Chapter 4

I Fight the Maple Tree Fossil

In minutes, camp turned into a battle field. Everyone fought for their lives slashing and stabbing the monsters. I saw a camper getting smashed by a Cannibal giant's fire ball. The camper looked familiar, but I couldn't tell.

I slashed and kicked.A dracaena came up to me and she hissed.

"Hello, and good bye," I said to the dracaena as I slashed her body.

"Percy, watch out!" a camper shouted in the distance.

I turned around and I saw a javelin headed straight towards me.

I simply rolled and slashed a giant. Fortunately, the javelin pierced an empousa and made her into monster dust.

"Gods, this is hard," I muttered.

I watched the other campers as they fought. One camper got attacked by a few hellhounds. I didn't get to see what happened, but I was pretty sure that the camper lost.

In about five minutes, we were down to five to three. The cabins were on fire, campers retreated into the woods, and the nature spirits came to help.

Naiads even came to help too. They drowned monsters by pulling their legs into the water. Tree nymphs created tree root walls to block the monsters from coming into camp, but a cannibal giant burned it down with its fire ball.

I sometimes would see my friends fighting. If I saw them, they would be gone in about a few seconds.

"Percy, help!" a voice cried.

I searched around for the source of the voice. I finally spotted Laura fighting a hellhound with no weapon. I rushed over to her and stabbed the hellhound with Riptide. The hellhound turned to dust instantly as it touched the Celestial bronze weapon.

"Are you alright?" I asked.

"Yeah, I just have a little scratch on my…" Laura couldn't finish her sentence. She fainted right there on the spot. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't sure if she really fainted or not.

In desperation I looked at the sky.

"Please! Father! Help us!" I prayed.

He was listening alright, because the river, stream, and the lake exploded, pouring out numerous Cyclopes and air-swimming and horned hippocampi.

"James, take care of Laura here, will you?" I asked James.

"Sure, just leave her right there," James replied.

To end the fighting, I had to fight with Hyperion.

"Hey! Hyperion! Why don't you come and fight me? Too scared?" I taunted.

"Who dares to…" Hyperion roared.

"I dare to," I replied.

"Hmm, I don't have time to deal with you right now," he said.

"So you're afraid,"

"Urgh… Fine, if you want to die that is,"

"Alright, but I think it's the other way around. You dying and me surviving." I said.

"I can't die you idiot!"

"Whatever. First, call off your attack. We'll have a fair match. You fight me." I said.

At first he didn't seem like he liked this idea, but he smiled at the end as if he had an idea.

"Halt!" Hyperion shouted and the monsters froze and sat down.

"Campers, listen very carefully! I will fight Hyperion. The winner of this match will win the battle immediately." I shouted.

I got into my full battle armor, armed with Riptide and a secret dagger in my shield. I made sure I had covered my Achilles spot and went out into the battle field.

"Percy, beware, he is a Titan," Chiron warned.

"I'm aware," I said as I put my new shark helmet on. (The helmet was forged by the Cyclopes)

"Why don't you surrender now?" Hyperion asked.

"Again, I think it's the other way around," I sighed.

"This'll be your last day!"

"You never get the point,"

Our swords met with a spark. I knew Hyperion could blind me anytime soon. Thank the gods my ADHD was acting up. I jumped on Hyperion's shield and slashed at his neck. He was bleeding golden ichor, the blood of the immortals.

"Ahhh! You shall pay Perseus Jackson!" Hyperion shouted in anger.

"Do you want the payment in dollars or drachmas?" I asked, trying to get him mad.

His weapon changed into a spear. He started running, picking up speed every millisecond.

"Taste this and go to Tarturus!" Hyperion cursed.

As the spear pierced my armor and touched my stomach, I was pushed backwards about five meters. The spear didn't pierce my body, thanks to the River Styx, but I couldn't move. Riptide was out of reach and Hyperion could kill me anytime soon.

"Percy! Close your eyes!" Annabeth screamed from the crowd.

"You shall lose your sight!" Hyperion shouted, showing his brightest light.

If it wasn't for Annabeth, I would've become blind. I shut my eyes as tight as I could. Hyperion was laughing like a mad scientist somewhere and at the same time I heard campers and monsters screaming. I was pretty sure they lost their sight. I hoped Annabeth didn't.

"Get up Perseus Jackson! What's that? You can't move? It looks like my paralyzing spear worked." Hyperion taunted.

"You'll… regret this…" I managed to mumble.

Hyperion kicked me with his foot and I went about five meters more.

"Don't worry, it'll wear out in about twelve hours," Hyperion said.

The monsters cheered loudly.

I cursed silently and I fainted.

(A/N: This chapter is kinda sad! Camp Half-Blood is gone!)