AN: This chapter you're reading may be the final one. I'm just kidding of course, its nowhere near done!

FN(friend note): Hi Orvon! This is Turtlefoot! I separated the lines! Yay! Oh, and hi readers! READ MY STORIES! jk, its fine. Not even my mother loves me...

"Ugh…" I groaned as I regained consciousness. My entire body was throbbing, but mostly my stomach. Every heartbeat pumped more unhappy into my system. I tried to stand, but I couldn't move.

"Well, this is new," I muttered sarcastically. Why do I always wake up tied down in some way? What's wrong with just using a bed?

"Emily?" I heard a voice ask.

I hadn't opened my eyes yet, but when I heard the voice, I looked over towards the bright sunlight made my eyes water, and I remembered why I like nighttime so much.

"Thalia?" I asked, noticing a burning in my throat. My eyes adjusted and I could see that we were in what looked like a dungeon. Why do those still exist?

"Oh thank Zeus! I thought you were dead." she said, sighing a sigh of relief (not comic relief. That's my job.)

"What happened?" I asked. My memories were still kinda foggy.

"Where are we?"

"What do you remember?" Thalia asked. We were both tied to chairs with our arms bound behind our backs.

"I remember flipping the one guy and I think I punched the lady. Then I yelled at Artemis, and then nothing. What happened next? And why are we tied up?"

Thalia sighed. "Well, before I explain what happened, I need to tell you something. That move you pulled was AMAZING! You flipped the God of War onto his back like it was no problem! You were even surrounded by this awesome silver aura, like Lady Artemis is when she gets angry. Anyway, after your little move, Ares, that was the guy, was so mad. He punched you and then started really whaling on you. Finally, Aphrodite, that's the lady, pulled him off and turned to the camera. 'She must really be your daughter,' Aphrodite said. Lady Artemis was actually speechless. Then Aphrodite said something in Greek and Ares hit me, so I blacked out. I woke up here, about 5 minutes before you did. How are your ribs?"

Now that she mentions it, they felt like death. Actually, it only hurts on my right side, but man, it hurts bad.

"They don't hurt that bad," I lied, looking at the ground. "Do you have any idea why we are here? Why didn't Artemis just call Zeus or something?"

"I don't know but I wish she would. My dad could bail us out of here, no problem." Thalia said, looking at the door wistfully.

"Zeus is your dad?" I asked. I had never really out that together, so I felt kind of slow. The whole lightning thing should have been a huge nodded and we sat in silence for several minutes, listening to the drip of a leaky pipe (because every good dungeon has one).

"Emily?" Thalia asked.

"Yeah?" I would have given a more sarcastic answer, but I had the feeling this was actually something important.

"Thanks for coming after me."

"No problem."

This wasn't a good time to point out that I never really had a choice in the sat there for what seemed like hours. My throat was really hurting and my stomach started , I heard what sounded like a door open behind me.

"Here they are." I heard the lady (Aphrodite?) say. Three shadows fell across the room, so I guessed that Artemis was with them.

"We made a deal. Let her go," Artemis said impatiently.

At this, I started hyperventilating. Her? Singular? Surely she didn't-"Patience Artemis, patience. We'll let your lieutenant go."

I heard the guy (Ares?) say with a chuckle. "Maybe we can have a little fun first. After all, the lead Hunter breaking her vow would be just delightful. And I believe Aphrodite has the perfect power for that."

Thalia looked really terrified, and I didn't blame her. If I remember correctly, Aphrodite was the goddess of love. So, she could make Thalia fall in love with anyone. She would have almost total control over Thalia.

Aphrodite was shaking her head."Maybe next time darling. We need to get going." Aphrodite snapped her fingers and Thalia's ropes disappeared.

She got up quickly and walked over to Artemis."If my Lady does not leave, then neither do I! I will not abandon-"

"Oh yes you will. Thalia, I order you to go back to camp and lead the girls until I get back. If you refuse to leave, then I will have no choice but to treat you like an enemy. Go now." Artemis's voice was loud and demanding. She snapped her fingers and Thalia disappeared, still protesting loudly.

