OH MY GODS. I THOUGHT I UPDATED CHAPTER 25 LAST WEEK. SORRY OUT I ONLY MANAGED TO SAVE IT IN THE DOC MANAGER AND FORGOT TO PUBLISH O.o

Artemis was in a mental turmoil. She paced back and forth inside her palace. She need to apologize to the…the…boy. Yes, that's right. She should. But what should she do with her lieutenant? But Thalia was only trying to help him.

But then, there's this nagging feeling that Thalia was hiding something a lot from her recently.

After a few more minutes of rethinking about the things she wanted to do, and rehearsing all the lines she wanted to say, Artemis went out to go get this over with.

She paused as the gates of the palace before her closed. She did not know where to go! She did not know where the Ace is!

Her eyes scrunch up at the realization, and before she could do anything about it, she burst into big flames.

Percy was pacing back and forth.

Was this safe?

No.

Would he be a jackalope when this is over?

Probably.

Is this important?

It's for Thalia.

Is this risky?

Tartarus yeah.

Will she be okay with it?

Hopefully.

Is this the best plan?

Nope.

But will he go through with it?

Of course.

Sure?

Yup.

As the 'yup' resounded in Percy's head, he had officially closed off any hesitation on doing this.

Now, the only problem was….getting her alone without getting himself killed by her.

Maybe Hestia would help—oh gods. He forgot about his patron. This was dangerous. Would his patron allow him to do this? Wait. Would Mars not kill him for this?

Gods.

As if as a sign, a column of fire appeared in front of the porch of the ranch Percy was healing in.

When the flames disappeared into the wind, the image of the moon goddess appeared.

She looked a bit shocked.

So did Percy.

But he couldn't help but notice how even though Artemis was completely surprised, she still had this graceful and elegant aura with her.

Artemis was very surprised when she realized she was teleported.

Then she processed that with the flames and all, it was Hestia who transported her.

Artemis opened her mouth to start the apology, but closed it again…

When she….

Realized….

That she….

Was looking….

At the Ace…..

…

The…Ace…

T-t-the Ace

…

THE A-a-a-ace of the p-p-pack

….

Without….

WITHOUT THE HOOD.

WITHOUT THE CLOTH.

WITHOUT THE GOGGLES.

With him wearing his actual face.

Percy's hand shot to his face. Oops, the hood.

Oh well, that was the plan in the first place wasn't it?