Okay, I know it's been a long time and the fact that I'm writing an author's not means it's probably not good news after all this time. For those of you who have read some of the rest of my stories, you already know what's coming, but for the rest of you I'll explain.

Most of these stories were started when I was sixteen or seventeen, and now I'm less than six months away from being 21 and I just don't have the same passion or inspiration for them anymore.

However, for some stories, this one included, I have several future scenes already written, so I decided that the best way to go about this was to fill in the holes and to give you what I have written.

The inspiration for this one didn't help because new stuff kept getting released and trying to fit this story in and not contradict cannon was a problem, so I ultimately decided that this would go between The Last Olympian and The Lost Hero.

I know it's not the ending this story deserves, but I hope you enjoy it regardless.

Calleigh POV-

"Calleigh," Horatio said, coming up beside me, "I know that there's something you aren't telling us."

"You wouldn't believe me," I said.

He took off his sunglasses, giving me a look as if to say "try me."

"How much do you know about Greek mythology," I asked.

"Probably not as much as you do," he gave me a knowing look. I almost chuckled. He couldn't possibly anticipate what I would be telling him, but it's in his nature to act like he does. He's always been like that. Sometimes he almost reminds me of Chiron.

"Probably not," I agreed with a laugh.

"Care to enlighten me?" he asked.

I bit the inside of my lip.

"Calleigh, whatever you tell me will be kept between us," he informed me.

"I know," I smiled, glancing over my shoulder to make sure no one else was around, "Do you know who Athena is?" I wondered.

"The goddess of wisdom," he nodded, "yes, I know of her."

"She's my mother," I said quietly.

If he was surprised by what I said, he didn't let it show.

"So you're saying you're a demigod," he said it less like a question and more like a statement, "And those kids are as well?"

"Yes," I nodded, "When I was ten years old I was attacked by a monster and that's when my dad told me the truth about my mom. I was sent to a camp for demigods—the same place these kids came from—and I was sent on quests to do the Gods' dirty work. When I was eighteen I moved back here and decided to turn my back on the Gods but I guess it had to catch up to me eventually."

"So that's why you believe that those kids are innocent," he stated.

"They are innocent. The woman who was supposedly killed on the beach was actually a monster called Echidna," I explained, "And it's also a monster that's been killing those kids."

"In cases like this, it's always a monster, just this time, it happens to be more literal," he put his sunglasses back on, "You know, Calleigh. At some point, you will have to tell everyone the truth."

"I know," I said, that's what worried me.

I knew he didn't know how to handle this. Horatio has a greater sense of justice than almost everyone, and it's going to be horrible for him when we have to kill this monster and can't give the parents any closure.

He walked back to the Hummer, leaving me alone with my thoughts.

"What the hell is going on?!" Eric demanded.

"Eric I—" I started but he cut me off.

"Calleigh, I know you're trying to protect these kids but I am trying to solve a case here and if you can't take that seriously maybe you shouldn't be on this case," he glared at me.

"What are you saying?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I'm just saying that this case—" he started to say.

"No Eric. Not about this case. What are you saying about me?" I demanded, crossing my arms.

He said nothing.

"How can you say I would put these kids before the case? You know that if we had any substantial evidence against them that I would personally drive them to juvy," I seethed, "But we don't have any evidence. So excuse me for not wanting to put innocent kids through the system."

"But how do you know they're innocent?" he asked me suspiciously.

"I just do, okay?" I retorted. Even though I had told Horatio, I wasn't ready to tell Eric the truth quite yet, he was not nearly as accepting.

"Calleigh, don't give me that. If you're so sure they're innocent, tell me the truth," he insisted.

"You wouldn't believe me," I told him.

"How do you know?" he crossed his arms.

"Because I know you. And I know that you don't believe anything that you can't get proof of, it's part of what makes you such a good CSI," I gave him a small smile.

"If it's so crazy, how do you handle it?" he demanded.

"Let's just say…I've been there," I replied.

Eric raised an eyebrow, "You've never been a legitimate suspect in a murder case, Calleigh."

That wasn't entirely true either. I had been in several situations just like these kids'. Thankfully they had never shown up on my record because Chiron had always shown up and bent the mist to make it seem as if I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. And because the monsters always exploded into gold dust, the authorities had no reason to believe otherwise.

"Listen, I don't expect you to understand. I don't expect anyone to understand. But I do expect you to trust me and to trust my judgement. Okay?" I asked.

"Fine," Eric said finally.

"Eric, look again," I told him.

"What? I don't see anything different," he said.

"Thalia, can you manipulate the mist?" I asked her.

She nodded and I watched Eric's face. When his eyes widened I knew he saw what we saw.

"What the hell is that?" he asked, "What the hell is going on?"

"Eric…" I bit my lip, "The truth is…the truth is…I—we're—"

"You're what, Calleigh?" he demanded.

"We're not entirely…human," I swallowed.

"What the hell are you talking about?" he blinked.

"We're demigods," I admitted.

His scowled deeply but didn't say anything. He was probably expecting me to say it was all a joke but I know that he knows me better than to think I would joke at a time like this.

"I'm a daughter of Athena, so is Annabeth. Percy is a son of Poseidon, Thalia daughter of Zeus, Nico son of Hades, and Clarisse daughter of Ares. I wish I could say that I'm joking but I'm not. And what's killing those kids…it's a monster called Lamia. You don't have to believe me, but I am right, and if we don't stop her, we're going to have a lot more dead kids on our hands," I told him.

He took a deep breath and his nostrils flared when he exhaled.

Basically what happens after this is Eric is mad because he can't believe she lied to him about this, but he agrees to help because he knows it's the right thing to do.

They defeat Lamia and the kids are cleared of all the charges.

Eric apologizes to Calleigh.

And they all lived happily ever after-well, as happily ever after as demigods can live.

Once again, I am so sorry that I didn't see this through to it's complettion and I didn't give y'all the ending you deserve, but it means so much to me that y'all stuck with it and me for as long as you did. Thank you all for your support!