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Chapter 4: Operation R.A.A.R.
Percy's POV
I heard a conch horn sound. Wait… Conch horn? Oh wait. Right. I was back in camp now. Tomorrow was the day of operation R.A.A.R. so today I needed to keep a low profile. Wait. Doesn't that particular conch horn signal lunch? I need to find Nico. I engaged the camera system from the satellite known as the Tiburion, my personal satellite. I scanned the camp and found only two heat signatures that were not in the Mess Hall. Mine and one from the Hades cabin. Nico. I put on a light blue sleeveless shirt and a light blue jacket with short sleeves, a hood and a stripe of dark blue on the bottom. I pulled on a pair of jeans and my Nike shoes. I walked out of my cabin slowly. No one was around. Good. I walked over to the Hades cabin and knocked on the door. "Come in." Nico said. I walked in and saw him playing Halo on his gauntlet gaming system.
He was wearing a green T-shirt and a back leather jacket. He also wore near black dark blue jeans and black reeboks with a stripe of red. "Ready to make an epic entrance?" I asked. He shut off the system and smiled. "Let's summon the elementals." He said.
We stepped outside and I said "Engage training program. Summon 33 real elementals." A seal opened on the floor and out of it came thirty three creatures made entirely of flames that were wearing armour. " Good. Elementals, I want twenty two to you to go by the other side into the mess hall. The others will stay here with us until I give instructions." I said. A group of elementals went around the mess hall and then I gave a thumbs up for them to move in. Then me and Nico began fighting the eleven elementals that were here. "Okay. I'm gonna kick an elemental into the mess hall when the others invade and then we pretend that we each killed twenty of them already okay?" I asked. Nico smiled and nodded. "AHHHHHHHH!" came a scream from the mess hall. "I told annabeth that making the mess hall an actual hall with walls and doors was a bad idea." I said as Nico snickered. We killed ten of the elementals and I kicked one through the doors of the mess hall and jumped in and stabbed it. "Hah! That was twenty for me Nico!" I shouted. Nico ran in and shouted back. " So? I already killed twenty!" "Wanna go for a tie breaker?" I asked with a wink. "All the way!" he said winking back. By now some of the campers were no longer panicking and instead were saying stuff like "Oh my gods! Nico and Percy are back!" or "Are they seriously taking this as a game?" I smiled. Apparently the elementals had sealed all the doors and no one had any weapons with them. Ironic since this camp was to train you to survive battles. We ran forward and started killing all the elementals off, occasionally shouting the number of them we killed already. I threw Riptide at one elemental and the tip of the blade got stuck in the wall after the elemental evaporated. I kicked another elemental into one of it's friends and sent them into the blade that was sticking out and the died too. I ran forward and grabbed Riptide just in time to stab one more elemental. "Hah! Thirty kills for me lil' Nic!" I shouted. " Me too Fish face!" Nico shouted back. We turned to a lone elemental standing in the middle of the hall. The last elemental. We both ran forward and unanimously shouted "It's mine!"
Our blades stabbed it at the exact same time and it evaporated. Leaving only the armour behind. "I killed it!" "No! that was me!" "You wish little man!" "Like real!" we started fake arguing. Then we turned towards a whole hall full of campers who were staring at us in awe. "WHAT?" we both shouted at the same time. Chiron looked like he thought he was hallucinating. Dionysus had an expression that was a cross between shock and amazement. Ricky, oh he was the most epic, he looked like he was going to break down and cry. Probably because he thought that Annabeth still liked me and that I was so awesome that it would be no contest for me to get her back.
"Perce!" finally someone spoke up. It was Grover. "Where were you? We all thought that you died or something!" He exclaimed. By this point in time most of the senior campers had come up to us. "Again?" I asked. "Why does everyone always think that we die when we disappear? Gods!" I turned and signaled for Nico to follow. Apparently that left everyone staring and gaping. As soon as we walked into my cabin we both burst out laughing.
"DID YOU SEE THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES?" I asked laughing. "IT WAS PRICELESS!"
"YEAH! OMG! I RECORDED ALL OF IT USING THE SKULL CLIP CAM ON MY JACKET!" Nico said…shouted.
"Let's go upload it onto the HBW(half blood web) facebook!" I said.
Approximately five hours later
I was lying in my bed still trying not to laugh about the 5000 likes we got on the video. If you're wondering why it was safe for us to use facebook, I'll tell you. From what I understand, Storm created an alternate link for Half-bloods to use without attracting monsters. If we type HBW instead of WWW at the start of a website, we can access the websites as per normal, but with a cloaking system that protects us from monster detection.
