Devil May Cry Olympus Titans Curse
ESKK: Well here we are the 5th chapter of this fic. I hope you all enjoy it and leave a review at the end. Now let's get started ok.
(Start Camp Half Blood Evan)
A couple of days had passed since the group's arrival after failing to bring in the Demigod who was actually a Tri-Breed. Percy and Thalia wanted to go out and search for Annabeth but were told no on the matter. Evan Kat offered seeing as she wanted to find Corvus as well but was also turned down. Evan won't deny it's oddly quiet without Corvus and his pranks or maniacal laughter at his own jokes. Though life in Cabin 8 had changed big time for the twin children of Artemis. For Evan it felt like he had to walk on egg shells around all of his 'sisters,' and already there were a few hiccups with the younger hunters.
Thank Sparda for Evan's healing factor or he swore he'd be dead 10 times over by now. Now Evan won't deny it was awkward to see them all here as many if not all of them were suspicious of him save for Zoe who had his back through it all. Still that didn't help the fact that Evan was now with his moms hunters as one of the very few Male Hunters ever. What made it worse was how Artemis Cabin had to adjust to Evan's presence. Yeah Evan was literally the only guy in a sea of girls and all of them were related via adoption while Calisto was related via blood.
As we speak Evan was doing something he should not be doing AT ALL. He was hidden behind a tree as he looked around making sure Lucia, Mr. D, or Chiron were not about as he was on a small operational window. His sister was keeping the three guys busy while Evan had recruited some of the hunters for this highly illegal and very risky task. Now every Camp had its contrabands and with Kronos on the rise even more so and thus was why Evan was trying his damn hardest to smuggle something that shouldn't be here.
He had saved up a lot of money for this with Calisto and while the twins had their game systems they were not ones to share it. Thus Evan was here before looking to the hunters he recruited. "Coast is clear on my part what about you girls?" Evan asked as it was early morning and the sun had barely even risen.
"We're clear to move." The girl said from above as she had a vantage point.
"I can't believe you blackmailed us into doing this." Another older hunter said as she glared at Evan.
"Hey it was either this or the wrath of 1,000 annoying little brothers from inferno for 100 moons go ahead and take your pick." Evan said as the girl grumbled to this and thus they got ready. "Now hurry up and grab one side Demonic Strength or not I had Rodin enhance this damn thing so I wouldn't break it in a rage and made it so the Monsters can't track it." Evan said showing he really wanted to get this through.
"You do realize that this is contraband right?" The Hunter asked as she grabbed her end of the box.
"Yeah hence why Hermes wouldn't deliver the winged foot jackass." Evan said as he was ready to move. "Now get ready to move." Evan said as he looked up to the girl viewing from above.
"Ok you're good to go!" She called out oddly enough enjoying breaking the rules a little.
"OK GO! GO! GO! GO!" Evan called out as they ran to Cabin 8 with a large box that had a 32 inch Plasma Screen TV. As they ran they knew the hardest part would be to fit it through the door without breaking the TV and being caught. Evan had been saving up a shit tone of cash as well as Red Orbs and Halos just to get this damn thing. Rodin delivered alright but getting it into Camp was a problem even for him. They had to go pick it up and thus here they were smuggling it in.
They soon got up the steps and to the door in which they began working on getting the TV in. Evan kicked the door a certain way and thus it opened revealing another Hunter who was helping them. "Ok move get through move!" Evan called out as he tried to get the TV in key word try.
"Dammit the hard part!" The Hunter from the exit side cursed as she tried to get the TV through the door.
"Don't let it get wedged or lodged in!" Evan called out as he tried to move it through from his side.
"Then keep it down before the Centaur finds us or worse!" The Hunter added as their look out from the outside was also providing aid as best she could.
"Dammit the things I do for a movie night!" Evan called out as he tried to get the TV through.
"Can't we just used brute force!?" One of the Hunters asked.
"And break the TV I don't think so!" Evan countered but then the lookout began to panic.
"Someone is coming!" She called out and thus Evan went wide eyed.
"Tackle it in!" Evan called out and thus the Hunters acted fast and with a quick running start tackled the TV through the door. Once it was in they closed it and smiled nervously to the passing by Lucia.
