A/N: Well guys. Hope you had a nice christmas. Here is the next chapter for you!
Chapter 2: War!
. Percy was worrying about the future of Camp Half-blood's fate. As he rode Blackjack back there, he knew Chiron would be preparing for a battle. Unfortunately, there was going to be an entire monster army in the middle of the camp forest. They would need all the help they could get.
'Hey boss! we're almost there!' Blackjack said in his head.
. As they lowered beneath the clouds, Percy could see Long Island and the camp. He called to his friends.
"Hey guys! where here!" He said "Hope you rested well!"
. His friends woke with a start and remembering what was at hand. As they landed, Percy thanked the pegasi and told them to get to a safe place. The entire camp was covered in traps, catapults, and other defense mechanisms. Campers were in armor and fully armed.
"Come on Seaweed Brain lets go find Chiron." Annabeth said.
. As they entered, Chiron was waiting for them.
"I see you have returned students," He said ", and right on time."
. They all started telling their story to Chiron about all that has happened.
. As they said that Grover went over to speak with Leneus.
"Lies! Silunes yelled"You are weeks overdue and now you dare tell these lies!?"
. Percy overheard the conversation and went to speak for Grover.
"It is true," He said ", We all saw Pan pass away."
"Lies!" Silunes yelled ", We must continue the search! Grover I will have you..."
"Silenus!" Chiron said ", We will discuss this later my camp is under attack!"
"We will discuss this now!" Silenus yelled.
. Then a new voice completely unheard to the quest members spoke out.
"NOW!? THIS IS WAR! NOT A HIPPIE COUNSEL MAGGOT!" a man in red said.
Silunes turned to this new voice and replied", This is important! The god Pan ..."
. He did not get the chance to finish as the man yelled again ", WHATS IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU GET YOUR ASS MOVING BEFORE I WRAP IT AROUND MY BOOT AND SEND IT TO YOUR MAMA!"
. Percy was not sure why but Silunes put on a face of fear and fled.
"Who.. "Percy asked
"Percy I'd like you to meet the man who has been in charge of camp preparations for the past few days."Chiron said ", His name is 'The Soldier' ."
. Percy could literally feel the military vibe of the man. "So you a son of Ares or somethin" He asked.
"Ares?" The man asked ", That wimpy hippie hasn't seen REAL war yet even if it stabbed him in the face!"
. Percy and everyone else was taken aback by this.
"Soldier here doesn't quite have a godly parent." Chiron said.
"Wait so you mean hes a mortal?" Annabeth asked with a huge 'wtf' face.
"Don't worry child I promise I will explain later," Chiron said.
"Seeya Perce," Nico said as he walked away to grab some weapons while Grover went to look for his girlfriend Juniper. Tyson went to help the Hephasetus cabin.
. Annabeth walked over to her cabin with a 'wtf' face on muttering under her breath ", Gods we are so dead."
. All that were left were Percy, Chiron, and the one called Soldier.
. Soldier took out what seemed to be a garden shovel. Percy has fought in multiple battles and hasn't seen anyone use a garden shovel before.
"Son, you better prepare yourself for the ass-kicking we are all about to inflict on those inferior Greek monsters!" The Soldier said as he walked away.
"Chiron? Why is there a mortal head of defense?" Percy asked.
Chiron responded ", Percy, this man is a hardened Patriot to the United States. He was even a veteran of World War 2 where your dead brothers and sisters fought. I can tell by observing him that somehow he has more fighting experiennd ce and efficiency than anyone else at this camp. The only reason he decided to help was because of all your citizenships to America."
. Percy was taken back by the veteran. This man had fought besides other children of Posieden? "How did he even get here? He doesn't even look old enough to BE a veteran?" asked Percy.
"To be honest Percy, he literally appeared in an explosion like a message from the gods. Which is strange looking at how much he seems to despise the gods. But Percy you must trust me on this one. I promise to explain later why I thought this was a valuable choice."
. 30 minutes later and Chiron was with Percy watching over preparations. The Hephasetus cabin had laid traps all over the place arranging from Greek fire bombs to land mines. It was the biggest military operation Percy had ever seen.
"Percy. I want you to go to where help is needed and stand ground. Kronos's army will be here soon." Chiron said.
. As the ground trembled, Laistrygonian Giants followed by the monster armied poured through the Labyrinth entrance. Roars along with yells were given by the enemy. Battle cries and other yells were given back by campers as they too charged to defend their home.
"GIVE 'EM HELL CAMPERS!" Percy heard Soldier yell.
. The two armies crashed. Catapults swung and traps were sprung as campers charged foward and attacked.