Anyway. That was today's entertainment. I wanna record tomorrow's entertainment. I don't know what Storm and the others have planned but Storm told me to try not to laugh until they say something really stupid. He said that he probably would not be able to control his laughter if we started laughing. So I avoided everyone today. In case I see them and start imagining what could possibly happen. Then everyone would think that I was crazy. Nico seemed to come to the same conclusion and stayed in his cabin too. Anyway, I can't wait for tomorrow.
With that thought I fell asleep smiling.
Annabeth's POV
Today was weird. First of all some monsters that even my mom had problems identifying attacked the mess hall. Then Nico and Percy run in and appear to be having a competition in killing them. Then to top it all off when we all run up to ask about them, They diss us and walk away! My mom was actually more shocked that he was alive if anything. But still. Something about them seems different. Anyway. I better get some rest. The gods are visiting tomorrow.
The nest day
Percy's POV
I got up changed and ran straight towards the Hades cabin. I knocked on the door and Nico was ready too. We looked at each other and smiled. "Today's the day!" we cheered in unison.
By the time we got to the mess hall everyone was there. Chiron stamped his hoof on the stage and shouted " Order! The gods will be arriving in 1 hour. Try to be at the beach in time. That is all!" then he walked out. We followed. We were too excited to be hungry. But unfortunately we were dragged into the Hermes cabin by none other than Hermes himself.
"Okay spill. I sense that there is a prank coming up. A big one. And I know you too will have something to do with it." Hermes said. I looked around. The Stolls were there too. I thought about running but I figured that Hermes would appreciate a good prank, so I said " I'm not sure what the prank is but My friend told me to try not to laugh unless they say something really stupid. So I suppose they meant tell the Hermes cabin not to laugh until you do. Cause they said they might not be able to control their laughter if we laugh." Hermes smiled at the Stolls and they smiled back. "Quickly go get ready. I hope this is a good one." He said with a trademark Hermes grin.
Great. They let us out three minutes before the party and when we get to the beach, everyone is already partying. Everyone except Storm and the gang. The gods were there. But no Storm. Good. So me and Nico made sure to carry a book each, to cover up our smiles during the 'show'. Ahhh! Even more perfect. Annie and good ole Rick were sitting next to each other making out. Ew. Now I know how Nico felt. "Son!" Oh right I forgot my dad thought I was dead! "Umm… Hey dad?" I said. "What's up!"
"Son I thought…" he said softly. "I think I'll talk to you later. I feel a prank coming on."
He smiled and walked away. Wait. He can feel pranks too… weird… probably from playing too many pranks on Athena. Nico and I took a seat on a bench near to Annie and Ricky and pretended to read. Well at least Nico did. I was actually reading, strange right? Well the book was on marine biology so I guess I was born with that interest. Anyway, the gods were sitting opposite the stage in a U-shapes formation. Good. They would see it all… "HUH?" I heard Annabeth scream. Apparently so did everyone else as their eyes were all fixated on pillars of light, flame, wind, a sandstorm, a dimentional rift, a distortion in time and a combination of all of the above surrounding Annabeth and Ricky. YES! It was starting!
The Pillars disappeared revealing seven hooded figures. OMG they really know what they're doing. "DIVINE DIMENTIONAL POLICE FORCE!YOU TWO ARE UNDER ARREST!" the person who was obviously Storm shouted. Apollo and Athena looked worried. Poseidon and Hermes looked amused. Demeter, Hera, Artemis, Hestia, Hephestus, Mr D, Ares and Aphrodite looked shocked. Hades was smirking darkly in a corner. "W-w-What for?" Annabeth demanded. "YOU TWO ARE CHARGED WITH INCESTUOUS BEHAVIOR AND UNCONTROLLED PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION!" at this point most of the campers looked shocked. Though a large group looked ready to burst out laughing. "But there was no incest! Incest is a sexual relationship between two related people! We might be counsins so to speak, but we didn't do anything!" Ricky said. "DON'T LIE! WE HAVE WITNESSES!" Storm shouted. Scorch smirked. Dionysus choked on his drink. Hephestus chuckled. Athena and Apollo looked ready to cry. Poseidon was biting his lip, trying not to laugh. Zeus looked very amused to that. Hermes was trying to take deep breaths. Nico looked hysterical behind his book. "B-B-But we're innocent!" Annabeth whimpered. "Yeah right. That's what they all say babe." Omega said. It wasn't that which made everyone burst out laughing. It was the next part. "ALSO! YOU GUYS ARE FINED $20!" storm thundered "What's that for?" Ricky inquired. "NO DUH! WE'RE GONNA GO GET PIZZA AFTER THIS! Idiot." Next to everyone burst out laughing. Hermes and my dad were actually rolling on the floor. Ares fell out of his chair laughing. Hephestus was gripping the handles of the chair to maintain balance. Apollo was laughing loudly when he realized it was a joke. Dionysus spat out his wine in a spray. Athena looked murderous. Aphrodite was giggling. Even Hades was laughing. Hera, Artemis, Demeter and Hestia just shook their heads. Ricky and Annabeth looked ready to cry. At this point the guardians were laughing like there was no tomorrow. Finally when he regained posture Storm Shouted out "Hey Perce! Nico! Epic enough a prank for you guys?" He asked between laughs. Suddenly a lot of the laughing died off. "YOU KNOW THEM?" Athena demanded while shooting me death glares. "Actually I do." I said smirking.
