A.N: I can't even begin to explain how happy I am that there are so many 'Terri' supporters out there. It makes me so glad that I wrote a new and original character, and I'm so excited to write more about her history and background! This chapter made me so sad! I couldn't bear re-reading this anymore, so I sent it to my beta so she could share my sadness! She's awesome like that =D

P.S I am beyond amused that no one has commented on the fact that Terri's brother Toby is actually Hades' son and thus Erica's brother!

To austinza: All the way from Cape Town! Wooo, welcome! And I know, I messed up by forgetting to explain it properly or include it in the chapter, but that will be amended in later chapters, thanks for the reminder! You rock =]. As a hint: it has to do with the mark Teddy has and the fact that they all left Terri, thereby breaking their bond. (I said hint, but I just straight out said it… I'm not that great at being sneaky =P)

To JC.13.05: Wow! Thanks, I'm glad you like Terri, I wasn't sure how my original character would be accepted, especially considering she's such a big part of the story along with Callie and Arizona.

To victoria23: Thanks for the support! Hope this chapter doesn't disappoint.

To ShuFly: Terria! I love it! I'm super excited that you're such a big Terri fan, makes me glad that I included a new and original character!

To addictedgeek: I know! Sandra can't leave! Especially considering that Ellen and Patrick might be leaving too! Oh gosh, I think I might die if I ever got to see this story animated or anything. The sfx and the vampire forms that I'm picturing in my head are awesome!

To Jessica Torres-Robbins: ack! Such an avid Terri supporter, I love it! I do hope that you make it out of this chapter all right, it's a sad one =[

To AZsgirl: Well, Terri has already been reborn once, literally. Tim and Arizona were injured, but still alive so they were rescued (plus AZs was a prophesized rebirth and she wasn't really all that bad injured, unlike Tim), whereas Terri actually died when she was younger after her brother died… Does she deserve another resurrection? Hmmmm… =P

To willlaw: Thanks for reading! I can guarantee that Lauren will not be making an appearance; I dislike the character! Not cool that Arizona cheated with her, totally not cool. And if she does make an appearance, it may just be as another one from the dark that gets killed =P Erica makes sense though, especially since they're all supposed to be related, I mean the blonde hair and blue-ish eyes does make it plausible for her to be related to Arizona and Tim.

2damnpretty2die deserves an award! The Captain has been doing an awesome job for this story, many thanks and love!

Chapter 23: Athena's Goodbyes

General p.o.v

Six months ago

"Lexie, there's something I need you to do for me." She suddenly asked and Lexie stood to attention.

"Anything, my Lord." She replied instantly, drawing a smile from the both of us.

"Not now, but when Tim finally wakes up, there's something I need you to do." Lexie tilted her head curiously, but nodded anyway.

"We're going to return to Seattle soon, and when we're there I'll need you to lure Arizona and the rest of the group into the basement back at the warehouse where we'll keep Tim."

"Can I ask why?" Lexie asked, drawing a chuckle from Terri.

"Of course you can, I expect nothing less from you." Lexie smiled sheepishly, "The day Tim wakes up will be the day the Robbins family are reunited." Terri explained.

"What?" Lexie and Aria gasped.

"But how? You have no team, how are you going to manage… no… Terri, you can't!" Aria protested.

"Aria-" Terri began, but was cut off.

"No! You're going in alone aren't you? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

"Aria, it will be done." Terri replied firmly.

"But-"

"Look, I owe it to her. She's done a lot for me already, and Tim has literally given his life for the sake of the mission."

"No, Tim gave his life for Arizona, and Arizona hasn't done anything for you. She left you when you needed her the most!" Aria replied angrily.

"At least let me go with you!"

"I can't. I love that you're willing to follow me to the ends of the world, but I can't break up any more families. Lucia and Calliope need you."

"And I need you!"

Silence fell upon the room as Terri and Aria stared at each other, both unwilling to back down.

"Is there no other way?" Lexie bravely intervened.

"I'm afraid not. I will confront Hades and Richard and Elizabeth will be responsible for retrieving the Robbins'"

Thalia and Clio walked over from where they were situated on the other side of the room and called for Terri's attention.

