Sun kissed - Apollo.

36: I nearly drowned.

That night, i found myself back in the darkness again.

The cold made me shiver and the scary sounds of clicking and rumbling made me twist and turn around.

But i couldn't see anyone.

It was so dark around me, i had to use my hands to guide me through. Through a never ending tunnel that i knew i would never get out of.

"Join me, Daphne!" The voice calls out and i turn around to find Luke standing in front of me. "Join us and we'll give you anything you want, spare the lives of your brothers, mother and friends. Become the queen of the world and help me take over the world."

I staggered back, afraid of Luke. Who sounded like his and Kronos's voice had melted together, bright golden eyes shine at me like their headlights.

I shake my head. "No, I won't and you can't make me!"

I turn around to run, using my hands to guide me but i fear that i will run into a wall one way or another. I want to scream and yell, do something to stop this but i know this won't, i can't stop someone who is stronger than me, who is a literal titan. Which i am not.

I ran and i ran until i couldn't, until my fingers ran out of wall. It must have opened up into a massive chasm. Of which i couldn't see but i could feel the cold sweeping into my bones. The howling of the wind through the tunnels as i tried to find a way out.

I couldn't see where i could go or where i couldn't. I couldn't even see if the ground would slope down.

My heart was pounding so loud i feared he could hear it, i could hear it loudly in my own ears. I was panting in heavy breaths, my chest heaving with each breath i took.

"You can run, but you can't hide, Dearie." He says.

I wanted to get out of here so badly, i couldn't tell which was which or where the way was. I turn around, waving my arms in front of me while walking.

I keep waving my hands, frightened what would happen if i don't, i don't want to smack into a wall either.

My hands make contact with something, it's soft yet hard and before i can jump back. My wrists are grabbed and i'm pulled over. Slamming into someone's chest.

"Gotcha!" Luke says with Kronos's voice lacing through. "You are mine, Daphne. No one else can have you other than me. I will make sure that you will be my queen when i rise. I can promise you that, Daphne. I will give you everything you want, power, gold, a castle, anything you want, i will give it to you."

I shake my head, i couldn't see him much. Only the golden glow from his eyes when he had opened them. "No! I will not serve you!"

I pull and i pull and i pull but it gets me nowhere. He has me in a death grip, something i can't pull myself out of. "Oh please, my queen." Kronos almost purrs. "That meddling little sun god will be the first to feel my wrath. I will break his little spine and you will watch the life drain from his eyes."

"No!" I shout, sounding probably like some toddler throwing a tantrum but i just let it go. "Leave me alone! I don't want to be your queen, i don't want to serve you and i don't want to be anywhere near you! You gave the order to kill me, Luke slid my throat! A twelve year old! I don't want anything to do with you!"

The cold, evil laughter of Kronos rings in my ears. "You think you have a choice? You don't, not now, not ever. From the day you were born, you have been foretold to be Olympus' undoing." He snickers.

"I'm not foretold to destroy anything, it's said as a fifty-fifty change." I tell him, not wanting to believe him.

He laughs even louder this time, amused yet cold. The cave starts to shake and rumble, rocks break from the ceiling and make a booming echo around the chasm that i find myself in.