. Percy himself charged into battle in hopes of defending his home. Catapults fired to stop the giants. Traps set were sprung on their destined targets. Percy charged in while hacking and slashing. He looked over and saw two Apollo campers firing arrows at an evil Cyclops. The Cyclops roared out in pain as the arrows hit their target. It charged at the two campers ignoring the other arrows shot at it. The two campers looked in fear as the giant Cyclops was right on top of them.
. Percy wanted to charge in and help but it seems that he didn't have to. An explosion was heard and Percy watched as Soldier flew threw the air with the bottom of his boots set on fire while holding the big garden shovel he was holding before. As the shovel collided with the Cyclops' face, the impact was somehow able to instantly knock the monster to the ground while a loud electrical bang was heard (A/N: think of the sound the is heard when you hit someone with a crit shot in TF2.).
. Soldier stood over the now disintegrating monster as he yelled ", You're like the Cyclops in Greek myth except you are real and I HAAAAAAAATE YOU!"
. Percy had no time to ponder on this thought as he had to get back in to the fight but he couldn't stop himself from wondering what just happened.
. Meanwhile Soldier was having a delightful time. He was in combat. The natural state for the Soldier. A hell hound pounced at him but he simply took out his shotgun and blew up it's head while the rest of the body melted into golden dust soon afterwards. A group of dracaena soldiers were leading a charge followed by 14 giants as campers dove out the way. Soldier was infuriated by this.
"YOU MAGGOTS GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE AND DEFEND OR I WILL STAND YOU HERE!" Soldier yelled.
"Are you crazy!? We're gonna get killed! A tactical retreat won't do any harm if we can regroup!" one camper yelled back to him. And of course Soldier ignored him and stood right in the path of the charging squad of monsters.
"What are you doing you mortal fool!? you'll get yourself killed!" an Athena child yelled.
. Instead of listening, Soldier took out his rocket launcher and aimed it at the enemy.
"YOU MAGGOTS THESE DAYS DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGHT LIKE A REAL MAN!" he yelled as he fired a rocket.
. The rocket blew up taking half the squad of dracaena with it. "YOU are a dishonor to your ENTIRE team!" He yelled as he fired another rocket blowing up the rest of the dracaena and taking out 3 giants.
"Foolish mortal! we will tear you limb by limb for what you have done!" one giant .yelled.
"LESS TALK AND MORE FIGHT MAGGOT!" Soldier yelled as he blew up the giant along with 6 other giants with his third rocket.
"I'M GONNA MAIL MY BOOT TO THE TITANS WITH YOUR ASSES AROUND IT!" Soldier yelled as he blew up the rest of the giants with his fourth rocket ending the charge. Campers stopped their retreat and cheered with renewed fighting spirit.
"If a mortal can stop em we could too!" yelled an Ares kid as they all charged.
"ATTACK!" Soldier commanded and they all happily obliged as he took out his Concheror shell and blew into it. Campers all around him felt a strange flow of energy in them as they all increased in speed and became more renewed after each hit they dealt to the enemy. A wooden box on Soldier's back sprouted a long vertical flag with the Concheror symbol on it as the buff went into effect. All was going well until he ran into the traitorous of demigods.
. Soldier saw them and his head burst into flames. Literally. Enemy demigods saw a mortal coming at them and readied their weapons. Betrayal. This reminded Soldier of the enemy spies and every time he had a knife shoved in his back.
"Spies..." Soldier muttered in an intimidating tone. "WHICH ONE OF YOU NUMNUTZ LET YOUR COUNTRY DOWN FIRST!" he yelled. The response he got was enemy demigods attacking him. "If I have to crack some skulls I will," Soldier said as he too charged while followed by other campers.
. 7 minutes later and Percy along with Annabeth were at the mercy of Kampe under her claws. "Well this is it. It's been nice fighting with you Seaweed Brain," Annabeth said. Percy and Annabeth then stared in confusion as two hands were placed around Kampe's giant monterous head and a yell was heard.
"NECK SNAP! HUTTAH!" and with that thought, Kampe's head was twisted in a jerking motion and a sickling series of cracks were heard as Kampe fell to the ground. On top of her stood Soldier drinking from a mug of coffee. "Ahhh... A mug of my boot up your ass," he taunted.
. Percy was dumbfolded. He looked to Annabeth to see the same look on her face. Not only was a mortal in charge of defending her home but also saved her personally.
. Suddenly Kampe stood up and Soldier was knocked into a tree. "Oompf!"
"Fool! I cannot be killed by your simple spinal injuries!" Kampe said.
"Hmmm... well thats a first today," Soldier said.
