Okay, here we go. Thank you for all of the ideas for operation names, I will be telling you the top three in my conclusion. This chapter might get a little choppy because I can't use the operation name, but please, just bear with me. I will be using - to substitute for the name, and now that that's done, on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus, or any other brand names I might make references to.

Hazel POV

The next weekend we went to Camp Half-Blood to talk to Rachel about campaign posters. It was all very fun. We spent almost all of Saturday hanging with her in her Oracle cave, which was really amazing. We really didn't start actually working until after lunch. Then we finally got down to business.

"So, do you have an outline or anything?" Rachel asked. Percy patted his pocket and then look helplessly at Annabeth, pocket empty. Annabeth rolled her eyes and pulled a folder from her backpack that we called the Operation - folder. Leo wanted to add 'of doom' to the end, but we all vetoed the idea.

"He'd be completely lost without me." Annabeth said as she handed Rachel the piece of paper with our outline, shaking her head at Percy with mock pity. Rachel nodded empathetically and then the two burst out laughing. Piper had told me that Rachel had once had a romantic interest in Percy which has caused some tension between her and Annabeth, but now that she was the Oracle, everything was fine between them.

"Okay, so this all looks good. Love the puns, whose idea was that?" Leo raised his hand with a mischevious smile. "Mazel Tov. And we need posters for both Annabeth and Reyna?" We all nodded. "Annabeth's looks great, but Reyna's might need a little more development."

"Actually, since, to bluntly put it, I'm being set up to lose, we decided that mine shouldn't be as well put together." Reyna explained. Rachel nodded. She then went over to a little storage closet and pulled out several sheets of poster paper, sketching pencils, and Crayola markers.

"I'm going to start, and would like a bit of privacy." She told us. As we got up to go, she said to me, "Hazel, could you hang around? Annabeth told me you have artistic talents." I nodded excitedly. "Great. Now everyone else, scat!" Rachel exclaimed. I squatted down next to her, ready to work.

"So, what do you want me to do?" I asked. Rachel handed me a pencil.

"Start drawing, but lightly so-" I cut her off.

"So we can erase the lines if necessary?" I finished. Rachel laughed and nodded. She then went and turned on some music. It wasn't the modern type that we usually listened to at the house, but soft, calming piano music. "This is wonderful!" I told her.

"Glad you like it." Rachel said. "But less chit chat more drawing." I giggled and nodded. An hour and a half later, we had two posters put together. Both were beautiful, Annabeth's a little more so. I went out to round up my friends, and found them playing what Annabeth called Demigod Hide and Seek (with 100% more swords and blood!)

They were in an argument about whether it was fair or not that Annabeth could use her Yankees cap. "Guys!" I yelled over the many people talking at once. "We finished the posters, if anyone cares." Everyone looked warily at each other before following me back to Rachel's cave. "Voila!" I exclaimed, and held one poster while Rachel held the other for all to see

"Ooooo! I love them!" Piper exclaimed. Everyone else added their agreement. I smiled, happy to have contributed to Operation -. "How many do you think we'll need?" She asked. We all looked at Percy, since he knew the layout of the school better than any of us.

"Maybe a dozen of each?" Percy suggested, scratching the back of his head. "Can you do that by tomorrow night?" He asked Rachel. Rachel looked at me imploringly, asking if I was up to it. I shrugged and nodded.

"We'll give it our all." Rachel said. "But right now, I'd like to see this Hide and Seek game in action." And so, we all stampeded out of the cave to the woods, and Annabeth explained the rules to Rachel and I.

"You can hide anywhere from here, to the creek, to Zues's Fist, to Bunker Nine. You are found when the seeker has no only uncovered you, but also bested you in a sword match. If he or she fails, you get two minutes to get away and hide again." She told us. I went to grab my calvary sword and Rachel hopped on a pegasus to referee.

What followed was an hour of me hiding in a tree by the creek, watching pretty much everyone else fail. When the seeker, Annabeth (because nobody wanted to try and find her while she possessed her Yankess cap) got too close, I called up some rocks to trip her, and sent them back just as quickly.

I think she ended up decided that it was a dryad playing tricks on her. Finally, I got down, hoping to get a drink of water, and there Annabeth cornered me. I was beaten and went to go find the others. And then it got interesting, because it was down to Percy and Annabeth. When Annabeth found her boyfriend, they ended up having a thirty minute duel, which resulted in Annabeth being dunked into the creek and finally surrendering.

After Annabeth had dried off, we went to a much deserved dinner, to the campfire, and finally to bed.


