Sorry about the wait on this, I recently bought a new laptop and wrote literally this entire story on it, but then the hard drive and the computer malfunctioned so I had to start again on my old laptop, which I kept luckily.

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Well he supposes the day could have gone worse, really it wasn't just any day that a man could spend the day with a bunch of would be homicidal woman that could and would do everything in their power to make sure he had a terrible day and humiliate him with every opportunity that they had and to survive the ordeal with nothing more than a bruised ego.

So yeah, Percy considered himself lucky.

Extremely lucky.

Like the luckiest pers- god in the world.

Almost as if Tyche had taken pity on him and decided to give him one bit of luck in his fucked up life.

And hey it had only been two hours.

Two hours of absolute hell.

So Percy found one peaceful place in the entire camp area. The lake.

So Percy sat on a rock overlooking the calming waters while the girls moved around doing their daily routine which involved cooking, cleaning, a serious game of who can shoot the invisible dear, which happened to always be situated near Percy and Percy's absolute favourite thing 'Sharpen-the-weapons-while-staring-menacingly-at-the-new-god.'

Yes Percy was scared.

He really didn't trust them.

He would always move away from the hunters when they brought their weapons over, because whether he was a god or not, he would not put it past them to 'Accidently' hit him, and he didn't want to stick around and see if they would actually check their weapons against him. And he was pretty sure they would.

"Wow, you really are doing a great job of looking over the hunt." Percy looked up at his friend/Cousin and smirked.

"And you are doing a really great job of being welcoming me into your camp." Thalia sat down next to him and frowned and Percy was prepared for her argument, he was ready.

So it shocked him when she smiled and shoved him so that he almost fell off the rock.

"Ugh!" he cried steadying himself only to make the other demi god laugh harder.

"I'm sorry." She said in between her fits of laughter.

Percy scowled and glared at her. "No you're not."

She laughed again only louder and Percy had to try and fight the smile off, but after a few moments he couldn't and he too started to laugh, but only softly because he didn't want to give her the satisfaction of hearing his laughter.

Sadly she heard it, and he knew from the light in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, 'Mr Irresistible' but what did you expect?"

Percy smirked again and turned to fully face his cousin.

"You think I'm handsome?"

Thalia's face paled and she looked at him with a frown.

"No, no, no-"

But before she could protest any further Percy was blushing and rolling around on the rock in a fit of laughter.

"Shut up." Thalia growled folding her arms and glaring at the water.

After a few tense moments of Percy trying to control his laughing fit he slowly settled and looked at his cousin with a slight smile.

"I'm sorry, Thals." She looked up at him and still glared showing that she was not accepting that apology. "What did you want me for?" he asked slowly as if trying to calm her.

And yeah it seemed to help because the glare lessened slightly.

"You have to help me get firewood." She demanded standing up and looking down at the man beside her.

Percy scowled and looked out across the water, he knew what she was trying to do and he was fighting down the urge to be thankful for his cousin. He was here to be useful and to help and so far he had done nothing and they had constantly reminding him of that every time he found himself with nothing to do, which was all of the time.

"Nah I'm right." He didn't look at her and Thalia knew why, she wasn't stupid.

"Please Percy." It tasted bitter on her tongue and she had to hold back the bile that rose, Thalia was no sentimental person.

Percy turned and looked at her and she could see the inner turmoil in his eyes.

"Why don't you get one of the other hunters to help you?" he said before turning back to the waters.

Thalia sighed and almost stamped her foot in anger and frustration.

"Because no one else would." Well that was a part of the truth, she hadn't really asked anyone to see if they would help, but she is certain they would have said no. Well most of them because they are busy.

Percy scoffed and she could see the battle going on in his bodily reaction, the way his head moved to the sides slowly before picking up pace and she almost gave up. She almost walked away until he looked up at her and smiled slightly.

"All right."

With that Percy is literally pulled from his spot on the rock and is dragged towards a clearing, he doesn't know how on earth they miss the twigs and rocks that almost seem to spring up out of nowhere but somehow they do and Percy would like to say it is because of his shouts of 'Watch out!' but from the groan and looks he gets from Thalia he realises that is wasn't because of him.

They reach a clearing a few minutes later and standing in the middle is Kim. She smiles and waves at the two and Percy turns towards Thalia who is smiling sheepishly.

"Couldn't find anyone to help you, huh."

Thalia smirks a little and Percy brushes it off before returning the smile and waving at his friend.

"Hey Kim." Kim nods her head and turns towards Thalia with a smirk.

"Honestly didn't think he would come." Percy looks at Thalia with a frown but she brushes it off and gestures with her hands in three different directions.

"Okay we all separate, Percy you go North, Kim West and I will go East." She looks at everyone in the eyes as if she will force them to remember and Percy feels a little intimidated by her. "We all meet back at the Camp by five."

Percy manages to stumble into camp between five and five thirty, he is aware of the sticks in his hair and the mud which has coated his shins.

Thalia looks at him unimpressed as she moves towards him with a slight entourage.

"Really?" she looks at him and looks back down at his pitiful pile of twigs. "You are late, we almost send out a search party for you and." She starts to chuckle and Percy is aware of everyone else around him is also laughing at him and his sticks.

Sure he hasn't got that many but honestly it wasn't his fault, because if he could blame anything he would blame the hills and the bees.

"I'm sorry?" he winces.

The laughter echoes around him and he can feel his cheeks burn red.

It continues for another few minutes until Phoebe somehow manages to push past the crowd, she looks at him distastefully.

"Artemis wants to see you."

And suddenly he feels cold all over.

She walks away towards the tent and Percy knows that he is suppose to follow, he races after her, while quickly brushing the mud and sticks and dirt off his body.

His nerves seem to speed up and he feels visibly sick as they move closer and closer towards the tent, he wonders why she has asked for him and he doubts it is for a nice cup of tea, there is no denying the chemistry between them and that the fact if he never left they would probably be something more than what they are now, and yeah that hurts him and it makes him wish he had stayed but honestly if he did, he would have lost his mind.

Phoebe pulls the flap of the tent open and Percy enters without a second glance, he doesn't want to keep the goddess waiting.

Artemis is sitting on the ground her face blank as she watches the flame and Percy knows she knows that he is there, because her posture stiffens and she seems to force herself to stare at the flames.

"You wanted to see me?" Percy says sitting down opposite the goddess, and in that moment her eyes flicker towards him and he has to still his heart because it is beating erratically.

"You need to leave." She says and yeah Percy is confused because he just got here and he has no idea where any of this is going.

"What?"

"You need to leave."

"I can't I promised that I would help you." She stands and turns away from him.

"No, you need to leave, everything." He swears he can hear her voice break but he doesn't comment on it.

He knows what she is talking about but he can't bring himself to leave again, he can't keep running, because he knows there is no escape, he can't run or hide forever, they have proven that. Twice.

"Why?" his voice is strong and when she turns towards him he is looking at her right into her eyes, into her soul and she shivers at the thought.

But before she can answer Thalia bursts into the room, her cheeks red concern painting her face as she rests her hand on her knees, taking a large gulp of air into her straining lungs.

"My lady, she is gone." They both look at her in concern and confusion, but she ignores them. "Kim is missing."

Short and dodgy I know, but this was going on memory of what I originally wrote.

Hope you enjoyed and please review and tell me what you thought.