A.N: The Captain is just too awesome. I'd finished a lot of chapters over the weekend and had sent her 3 in 2 days. I've still got another 2 completed chapters, but they are currently needed for me to write the next few, so I'll keep them to myself for now =P. Hopefully the wait shouldn't be too long =]

To AZsgirl: Yes! Terri totally has the foresight to plan everything out, that's what makes her such a great leader, and why she's survived for so long. She needs to be calm and cool to protect her family, and she needed to make up for Arizona's previous reluctance to killing all strays.

To ShuFly: Yeah, this is totally a Callie/Arizona pairing story, but it's not centred around them. I did need a while to fully explain Terri's character and the reasoning behind all her actions, but after that's done, there will be more Arizona and Callie interaction. Those 3 along with Aria are really the main characters here lol. Also, I like Tim too much to kill him, I couldn't do it to Arizona, she needs her loving brother!

To addictedgeek: The fight scene will be in the next chapter and I really hope I don't disappoint! Ack! Season 9 was a killer, my heart broke. Callie/Arizona seem to be ending and Owen/Cristina are breaking up too!

To Jcapfans: Thanks for the support, unfortunately you don't get to see what happens to Terri, yet. But hang around and we can all find out together! =P

Once again, 2damnpretty2die, is way too awesome for me to handle! Thanks for all the help Captain *salutes*

Chapter 22: Rebirth: T.R

Callie p.o.v

It had been about 6 months since Tim's death, since we've left Terri and returned to Seattle. We haven't heard anything from them and Arizona refuses to take part in any conversations involving them. When we returned to SGMW we had to explain to Owen why we had returned and to say that he was disappointed wouldn't even be able to begin to describe his reaction. It had taken 2 months before he could look at us without sadness or disappointment in his eyes.

Arizona and I had moved back into the apartment across from the hospital that I used to share with Aria, and Teddy and Addie moved in with us. Mark had taken up the apartment across the hall with Alex and had reverted back to his manwhore ways to overcome his grief at losing Lexie. The guilt still plagued me, and I turned a blind eye to his actions, hoping he would be able to get over her.

My mother had temporarily relocated to Seattle, and had bought a house nearby. She said she wanted to spend more time with me and seeing as the mansion back in Miami still needed to be rebuilt and my dad was going to be away on business for the foreseeable future, she didn't want to be alone and so moved with us. I was happy that I could see her so often, especially considering that we hadn't heard from Aria in months.

I was currently on my way to the Peds wing to find my girlfriend; I had woken up alone this morning as she had been paged in for an emergency surgery before her 18 hour shift. I cringed at the thought of her trying to function on only about 2 hours' worth of sleep, but I suppose being a vampire had its perks sometimes.

"Hey Dr Torres! Fancy seeing you here." The nurse said from behind the nurses' station and I recognised her as Arizona's favourite scrub nurse Anne. I had found out that Anne was a vampire that had been sired by Terri; her and her children were involved in a car crash. Her children got away with a couple of bruises and scratches, but Anne's injuries were fatal, and she couldn't stand the idea of leaving her children alone as she was a single mother. So Terri had marked and sired her allowing her to live for her children. From what Arizona has told me, Anne has nothing to do with the battles and the Kingdom, she's just another vampire working in a vampire filled hospital.

"Hey Anne, have you seen Arizona around?" I smiled at her, but faltered in my steps as I saw the sadness in her eyes.

"Yeah, Dr Robbins is just finishing up a consultation; she'll be here in a second. Did you have plans?"

"Hm? Not really, I just wanted to see if she was free for lunch." The sadness was something I should've been used to by now, but it still caught me off guard every time. She was always so happy to see us, but her eyes betrayed her true feelings. It wasn't that she was disappointed at us for leaving Terri, but more that she was sad that our family had broken apart and Terri was alone.

"Well, she doesn't have anything scheduled so she should be free, and if anything comes up I'll page the other doctors."

"Thanks Anne." We were disrupted by the sounds of wheels squeaking across the floor and the scent of Arizona filled my senses.

"Hey there stranger! What are you doing on my floor?" Her bubbly voice appeared from behind and I turned around with a huge grin on my face.

"I have nothing to do, are you free for lunch?"

"Ouch! I'm second choice? Only because you have nothing to do? That hurts Calliope!" she faux pouted and pretended to be insulted, drawing a laugh from Anne.

I leaned in to give her a chaste peck on the lips and her pout morphed into a smirk. "Forgive me?"

She sighed dramatically, "if I must!" she then turned to Anne, "The patient in room 4 is good to go, so if you get them their discharge papers." She nodded, "right, then I'll be off to lunch. Page me if anything comes up."

As we walked away, the curiosity still bugged me, "Hey Ari, has Anne still not forgiven us yet?"

"hm?"

"I mean she's been giving us these sad puppy eyes since we've returned, and it's been 6 months already. Even Owen has gotten over it, and she's not even part of the war, so what's up with that?"