"Is everything ready?" Terri asked.

"Yes my Lord." Clio replied.

"How long do we need to wait?"

"Elder Richard suggests a month at least, so Apollo can become strong enough to withstand the long journey." Thalia replied.

"Okay, so we move in a month. Take the time to rest up; I'll need you to protect the Bride and Lexie when the time comes." They nodded in understanding.

"What do we do until then?" Lexie asked.

"There's something Aria and I need to do." Aria perked up at the mention of her name.

"What's that?"

"We're going to unlock one of the perks of being my mate" Terri grinned widely as Aria watched on in confusion.

Aria p.o.v

Terri led me into a sealed room a few doors down from where Tim was, and when we walked in I noticed that the floor was covered with padded mats and there were weapons adorning the walls.

"Where are we?" I asked

"My training room." Terri replied happily

"And we're here because?"

"I told you, to unlock the perks of being my mate."

"Yes, you've said that already, but it doesn't explain anything."

"Well you've seen my true form right?" I nodded. "Well you get to have something like that too. Calliope has already unlocked hers along with Arizona. So we're here to find yours."

"How do we do that?"

She sat down on the floor with her legs crossed and patted the space in front of her. "Sit down and trust me."

I complied and sat down facing her, "Now what?"

Her eyes changed as the Jupiter symbol appeared on her forehead; her aura started pulsing as a glowing red circle surrounded us filled with symbols.

"Just close your eyes and relax."

I closed my eyes and let my senses take over my body, opening myself up to everything around me. I felt a sudden rush of cold air hit me and when I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in the dark training room, but in an open field that was dark with lightening roaring across the skies every now and again.

"Sorry about the view; it wasn't always like this, but this is how it is now unfortunately." Terri's voice appeared beside me and I turned to see her standing a few feet away from me. How did I not notice her?

"What do you mean?" Her expression darkened slightly.

"I died 20 years ago." I gasped.

"W-what?"

"When Styx attacked us, I was killed. She wasn't sent to kill Toby, he was already working for their side, she was sent to meet up with him and kill me." I stared at her stunned as she explained what really happened 20 years ago.

"So Zeus, Theia, Helios, Richard and Elizabeth combined their powers and revived you?" I asked, bewildered by the thought.

"Yup, pretty awesome huh?"

"And Toby is really Hades' son and he betrayed you?"

"Yup"

"And then my mother wiped your memory of your death?"

"Correct again"

"But then you regained the memory because Athena never forgot?"

"Uh huh" She replied nonchalantly. Holy crap, this is getting weirder and weirder.

"So how is that relevant to this?" I gestured to the area around us.

"My world used to be full of light and joy, something that was reflected in here. So it used to be green fields with birds and butterflies and the whole magical fairy tale world and all that business, but after I died, I guess Athena held onto the aura of Hades that came off of Styx, because the next time I accessed this world, I was presented with… this."

"Hades?"

"Yeah, and it gets worse. I used to see him in my dreams. No, that's not correct, it's more like my subconscious mind would filter into his and I would see his world."

"His 'inner' world?" I asked curiously.

"Both his 'inner' world and what he saw when he was awake." I gasped in shock.

"W-what? How?" I was amazed by her revelation.

"I don't know, my father says it's probably something I picked up from Theia when her powers transferred to me. You know that she's the greatest and strongest Seer known to our world, with the ability to peer into anyone's minds and alter their thoughts; I must have picked up that ability, but more specifically I was able to lock onto Hades' thoughts."

"Hades' thoughts?"

"Yeah, I wasn't aware of it at first, because I couldn't remember much of it. But whenever I would meditate or sleep; my subconscious self would drift into Hades' subconscious. I think I talked to him and possibly fought him, but he could never touch me because I was never really there. Eventually, I began to be able to project into a form that was only visible to him during his waking day and followed him around."

"But didn't he recognise you? Surely he must've known it was you?"

