A/N I just wanted to tell everyone that I know that Leo's last name is Valdez in the series, but this is not him. I just wanted to throw this out there for that certain group *cough* *cough* that has no imagination on different people having the same name. Anyways, back to the story. Please review, it actually helps!

Here's a list of the positions in the Troopers:

Malcolm=head strategist

Nico=Lieutenant

Connor and Travis= lead scouts

Will=lead medic

Leo=head forger

Chapter 6

We soon arrived at Atlanta Georgia, thanks to my superb godliness, and were camping on the outskirts of the city. We were in the middle of a planning session inside my tent. There was Malcolm, my lead strategist, Nico, my lieutenant, and a few others that have been suggested to help with the planning. Will is busy teaching those that went under his wing how to be a better medic, in case we need to divide. Leo was in his tent teaching his own class of troops on forgery, while the Stolls were teaching everyone else on how to be stealthy (I know they aren't exactly the stealthiest people, but on the way here, they learned how to be stealthier, and now can get around almost anyone without being heard, everyone that is, except the gods).

"We should see where the most recent monster donut shop has opened up, and look near there," said Malcolm

"That would be a good idea," said Nico, "If we knew where it was. Hey, Perce, can you find out where the last monster donut shop opened by some crazy god powers?"

"Sorry, Death Breath," I said, "I can't, but if we run into the Hunters, then I'll ask Artemis if there is a way."

"Fine," he said. He was going to say more, but we heard our lookouts that there was a group of girls nearby.

We ran out to where we heard it, to see a group of girls with bows and arrows. I told everyone to be on guard, but do not do anything to make themselves noticed. I then told the Stolls to get everyone packed, but quietly. As they went back towards camp, we watched the group of girls, when I saw Artemis and Thalia walking together.

"Okay, everyone," I said, "It's just the Hunters. That means we have to be extra careful near them. Remember, they hate boys and will try to do anything they can to humiliate you. Try to tolerate them as much as possible, but if worse comes to worse, I give you permission to conduct a minor prank on them."

I knew this was extreme, but I didn't want my troops to end up on like the Hunters. I figured that there was always one girl that we can get close to, like a best friend or mother, but not get into a relationship. I wanted them to respect girls, but not let them completely dominate their lives, and be ruined by them as I did with Annabeth. Soon the Stolls came back with everyone who was in camp's tent down, and ready to go. I then had everyone who didn't have their tent down go and do it, and I gave Nico my permission to bring down my tent and bring it to me. As soon as they left, Connor had the best idea of stepping on a twig, and snapping it. Then, a hundred arrows came flying towards us. We deflected them as much as we could. More and more arrows came flying towards us, before I put a wall of water in front of us.

"Hey," I yelled, "Cease fire! We're the Tidal Troopers and we're here on a mission!"

"What!" said Artemis, "Girls cease fire! Now!"

Then, the volley of arrows stopped, and the Hunter's came towards us. Soon, all of my troops were near me, and I got my tent from Nico and kept it in my backpack.

"Percy," said Artemis, "What are you doing here? What is this mission you speak about?"

"I was sent by Zeus to kill a hydra in this area," I said, "We just arrived a half hour ago, and we've been trying to decide our next course of action, when one of my lookout saw your group and called for us. I then came here to see what your intentions were before I took action."

"Well," she said, "I then take it that we are on the same quest."

"What," I said, "Lord Zeus didn't inform me of teaming up with the Hunter's for this quest."

"Well, I may have told him not to," she said, "I wanted to see what you would have done with this surprise."

"Okay, then" I said, "Anyways, I guess we'll have to go together. Camp here, with boys on one side and girls on the other?"

"That sounds reasonable," she said, before turning around and talking quietly among her group. I then took the chance, turned around to my group, and put up a soundproof invisible barrier.

"Alright, troops," I said, "this is our chance of getting on the Hunters' good side. We do not want to mess this up, or the Hunters will make our lives a living hell for the rest of eternity, so listen up! Do not disrespect them, do not touch their stuff, do not steal from them, and most certainly do not try to flirt with them, directly or indirectly. If they start pulling pranks on you, tell me so I can address it to Lady Artemis. If, after that, they still pull pranks on you, do not prank them back unless it is extremely necessary. That means that their pranking is endangering either the emotional or the physical health of any of our brethren, so if you see your fellow troops getting hurt by the Hunter's pranks, and they insist on doing so even after we tell them not to, I give you permission to prank them back, but do not get carried away. If they tell on Artemis, I will back you guys up, since I trust you guys. If I hear of anyone unnecessarily pranking the Hunters, then I will take immediate action towards you, understand? Alright, now remember this for whenever we have to do a mission with the Hunters for now and forever."

I then lowered the barrier, and turned around to see Artemis fuming.

"What are you trying to pull, Perseus?" she asked

"What do you mean?" I asked, "I simply put up an invisible sound-proof barrier because I needed to have a private talk with my troops concerning their behaviors towards the Hunters."

"Oh," she said, calmer, but still mad, "In that case, then we'll camp right here, since you guys were still here."

"Wait, what?" I asked, "Fine, but we're going to have to put up boundaries for where your Hunters and my troops are going to be separated."

"Alright, why don't we make it the creek, here, that way, you can be able to sense if a Hunter is crossing into your territory, or vice versa, and deal with them accordingly."

"Aright," I said, turning around. "Troops, lay camp again. It should be easier, considering we were in a bit of a hurry to pack, so just do the procedure I showed you the other day, and we'll be fine. Nico, I need you to unpack my tent as well."