"It's not that she hasn't forgiven us. It's just… After everything she's done for her, Anne just wanted her to be happy with her family. She had always commented on how great and sweet our bond and relationships were, and she hoped that her own family could have that too, but now that we've all broken apart, she's just sad for her." I noticed the effort Arizona put in to avoid Terri's name and smiled sadly. Even after 6 months she still can't forgive Terri huh?

"Whatever, let's grab lunch. I missed you this morning." She pouted at me and I laughed as she grabbed onto my hand and pulled me towards the elevator.

When we entered the cafeteria, we instantly spotted Teddy and Addie sitting in the corner staring lovingly at each other.

"Oh get a room you two!" Arizona teased and they jumped apart, faces red and when they realised who it was, Teddy glared at her whilst Addie giggled.

"You're just jealous." Teddy shot back.

"Nope why would I be? I've got all I need right here" she wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me into her body.

Addie and I shared a glance, already used to their antics, "Children, can't we have one lunch where you don't try to argue over who's better?"

"Yes, you should just agree that we're both better than you and accept that you're lucky that we even chose you." Addie added with a smirk.

Arizona and Teddy shared a glance, holding a silent conversation, before nodding in consent, drawing smiles all around.

We were halfway into our lunch, casually chatting about the gossip flowing around and Mark's latest conquests when the sounds of pagers went off.

"It's mine, 9-1-1," Arizona sighed.

"Me too," Teddy moaned.

"Yeah, me three." I added and glanced towards Addie.

"Nope, I'm not needed." She answered with a smug grin, and with a groan the three of us ran towards the E.R to April Kepner who was the attending covering Trauma, as Owen had yet to fill in the Head of department position.

"What have we got?" Arizona shouted over the excitement in the E.R, switching to professional doctor mode instantly.

"8 year old, female. Car crashed into the back of a lorry and was impaled through the chest, multiple broken bones, eta 3 minutes."

We donned our gowns and gloves and waited for the ambulance outside the entrance. When it finally arrived, we jumped into action, but when Arizona saw the patient, she gasped and froze, eyes clouding over.

"Ari?" I called out concerned. She shook her head and her eyes cleared.

"Sorry, I'm okay. She just reminded me of… someone." Her voice was strained and I glanced at Teddy worried.

She looked up from the patient briefly and I heard her voice echo through my head.

"Terri…"

I gasped in realisation and returned my attention to the patient. The girl had pale skin, with dark hair that ended just passed her shoulders, and when her eyes fluttered open I saw dark and attentive eyes staring back at me.

Is this what Terri was like when she was a girl? I glanced at Arizona briefly, seeing her pain filled eyes, oh baby, I'm so sorry. I could feel her pain resonating within my own body and forced the feelings away as we focused on the patient.

"Patient is in v-fib" Anne's voice broke through the tensed silence in the O.R.

"Dammit, charge the paddles!" Teddy ordered from where Arizona and her had been working on her chest where the patient had been impaled.

"Clear!" Everyone backed away and the patient was shocked.

"No response."

"Charge again!"

"Charge to 300, clear!"

"No response."

"Again!"

"Charge to 350, clear!"

"No response." Teddy sighed as she prepared to call time of death.

"No, try again!" Arizona's voice commanded.

"Ari… It's too late, she's gone." Teddy's voice was tinged with sadness.

"No, try again dammit! Give me the paddles!" She went to grab the paddles from Teddy's hands, but I intervened.

"Dr Robbins, we did everything we could. She's gone…" I stared into her blue eyes that were now filling with tears.

"Dammit!" she tore the gown off her and stormed out of the room. I shared a glance with the occupants of the room, seeing the understanding on their faces and it hit me that they were all Terri's sired vampires.

"Go, I've got this." Teddy urged and I ran out without a second glance.

I'm coming baby, just hold on.

I found her in one of the on call rooms and my heart broke at the sight of her hunched form sitting on the bed, sobbing.

"Ari…" I rushed to her side and she buried her face in my chest, the tears soaking my top instantly.

"I couldn't save her." She cried.

"It's not your fault, the injuries were too severe, you and Teddy did everything you could. I know that and you know that too." I soothed.

"It's my fault! She's all alone and it's my fault! I gave up on her, and now she's dead!"

"What are you talking about?" I asked warily, already having an idea what she really meant.

Teddy's voice suddenly filtered into our minds and my heart sunk. "I went to check on her parents, sorry guys, they were d.o.a"

"She's just a child and she's got no one to support her anymore! She's always fought for her family and now she's got no one left! I left her! I shouldn't have left her!" Arizona was getting inconsolable and I could feel the overwhelming grief washing over me. I gasped at the sensation and tried to focus on sending happier thoughts to her.

She had never revealed her true feeling about leaving Terri and I feared that this was the breakdown we had all been expecting. The grief was becoming too much for me to handle, when I suddenly remembered something Alex had said before.

*Flashback*

"There's a way for you to block out other peoples' thoughts and feelings you know?" We had all been sitting in my front room, talking about how distracting it was to hear the nurses' thought during surgery and the patients' distress whilst we were in the E.R.

