CHAPTER 10- THE BATTLE FOR VENGANCE.

~ Joshua Alejandro Fernandez

I was furious. Clarisse had to pay for what she did.

"This time, I won't hold back, this girl's dead," I thought.

I leaped off of the tree and let the rage take over. I turned into lightning in mid-air and struck the ground with such force that Clarisse flew backwards and dropped her war hammer. Thunder rolled and lightning flashed. As I slowly reverted to my normal self, I watched Jonathan slowly lose his breath. I was running out of time, this fight had to end fast.

Clarisse got up slowly and tried to regain her balance.

"You…I remember you, you're that runt from the armoury," Clarisse said.

"Yeah, I'm Jason and that's my brother Jonathan, we're both children of Zeus," I said.

"Yeah, I kind of figured that out from all the lightning and stuff, just saying," Clarisse snickered.

"Okay, cut the small talk and listen. You're not going to see the end of this day, because I'm going to make sure that when you die, nobody's going to even recognize you," I said angrily.

"We'll see about that runt, now let's go," Clarisse said anxiously.

I charged towards Clarisse with my spear in hand and swung at her. She dodged it and swung her war hammer at my head, but I ducked and tripped her. I charged my spear with electricity and drove it into her leg. She screamed in pain as I sank the spear further and further into her leg. But she has getting furious. She swung her war hammer at my chest and I dodged it but stumbled backwards. That was all the time she needed she pulled out my spear and hurled it at me. I wasn't going to let my own weapon impale me, so I clapped my hands which made thunder roar and cause a sonic boom, blasting my spear back to her. It found its mark right in Clarisse's shoulder. But she didn't seem to be in pain. She only looked angrier. She pulled out my spear and threw it for me. I was confused.

"Not bad runt, not bad at all, but let's see what you do when that shuriken hits you in your head," She said cockily.

I fell for the bait and quickly scanned the area for the shuriken, but as I re-focused on Clarisse, all I saw was a war hammer coming right at my chest. It made contact with such force that blood started spewing from my mouth as I fell to the floor. Clarisse took the spear out of my hand and examined it.

"Hmm, nice spear, I think I'll take it," She laughed.

She dropped her war hammer and tried to stab me with the spear, but I rolled away and got up. My chest felt heavy and I was in immense pain, but I had to win this fight, but Clarisse was too strong, she had my weapon and I didn't have that many of my demigod power left. What could I have done? I decided to face the fact that I was going to die by watching Jonathan's struggling, almost lifeless body for one last time. Wait…what was that in his hand? The apprentice's bolt! There was still hope! If I could just get my hand on that, I would have a chance against Clarisse.

I mustered up the last bit of electricity I had and shot it at Clarisse, who simply deflected it with my spear. But she took too long, I already had the apprentice's bolt in my hand, however something wasn't normal about this weapon…was it draining me? At that moment I remembered that the apprentice's bolt absorbs the wielder's inner powers and manifests it into the form of the bolt. By the time it was finished absorbing my powers, it was about twice the size of my spear and supercharged with electricity. Clarisse stood in shock as she realised what she had done, but she quickly pulled herself back together and charged towards me.

I shot two forks of lightning at her, but she dodged and threw 5 shurikens at me. I tried to dodge them, but they were too fast. Three of the shurikens were now lodged in my left hand. She laughed as she ran in for another attack. This time I didn't hold back, I hurled the apprentice's bolt at her and she hurled my spear at me with incredible force. The bolt consumed the spear and now the spear and the bolt was heading right for Clarisse's chest. But I wanted to make sure that she died. I turned into lightning and shot myself into the bolt, making the bolt become a huge electrical spear. The spear was closing in on Clarisse and her death was inevitable, she simply said,
"Well done runt, well done."

And the spear pierced through her chest and through the tree that was behind her and the rocks and the floor was being ripped apart by my power and everything was a blur until I heard a loud crash. I fell out of the bolt and onto the floor with a loud thud. It was over, Jonathan was avenged...but… he was still where I left him! I had to save him, or at least try.

I got up and gathered my spear and bolt and made my way towards my dying brother.