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Chapter Thirty-Two - Harper

"Where are we?"

"Tartarus."

Harper stopped short, staring at them in horror. What did she just say?

"What the hell are you talking about?" They stopped, turning to look at her. Alyx looked around.

"Hell." She replied, raising her eyebrow. Isaac covered his mouth to stifle a laugh.

"We're in Tartarus?!" Alyx bolted up to her and covered her mouth.

"Shh! Are you trying to get us caught?" She hissed. "Yes, we're in Tartarus. A guy named Akira has captured my friends, your brother and the gods. He has a goddess on his side, but a guy named Rei is on our side and is feeding me information. So shush and behave. Got that, sweetheart?"

She nodded slowly, Alyx pulling away and continuing on. For the first time, she saw a dagger holster on her back, hooked onto a belt. The holster was black with gold trim, the handle of the dagger wrapped in fine black leather.

Now, she had never checked out a woman before, but damn. Built like an athlete, her legs were long and muscular, her butt well rounded, not too big or too small. Her curves were on point, full hips perfect for other activities, like hockey. Her upper body was well built too. Long arms that were muscular, fingers long and slim with nicely filed nails, and a flat belly and nice sized breasts. Her shoulders were nice, not broad like a man's but well posturized.

Isaac wasn't too bad either. Tall and built muscular, with broad shoulders and back muscles that showed through his shirt, jeans and combat boots, he looked hot and handsome.

"So how long have you been friends?" Harper asked.

"Whole lives." Alyx replied, looking at the map. "He's two years older than me." Harper picked up her pace and started to walk next to her.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"That's neat. But you seem older."

"Hey!" Isaac said. Alyx laughed.

"Calm down." She said. "Yeah, but he's older, so I need to respect my elders." He glared coldly, reaching for his sword hilt.

"Fight me."

"No." She flicked his forehead and he backed off. Harper was amazed by their bond. They fought like siblings, yet seemed like best friends at the same time.

"So you guys are best friends?"

"Rivals." Isaac said. "Our parents hate each other."

"How come?"

"My dad's Percy Jackson and his mom is Clarisse La Rue."

"Eh?"

"Yeah." Isaac said, putting his hands behind his head. "My mom had me right after she got married and about a year after the Gaea war."

"Gaea…?" She asked.

They told her the rest of the Titan War, since her parents 'died' but she didn't mention that, then told her about Jason and the rest of the story.

So apparently Jason Grace is a son of Jupiter, the Roman version of Zeus, Piper McClean is a daughter of Aphrodite, and Leo Valdez is a son of Hephaestus. They were on a school bus heading to the Grand Canyon where Jason woke up with no recollection of who he was or where he was, just his name. So they were taken to Camp Half-Blood by Coach Hedge, a satyr in a teacher disguise. They were given a prophecy, and had to head to rescue Hera, who had been taken 'prisoner'. In the end, Jason got his memory back.

Then Percy had switched camps and lost his memory as well, meeting Frank Zhang, son of Mars, the Roman form of Ares, and Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto, the Roman form of Hades and Reyna Ramirez-Arellano, daughter of Bellona, a Roman war goddess and praetor of Camp Jupiter, located in San Francisco. Percy had been fighting for two months against two gorgons, the sisters of Medusa. And he only had one name in mind:

Annabeth.

With that in mind, he trudged to Camp Jupiter, even though he didn't know about it at the time, and carried Hera into the camp, looking like a wreck from his journey. During a night of war games, a Roman version of Capture the Flag, Mars appeared and claimed Frank as his son then gave them a quest to free Thanatos, so they travelled to Alaska, the land where the god's power is useless. Along the way, they encountered Phineas, the blind guy that could see the future. Percy got his memory back with gorgon's blood, after Phineas challenged him to drink one and he drink the other. They told her that the right side has the power to heal any wound or injury, whereas the left side is deadly.

As they travelled to Alaska, his memory started to return, and they finally free Thanatos and returned to Camp Jupiter, bringing back the lost Golden Eagle, as well as many Imperial Gold weapons, which is deadly to demigods but also the common metal among Romans. And then Leo, Annabeth, Jason and Piper and Coach Hedge found then in Camp Jupiter, on the ship Argo II and then they set off on a quest to find Nico and Annabeth to follow the Mark of Athena. Annabeth and Percy fell in Tartarus when Annabeth found the Athena Parthenos and encountered Arachne, the spider goddess and defeated her by making a giant Chinese handcuff. While the two went through Tartarus, Reyna, Nico and Coach Hedge shadow travelled around the world to try and get the Athena Parthenos to stop a war breaking out between the Greeks and Romans, led by an augur named Octavian.

