[A/N Wassup people? I actually managed to write the next chapter in less than a month! I'm gonna go ahead and give myself a gold star for that. Anywho, on to the next Chapter.]
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June 21, 2012. 17:37.

"-and Percy, we'll put you over here on border guard." Annabeth says as she traces her finger across an area of the map.

"The creek is the boundary between the two sides, so it'll be a prime position to place you." Chris Rodriguez points out.

Percy crosses his arms and looks at the map. Annabeth had gathered the cabin leaders of all of Athena's allies to put last minute touches on the strategy. (Actually, she'd been up all night completely reworking it after Percy joined her ranks.) Being that he was the only person in Cabin Three, that made Percy one of the people included.

"Remind me again who we're up against." Percy says out loud.

"Well, we've got our three cabins: Athena, Hermes, and Apollo, as well as you." Lee Fletcher speaks up quickly, "Versus Ares, Hephestus, Demeter, Dionysus, and Aphrodite."

"When you hunt an animal in a pack, you pick a target and isolate it from the rest of the pack." Percy mutters, almost to himself, "Zoe always said that the best way to do that was to lure the rest of the pack away."

"My strategy covers that angle." Annabeth replies, "And who's Zoe"

"That's not important." Percy brushes Annabeth's question aside, "So, can we run through the strategy one more time?l

"Yes, and it divides the opposing team very effectively." Chris responds, "Aphrodite's children aren't really warriors, and Demeter's aren't aggressive, so a small unit like the one Will Solace is leading is perfect. Hephestus and Dionysus will require a larger group, which you and Lee have covered, Annabeth. I'll be commanding the defenses."

Percy nods, "Sounds good."

"The perfect plan." Annabeth continues with pride.

Percy glances at her quickly, "No plan survives first contact with the enemy."

Annabeth's grin morphs into a scowl at Percy, who puts his hands up in defense.

"Hey, I'm sorry, but it's true. All of that aside, I like the plan. It's a very good plan; one worthy of Athena herself."

That put the smile back on Annabeth's face, "Alright, the game starts after dinner. Meeting adjourned."

With that, the four counselors separate and go to their respective cabins.

June 21, 2012. 18:30

Dinner is winding to a close when Chiron stomps his hoof down of the floor. Everyone instantly goes silent.

"Heroes!" He shouts out, "You know the teams. You know the rules. Blue team is being lead by Cabin Six, red by Cabin Five."

Percy grins, blue is his favorite colour.

"The creek is the boundary. All magic items are allowed. No maiming or killing. I will serve as referee and battlefield medic. First team to capture the other flag wins. Are you ready?"

The entire camp roars in response.

Chiron waves his hand, and two rows of armour and weapons appear, one blue, the other red, "The horn sounds in fifteen minutes." He says.

The campers rush to their respective colours and begin strapping on armour. Percy, preferring a more agile, stealthy, approach, decides not to wear armour, opting to wear a blue bandana so that people knew which team he was on.

"Yo Perce!" Chris shouts from the other side of the table, "Get your armour on! We're heading out!"

"I'm good." Percy shouts back.

Chris is about to reply, when Annabeth calls out, "Blue Team, follow me!"

Percy joins the throng of armoured demigods. A few give him odd looks for not wearing armour, but no one else questions him.

Annabeth hands Chris the flag and tells him to place it in the best place he saw fit. Chris nods, then yells out to the team, "Defenders, positions."

"Game starts in five. Get ready." Lee says his small contingent.

"Main raiding party, wait five minutes after Lee and Will leave, then follow me." Annabeth says coolly.

Percy begins to head out to the creek. After a minute, he hears armoured footsteps and Luke falls in step beside him.

"You ok?" The son of Hermes asks.

"Why wouldn't I be?" Percy replies.

"Oh, no reason." Luke reaches up to rub the back of his head but stops when he remembers that he's wearing a helmet, "It's just weird that you didn't put any armour on."

"I'm uncomfortable with it." Percy responds, "I'm not as agile or maneuverable while wearing it. Besides," He continues with a smile, "I'm stealthier this way."

Luke checks his watch, "Two minutes to show time."

Percy glances at him, "Not to be rude or anything, but shouldn't you be going to your assignment?"

"Minor plan change." Luke responds, "I'm your backup."

"Ok, thanks."

The two demigods reach the creek just as the conch shell sounds.

Percy looks around quickly, then draws his bow and jumps up into a tree.

"Great, so now you're just going to leave me hanging?" Luke asks.

"You're supposed to be the best swordsman in three hundred years." Percy replies, "I think you'll be fine."

Luke grumbles to himself, but accepts the eccentric actions to the new son of Poseidon.

After some time without any action, Percy jumps down from the tree and stands next to Luke, startling the son of Hermes.

"Woah!" He exclaims, "Next time, give me a bit of a warning before-"

Percy cuts him off by placing a finger across his lips, then says loudly, "I've done enough hunting to know what it looks like to stalk an animal, but I have to say that the nine of you aren't very impressive."

Luke looks at the younger demigod, wondering how he could tell that there was anyone there.

When no response comes in return to Percy's declaration, he sighs, "I guess we'll do it the hard way."

A burst of water from the creek punctuates the sentence and sends a waterlogged red from the brush. Slowly, eight other reds rise from the surrounding woods.

Luke eyes them warily. The entire Ares cabin had surrounded the two demigods.

Percy glances at Luke quickly, "They say you're the best. Want to test that theory?"

With that, the son of Poseidon uncaps Riptide and looks at Clarisse, "Well La Rue, are you ready to rue the day you lost Capture the Flag to a newbie?"

Luke quickly draws his sword as Clarisse growls, "Cream the punks."

Then all Hades breaks loose.

Percy launches a steam of water, knocking two of the Ares kids down on their butts next to the other soaked one. Luke advances on two of the others, one with a spear, the other a sword. Spear guy tries to thrust forward, but Luke deflects the jab off his shield then proceeds to slice the spear in half. Spear guy steps back. Luke then steps in and quickly defeats the sword chick and disarms her.

Luke turns to aid Percy, but sees that he has everything under control. Three of the Ares campers were down, leaving just Clarisse to duke it out with the son of Poseidon. So far the match seemed pretty even. Luke could tell that Percy had discovered 'maimer's' special ability: electricity. Luke grimaced, and began to run towards the two combatants. He gets there just in time to see Percy jump as Clarisse swings low for his knees. Percy jumps up and lands on the spear shaft.

Clarisse barely has time to register what Percy did before the boy flips his sword grip and drives downward, splitting the spear in half.

"You sea-scum!" She screams at Percy, "You waterlogged freak!"

Percy merely raises a single eyebrow.

Clarisse draws a sword at her hip and is about to charge when they hear the conch shell sound. The game was over and Percy hears cheering from the Blue Team.

"Yes!" Luke pumps a fist in the air, "We won!"

Clarisse sheathes her sword, but her eyes still glow with hate, "You may have this round, but watch out Jackson."

She stomps off, and the rest of the Ares cabin follow.

Percy caps Riptide, "She's got more anger than Phoebe." He mutters

"Who?" Luke sheathes his sword as well.

"Never mind, let's go congratulate whoever brought the flag over."

Together the two of them run towards the cheering.

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[A/N Di Imortales that was a really long chapter. So right now, I'm trying to figure out what I want the first quest to be about, and I'll start the next chapter when I figure it out. Remember, if there's anything you want to say, I love hearing from you guys so pm me or comment.

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