Kampe looked behind him so see what he meant and was met with the sight of monsters dissolving with their necks twisted and broken. She screeched in anger and shoved one of her poisoned swords right into soldiers chest.
"Aaaaargh!" Soldier yelled as blood flew out and he went limp.
. Percy tightened his grip on Riptide while Annabeth did the same on her knife. This mortal had just saved us and Kampe stooped so low and just killed him.
"Ha! you demigod fools are so weak! After I destroy your pitiful camp, I will roam the world doing the same to any mortal who..." She didn't get to finish that thought as she was interrupted.
"You call that a stab wound!? I've had deeper bee stings!" the voice yelled.
. Percy couldn't believe his eyes. Kampe turned around and both monster and half-blood were stunned by the sight of Soldier standing up perfectly healed. He was glowing with energy and really mad.
. Percy and Annabeth could only watch the scene play out as they were too shocked to move. No one could possibly survive that big of a sword along with the poison.
. Kampe screeched in rage as she stabbed her sword at Soldier's chest again. Unlike the last time, Soldier yelled as a Red aura and energy layer covered his entire body as he glowed and crackled with red energy. The sword shattered harmlessly against his chest. Soldier got up with his shotgun and pumped her stomach full of metal pellets.
. Kampe screeched in anger and pain once more "If I can't kill you then I will kill your friends!" she turned towards Percy and Annabeth and raised her swords. Unfortunately for her, a large hellhound lunged and crashed into Kampe. It was Mrs. O'Leary.
"Good Girl!" yelled a voice that belonged to Daedalus as he exited the Labyrinth. Behind him was a hundred handed giant who was lobbing rocks at the enemy.
"Briaries!" Tyson yelled in delight.
"Stand firm little brother!" Briaries said.
. Mrs. O'Leary leaped out of the way as hundreds of boulders and rocks were launched at Kampe as if the earth had learned how to fly. What was once Zues's fist was now a huge pile of rocks with Kampe buried underneath it.
. The enemy army cringed in fear as Kampe was defeated. They all began to fled until one monster yelled", Stay and fight or else Kronos will skin you alive!"
. All the monsters obeyed in fear as campers braced themselves.
"HOLD THE LINE MEN! WE WILL STOP THAT CHARGE!" Soldier said while he was still glowing. He quickly put on another backpack, took out another horn only that this time it was a bugle. He blew into it and the Buff Banner went into effect as friendly forces all around him felt more strange energy flow through them like an adrenaline rush.
. Percy looked down at Riptide and saw that his weapon was glowing bright orange/peach.
"My Gods," Annabeth said", This mortal is just FULL of suprises!"
. Everyone charged in with suprisingly efficient force. Monsters were turning into dust instantly as if the glow had increased their attack strength. Each time a Buffed weapon hit, another electrical bang was heard.
. Soldier was unstoppable. All attacks against him were useless. With increased attack power and invulnerability he destroyed everything in his path with his rocket launcher.
. Unfortunately the charge did not last long. As the buff ended, allied forces had come to a stop. The frontal chargers had fallen into a ditch and many other campers had fallen in with them for they could not see the hole beneath them from above. Everyone stopped before the deep trench for they did not want to fall in too. Unfortunately for them, monsters with their animal like abilities could cross the wide trench with no problem. The monsters charged while seeing their advantage.
. Percy watched in horror as his friends were being overwhelmed. Then the unexpected happened. The most horrible sound came out of Grover's mouth like a trumpet magnified a thousand times. The enemies all covered their ears and fled back into the Labyrinth.
. The battle was over.
"Heheheah! That was an AMAZING killing spree maggots!" Soldier congragulated.
. Chiron limped over to Grover as Percy and Annabeth followed.
"Dude, Grover that was amazing!" He said
"Oh it was nothing. I don't even know what came to me," Grover said
"That was indeed spectacular my dear satyr but we must discuss how you did that later," Chiron said
"Oh I know what it was!" Juniper said as she hugged Grover.
. At that time Soldier who was now rid of the glowing aura and back to normal walked by and congratulated him ", Son, never in my life have I seen such wimpy-a$$ monsters scared of a scream. But anyways, Congratulations son! You saved many lives and possibly all of us!"
" And Soldier," Chiron said as he sat down ", You did a fine job in defending. Your placement of resources was spectacular!"
. Even Annabeth had to agree with that ", Well I'll say. Your a mortal but you did a fine job."
. "Well then everyone," Chiron said ", We still have a lot of wounded to tent to."
To Be Continued...
A/N: Hey guys I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Leave a comment cause I am free to any sugestions...or you could just leave one to boost my morale. Thanks for readin. Till next time!
