-Addie-

We made sure we had all the weapons we would need and readied ourselves to go on this mission. It was going to be dangerous, but I didn't care. We stayed in the woods, where the others wouldn't see us leaving. The last thing we needed was for them to rattle off unknowing prayers, and then we all would have gotten out tails kicked. I knew Percy would try to stop us, so we needed to go and get back before anyone realized we were gone.

"Thalia, you know where they are at?"

She nodded her head at Nico, as she adjusted her bow across her back. For the first time, Thalia didn't remind me of her father. Normally, the Hunters wore silver, but the green and tan of Thalia's outfit made her eyes look more like mine than they icy blue of her fathers.

"They are in a hidden part of the labyrinth, near the some mountains just outside of the city. A small part of the army is stationed above ground, but the mist has been manipulated to hide them. Artemis didn't tell me anything else."

"I think we should shadow travel in. I'll get the mist to hide us, and then we can sneak around to see if we can find them."

Nico offered us his hands, and Thalia and I each took one. It would be easier for us to shadow travel, and I could lend Nico the strength that he needed.

Shadow traveling felt different from the materializing I was taught. When I shadow traveled, it felt like my very soul and body was transforming into darkness. Not only did it make me feel extremely uncomfortable, it freaked me out. We came out of a shadow of a tree, near the mountain side.

"All right, earth queen, do your thing," Thalia ordered. I rolled my eyes at her, but she just grinned in response.

I placed my hands on the ground, sending out a faint vibration through the rock. I had to be careful. If Gaia suspected it was me, it would put us all in danger. There was a hollow just beyond a narrow crevice in the side of the mountain.

"C'mon, this way," I whispered to them. It was maybe twenty yards in front of us. We walked up to it, but I could hear the shuffling of feet behind me. I turned around and saw that Nico looked a little apprehensive. I raised my eyebrows, but he just sighed in response.

"Won't we get lost? I mean, if they have regenerated the Labyrinth, we have no way to navigate it."

He had a point. I placed my hands on the edge of the opening, running my fingers over it. It felt different. I had used the Labyrinth on more than one occasion, and I hated the feeling of it. It made the ground, the rock, feel wrong and out of whack. The magic was so old and polluted, it made me anxious every time I had to step foot in there, not that any of the gods had cared. This time, that magic that had created it was gone. It felt normal to me.

"I don't think Pasiphae finished resurrecting it," I murmured. "The magic connected to it, what made it change, is gone. She never reconnected it. I think we'll be okay. Besides, it doesn't feel far."

We crawled through the crevice to find a narrow passage winding its way through the rock. We walked for maybe five minutes or so, trying to keep the sound of our footsteps and talking to a minimum. Every time a rock fell or we whispered to one another, the sound echoed. The passageway was so narrow; it wouldn't matter if I could keep them hidden from sight, so we stayed visible. Finally, we made it to an opening, but I held my hand up.

I turned to them, signaling what I was about to do. I began thinking about the mist. Mist was magic; they went hand in hand together. I concentrated, envisioning our presence to be unknown. Our smell, so strong to monsters, would vanish, that we would be invisible to them, in all their senses. I felt the pull, and I knew I had succeeded in casting the spell. My energy took a noticeable dip, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle.

"Stay close," I breathed. Nico and Thalia nodded their heads, and we peered over the edge. It was a huge cavern, with numerous tunnels leaving it in every direction. It was so huge, and I wondered about the strength of the rock to keep a cavern so large from collapsing. I looked down at the floor, and I know I paled considerably.

There was an army, a frickin' monster one. There were thousands of nasties and uglies, just like the one in Tartarus but about tenfold. We were about fifty or so feet above them on a ledge, and some of the giant's heads were not far from our own.

There was no time to panic about that. We had to find Jason, Hazel, and hopefully my brother.

A narrow path wound its way down the side of the rock, and we began our dissent. Let me tell you, walking through an army of monsters, even invisible, sucks. My heart was beating so loud I swear they could hear it. We walked through the encampment, looking for any sign of our siblings. Nico grabbed my shirt, nodding his head in an opposite direction. Thalia and I began to follow him, weaving our way through the horde.

That's when we saw them.

They were at the very edge of the cavern. The cage looked like it was carved out of stone, away from the bulk of the army. Two guards stood about thirty feet away, making sure the prisoners were kept at a safe distance from the monsters. Rope bound their wrists and ankles. Nico leapt towards the cage, but I snatched him back. He looked back at me, a wordless plea of desperation, and I held up my finger. I summoned a small stone from the ground and tossed it at the cages. It should have passed through the slit, but an arc of light stopped it. Someone had sealed the cage with magic, as I had suspected. I motioned for both of them to come to me, and we put our heads together.

"Thalia," I whispered hurriedly. "Take out the guards or use the mist?"

She narrowed her eyes at the two guards. They were two empousai, chatting away like a couple of teenage girls. Honestly, they weren't paying much attention to their job. As long as we were quiet, there was a decent chance they would never know we were here.

"I say mist. Taking them out could bring unwanted attention."

