Annabeth Chase was pleased that the army unit sent here actually knew what they were doing, and not just here to hang around and sleep all day. She then realized that the guy who answered her question was young; too young and that kept her thinking through the rest of the session.
While Luc was briefing the campers about their mission and what to do when there was a combat situation, Tim turned his attention to the campers. He scanned the campers it was weird how they were all somehow related, and quit thinking about it when a kid took out a dagger and threw it at him. He wasn't surprised he was expecting someone to challenge him, since he was the same age as they were. He quickly but calmly took out his Black Hawk knife and sliced it at the incoming dagger. The dagger split into half and fell out of the sky, while onlookers looked in amazement. The crowd was silent and kept on waiting for someone else to ask a question, but everybody was too shocked to ask.
"Who was that retard that threw that dagger at me?! I'm gonna go and bust his ass!" Tim demanded at Chiron, who calmly but cautiously said "Please don't hurt anyone of the campers… you're supposed to be protecting them! And plus Clarisse was just trying to see why you're in the army." Tim still seemed unconvinced but let it go "If something similar ever happens again on anyone on my tem…" he then drew if finger and sliced the air in front of his throat before heading back to the CHUs.
Annabeth ran back to the Athena cabin right after the session. She flipped open her MacBook and booted up Safari. She searched in Google 'youngest person to enter the military' and got the result of the age 16. That was strange the guy looked like he was twelve, so she typed in 'twelve year old US army soldier' and got the results she wanted. Timothy Mitchell was 12 and entered the military in 2010, she scrolled down for more information and all she got was blank. So… most of his stuff is classified, then why would he show face at Camp? Thought Annabeth while she strolled down to the Poseidon cabin.
Percy Jackson was taking a hot shower when Annabeth walked in she heard the sound of washing water and turned for the door. "Come in, wait on my bed almost done here." Yelled Percy, but all he got back was "You pervert." Percy came out and opened the door to find a slap on the face from Annabeth. "Hey!" he protested, but Annabeth was not interested in arguing she sat down and started talking about Tim.
Tim was so pissed off at the reaction of the camper, and he stomped off towards the ocean for a quick nap before he went to write a report to the president. He walked past the Poseidon cabin and he heard his name mentioned. That was not cool they weren't supposed to know their names until dinner where Chiron would introduce them. He put his finger onto his ear and muttered "CrossCom activated." And listened in on the conversation a while he sat on the beach enjoying a moment to himself.
Luc heard in his CrossCom that it was activated, so he switched his on and ran to the beach. He found himself a Tim listening to his CrossCom, he was about to ask what was this about when Tim motioned him to be quiet. Luc soon found out two campers were talking about his captain, and even knew his name! He motioned Tim to go cut the conversation before it got any worst, he complied and walked off.
Tim knocked on the door twice, before anyone answered it. It was Percy who opened the door and Tim found himself with two very surprised campers. "So… like to share what you were talking about?" asked Tim, but still found the two shocked at his sudden arrival. He sighed and asked "How did you know my name?" Percy pointed at Annabeth, and she found herself out of words for the first time in her life. "Athena kid huh? Heard all about the research you people do, so sounds like you bypassed the White House first stage security and found out my name right?" Annabeth only nodded and still wore a shocked expression; she managed to blurt out "How did you know? Were you eavesdropping?" Tim laughed and said "Classified." He saw a worried look from Percy and said "Don't worry your rooms not bugged." He looked at Annabeth and continued "In fact none of your rooms are bugged, see you at dinner." Tim said cheerfully, and with that done he walked out of the cabin.
At dinner the Night Prowlers were all eating at a makeshift table, and the rest of it went quickly. Chiron then stood up and announced it was time for Tim's unit to introduce themselves. Tim stood up the first and said "Good evening everyone I'm Tim Mitchell, twelve years old, and I' am the captain of the unit. When he sat down he heard a lot of fussing over his age, but it quickly subsided when Luc stood up. "I'm Luc Chanren, 20 years old, and I'm the gunnery sergeant." The rest of the team went in order of their rank and just as quickly as it started it ended.
After dinner the campers filed out towards the woods, and Chiron invited them to play a game of capture the flag. It was Camp Half Blood versus the Night Prowlers, as Tim loaded his REC-7 with plastic bullets; Jerry took up his sniping position and put the flag right next to him. The horn blew and there was a roar from the other side of the woods followed by heavy footsteps. While Tim, Luc, and Skip crept quietly across the dense forest floor using the trees as cover, Roller, Eric, and Jerry took their positions ready to repel an attack. With Tim going from the middle, Luc on the right, and Skip on the left they would be ready to reinforce whoever needed a little help.
Jerry saw a figure emerge in his scope and he quickly fired a round taking him down, and muttered "Tango down" in his CrossCom, before searching for another target.
Tim jumped out from behind a bush and caught Percy by surprise, and fired a Desert Eagle round into his armor. He then pounced at his next target an idiot who just came running towards the stream, and Tim had plenty of time to stretch out his hand and knock him unconscious with a blow in the head with his knife. He picked up his REC-7 and fired a dozen bullets toward the incoming group knocking down the first few. An arrow shot passed him he shot at the tree where it came from, and saw a guy falling out of the tree. He then scanned the woods with his NVGs and picked up a few more people behind a bush. He threw a flash bang grenade behind the bush, and ducked underneath a tree. Campers came crawling out from both sides of the bush, obviously shocked from the grenade and made themselves easy target for Tim. He jumped out and saw the flag in front of him, he knew there were some more campers in the woods, so he scanned the tree lines and saw nothing. Without hesitating he drew his Desert Eagle and without looking up he shot the tree standing right in front of him. Annabeth came falling out and clearly angry that she didn't see him, and gritted her teeth when she fell. He smiled at her which made her angrier, so with the last tango down him, Luc, and Skip met up right at the flag and together brought it back to their side of the river.
Nobody cheered when they brought the flag back; they received high fives and slaps on the back. It was just like another one of the thousands of practice missions easy, and quick.