Annabeth POV

Sunday was very, ah, competitive. When Rachel and Hazel had finished the posters, Chiron decided that we should have a special Capture the Flag that night since we were at Camp. He told us that the teams would be the same as however they were on Friday, so I talked to my second-in-command, Malcolm, about our teammates. We had alliances with Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and a lot of other cabins that, unfortunately, didn't include Poseidon.

"Alright, listen up." I told my team as we held our strategy meeting/my pep talk. "We are up against some pretty tough competition and-"

"Annabeth, we know. Take the wise way, get the flag, leave Percy for you!" Leo called out. I blushed a little bit. Piper, thank the gods for her, jabbed Leo in the gut.

"I suppose that sums it up." I said. "Okay, I want Hepheastus here by the flag, and Clarrise, take your cabin here..." And I continued to assign the different cabins their spots. We got into position, and not a moment too soon, because the horn sounded to signal the start.

I took off into the woods, taking the long way around to where I knew the flag would be. I was careful to avoid the creek since I was almost positive Percy would be there. My job was mainly to secure the location of the flag, then help get it back to our side. As I was walking past this huge pine tree, I saw movement up in the brances.

"Hey, Annabeth!" Thalia called down. I froze, running battle tactics through my head. "You know he's waiting for you right?" She said, slight amusement in her voice. I sighed in relief a bit. Just as Leo had said to leave Percy to me, Percy had probably warned everyone to let him handle me. I looked up at Thalia, gave her a thumbs up, and dashed off. I heard her chuckling getting further and further away.

After another maybe twenty minutes of trekking through the woods, I spotted the flag, wedged in one of the crevices of Zues's fist. All I saw were a couple of Apollo kids, which was actually a pretty good move, seeing as they could shoot long distance. But then again, so could I. I took an Archimedes Sphere Leo had given me, about the size of a golf ball, from my pocket and hurled it at the Apollo campers.

Grappling hooks shoot out and attached themselves to some trees as a huge net scooped up the shrieking guards, holding them high above the air. As I was pressing a button on another Sphere to alert Leo of my location, I heard a familiar voice behind me.

"Hey, Wise Girl, glad you stopped by." I turned around and saw Percy, wearing that Seaweed Brain smirk of his that, yes, made my heart skip just a tiny little beat. I returned it with a cocky grin of my own. "So, gonna surrender and do this the easy way?" He asked, turning Riptide, still in pen form, in his hands. I pulled out my own dagger.

"Not a chance." I told him. We circled each other for a few seconds then he rushed at me and we began to fight. Knowing one another's talents are quite helpful when working together, not so much when sparring. We had been able to anticipate each other's moves in real battles, and we could in this one too. Piper, leading the team of people to help get the flag, ran in, and stopped short when they saw us dueling. I tried to signal to them to get the flag, now!, but it was no use.

"Huh, we've got an audience, Wise Girl." Percy said, slightly panting. I nodded, not at all fazed. Then a group of campers from Percy's team burst in, and also stopped to watch us. There was no change in my group, how I wished I could signal Leo. And then a miracle happened, at least, for me. Eagle-Frank flew in and managed to knock Percy over. As he tried to get up, I held my elbow to his throat and Frank grabbed the flag with his beak. I saw some arrows flying after him as he made his escape, but they had no chance.

The horn blew again, my team had won, and our audience finally snapped out of it. "Good try, Seaweed Brain, but just admit it, you'll never beat me." I said as I stood up and offered him a hand. He took it, and flashed me a mischevious smile before pulling me down on top of him. "No, not in front of-" But despite my protests, my boyfriend pulled me into a kiss, and I had to admit , it was the sweetest victory ever.

"Awwwwww!" Exclaimed everyone as they watched us. I pulled myself up and gave them all my signature murder stare. Unfortunately, that had no effect. I stood up, and so did Percy. Chiron came trotting in, one eyebrow raised suspiciously. "Well done Annabeth, you and your team did wonderful." He told me. "And I must say, Capture the Flag is always more interesting when you and Percy are here." He gave us a wink then turned to address the others. "Alright, children, come along to dinner, please."

On our way back, Percy whispered something to Chiron, who gave him a slightly wary, slightly amused look, then nodded. Percy came back over to me, sliding his arm around my waist. "Chiron said we could have a picnic on the beach." He told me. I looked up at my boyfriend, smiled and nodded. It seemed like we'd hardly gotten a chance to talk since that day in the library.

