A/N: SORRRRRRYYYYYYY for the long hiatus! But I'm back, so here's Hour 2. :D Enjoy!


HOUR 2: DON'T MESS WITH CABIN 5

Piper and Rachel were, in fact, in a sticky situation.
It had all started when Rachel angered Clarisse.

Yep. Clarisse.
Not even the Gods could save them now.

Piper and Rachel were walking around Camp, barely even speaking to each other. Hey, the first time they met, Rachel had shaken Piper's shoulders while spouting strange lines, causing the other to faint. Not exactly a good start.

"So," Rachel blew out her cheeks. "What could we possibly do that can keep us preoccupied for hours?" She sat down on a bench next to her, completely forgetting that Piper was chained as well, causing Piper to trip and crash to the ground with her arm twisted above her.

As it happened, they were right next to the Ares Cabin.

Clarisse was the first to notice. Everyone else from Cabin 5 saw them and either started sniggering, whispering or laughing.

"What on Olympus are you doing?" she snorted.

"Go away, Clarisse," Rachel said miserably as Piper pushed herself up, muttering insults under her breath.

"You two do realize that you look like clowns, right? Exactly what are you trying to prove?" Clarisse, smirking, pointed at the handcuffs.

"It was Percy's idea," Piper rolled her eyes. "So could you please just leave?"
She'd been charmspeaking without even knowing it.
(Yep. That wouldn't go down too well either.)

"Sure," Clarisse said, as though in a daze, turned and walked three paces straight into the cabin door, causing everybody else from Ares to burst out giggling. Maybe it was the embarrassment, or the sudden jolt from hitting the door, or her brothers' and sisters' laughs that caused her to snap back into reality. She turned around to face Piper and Rachel, her face red.

"What was that for, McLean?"

"Didn't mean to do it!" Piper said nervously. "I swear!"'

Rachel backed away, tugging Piper along with her. She hissed, "Let's just get out of here. Clarisse is as mad as a bull when she's angry-"

"I can hear you!" Clarisse interjected angrily, staring at them with glittering eyes and raised eyebrows.

Everyone from Ares let out a simultaneous "ohhhhhhhhhh snap."

"Okay. Run." Rachel spun around, Piper turning too, and they bolted.

More cheers and laughs erupted behind them, meaning that Clarisse had taken up the chase.

Alright. In case they couldn't escape from Clarisse, how well would they do?

Advantages? Piper could charmspeak, and... it was two against one, right? They had a chance of winning. (Uh...)

Disadvantages? One: Clarisse was fast, strong, and appeared to be a bit overenthusiastic. Gulp.
Two: They were both handcuffed together and running at different paces with their arms awkwardly bumping and they looked like freaking clowns. How were they supposed to-

And then came the rest of the Ares cabin, crashing in from all sides, cheering and whooping.

"Dunk them in the lake!" Called Clarisse cheerfully from behind.

"What if we didn't know how to swim?" Piper asked, still running. "Would they have still done that? That's, like, murder or something."

"Mr. D prefers to call it 'learning survival on the job'. According to him, there's nothing more refreshing than friendly attemps to kill each other," Rachel said, her hair flying around her face as they both sprinted.

"Coming from him, that's no surprise," Piper muttered in response.

They didn't talk any more. They had to save their energy to flee from the swiftly closing in children of Ares.

Up on Olympus:

Poseidon watched the two handcuffed girls fleeing from a host of Ares children.

"We should do something about that." he stated.

"Heck no! GET 'EM, YOU LITTLE USELESS PUNKS!" Ares roared down in excitement.

"If anybody should help them, it's you," said Zeus. "It's your son that made that strange pact with them. If not for him, this wouldn't have happened. Honestly, he's absurd."

"Oh, and I suppose Thalia's much better?"

"Do not insult my children!"

"That's a surprise, coming from you. You turned her into a pine tree!"

Athena rolled her eyes and turned to Aphrodite. "Shouldn't you be trying to help Piper?"

Aphrodite laughed. "I think some competition is healthy, don't you? Piper can handle this..."

Athena sighed and turned away, questioning the sanity of some of the Gods.


A/N: So yeah, I'll update this story whenever the heck I can. :D Hope you enjoyed!

-Artemis