Zoë's phone clattered to the ground, her hand was clammy, and olive skin had suddenly turned sheet white. Sally looked at Zoë in concern, titling her head to the side and frowning- as if she sensed Zoë's displeasure.

"Zoë dear?" Sally asked softly, " Are you alright?" Sally took a step forward, swiping a strand of greying brown hair behind her shoulders. Zoë swallowed, her mouth suddenly dry, and let out a breath,

"Yeah." Zoë said, wringing her hands, "My father wants to see me." Sally gave her an understanding look, patted her on the shoulders in sympathy.

"Here Zoë, take a cookie for the road," Sally said, taking one from the plate on the table. Zoë took it with a smile, and gave Sally a side hug. She was about to leave, as she'd just opened the door. However, hand perched on the door frame, she turned around causing her bangs to fly in her eyes.

"Don't worry, Sally, I owe you that much to get Percy back."

And with that Zoë closed the door and took off down the hallway. She pressed the down arrow for the elevator, and leaned against the wall with her eyes closed as she waited, for the awaited ding.

Suddenly, Zoë's eyes were jerked open when she heard pounding feet coming down the hall.Her hands immediately went to where her bow normally rested on her shoulder. Only Zoë remembered that she'd left her bow and quiver- as well as her hunting knife on her desk.

Zoë, thank the gods, was not under assault. It was only Annabeth, who's sneakers were pounding on the floor,blonde hair flying behind her tied up in a pony tail. Her stormy grey eyes were still bloodshot, and she had a grey coat on now. In her hand, was Zoë's cell phone, which she had left on the floor of Sally's apartment.

"Here." Annabeth said breathlilessly, "I had to leave literally a few seconds after you so I brought your phone,"Zoë gave a smile a gratitude before asking, if only politely.

"Why?" Annabeth smiled widely, so it was only assumed that her reason was better then Zoë's.

"My older sisters, well step sisters, anyway." Annabeth said, "Their home from college for the month- gods college breaks are so long- and there friends are visiting too. There also picking me up!" Annabeth added, suddenly glowing with happiness. Zoë smiled in return, glad that at least some one had cool sisters. The elevator doors opened and they stepped inside, suddenly Annabeth turned around and looked at her.

"Hey! Your on the archery team, " She said, pointing to Zoë's head band, "My oldest sister Theda, was the captain. But she gave it up for this guy, Tyler, she's not coming, she's with there other friends in London. My other sister, Twila wasn't made the Captain. Artemis said that she was too immature, which I have to agree. Her friends were on the archery team too-"

"Sabrina and Mira?" Zoë guessed, she remembered them from her first year in high school, they always seem to know what was gonna happen. Though unlike Rachel, they weren't as creepy. Annabeth nodded, as the doors opened up to the lobby, where three girls were shouting at the receptionist who was shouting right back.

Twila, was up in the receptionists face, demanding that she give her the key card so she could get her sister, her green-grey eyes were lit of with madness, and she kept brushing long strands of green streaked brown her out of her face where they had fallen out of her super long braid. She kept stomping her foot on the ground in rage, her red converse high top smacking against the floor, her other hand kept tapping against her painted jeans, which matched the old doctor who shirt that was the victim of a painting. Sabrina however, looked like she was trying not to yell, and kept tucking her balled fists into her green jacket, which hilighted the greenness of the hulk on her marvel teeshirt, and her brown hair flowed past her shoulders, not getting in the way like Twilas, though her green eyes looked like a primed nuclear bomb, ready to explode and take the receptionist out in any second. Mira had a pair of, were those golden scissors, strapped to her thigh, and the dark skinned girl looked as of she was going to pull it out of the receptionist. Her dark eyes that matched her hair were boiling, and cartoon steam seemed to blow out of her ears.

"Of just shut up Hylla!" Mira barked, "YOU WERE ANNOYING ENOUGH AT SCHOOL WITH YOUR AMAZON PRIME OBSESSION!" That caused a laugh to come out, and Zoë frankly thought that she'd rather stay here and watch the former Archery members have it out with Hylla then go home to see her dad.

However, Sabrina looked as if she was going to rip Hyllas head off, and Zoë felt that Sally had enough stress for a day so she intervened.

"So Annabeth," She said rather loudly, "That them." She was practically shouting, and good thing too. For almost instantly, there heads turned around, and Twila's scowl was replaced by a smile.

"Annie!" She said, dashing over and enveloping her sister in a hug, then rubbing her head. "Gods I missed you!" Mira and Sabrina came over, still shooting evil glances at Hylla, and Mira fingering her scissors almost as if she was considering the option. Sabrina, recognized Zoë right away, and a flash of panic, then sorrow flickered across her face. As if she knew some horrible fate that she had, almost as if she'd written it herself.

