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Jacks POV

"What's taking them so long? How hard is it to just fire off a flare?" Aloe complained as we checked the sky for the umpteenth time, waiting for the signal.

"There must be reason. Maybe those hunters know that its a distraction, so they aren't moving." I said wearily, carefully balancing on a branch.

We had decided to climb up a tree so that we'd be able to see the signal and so that we could swoop in and take the flag when we did.

It was fine for Aloe, daughter of the plant goddess and all, but I had never been tree-climbing before, so I was having trouble standing.

"But I thought the Hecate Cabin said the spell would make the hunters follow them? Were they bluffing?

I rolled my eyes. "Aloe, stop worrying! Besides, we have a backup plan in case things go wrong, remember?"

"Fine, but we get caught by those huntresses, I am so going to kick your ass after the game." Aloe threatened.

I sighed and turned my head to the sky again. Just like old times, Aloe was being competitive when it came to sports.

The minutes ticked by like hours. My legs were getting sore from standing on this uneven platform.

I was deciding whether or not I should risk trying to levitate when Aloe punched my shoulder. "Look!"

I turned my head towards Zeus's fist. A shower of sparks flew into the sky and stayed there, forming the symbol of CHB.

My resolve turned to steel. "It's the signal! Lets go!"

I jumped off the tree and hit the ground hard, but not painfully.

Aloe landed beside me and took off running in the direction of Zeus's Fist.

I followed her, turning my pencil into the spear as we raced to the flag.

Sure enough, when we got to Zeus's fist, the place was completely deserted. Not a single huntress in sight. The flag stood on the ground close to us.

I whooped. "Yes! The plan succeeded! Now all we gotta do is take the flag back to our territory and we win!"

"Not so fast Jack." Aloe broke me out of my joy. "Look at the flag."

I glanced at the flag. It was silver coloured with the emblem of the goddess Artemis splashed right in the middle of it.

"What about it?" I asked Aloe.

"Doesn't it seem rather suspicious to you that it would be on the ground? Why not keep it the top of the rock formation? Wouldn't it be more difficult to take?"

"Very perceptive, daughter of Demeter." A familiar voice floated out from the forest behind us.

We both whipped around to find an arrow with a boxing glove for an arrow head come whizzing at us.

It struck Aloe right in the forehead. She dropped her dagger and swayed a bit, before passing out on the ground.

"A pity that she isn't a huntress. She would make a fine tracker for us." Spoke that ginger haired huntress as she emerged from the trees.

I pointed my spear at her. "How dare you? You'll pay for this!"

She laughed at me. "Watch where you're pointing that spear boy. You will find that you are not only outnumbered, but outgunned as well."

I heard rustles from the trees behind me and realised, in split-second timing, that I was surrounded. It had been a trap.

"How?" I asked her weakly.

She smirked. "I eavesdropped on your meeting in the Big House. You think we don't have Hecate demigods with us? It was a simple matter of diverting the spell to only a few of our number who were placed around the flag. You thought it was a diversion for us. Actually, it was a trap for you."

"But thats cheating!" I protested.

"Do I look like I care? Men cheat in everything, including relationships. Don't try to lecture me in fairness boy."

"Fine. Take me prisoner." I glared at her.

"Oh no, I'm not taking you prisoner." She said, not even looking at me.

I was momentarily stunned. She must have noticed this, because faster than light, she released an arrow that pierced me right in the chest.

I let out a scream of pure agony and fell to my knees. The huntresses around us started catcalling.

"What's wrong boy? Have a boo-boo?"

"Aww. Looks like the ickle crybaby can't handle a simple piercing!"

Anger roared in my ears. I looked up at her. The look on my face must have been horrifying because she looked frightened for a moment.

"Someday you are going to die the same way you have pierced me. It'll be as true as the green grass underneath the white snow on top of the mountains."

Her face went red. "That's it, I'm not going to thrash you within an inch of your life like I was going to. I will kill you. 1 boy less in the world, what's the difference?"

"Hunters!" She called out. "Ready your bows!"

Every hunter around me set an arrow in their bow and aimed at me.

I closed my eyes. If this was how it was going to end, I wouldn't give them the pleasure of seeing my fear.

"FIRE!"

I waited for the arrows to penetrate my skin. But they never did.

I opened my eyes. Around me was something akin to miniature tornado. The arrows that the hunters had shot at me were swirling around in the tornado, orbiting me as though I was a planet and they were objects caught in my gravity.

I looked around me. All the hunters were looking astonished. The ginger-haired girl resembled a halibut, gaping at me as though she had never seen me before.

It was my turn to smirk. "Enjoy the nap."

I closed my eyes and concentrated on the air all around me. The molecules were moving and colliding with each other at a certain speed, thus creating the air pressure.

I felt the air molecules around the area and willed them to move much more slowly.

There was a roaring wind in my ears and the air pressure dropped drastically.

I uncovered my eyes to check what had occurred.

Every hunter around me was passed out in the grass. Some had nosebleeds as they snored into the dirt.

I got to my feet. I had just taken down almost 20 hunters in a single hit, Something I doubted a even an immortal could do.

"Wow." I said as I checked out my surroundings. "That was quite some power I have. I need to tap into that more often."

"Sheesh. Well at least now CHB can finally win a Capture the Flag." I commented as I pulled the hunters flag out of the earth.

I looked around me, to make sure no one was around me in case I failed. There was no one, so I closed my eyes once more as I concentrated on the air around me.

Eagles, Hawks, Falcons and Kites are able to glide in the mountains because there are wind drafts they can ride.

In this case, I would need a really strong gale of wind to push me into the air and propel me towards out territory.

I sensed the air around me and commanded the air to generate a gale below me.

There was a roaring wind in my ears and something really powerful pushed me off my feet and flung me into the air.

I opened my eyes to see that I was 25 meters in the sky. (Don't ask me how I knew that)

I once again concentrated for there to be a powerful gale behind me to send me to my territory.

That was a big mistake though. The wind generated behind me sent me flying in the direction of CHB territory so hard, I almost dropped the flag.

As I fell towards the earth, I commanded the winds to slow me down. Nothing happened.

I panicked and kept trying to order the air around me into slowing down my descent. But not a single thing occurred.

I fell to the earth like a meteorite, hitting the ground so hard I caused a crater.

At least I fell into CHB territory, The game was over, we had won!

I weakly opened my eyes to see that the flag had turned from the silver colour and emblem of Artemis, to the orange colour and symbol of CHB.

"Ouch." I managed to get the words out before falling into Hypnos's realm.

That was THE longest chapter I have ever written for this story, maybe I should write more like these.

Thanks for reading you guys, and as always, Have Fun!

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