Chapter 3: I meet a girl

Marcus POV:

I wake up in a camp of some kind in the middle of the woods. I'm in a tent that seems to be made of some kind of tuff wool because I couldn't hear the wind or anything outside. I look over at my leg and see that it is patched up in a bandage. For some reason I was completely naked. I get up but my leg gives way beneath me and I fall back down. My cloths and a splint are next to me. I quickly get dressed on the floor and rap the splint around my leg which helps me to stand but reduces me to limp. I pull up my hood and slightly open the tent. I see girls walking around with bows and arrows. They didn't appear to be much older or younger then he was. They ranged between 12 year olds to 17 year olds. When the majority of them are away from the tent he was in the crouched and moved out of the tent. I moved to where there was a path of high grass that looped around the camp. About 50 yards away from the loop of high grass were wolves, that were completely white. They were sniffing low to the ground as if suspicious of something, I stop and lay low to the ground until they go about there business. There was no way I was going to get passed those wolves, not in the state I was in. I then thought of something that completely confused me. How is it that dozens of wolves were just prowling the border of the camp when there were girls they could make prey off of, they must have tamed them some how. That means that I can't underestimate them. I'll find there leader and hold them hostage until I am safely outside of camp then I'll be on my way. I used eagle vision and saw there was the tent about 100 yards away from me if I were to straight run and double that if I go by grass. There were only 4 girls by the grass that I could Neutralize but it would take longer to get to the tent which gave the camp more time to possibly spot him the bodies. I take my chances and move to the closest girl. She was facing me but didn't notice me as I crouched and moved in front of her. I lunged out putting one hand over her mouth and the other around her neck. I squeezed and held it until she was unconscious, I wasn't trying to kill them, just neutralize them. I pull her into the grass and took her bow and arrows then looked around to make sure I wasn't spotted, then I move to the next girl. She was facing the camp but was wearing some type of armor that wouldn't give me enough time to choke her like the first girl. I lunged out but this put one hand to her mouth and punched her in the back of her head hard enough to render her unconscious and pulled her to the grass. The rest of the girls were far away enough where I could easily move past them. I managed to get to the leaders tent and drew the bow I stole from the girl earlier. Then I moved into the tent and aimed it directly at the first girl I saw. She was blonde and about 12 maybe 14 years old. She was sitting on a pelt made from lions fur and was petting a deer. She didn't look so surprised to see me but I didn't let that throw me off. I ordered her to get up and get in front of me at the entrance of the tent but she didn't comply. I drew my bow to make my point clear but she still didn't comply. Another girl entered the tent and said WHAT ARE YOU DOING! So I moved behind the leader and crouched behind her so she was in the view of the other girl just as she drew her bow.

Thalia POV:

WHAT ARE YOU DOING! I said when I saw some boy aim an arrow at the girls head. I drew my bow but he moved behind her and crouched so I didn't have a good shot. I didn't know who this boy was, he didn't look any older than me, about 16 years old. I tried to get a better view by moving to the left or right but he would move in sync. Why are you here, I asked? I waited about a minute before he answered. I want to know a couple of things, he said. And what would those be, I retorted? I guess he realized that I was a greater threat to him because he shifted aim from the girl to me. First, I want to know who you are, then I want to know how I got here, lastly I want to know where my equipment is he said. I moved closer and he drew his bow back a little further. That isn't up to me to tell you I said. Then what, am I supposed to ask this girl who won't say or do anything even though I had her at arrow point, he said. He shifted his gaze to the girl for a moment to emphasize who he meant. The girl then stood up and said, Thalia lower your weapon, I'll answer this boy's questions. I hesitated but eventually lowered my bow. He never even blinked, just kept the bow trained on me. How did I get here, he asked. The girl answered, We found you at the docks bloodied and beaten we would have left you there but you were the only one at the yacht when it burst into flames, we needed you for answers. And you automatically thought that I would just give you the answers right, he asked? I turned to the girl and asked, why didn't I know about him. The girl answered, you would have been informed due time but right now he needed to recover and as for the boy's question I didn't think you would retaliate this way. You thought wrong, he said. Were is my equipment he asked? In this tent the girl said. Just as she said a pile of knives and other equipment appeared out of nowhere. He didn't seem convinced. Kick it to me, he said. I don't think he believed they were real, I guess I was a test to see if it was. I walked over to his equipment and kicked theme over to him. were he put on a set of holsters for throwing knives and daggers. But one piece of equipment seemed strange to me. There was this pair of blades that he strapped to his wrist, and the flick of the wrist they protruded from his wrist in a gauntlet like strap. At another flick of the wrist the blades retracted. He picked up the bow again and aimed it at me. The girl then stood up and faced him, he was alarmed by this and pointed the bow at her but she laid one finger to his forehead and froze. The girl then walked over to me and said, he seems to be more trouble then we thought. I said yeah, but how could he possibly help any of us. The girl said, I think the gods have bigger plans for him and us go to the rest of the huntresses and tell them he is awake. Yes Artemis, and I walked out of the tent.