"Not exactly, the 'me' that was in his mind wasn't the 'real me' if that makes sense? I was present in his mind in another form, I had white hair and golden eyes, and to be honest, he's never really seen what I look like. He's never actually met me, not until I was 18 and attacked Pallas anyway."

"So he had no idea who you were and still had conversations with you?" I asked mystified.

"Yeah, I think he thought it was a blessing or something. Like a sign or a gift sent from the Gods to guide him to the throne." She chuckled at the idea, "so he spoke to me a lot."

"Seriously?" I deadpanned.

"Oh yeah, he was really respectful towards me and asked confided a lot of his hidden feelings to me. It was really overwhelming at first."

"But hasn't Erica met you? Wouldn't she have told him?"

"Yeah, but like I said, he was the only one able to see me. And he never once spoke out loud about me or to me. It was always through mental conversations or face to face in his 'inner' world."

"So why did you lock on to him specifically?"

"I don't know. I'm assuming it was because it was his dark aura that ended my life and Athena held onto it. So when I was revived, even though I didn't remember the events of my death, I remembered this aura and I guess I followed it? I'm not too sure, I've never really asked." She shrugged.

"But I thought your father knew?"

"Not exactly I just asked him why I kept entering other people's minds involuntarily, I never specified whose mind I frequently 'visited', and then he sent me to train with Theia for a little while to control the powers."

"Can you control the power?" I asked with great interest.

"Oh yeah, it's how I convinced Hades' that the prophecy meant that Iphigenia was going to kill Artemis for power, and then the guilt would cause her to kill herself. It provoked him to reveal the location of Mnemosyne to Tim and then allow us to bring Callie and Arizona together again."

"So why can't you convince Hade's to give up the war?" I couldn't fathom the idea of Terri actually swaying him and winning the war so easily, but wouldn't it be so much easier?

"I tried, but his will is really strong, I could only attempt to lead him in a different direction. It's one of the reasons why it's been so long since Hades has actually made any movements. But I couldn't go to him any longer after Pallas died, because he'd recognise my aura and me the moment he saw me in his world. So that plan went to hell, I guess it was poor planning on my behalf." She scratched the side of her head and smiled sheepishly at me.

"Okay, so why are we here?" I returned to the original topic and she straightened up immediately.

"Oh yeah." She then turned towards the field, "Athena! Are you here?" she shouted.

"You rang?" a low, husky and really creepy voice from behind made me jump. I turned around and was confronted with a figure that was hidden by the shadows and a sudden crash of lightning lit up the area making me scream in shock. The figure started to chuckle and Terri broke into uncontrollable laughter as I glared at her.

"Terri!" I whined. She was practically rolling on the floor by now and I pouted, though on the inside I was smiling at her. I had never seen her so carefree and had never heard her laugh so freely and hard, it was another new side that I had gotten to know, and it warmed my heart knowing that no one else got to see this side of her.

"Oh…my…God!" she choked out between laughs, lifting a hand to wipe away the tears that had escaped. "That was hilarious!"

"I'm glad you find my misery so amusing" I deadpanned.

The still chuckling figure emerged from the shadows, revealing her pure white wings and long white hair with red streaks running through that reached her waist, her eyes were pure white with golden sparks swirling around and the golden Jupiter symbol was on her forehead.

So this is Athena…

"And you!" I pointed to Athena, "What was that about? The sudden appearance and the creepy voice?"

"I don't get many visitors, so I thought I'd make a memorable impression?" She stated so seriously I thought she was being honest, until I saw the twinkling in her eye and I spluttered indignantly as Terri broke down into another fit of laughter.

"Guys! Come on!" I moaned, "Can we be serious now?"

Terri was still on the floor, panting as giggles still shook her body. Athena sighed dramatically and held her hand to Terri to take, pulling her back up to her feet.

"So why are we here then?" I asked impatiently.

"I wanted you and Athena to finally meet face to face. She's been waiting a long time to meet you." I eyed Athena suspiciously.

