A/N: Thank you for all the OCs thus far, I still need 8 more Roman demigods, 2 more Demonic demigods and 4 more Greek demigods, and that should be all, and we have quest winners! Read on to see if yours won.
"Hello?" Shouted May, into the cave that the Oracle resided in.
"I hear you are the volunteer for the quest." Said Rachel, with a calm nod.
"Yes, I need a prophecy I hear... Not quite sure why, tradition I guess..."
"I thought children of Athena were intelligent." Countered Rachel.
"Hey, I'm not too good at math or physics, I take tactics from my mother, or one of them at least." Retorted May.
"Well, I'd better get this prophecy done before I change my mind..." Muttered Rachel, as the Spirit of Delphi took over her body.
Child of Wisdom prepare for strife
For children of gods shall fall by knife
Whether Greece and Rome, or Demons prevail
Will depend on what working with war will entail
If you choose to set your hatred aside
those you wish death upon will have died!
"What does it mean?!" Demanded May, simultaneously terrified and confused.
"Well, generally you take it to Chiron to be interpreted, so go do that, I guess..." Answered Rachel, with a shrug.
"Well this means that the future is ambiguous, that we could win or lose, depending on some key actions." Explained Chiron. "the more ambiguous and therefore more worrisome portion is that referring to setting your hatred aside, I'm not sure who you must agree to work with, but a child of Ares, or Ares himself seems likely, given the 'working with war' line."
"No way! I'm not working with those bastards. They're too unpredictable, I need allies I can depend on to carry out the plan!" Protested May.
"I am sorry, do what you wish, but know that you will be unable to avoid the words of the prophecy, one way or another, it will occur." Assured Chiron.
"I won't let it, my plan forbids it." Resolved May, as she left to find companions; there were only two on her mind.
"Well Reiner, let's see if you suck slightly less than I've been led to believe..." Laughed a shapely girl with dark red hair going to her midback and dark brown eyes clad in a blue t shirt with a white stripe, white jeans, and blue sneakers, clutching a large bronze-tipped spear.
"I'm damn better than you, Laura! Let's see if you can keep up!" Answered Reiner, an athletic boy with spiky blonde hair and green eyes, wearing a denim vest over a white shirt, and jeans, with a pair of combat boots, an orange watch on his right wrist and several braided bands on his left. A harness was slung over his shoulder, and he held a two sided sword in his hands.
Laura produced a makeup case from her jean pocket, and clicked it open. "Win this battle." She spoke into the mirror, and emerged with a new resolve in her eyes.
"That won't help!" Shouted Reiner, as he ran at Laura, and brought one of his blades down.
Laura cracked a smile and easily moved out of the way. "Too slow!"
"Really?" Asked Reiner, as he quickly changed directions and spun the sword toward his opponent.
"Indeed." Laura quickly jumped back, and thrust her spear at Reiner.
"Nice try!" Reiner dodged that with a quick jump, and brought his sword in position to brain Laura.
"So predictable..." Yawned Laura, as she sidestepped that attack, and leveled her spear at Reiner's head. "Game over."
"Shit, I still can't win..." Muttered Reiner, suddenly downcast.
"Now now, you just need to get stronger. You'll reach me someday." Reassured Laura, with a smirk, and a kiss blown in Reiner's direction, causing Reiner to drool.
"Laura, I need you for a quest!" Declared May, coming on to the practice field and seeing the mischievous daughter of Aphrodite.
"What, this demon bullshit? Sure, why not, I was looking for some new fun anyway." Answered Laura.
"Good, now we need to find-"
"Reiner is coming." Laura declared, not asked.
"No, he's not! I can't well have a son of Ares fucking my plans up! It's bad enough that I have to trust you!" Protested May.
"I want to go." Argued Reiner, with a big grin. "And c'mon, give Ares a chance!"
"No, we're finding Ace, and that is final!" Shouted May.
"We... Are... Taking... Reiner..." Charmspoke Laura.
"Fine." Muttered May, under Laura's spell, but not as much as Reiner.
"Well, I find that my ex and my latest project are accompanying me on my quest... This truly will be interesting." Thought Laura, a grin on her face.
"Now, May Kleid, Laura Belmont, and Reiner Leonhardt, the three of you shall embark upon a quest; your purpose is to find the enemy encampment, and return with whatever intel you find there. A bit of scrounging has uncovered that the camp of the Demonic demigods is located somewhere in Western Texas. We aren't sure exactly where, but that is the approximate area where they settled. Furthermore, we have provided you with a direct flight to San Antonio from New York, here are your three tickets, and a good deal of food and other such supplies. While this should only take a day or two, and the flight back is in three days. Sadly, the gods cannot help in this quest, as it seems their three personae are in intense conflict at this time, Dionysus has been called to Olympus for this reason." Explained Chiron.
"Alright then, let's get to this." Resolved May. Running to the van piloted by Argus, her companions in tow.
"Now, Laura, get out any of your daddy issues out now, we are running a tight ship, and I don't need you fucking this shit up!" Groaned May, eager to complete this quest quickly.
"Oh my gods May! Be a little bit nicer, I'm quite fine for the record! And you need to calm down, what I did to you is two years in the past!"
"Perhaps if you didn't cheat on me, I could be more mature about our breakup." Retorted May.
"Hey! This effects me!" Reiner interjected.
"You want to forget this." Laura encouraged via charmspeak.
"I want to forget this." Agreed Reiner.
