When I got to the Empire State Building, it was almost midnight. The girl who was crying was now sitting on the steps, still wiping tears from her eyes.
“M’lady! Are you okay?! Did some one hurt you” I exclaimed
“Not me” she said tearfully “Him” she added, pointing to a man lying on a park bench.
“APOLLO!” I yelled. Luckily, no one was around to hear it. “What did they do to him?” I growled
“It was horrible Sarah. They snuck up behind him while he was in Australia and took him down. Before he knew it, he was being dragged unconsciously to a building and his immortality was gone. When I had heard that Apollo had not been heard from in 5 hours, I knew something was wrong. I went to his last known location, Australia, and found him in an abandoned hut in the out back. I grabbed him, got in my chariot and went to camp Half-Blood to see if any one there could help. There was no one there. So I came here. But Olympus is in lock down, so I can’t get up there to Zeus. I was hoping you could summon him” she finished
“I’ll try. But first, why did you ask me to bring a tracker if you know where Apollo is?” I asked
“Because I need someone to track the person who did this so I can deal with them personally” she growled
I nodded and walked over to Apollo. I murmured a thank you for such a beautiful evening. A tear fell from my eye as I thought this could be his last evening if I can’t get Zeus. I opened my shadow purse and grabbed my special paints. I put them in a lightning bolt pattern so I would summon him and not like Dionysus, God of Wine. I sat in a crossed leg position and started an intricate hand dance, hoping, praying, it would work. A cloud of smoke appeared in front of me and a male human form stepped out.
“What do you want this time” complained a gruff voice
“Zeus?” I asked
“Of course it’s me Sarah” he said, stepping out of the cloud making a lightning bolt in his hand.
“We need your help. Apollo’s immortality has been stolen. He’s dying” I said. When I said dying, Artemis started crying again.
“What do you want me to do?” he asked softly
“Re engage his immortality so he will not die. If you do this, I will tell you very important information about the future” I said, remembering my vision.
“Fine. I will do it. But first, let us go to Olympus” Zeus agreed
“But it’s locked down” Artemis pointed out
“Not everything is perfectly secure, my moon. I got here, didn’t I?” he pointed out softly
“Good point” I agreed
“Then let’s go” He said as he burst into a cloud of dust, the dust going straight up.
“I’ll just take Astéri up the long way” I muttered