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The world around him comes to a grinding halt as the world goes hazy, he doesn't take in the sight of Artemis slowly standing and moving out of his line of sight to grab a shaken Thalia by the arms and soothe her, and Hades for all he cares she could be throwing a raving behind him.

He kept thinking of his charge, his missing charge.

He was responsible for her and for all he cared it was his fault she was missing, he should have told Thalia not to split up, he should have taken the initiative but he didn't.

And now the closest thing he had to a sister was gone, missing.

Taken.

"We have to find her." He says, it is soft and he almost imagines that no one can hear him until he notices through the haze that the hum that was once there has gone silent.

And he soon misses the gentle hum because the silent is sharp and he can feel it cutting into his skin.

"He's right." Thalia's sob breaks into the silence and Percy wants to walk up to her and hug his friend to calm her but he doesn't trust his limbs to move and he doubts that if he stands he will be left standing no he realises he will probably pass out.

It is silent again and Percy is sure that Artemis is trying to console her grief stricken friend, and he realises that Thalia probably feels the same amount of guilt that he is feeling; she was the one that gave them the order to go their separate ways.

He can hear whispers, soft and soothing, but the words are anything but.

"We can't, we can't go and find her-"

Percy doesn't hear the rest because next thing he knows he is on his feet and stalking towards the goddess with a frown, his face is a bright red and Thalia flinches from the look he gives the goddess but Artemis is unwavering as her calm look turns into a deep scowl that any other demigod, human and deity would run for cover from, well apart from Apollo who would just continue his pestering at an alarming rate until the two would start a full blown fight.

"What do you mean we can't look for her?" he questions and he doesn't realise how close he is until he can feel her breath on his neck.

She is not as fussed about how close they are she just glares at him like a silent warning telling him not to get to into this and he has a moment where he doesn't want to get to far into this until he remembers a smiling face and a cell.

And suddenly he feels cold.

"I mean it is too dangerous." She says in a low growl and she pushes him back slightly before walking past him and back to the fire.

Thalia is silent and Percy continues to stare at the place where Artemis once stood as he tries to figure it out.

"You know who has her." Thalia speaks she has stepped forward and is watching the goddess with a strict expression. "You know where she is."

They aren't questions they are statements.

Percy twirls around on the spot and looks at the goddess.

"Who?" he moves towards the fire and Artemis' eyes dart up towards his and he can swear she is about to break down. "Who has her?" he asks again his voice is loud and stern, and her eyes harden at the sound of it.

"I can't." Is all she says and Percy has his hands wrapped in her shirt as he pulls her forward. He can't hear anything over Thalia's shouts.

But the way Artemis is looking at him tells him this is dangerous ground and that yeah he should probably back off.

"Percy." She says in a warning that has him silently pissing his pants.

Then it hits him and all he can do is drop the goddess and step back slowly.

He steps back slowly as Thalia races towards the goddess in a panicked flurry.

But Artemis shoos the hunter away with a look and then her eyes land back onto Percy who is slowly shaking his head and looking at the floor.

"No." He says softly and Artemis steps towards him with a look of concern.

"It's not your fault, I fear she has always been a spy for her." She says soothingly.

Percy shakes his head and glares at the goddess; Thalia is just too stunned to say anything so instead she watches the two with eyes like a hawk.

"No, you don't know her like I do." He says in a growl.

Artemis feels her stomach drop and a cold feeling settles in her stomach, she recognises the emotion quickly and tries to push it off to the side.

But her mind is still spinning asking questions she doesn't want to think about.

'What is he to her?'

'What is she to him?'

'Where they lovers?'

'Why does this matter to me?'

Before she can voice her concerns, Thalia has stepped into the fray with a frown and a look that makes the goddess feel kind of bad.

"What are you two talking about? Who has her?" she demands and Artemis looks at her with a sad face, but Percy continues to glare at the goddess.