"And stop that, it just isn't right to use it on such a weak mind!" Reprimanded May.
"I'm just encouraging what he wants!" Countered Laura. "And it worked for me."
"That's different!" Protested May, but she was cut off by their reaching the airport and Argus opening the door.
"So, what's the outlook?" Gaius, already clad in his imperial gold battle armor, and with his gladius, spatha, spear, and shield slung on his back, demanded from the augur, as he observed the entrails, the omens of which he didn't care to understand.
"Well, there is an undeniable element of war, but there is ambiguity, no clear word on whether we win or lose, and it looks like we'll be hearing from our Greek friends at some point..." Noted the augur. "And here's something about West Texas, if anything that's likely to be the enemy base, we can have the legion mobilized in three hours..."
"In that case, I'll be taking a scouting party out immediately." Resolved Gaius, his green eyes flashing with excitement.
"But what of the senate, son of Mars?" Inquired the augur.
"Tell them to ready the legion, I am carrying this mission out with or without public approval, declared Gaius, as he left to search for companions.
"Xander! Old friend! I believe the time has come for war!" Announced Gaius, as he observed a boy of what appeared to be middle eastern origin with a shaved head, but black stubble protruding from his scalp on the camp's climbing wall. On his left arm was a tatoo of his mother's symbol, Bellona. On his right was an SPQR tatoo.
"Well, this should be fun then!" Laughed Xander, descending from the wall to Gaius' position. "Where do I come in?"
"I'm taking two allies on a secret mission, to the enemy camp in West Texas, are you interested? It's recon, with a few fights wherever necessary.
"Sounds like a party! Let me get some armor, and I'll be there." Agreed Xander.
"So, I heard about your little scouting party." Muttered a girl with purple hair and blue eyes, clad in a purple camp t shirt, denim shorts, and a blue baseball cap.
"Well, I suppose we could bring you along Sarah, daughter of Fortuna and all that... We need all the luck we can get. Just make sure you don't trip over anything." Agreed Gaius.
"Hey! I'm not that clumsy!" Protested Sarah.
"We leave for the Amtrak station in San Francisco in 15 minutes, gather your things, quickly." Ordered Gaius.
"Lord Balam, it seems both camps have another quest out. Greek Demigods have been spotted in New York City, and Roman Demigods in San Francisco. I suppose that they have found out about us, and wish to gain more information." Reported a muscular young man with black hair and blue eyes, and a red t shirt reading "Camp Inferno", orange jeans, and purple shoes.
"Well then, I suppose that another round of executions is in order. John, have our two active agents go after whichever group is closer to their positions." Ordered Balam, a red-fur covered human man with an extra bit of black hair on his head, and clad in a proper looking business suit.
"Yes sir." Agreed John.
"Keep in mind, our assault begins in two weeks, and as our forces will be divided, we need to reduce their numbers as much as possible, now that we're closing in, issue the following order: No longer leave one of the enemy alive to incite fear." Declared Balam. "The future is still blurred, there are many possibilities, do not let our loss become one of them.
"Okay, so the plan is simple enough, we pose as demon demigods, and the first night we sneak into wherever their records are kept. At that point, we get out, and get back to this airport." May pointed to their eventual destination. We lay low there, and wait for our flight back, and with intel in hand, we prepare for the siege."
"Sounds like a plan." Agreed Laura.
"I'll do it!" Shouted Reiner.
"The slightest gaffe ruins the plans, so don't leave the script." Ordered May, bringing out a grouping of papers and handing them off. "These contain questions almost sure to be asked, and appropriate answers. For questions that aren't expected, there are general answers to be applied to any of these situations. Memorize these, and we should be fine."
"Good work, you really are a great tactician." Complimented Reiner, with a sincere smile.
May shrugged, and was a little bit shocked. Why did that son of Ares validating her work make her feel satisfied? Was her prejudice fading?
"Oh gods! The wings just came off!" Shouted Laura, who was sitting at the window of the plane, and noted the abrupt ripping firsthand.
"I see I've been found out!" Laughed Brian, as he forced the door of the plane open, causing air to rush out.
"Who are you?" Asked May, terrified.
"The man who will spell your death." Muttered Brian, as he shot a bolt of lightning into the plane. May dodged it with a quick flip to the seat behind her, but the strike lit the seat on fire, and Reiner and Laura were still on the other side of that.
"Not so fast!" Shouted May, drawing her katana, and running at Brian, only to be met by his many blades. "You can do better!" Taunted May, as she effortlessly deflected all of them.
"I'm even better up close!" Brian declared as he drew his primary blade, a black-hilted steel sword, with an electrical current surging through it.
"The hilt'll block the shock just fine!" Countered May, as they clashed, their fast strikes meeting, but neither coming out on top.
"You seem to have forgotten something..." Muttered Brian, as his other swords flew from the back of the plane at May, who dodged them, but was grazed by two or three. Brian then looked out of the plane, and noted it was coming closer to the ground, as it was falling at a rather fast rate without its wings. "Goodbye now." Brian flew out of the plane on a current of wind.
"Um, guys?" Asked Gaius, as the whole Amtrak station went cold. He looked at his two companions to find them frozen solid. "What the fuck?!" He muttered, as he saw a mysterious young woman coming towards him.
"It was much too hot, don't you think? But you're still as hot as when we started, why would that be?" Wondered Tish.
A/N: Be honest, is May too much of a bitch? She will get better; character development and all that... Anyway, Until next time!