"What do you mean?" We looked at Alex in interest, usually I would have looked to Arizona for answers, but she was stuck in surgery tonight.

"Yeah, it was something Lexie said before." Mark stiffened slightly at the mention of her name, but moved on immediately.

"How does it work? I mean it's great to be able to hear their thoughts, so we're never blindsided, but when we're in surgery it's really distracting."

"Yeah, she had the same problem and Terri told her to set up mental blockages. She once overheard a nurse bitching about Terri and she turned around and started screaming at her. The nurse was completely baffled as to how she overheard her thoughts and Lexie was mortified. Terri found it amusing, but Lexie whined about it for about 5 days until she finally told her about the blocks. It also prevents other people reading your thoughts and feelings, well most of them anyway, but if they're really strong like Robbins, then it'll be harder to block them out."

I stared at him in wonder at his knowledge, and slightly amused at how much he had been listening to when Lexie rambled. He saw my knowing look and huffed out gruffly.

"Hey, I may complain about her constant chatter, but I do listen… sometimes. She really does know a lot, but that's also because she asks a lot of questions, but either way, I've actually learned a lot from her constant ramblings, and this just happens to be one of them."

"So how does it work?" Teddy asked curiously.

"It's exactly as I said. You make mental blockages, and you do that by literally putting up walls in your head."

Addie and Mark looked at him sceptically, "Walls in your head?"

"Yeah just picture them, look I'll do it. Try reading my mind now." Alex closed his eyes in concentration and Mark focused his attention on him.

"… Oh wow, I really can't get a read on you." Mark shouted in amazement.

"Let me try!" Addie joined in excitedly, "… Shit, I literally hit a wall. It really works?"

"Yeah, it'll help the most when you have to talk to the family members after surgeries. I found it hard to talk to the parents of the patients that I lost, their grief and despair was overpowering my rational thoughts, and the walls helped me detach from any feelings."

*End flashback*

I focused on placing up my walls, and even though I hated the loss of Arizona's constant presence in my soul, it needed to be done. The grief and pain faded to a dull hum instantly, and I realised this was the best I could do considering that Arizona wasn't just another vampire, she was my mate.

I pulled her into me tighter, "It's okay, just let it all out. No one's blaming you." Her cries echoed throughout the room as she began getting hysterical and I felt tears run down my own cheeks.

I couldn't blame her for losing control; Terri was a constant presence in her life and had been for the last 20 years. They had spent every day and night together, spent the happiest times of their lives together and to suddenly cut her off like that, there's no doubt that it would be painful. She had been so strong for the last 6 months supporting us in our own loss, Mark's loss of Lexie, my loss of Aria, Alex and Teddy's loss of their best friend, and had never taken any time for herself. She needed this and I would hold her and be there to fix her after.

I'll never let you go.

Mark p.o.v

We were sitting in Callie and Addie's apartment, it had been a long day since Arizona broke down after losing a patient and we decided to try and take her mind off of it with a movie night, food and booze. Lucia had joined us for the night and I was half tempted to ask her to erase the memory from Arizona, but waved it off remembering what happened the last time she wiped her memories.

We were halfway through a stupid romantic comedy that Addie had picked and I was almost asleep when my phone suddenly rang. I picked up the phone and was confused by the name displayed on the screen.

Incoming call Lexie

"Hello, L-Lex?" I felt their eyes on me as I mentioned her name and Lucia paused the movie. I heard a lot of static on the other end and there was a lot of noise in the background.

"H….lo… M…" The signal was crackling and I was getting worried.

"Lexie? Can you hear me? Hello!" I screamed.

"…. Mark!" her voice was filled with fear and I began to panic.

"Put it on speaker" I heard Alex whisper from beside me.

"H….p"

"Lexie! I can't hear you."

"Help!" the signal suddenly cleared up and my blood froze.

"There's too many of them, T… can't hold them… anymore." It began to break up near the end again.

"Where are you Lexie?" Teddy asked calmly, though there was concern evident in her eyes.

"S….. Seattle. Help-" The phone suddenly cut off and I jumped from my seat.

"Lexie!"

There was a sudden drop in pressure as a familiar aura filled the area.

"Is that?" Addie asked apprehensively.

"Athena" Lucia answered and Arizona stiffened, jaw clenched.

She suddenly bolted out the door and we scrambled to follow her, when we caught up, we found her standing outside the lobby staring up into the sky, eyes bright purple. Following her line of vision, we looked up just in time to see a white feather floating down, and the sight of a figure in the sky with wings expelling an impressive amount of energy, before speeding off.

Without another word, Arizona shot upwards and bounded across the rooftops, following the figure. We almost tripped over each other in our rush to follow, and we were lucky that it was late at night and there wasn't anyone around to witness our sudden flight. Her speed slowly increased as we struggled to follow behind her, the only one managing to match her speed being my mother, and we finally ended up back by the docks. I immediately recognised where we were.

