Jude's POV
At first i have to blink a few times for i can't believe what Iza just said. Then soon enough my slow mind seems to get it: Iza's a traitor... WHAT THE F*** Iza's a traitor??? That can't be i just confessed to her how i felt for and she accepted it telling me she likes me too, then all of a sudden she's a traitor?? THAT FREAKING CAN"T BE TRUE!!!
But it confirmed for myself by the way she heads to Hera's direction and just watched me get chained. But i don't believe it so i desperately try to look some signs in her face that will tell me that can't be true. That she is not a traitor but her face seems blank with no emotion. That's not the Iza i knew.
"Why did you do this?" i asked to Iza really hurt that the girl i love is a traitor. Hermes on the other hand seems surprise too, a god should know this things but he is still surprise Iza didn't answer so i directed my anger at Hermes.
"You! You should've seen this coming and protected her!" i screamed at Hermes causing the chains to tighten but i don't care.
"I swear i don't know that she's a traitor. i just suspect that someone is a traitor. Son. i'm so sorry." He said his voice genuinely confuse and sad but i'm too angry to care.
"Don't call me son! You never even played your role as a father! The least thing you could've done if you can't help me is help Iza!" i continued to scream at his face. I could tell my words really hurt but like i've said before i don't care, so i plunge the knife deeper, "Iza shouldn't be the one suffering nor Khinei it should be you."
He flinched more and said in a voice so wounded it made a little pang of guilt in my chest but that couldn't compare to how i feel right now, "Yes. i know it's all my fault. If i could substitute myself just to release their pain i would."
"Then do it! it will probably be the most helpful thing you have done in your lifetime." i said my voice starting to lower though the intensity never seem to fade. I should've died for insulting a god, i should've been guarded for answering back to my father but now being dead seems more attractive than this torture i'm feeling right now.
I admit i was about to commit suicide but i take a look at Iza and a desperate but hopeful thought occurred to me: What if that's not the real Iza? What if the Iza i love is still alive?
Yeah, i know, pretty desperate but it gave me enough strength not to commit suicide, instead i glared at my father and i knew he's trying hard to escape it. Then Hera laughed, "Oh this is pretty comedic why are you all not laughing??? Hahahah"
That caused us to both glare at her and her eyes widen with pretend innocence, "What? It is pretty funny you should've been there when this kind of thing happened with me and Arzeyah though it didn't end well."
That released a great growl from Hermes which made me shiver though Hera looks unmoved and again laughed it off. Her laugh starts to creep me too.
"Anyway it will only take about ten seconds for them to get here. Then we'll let the real fun begin." she said. I was about to ask what the hell does she means when the door opened.
My eyes widen at the sight. Percy, Jr, Nic, Elle, Joan and Jeanne are all unconscious and bleeding really hard. Apollo on the other hand is sweating hard and is bleeding ichor. They are all tied in chains like mine. Apollo looked up probably to show Hera he still doesn't give up but his eyes widen when he saw Iza standing beside Hera.
"Iza you're the..." he started to say but i screamed at him too, "Shouldn't you know this because you're the god of prophecies? And shouldn't you be out there saving your daughter from things like this?"
"No." he simply said and did an ungodly thing, he fixed his gaze at the ground completely ashamed.
"What do you mean no?" i said my voice louder this time.
"I didn't see this coming and... She's not my daughter." he said his voice barely a whisper but his words hit me.
"What the fucking hell do you mean she's not your daughter?" i asked, still shouting. I should've ran out of voice by now but anger seems to overpower me i barely notice the pain the chains give to me whenever i scream or move.
Apollo seems to not be in the mood to explain things to me, i was about to scream at him some more but Hera cut in answering my question.
"Iza here is a forbidden daughter of Artemis." she simply said with a sigh as if it's not a breaking news but a complete lame fact to her. She really seems to be in the mood to do what she wants to do. I on the other hand is shocked by the news, Iza is the first one i net when i came at camp and i thought she trusted me but apparently she's been hiding the fact that she's a daughter of Artemis all along. This does nothing to lessen the pain in my chest.
Then Hera seeing i finally shut up said cheerfully as if we're in for a surprise which is probably true, "It's really nice to listen to your wonderful words but we have to move on so shall we?"
None of us answered her but she seems to take this as a yes then she snapped her fingers. We soon all teleported to a cellar which is kinda big but holds no furniture. The only thing inside are us of course and a stage holding a ... Guillotine! With an unconscious Khinei!
Apollo and Hermes starts cursing Hera causing more ichor to flow but they didn't seem to mind, i on the other hand stared at it with horror and soon asked, "You're going to kill her?"
"Only if Arzeya doesn't comes out but even if she doesn't she'll be killed along with this girl here." Hera said with a tone of amusement. She held out her hand and a very wicked looking blade appeared. She slowly starts walking towards Khinei probably mocking us since we couldn't do thing.
"Arzeyah come out now." she said once she reached Khinei's unconscious body. She counted to ten and since the "Arzeya" is still not coming out she said, "Very well if this is what you choose."
She raised the blade and things seems to slow down, the blade was about to touch Khinei's neck, Khinei started glowing but it disappeared when somebody tackled Hera away from her... and that somebody is IZA!!!
She started wrestling Hera but since Hera is stronger she has already cornered Iza who is very wounded her blade pointing straight through her. "Mmm seems like i have more work to do on you in the mean time i have no use for you i guess it is time to kill you."
She started to bring the blade through her heart i screamed bloody murder trying to break free of the chains which just wounded me more but i fucking don't care, if Iza dies there's no use living anymore all of my relatives are already dead and Iza's all i have i won't let her die. NEVER!! Even if she's a traitor or evil then i'll be evil too just to be with her.
Just when i thought i was going to die along with her as the blade starts deepening, her chest starts bleeding but she still looks at Hera straight in the eye, an explosion occurred, I started coughing my eyes force closed due to the dust. I heard Hera cursing screaming bloody murder, "How the fucking hell did she got here! Argh! she's ruining my plans but i have to go! If you think you have outsmarted me Arzeya think again! I'll be back!" I was so relieve that Hera is gone and Iza is still alive.
Soon the smoke and dust starts clearing out i opened my eyes and the first sight i see is a girl who looks almost like Iza it is without no doubt her mother Artemis. But the thing that most surprised and terrified me is the pained loom in Iza's eyes as if she's asking Artemis to kill her. Artemis nodded and without hesitation shoot an arrow straight at Iza's heart...