"A picnic sounds wonderful." I told him.


Percy POV

Annabeth went to change out of her battle armor and I got our picnic ready. Pizza with extra olives, sparkling water for her, blue cherry Coke for me, and a bag of my mom's blue chocolate chip cookies for dessert. After a few minutes, I saw Annabeth headed towards me, and I thought she'd never looked prettier. Just a simple pair of jeans, a fresh orange shirt, her owl earring sparkling in the fading sun, which gave her a sort of golden glow.

"Hey, Seaweed Brain." She greeted me as she sat down. "So, how's my victory affecting that ego?" She asked teasingly. I gave her a smile, shrugged, and offered her a slice of pizza. We ate silently, until Annabeth said, "You really think I can beat Missy?" I looked at her and saw worry in her eyes. "You know she has half the school in her pocket, right?" I leaned over and gave her a soft, quick, kiss.

"You, my Annabeth, my Wise Girl, can do anything." I told her. She sighed a little and leaned into me, her head on my shoulder.

"You know, it's a lot of trouble just to get back at her for calling me a dumb blond." She said. I gave a little chuckle and wrapped my arm around her shoulders, holding her close.

"It will be completely worth it." I said. "And hey, maybe when you're president, you can make sure everything's written in Greek." I joked. Annabeth laughed. She gave me a good proper kiss, without any campers watching (sound familiar?). She pulled away and rested her head on my chest.

"Reyna will be okay, right? She's not going to go crazy if I win?" She murmured. I looked down at her.

"Come on, it's Reyna we're talking about." I said. "She's about the strongest girl I know." Annabeth looked up at me, a playful smile crossing her face. I felt her arm moving to her back pocket where she kept her dagger, and my mind flashed DANGER.

"Oh, and what about me?" She said. I immediately regretted those words I'd said and scrambled to my feet. Annabeth stood up as well, and I reached for Riptide. "Well then, how's this for strong?" She lunged and in a second, I'd uncapped my sword and blocked. Just like in Capture the Flag, we knew each other too well to have a short battle. And as I started to get a little tired, I heard the ocean nearby, calling to me. I gave Annabeth a smile.

"You made a fatal mistake, you know." I told her. I felt her waver for just a second, pondering my words. "Never battle a son of Poseidon on his home turf, especially when your his girlfriend." I relished the surprised in Annabeth's eyes as I raised my hand to the ocean. Just like that, a huge wave came crashing in, engulfing us and drenching Annabeth. I quickly created a little air bubble for us and we were now fighting underwater.

It was really weird for both of us since the floor of the bubble was bouncy, but we managed, just until my strength wore out. Hey, in my defense, I had to concentrate on holding an air bubble and fighting my powerful girlfriend at the same time. I used my last bit to send us shooting up into the fresh air. I snagged Annabeth by the waist and together, we swam to shore.

"Yeah," I said, slightly panting. "Pretty strong." Annabeth laughed weakly, underwater fighting had probably sapped her strength as well. She muttered something like, you're ridiculous, under her breath. I saw Jason and the others heading towards us. It surprised me that they didn't look surprised to see us panting and Annabeth soaked. They just looked curious.

"Come on, guys, we have to leave. We've got school tomorrow." Piper told us. I dried Annabeth off and we headed towards the van. Piper and Reyna each carried a big, poster-sized manila envelope, presumably holding the posters. On the drive back to the house, Annabeth and I told everyone what had happened, which earned us some "Awwwww!"s from Piper.

When we got home and before we went to bed, Annabeth and I had some of the blue chocolate chip cookies. We were curled up by the empty fireplace, just talking for a bit. Of course the Stolls had to ruin it by video recording us.

"You know there's a whole document being put together, right?" Travis told us. "We're gonna show it at your wedding!" Annabeth half-heartedly lunged at them, then fell back. The brothers scrambled upstairs before Annabeth changed her mind about attacking.

"Okay, we should turn in." Annabeth said. "We have a long, wonderful day of making Missy regret the day she laid eyes on any of us." I chuckled a bit, stood, and helped my girlfriend up. I kissed her forehead before heading to my room to sleep.


Sorry that took a while to get out there. I know there was a lot of fluffy Percabeth stuff, but I felt like there hasn't been enough yet. And I have the three top operation names. We have Operation: E. M. (Expose Missy) from Shadowstone67. From softichgirl we have Operation: Omega. And last but not least, we have Operation: School President from Guest. Don't forget to vote in reviews and I will be announcing the winner in the next chapter. And so for now, ta ta!