"Well, we have many things to do. Life on Olympus is always busy," Aphrodite was obviously reminding Artemis about her recent trial results. "Ta ta for now!"

With that, Ares and Aphrodite strolled out, locking the door with a very ominous snapped her fingers and my ropes fell away. Now that Aphrodite had left, she just looked tired.

"Are you hungry?" she asked, looking at me.

I was too busy stretching and hating her to , she snapped her fingers and a tray full of what smelled like roast beef appeared on the ground next to me, with a nice cool glass of water beside though my stomach was rumbling, I ignored the food. If Artemis thinks she can just waltz in here after treating me like slime and expect me to be civil, then she can just forget it. She just wants someone to control, and I will not fill the I was getting myself worked up, Artemis was pacing around the room, muttering in Greek. Every now and then she would shoot of bursts of light. I guess she was having a fit or something. Just when I was about to abandon my fury and dig into the mouthwatering meal, she turned around and looked at me.

"Why haven't you eaten? You must be famished," she said, crinkling her eyebrows in confusion.

"No. I'm fine. Why don't you go send it to Thalia?" I muttered the last part under my breath, but (curse you Olympian hearing) she heard me.

"What?" her voice was confused anymore. It was just plain mad. I recognized the warning signs that normally preceded a temper tantrum.

"For a goddess you don't have very good hearing." I said rolling my eyes. After her freeing me and offering food I needed her to do something to make me mad again. Even I can't stay mad opened her mouth, and I flinched, waiting for the pain that was sure to minutes passed, and no pain. Finally, I opened my was just standing there, looking confused again. Before I could do anything, she walked over to where I was sitting on the ground and placed her hand on my forehead. Memories flashed before my eyes.

I was 12 and someone pushed me into a door, hard.

I was 13 and I heard people making fun of my garden gnome collection.

These memories were different than the other ones she had made me relive. I could actually FEEL my anger and my hurt.

It was a couple of days ago and I was watching Phoebe and Artemis running ahead, acting like best was just yesterday and Artemis was saying that she didn't want me to Aphrodite and Ares.

Seeing it again hurt just as bad, because everything was clearer and louder. Then I yelled at Artemis and it clicked. She didn't know why I was mad. I expected her to stop the flow of memories, but she didn't. It was only after I blacked out (in my memory) that she left my mind, frowning.

"You're hurt? Why didn't you say so?" she took a couple of steps toward me and I backed away, covering my wounded side with my hands.

"Let me see it. Now." her voice echoed around the empty room but I didn't move.

"It's fine." I said growled and snapped her fingers.I was thrown back onto my back with my arms spread out to the side. Silver chains appeared out of nowhere and held me in place on the ground. I struggled and writhed, but couldn't get free.

"You know, I never went to veterinary school." she said randomly, walking towards me. "So if I have to transform you into a rabbit, I'll probably mess up. Badly." The way she said it made it sound like more of a threat than a warning.

Artemis pulled up my shirt until she could see the full extent of my injury. Only the right side was showing, but this was still more revealed than I like. If it was up to me, the closest I would ever get to Artemis is 100 miles away, (fully out of her shooting range) and even then I'd be surrounded by a tank and a suit of armor.

"I could still hit you if I aimed right. Man, this looks sick. Does this hurt?" she poked the very top, where I don't think there was any bruising.

"No."

"Here?"

"Nah."

"Here?"

"Oh my gods, yes!" I yelled, almost blacking out from the pain.

"Sorry! I needed to find out where the injury started."

"I thought Apollo was the God of Healing. Why can't we call him in or something?" I asked, still wincing from the pain.

"You don't think I've tried that? Didn't you see me sending those beams out before? Aphrodite sealed the room too well. And anyway, I can do this. Apollo taught me a thing or two. Hold still." Well, nothing calms you down like a goddess with glowing hands hovering over your wounded stomach. She started chanting something in Greek, and a white light washed over me.

