Chapter 10: capture the flag
When I woke up, every part of my body ached, and my vision was slightly blurred. I groaned softly as I forced myself to sit up.
"I wouldn't move too much if I were you." a voice told me. Next to me was the satyr smiling.
"Please tell me you got the license plate of the bus that hit me." he chuckled before handing me a cup filled with nectar; thank the gods for that.
"You should probably have some of this." the bot said. I nodded, taking a drink that almost always tasted like chocolate chip cookies.
"So am I ever gonna get a name out of you?" I asked.
"Oh, right. I'm Grover." the satyr smiled nervously
"Nice to meet you, Grover. I'm Percy." I paused for a second. "Where am I exactly?"
"Oh, that's easy. This is Camp Half-Blood." he then passed me a box.
"What the?" I opened the shoebox to see the minotaur horn; the base jagged, but other than that, it was smooth.
"Spoils of war. I would keep an eye on that. Your new cabin mates might try to steal it."
"Oh, ok. Cool," I said before what the Goat Boy had said fully registered. "Wait. What?!"
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I swear on my fallen sisters, the next child who tries to steal from me is getting smacked. Child of Hermes or not.
One week awake, and I already fucking hate it here. My first day, and I'm thrown into the Hermes cabin. Two days later and I've got my sleeping bag booby-trapped.
And now I have to play capture the flag. Under normal circumstances, that would be fine, but I was forced to guard the edge of our area.
I sighed as I took off the stiff and heavy greek armor and sat on a rock with my bow in hand, and my hunting knife was hidden away in my boot. I was lucky that my sword and ax was just as easily hidden.
After about 15, maybe 20 minutes, four children of Ares stepped into the clearing. Leading the other three was Clarisse La Rue, who seemed to have something against me.
"Well, well, well, Annie must be losing her touch to let the newbie be here," she smirked.
"Are you sure this is a good idea, Clarisse? The dude took out the minotaur on his first night!" one of her brothers told her.
"Please! It probably died of laughter after looking at him," she smirked more. I rolled my eyes before standing, cracking my neck.
Mini Ares #1 dropped his sword as soon as a blunt arrow rammed into his hand.
"Let's see if your right. 4 against one who wins?" I smirked. "I'll even limit me to melee."
I saw a glint in all of their eyes and know I had them where I wanted them. I placed my bow down and stepped closer to them.
Mini Ares #3 charged at me.
When he was close to me, I sidestepped, grabbing the back of his armor and gave a hard yank. As he fell back, I hit him in the side of the neck, making sure to hit the vagus nerve.
Mini Ares #1 and 2 decided to team up against me. I ducked under #1's punch as I took out my hunting knife and jabbed him in the armpit with the hilt. With 1 recovering #2 fainted left. I smirked and punched the left side of his face just below the ear hard enough to break his jaw. #1 wasn't quite recovered yet, so I kicked him in the tailbone sending him sprawling into the creek.
"Three down one left." I looked at Clarisse. "Still think the minotaur died of laughter?"
She looked livid, and I held back a smile. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see a figure off in the distance.
She took her spear and attacked. I used my knife to block only to get a painful zap of electricity. I swore softly.
"Oh, did no one tell you that my spear is magic?" she smirked.
'Shit!' i swore mentally. 'Cant let that thing touch me.'
While in my head, she disarmed me. Another shock ran through me, giving me an idea. It was either genius, or that last zap had fried a few of my brain cells.
As she went in for another strike, I grabbed the shaft, pulled the spear to me before snapping it in half. Man, did Clarisse look livid at that. I saw Luke running to jump across the stream, so I took the spear side I had and knocked it into the back of her knee.
"I hope you enjoyed a taste of your own medicine. And your distraction was given to you via Jackson co. And we hope you had fun." I bowed as Chiron announced my team as the winners. I looked at the spear. "If you want, I will fix your spear."
She nodded with a sigh. I took out 2 bars of ambrosia and gave them to her.
"To heal you and your siblings." I held my hand out to her to help her up, which she took.
"Thanks. You're not as bad as I thought." she smiled.
The teams surrounded us as I was about to respond, I saw the bushes rustle. Instinct took over as I pushed the daughter of war away; a hell hound leaped out of the woods and onto me. Its claws dug into my shoulders as one thought went through my mind.
'HELP!'
I hear a growl, not from the hound, and the twang of a bow's string. Soon I am covered in gold dust with a wolf next to me rubbing my hand with her head.
'Young Prince! Are you ok?' she asked. I sat up as I nodded.
'Thank you.' i smiled. Two pups come up to me with my bow and knife. I took the two weapons and stood up. I heard gasps from the campers. I looked to see them bowing as mutters filled the air. I looked up to see a silver moon with an arrow in front of it.
"All hail Perseus Jackson, The son of Artemis(roll credits), goddess of the moon, hunting, wild animals, and the protectress of women and girls," Chiron called out.
"Well, that's one way to do things."
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Sorry about not updating last night. I passed out.
Anyway, these are your choices for this weeks guidebook chapter:
1. James Cantu
2. Doctor who references
3. Chaos's and Order's powers
4. Only a little
As always, choose wisely.
-Red
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