"Can you handle that?"

She nodded her head. "If they get suspicious, I'll send them back to Tartarus."

I walked over to the far side of the cages, Nico beside me. It was flush with the stone wall, and if we stood at the back corner, we were hidden from view. I started muttering in ancient Greek, feeling out the spell. It was a complicated one, but not something that I couldn't handle. The hardest part about magic was using your creativity. Everything- curses, spells, magic- had a loophole. You just had to know how to find it. Thank the gods for Hecate and the countless hours she spent teaching me.

The spell broke, and I eased the bars over just large enough for Nico and me to step in. Jason looked at the moving stone in panic, and I realized that we were still invisible. I altered the spell, letting Jason and Hazel see us. I put a finger to my lips, as Nico ran over to his sister. Tears were streaming down her face, and she was doing her best not to sob out loud. I helped Nico cut her bonds, and she flung her arms around him. I quickly checked on Thalia, hidden in the shadows near the empousai.

"Nico, why did you come? You could've gotten killed!" Hazel whispered into his neck.

"I already lost a sister once, and I'm not losing one again," he reminded her, placing his lips on her forehead. "Are you hurt?"

She shook her head, but Nico kept a firm hold around her. I made my way over to Jason, cutting his bonds from him. He looked in better shape than Hazel, his eyes fixed on his sister.

"They are planning an attack," he muttered to me.

"I figured that," I said back.

"No, not on us. They are planning an attack on the camps. They found a way through the labyrinth. Gaia made another entrance."

I felt myself pale, and I turned Jason to face me.

"Are you sure?"

Jason nodded his head, his expression solemn.

"Then we need to move. We've got to warn them."

Now, came the tricky part. We had made some dummies before we left, and Nico summoned them from the shadow realm. They popped into existence in front of me, and I tied them with the rope. It wouldn't keep up the rouse if they actually came to check on their prisoners, but if they kept their distance, it would buy us some time. I motioned for them to follow me out of the holding, and I moved the bars back into place. Thalia moved towards us, and I included Jason and Hazel in the invisibility spell. My energy left me, but Thalia grabbed my arm to keep me from falling. She pulled out a bottle of nectar from her pocket, handing it to me.

"You are doing too much," she muttered for only me to hear. I shook my head, and as a group we walked back through the camp. It was tedious business, but we managed to get back to the opening safe and sound.

I really couldn't believe that this shit had worked.

Once we made it into the passageway, I released the spell from all of them. It was certainly a relief. It wasn't a spell I was good at holding.

"Get them out of here," I whispered to Nico. Thalia and Nico both shook their heads, but I raised my hands. "I can get myself back, but I have to look for him."

"I'll take them back, but then I'll come back to help," Nico promised. I shook my head.

"Stay with them, I won't be far behind. With what Jason said, we have to make sure the camps are warned. If I'm not back within the hour, be worried. We don't need to have any more demigods down here. The more that are here, the more we risk giving Gaia her sacrifices."

"I don't like this," Thalia muttered.

"Look, if I get in a bind, I can transport myself back," I reasoned.

"You've already had to down some nectar. What if you get caught? What if you have to fight? Would you even be able to transport yourself back?"

I looked at Thalia, fighting to keep my face blank. She had a very valid point. I was already exhausted. Could I keep up an invisibility spell and get myself out of there? I didn't know, but I had to try.

"That's what I thought. Do you have any idea how much trouble I would be in if they found out I let you run around an enemy army on your own?"

"Thalia, I can't ask that of you, of any of you."

Nico looked at his sister and at Jason, and then, our eyes locked. We all knew what it was like to lose a sibling, and then, through some miracle, get them back. I didn't know if the gods would ever forgive my brother. I was still wondering if I could forgive him, but I knew that this wasn't him. I had to save him from himself. After all I had done for the gods, if I asked them for this one favor, to spare his life, to allow leniency…it would be the only thing I ever asked them in the rest of my existence. Orion deserved a second chance at life.

Nico ran his hand through his hair, the shadows under his eyes standing out even more drastically than normal.

"Look, let me take them back. I'll grab some more nectar, and then we can go back in there together. That way, we have two outs instead of one. I promised I would help you, Euadne. I'm a man of my word."

"Fine," I grumbled, but I was thankful for the help. Nico put a hand on my shoulder and then moved towards Hazel, slipping his arm into hers.

Thalia grabbed on to her brother, who took Nico's free hand. They vanished into the shadows, and I had nothing to do but sit and wait.

It was dark in the cavern, but a small amount of light trickled in from the fires from the army. I thought about doing some exploring, seeing where the various tunnels lead to, but then Nico would have no way of finding me.

Instead, I looked at the bracelet Tiberius had given me.

It seemed like a dream, ever having known him. I loved Tiberius, and I missed him terribly. We never really fought about anything, but I guess that was because we were so similar. He had a part of my heart that no one else ever would. I would never forget him, or my past, but I wanted to move on. I think that would have been what he had wanted. He would have wanted me to be happy. And as much as Apollo drove me crazy, he did make me happy.

