispered softly looking at me. He looked down at my stomach where my hands where. He gently moved my hands to look at the wound.

"I-It's on the other... side, too..." I muttered out. My breathing was shallow and I couldn't seem to find any air.

"Shh, Sarita, no se hablas," He whispered holding one hand under me and the other on my wound. My breathing was ragged and I fought to stay focused on Leo.

I brought a hand up to his shirt and gripped it as tightly as I could. Concentrating on holding something made it easier to stay here in the moment. I looked at the blood now covering Leo's shirt. "Lo siento," I mumbled.

Tears where brimming Leo's eyes now, threatening to spill over. "Por favor, mi princesa, quédate conmigo. Usted no me puede salir ahora. Estábamos tan cerca de una case Solo espera." Tears where now starting to make their way down Leo's cheeks as well as mine. Every breathe I took sent sharp pains through my body. I was having trouble focusing on what was happening. Pain racked my body like never before. Leo grabbed my hand and held it tight. We both knew there was no getting out of this. This was it, the end for me, for us.

"Leo..." I breathed helplessly. My grip slackened on his hand. There was no more energy left in me. I couldn't move, I couldn't breathe, I could barely even keep my eyes open. "Lo siento," I whispered to him again. My body was shutting down but my mind was racing. So close. I was so close to a new life, to going somewhere and having someone close in my life again. There was so much left to do in my life. I could've gone to classes and learned new things and made new friends and seen the world and maybe even met my dad and now it was all slipping out of my fingertips away from me.

"No, no lo sientas, Sarita. Que es mi culpa. Debería haber dicho algo. Debería haber reaccionado más rápido. Me quedé helada. Lo siento." He apologized profoundly.

I managed to shake my head a little. "No es... tu culpa," I struggled out. My breathing became nearly nonexistent, pain racked my body, blood covered both me and Leo. I breathed in a shaky breathe and I was fully aware that this would probably be my last one.

The world around me went fuzzy and the last thing I heard was Leo whisper softly in my ear. "Te amo." Then the whole world went black.

No se hablas = don't talk

Lo siento = I'm sorry

Por favor, mi princesa, quadrate conmigo. Usted no me puede salir ahora. Estábamos tan cerca de una casa. Solo espera = Please, my princess, stay with me. You can't leave me now. We were so close to a home. Just hold on.

No, no lo sientas, Sarita. Que es mi culpa. Debería haber dicho algo. Debería haber reaccionado más rápido. Me quedé helada. Lo siento. = No, don't be sorry, Sarita. It's my fault. I should have said something. I should have reacted faster. I froze. I'm sorry.

No es... tu culpa = It's not... your fault

Te amo = I love you