Sup!

Okay, I'm sorry, I really wanted to do Zack meeting Thalia in his point of view, but its not all his PoV. Also, I know its another short chapter but I GOT A LOT PLANNED GUYS! Seriously, most of practice today I was writing out chapters in my head. I get ideas while swimming! I have GREAT ideas I think you'll love and so much more plotted out. It's gonna be a LONG story guys, just warning. And your all gonna be happy cuz...

*SPOILER ALERT*

(In a hushed whisper) I'm planning for them to actually go to camp half blood.

*Safe to read*

YAY! Anywhoo, yeah. And I'm extra mean cuz I might now be able to post tomorrow cuz I have an AWAY meet, but its friday so I dont have to go to bed SUPER early, but I do have a.m. practice at 8 cuz my coach sucks. So, yeah. But I have no plans Sat except babysitting at 4, which means pleanty of writing time. And when the kids are asleep Ill probs do some typing, but I'll probs post it Sunday. I have some plans Sun, but I'll probs still be able to write some, and you'll have the chaps I wrote the night before. :) So, not a total loss.

I was ECSTATIC by the number of reviews and such I got after the last chapter. I check my email between every other class or so and almost every time its like [New Review] and Im like YAAAAAY! (Internally, not many people know the FULL extent of my nerd-osity. (myheartsastereo, you know what I'm talking about! HIGHWAY SIGN! (I'll explain below))) So yeah! Crazy amazing!

But, so you know those hand hearts you make? You know, with your hands? Yeah, mine look like a Highway Sign. Like a Route 66 sign. So instead of saying 'I LOVE YOU!' I'll sometimes say 'HIGHWAY SIGN!' Now myheartsastereo says that sometimes, and she got another person to say that, but I'm not sure that girl knows what it means, or rather, where it came from.

Anyhoo (I say that a lot)

VIRTUAL HUG TIME!

TO: The Avian-Olympian, Vivi007, Sami-Black, Meepmeep123, ShaylieDaughter-Of-Posiedon, storm35-50, Pandastyle

Replies:

The Avian-Olympian: That Lena hadn't told Zack who she was? I think you need to take a glance back at chapter twenty my friend. I think its chapter twenty. AND I FEEL YA! AHHHHHHHH!

Vivi007: It has been a long time! I MISSED YOU! I'm glad you value my virtual hugs. How many authors give virtual hugs? Only amazing ones! And I've done it forlike twenty chapters straight so Im FREAKING AMAZING! And thank you! I will with epic reviewers!

Meepmeep123: Thalia is a fan favorite isn't she? I updated! And thanks! I thought it was cute too! Obvi, cuz I wrote it!

Shaylie-Daughter-Of-Poseidon: Hey! Half sister! Sup? ;) And thanks SO MUCH! Love hearing from you new guys!

storm35-50: ANOTHER NEW PERSON! YAY! THANK YOU! XD And I'm with you, so that means a lot that you reviewed. I try really hard to convey real emotion. And I love how you worded that! Sounded amazing! And thanks! Good luck with softball!

Pandastyle: Haha! I'm sorry! I will this weekend! And no I haven't! Though I've heard good things. I'll check it out next time I'm at la bibloteca (the library in probably misspelled spanish). Have you read the Divergent series? I'm reading the second book and its SO GOOD! Though, I think sequals are NEVER as good. Usually the worst. I will list series I think that hold true to below. And I'll check that song out on youtube sometime. And I enjoy the ending. :)

Okay, series that I thik the second book was the worst (don't hate me if you disagree, but I'll be happy to hear your takes):

~PJO

~HP

~Maximum Ride

~Beautiful Creatures (Excited for next book next month! And supposedly a movie! Eep!)

~Gallagher Girls (Though I do like the guy, is his name Zach? Ironic.)

~Twilight

~Kane Chronicles

~Divergent (so far, bout hundred pages left though)

Just my humble opinion.

I ramble a lot.

BTW's, mi amiga is probs gonna post tonight (myheartsastereo) but I think its House of Anubis. Great show guys, as long as you keep in mind its Nickelodeon so the actors aren't great. FABIAN! FABINA! Season three to come out in January, but without Nina! Guys, this is like PJO without Percy! I think they're gonna have this one guy take Nina's spot, but that'd be like Annabeth taking Percy's spot, not so bad in itself, but wrong. Anyways, Fabians epic and if they put him with another girl (Especially JOY! ICK!) I'll throw a fit and hunt down the writers. But its cool cuz its a mystery type thing with Egyptian mythology.