(Later that same day)
Evan and the Hunters who were a part of this conspiracy were setting the TV up as boxes and instructions were scattered around the room. As Evan was screwing in the final screw he finished and stepped back and looked to their new tool. "It's beautiful." Evan said as he smiled to the TV as he was a bit misty eyed over the device.
"Looking at it now totally worth it." The Hunter said as she knew smuggling in this TV was no cake walk. But now the Cabin had two one for the girls to share when on an off day and one for Evan in the Guys sector of this cabin.
"Check it the Evan home theater experience." Evan smiled as he smirked to the girls. "And now all we need is the ribbon." Evan said taking out the remote control.
"Do it little brother." The elder huntress said and thus Evan smirked and pressed the power button... but nothing happened.
"What the?" Evan asked getting worried about this. "Come on work!" Evan called out as began to panic.
"Don't tell me it's defective." A younger huntress said as she began to panic over all the work they put into this.
"Hey did you try the batteries, dummy?" The elder one here said holding a box of batteries in her hand.
"Oh right that'd be smart." Evan said opening and inserting said batteries into the remote. He then tried again and thus an action movie was seen on screen in SURROUND SOUND BITCH! "You feel that surround sound?!" Evan called out with a grin on his face. "As much as I love nature you can't help but enjoy a little home theater!" Evan called out as he sat on his gamer chair and spun on it.
"Listen and feel the hummmm." Evan said humming at the last part. "The Evan is listening." Evan said at the end as he smiled to this and spun again doing a small dance.
"Thou doth not say?" Zoe was heard making Evan go wide eyed as the two Hunters saw their acting leader here.
"Uh-oh." Evan said as he realized he was busted. "Um… I can explain…" Evan tried to reason but knew he was in trouble now.
(Later outside)
"OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!" Evan cried out as the tri-breed was dragged out of cabin by the ear his primary weak spot. Zoe was around and when you twist someone's ear just the right way it hurts like a bitch healing factor can suck it when it comes to that. Plus Zoe was warned forth hand about some of Evan's more... reckless Dante escae habits and how to control them whenever there was no one around to do so.
Their first stop was the big house and after words what to do about the TV Evan smuggled in. All the while Calisto walked by with some important notes as Cabin Councilor and laughed at Evan when she saw him being dragged out by the ear by Zoe. "Heh why do I enjoy his suffering so much?" Calisto laughed when she saw Evan's suffering.
(Meanwhile with Patty Cabin Forge)
In Hephaestus Cabin's forge Patty was seen toiling away slamming her hammer into a new creation. Ever since she was claimed by her father the young Lowell had spent more and more time between training and quests in the Forge. She had been slowly integrating her Grandfather's Alchemy into some of her work which was how she created Evan's Ophion tool during this past summer. Now with Tyr in the picture she wanted to make sure Calisto had all the tools she needed to take on this Tri-Breed Lumen Sage.
She was currently dressed in what appeared to be a sports bra with a pair of cargo pants, heavy heat resistant gloves, an apron for the forge, a tool belt around her waist, and a heat mask. The Belt was a gift from her father so she can carry whatever tools she would need out there in the real world. As she worked many of her cabin mates saw her at work and saw how she took out the item she was working on. As she inspected it the older ones had seen that she was a fast study in the forge and was rising through the ranks as a top tier blacksmith.
"Hey Patty!" Came the voice of their Cabin Councilor Beckendorf. The young man had all but taken Patty under his wing when she was first claimed by their shared father. He was of course surprised to learn that her mortal mother came from a family of Alchemists.
Taking a small break Patty put the item down and removed her heat mask to speak with her elder half-brother. "Oh hi Beckendorf." Patty greeted as she looked to him.
"Hard at work I see." He said with a smile happy to see that one of his favorite siblings was hard at work on the forge doing their father proud.
"Yeah just doing some stuff to support Evan and Calisto." Patty said as she knew how difficult it was to hunt Demons especially if they are after your head for what your grandfather had done.
"Oh what you making now?" Beckendorf asked as he looked to what Patty was working on at the moment.
"Something for Calisto to use when it's done." Patty said with her right index finger to her mouth showing she wasn't spoiling the surprise.
"Little brat." Beckendorf said ruffling up Patty's hair a bit for that.
"Hey!" Patty huffed as she tried to fix her hair.