"There you are. All better. Well, actually..." She looked away.

"What?" I asked, worried that she was going to say that I would turn into a rabbit every full moon or something. That would just be ridiculous.

"I couldn't fully get rid of the pain. It'll hurt for a day or two. Anyway, besides that, we need to talk." she blinked and my shackles disappeared. I did a quick sit-up (that's not really a common occurrence) and winced. It still hurt to move, but not nearly as badly. I looked at my stomach and ran my hand over the newly healed wound.

"Why were you so upset?" she asked, sitting down in the chair I had been tied up in.

"When?" I delayed, knowing full well what she meant.

"Earlier, in the forest. I understand if you don't like me, but hate is a strong word. Plus, you were mad enough to get a really good aura going, and that takes skill. So, what was wrong?" she asked, leaning her head on her hands.

"I feel like I should be laying on a red couch." I said, now that Artemis was getting all chuckled and snapped. I flinched out of habit, so I didn't see a long red couch appear out of , I climbed onto it. Groaning, I leaned back and relaxed. It felt way better.

"So? Why were you mad?" Artemis asked again, pestering me.

"I wasn't. I was just acting like I was." I lied, closing my eyes to take a nap. An electric shock jolted me out of my relaxed pose.

"What was that for?" I asked indignantly.

"Lying. The chair is also a lie detector. Please sit down." she said, using "please" for the first time since I met her.

I sat down, knowing that I didn't really have a repeated the question again, more angry this time. I swear, she has temper issues.

"Fine! I was mad because you were treating me like garbage and obviously liking Thalia more. Plus, you obviously don't care about me and wish I would die. Happy?" I said, rolling over.

"Why would you say that?" Artemis asked, sounding genuinely confused.

I turned to face her."Well, there's the whole 'blight on society' thing. Then there's the fact that we can't get through a conversation without you inflicting pain of some sort upon me. Then there's the whole rabbit threat that you keep bringing up. And then, the whole 'I'll silence you so you can't refuse a ludicrous mission'. Finally, there's the whole 'No, don't hurt my lieutenant! Oh wait, it's only my lieutenant? Go ahead and kill her.' I'm stuck in this rat hole because of you and you don't even care!" I exploded, jumping to my pacing around the couch several times, I finally looked at Artemis. Then, I immediately took a step back. Not only was she "I'm gonna tear your face off" mad, she was "I will torture you into insanity" mad. Her eyes were glowing silver and her silver aura was shooting off sparks.

"I don't care?" she repeated, her voice deadly calm "Did you just say that I don't care? Do you know why I couldn't try to protect you? Because you're my daughter, Emily! Aphrodite knows how much I care about you, and she won't hesitate to use you to hurt me. She could kill you, Emily! In fact, if you weren't here, then I wouldn't be either. The only thing keeping me from leaving is knowing what they would do to you if I left! And I practically told you that yesterday! 'I feel more of a connection to the last rabbit I shot'! That was you! I thought you were smart enough to get the connection! And about Thalia. Her father is Zeus, Lord of the Sky. Do you know what would happen if Thalia got hurt in any way, shape, or form? He would kill you out of revenge! That's why I had to get her out of here! And yes, sometimes I can be a little harsh. But if you were to meet any of the other Olympians and talk to them like you talk to me, you would be dead in a lack of heartbeat. Every single thing I've done is to protect you!" All of her pent-up anger was released as a shockwave swept through the room. It knocked everything over, including the second time today, I was flat on my back, unable to move, this time out of terror, when I heard the door creak open.

"Oh, Artemis?" Aphrodite's voice floated through the air. "It's time for our first session."

AN2: I know, it's been too long. I promised to update a while ago, but I've been having some technical difficulties. And by that, I mean I'm grounded. Right mow I'm typing this on my phone, and I have to work out a complex system just to get it updated. Anyway, thanks for reading. What do to think of Artemis now? Not a big fan since the jerkiness has worn off? Don't worry. She'll be back. Night and happy reading! (I'll try to update at 85).