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Chapter 4

AN: Now up to Chapter 4! Sorry for not updating for so long, busy... (As a reviewer requested) lots of Percy looking good with his sword! Just to apologise, Im not really good with fight scenes/descriptions so I hope you will still like it! :P

This one will be about the capture-the-flag game! Wonder who wins... Enjoy!

People started roaring and yelling when both teams charged. There were lots of swords clanging with each other and screaming going on. Beads of perspiration trickled down Percy's spine. This was his first battle. He was not sure if he could do this. As he waited for Thalia's signal, he tried calming down by adjusting his grip of his sword and straightening his armour.

He heard a soft whistle. Thalia had given him the sign. Percy creeped behind and followed her while Annabeth checked if anyone was following them behind. They had to walk carefully without the Red team noticing otherwise their plans would be ruined. 'Improvise!' Percy had suggested but Thalia was not happy with it. 'Having it planned is always better Seaweed brain.' Typical Annabeth...

'Snap!'. Percy stepped on a branch on the ground. Thalia turned around and gave him a: "If we fail because of you I'll get you for the rest of my life" look. Percy followed exactly what Thalia did: crouch, peek, run, crouch, look around, run. They were almost there. Only if Clarisse had not came back to defend the red banner things would have gone much easier.

First of all, Thalia, Percy and Annabeth were hiding behind the bushes right next to where she was standing. Second of all, Clarisse kept checking around if there were people hiding in places. She kicked the bushes, she sliced them in half with her sword. Luckily, Clarisse had not checked the one where they were hiding.

Annabeth peeked through the bushes and looked at the people defending. "Um, if my calculations are right, Clarisse and Demeter cabin are left here for defending, guarding and border patrolling, while the rest Ares and Apollo cabin are for attacking. Hermes is split into half for both."

She must had not noticed how loud she had spoken, because Clarisse turned around and said, "Yep, you're pretty correct for a typical wise geek." Annabeth looked a bit offended at the work 'geek'.

They got up and realised that they were completely surrounded by the Red team. Thalia was furious about Clarisse finding out so without hesitation, she unsheathed her sword to attack. Clarisse was very well trained. She sidestepped and dodged the attack.

Percy was in charge of fending off the Demeter group. There was six of them in charge for border patrol, defending so there was basically two left for him to attack.

They looked pretty harmless without the swords and daggers but until they showed off their abilities, they seemed just as amazing. Demeter 1 stretched out his hand and the vines on the trees started stretching out. They grabbed hold of Percy and Annabeth's legs but luckily Percy's instincts were quick enough to jump on top of the vines, snapping them.

Percy heard a distinctive scream. He turned to its direction and saw Annabeth dragged away into a field of grass. "What? What kind of dangerous...," Percy realized that he mistaken it as a field. In fact, it was muskeg. The vines dragged her straight into the puddle and the entire earth closed her head.

He rushed to help but Demeter 2 made a similar hand gesture and the grass around Percy started to grow as high as above his head completely trapping him. He tried pushing them away from his sight but they were unusually sharp and hard which gave him a big "grass" cut (not paper cut). Percy grabbed Riptide and swing it across his shoulders. The grass instantly tumbled down onto the ground. He quickly turned around to help Annabeth out. The Demeter kids gave no slight of reaction. They summoned all nature to attack Percy but it was no use.

They had Trees and stumps to shoot out of the ground to block his way but Percy just simply jumped on top of them and using the edge of his sword, sliced them in half right until where you could see wooded splinters sprouting out.

The second trick was again the vine trick. This time, all of them targeted not just only the legs but also his arm. Percy nimbly dodged all of them and sliced each and every single one of them all at once. The Demeter kids were all shocked, " That was my best move!" "He just sliced my vines like that?" "Who's this guy?"

The complaining gave him time to reach Annabeth and pull her out. He reached out his hand into the pit careful not to drop in and felt her hand sticking out. He gripped on tightly and pulled Annabeth out.

Finally, her head came out and he thought she was blushing but could not tell since the sunlight was shining at her face. She offered to help herself while he continue fending off people.

Percy walked forwards back to the center. The Hermes cabin gave in and joined the fight. He was standing right in the middle of them then suddenly Annabeth popped by his side. She did not clean up a lot so there were still clods stuck between her hair and her clothes were still muddy.