"But I have to admit those Redgrave Twins are something aren't they?" Beckendorf said as he began to trail off.
"Yeah I know Evan and Calisto have been my friends for so long it's hard to picture my life without them anymore." Patty admitted as she took a small break from her current forge project.
"You're lucky to have such loyal friends like them in your life." Beckendorf said as he smiled to the girl.
"I know." Patty said smiling before cracking her neck some. "Well any updates on Capture the Flag?" Patty asked as she knew how whoever had Evan, Calisto, and Percy on their team tend to dominated the game 9 times out of 10.
"Not much but from the sounds of it I think we might as well give up if we're going against Evan and Calisto." Beckendorf said already knowing about the Hunters undefeated streak in Capture the Flag every time they stay at Camp Half-Blood.
"That bad?" Patty asked with some concern of her own.
"That bad." Beckendorf confirmed showing things were not going to be fun for those games.
(Scene Break at Cabin 8)
Evan and Calisto were in the Cabin with their new roommates as Evan felt out of place here. For starters Evan had quickly become the envy of all the teenage boys in Camp. I mean come on being the only guy in a cabin dominated by only woman it was easy to see the jealousy. What made it worse was the fact that Evan knew they had the mind set of all men are evil. Evan being a guy himself was treated with neutrality due to his mother being Artemis. But he's already had a few hiccups with the showers in the morning and afternoon. It had gotten to the point Evan had to use the public showers, the shower in the Big House, or Percy's own shower to keep up with his own hygiene.
Currently Evan was lounging in the boy's side of the cabin which was basically, Evan's room at this point playing Xbox Halo online. Thank the Gods Evan was able to hook up a Wi-Fi network here or he would have gone insane with just the big screen surround sound. Using a combination of Hephaestus TV, the Iris Message, and Rodin's ingenuity Olympian Wi-Fi was a go. Not only can it connect to mortal Wi-Fi without being tracked by monsters but it also allowed online gaming such as this FPS game.
Now why was Evan playing games alone in his room… well truth was he was hiding from his bunkmates at the moment. Being the only guy and all did not leave Evan much room for himself so he had to milk it for everything that it was worth for him. Evan a Redgrave needs his alone time from the world. As Evan worked he soon heard a knock on the door getting his attention.
"Door's open." Evan said and from it one of the hunters walked into the room. Taking note to this Evan sighed as he then looked to the girl. "Don't tell me my game is too loud so you need me to turn it off." Evan said but the girl looked to him.
"Um no actually…" She said clearly finding it hard to make her request. Swallowing her pride she then let it out. "We need help with the Wi-Fi." The Hunter said and thus Evan went wide eyed to this.
"Pardon me what?" Evan asked when he heard the huntress ask him this.
"Lady Calisto had her own TV set delivered to this cabin with a game system of her own and right now… we need help setting it up." She said and thus Evan sighed to this and went back to his match.
"Let me finish this match and then I'll be right over… by the way get Patty from her Cabin she'll be a great help for this also." Evan said and thus the Huntress nodded to this.
(Later Cabin 8 Main Lounge area)
Once Evan had finished his game the Cabin was covered in wires and boxes with the wires having Celestial Bronze on them. From this Evan and Patty were seen working on both the TV and the Wi-Fi of the place. Evan's Wi-Fi worked just fine and the TV was hard to set up for some. Patty was doing her part for the Wi-Fi while Evan was getting the TV set up and put into place.
Nearby the Hunters watched this event while some were even on the bed while Calisto scowled through all of it. Once Evan was done on his part he checked an object and nodded to it. "Ok it's leveled and the Game System is set up." Evan said as he then looked the Sofa he had brought in this past summer for the Cabin.
"All set here also." Patty said as she then looked to Calisto and the Hunters. "Ok Calisto your Iris Computer is the Cloud so as Councilor you can monitor everyone's usage of the Wi-Fi with Zoe." Patty said as she gave Evan a look of judgement.
"What?" Evan asked unaware of why Patty was looking at him with such a judgmental look.
"Anyway you should be good for now." Patty said as Evan simply smiled to this.
"Thank you our resident Tech Support." Evan said with a cocky smirk on his face.
