hey readersss, sorry it took a while to post again. ive been really busy with my homework and friends and ned. okay now i really hope you enjoy. not long till it's over nowwwww.

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Negotiations

THALIA POV

i sat up and pheobe stood, an apollo cabin and that charles girl were fussing over me, sarah was crying and nico was standing near by watching as if in shock. pheobe put a towel around me and helped me up and started to lead me back to my cabin, i looked back at nico who was still standing and nodded, saying thanks silently, he nodded back and i turned back to the front leaving him and the others behind as pheobe led me to my cabin.

once there pheobe turned on the shower and i stepped under it still in my bathers. she left the room and i stripped then shut the curtain wall. i heard the door open and some shuffling. "lutueinant, your clothes are on the sink." i heard before the door shut, i closed my eyes and tilted my head back and let the water run over my face then i shocked back into when i feel off the dock.

*flashback*

i pulled myself up onto the dock and walked toward the shore with my head facing the sun with my eyes closed, i slammed into someone and stepped backward in shock and then i felt it under my foot, the broken plank, i heard the 'CRUNCH' it made as my foot stepped on it and then. 'SNAP!' my foot was now hanging in mid air and soon the rest of my body followed it toward the water. sarah nico's sister's face was alarmed as she reached out to grab me but her hand grabbed the air right on top of where my hand was. if she had been maybe a second earlier she would have grabbed me. a scream tore from my throat and it was all slow, my other foot bending back over the board, my leg being cut open on the broken board, hitting the now freezing water, the scream was shut off as my head went under and water flew down my throat, i crawed at my throat and chest trying desparately to stop the pain that was building. i saw someone dive in and then it went black as i felt hands grabb my waist

*flashback*

i knew now that it was nico but i still screamed and turned the water off. i knew i was alone in the house so i reached for a towel and wrapped it around my body while i shook with fear. i heard the front door slam open and running but it was only one person and they were moving much to heavily to be one of the hunters.

the bathroom door was pushed open and nico stood there he saw me and the tears running down my face and pulled me into a hug. i took deep breaths and hiccuped most of it. "shhh, it's okay. everything is fine." he whispered soothingly, i calmed down and rubbed my eyes.

we stood there in each others arms and then i remembered i was only in a towel. "i'm naked." i said stupidly, he laughed. "so am i. under my clothes." he said, i laughed and pulled away. "get out. go on, but stay in my room. i'll be there in a minute." i told him and pushed him out.

i quickly pulled on the silver dress the hunters left out for me. i then pulled my hair into the restricted braid and slid on the circlet, my knives were in sheaths on my thighs and agies was on my wrist my mace canister connected to a band on my upper arm. my bow was on my back as was my quiver, i was set for capture the flag tonight after dinner.

i walked into my room and nico stared at me. "your hunters unifrom." he said, i looked down at it. "regulation for capture the flag." i told him, he nodded. "who are you with?" he asked. "posiden athena and apollo." i said, he nodded. "we have demeter, hermes, aprodite and ares. who has hephestus?" he asked, i smiled. "i have to go negotiate that now. my meeting starts in five minutes, with percy, annabeth and will so i best be off." i said and ran for my window he cried out for me to stop. "thals! what are you doing?" he yelled and i pushed off the ground my feet pushing through the air and i was out the window i was on second floor so i flipped and took the impact into a roll and landed on my feet, i grinned up at nico who was staring in disbelief and ran off to bunker nine where the meeting was taking place.

i walked in swiftly ready for battle. nyssa and leo were there. he looked me up and down my face was cold and my eyes icy. "you look well for someone who almost drowned twenty minutes ago." he said, i ground my teeth i couldn't attack or i would ruin the negotiation. "let's get this over with." i said icily and sat down at the table set out.

leo sat on the opposite side of him will, percy and annabeth stood by my side annabeth was my strategist. will and percy would attack if leo did. "okay so what are you offering us if we accept?" he asked, i thought annabeth whispered in my ear, "offer him permishion to study your weapons so he can see how they disspear when you don't need them and also swap shower time with him. don't worry i will rig the showers after capture the flag so he will regret it." i shook my head. "don't rig them it will termanate any possible aliance with them in furture." i said he nodded. "we will give you some of our hunting weapons to study and also we swap shower times with you." i offered he thought it over and nyssa whispered something to him.

"we also want to swap our canoeing session with your climbing one." he said, i nodded. "deal." i said and he held out his hand, i reached out and shook it. "swear loyalty to the blue team." i said. "the hephestus cabin swear on the river styx that we will be ever loyal while we are partnered with the hunters of artemis, athena cabin, posiedon cabin and apollo cabin." he said the sky boomed. *boom boom* and the deal was set. "thank you. meet us at zeus' fist when we start for your jobs. have a nice dinner. now if you'll excuse me i have business to attend to." i said and marched out like a soldier to gain more allies for the game.

i knocked on corina's door. "hey thals. what do you need." she asked opening the door. "who's your ctf team?" i asked she shrugged. "don't have one yet the red team are trying to recruit us but i havent seen a good deal yet." she told me, i smiled. "what are you after?" i asked, she pulled my inside her room.

"well i discussed it with the cabin and they want some sort of big three power charged into their wands and also we would like to swap some chores." she told me, i nodded. "what chores?" i asked, she counted her fingers there were four. "we don't want feeding pelus on teusday since that is a magic day and ruins our plans, we would rather not clean the stables on wednesday and the last is we want to swap kitchen duty on fridays." she said, i nodded. "deal zeus cabin will take that deal." i said and we shook hands and she swore loyalty to the blue team. "welcome to the blue team. now let's go get jas." i said she got up and we walked to jas' cabin.

"hey jas. you got a capture the flag team?" i asked she shook her head. "nup." she told me. "wanna join blue?" i asked she shrugged. "why not. deal." she said and swore loyalty. i grinned and then the dinner bell went. we walked to the mess hall and talked about strategy.

okay so there it is. R&R hope you enjoyed and i will write again as soon as i can. bye love yassss cookies for those who reveiw! (::)