"I've been wanting to meet you since Terri came to me and lost against me three times in a row. She was so distracted and frustrated it was starting to annoy me, so we talked about what was bugging her and she told me about you. I wanted to meet the person who could fluster the cool and calm Teresa Ryans." She explained and I smirked slyly at Terri who now had a blush across her cheeks.

"Shut up!" Terri huffed in mock annoyance.

I found their interaction amusing and kind of cute, they were close, almost like siblings, teasing each other and so playful. I guess in a way they were like twins.

"Question! Why does Athena's form look different to yours Terri?" I asked, it had been bugging me since I really saw Athena.

"Ah, that… It's because I'm not officially crowned yet, so I can only access part of the power. I'm recognised as the Crown because of my position as Zeus' only daughter, but too many things got in the way, so it was never made official." Terri explained.

"And until it is, she will never get to reach this awesome form." Athena finished teasingly.

I watched on in wonder as Terri shoved Athena playfully and was pushed back in return. This is too much. I burst in laughter and they stared at me as if I had lost my mind.

"Sorry, but you two are too cute." I confessed and they both huffed in annoyance and pouted. "See! Right there! Too cute!"

"Right, anyway, so this is Athena." Terri swiftly changed topics and I narrowed my eyes at her.

"It's an honor to finally meet you Ariadne Torres."

"Right back at ya Athena." I threw her a wink, "so what happens next? How do I get the form of the mate?"

"There's nothing you need to do. I've seen the way you interact with Terri, your willingness to trust in her without a doubt, your unwavering belief in her and your determination to follow her, even in death. I recognise and accept you as the Bride." Athena answered and walked up to me, placing a hand on my cheek as she leaned in. I inhaled sharply as I felt her lips upon mine and I was suddenly engulfed in a bright light as warmth filled my entire being.

The light faded and I opened my eyes to see both Terri and Athena smiling at me warmly. The world around me shifted as we were transported into another room that was surrounded by mirrors. I was stunned as I saw my reflection; I was now in possession of white wings and my eyes were bright red with white and golden sparks.

"I hope that you'll use the form well and protect my dear Terri." Athena's voice was filled with love and I nodded with a smile.

"I promise." The world around me shifted again and I closed my eyes as I was overcome with nausea. When I reopened them, I was back in the dark training room with Terri's vivid white eyes staring back at me.

"You like the new form?" She asked with a smile.

"I love it!" I replied with a wide grin.

And I love you…

Six months later.

"Don't do this Terri!" I cried, hot tears pouring down my cheeks. We had returned to Seattle 5 months ago where Hades' had relocated back to the manor he had here.

"Aria, you knew this would happen. So please just let me go." Terri replied sadly. I held onto her arm tightly, refusing to let her leave me.

She looked sorrowfully at Thalia and Clio and gave them a gentle smile.

"It's been an honor fighting with you two. Promise me you'll serve Arizona as well as you have me, promise me that you'll protect her and love her as much as you do me."

"The honor is ours Princess." Clio replied huskily, fiercely fighting back her own tears.

"We give you our blood oath that we will treat Artemis as we have you. Though there will never be another master as great or kind or loving as you." Thalia replied shakily; the usually stoic vampire had tears building in her eyes and her fists her clenched tightly.

"Give this to Arizona for me?" Terri held out a sealed golden envelope and Clio took it with shaking hands. "Thanks." She smiled at her softly, before turning her attention to Bailey.

"Bailey; thanks for everything you've done for me. I'm sorry I've never had the chance to thank you properly. Perhaps in another life, if I'm given the honor of meeting you again, I swear I'll do anything to repay you."

"There's nothing to thank or repay. I was doing my job." Bailey choked out through her tears. "I'm sorry it had to end this way. It has been an absolute honor to serve under you, and I promise I'll make sure our people know of your sacrifice."

Terri let out a strained chuckle, "you don't have to do that Miranda. I'm not doing this for recognition. I owe it to Tim, to Arizona, and to Poseidon and Aphrodite. They were captured because of their refusal to betray my father; they are the true heroes, not me. I would rather the people not remember me, I was useless as the Crown. All I've done is take what other people have given me; I haven't done anything for them. I owe the world too much and I will never get the chance to make my amends. I'm a coward."