"Yeah don't mention it." Patty said happy she learned how to do this after all the Wi-Fi problems Dante had had at the Devil May Cry office in the past. Taking her leave Evan was left with the hunters for whatever their next camp based task or activity would be.
"Well I'm going to my room you all enjoy yourselves." Evan said as he was about to leave until Zoe stopped the Tri-Breed from going.
"That will not be the case Evan." Zoe said as she had basically become Evan's handler for dealing with Demons. "We need to discuss yours and Calisto's roles in the upcoming Capture the Flag." Zoe said before she scoffed a bit to this. "Though I hardly doubt it will be needed we have already won 55 games of it and this will simply be another victory for us." Zoe said and thus Evan and Calisto were now stuck for this.
"Yeah apparently it's a tradition for a friendly game to take place for the hunters whenever they stay at camp." Calisto said hoping Patty was going to survive facing them.
"And here is hoping we don't get jumped by another Demon or Angel in camp." Evan said as he grabbed a soda from the mini fridge and sat down on the sofa to talk strategy.
"I still don't like it why do we have to have him fighting alongside us?" A random Hunter said as there were still those few naysayers against Evan among the Hunters of the Goddess Artemis.
"Great here we go again." Evan said as he was about to predict everything this girl was about to say. "First agreeing with what Zoe said followed by the initial parts of insulting me." Evan said with one finger raised in response to this.
"We have already won 55 games in a row. We will be claiming another win and you boy will not be able to do anything about it." The Hunter said much as Evan had predicted before.
"Then comes the rumors about me being wrong and having others do the work for me." Evan said with a second finger raised and in turn the Hunters who saw both sides knew what came next.
"They say you have done such "amazing" things, but I can see through that. You are just a pig, like any other man and will have other do your work for you." The girl stated with a smug look as in turn the other giggled at their fellow hunter's expense.
"Wow Evan has you pegged." Calisto said as the hunter went wide eyed as Evan had predicted what she would say as she was talking.
"That's enough." Zoe scolded as she may not like men as much as the next guy but Evan has more than proven himself with all the Demons they hunted together. "Furthermore other than Calisto Evan is the only one available to show us how to handle these demons." Zoe defended as she sat down as the hunter who insulted Evan eased back from her. "Lady and Trish have work with Devil May Cry with Dante and Lucia has responsibilities in Camp. Bayonetta and Jeanne have to uphold their end of their contracts in hunting Angels so they have nary any time to aid us." Zoe added and thus Evan raised his hand mouthing 'thank you,' before Zoe went on. "As it stands the fact Evan is available is also aided by the fact she is our ladies son." Zoe finished her scolding with a glare to the hunter. "I suggest you fix your tone less you anger our Lady." Zoe said and in turn the hunter shut her mouth.
"I'm sorry." The Hunter said as Evan was oddly relaxed through all of it as if he knew it would end this way for him.
"So what's the apparent game plan?" Evan asked as he waited to hear from Zoe. And thus Zoe began to detail the plan she had devised for them to win.
"Evan." Calisto cut in before the topic could begin.
"Oh right we're fighting for the Camp." Evan said as he got up from his seat.
"Pardon?" Zoe asked when she heard this.
"Yeah since, we part time with you guys we felt it be better to side with the campers instead." Calisto said as she then went to leave the cabin. "So… you all brain storm a plan while we brain storm with the campers." Calisto said as she pushed Evan out of the cabin leaving their adoptive sisters behind.
(Scene Break Tyr Hospital)
After a trip to the Doctors location Tyr was of course admitted and after confirming he was ok was asked about next of kin. The Lumen Sage glared out the window as he recalled the events that lead to him being released from here. After he had been given a change of clothing and a proper explanation from the nurse healer tending to him (with some magic to tamper with her mind), Tyr had put together a tale that he was on a trip when things went south for him. Questions were made of course and in the long run they allowed him to leave. He was actually on his way to the Hoover Dam when he stopped for a costume party of some sort.
This of course explained his outfit to any naysayers and suspicious people. But since he was doing this trip by bus the people whom picked him up offered to drive him the rest of the way. A family of good Samaritans and one whom Tyr was intended on erasing his existence from their minds. Better they not associate themselves with him an ancient relic in this world. It was troubling for him… here he was a Sage who was in the middle of a war a soldier by any other meaning. But now here he was waking up to a world that had moved on from the age where the Sages and Witches oversaw the world and the delicate balance between the light and the dark.
