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Lyn is breathing hard. And so am I, but it's more controlled. "Okay-guys." I say, my voice breaking because of my labored breathing. "We-ne-ne-need he-help."

"A-agreed." chokes out Nate.

"But first-" starts Lyn. We look behind us, as if we could sense what she was about to say, and there is a pizza parlor.

"Pizza!" we all agree.

"MM." states Nate.

"I completely agree." I moan. "This is heavenly."

"Just curious," says Lyn. "When was the last time you had any real sustaining food?"

I think about it. I shrug my shoulders. "Hmmm..." Nate-surprisingly- thoughtfully eats his food.

"Dreaming about unicorns?" I ask as I poke him in the shoulder.

"Mmmm... There is one, but other than that, no."

"Okay. Great."

"Um. I'm sorry, but we're about to close and-" says a freckly guy that apparently works there. I smile at him.

"Oh, no problem!" I pull out two twenties and hand them to him.

"Tha-that's too much," he stutters.

"Hmmm." I pretend to think about it. "Fine. You keep the change."

"But that's $38."

"It's all good. I'm not broke or anything."

I smile and saunter out of the door with the others. "Alright, time to sleep. Any good ideas?"

We end up just sleeping in a nice alley with a little house set up at the end of it. Lyn takes first watch. She's the only one I trust to not mess this up. I eventually fall asleep, but it takes some goading from myself.

I shoot up when I hear malicious laughter. My eyes widen. Nate looks fast asleep so I put my hand of his mouth so he shuts up. Lyn is watching whatever it is from the window, looking terrified.

"I was just about to wake you up." she says. "I didn't trust the boys to handle this like men. In case you hadn't noticed, we're the only rational ones in the group." I nod and put a finger to my lips, and then I point at Mason. I can't have both hands out of commission. Especially if Lyn is that scared. It's something scary.

Another bout of evil laughter. Mason shoots up when Lyn puts her hand to his face. He looks around wildly, looking for the source of the noise. I trust Nate enough that he won't shout, and I creep towards the window. I look and am confused. This alley is short enough so the street lamp floods into it perfectly fine. And there is nothing there. And then the-the thing laughs again.

My head snaps to the shadows so fast, I could have gotten whiplash. I should have gotten whiplash. I squint and in the shadows in the faint silhouette of a man. I stumble back so fast, I land on Nate. He opens his mouth to groan, and I quickly put my hand over it.

"You can run, but you can't hide." says the man. "I can. But you can't."

The door opens and the figure comes in. Nate, like a line-backer, barrels into him.

"You stupid idiot!" I scream. Lyn looks at me and I shrug my shoulders. "I'm not leaving him behind, so it's all or nothing right? Besides, if he dies, I need to have fitted one last insult in somewhere."

"I get you." she nods and we prepare ourselves to fight.

"Ah-ah. We all know this is a fight you can't win. I'm a primidorial god. We always win."

"So he's cocky too, huh?" I remark. "What about Gaea?"

"Gaea." he spits out her name. "She thought way too small. Which is strange considering you humans lived on her for millions of years."

"If you don't want to fight, what do you want?" asks Mason. Always the rational one.

"To talk."

"Is Nate okay?" I ask.

"He-Nate, you say? Sister of Beroe?"

"Yeah..." I say slowly.

"hmmf." he says and he continues. "My darling Nyx does not want you to go any further, but I believe it ill will to wish you unwell. So, you may be cloaked in the shadows, but do not be fooled. Nyx is familiar with my tricks. And as much as I love her, the world would be unwell with her, and with no world for her to darken, there is not point for her. Nor any of us primidioral gods, except for Tartarus, Chaos, and Order."

"Well. Then I guess that is our course of action. You have any other help for us?"

"Yes. You should start with enveloping the darkness."

"And how do we do that?"

"That means... You have to bring all of the darkness of the world into yourself."

A/N: DUN DUN DUN! Happy New Year y'all. I love you guys lots. It's amazballs. Anyways, please enjoy further, and please Favorite, Follow, and Review. And Percy and Annabeth will make an appearance... Maybe. It depends.