"Gaea." Percy says looking at Thalia after a few moments, "And Artemis over here thinks Kim is a spy for Gaea." He ignores the way he wants to say 'was' because for all he cares Kim is still alive. He turns back towards Artemis with a deep frown. "I'm going to find her."

Percy turns to leave but is stopped by Artemis.

"No. You are not going anywhere."

Percy has spun around in seconds and if looks could kill than the goddess would be dead.

"Not five minutes ago you were telling me to leave, and I am." But the goddess moves towards him one hand out gripping onto his arm.

"When I said that, it was for your safety, this, what you are doing, is not safe." She says and Percy can see underneath her commanding tone and he can hear the hint of worry and protectiveness.

"I need to do this." he says softly.

But Artemis shakes her head tears just visible in her eyes and Percy's heart breaks a little.

He drops his shoulders and looks at her with a blank face.

"Promise you won't go looking for her." She says looking back at Thalia and then at Percy with a stern look.

Thalia nods her head softly, and Percy follows after a few tense moments.

"I thought you weren't going?" Thalia's voice breaks through the night and Percy winces and turns towards his cousin with a smirk.

He takes her clothes and he bag in and he shakes his head in amusement.

"I thought the same of you?"

Thalia smirks and shoulders her pack again. "I figured you would need some help."

Percy smiles again and continues walking, Thalia by his side.

"So do you have any idea where they would be?" She asks after ten minutes of silence.

Percy frowns and looks down at the demigod beside him. "I have a vague idea of where she is."

And the two continue into the night, unaware of what will happen to them.

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with 'T'."

Thalia rolls her eyes and looks at the man next to her. "Let me guess is it a tree."

Percy chuckles and claps his hand slowly. "Congratulations all smart one." He looks down at her unimpressed face and holds back the laughter. "Your turn."

"I spy- This game is stupid."

"You're stupid."

"Wow great comeback seaweed brain."

"Shh."

"Don't tell me to 'shh', no one tells me to 'shh'-"

Percy pulls her down into a crouch and clamps his hand over her mouth, Thalia fumbles slightly trying to fight off the hand and regain her composure but Percy gives her a stern look and gestures over the trunk they are sitting behind.

Thalia rolls her eyes and pulls the hand off her finally and looks over the fallen tree.

She almost laughs at the amount of monsters that surround the warehouse, there is no way in Hades they can get in there undetected and get out, well they probably could get out but Thalia doubts they would get out alive, more like in body bags, well what would be left of them would be in the body bags.

"We need help." Percy says softly.

Thalia frowns. "Can't you use your godly mumbo jumbo?"

Percy raises a sceptical eyebrow. "Mumbo jumbo?"

Thalia rolls her eyes again; they are probably getting a workout from the amount of times she has done the movement.

"You godly powers."

Percy scoffs and looks into his hands. "Yeah I could but I may end up wiping out half the town."

Thalia looks at him and he frowns.

"What I ran away during training."

"So what kind of help where you thinking of?" Thalia mutters resting against the log her knees up to her chest.

Percy just looks at her with puppy dog eyes and she almost screams.

"Oh no, you have got to be kidding me. We walked all night and now you want to send me back to try and convince them to come to your rescue. Do you realise how much trouble I will get in? I will be on wash up duty for two months, possibly more." She hisses and Percy rolls his eyes at her.

"Please, it is our only chance."

"Fine." She crosses her arms and glares at him. "Then you go for help, and I will stay here."

Percy frowns at her sceptically.

"Gaea wants me alive, she wouldn't think twice about killing you and who would the hunters listen to? Me or you?"

Thalia growls, because she knows he is right and she hates it.

"Then we should both go back." Percy gives her a look and she knows it is a bad idea.

"Then Artemis will not only be angry at us but we will have done this for nothing." Thalia growls again and stands up.

"Fine." She turns her back and continues back the way she came. "But wait here, and don't do anything stupid."

Percy just smirks and wraps his arms around his knees and waits.

"I won't, but hurry."

He doesn't see the Cyclops standing behind him.

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