His only hope was to go back and stop the incident where he was frozen through time and ensure his clan won the Great War. As Tyr stood there he then sighed and adjusted his glasses a bit before taking his leave of the room. He had learned that his sight was impaired that required these spectacles for him to view the world properly. His sight was thankfully repaired for it and from what he understood he learned he had a combination of ADHD and Dyslexia from the doctors here.
They apparently had him tested when they found he had trouble reading the materials they gave him. Tyr always had that problem of processing words and to finally have a name for the problem was comforting to the Lumen Sage. The ADHD he couldn't exactly explain but one step at a time for this Sage. From Hoover damn Tyr intended to make his way back to Thorn and his General's current location and regroup with his temporary allies. His hope that h may be able to return to his own time burned strong as he still had mission to complete. Hopefully he might be able to learn of how the Witches won the war and when he returns ensure victory for his fellow Lumen Sages.
There was one problem to his climatic return to his time… the Right Eye. Tyr was no fool and he knew that if the Right Eye had fallen to him then its previous wielder Balder was gone. But in his time Balder was very much alive and well so with this logic in mind he would need to rid himself of the Right Eye. He knew how much the balance of power will be disturbed if two Right Eyes existed at the same time. Despite their war he was aware that Darkness still needed to be about to preserve the balance between light and dark. With that he needed to figure out a method to pass the Right Eye off to someone else but the only way that was possible is if he trained an apprentice to become a Sage. He will need time to contemplate this but before he could think further the door to his hospital room opened and from it the red haired girl from before entered.
"Hi Tyr are you ready to go?" She asked to which Tyr nodded to her.
"Yes thank you Ms. Dare." Tyr said trying to act like he was from this age.
"Hey Ms. Dare was my mom, just call me Rachel." Rachel said to which Tyr blushed to being at a first name bases with her. He hid it well and carried on as normal.
"Very well… Rachel." Tyr said making sure not to refer to Rachel as Lady Rachel. He may be from an age with what is considered primitive practices but he was smart enough to know his mindset may be out of date to these people today.
"Well then come on then." Rachel said and in turn Tyr nodded in response to her.
"Lead the way." Tyr said and thus the two were off so they may pay a visit to the Hoover Dam.
(Scene Break Annabeth and Corvus)
Annabeth was trying to get some rest while Corvus kept watch. The annoying Demon bird was like toy with a broken off switch. Though at the very least he kept her from going insane all things considered. Plus between Luke's visits they had been learning from each other. For starters Corvus had been teaching Annabeth how to speak ancient Enochian. She had also been learning about how Inferno's hierarchy works and needless to say it would but Sparta to shame when it comes to brutality.
She found it that Inferno was more or less exactly how the bible described and most of all can be argued that Tartarus has nothing when it comes to Inferno. So yeah if she had to choose either Sparta or Inferno… Annabeth would take her chances over with the Spartans. Of course Corvus being Corvus added insults the entire time to get a laugh for himself and added puns also. He was getting annoying but just as Patty said before it was far more preferable then going insane from boredom.
But as Annabeth rested she soon heard Corvus and felt him shaking her to waking. "Yo Owl girl wake up!" Corvus called out as he tried to wake up Annabeth.
It seems Corvus method worked as it didn't need for him to zap her awake with his own demonic powers. "Huh what's going on?" Annabeth asked while rubbing the sleep from her eyes after Corvus had woken the girl up.
"Look at that!" Corvus said pointing a talon to the now opened cage before them.
"How long was it open?" Annabeth asked shocked to see this.
"Not long was waiting for Luke or his boss to show up but neither happened." Corvus said as he looked to the Athena child. "Think it might be our way out?" Corvus asked as he looked to the girl with the brains between them.
"Not sure but it sure beats being stuck in here." Annabeth said and in turn she and Corvus left through the exit to freedom.
(Later)
The two were seen sneaking around what seemed to be ruins as they sought out the exit of this place. As they moved they made sure to hide well and blend in with the surroundings whenever they were able to. Since Annabeth was without any weapons she needed to exercise caution so Corvus wouldn't have to fight for them both. As they made their way through Corvus began to notice something odd about some of these ruins and from the looks of it so did the demigod daughter of Athena.
