Hi. So um, thanks for all the reviews. Over 300 now. It's cool. Also, over 100k words in this story. That's also pretty cool. Uh, my poll is still up. In case, ya know, anyone really cares. I own nothing, which sucks. But you don't have to care, because all most of you care about is the chapter. So enjoy. (Two exceptions are Sophia and HB. Thanks you two)

PS: To Bob, I really liked the suggestion you gave in your reviews. I had an idea for Nico and Annabeth (not spoilers!), but the one on the sequel is really good. I had wanted to do something with a Chaos story, give it my own spin. I think that might work out good... We'll just have to see now, won't we?

Thalia's POV

Anne gasped as she must've realized something. "The red monster that you turned into, was that because of them?!"

Flinching, Percy sighed. "Yes. The test was supposed to see if they could give people super strength and endurance. Instead, as the lab worker told me once I regained consciousness, they saw that they could make a monster. A vicious, bloodthirsty, killer that should be hunted down and killed before it could hurt people."

Tears straying down her face, Anne gasped, "That's awful! I can't-"

"I believed her."

We all gaped at Percy. Anne looked ready to faint again, Artemis gasped, and I felt sick to my stomach.

When no one said anything, Percy took that as his cue to keep talking. Avoiding eye contact with any of us, he explained, "At the lab, I was in restraints. After the experiment, I broke free from them and started running loose. The Monster was out of control, and I was too inexperienced to stop myself. In the end, they got me in the neck with a tranquilizer dart. It was the one vulnerable spot on my entire body. When j heard the story, I thanked the gods. When they had shot me, I was on top of one of the worker's chests after knocking him down, about to-to tear out his throat." Percy paused to collect himself. "I was so close to killing him. Not even ten seconds later, and there could be a woman that was now a widow, children without a father, a man without his brother, a woman without her brother, an elderly lady and man without their son. I'd be responsible for the tearing up of one family. Thankfully, I was stopped."

No one spoke, even after all that time to break from the trance. My eyes were glued to Percy, hardly blinking, barely breathing.

Percy took that silence as a cue to continue as well. "Well, I figured you guys would deny it. Seeing as that's what you do the most. I say something, DENIED. I think something, DENIED. This time isn't much different then. Maybe I should do it. Maybe j should do what that lady suggested many years ago, before she was arrested," Percy whispered the last part, as if trying to hide it.

Frightened, I wanted to ask what she told him to do, if it was the same lady, if he'd stop and let us free. But I was frozen in place, and I couldn't seem to form words.

Nodding to himself, Percy stood slowly and walked to the doorway. Pausing in the frame, he said, "Speak now or forever hold your peace."

Frozen, we all watched as, head bent low, Percy trudged away. What in Hades's name was he about to do?

Wrath's POV

Sitting with my brothers in front of a giant movie screen, we watched Percy talking to the girls about the Organization and the Academy.

After a few minutes, we heard Anne mention the Monster, and knew the entire thing would be down hill from there.

"Why'd she do that?" Alexander scowled from his position to my immediate right.

Somos nodded. "I agree. While it's an honest question, and she has a right to be curious, she needs to learn to monitor her tongue. A slip like that could butterfly and lead to a much more drastic slip from Percy."

My several brothers bickered, agreed, and disagreed back and forth for the next several minutes. While j took no part, the dreadfully loud noise made it so that I couldn't hear what was happening outside.

"Will you all please shut up?" I bellowed, trying to listen above everyone to no avail. Yes, while I do know that my yelling only added to the chaos, but it was in an attempt to cease it.

Within seconds, everyone grew quiet. There was the relentless muttering, of course, and angry whispers. But I could hear over that, so it was alright j suppose.

Tuning in now that there was almost-silence, I could hear Percy talking. The tone of voice he used was one of a man with little left, a man that had seen horrors and had done even more.

"Maybe I should do it. Maybe i should do what that lady suggested many years ago, before she was arrested," Percy pondered to himself, while the females all watched as if enchanted. They were all frozen in place, Anne on the floor, Artemis sitting by her, and naive Thalia kneeling on the ground near Percy's feet.

My brothers and j all looked at each other. "What's he gonna do?" We all wanted to know. Nobody knew the answer, for we hadn't hear the conversation before. Besides, we hadn't been created yet, so none of us had memories of what that lady said. The only one who might've known is Peter, and he's dead... By an unfortunate accident that didn't involve me at all.

Percy had already walked out the door while we were talking, and had strode down the hall. It appeared that he was looking for something, but what? I noticed that none of the girls followed him, which made me frown. Didn't they love/respect him? Their hero? Of course not.

Finally turning into a room, Percy found what he must've been looking for lying on a counter. It looked almost exactly like the one lying on the ground on the floor of my building inside the brain. It was silver, shining in The night. Just like Artemis's eyes...

Gripping it in his hand tightly, we all groaned. Why? Why silver? And, more importantly, why this?

Why a knife? Again?!