Bailey dropped to one knee and bowed her head deeply. "You are anything but a coward, and I will personally punish anyone who dares to suggest that." Terri smiled before pulling her to her feet and was shocked as Bailey pulled her into a strong embrace. "Don't you dare give up without a fight." She warned.

"I give you my blood oath." Terri tightened her arms around the petite woman. "Thank you Miranda." She whispered into her ear.

"Lexie, thanks for standing by my side when the world was ready to turn their back on me. You're an amazing woman, and I'm sorry I've left you with such a task."

"I promised to help you and I will stand by that until the end." She replied with fierce determination and tears streamed down her cheeks.

"One last request?"

"Anything"

"Don't give up on Mark. Don't blame him either, he chose to stand by his best friend and that kind of loyalty is rare. He's a good man and you deserve to be happy." Lexie could no longer hold back as a cry tore from her lips.

"Oh God! I'm sorry Terri." She was pulled into an embrace as Terri stroked the back of her head tenderly.

"You have nothing to be sorry about. It's been a pleasure to work with you Lexie Grey. You're a hell of a woman and Mark is so lucky to have you." They stood there for a brief moment, Lexie crying into Terri's shoulder and Terri stroking her head gently.

Lexie finally withdrew and stumbled over to Clio who held her tightly as Terri turned her attention back to me once again, opening her arms in invitation.

"Come here." She whispered softly and I crashed into her body, sobs tearing through my body as I held on tightly. "Be brave, and think of me every once in a while?"

"I'll never forget you." I promised.

She gave me one last squeeze before pulling back and straightening herself. With one last glance around the room at her family, she turned towards the door.

"Terri!" I screamed.

"Don't Aria." She warned.

"Take me with you, I'm begging you. I can help you!" I pleaded.

"I can't Aria. I need you to be safe, you promised."

"I can't just let you walk out of here to your death! I don't care about anything other than you. I can't lose you Terri!"

"You gave me your blood oath; you can't go back on that. I'm not destroying any more families, so please. I'm begging you." Her voice was strained as she tried to push away her emotions. "Please Lexie, hold her back."

"T-Terri…" she stuttered, choking on her tears.

"Please." Lexie reluctantly stepped forward and grabbed onto my arms, pulling me back.

"No! Let go of me!" I struggled against Lexie's hold, but failed to escape. "If you walk out that door, we're done! Do you hear me? We're over!" It was an empty threat, and she knew it.

"If I'm dead, we're done anyway." I gasped at her harsh response and she sighed before walking up to me, cradling my face gently, and pulling me into a kiss.

"I love you Aria." I froze at the words I had longed to hear. "So please stay safe." I slumped into Lexie's arms, defeated and distraught.

"I love you too." She gave me one last kiss to the forehead and walked out the room. I watched her retreating back as the tears blurred my vision.

Come back to me… Please…

Terri p.o.v

My heart ached as I left Aria, her anguished cries echoing in my head. I love you Aria, and I'm sorry I never got to tell you that more often.

"Are you okay?" Richard's voice drifted in from the right. I sobered immediately and refocused my attention to the manor in front of us.

"I'm fine." I replied and he looked at me unconvinced. "I swear Richard, I'm fine." He relented and nodded.

"Has Poseidon and Aphrodite received the signal?" Elizabeth asked from my left.

"I'd sent them the signal last night, so everything should be in place now."

"So this is where we part?" She asked sadly.

"Richard, it's been an honor to fight with you. Thank you for teaching me about medicine, thank you for keeping an eye on me and for saving me all those times, and thank you for coming with me for this final mission."

"The honor is mine Princess. Your memory will live on in this world, I swear." He replied solemnly.

"Promise you'll protect Poseidon and Aphrodite?"

"With my life."

"And Artemis?"

"With my soul. I will not let her throw away everything you've fought for, I give you my blood oath." He stated resolutely and I nodded, satisfied with the answer.