"The Hermes are pretty good in sword fighting. Don't underestimate them." She whispered.

"I know I know, I'm not as dumb as everyone thinks," Percy smiled. "Where's Thalia?"

"STOP STANDING THERE CHATTING GUYS! STICK TO THE PLAN!" Thalia yelled from her side. She was still struggling with Clarisse, both of them not giving up on each other.

"There was no plan!" Percy moaned. "Forget it." No. 1 and 2 charged to his direction. Too late. Percy quickly twisted his wrist and disarmed both swords at once flicking them away. No. 3 tried giving time for No. 1 and 2 to pick up their swords by giving Percy a thrust attack, aiming at the sword. For a second he thought he had disarmed him but Percy simply twirled Riptide to avoid the thrust and also getting a better grip of it. He looked around and something caught his attention and he moved towards it.

Percy slowly moved backwards. Was he backing away? He looked as if he was hypnotized. To get this chance all at once No. 1,2,3,4 charged at him to catch him inattentively but as they were about to attack him, Percy just moved to his right and suddenly they were charging at a field...

"SPLASH!" No. 1,2,3,4 landed on top of each other and sank into the mud.

Percy turned around admiring his achievement when he saw No. 5 and 6 fighting with Annabeth. He looked closer at her weapon. "A knife. Seriously." He quickly dashed to her direction to help her out.

Within a few seconds, both Hermes were knocked out and disarmed thanks to Percy. Him and Annabeth both stared at No. 5 and 6 as they were lying there unconscious.

"Wow, that was, amazing Percy!" Annabeth hugged him. She realised it got a bit awkward so she backed and looked away.

Splitscreen

Thalia had never been scared out of all battles she had in her whole life. "I'm a Zeus' kid. Nothing can scare me." She told herself. Before each attack, Clarisse would stare at her, cracking her knuckles and tilting her head from side-to-side. "Okay, maybe I'm wrong."

Thalia summoned lightning with all her might. The sky started rumbling and turning from a light shade of baby to dark black.

"Now you're gonna attack with your puny little lightning?" Clarisse would taunt.

That made Thalia angry. "Puny huh?" With one fist to the ground, the earth shook and even Percy stood uneasily.

A non-puny sharp lightning instantly flashed down to the ground and struck Clarisse. She fell onto the ground and started smoking. The smoke was sizzling in the air but Clarisse was persistent. She got up to her feet and pounded on the ground.

"It's my turn to mess with you young lady."

She dropped the weapon that she was using and unsheathed a new one. This spear was unlike the others. It had a long, thin and sleek blade with sharkskin grip to give the user a firm grip. That's not the unlikely characteristic. It was the fact that it could generate electricity. Thalia had never seen it before.

Clarisse charged towards Thalia with her shield gleaming as if it was just new and her spear sputtering electricity.

"GUYS! A LITTLE HELP HERE?" Thalia looked like she was almost crushed by Clarisse. She had bruises all around her hands and face. Clarisse definitely had pounded on her. Annabeth rushed to help her friend.

There is no time. In any minute the Red team could capture their flag. It would be very easy to just attack the guards, grab the Red flag and win. Done! But Percy looked at Thalia and Annabeth, both were struggling to fight Clarisse. If he did not help them now, they will be hurt from Clarisse. (Not that both of them sucked but an injured girl plus knife girl versus a big, buff in a girl way, strong, very well-trained girl. Definitely buff girl will win.

He looked at both. "Thalia and Annabeth? Or the Red flag? Which should I go first?"

AN: Next Chapter will reveal the final answer of Percy's choice! If you want to, you can request for a specific choice that Percy's gonna choose. Make sure you do that before Monday!

I'm open to any suggestions!

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Rough estimation~~~

Blue team-

Athena : 5 attacking, 5 defending, 2 guarding, 1 capturing

Poseidon: 1 capturing

Zeus: 1 capturing

Dionysus: 2 border patrol

Hephaestus: 6 attacking, 6 diverting (another way of attack)

Red team-

Ares: 5 attacking, 1 defending

Aphrodite: (no participation)

Demeter: 2 border patrol, 2 defending, 2 guarding

Apollo: 7 attacking

Hermes: 9 attacking, 6 defending