As the duo continued their trek Corvus felt odd here like there was something about this place that wasn't supposed to be here at all. They continued to explore taking note of the broken statues around the area as well as the clear Olympian origin to all the things here. Eventually they arrived at a new location and in that location they saw Luke struggling. Now one might ask why Luke was struggling to begin with and the answer to this was on his back.
"Annabeth." Luke struggled to say while struggling to hold the massive object on his back.
"Luke?" Annabeth asked shocked to see Luke here after before.
"Wow can't say I feel sorry for you." Corvus taunted as he flew about no doubt enjoying seeing Luke struggle.
"Corvus!" Annabeth scolded almost forgetting that Demons hate traitors intently.
Seemingly ignoring Corvus Luke continued to speak. "Annabeth they left me here. Please it's killing me." Luke begged as he held the massive object on his back showing signs of struggle.
"Wait a minute…" Coruvs began as he began to take note of something wrong.
"I'll help you." Annabeth called out and thus Corvus figured it out almost instantly. As Annabeth began to slide under the object next to Luke the Demon tried to stop the demigod from doing so.
"Annabeth stop!" Corvus called out but alas he was too late to stop the girl.
"Thanks I knew I can count on you." Luke said all but smirking at Annabeth's gullibility and trust in him.
"Now help me out." Annabeth said but alas she was made a fool by Luke.
"Don't worry help is on the way. It's all part of the plan." Luke said as he began to walk away leaving Annabeth struggling here.
"You're not going anywhere!" Corvus called out and thus Luke was forced to avoid the Demon as it began to attack him. "Either take that spot back or you're dead!" Corvus yelled as he glared at Luke.
"Let me guess no hands to take her place yourself." Luke taunted as Corvus then attacked sending down bolts of lightning upon Luke. But Luke was too quick and thus avoided the attacks without much trouble for himself.
"Corvus!" Annabeth called out but in turn the nearby rubble broke and from it four demons showed up with varying motifs from a Minotaur, a swan, a lion, and a Lyre. Corvus was wide eyed when he saw them as they stopped him as leading them was the new Angelo.
"Uh-oh." Corvus gasped realizing he was in some deep shit.
Realizing Corvus was outnumbered and outgunned Annabeth only had one option for him to take. "Just run!" She called out and in turn Corvus was left wide eyed as the Angelo charged straight for him.
(Scene Break Evan Cabin 8)
Evan's eyes shot open as he got up and yelped from the shocking dream. As Evan gasped a bit he grabbed his face to calm himself and rub the sleep from his eyes. "Again?" Evan asked as he tried to make sense of it all.
(Later during Breakfast)
Evan, Patty, Bianca, Calisto, Grover, Thalia, Kat, and Percy were enjoying breakfast. Evan and Calisto had taken the time to properly meet Thalia seeing as the last they spoke it wasn't for long before Evan, Bianca, and Calisto joined up with Artemis hunt as part time hunters. Their meet and greet was going smoothly and in turn despite Evan's driving methods they became somewhat friends with each other. And considering Artemis is a daughter of Zeus and Thalia is also a daughter of Zeus that made her the twin's aunt. It was a fact Evan took advantage of to make Thalia's life miserable by using the 'Auntie Thalia,' joke on Zeus' daughter.
It was then that Kat had taken notice that Evan wasn't eating much food. Noting this Kat spoke up to check on the Tri-Breed. "Evan are you ok? You're normally inhaling your food like Kirby." Kat asked as she was concerned for the Hunter.
"Nah I'm fine just some dreams lately." Evan said as he rubbed his eyes a bit still tired from the dream.
Hearing this Percy had to ask the important question. "Does it involve Annabeth, Corvus, Luke, and a group of demons?" Percy asked and thus Evan looked shocked to hear this.
"Wait you all had those dreams also?" Thalia asked when she heard Percy and Evan having the same dream as she was.
"I thought I was the only one." Calisto added as Patty nodded with them as it was clear they all were having similar dreams to each other.
"Ok so I guess we're going to set up for a quest." Evan said as he sat there rubbing his eyes in annoyance. "Jeez we might as well get paid for these Quests with how crappy they can get when they happen." Evan said as never has he seen a Quest where he can get from Point A to Point B without any trouble going on between the two points.
