Chapter Two
The Out-Post
When i first arrived at Out-Post Two The first thing i noticed was it looked just like what i thought it would, it looked like a military out-post, only...with teenagers using swords and spears. It also had similarities to Camp Half Blood. You still had Training going on, i saw 2 kids in the middle of the out-post sword fighting, i can;t tell what they look like, there both wearing armor. Neither of them were that good, but what can i say, everything i know is from my dad (who is a drunken mortal) and Doug. I also saw a kid staring down a chicken. No idea why but he is. He has dark hair that is slicked back like what you would expect to see from the flash. he's young too, can't be more then 11. I also see a girl carving something into a tree, I remember she was kinda hot. Not really my type but still kinda hot. She looks about my age, maybe 16 instead of 15 but still. Everyone is still wearing the orange Camp Half Blood shirts but, they are all blank. I guess Chiron Kept to his "This is a Need to know mission. Only The out-post members and a few quest members will know about this". Chiron was always a good guy but i always had trouble trusting him.
Doug got my attention using that...kinda scary voice he has."Hunter! let me introduce you to everyone. The weird kid staring at the chicken is Tyler." I look at Tyler kind of confused. "why is he Staring at the chicken like that? Or staring at the Chicken at all?"
Doug just does a short laugh. "Ha. Tyler, he's a funny kid. He's waiting for that chicken of his to lay an egg, It won't. it's a rooster so...". i cut him off at that moment to show that he isn't smarter then me (all the time). "I know, i know, they don;t lay eggs". Doug just gave me a look of "sense when did this become a competition?". He goes back to his thought "He's a good kid, he's fast too, like i would guess he was a Hermes if it wasn't for the fact he was claimed by Apollo and is a crazy good shot with his bow. He says it's custom but it looks just like the standard ones at camp.
"Over there We have John and Ed". Doug Points to the two people sword fighting. "John is our team leader here at out-post two, and child of Athena." One of the kids gets kicked in the chest and falls over in pain. "sadly he sucks at fighting more then you. The other one is Ed, Other then Tyler he's the youngest, he just had his 13th Birthday but he likes to pretend he's "Macho". Don't ask him who his parent is, he's an unclaimed." I look at Ed then look back at Doug. "Man, another one, You know if the gods would actually Claim there kids we wouldn't have so many who ran off over the summer. Then we wouldn't have suck a bad situation."
"Ya, But what can we do? we are down here and they are having fun who knows where doing who knows what."
Doug pointed to the girl carving the tree. "That's Sarah She's Daughter of Aphrodite, and the only person here that isn't here for Fighting. Chiron thought we could use someone with a decent moral compass so Sarah volunteered."
"Dang she's not bad, How old is she?" i asked (hoping in my reach). "Hunter, She's 15, But there's a problem." I respond fairly fast considering it's me. "What?! Is she taken?". Doug did that laugh of his again. "Not only is she taken little man, but i took her." i gulp knowing the next few words will determine if i go M.I.A. or not (don't get me wrong Doug and i are bros. but he's scary at times, and more defensive then me).
Doug walked closer to me, so naturally i did what any smart person would do in that situation, I backed off almost as much as he came at me. "So here's how it's going to work, Don't touch her, and you get to live to see another day. Got it?" i nod knowing i don;t have much of another choice. Kinda sucks though because that means it's just a bunch of guys and Sarah, Who we can't go near...unless something happens to Doug.
I had a twisted mind back then, i am not always proud of it but that's who i was. And no i never hurt (or tried that hard to hurt him) to get to Sarah. Like i said, she wasn't my type, i lost out on her when i had the chance. I still feel bad for what happened to her.