Anyhoo...

Song: The Girls A Straight Up Hustler by All Time Low (I kinda re-discovered it and re-love it)

Disclaimer: ...

READ ON!

Zack's PoV

"-doing here?" I heard Lena say beyond my sleep fog. I rubbed my eyes and sat up. Lena was staring at a girl, about her height and age, if not a little shorter and younger, with spiky black hair.

The girl turned, she had previously been facing away, holding one hand to her jaw. I saw the she had bright blue eyes, much like my own. "What? I can't check up on you?"

Lena raised her eyes. "No. You never have before and I never wanted you too. How did you even find me?"

The girl tested out her jaw and I stood. "Did you really think we'd let you disappear into oblivion?" She said. "No. So we kept a distant eye on you. Sue us. Anyways, it was a distant eye on you, so we didn't know you were in NYC until a couple of days ago. By the way, THE DEATH GOD WERE YOU THINKING?"

I found it odd that she didn't say 'Hades', but then I remembered names had power. If Zeus was after Lena, Hades was bound to be as well.

Lena threw her hands into the air. "'Cuz I felt like it, kay? That enough answer for you?"

"Felt like what? Throwing your life away."

"No."

I frowned. For the smallest, slightest fraction of a second, Lena had hesitated. The girl seemed to notice but didn't bring it up. Her eyes then fell on me. She jerked her head at me. "Who's the dude?"

I saw Lena tense up. To most, it might have gone unperceived, but it did not pass me.

"This is Zack," she introduced. "Son of, well, of Zeus."

The girls eyebrows raised. "Hey, little brother."

"Little?" The girl was my age or younger.

She laughed, it was good natured and sounded nice, though it was a little lower than Lena's. I did love Lena's laugh, and the way she looked when she laughed. Carefree, untainted by her cruel past.

"I don't exactly look my age," the girl told me with a sly smile.

I frowned. "How old are you?"

"Forty-five." My expression must have been comical because Lena smirked and the girl laughed again. "Technically I'm forty-eight, but I was a tree for a while so it gets complicated." She laughed again at my expression and held out her hand. I shook it as she introduced herself.

"I'm Thalia. Leader of Artemis's Hunt and daughter of Zeus."

The way she said it, the order sounded very important to her.

Lena glared at the daughter of Zeus, as if her presence was just a nuisance. Personally, I felt as if she had just walked out of a Fairy Tale. I wondered how many other characters from the tales of Percy Jackson I'd meet. Then I wondered, how many did I want to meet?

Lena's PoV

Zack looked like I had just introduced him to Zeus himself, which if I had, I'd be a smoking pile of electrocuted ash.

After introducing herself to Zack, Thalia turned back to me and I suppressed a flinch. As enjoyable as Thalia could be, you did not want to get on her bad side. It never turned out well. I also had to suppress a flinch as I recalled the last time I had seen her in person, or rather, tried not to recall.

"Lena," she grabbed my elbow and led me away from Zack. "I mean, Zack seems cool and all, but...A son of Zeus? That's like holding a personal tracking device of Zeus's."

"I stayed with you for several weeks." Five weeks and four days. "Your a daughter of Zeus."

She rolled her eyes. "But I'm old news, besides, I'm immortal, a huntress of Artemis! One of the few gods NOT out to kill you, if you recall."

"I do," I spat. Artemis had been kind, giving me shelter without making me become a huntress. "But trust me, I've told Zack to get lost and he hasn't left."

"Maybe because you don't want him to?" I narrowed my eyes at her and she held out her arms in innocence. "Hey, I'm an Artemis girl, I'm not good with the guy stuff, but I saw plenty of it with your mom and dad. Just be smart okay? Keep the Athena in you alive."

I snorted. "'Cuz that turned out great for my mom."

Thalia just smiled, taking my comment as 'my parents got together anyways' instead of 'my parents are dead'. "Yup. And whatever wisdom your father had, it came from your mother. Now come on. The Hunters are close by."

I glanced back at Zack remembering that Hunters tended to lean towards malice with their opinion of men. "Will they let him stay?"

Thalia paused. "I'll get them to agree to at least a nights rest. Tomorrow, though, I don't know, but we have much to discuss. A new threat is attacking. We need the best."

"The best is dead," I informed her curtly.

Her eyes darkened, but I don't think she even realized it. "Are you sure about that?"