Okay here's the next chapter. Thanks for the reviews I got on the last chapter.

Disclaimer- I don't own COTT, sad isn't it.


"I can't control myself
So what if you can see the dark inside of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become"
-Three Day Grace(Animal I Have Become)

"Wow, this is weird" said Atlanta, sitting up. She was currently sprawled on a rocky gray path sprawled with pine trees.

"This is really weird" she said getting up and dusting herself off. Last thing she remembered was exciting the school with the others.

"Okay, I have to find out were I am. Gotta find the others," she muttered to herself. She examined the ground. The path looked like it was rarely used. The footprints headed into down deeper into the trees.

"It's a start." She headed towards the trees. The trees started to thin out and the path got level. Atlanta squinted down the path.

At the end a large unshaven man stood, blocking the path. He had a club lazily slung over his shoulder.

"WHO DARES COMES DOWN PERIPHETES'S PATH! TURN BACK OR FACE ME!" he roared and swung his club round his head. Atlanta measured her options.

She was good with smaller or multiple opponents, but she was never that good with the ' me big, me hit ' kind of how much harder could he be than Cronus's giants?

" LET ME PASS IF YOU WISH TO LIVE!" she roared right back. Periphetes looked a bit startled at her appearance but he quickly got over it.

"YOU? A MERE CHILD, YOU CAN NOT BEAT ME WENCH! I AM PERIPHETES STRONGEST OF MEN! I WILL WEAR YOUR SKIN AS A CLOAK!" He rushed at her swinging his club.

She dodged aside easily as he went careening past her. She laughed as he stumbled past her for a second time.

"COWARD! STOP RUNNING LITTLE GIRL AND FIGHT ME!" he screamed at her.

"Jeez, you can stop yelling now." she told him as he swung his club at her again. His blows were getting closer and closer to her. He did not seem to be too tired.

She had to end this, now. She ran at him without waiting for him to charge. He swung his club down toward her head. She ducked through his legs and grabbed the club from behind.

Her arms drooped with the weight of it. But all her training with Ares paid of, she swung the club like a baseball bat at Periphetes head.

It connected with a dull thud. She grimaced as a crack resounded from his head. His eyes rolled back in his skull. His blood spread across the path, running in river lets of red.

Atlanta stood there panting, staring riveted by the flow of red.

She shook herself out of her trance and ran to the bush where she retched violently.

"I just killed a human..." she whispered. She looked down at the dead mans club.

It was made of strong oak wrapped in bronze to magnify the impact of the wielders blows. A beautiful weapon really. Plus it would help build her upper body strength.

She grabbed the club and placed over her shoulder and continued down the rocky path. She stepped through the puddles of Periphetes' blood, staining her sneakers.

From the trees a dark figure watched Atlanta walk away.

"So you faced the first challenge little hero. Let's hope your friends learn as much." The figures eyes flashed as it blended back into the trees.

So that was the second chapter. Reviews would be greatly appreciated. *hint hint* I'll try and update as soon as possible.