"Elizabeth, there are no words to express my gratitude and gratefulness to you. You've practically raised me and have supported my every decision. You were to one I went to for advice, to one I went to for warmth, and the one I sought out when I was angry with my father. Without your guidance, I wouldn't be who I am today, so thank you."

"It was my pleasure to know that I was so useful to you, it's the greatest honor one can be given, knowing that I was the one you sought first."

"Promise me you'll never leave my father's side. Promise me that you'll continue to support him and that you'll continue to love him the way my mother never had the chance to. Promise me you'll help Artemis become the heir I was never able to and promise me you'll never give up on her."

"On my honor and pride, I give you my blood oath." She bowed her head and raised her right hand over her heart.

"Tell my father… That despite everything that's ever happened… Tell him he was a great father and I love him… Tell him I'm sorry I can't serve him any longer and that will be my greatest regret." The tears were building and my throat was constricting, I hated saying goodbyes, but these people were the ones to stand by me. They deserved to have the closure.

Richard and Elizabeth both dropped down to one knee and bowed their heads so deeply it almost touched the ground.

"Fide et fortitude!" I stated firmly.

"Fide et fortitude!" They replied and flickered out of sight.

The future lies in your hands now Ari…

I shimmered towards Hades' throne room, getting there with no problems with the use of my speed and aura suppression.

I found the room void of anyone other than Hades and Styx and smirked at my stroke of luck. I entered the room quickly and slammed the doors closed, sealing them shut with a blood barrier and turned to confront the two.

"Athena!" Styx sneered at me, whilst Hades watched on in interest. "What the fuck are you doing here?"

"I have unfinished business with Hades and I would prefer it if you stayed out of the way." I replied and she laughed at the suggestion.

"Why the hell would I do that? You killed my brother and I still haven't settled that yet!"

"Oh, that's funny, but isn't it technically your fault?" I taunted and she growled before launching herself at me.

I had anticipated her attack and dodged easily, striking her back and knocking her to the ground. She flickered out of sight and reappeared behind me, growling as she began her transformation. I quickly flickered in front of her and grabbed her head, placing my forehead onto hers as my eyes turned gold. I revealed the memories of Toby and Trevor's birth, the truth behind our mother, Hades' ruthless order to allow me to kill Pallas, and his true feelings towards her.

I felt claws around the back of my neck as I was pulled away from Erica and thrown across the room. She dropped to the ground, eyes clouded, as she was lost in the visions and memories.

"What did you do to her?" Hades demanded, seeing that Erica was no longer responsive.

I struggled to my feet and smirked at him, "that's for me to know and you to find out."

He roared out in anger and began to transform. The pressure dropped as dark energy surrounded him; I shivered at the coldness of his aura, but responded in kind as I felt Athena's power overcome my body.

His speed was incredible as he disappeared and I was thrown into the air, hit by a strong bolt of energy in the back and launched back to the ground mercilessly by another ball of energy, all before I could blink. In the back of my mind, I could hear the echoes of Lexie and Aria's cry of pain, but pushed the feeling aside to focus on Hades. I focused on Hades and the pain and suffering he had caused me.

I growled at him menacingly, the memories of my mother's death and brother's betrayal fuelling my anger and clouding my thoughts as adrenaline rushed through my veins.

I barely managed to flicker away from my position on the floor before Hades' blade landed where my head once was. My wings straightened as I became airborne, and I summoned my blade, just barely managing to lift it up as his blade struck mine. Energy exploded around us and I gritted my teeth forcing Hades back before launching a bolt of lightning from my left hand. He retreated swiftly and I felt my right hand shaking from the effort of holding against him.

Shit…

I failed to notice the syringe in his hand as he injected himself in the neck and before I knew it, he was behind me, sword slashing downwards in a diagonal motion and slicing into my back.

I growled at the pain and watched as he recoiled as my blood hit his skin, burning him in the process. I smirked slightly before taking up my stance again.

His red eyes became brighter at the sight of my blood and he inhaled deeply. "Ah, Nathaniel's blood has always smelled so… vile." He sneered before launching at me again.