My troops then set out and started unpacking their tent, while some unpacked a little more, like Nico and my tent, Leo and his forge, and Will and his medical tent. Artemis also dismissed her Hunters to pack, and she and I went over to where our tents were, and I saw mine already set up, so I waited for her to come outside to talk.

"Wait," she said, "You aren't going to supervise them?"

"Oh, I already do," I said, "You see, the day I went to ask Zeus to think about the Tidal Troopers, I asked him if I could have add a bird as one of my symbols, and he gave me permission. Of course, being the son of the sea god I am, I chose the penguin, and I gave those that stay with me and my troops the ability to live in warmer weathers than they are used to."

"Oh, so it's similar to me and my hawks," she said.

"Actually, you inspired me for it," I said, "See, I saw that birds were a great resource for when I'm not around and seeing that I already have some Pegasi for aerial scouts, I decided to have penguins to use as land and water scouts."

"Anyways," she said, "I needed to ask you about how you were going to do this."

"Ah, the mission," I said, "See, we were in the middle of a planning session, when you guys came. So far, we have decided to search in the vicinity for any monster donut shops that have been recently opened. Which reminds me, seeing as you have been a goddess longer than I have, I was wondering if we were able to sense these donut shops being opened."

"No, we can't," she said, looking at me a little strangely

"Artemis, why are you looking at me like that?" I asked

"Like what?" she asked, straightening herself up.

"Never mind," I said, "So I say we go over to our planning tent, seeing as how all our plans are there."

"All right," she agreed, "I'll be there in a few minutes."

I went over to the planning tent, meeting Nico on the way there. We talked about what would qualify enough of the Hunters pranks, which I know they're going to do, to let the troops prank the Hunters back. I told him that after our planning session with Lady Artemis and their planning group, I would discuss this with the troops even more. Just as I had finished telling him about this, I heard a shout near Leo's forges. We ran there, only to find the forge destroyed, and all the metal in pieces near on the floor.

"Leo, what happened?" I asked.

"Well, you see," he said, "I was working with some of the others who can forge, when a few of the Hunters came and asked if they could see how we made our weapons and why. I told them why and showed them how, but right after I finished, they started destroying my forge and all of our metals. I, however, had to go get a new hammer form my tent, and when I came back, I asked my fellow forgers, and they told me what had happened."

"All right," I said, "I'm going to check all your memories to make sure this isn't a prank, okay?"

They agreed, and I searched their memories, to find what they had said to be true. Then, I told Nico to IM Hephaestus and tell him what had happened to his son, and ask is he could send another traveling forge and some more metal for the forgers, while I went and talked to Lady Artemis about this. I found her near the troops planning tent, and she was surprised to see my anger.

"Lady Artemis, with all due respect," I said, controlling my anger, "Did you send some of your Hunters to destroy our forges and metal?"

"Perseus, why would you blame it on my Hunters." She said, "I will tell you once, and once only. I have told them not to prank your troops while we are here, and I trust that they are following my orders. I bet that your forgers just accidently destroyed it all, and blamed it on my Hunters."

"No, it is not so, Lady Artemis," I said, "I have warned my troops about the Hunters. I have told them to be respectful and mindful of your Hunters, and I trust my troops as you do your Hunters. They are telling the truth, as I have checked their memories for it, and the two groups' memories match up. If I may, I would like to point out those that have destroyed my troops forges. I would like to search the memories of these girls, and I will also bring my forgers, so that you may search their memories as well."

"All right," she said, "But if I find that you are lying, then I will personally send you and your group to Tartarus."

I then pointed out the girls that destroyed my forges, and told Nico to bring the forgers. When the two groups came, Lady Artemis and I checked both the groups mind to see if this is true, and to Lady Artemis's surprise, it was. To say that she was fuming would be an understatement.

"Girls!" she scolded, "I have warned you that pulling pranks on the troops is not permitted."

"But, Lady Artemis," cried one of the girls, "We only did it, because they refused to take us out for dinner!"

"What!" she said, "So it's your troops fault!"

"Lady Artemis," I said calmly, "As you know, both the Hunter's and the Troop's are against relationships. What my troops have done is simply their duty of staying away from love. Granted that I allow my troops to have a closer relationship than you would allow your Hunters, which does not mean that I allow them to date anyone. When they joined, they swore that they wouldn't date or fall into a romantic relationship with anyone. With that being said, I would just like to point out that it was these group of girls that are at fault for even asking such a question, to which they would have responded the same no matter what the answer."

Artemis's anger towards me and my troops seemed to be quelled, but that did not prevent her from diverting her fury towards the girls that destroyed my forges.

"You girls are officially banned from the Hunt for not following orders and forcing Percy's troops into a situation where you would be able to destroy their supplies no matter what the answers." She yelled.

As soon as she said that, I noticed a glow diminish from them that I didn't catch before. I looked at Thalia and the ex-Hunters and realized that the glow was Artemis's blessings.

After Artemis teleported the ex-Hunters out of our camp and wiped any memory of what they had learned during their Hunt, we decided that it was too late to have a planning session, so we delayed it to tomorrow. After she left, I told my penguins to guard the camp border, but only the men's side, and to only let through what I permit. I then told the same thing to the Pegasi we had, except for Blackjack and a few of his friends, and told every trooper to retire form camp by the time it was 10. It was about 8 o' clock now, so they had some time to get ready. I went by the forges, to notice that Hephaestus sent over not one, but ten new travelling forges, with twice the amount of metal. I then thanked him in my mind, before I went to my tent. I made sure I had everything, ate with my troops, shared stories together, and then retired to bed. As I slept, only one thing was on my mind: Why in the world of Greek mythology was Artemis being so nice to me?