Terri's warehouse.

It was eerily quiet as we regrouped at the front entrance. I could feel the trepidation from Arizona, we hadn't returned here since we came back to Seattle, she had said that there were too many memories here and she wanted to start anew. A sudden loud noise caught our attention and Mark ripped open the door, tearing through the room trying to locate the noise.

"Ahh!" there was a scream that came from below.

"Lexie!" Mark roared and set off for the door that lead into the basement with us all trailing behind.

It was dark and when we all finally entered the room, the door behind us slammed closed. We all changed our eyes ready to adjust to the darkness, when suddenly the lights turned on blinding us and when our vision returned, we were stunned by the sight before us.

Teddy p.o.v

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I swear it was like something from a sci-fi movie or something. There was a huge pod in front of us surrounded by machines, it was similar to the one Terri had been put in, but this one had more machines and more chemicals and blood connected to it.

But what shocked us more, was the sight of Bailey, Thalia, Clio, and Lexie standing in the room, perfectly unharmed.

"What's going on? Are you okay Lexie?" Mark demanded, still panting from the pent up emotions.

"I-I'm fine Mark." She avoided eye contact when she replied and I arched a brow at this.

"Then what was with the call?"

"…" She remained silent.

"Where's Terri?" Arizona's cold voice sliced through the silence, sending shivers down our backs.

"S-she's not here." Lexie stuttered in reply at the unexpected coldness.

"What do you mean? We saw her!"

"That wasn't her." We were shocked into silence, was there another royalty around? Was Erica here?

"Then who was it?" Callie asked.

"Me." A voice came from behind and we turned, prepared to strike, but froze at the sight.

Pure white wings filled our vision, red eyes tinged with white streaks settled their gaze upon us, and the blinding white mark of Athena shone proudly as the figure of Aria Torres appeared from the door.

"Aria…" Callie's whispered voice filled with disbelief reached my ears and I involuntarily dropped to one knee, feeling Mark, Alex and Addie do the same.

"What happened to you Aria?"

"It's the form of the mate, you of all people should know that." Aria responded coolly, and we all recoiled slightly at the harsh tone.

"What's going on?" Arizona demanded.

"A-Ari?" a deep, scratchy voice from behind shocked us, and tears filled Arizona's eyes.

"T-Tim?"

We hadn't realised that the pod had opened during Aria's arrival and within the pod was Tim. He was sat up, rubbing his eyes wearily as if waking up from a long sleep. Though technically it was a long sleep, 6 months to be exact.

"How are you feeling?" Bailey asked from beside the pod.

"F-fine. Slightly confused, but I'm good." He flexed his arms and hands, moving his head from side to side, and then slowly climbed out of the pod with assistance from Bailey and Lexie. "Everything's working fine, where am I?"

"Seattle" Aria replied as she walked towards him.

"T-Tim? Is that really you?" Arizona asked, still unable to comprehend the presence of her brother. We thought he had died, we saw him die, yet here he was, standing in front of us with barely a scratch on him.

"Yeah…" He looked around the room at all of us before resettling his gaze on Arizona. "Where's Terri?"

"It doesn't matter, you almost died because of her!" Arizona replied angrily.

"Is that what you think?" His voice was filled his sadness and shock.

"It's the truth isn't it? She didn't deny it when we confronted her and when I threatened her with my withdrawal from the court, she didn't even fight me."

"Y-your withdrawal? You didn't? What have you done Arizona?" Tim started to panic, his eyes widened and one of the monitors started to scream, causing Bailey to rush to his side. He waved her off as he tried to calm himself down.

"You died Tim! We all saw you die!" Arizona screamed, voice filled with tears and I felt my heart clench at the obvious pain.

"It was my idea!" He shouted back

"What?" We froze as silence settled in the room.

Arizona p.o.v

"I came up with the idea shortly after Toby died over 20 years ago." His voice was low and filled with remorse.

"What are you talking about?" I refused to believe that Tim was the mastermind behind this. I had given up everything and thrown away everything Terri had built. I refused believe that I was wrong for doubting her. It couldn't be, tell me it's a lie Tim.

"The day Toby died, Styx, Erica fought him, but something was strange about her power. They had fought before and she never stood a chance, but that day, she completely slaughtered him. We needed to find a way into their folds to find out the truth, and any spies we had sent in were detected and killed immediately. I had convinced her to let me in, I had all the right motives, T treated me like shit and I had rebelled before, I've been nothing but a soldier under her rather than a Royal beside her, and she always seemed to favour you over me. All I had to do was the channel all my thoughts to those memories and the hatred and anger built itself, I was the perfect double agent." He explained calmly and I blanched.

"Y-you're lying, why would Terri allow this?" No, it's all a lie. Terri…

"She didn't. She refused, she said I was all you had left and she refused to take the risk, she would find another way. But 6 months had passed before we knew it and there was no other way. I forced her into it, using her mother and Toby's death against her, and I even undermined her authority by going straight to the King. He agreed with my argument and forced, no ordered Terri to act; we've been planning since then. It's taken me many years to gain his trust, and he showed it by revealing to me who Mnemosyne was," Calliope gasped at the revelation, and he settled his gaze on her. "He was the one who told me about Lucia being in Miami and I tracked her down, and led her to Seattle where you were."