I blocked and dodged to the best of my ability, but still sustained a fair amount of damage. He had backed me into a corner and was ready to take my head, but my aura flared up, pulsing as my white eyes became gold briefly, a bright red circle with symbols forming around my hand as I thrust it forwards towards his stomach. This is for my mother, you bastard! The circle swirled around my arm as it made contact and he recoiled in shock, retreating back across the room as red lines crawled across his torso and down his arms, pulsing all the way. He stared at me in shock as he was bound to the spot. Swiping at the blood from my forehead, I flicked it towards him as a circle appeared around him and engulfed him in a bright white light.

I panted as I took a mental evaluation of my body. One large laceration across the back, multiple cuts along the arms and legs, bruising along the jawline and left cheek bone… I winced as blood dripped into my right eye. Laceration across the forehead, and one across the abdomen… I took in a deep breath and winced when the pain spread, oh yeah… multiple broken ribs, and possible internal bleeding, I added when I choked and spat out blood. Fuck…

I glanced towards the barrier around Hades, hoping to buy so time so my healing could kick in. It's not like he's any better, he's covered it bruises and cuts, and I made sure the cuts were deep.

There was a sudden roar as Hades' aura flared up incredibly, destroying the barrier completely and sending the debris flying. I was blinded as his black aura reached terrifying new levels and instinctively erected a barrier to deflect the flying debris.

However, I had never expected Hades' sudden boost in speed, as he was before me before I could blink, evil smirk on his face as he shattered my defensive barrier easily and I gasped as I felt his blade penetrate my stomach and exit through my back. Blood poured from my mouth and my stomach, and pain filled my entire body.

Fucking hell…

I noticed that there was another empty syringe in his other hand and winced at my miscalculation. I hadn't expected him to be able to inject another syringe whilst he was bound, I hadn't expected him to be able to move at all, but I guess I was wrong after all.

"We have secured Poseidon and Aphrodite" Richard's voice filtered into my mind and I smirked victoriously. It didn't matter what happened now, I'd won.

"What the fuck are you smirking at?" He growled in my face and I cringed at the horrible scent of death and decay that floated from his mouth.

"Ever heard of mouthwash?" I spat, my blood hitting his face and burned the flesh like acid.

"Still so feisty, even in the face of death," he sneered. "Too bad you're Zeus' daughter, you would've made wonderful progress in my army." He twisted the blade once before slowly drawing it back out; more blood spilled as it filled my mouth in large amounts. I choked slightly at the feeling as he watched on in delight. "It's almost a shame to kill you." He thrust his free hand into my wound and lightning erupted from it, sending a powerful shock through my system, paralyzing me.

No. No. No… Move... I struggled for control over my limbs. Move dammit! I couldn't give him the satisfaction of seeing me weak, not after everything he had done. I would die in a battle, not whilst I was weak and paralyzed from a stupid miscalculation. Dammit, I should have never underestimated him…. Fuck you… "Fuck You!" I screamed at his smug face. Why couldn't I have done more? Injured him more? Incapacitated him in any way? I couldn't save Toby, I couldn't save my mother, and now I can't even do anything to help Arizona and Tim… Why…

Pulling his hand away quickly, he grabbed at my throat, burning me as my bleeding continued sizzling through his skin, he threw me to the ground and impaled his sword into me once again, pinning me to the floor.

The pain was unbearable as a scream tore through my throat.

"TERRI!" Aria's horrifying voice, laced with intense pain and anguish, filled my mind.

Aria…

He laughed maniacally at me as he gathered a terrifying amount of energy into his outstretched arms. In the corner of my eye I saw Erica slowly waking from her daze and staring at me with wide eyes in horror as she fully processed the scene before her.

"T-Teresa…" I heard my name leave her lips in a whisper.

I'm sorry…

"Y-you're my… my half-sister…" despair and shock filled her eyes.

Hades' energy hit its limit and he prepared to launch his attack. I saw Erica struggling to get up, stumbling towards us, and I smiled at her briefly before closing my eyes, resigning to my fate and tried to picture happier times, so my last thoughts wouldn't be filled with hatred, anger and rage.

I love you Aria…