"Look we can bring it up with Chiron after the Game." Kat said knowing Evan and Calisto will be the Camps ace in the hole in finally beating the Hunters.
"You sure it sounds important." Grover asked as he knew they shouldn't put this off.
"Yeah game first then business." Calisto said knowing what was to occur for the campers. Thus with this in mind they proceeded to finish off their meals knowing in all likely hood a quest was coming that needed them to take for the Olympians.
(Scene Break that same Night at Camp Half-Blood)
As Evan and Calisto were preparing for Capture the Flag he was recalling Chiron's words from earlier. Since they were still campers and only part timed with the Hunters they were fighting for Camp Half-Blood and not their mothers own silver hunters. Thus this would give the Campers of Camp Half-Blood a much needed edge to use against the Hunters of Artemis. So once more they were all gathered wearing armor and helmets for the game knowing full well of the Hunters Winning Streak against the Camp.
Both Evan and Calisto had spent a good amount of time during the day training the campers with Lucia. The Twins were going to help them get their first win against the Hunters of Artemis. But even though they was going against their sisters, the twins Evan and Calisto did not have plans on losing. So here they were setting up as Evan and Calisto had opted to wear sashes to show they were with the campers instead of armor.
Now that everyone was ready Kat was looking worried but still ready to do battle. "Ok then we're going against my mom's hunters and your ace in the hole has spent close to Christmas with them so that should give us an edge." Evan said as he sat on a tree branch relaxing up there.
"Now." Evan continued as he jumped down ready to kick some ass. "I know we all got some beef with each other some more than others but right now that doesn't matter." Evan said as he looked to the group. "The Hunters have a winning streak and is looking down on all of us, the guys especially." Evan said as he looked to everyone trying to inspire them. "Well I say it time we break that streak and score a point for the boys and girls in camp Half-Blood." Evan said as he looked to everyone hoping they will feel inspired. "Now Calisto and I may be the big guns but for that reason alone we'll be targeted." Evan said showing they were going to be in the thick of it. "That's why it will take all of us to win, they'll be focused on getting rid of us and then go for the flag." Evan said as he knew Kat wasn't at full strength without Corvus giving her aid.
"But I'll ask again are we going to sit around and let them look down on us and make us give them another win!?" Evan called out and thus an Ares Kid responded.
"Hell the fuck no!" Sherman from Ares Cabin roared out and thus Evan smirked to the kid.
"No that's more like it!" Evan called out and thus he looked to his 'army,' to best his mother's hunt. "Take it away sis." Evan called out and thus Calisto went to take charge. Next to Annabeth Calisto was one of their group's big brains so she would have a plan in the works.
"First order of business, offense! For sure they'll send Zoe to retrieve the flag. Sherman, Selina, and Malcolm, I want your cabins to be the attackers Hit em with everything you've got." Calisto ordered detailing their attack plan. "Your two cabins have the biggest beef against the Hunters, use this as an opportunity to get back at them. Plus, you know the woods better than them, use the home-field advantage." Calisto added before she continued with the plan.
"Leave it to us!" The two heads of the cabins answered in unison.
"Connor, Travis, and Beckendorf, your cabins are on defense duty. Use the environment and your crafty tactics to your advantage." Calisto ordered and thus Patty knew where she would be for this.
"Leave it to us!" The two heads of the cabins answered in unison.
"Connor, Travis, and Beckendorf, your cabins are on defense duty. Use the environment and your crafty tactics to your advantage." Calisto said and in turn turned her direction to Kat. "Kat you and your two demons will act as our scouting party and our defensive wall for the flag I know you're not 100% right now but we need you." Calisto said knowing Fenrir and Furfur would be more the willing to make up for Patty's missing familiar in Corvus.
"Evan, you me, Thalia, Bianca, Nico, and Percy will hit them where it hurts while searching for the flag." Patty said making Nico go wide eyed to this.
"Wait me?" Nico asked surprised he'd be taking part of this.
"Yeap time to prove your one of us Nico." Patty said smiling to the Son of Hades.
"Don't let us down kid." Evan said ruffling up Nico's ebony hair a bit.
"I'll try." Nico said but Evan smirked.