He switched his gaze to Lucia, "it wasn't a coincidence that you felt my aura in Miami, I had deliberately set it off so you would sense it. I knew you were there, but had pretended not to notice. It was all part of the plan. We needed to bring Callie here to 'kill' you"

"Kill me?" I asked confused.

"Hades' translation of the prophecy was that Iphigenia sacrifices Artemis for power, meaning you'd probably kill Arizona" he directed at Calliope, "and knowing how much you love her, you probably wouldn't be able to live with the guilt and kill yourself, that or Terri would order your death."

"But that's not what the prophecy says." She argued.

"I know, T and I may or may not have led him astray slightly." We looked at him bewildered, and he sighed deeply. "We needed him to reveal the location of Mnemosyne in order to free you Ari, but we didn't know the revival would be initiated the moment we met, we'd originally thought we'd have more time to discuss with you."

"So this was all your idea?" I asked as regret and anguish started to build.

"Yes, you've blamed the wrong person." Tears started to build in his eyes as he looked around the room. "God, where's Terri? We need to find her."

"We can't, she's sealed us in this room, we can't get out." Lexie replied.

"What? Why?" His eyes widened as understanding dawned upon him. "… No, no! Terri! She's gone after Hades hasn't she?" Their silence was his answer. "Fuck! We need to stop her!" He shouted frantically as he tried to disconnect himself from the wires, but was held back by Bailey who fixated him with such a fierce glare, he's posture shrunk slightly.

"We can't get out Tim." Lexie insisted adamantly.

"Thalia! Clio! You know the way out don't you? Aria? I bet you do."

"We can't, our Master's final will was to keep you all safe. She has gone to do what we had failed to do the first time around." Clio replied emotionlessly.

"And that is?"

"Save Lord Poseidon and Lady Aphrodite, reunite your family." I stiffened. Even now, she's still thinking about me. God I'm so sorry Terri. The tears streamed down my face and gripped onto Calliope's hand tightly as she slipped hers into mine.

"And Hades? He'll kill her!" Tim shouted infuriated.

"She has a way to release them, the war is over for her. The future rests in your hands Princess Artemis." Thalia directed at me. "The King is returning soon, and with his help along with Lord Poseidon and Lady Aphrodite, we will win this war, for the future, for the kingdom, for our Master." We gasped as she revealed that Zeus was to be returning.

"B-but I've already withdrawn from the court."

"No you haven't. Our Master never authorized it, she allowed a temporary leave, but you are still a part of our court." My fists clenched as pain spread from my chest. God Terri! I turned around and charged straight for the door, only to be knocked back by a sudden flare of red aura. I looked up to see the door surrounded by symbols and was horrified as recognition hit me. I turned, looking for the source of the power, and saw Aria's cold gaze on me as red and white surrounded her.

"Aria, why are you doing this? Let me out. Are you really going to let her die?" I growled at her.

"You think I want this? I promised her, I wanted to die by her side, but I had promised her that I would stay safe for the sake of Mama and Callie." She sneered. "She said she couldn't ruin any more families; she practically dumped me before heading off to die! But I fucking promised her, I gave her my blood oath and even if it breaks my heart, I will honour that oath, for the sake of Terri..." She trailed off, as she choked on a sob. "So don't look at me like that, none of you have the right, you all abandoned her without a second glance, you have no right to fucking judge me!" Her shoulders shook from the emotions as anger and pain came off her in waves.

"Aria…" Calliope headed over to her sister, but was pushed away.

"Don't touch me. Don't fucking touch me!" She was getting hysterical and Calliope was appalled at her reaction.

"Aria, I'm sorry. W-we didn't know." She tried again.

"That's because you don't fucking know her! You're all so convinced that she's a cold, heartless, selfish monster!" She screamed, "And you, Arizona" she pointed at me, "You're supposed to be her best friend, her family and the only one who knows her better than anyone else in the world. And yet you were the one to lead her family away from her. You took everything away from her after she gave you everything. You've been with her for 20 years, so how is it that I understand her better after knowing her for barely 2 years?"

"Aria, please. Remove the barrier. Let us help Athena." Lucia stated calmly, trying to placate her hysterical daughter.

"Don't give me that bullshit Mama." Calliope inhaled sharply at her attitude. "You're a Seer, and yet you didn't see this coming did you? You're one of Zeus' men and you've gone on and on about the strong bond between you and Poseidon and Zeus. Yet you abandoned his only daughter in her time of need. I'm ashamed to call you my Mama." She was practically hyperventilating at this point and Lexie went to her side, rubbing her back soothingly.

The anguish and despair I felt was soul consuming and I gathered my energy, prepared to break through the barrier forcefully. However, my aura was supressed by the most unexpected person.

