Tonight is going to be the ultimate Capture the Flag. The tension was high, the campers were here, and there was like a small war between the Athena cabin and the Hermes cabin. I regret doing this but Travis Stoll, one of the head counselors for the Hermes cabin, asked for my help. I of course said yes and it spread around the whole camp that the one-manned Poseidon cabin was declaring war on the Athena cabin. Then the hunters and the Zeus cabin declared war on the Poseidon and Hermes cabins. Then the available cabins were divided. On the Athena side was the Ares cabin (I still don't understand that), the Zeus cabin, the hunters, the Aphrodite cabin, the Demeter cabin and on the Hermes side was the Poseidon cabin, the Dioynisus cabin, the Apollo cabin, and the Hephaestus.
I ran up to my friend Annabeth to wish her good luck, ignoring the war, I walked over too her. "Annabeth I just wanted to say good luck." I then held my hand out for a handshake instead of shaking it she punched me in the shoulder. I wasn't sure if she was kidding around or not because that hurt. "What was that for?"
Then she said, "I know your strategy. You're going to warm all up to me so when I don't notice you steal the flag behind my back."
I then got a little irritated but then I said in a cool, calm voice, "Annabeth I am not going to do that, I was just wishing you good luck."
Then she said, "Percy I am not going to freaking' fall for it. I am not and idiot. I am the daughter of the sacred goddess, Athena and so I am not stupid while apparently you are."
I then got furious and so I yelled back at her, "You are retarded, I was just wishing you good luck and then you freaked out! I hope no, I know that my team is going to whoop your team's butts and I am personally going to kick yours! So you better get ready cause I am going to defeat you!"
She then yelled in an even louder, angry voice, "FINE!"
I then yelled in an even louder, angrier, more furious voice, "FINE!"
I then marched back to my team and she marched to hers. I then took one glance back to see her doing the knife across the neck stance. I then mouthed the word Oh no you didn't. As I got back Connor Stool (Travis's Stoll's brother) told me I would be leading one of the Apollo kids and three Hermes kids (two for distraction).
Right when the beginning horn made its noise, both teams then yelled mighty war cries and then for a few thirty seconds barely any noise was made. I then went to the far left on the peak of the boundaries. I then saw my fear Thalia and a couple of her hunters were blocking the way in front of us. They their bows were strung ready to shoot. They had not seen us yet since we were hidden in the bushes. I then told the two Hermes kids to do their jobs. They ran out of the bushes, running straight towards the hunters, then suddenly stopping then they went right.
There were two problems with the distraction. One Thalia and one other kid remained. Then suddenly they began crouching hiding their weapons. They then crept towards them entering the bushes. Then Percy realized something, Thalia did not know they were there but they were trying to get into enemy lines. I then uncapped Riptide. Then a sword came out of nowhere and slammed into mine. I then kicked forward kicking her backwards out of the bushes.
I then charged out of the bushes pressing the button on my new watch. It then sprang into a circular shield. We then circled each other. She had Aegis out and her borrowed sword. I then said, "Thalia how about I take you and put you in my jail, so you won't feel any pain." She then said, "Oh yeah lets see."
She then lunged at me, but I side stepped put my blade into her sword hilt knocking the sword out of her hand. She then whammed her shield at his chest making him stumble. She then grabbed my sword and threw it. She then threw her shield like a discus at me. I jumped it and then while I was still in the air I leapt at her. I managed to knock her to the ground. I then saw a few hunters running towards us. When I looked back I saw Thalia run into my territory. I then ran into hers.
I ran as fast as I could. I dodged a ton of minor fights and little group fights. I then saw their flag. It was a white flag with an owl on it. Nobody was guarding it. That is hilarious. I grabbed the flag and then I started running until I noticed a figure. Ten seconds later I was sprawled on the ground with Annabeth on top of me with her knife inches above my neck.
She then laughed but then she noticed that I had an intense stare pointed at her eyes so almost immediately her laughing stopped and she did then did the same stare. We sat there for five minutes until Travis Stoll rammed Annabeth off of me. I got up and grabbed Annabeth by the shoulders and then I threw her to the ground. She then threw her dagger and with blazing fury leapt at me, suddenly I became furious out of nowhere and just leapt at her with no plan whatsoever. Both of us were diagonal and so our stomachs whammed into each other. Then we both went flying to the ground. Suddenly Thalia was by her side and helped her up. Now it was two versus one. I then jumped at Thalia knocking both Annabeth and her down.
For five minutes it was just wrestling, kicking, shoving, and punching. I could pretty much tell that Ii was going to lose when out of nowhere Travis and Connor come into view with the flag being chased by twenty hunters running towards us screaming. In about twenty seconds after when Thalia and I were pulling each other's hair so hard we were both screaming.
Then Travis and Connor tripped on us. Then the hunters tripped over them. I then saw the flag with my strength reached for it and managed to grab it. Then I threw a rock at the one arm grabbing onto my hair, Thalia. She let go and then I ran. There were only few obstacles. Clarisse attacked me and Johannes from the Demeter cabin attacked me but attacked each other as I dodged and so they got into a fight, while both of all their cabin mates started joining the fight distracting about half of their team. I then ran across with a smile across my face. I had won.
