Chapter 2
The next morning, the Ares cabin had forgotten they were attacked by flying deliciousness.
Not.
Actually, everyone remembered and Clarisse had figured out it was the Stoll's. As they walked to the pavilion for breakfast, Clarisse, Brian, and Xavier had already decided that even though the doughnuts were great, the Stoll's deserved payback. The little one was paying first.
The Hermes kids were already there, flicking rubber bands at each other and trying to see who could throw their shields the highest. When Travis threw his, Clarisse grabbed it midair and threw it like a Frisbee into the woods.
"Hey!" Travis said, spinning around to face her. "What was that for?"
She shoved him into Conner and walked towards Jordan at the end of the table. Jordan looked at her with disgust.
"Hey Clarisse," Jordan said, "what did you do: go roll in desserts again?"
Everyone laughed. Clarisse snatched Jordan up by the collar of her camp Half-Blood shirt.
"Listen you little runt!" Clarisse growled. "You and your –"
"CLARIESSE!" someone yelled. Sound of footsteps came running. "PUT HER DOWN!"
Jordan, trying to get out of Clarisse's man grip, and Clarisse turned to the left to see Thalia Grace and the hunters of Artemis standing at the pavilion. Everyone crowded around the tables, making sure they were more than a few feet away from Clarisse. Xavier and Brian ditched her.
Jordan came back and kicked Clarisse with both feet in the stomach. She wasn't ready. She dropped Jordan, flipping her midair, and stumbled into the ground. Jordan landed on her back, knocking the air out of her. Conner shot over and pulled her out of the way before Clarisse sat on her.
Piper sprinted up with Jason at her tail next to the Stoll's. "Did she find out? Are you ok?"
Jordan nodded with a panicked look. She looked over at Clarisse and glared. She looked back at the others with a smirk. "I've got an idea."
Jason, having no idea what was going on, looked completely confused. "What are you talking about?"
Piper grabbed his hand and the five walked into the woods. When they got to the creek, Jason, who actually didn't mind holding hands with Piper, looked like a chicken with his head cut off.
"Ok," Piper said to Jason, "last night, me, Jordan, Conner, and Travis shot doughnuts into the Ares cabin and started a frenzy. It was hilarious, but she must've found out. She doesn't know about me, but she knows about them."
Jason smiled. "I wish I could've seen that. Wait, did you guys get Frank?"
They looked at each other.
"We don't know," Travis said, scratching his head. "I shot like a machine gunner."
"All you did was hit the light switch trying to turn it on," Conner said.
"We should prank the Hunters," Jordan blurted.
Everyone looked at her. She was sitting down and playing with the rocks. She looked up.
"That's… a pretty good idea," Piper said. "When?"
"Tonight," she said, standing up. "After… that thing."
"Are you kidding me?" Piper asked. "I got to go to that meeting tonight for my mom!"
"Jason, you want to come?" Conner asked. "You can prank your sister!"
Jason finally agreed to the second prank: no bows, no arrows. They told him what to do, where to meet them, and what time. After they finished, Jason was actually pretty excited. He just didn't want to get shot.
Midnight
Jordan walked into the Arena with her armor on, her sword in hand, and her shield on her arm. She wasn't nervous; she was the exact opposite. Hermes (aka Dad) told her that her fatal flaw was her bravery. He said it was a good thing but not too much.
Chiron rolled out of the darkness at the other end of the Arena in his wheelchair. She froze. A horse came out of the shadows. No, it was a Pegasus. Blackjack, to be exact. I wonder if Percy knows that he's using him, Jordan thought.
"Get on," Chiron said from the other end. His face was hidden from the darkness and it was kind of creepy, but she did it anyways. Once she got on, she realized it wasn't Blackjack; it was Maniac, Clarisse's horse. She tensed.
The so called Chiron stood up, but with regular human legs. That wasn't Chiron; it was Xavier. Clarisse walked out of the shadows next to her. This time, Conner and Travis weren't there and neither was Chiron.
Clarisse chuckled. "Why don't you just get down?" she taunted.
Jordan didn't answer. She just glared. Brian came out of nowhere and hopped on the back of maniac. Jordan tried to hit him, but he grabbed her arms. With his strength, she could try all she wanted and not get anywhere.
"Take her to you know where," Clarisse ordered. "Make sure she doesn't get away and when you get there, make sure no one can hear her."
Jordan's eyes got big. She about started screaming when Brian clamped his hand over her mouth. He grabbed both of her arms with one hand.
"Try to scream, I dare you," he hissed.
She didn't move. She didn't talk. She just sat there.
"Good."
The two took off. Jordan looked down and could've sworn she saw Xavier mouth sorry.
Outside the Artemis cabin
Travis checked his watch again: 12:15. Jordan said she might be late and not to wait on her, but something wasn't right.
"Come on," Jason said. "She'll probably show up later. You even said Chiron had something harder for her!"
Conner shushed him. "You're not supposed to know and neither is Piper!"
"Let's go," Travis whispered. "She's just going to miss this one."
They opened the window and crawled in. Girls lined the room in sleeping bags. Everyone's bow and quiver was behind this one hefty girl. The three boys flipped up their hoods, pulled the string as tight as it could go around their faces, made sure no skin was showing, and covered their faces with their sleeve covered hands.
Travis pulled out a pouch and inside was gold dust. Travis stuck his gloved hand in, threw the stuff everywhere, and then covered his face immediately. Thank gods for Nymphs with sleeping dust. This stuff, you could beat someone up in their sleep and they wouldn't wake up for five hours. They yanked the hoods up and pushed their sleeves up.
Conner, Travis, and Jason rolled Hefty to the side. They grabbed as many as they could and began loading them in the back of the truck Travis stole. Once there wasn't a single particle left, they hopped in the truck and drove to the cabin Jason stayed in.
They stashed them in his dad's statue which Leo had tricked out to open and close. They even had room for more. They closed the statue and soon, Travis and Conner were gone. 1:30. Good timing.
They swung the door opened, closed in back, and jumped in bed before even looking to see if Jordan was there or not.
