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Today was the day. She stood next to Sadie and Cassandra, who for once had stopped fighting, in front of a small host of adult magicians. The goal was simple: lead the distraction force through the front gate and fight until Carter came to help.

The camp, however, was beautiful. There were dozens of cabins arranged around a central U, each one obviously themed personally. Blades were flashing in some sort of training center by a rock wall with- was that lava? Kids ran around everywhere, and it was impossible to tell that these were the evil half-gods who wanted to upset Ma'at. The only things that kept Zia from backing off were the sight of the forest were she knew Carter was waiting for her to start, and the image of a strawberry field that kept trying to push itself onto her vision.

"Whoa. Not even in Vegas…" Cassandra sounded as awed as Zia was. Her moon amulet was clutched tightly, as if the power of Khonsu could slip away at any time.

"You know, Vegas isn't the peak of strangeness. You need to visit the Land of Demons," Sadie argued, a transparent attempt to fight with the pickpocket.

"Fine then. Not even in Gotham," was the mandatory witty reply. Zia decided to interject before Sadie insulted comics and things got ugly.

"We can stand and argue, or we can kick some Greek butt. Your choice." Both blonds smiled at this, and together they charged right into enemy territory.

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Today was the day, no doubt about it. The Egyptians were charging in through the front gate, and they were very powerful. Glowing hieroglyphs surrounded them, popping and causing confusion within the ranks of the defenders. Three of the enemies were floating inside giant warriors with animal heads.

Reyna dodged a hieroglyph that exploded behind her and gave a tiger (because, of course, Egyptians can make those appear out of thin air) a gash on the side as she rushed past it. The legions formations were long lost, but if they could see her…

… Oh no. A new, larger group of magicians complete with at least ten of the transparent giant warriors materialized from the forest. The Greeks began to panic, and if she was honest, even the most well trained of her legionaries were quaking in their boots. It was time for plan B.

"Aim the Greek fire at their heads!" The Vul- sorry, Hephaestus cabin seemed to get the message, as vats of the green substance flew towards the heads of the massive warriors. Reyna watched them collapse onto the battlefield, then tried to figure out a new weakness.

Strangely, the younger an Egyptian was, the more powerful their spells appeared. There was an eight-year old who could make a Hyperborean giant jealous with his freezing skills, and a three-year old with exploding crayons. A new plan began to form in Reyna's mind, maybe just good enough to work.

"Attack the young ones first! Disable if you have issues with killing!" The last comment was more geared for the Greeks, as she was assured in the ruthlessness of any member of the Legion.

As the more powerful spell casters fell, the adults began to look scared. An African-American kid, who had been taken out with Greek fire while in giant warrior mode, woke up, and began calling orders for retreat. Reyna almost smiled, but she had one last order to give.

"Gather hostages! Take whomever you find!" Her orders were taken care of, but the Egyptians removed their fallen as well, and only three or four hostages were actually retrieved. The battle was won, now let's see about the war.

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Julian woke up on a bed in the infirmary, surrounded by an assortment of injured magicians. Today was the day all right, the day for defeat. Upon noticing him awaken, a blond with her hair in a ponytail rushed towards him.

"Jaz… what happened?"

"They beat us. Only three casualties, but a lot of the people in here are on the edge. I've used up almost all my power but…" The cheerleader looked like she was about to cry, yet Julian had to know more.

"Who died?"

"P-Paul, the others were from the First Nome. But the Greeks… they took hostages. All from Brooklyn House."

"Jaz, I need to know." The blond gave him a long, sad look before replying.

"Sadie, Zia, and Cassandra." Julian froze, those were Brooklyn's powerhouses, how could they be captured? Jaz seemed to read his mind.

"They were vulnerable during the distraction. They were the only Brooklyn House magicians in that group, and they had to hold on until we arrived… They lost a lot of energy, and got knocked out. We had to retreat."

Julian turned over, so his face was buried in the sheets, and listened to the receding sound of Jaz's footsteps.

A/N So, my parents took away my laptop which means I had to use a shared computer and not be able to write whenever I felt like it. None of the characters who's POV I used will have a major part in the plot, not even Zia. (I wish, but it's hard to write her) So the girls have been captured. Will they be tortured? Will the Greeks find out this is just a huge misunderstanding? Tune in next time on War and Chaos!