-Amos Kane-

Two days passed when an odd flying object came into view. Annabeth verified it to be their party, so I ushered us to gather our things to leave. Sadie and Carter were obviously reluctant, but they listened. Said our goodbyes, and I led us further into the forest so as not to be noticed by the rest of their party. "I'll summon my boat and we'll call for a meeting with the Nome leaders." I started after a few minutes of silence.

"Get ready for war on our end," Kyra confirmed further.

"Yes, but they'll only listen to Carter's orders. So Carter will have to summon them," I explained.

No reply, so I abruptly turned to see us alone. Kyra stopped and took in the situation as well. "I knew I should have just forced them instead of falling for it." I muttered under my breath.

Both Kyra and I started to retrace our steps to the outskirts of Rome. We found ourselves back at the exact area we had held camp to find no one around. "What now?" Kyra hesitated to ask.

I crossed my arms and started to run through some quick ideas. I was about to speak up when a faint voice fell upon us. "Kane," the chilly voice clearly spoke through the wind.

My cousin and I tensed in response, bow and staff ready. "Okay, this is getting creepy." Kyra admitted quickly.

"Be ready for anything." I forewarned immediately, recognizing the voice just as fast.

Nothing for five minutes but our stiff battle stance we held. "Maybe we are just hearing things?" Kyra suggested with a breath to relax.

"Oh no, don't fall for it," I spoke through gritted teeth. "It's her, I know it."

She reluctantly kept up her alarm beside me. Three more minutes passed that she gave up. "Okay, let's keep looking."

I relaxed and nodded. We started walking towards Rome. Five minutes passed when a heavy stomping crashed against trees behind us. I turned quickly to find a large shadow following us, blocking the sun that was beaming on us earlier. "Uh, appears we have company," I pointed out as Kyra took it in.

"Quick ideas?" She managed to speak through her shock.

"You find Carter and Sadie and come back here," I instructed. "I should be able to handle this."

She shot me an unsure look, but left anyways. I took some deep breaths, telling myself I could take him easily. But his height and weight hung around to wear me down anyways. "I see I have some party bringers today?" I yelled out to him once he stood fifty feet away, to which I could visibly take in my disadvantage towards his towering figure. "I should warn you, you have been stalking Chief Lector Amos Kane, and I don't take too kindly to that."

The giant laughed as he took me in. "You puny God?" His voice was hoarse and smelled of death.

"The Eye of Set, God of Chaos. There is nothing 'puny' about it." I stood my ground. "Who dares to call Set puny?"

He laughed again and took a few more steps, the ground shaking as if it was an earthquake instead. "Mother wants Pharaoh." He apparently seemed to only speak broken English.

"You'll have to go through me and several others first." I readied my staff, keeping my nerves calm.

"Lector make pet." He added before suddenly rushing his steps.

I felt light headed to barely feeling the ground underneath me. Focus Amos! Set started to panic.

"Ha-di!" I screamed out thanks to panic getting the best of me.

Thankfully the ground responded to the spell and exploded at his feet, but he continued through like it meant nothing. "A'max!"

The fire that started on his right hand was small and the wind blew it out easily. Okay, you should run. Set advised.

"And when have you cared about my fights?" I snapped as I took off further into the woods, away from Rome.

When have I not? Set spoke calmly despite the scene around us. Pathetic if the host of me loses a fight.

"Then you better get over yourself and help," I growled as I narrowly missed striking a tree in my running.

We seem to be missing an important detail, aren't we? Set chuckled as I could hear the giant catching up despite the trees getting in the way.

"Oh, so you'd rather see us get squashed by the feet of a giant?" I grumbled.

Oh, don't be such a drama queen Amos. He said 'Lector make pet', remember?

"Me no squash Lector!" The giant protested in response to the words I meant towards Set.

See?

"Oh shut up!" I snapped. "How about you do something while I'm trying to keep us alive? You know, other than annoy me!"

Well then, go to Rome and tell them the news. Set suggested.

"Who the hell cares about music genres? This is life or death!"

For you. I'll just find my way out of the Duat if you die here. Set reminded.

I froze as the serpent legs of the giant crush the trees before me, stopping literally a foot away from me. My thoughts were racing with my pulse and breathing as I tried to piece a solution together. "Ah, that's much better," the female voice approved suddenly.

In seconds, I found myself tied down with the roots of crushed trees as I tried to clear my head. A massive headache started from the harsh fall I took from the binding. "So, you thought you could hide from me in my own home, did you?" Her voice emanated from a figure built of twigs. "Well, Geb did pull a nasty trick on me last time. This time, however, I'll let my son, Mimas, take good care of you. Eventually your Pharaoh will have to look for you, and your silence will do you absolutely no good."

"The Pharaoh will replace me before daring a search," I snarled, "so you lose."

She chuckled in response, "you just don't get it, do you?" A root threatened towards my neck in response to her anger. "I don't need the Pharaoh to launch a war, I can kill you and pin it on the Greeks or Romans and it will still give the same results."

"Lector pet?" The giant, Mimas, asked the figure of twigs as the binding roots tightened further.

"Oh yes, you can do whatever you want with him," she reassured with a motherly tone.

Uh, no. Set started quickly. I might let my host control my actions, but I won't be a pet to some retarded giant.

Well, I don't see you protesting aloud, Set. I snarled back. Then again, you're not the one tied down with tree roots.

Yeah, what the hell happened to the mud? Set asked. That was kind of cool-

Shut up!

The figure grinned at me as the tree root lingered around my throat as a constant threat. "Kane, you'll be an obedient toy for Mimas or face destruction of your entire world. So, what will it be?"