"Is that you Zoë?" She asked, looking her up and down, Zoë nodded in response.

"Yeah, how have you three been? I mean besides almost decapitating Hylla." Sabrina cracked a grin,

"We've been good, do you need a ride to your parents house? I'm sure you dad-" Suddenly Mira jumped out of nowhere and covered Sabrina's mouth with her hands. She muttered

"Spoilers," Under her breath before shooting a smile at Zoë.

"Yeah, do you need a ride? Our route passes Tethys house if you want?" Zoë hesitated, she'd forgotten how weird these girls were. Mira always carrying around scissors, and Twila and Sabrina always knitting these huge socks, which she assumed were in the back of the car they arrivedq in, but she didn't want to catch another ride with the grey ladies, so she accepted.

"Twi! Were taking Zoë, and you're not driving this time! You nearly killed George on his way to visit Martha!" Sabrina called over, Twila pouted and eventually they agreed that Twila would surrender up driving to Mira, yet she would get shotgun. Zoë resisted the urge to roll her eyes, these girls acted as of they were in elementary school, not college.

Mindlessly chatting with Annabeth, they, along with Sabrina climbed into the back seat of the car. And as Zoë expected, there was a giant basket of yarn and giant socks, one of which Zoë felt particularly attracted too, it was midnight blue with little gold and silver specks that made the while thing appear as a shinning night sky. Sabrina, seeing her take notice, quickly grabbed this basket and tossed it in the back, she then hissed under her breath in what Zoë assumed was Acient Greek. Zoë knew modern Greek, as did practically everyone in the town, so she caught some of the words here and there.

"Who-basket-here? Gods -can't-slip-ups-take-back!"

From what she managed to snare, Zoë decided it was in her best interest to not to ask further questions, after all she was already worried that she was going to be kidnapped- and Zoë mentally banged her head against the door. She hitched a ride, with strangers, when she was worried about being kidnapped. But just as she thought that, Mira stopped right outside of her house. Zoë hastily thanked them, before getting out if the car, and walking up the path, taking in all the sure signs that her father was here.

The fact that he walked through her mothers flowers, and car were the biggest hints however Zoë could see where'd he thrown a wrapper in the grass, and she wouldn't dare liter, the nymphs, aka the crazy nature lovers would literally kill her.

Zoë made it up to the door, and pulled out her keys, going through them one by on until she finally unlocked the door and stepped inside the house. She walked over the blue carpet and into the living room where her father was sitting, and he flashed her a smile making her feel uneasy.

Atlas, had raven black hair, and Zoë's cold black eyes, only Zoë's eyes were known to light up, and not just stay bottomless pits of anger. He wore an expensive grey suit, which probably cost more then a normal person would think, and he had a neck brace on, no surprise. Zoë knew he liked to lift heavy weights. Zoë took a set, as far from him as possible and before he could even open his mouth, Zoë interupted.

"What the Hades do you want?" She demanded, slamming her fist on the table.

"Zoë, I am here to ask you to move back in with your mother and I." He said, I. The gentlest tone he could manage, which still wasn't very gentle at all.

"And why would I do that?" Zoë asked, " I'm not a Hespirade anymore, I'm a Nightshade, and I hate all of you name the feeling is mutual."

"Zoë, I know you're angry, but please, we think that you've had enough time away and that it's time for you to move back in with us." Zoë was getting reed on the face, she stood up, and balled her fists.

"Look, Tethys is my legal guardian, not you, so GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Atlas stood up, and dusted off his jacket.

"Zoë, this is your last chance before... Well just realize what your turning down here." He said, walking out the door, in final hopes to convince her.

"NO!" She bellowed, slamming the door in his face. Zoë sighed, before walking up,to her room, and lying her head on top of her desk.

Zoë, this is your last chance before

this is your last chance before

is your last chance before

your last chance before

last chance before

chance before

before.

"Before what?" Zoë thought, tracing circles on her desk! suddenly an idea popped into her head, and Zoë's head fell down to the desk.

"Before he kidnaps me." Zoë whispered, lifting her head up from the desk.

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AN UPDATE!

Okay guys, tell me what you thought of Twila (Me), Mira(jungle321jungle) and Sabrina (Greenninjagal ) Trust me, there's some crazy stuff going in with them, kind of a sub plot.

Anyways, this chapter is super long, so I hoped you liked it!

-Twila (Who btw should stop ignoring her other stories)