Percy inched forward, hiding behind a tree as he approached the enemy base. There were a few sentries guarding the flag that was hammered into the trunk of another tree. They were staring intensely into the woods, searching for enemy campers like Percy, but they couldn't see him. He was sure of it.
He uncorked a water bottle that he carried with him, wishing he had more. There wasn't much water for him to work with, but the creek was too far away to use. So he had a small amount of water to take out three sentries.
He willed all the water to come out of the bottle and hang above his hand. It was smaller than he'd hoped, but hopefully it would be enough. He willed it to shoot towards one of the sentries. He made it almost solid, and it hit the first sentry with the force of a cannonball. The sentry was knocked to the ground, and the other two ran towards him, not knowing that they were next. Percy had the ball of water boomerang back around and take them both out with a knock to the head. He then pulled the water back into the bottle and capped it.
Percy checked all three of them and was relieved to find they were only unconscious. He wasn't completely sure how hard he had hit them.
Smiling, he ran to the flag and pulled on it with both hands. The flag didn't move.
Frowning, he pulled harder. The tree shuddered, causing an invisible dryad to grunt in pain, but the flag remained stuck. Looking down at the base, Percy scowled at the small Celestial bronze clamps keeping the pole inside the trunk.
"Gods take the Hephaestus cabin!" He thought. Magic items were allowed, but this was unsportsmanlike. Thalia would not have approved.
He took Riptide out of his pocket and uncapped it. The bronze sword sprang out, glowing in the night. He began hacking desperately at the clamps. The other team would eventually come back to check on its sentries, and Percy would be trapped.
"Perseus", something seemed to whisper to him out of nowhere. He whirled around, looking for the source, but he couldn't see anything. Percy shrugged, turning back to the tree. It was most likely a prankster dryad anyway.
Something touched him.
He jumped, swinging his sword behind him in a long swing. There was nothing there. Wait, yes there was.
A shadowy, ethereal being floated in front of him. It was unlike anything he had ever seen before; it seemed to be made of something more dense than mist, but less dense than smoke. It had bright blue eyes, two shadowy arms, and a wispy, non-concrete lower body.
"What are you?" He asked warily.
The shadow blinked once. "The Multiverse calls, Perseus. Come with me." It flew off into the forest.
Forgetting all about the flag, Percy ran off in pursuit of the shadow. He got closer and closer, almost close enough to touch it.
He suddenly felt a strange pressure on his mind. Like something was squeezing his consciousness out of his brain. He collapsed to the ground, holding his head in a vain effort to stop the pain. He didn't even feel a person crouch down, place their hand on his shoulder, and start chanting. He only felt pain and a strange folding sensation as he vanished from the forest.
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