"Ah! We forgot to introduce ourselves. You can take of your cloaks now." When he said that the guys all nodded and their cloaks evaporated off. The gods looked at them suspiciously. "I, am Storm." He started. "Guardian of the balance of the Universe. And these, including Reaper and Torrent over there," he said pointing at us. Causing everyone to look at us. "Are the rest of the guardians." He finished. "Now, who are you?"
The gods looked stunned then finally they spoke up one by one.(This part will be the gods statements followed by Storm's reaction.
"I am Zeus! King of the gods!"
"Oh! The guy with the worlds biggest electrical toothpick right?"
Zeus just sat there with his mouth agape. Probably shock from being insulted for the first time in millennia. People started snickering.
"I am Hera. Queen of the Gods!"
"You look like your sacred animal."
"The peacock? Thank you!"
"No, the cow."
"WHAT?" she demanded as People started laughing.
"Poseidon. God of the seas."
Storm conjured up a big cabbage and threw it on top of his Trident.
"A big brussel sprout for the worlds biggest fork."
My dad looked downright insulted but said nothing. Probably couldn't think of a good comeback.
"Hades…"
"Oh the emo guy!"
"I am not emo!" Hades pouted and went to emo in a corner.
"Demeter…"
"I HATE VEGETABLES!" he shouted. Making Demeter cry.
"I'm Ares kid."
"You have anger issues." he said in a matter-of-factly voice.
"I DO NOT HAVE ANGER ISSUES!"
"You just proved my point." Ares just shut up after that one.
He took a look at Dionysus and said, "I won't bother asking. He's probably not sober."
Dionysus glared.
"Hermes! And this is Apollo."
Storm just took a guitar and performed 'I'm walking on sunshine'.
When he was done he turned away.
"Aphrodite." She introduces
"Love is soooo over-rated"
Aphrodite started pouting.
He took one look at Athena and said, "Smartass." Attracting a deluxe death glare.
"Artemis. Goddess of the hunt. Leader of the hunters of Artemis." She said proudly.
"Hunters of Artemis my ass!" he said. "That's just a cover name for the worlds most divine lesbian club!"
Now that was the part that made everyone who had been laughing or not all burst into hysterical laughter. That was awesome. He had insulted all the gods except Hestia in less than two minutes. WOW. Now Hestia was going to be hard. She was goddess of the hearth and controlled fire, and she was really touchy about her maidenhood thing, but I couldn't think of a single insult. Storm already had one. He walked over, checked her out, and said "You're hot." he emphasized on the 'hot'. Hestia looked ready to incinerate him.
The Olympians all looked at each other, nodded and pointed their weapons at him. Oh-no. He raiser his arm as they blasted him with pure energy. Chiron gasped. The campers screamed. Nico looked shocked. The guardians on the other hand looked amused.
When the smoke cleared, Storm was completely alright. But he glowed with power. "I told you that we're the guardians!" he said annoyed. He then shot all the energy at Zeus who flew at least 15 miles away. The gods stared in awe. "You can all cower in fear now." Omega said with a smile. The gods all panicked and teleported away.
Storm turned towards the campers who were still staring at him. "Me and my friend are going to stay in camp for one week. As I mentioned before, I lead the legion of demigods. Anyone can join as long as you are a demigod. You can register with any one of us, that includes Perce and Nic. So think it through. Have an awesome day!" he said. He then pressed his gauntlet and pressed a button. This caused a massive plane to land on the end of the beach. He pressed another button and the plane turned itself into a building. "We'll be staying in there." He said. "Feel free to come to us."
He walked on and signaled for us to follow. And then we went into 'Legion HQ CHB branch'. That was the most awesome day ever.
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