You know that in some states like South Dakota, you could get your license at 14? Well, based on this past experience, I believe the minimum should be 16.
So my uncle Apollo thought it would be a good idea to let one of us drive. Then, he decided that the best choice would be my girlfriend Thalia because she is a daughter of Zeus. I mean, he would've put me and it would've made more sense but apparently he didn't know everything.
Well, it turns out Thalia can't drive...at least not so up high.
She almost set fire to Long Island and a couple of states down the road, we almost crashed, it was just plain horrible. Apollo tried to give her instructions, but she wouldn't listen. Even I tried to tell her to calm down, but my words just went through her ear and out the other. Finally, Apollo took control of the sun chariot and we arrived at Camp Half-Blood in one piece.
Apollo bid us farewell, telling Percy to look out for the prophesies and taking a really hard look at me.
Chiron then came galloping towards us, asking us if the mission was a success. Percy was the one to tell him that Annabeth had gone missing, to which he seemed really sad. I mean, I couldn't blame the dude. Annabeth was like a daughter to the centaur, and missing her to the manticore isn't the best way to never see her again.
Once Zoë Nightshade spoke down to Chiron, the hunters went to the Artemis cabin, leaving the rest of us glaring at the walking figures. I excused myself and went to shoot some hoops like the boys in the inner city.
I was enjoying playing basketball with some Ares kids and my dog Sato (not really wanting to talk about the mission with Percy) when some four hunters came towards us. I stopped the ball and glared at them.
"What do y'all want" I said with authority
They just let out air "what are you doing here? You should get out before you get really hurt"
"Oh, like your lieutenant Zoë did? Wait, my bad. I beat her up. And I doubt you gals can do better than her," they glared at me and took out their bows while the Ares kids took out their swords and spears. Sato began to growl at my side, preparing himself to launch at any moment.
"Stand down. This is my fight," I said with my psycho look. I forgot to tell y'all that before, I'm kind of psycho. Chiron even lets me kill some animals every once in a while in fears that I will harm someone. Unfortunately for these hunters, I haven't killed an animal in about four moments, so my bloodlust was on an all time high. "Now, who wants to go first?"
A hunter named Phoebe launched herself first. With her hunting knife in hand, she started to slash with heat technique. Sadly for her, my reflexes and instincts aren't like those of a normal demigod, so I just easily dodged all her attempts to maim me. Once I grew tired of always being the one in defensive mode, I sidestepped to my left, twisted her arm until I heard something break, took her knife and put it on her neck, daring her to move. Phoebe just stood there yelling from the pain, which really didn't make me feel bad at all.
Then came all the other three hunters at the same time. One shot an arrow towards me but I easily grabbed it.
"Y'all should work on your aim" I said before launching towards her, impaling the arrow on her leg. Then, I put her leg in a straight position and stepped on her knee, breaking the bones. With each agonizing scream, my bloodlust increased.
The next hunter just came with her hunting knives ready. You could tell she wasn't as experienced as these other two, as I easily went to her behind and popped an arm out of pain. Then, I went and grabbed the knife from the floor and stabbed her in between the arm and the shoulder.
I heard as campers and hunters alike began to show up at the scene, but at that moment I didn't care. All that mattered was that blood was spilled. I couldn't control myself, I just had to harm these people without much reason.
The fourth hunter was pretty much the same tactic as the third one, which meant it was an easy fight. Just as I was about to stab her on her dislocated shoulder, I heard a commanding voice from behind.
"Jagger Buckley stop what you are doing right this instant!" I began to choke the hunter and then turned around to see a disturbed and furious Chiron.
"They interrupted me and my friends" I defended myself, full knowing that he was going to yell at me no matter what I said.
"And your response is to fracture these hunters, maybe permanently injuring them?!" He yelled even more furious than before
"I mean, in my defense, I have to learn to control myself" and that was when he lost it. He came towards me, all hunters and campers watching afraid at the scene, grabbed my arm and pulled me to the Big House.
"Ouch Chiron, it hurts."
"Shut up until we arrive at the Big House" And so I did. An angry Chiron is not someone you want to mess with.
I could feel everyone staring at me in shock and fear, so I just closed my eyes to avoid being targeted as an inhumane being.
Once we reached the Big House, he pushed me in and then locked the door. Inside was Thalia, Percy and Mr. D, all who were looking at me waiting for an explanation.
"What?" I asked
"Jagger, you are banned to participate in the hunter vs camper capture the flag of tomorrow, banned from eating dessert for a year, banned from hunting for a year and from leaving the camp for a year!" Chiron yelled at me. I couldn't believe my ears
"What?! Just for defending the honor of the camp?! That is bullshit. If someone should punish me it should be Artemis herself!"
"You have injured four hunters, one who may not recover for two months!"
"They deserved it" I rolled my eyes
"Just because they interrupted your game?"
"They threatened me. It was self defense"
"Self defense my ass. You go apologize to the hunters and remember that you are forbidden from playing the capture the flag"
"But Chiron! I am the only chance we have against the hunters!"
"Well you should've thought about that before you went to injure them"
"Wait time out" Percy interrupted "what happened?"
"Jagger here severely injured four hunters"
"Technically three, you stopped me from being four"
"Oh. Why did you do that?" Percy asked
"Because they were being annoying and rude and dangerous. All I did was establish this camp honor" I explained making it seem as if I had complete control of the situation
"I have to agree with Jesper-I mean Jagger in this one. The hunters have always acted as if this camp is theirs, and it was time to teach them a lesson, however harsh it may be." Mr. D said
"Thank you lord Dionysus. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have something important to do,"
I grabbed Thalia by her arm and pulled her with me out of the Big House. I led her into the woods, into one of our hidden places.
"I have to tell you something really important. But you can't tell anybody. Please promise me you won't." I asked her
"I swear on the Styx I won't reveal any of the following information without your consent" Thalia said as thunder boomed
"You know how we all thought I was going to die after I beat up Zoë?"
"Yes, of course. Lady Artemis pulled you into the woods. How did you survive?"
"Yeah well, it turns out she wasn't mad at me. In fact, she seemed really happy she could talk to me?"
"You aren't cheating on me with a goddess are you?" My face paled at the thought of that.
"Ew no. Just listen to me. You know how I haven't been claimed yet? Well, it turns out there's a reason for that,"
"Which is..."
"Artemis is my mother" I finally said. Thalia stared at me, at first in disbelief and then in curiosity.
"What about your personality? It is literally what Artemis hates"
"Yeah, well I still have a father. Well, a sperm giver. That person shouldn't even be considered a man," I said madly at the thought of my conception
"Okay back up. Who is your father?"
"He is unknown and unimportant. He raped my mother so he deserves to die. In fact, the day I meet him I will make him suffer for everything. No matter if I die," I said kind of mad and sad at the same time. Thalia hugged me tightly, and then kissed me lightly on the lips. What was originally a romantic gesture soon turned into a heated make out session. We were getting it to the next level when a voice stopped us from doing so.
"Hey lovebirds! It's time for dinner! You can continue it later, especially if you have a cabin for yourselves," Silena yelled at us.
We broke off the kiss and I helped Thalia up the ground. We then went to the dining pavilion where wonderful news awaited us.
