Through the bushes they led me. Under branches and over stumps. "Hey Tom!" I called out. Without stopping, the blonde-haired boy yelled his reply. It almost got lost in the wind but my ears managed to pick it up.

"Yeah?"

"Where are we going?"

Instead of Tom, Jarad, the boy who hadn't yet said a word spun around and began jogging backwards. "We are taking you to our bunker. We have someone we want you to meet." Ok, I thought and kept running. Soon, we came into a clearing where a cave was concealed by vines and trees. The sun was setting, creating a burning pink and orange horizon. It was as if someone had set the sky on fire. It was stunning. "Here we are," Jarad said, puffing. Tom bent over, his hands on his knees as he gasped and spluttered.

"How are you not tired or the slightly bit puffed?" Tom asked, taking a swig from a water bottle that lay full on a rock.

I looked around and took in my surroundings, "years of running and fighting, I guess. What is this place? Who did you want me to meet?"

"I am him," exclaimed a voice proudly. I looked towards the cave and saw a boy around my age pushing some vines apart, coming out from an entrance. He had dusty blonde hair and fair skin. He wore a smirk on his face, not unlike the one mortal boys wear.

"Who are you?" I asked, folding my arms, already disliking the kid.

"My name is Kai."

I rolled my eyes as he swaggered over. "Do you have a last name?"

Kai laughed, "you're lucky I even have a first name, girl. Love doesn't have labels. Prophecies can't be contained."

"What?" I said, confused, "what the Gods do you mean?" Kai laughed and stroked my cheek tenderly with his hand, his face flickered from his own to one with green eyes. Percy. I stumbled back. "What the Gods was that?"

"That was the boy you love, yes? I take the form of love and it seems he is it." Kai nodded thoughtfully. "I am not like Aphrodite, I don't just look like the person you love, I take the form of the very thing that you love the most and it seems, for you, it is the boy. Impressive, it is not usually other people."

I shook my head, "what?"

Kai laughed again, his voice ringing in my head. "Nevermind, Annabeth Chase."

"How do you know my name? Kai! What are you?"

Tom placed a hand on my shoulder but it didn't calm me down. I watched Kai with narrowed eyes. He smiled. "I am Kai. Son of Apollo and Cupid."