Betrayed.

Return.

Artemis fired arrow after arrow at the hoards of monsters that had cornered her and her hunters. Her hunters, like her, were firing arrows.

Thalia growled as a hell hound lunched at her. She sidestepped and stabbed it with her hunting knives.  It collapsed into golden dust and Thalia grinned and ran forward.

Artemis frowned. It was not like monsters to group like this and attack. Someone had obviously directed them. This was bad news, she had to take this up to the council but now she had greater worries. She knew that her hunters were strong but after the giant war, the numbers had been reduced a lot. She saw that her hunters were getting overwhelmed and ordered them to fall back.

The monsters kept coming and coming, one after another until they had cornered the hunters. Artemis cursed. It was a dire situation and there was only one way out.

"Close you eyes." She screamed as she began to turn into her pure form in hopes of disintegrating the monsters in bulk. But something stopped her.

"That will not be necessary Lady Artemis." Artemis opened her eyes at the male voice that had stopped her. She was about to scream at him before someone leaped in front of her and started firing arrows, before taking out a Greek kopis.  

Monsters screamed before panic ensued and a few small jars of Greek fire took care of the rest of them. 

All that remained now was golden dust.

Artemis narrowed her eyes.

"So you are the τέρας φονιάς that all monsters fear?" She said to the man whose back was towards her.

The black haired man nodded before turning towards her. In the back of her mind she remembered someone like this before it clicked.

Artemis gasped. His eyes were black swirls with a few specs of white. They were beautiful.

"I apologize for the interference Lady Artemis but it looked like you needed some help."

Artemis narrowed her eyes and was about to say something when the man vanished in a swirl of black.

She turned back to her hunters to see Thalia gasping.

"M'lady, was that Percy?" Thalia managed to say.

Artemis stumbled for a moment but straightened. Indeed the stranger looked like Percy but his eyes were different.

"It might be him Thalia but we can never be too sure."

When Percy had left a year ago, Thalia was devastated. She wanted to kill Annabeth for her betrayal but Artemis and Pheobe, a fellow huntress, had managed to restrain her. She was never the same afterwards.

Artemis sighed. "Girls go to camp I'll be there after a while because I have to report this attack to the council."

The hunters nodded and started their trek. 

Artemis vanished in a flash of silver light. It was time to report to the council.

As she arrived in the empty throne room, she took out a special arrow intended for moments like these and fired it into the air where it blew up in shower of silver sparks. 

It was time for an emergency meeting of the council.

Hi Guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I am so sorry but my exams are in a few days and it is so hectic. But i managed to squeeze in a update. Do review and give me your feedback!