Reyna woke up nearly falling out of bed. She had gone to bed about an hour or so after midnight after another argument with Octavian; (Would he ever stop?) and had been looking forward to some sleep, they were going to attack at dawn. She got four miserable, tiny hours of sleep when someone yelled in the distance-"Travis Stoll!- You are DEAD! You're going to wish Zeus zapped you with his Master Bolt by the time I'm finished with you! Do you hear me? You are DEAD!" They had been camped in a little valley on the other side of the highway and now Reyna had found out the joy of listening to the Greek Camp hurl death threats at one another.
There was a chance that the screams came from her legionaries, but she was pretty sure the screams came from the Greeks. Any good Roman soldier knew not to wake a certain sleeping Praetor. (Unless they wanted to see metal greyhounds as their last image) As Reyna went out of her tent, she realized that most of the camp had been up or awakened by the screams. As she walked by a few people from the first cohort she heard someone say 'undisciplined' under their breath. Reyna stiffened and she felt her blood freeze, they couldn't be talking about her... Could they? Surely Octavian... But then the person said next to them "I know, I can't wait until we conquer them again. Then we can get some decent sleep." Reyna practically hugged the person who said that with relief, but then reprimanded herself. That was hardly Praetor behavior.
She saw Dakota chugging on some Kool Aide and called him over. After some convincing (and bribery) she sent him to scout in the woods. Better be alert than be attacked, in her opinion. She gave him a bow and some arrows, so he could injure any Greeks that would in the woods while doing it from far away, and not in close. Therefore, the Greeks would probably think it was a manticore or some other blood thirsty monster. (That started with an 'O' and ended in a 'N.' After she had given him the bow and he had set off (Reyna resolved never to give him a bow again, he couldn't even out the quiver on without help.) Reyna reviewed the battle plan again. Half of the legion would attack the camp from the main entrance. When the Greeks were tired and their numbers few, Romans would come through the woods and finish them off. It was a simple plan, but a plan worthy of Minerva herself. (Well, that was what everyone said but Reyna was pretty sure they didn't want to tell Reyna that it was a bad plan and feel a dagger.)
Since Reyna decided not to go back to sleep she started to give orders. (Which she was very good at; practice makes perfect.) Octavian went and polished the armor again (He almost murdered her ears with his complaints), Bobby got the chariot ready for the top archers, a few veterans went over the battle plan one more time with some of the Centurions, etc. As Reyna got Skippy ready, she wondered if this was the right choice, but then she pushed it aside. It was for Rome, besides the Greeks had ruined her city.
But Reyna couldn't ignore that deep, deep, deep down; she wanted revenge.
I know it's short but hopefully it's good! Constructive criticism is always welcome!