"A-Alex… What?" I was stunned by the turn of events and Teddy and Mark moved forward, ready to strike. "No, don't."

"I'm sorry boss." His voice was full of sorrow.

"How are you doing this?" I was astonished as I could no longer feel Artemis' response, I couldn't summon any energy. He looked away ashamed and I stormed up to his and pulled away his shirt to reveal another mark on top of the one I had given him. "The mark of the Crown… When?" Lucia snapped her head to Alex, eyes filled with disbelief.

"It's only temporary, until this is all over. I couldn't let you die Arizona," his use of my name took me off guard. He had never called me that; it was always 'Robbins' or 'boss'. "I promised to protect you and I will do that, even if it makes you hate me."

"When Alex?"

"… 2 months ago, Clio found me after one of my shifts and bought me to Terri."

"Why?"

"They wanted me to keep an eye on you. To keep you safe and to tell them if any vampires bothered you, if they bothered any of us."

I closed my eyes tightly as my body shook from the emotions swirling inside.

"They were the one to teach you about the mental blocks weren't they?" Teddy asked as she narrowed her eyes at him.

"No, Lexie did teach me, but under Terri's orders."

"So you're working for her now?" Addison accused.

"I'm using the extra powers to keep Arizona from leaving this room. That is my mission, my only mission."

Callie p.o.v

The tension in the room was palpable. There were so many emotions floating around the room: Arizona's pain and despair, Tim's anger and distraught, Teddy's guilt, my mother's shame and sorrow, Aria's anguish, and it was killing me.

"Tell me, Clio, Thalia, has Athena's wrath finally returned?" My mother's question was unexpected and we stared at her in question.

"…"

"What are you talking about Mama?" I asked.

"The thing we have always feared has finally happened. Athena's memories have returned." She replied cryptically.

I really hate how they're always so cryptic, is it really so hard to give a straight answer?

I sighed in frustration and asked in place of Arizona who seemed to be frozen and lost in her conflicting emotions. "What memories?"

"The memories of Dionysus and… her death."

"Her death! What are you talking about? And what does Toby have to do with this?" Tim demanded, shocked.

"The day Dionysus died, I was summoned before the King and tasked with removing certain memories from your minds."

"Our minds?" Arizona snapped her head to her, outraged that my mother had not removed one, but two sets of memories from her.

Dammit Mama, she had only just forgiven you for the first incident.

"Yes, Athena, Artemis and yourself, Apollo."

"W-which memories?" I was afraid of the answer and how it would affect Arizona.

"From your minds, I took away the death of Athena, and the death of Dionysus, replacing them with a different scenario and from Athena… I took away her darkness."

"What do you mean by that?" Aria asked, evidently calmer than before.

"What do you remember from that day Apollo, Artemis?"

"We were together, Ari and I, training in the forests and when we were returning, we saw Terri and Toby with Styx. But by that time Styx had already attacked Toby and killed him." Tim answered hesitantly as he tried to recall the memories.

"What do you remember happened next?"

"…I …We … I can't remember." Tim looked at Arizona who shook her head, signalling that she too couldn't remember.

"It's because that is part of the memory I had placed within you. The truth is, Athena died that day, and we revived her."

"Y-you revived her?" I stuttered; amazed at the thought that she had brought Terri back from the dead.

"Yes, it took the combined efforts of the King, Lady Theia, Lord Helios, Elder Richard and Elder Lewis, by transferring their powers into Athena, they were able to revive her. But we had to remove her memories of that day in order for her to survive."

"But why through all that effort to revive Terri and not Toby?" Tim asked, knowing that Toby's death was the root of all Terri's anger and hatred and the start of her change in personality.

"Because, she is the only legitimate heir to the throne." My mother answered sorrowfully.

"W-what, but Toby?" Arizona spluttered.

"Dionysus is not the blood heir to the throne, and he is not the son of Zeus, he is the son of Hades." My mother stated firmly.

"I-impossible!" Tim protested.

"It's the truth, Athena, Dionysus, Styx and Pallas are all half siblings."

"All of them?!" I asked in astonishment. Holy hell, talk about family drama.

"Yes, Helena, Athena's mother, was originally a consort of Hades whilst he was still with the court, she had left with him during the rebellion and 38 years ago she gave birth to Styx. Unfortunately, Zeus had always been in love with Helena and Helena with Zeus; Hades had originally claimed her to spite him and she had been trying for many years to escape. 2 years after the birth of Styx, she managed to escape, but by the time we found her, she was heavily pregnant with twins and Hades practically raised hell in order to find her and claim her unborn sons. He needed a male heir for when he took the throne and was desperate to hurt Zeus, but not only claiming the throne, but the woman he loved as well.

Hades found us on the day Helena went into labour and during the battle, the twins were born, however they were separated almost immediately as Hades laid claim to one, who would later be known as 'Pallas', or 'Trevor Hahn'…"

"And the other was Toby?" Tim finished her sentence and she nodded.