In the end, Leo sacrificed himself to defeat Gaea, only to return to Camp Half-Blood sixteen years later with Calypso and two kids.

"Damn." She muttered after they finished. They made it into a small cave near the castle, but Alyx didn't want to take any chances and just storm in there without a plan.

"So, you're the daughter of two legends."

"Yup."

"And your friends are kids of legends, too."

"Mhm."

She narrowed her eyes, scratching her head.

"And your brother is on his way to becoming a legend too." Harper looked at Alyx with a raised eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, he's braver than you think. He's fought numerous people and monsters, not to mention has protected me. Every time he fights, he gets this look on his face that tells me that he's a good person, both at kindness and at fighting. He even saved one of my friend's sisters from being killed by a huge snake."

She could barely imagine that her little brother that she had protected from bullies, would cry if he got hurt and got angry with himself for having dyslexia could fight.

"I know what you're thinking." Isaac said, pulling out a bag of jerky. "I could tell from the moment I met him he was a mama's boy."

"Hey! He is not-" He held up a piece, his eyes narrowed.

"Not finished. Then after hearing Alyx's story and seeing him in action, I guess he's a good fighter." He nibbled on it, the jerky looking like it had chili powder and seeds on it. "He just needs training."

"I trained him best I could, since I didn't have my memory." Alyx said, watching Isaac eat it and then snorting with laughter when he choked on it and dug through his pack trying to find his water. He dug it out and took a sip, gulping it down halfway.

Alyx was in hysterics.

"F-For an Ares kid you can't handle heat much!" Alyx cried, tears in her eyes from laughing so hard. He said something in Spanish, to which she replied easily, and he shut up.

"You can speak Spanish?" Harper asked.

"Yeah." Alyx replied. "As well as Chinese, Japanese, French, Korean, both North and South, Italian-"

"Okay, we get it. You're smart." Isaac said, zipping up his bag and putting it in his satchel. Alyx grinned, and then pulled out her two maps from her pocket. She spread them out and then pulled out a pen.

"So here's the plan. This map is a map to lead you to the dungeon, where they are keeping the others." She slid it to Isaac. "Follow the route and you will get there. Free them and bring them back to this cave."

"What are you going to do?" Harper asked.

"I'm going to talk with Akira."

They ran quietly through the halls, getting deeper into enemy territory.

"I'm going to guess Alyx has encountered this Akira guy before." Harper whispered softly. Isaac nodded, looking at the map and taking a left.

"Last summer is when he rose. That's when Leo returned, to warn camp about him. Alyx…" He faltered. "She went through Tartarus alone, and came back a totally different person."

"How?"

"Before they left, she was this ball of energy and light, and then when she came back, she was similar but… She lost that energy." He looked down.

"I see…" They arrived at large double doors with designs like a prophecy carved in stone in Greek. They looked at each other and opened it.

Cells lined the wall down the hallway, soft groaning coming from one. They stepped in, and the first cell consisted of a handsome guy with chocolate skin, cinnamon hair and gold eyes. He wore Greek style slave robes, and he was barefoot. Brown stone chains were around his wrists and ankles.

"Hank!" Isaac exclaimed, running over. The guy looked up his eyes widening.

"Isaac?" He tried to stand but he fell to his knees, panting. "W-What are you doing here?"

"Came to save you, duh." He said, then turned to Harper. "Go to the others. I'll try to find something to unlock these cells." She nodded and ran to the cell across from Hank. The girl was pretty and reminded her of Sai Lin with the black slanted bob, light skin and Chinese features. She too wore Greek style slave robes and was barefoot, the same chains around her wrists and ankles. Harper looked around, spotting a key and grabbing it, putting it in the lock and turning it, a click sounding.

"Yes!" She said, opening the door and kneeling down. "Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine-" The girl's eyes widened. "Look out!" She turned just in time to see someone slam something into her cheek and everything went black.

When she woke up, she was kneeling, her wrists bound in chains, in the same cell as the girl. A man with white hair and red eyes, dressed nicely in a suit. He looked over and smiled, walking over.

"Hello." He greeted, his voice smooth and deep, persuasive yet cunning. His skin was pale, his hair slicked back. She could immediately tell this guy was not good. Then he said:

"Welcome to the madness."

To Be Continued...