.He. Long time no see? I'm sorry. I will make no excuses. I'll just say one thing! The whole school year was for my SSPA (Secondary School Placement). We have to choose schools that are suited with our average scores. But if you want the whole detail. PM me. And! Read! No flames please!

C

A

R

T

E

R

"Oh. Haha. Nothing much, really. Just, how have you been with your sister?" The voice said. Jason's face turned dark and at the same time, the sky turned darker. He clenched his fists and looked down on the ground.

"What did you do to her?" Jason asked, his voice tightened but calm. The voice laughed coldly, "Don't worry, we didn't harm her. I mean- oops. Hahaha." I noticed Sadie roll her eyes. The person's voice was very obvious. I mean, for us Egyptian Magicians, of course. The sounds of thunderstorms got louder. It suddenly got really windy. The voice laughed again. I can feel that everyone was getting tired of his laugh. His laugh sounded like a mix of; sneezing, coughing and laughing. I was trying not to laugh at a serious occasion.

"Why don't we make a deal? We'll give you back your sister," The voice started. We saw a shadow on the tree. He was revealing himself. As he was appearing, Jason sped up to the person. Sadie and I looked at each other and it seemed like we got the same idea.

"Tas!" Sadie and I both cast. I cast it to Jason and Sadie did it to the person. The person revealed himself fully and kept on struggling from the spell. The branches and the roots wrapped around the person and Jason. I faced Jason and said, "Stop struggling. It will tighten only if you keep on struggling," I pointed at the person who was now fully visible, "Like that guy."

"Long time no see, Setne, welcome back," Sadie sarcastically said. Setne smiled, "I've been so used to being bound, that I actually missed it." Sadie rolled her eyes, watching her finger instead of listening to Setne. Annabeth slowly made her way over to Sadie.

Piper made her way over to Jason and I. Jason still looked pissed. He stopped struggling but I could tell he was thinking of ways to escape. Piper ran her hands on Jason's face. She then looked at me, "Carter, please. Let go of him. Please…" She pleaded. I already knew that she has charm-speak. Some spells were like that when you cast them. Sadie can use them freely as long as she's hosting Isis. We were fully aware and did research on her charm- speak. I know that they did research on our side too. I knew she tried to use her charm- speak. I wasn't affected by it in anyways but I agreed that Jason just needs to be in her hands at the moment before he bursts. I heard that Jason was the type to stay calm and collected. He's the leader type. Just like Percy. I released Jason and Piper quickly embraced him, tip-toeing to reach his height. Jason hugged her back and kissed her forehead before composing himself and heading over to Setne. Everyone followed suit. Sadie stood on guard, eyeing Jason and Setne.

"Sadie," Jason started, "I- I won't do anything to him right now." Sadie eyed him from head to toe. She was probably sensing if he's telling the truth. Setne sighed, "Oh, thank Gods. I thought you were gonna beat me up. Sadie, Carter, Zia, protect me if he does." The demigods eyed us. Zia, Sadie and I glared at him. "What makes you think we'll help you?" Sadie mocked. Setne laughed again. Everyone seemed annoyed by his laugh.

"Shut up." Piper told him off. Hazel held her on her shoulder. "You didn't finish what you said earlier," Percy spoke, "You said something about releasing Jason's sister only if?" Setne smiled, "You must be Percy. Son of Poseidon. Greek. Good thing you reminded me before this doll next to me (refers to Sadie) kills me." Zia faked a cough. Percy stared at him in the eye, "If you don't answer our questions, you'd get killed by everyone here. Look, I don't give a sh*t about who you are." Setne frowned at him, "Go ahead kill me. You won't get your answers." We got taken aback by Setne's answer. He was too straight- forward about this. Sadie tightened the spell and glared at him, "Oh don't worry. We won't kill you. I've got better plans." Everyone looked at her, confused. Sadie looked at us, "I wasn't finish," Sadie started again, "You won't die. You're just gonna have a slow painful experience." Setne laughed, again, "Oh darling, you've been making me laugh this entire ti- "

"Sa-mir." Sadie spoke. Setne groaned in pain. "What did you do?" Piper asked. I answered for Sadie, "The spell causes extreme pain and agony to the victim. He won't die though." Piper smirked. Leo smiled widely, "That is pretty cool. I mean, not for me. But you know for this guy here. What's his name? Sunset?" Annabeth flicked Leo's head, "It's Setne, you idiot."

"Why don't you speak now?" Jason said. "I believe Sadie will stop the spell only if you tell us the answer to our question. Right, Sadie?" Sadie nodded in approval. I knew Sadie was a sadist. It's obvious from her name. But it's really creepy if Jason becomes one. "Fine," Setne groaned in pain. He was still bound, "We'll only release your sister unless someone here *groans* is given up by the group *groan*"

So how did you like it? Review and follow! Thank you!