I felt bad for what I had said to him, even if he deserved it. I wanted to fix things with him. I knew something had been bothering him, and the gods were never the best at properly conveying their emotions. In fact, they royally sucked at it.

I leaned against the rock, patiently waiting for Nico's return. It had been about thirty minutes, and I was sure he was just eating something to boost his energy so he could come back.

I heard a rock fall in the tunnel, and I immediately shot to my feet. I couldn't feel anything moving, so it must have just been a random stone that had come loose. I was just being paranoid. I sat back down, trying to rest as much as I could.

I felt an uncomfortable pinch in my neck, and I bit my lip to keep myself from crying out. I swatted at the spot, hoping to kill the damned bug that had bit me.

Instead, a tiny dart fell to the ground. I had never seen one of these before, but they reminded me of…

Tranquilizer darts.

I started to feel woozy. I made myself move, running towards the exit. I tried to vanish but it was no use. I hit the ground, pain reverberating through my body, before I blacked out.

-Apollo-

I felt like an ass.

Hell, I was an ass.

Euadne had every right to get angry at what I had said. I should have just told her the truth when she had asked. Now, I had to worry about her forgiving me. Why was I so damned rash when it came to her? I swear I had been Ares for a few minutes. All I saw was an angry sea of red. Fear and rage had taken over, and I just couldn't reason clearly. The minute we left, I regretted what I said. It was too late to go back and apologize now, as we were already running late.

"You were harsh," Artemis said stiffly.

I didn't have to look at her. I could feel her disapproving gaze on me. When Artemis got like this, the emotion literally radiated from her. She grabbed my arm, turning me to face her.

"I know that look. You boys always do something stupid! She was just trying to help. Why did you yell at her the way you did?"

"I don't want to talk about it, Artemis."

She crossed her arms, moving so she was directly in front of me. She gave me that knowing look, that we are going to talk about this mister, look, but she didn't understand. She didn't know what I had seen.

"Well, you need to. Did you see something?"

I maneuvered myself around her, putting the mask back in place. Visions changed. People made choices, and they could change. It was possible. That's what I had to keep telling myself. I could hear Artemis walking to catch up to me, a huff of indignation coming from her. Whenever my sister was on the hunt, whether it be beast or information, she seldom failed.

"Did you see something about Addie?"

I ignored her and kept walking. We were almost to the throne room, and once we made it in there, she couldn't pester me about it. I didn't want to acknowledge it. If I said it aloud, that would make it real. As gods, we were privy to a lot of information. Just because we knew more, we saw more, did not mean it gave us joy. To be able to know what is going to happen, and perhaps be helpless to stop it…it was absolutely maddening.

However, this was one thing I was going to try to stop with every ounce of my being.

I felt something hit my shins, and I fell over on a nearby bench. Immediately, the anger in me flared. Artemis stood above me, a hunting knife at my throat.

"You are going to tell me what you saw, so I can help you. If it concerns Addie, it concerns me. We made a pact to help her, remember? So whatever has got your godly drawers in a wad, spit it out. That way you can quite wining, and we can find a solution to this damn thing."

She met my glare with one of her own, and I tried to shove her off of me. My sister was strong, as much as I hated to admit it. Plus, I really didn't want to hurt her.

And I had hurt Addie. What I said should be unforgivable.

Artemis must have noted the change in my expression because she moved off of me. She stood above me, and I just put my head in my hands.

"Yes, I had a vision," I whispered miserably.

"And?"

It couldn't happen. How could the Fates be so damned cruel to her? After everything she had been through, Addie deserved better.

"Addie was surrounded by Giants and monsters, there was blood everywhere. I just lost it. I couldn't let her go anywhere near that army."

"Addie can take care of herself. We told her not to go, so she can't go."

"You don't understand!"

"Then tell me so I can," she whispered gently. I looked up into her eyes, and I was so thankful for the friend I had in my sister. Our family wasn't exactly known for being able to trust each other, but Artemis was someone I knew I could trust with all my secrets.

"Artemis….it was her. It was her blood. I saw Addie, absolutely helpless. She was dying."

A/N: EEEEEEKKKKKKKK. Cliffhanger? Yes? No? Maybe? Do you hate me? Are you freaking out? :P

We are getting close to the end folks... still a little ways to go, but hey! I see the light!

Thank you guys for the reviews! I wanted to apologize to the guest who pointed how that Delphi was the correct spelling. I knew that was for the ancient city, but in my research, I swore that I found something that said Delfi was the modern spelling. Also,someone wanted a little sibling fluff, and I hope this made you happy!

I haven't been hearing as much from you guys, so if I am doing something wrong or you are like wtf is she doing, please let me know. I'm trying to better my writing skills, so your comments are always welcome, and they make my day! I want to hear your reactions, because then I know if I am doing my job! ;)

NOW: On to a little fun! As we are approaching the end, more one-shots and things will be posted. What I would like to know, are there any parts of this story you would want to hear from a different POV? Or things you would like to see? (Don't worry... Ares's time is coming!) *insert evil laugh here*

Until next update!

-Holls