"Yes, 'Dionysus' better known as 'Tobias Ryans'. Zeus raised him as his own and taught him how to be a man, how to be a vampire and how to treat people with respect, but unfortunately the blood of Hades' ran thick and Dionysus soon turned on his family.

The day Styx arrived; it was not to kill Dionysus, but instead to kill Athena. They knew that she was the only rightful heir to the throne and had planned to kill her. Dionysus' attack was blocked by Helena, who had used her own body to shield the Princess, and in return, Athena killed Dionysus in a fit of rage."

"That's impossible, we saw Erica kill Toby. And Terri hates her mother. She has always said that her mother was a lying, cheating, whore who worked for Hades." Arizona was determined to refute my mother's revelation. Toby meant a lot to Tim and her too, and they refused to believe that he was part of Hades' plan.

"It was planted. Helena's last wish before her death was to erase the truth of her brother's betrayal. She would rather Athena hate her than her beloved brother." There was pain in my mother's eyes as she recalled the last wish of Terri's mother, and I felt my heart clench at the sacrifice her mother had made for her.

"But why? If her mother loved her so much, then why would she want Terri to hate her instead?" Addison asked curiously. All we had been told of so far, by Terri, was that she thought of her mother as a 'cheating, frivolous harlot', so to be suddenly told that her mother was a loving woman who sacrificed her life for her daughter was perplexing.

"Because Athena loved her brother too much. She idolised him and did everything in her power to make him proud of her, she wanted him to notice her and she thought the world of him. And for her to find out that it had all been a lie, a plot in order to gain her trust to kill her, how much would it destroy her?"

"I still don't get it, why erase our memories too?" Tim sighed in defeat, still unable to accept the truth.

"Because Athena died that day, after killing Dionysus, Styx took the advantage and attacked her. She was only 8 for god's sake, and her rage and bloodline had only enhanced her power enough to catch Dionysus off guard and fatally injure him. She had no control over the power and Styx knew that, she knew it and took advantage of it. Athena died and Zeus was left without an heir, it couldn't be known, so the Elders were all summoned and the order was placed to erase everyone's memory.

We had yours erased so you couldn't remind her of her death and her brother's betrayal, we couldn't afford to have her clouded by darkness, rage and betrayal, so we gave her a different life. One where she could still pursue Hades, but would not be traumatised by her brother's betrayal and subsequent death. We changed the order of things and made up lies, Athena had never been raised by her mother so there wasn't much of an emotional attachment and it was easy to convince her subconscious that she wasn't a decent person. Her mother loved her enough to allow her to retain her hatred towards Hades, but remove the betrayal and despair it came with."

"And what of what we had felt during Erica's appearance? The very thing that had started this entire plan, that aura, was that a lie too?" Arizona accused and narrowed her eyes at my mother.

"No, we changed the order of events. We had switched what Terri felt, the betrayal and pain from her brother to her mother and the despair and dismay at the loss of her mother onto her brother, but what you felt was real. That is why we allowed this to continue."

"So you knew of our plan?" I exclaimed outrageously.

"We knew of a plan, but we didn't know what it was. It wasn't until I entered this room that it all made sense." My mother defended, hurt that I would suspect her, but her role was still a mystery, so you couldn't blame me for thinking like that.

"Okay, so why are you all afraid of Terri gaining her memories back? Isn't it a good thing, I mean, she'll have more of a motive to go against Hades right?" Addie summed up the information and asked simply.

My mother sighed at her naivety. "Unfortunately that is not how it works. Athena, for all her wisdom and intelligence, is a very emotional creature, even if she doesn't show it all the time. If she's going after him alone, then it means that it has nothing to do with the Crown, or the throne or even the future of the empire. It's personal and she'll be too guided by her hurt, her pain, her anger and her despair to think clearly, she will not be at her best and will not be able to confront Hades in her current condition."

"So she's going to die?" Teddy asked, voice strained with emotions and tears. I looked to Aria and Lexie to see that they had already known what the outcome of today would be.

"She's going in prepared to go all out, without a care for any repercussions, and unfortunately, she does not have to ability to reach her full potential yet."

"Why?" I complained. I couldn't bear to see my sister so distraught, it wasn't fair to her. She had finally found someone she loved and loved her in return, yet she was going to lose her. It just wasn't fair.

"Because she was never officially crowned. She is recognised as the Crown because she is Zeus' only remaining child, but it was never made official. At first it was due to the mourning of her brother, and then her own training to take over the position, then Zeus' disappearance and so many things happened, that we've never had time to make it official. And that means that whilst she has the blood of the King running through her veins, she is unable to access the full potential until she is crowned."

"But isn't it her birth right?" I asked, confused.

"Yes and no. She has the capability to reach and unlock the form, but she cannot access the full power of the Crown, and against an aged and experience vampire Elder such as Hades, not to mention that he is the biological brother of the King, she needs that power."

"So you're saying she has no chance?" Addie's voice was incredulous.

"I… I don't know. When did she regain the memories?" My mother seemed as perplexed as we were, and it was odd to see her so uncertain.

"6 months ago… After her fight with Styx and Apollo, when she was placed into the tank, she said she spoke to Athena and she revealed the truth." Thalia answered.

"A-Athena revealed?"

"Her avatar retained all of her memories, and considering that she was always going to go after Hades alone to release Poseidon and Aphrodite, she gave her an incentive. The rage and despair will provide her with a longer and more powerful distraction in order for the team to rescue them." Bailey was the one to answer this time around.

"There's a team?" I asked hopefully. If there's a team, then there's a chance right? I glanced towards Arizona, then Tim and finally Aria. There has to be.

"A team formed of Elder Webber and Elder Lewis, their responsibility is to get in and get them out. No distractions, no detours, and definitely no going back for her. She has her affairs in order already, so there is no need for any last words." Bailey replied, voice strained. We were shocked to see such pain and anguish reflected in the normally stoic and stern woman's eyes.

How many people have you helped, Terri, how many people have been moved by your actions? You're an unsung hero of sorts aren't you? God, you can't die Terri, we need you, Aria needs you.

Arizona p.o.v

"W-what do you mean by that?" I asked, horrified that Terri had planned for her death already.

There was no answer as Bailey simply handed a sealed letter to me. I recognised Terri's distinctive writing on the front where 'Artemis Arizona Robbins' was written; and turned to letter over to find Terri's unique mark sealed on the back.

Opening the letter, I read through it and horror raced through my body as tears poured from my eyes. I sunk to my knees and felt Calliope drop along with me, holding tightly onto me. She picked up the letter and began to read out loud.

"I have no excuses nor do I expect forgiveness, I only hope that you will fulfil my last request of you my best friend, my cousin, my sister, my final hope Arizona Robbins. You are the future of our kingdom and I am honoured to have fought by your side these last twenty years.

'As the Crown Princess, daughter of King Zeus Nathaniel Ryans, I, Athena Teresa Ryans, hereby decree that in the event of my death, the Crown will be passed on to Artemis Arizona Robbins. As witnessed by Elder Richard Webber, Elder Elizabeth Lewis, and the guardians Lady Clio and Lady Thalia, High Advisors to the Crown, I have decreed this of my own free will under no external influences.

As second, I declare that Calliope Iphigenia Torres be officially recognised as the Bride of the Crown, their marriage will be recognised the moment the Crown is received, as authorized by my Lord, King Zeus Nathaniel and Elder Mnemosyne Lucia Torres.

As third, I declare that Lady Thalia be betrothed to Prince Apollo Timothy Robbins, eldest son of Lord Poseidon Daniel Robbins and Lady Aphrodite Barbara Robbins, as authorized by his royal highness, Lord Poseidon Daniel Robbins and Elder Mnemosyne Lucia Torres.

And my final wish is that I be buried alongside my mother, whom had sacrificed herself for such a noble cause and gained no recognition of her sacrifice. I wish for it to be known that Dionysus was a traitor and Helena Ryans was a hero and should be remembered as such. I wish for the slurs of 'harlot', 'whore' and such to be removed from all thoughts and conversations when referring to her and that all traces of Dionysus' memorials be removed from our empire. Our people do not need a reminder of such a traitorous creature.

May our kingdom find the peace and tranquillity it has been in search of for many years and prosper under the guidance of my Lord, King Zeus and the Crown Princess, Artemis.

My final signing,

Crown Princess Athena Teresa Ryans."

"You knew of this Mama?" Calliope asked her mother, as silence fell upon the room, tears streaming down everyone's faces.

"I did not, but Athena had asked me a little while after we arrived in Miami. I had never thought to question her sudden request, but I was happy that she was recognising your position in Arizona's life, and I was happy that Thalia could finally find the happiness that she deserved."

All further thoughts were disrupted as Aria and Lexie let out a horrific cry of pain and dropped to their knees.

"Aria!" Calliope and Lucia exclaimed and they rushed to her side immediately. Her aura began to pulse as the mark on her chest and her eyes began to brighten.

Lexie fell next to her, panting from the pain as Mark rushed to her side. "What's going on?" he demanded.

Bailey's jaw clenched and her eyes closed. "It's begun."

"What has?"

"What they're feeling, is the pain of their sire, their master." We froze at the realization, and stared at Aria and Lexie in horror.

"No, no it can't be." I looked at Thalia and Clio who seemed unaffected, other than the look of pure despair written over their faces, but before I could question, Clio spoke up.

"We're Athena's guardians, but we were sired by Zeus. We are linked to her by will, so we do not feel the same sensations as those sired by her, and we do not feel the heart stopping pain her mate would feel."

My blood froze as Aria's wings and her transformation disappeared, the pressure of the room increased suddenly as Lexie collapsed into Mark's arms and Aria threw her head back, face scrunched in pain and let out a heart-breaking scream.

"TERRI!"

No…

A.N: Heads up, the next 2 or so chapter may be slightly more Terri centric, but never fear, our main couple will be present!