"No try do or do not there is no try." Evan said to which Calisto laughed a bit.
"You've been dying to say that weren't you?" Patty asked knowing how much Evan loved the Star Wars movie franchise.
"Guilty as charged." Evan said not even denying this fact.
Meanwhile over at the head table, Lucia looked at the source of the cheering with interest. "To be able to rally the others like that…he's grown…" Lucia said as she saw how the twins had grown since she had last seen them. Yes she may have trained Calisto in the twin sword style but she was hardly around to be considered a surrogate parent. But she was around often enough to be a surrogate aunt to the Twin Tri-Breeds of Artemis.
"For the most part…" Grover said as he took a sip from his goblet. Just then Chiron's hoof thundered on the pavilion floor silencing the chatters.
"Heroes!" He called out getting two teams attention. "You know the rules! The creek is the boundary line. Blue Team—Camp Half-Blood—shall take the west woods. Hunters of Artemis—red team—shall take the east woods. I will serve as referee and battlefield medic. No intentional maiming, please! All magic items are allowed. To your positions!" He called out as everyone got ready for the game.
"Intentional Maiming?" Lucia asked as this was her first time at Camp during one of its Capture the Flag games.
"Oh, don't get me started on that one…" Grover answered knowing Lucia was still a bit green as a member of the Camps staff. After the centaur's announcement, the teams separated and took their designated positions.
"Ok Blue Team this way!" Percy called out and thus they began to move out.
As the players walked, Nico seemed excited, "Magic items? Do I get one?" He asked as this was Nico's first time playing.
"Hate to break it to you, but you won't get one till you're good enough," Percy explained as he knew there was still a few steps between then and now. "These swords seriously hurt. I should know…" Percy said and thus peaked Nico's interest.
"Did you get stabbed?" Nico asked rather enthusiastically as he was smiling.
"Oh, this I gotta hear," Thalia said walking next to the duo.
"Jeez aren't you a bit enthusiastic to hear someone get stabbed." Evan said as he cut in. "Trust me kid you get stabbed enough times to not be affected by it." Evan said thanking his grandfather's demonic blood that he can walk off most if not all stab wounds he had ever been afflicted with.
"How many times have you been stabbed?" Nico asked and in turn Calisto opted to cut in.
"We'll tell you when you get your magical weapon someday." Calisto said and thus ended the stab topic there.
(Later with Blue Team)
At Thalia's suggestion, the blue team's flag was set at the top of Zeus' fist. It was a cluster of boulders in the middle of the west woods that looked like a fist that punched its way out of the ground if you looked at it the right way. But if you looked at it any other way, it looked like a giant deer relieved itself on the area and the droppings solidified. Evan joked about it changing the name to Shit Pile, but Chiron disagreed with the idea, especially since it was initially named after the King of the Gods. He really doesn't have a good sense of humor. Regardless it was a good place to place the Blue Teams flag since it was high enough that it was clearly visible like the rules said it had to be, and it didn't matter if you weren't allowed to stay within ten yards of it.
"Alright, just a heads up to everyone," Evan began as he got everyone's attention. "They'll probably fight using mid to long-ranged attack. Do not engage immediately. Wait till they're within close range distance. Also, do not underestimate their close-ranged combat. They are trained for that as well." Evan said as he stretched a bit ready for combat. Just then the horn blared through night signaling the start of the game.
"Everyone game faces on!" Calisto called out as she took out her guns ready to fight and win this game. "Kat send out Fenrir we need to know what our enemy is planning." Calisto ordered knowing that next to Corvus Fenrir was their best scout.
"Right!" Kat called out and thus the Icy Hell Hound shot out of the Buckler and ran off already knowing what to do right now.
"So now we wait." Evan said as he spun Hyde in his hand with a gun twirl ready to fight. When the Demigods heard this they did not like that seeing as they have ADHD waiting wasn't their favorite activity.
"How long will it take for Fenrir to bring back the information?" Malcom asked as he looked to the medium.
"Not long." Kat confirmed as they simply had to hold out. Plus Fenrir knew these woods better than most of them. He often hunts around here when Kat was in camp so it made sense he knew close to every nook and cranny of this forest. Only Evan and Calisto had him beat on this as did the Forest Nymphs. A little while later Fenrir showed up and thus Kat, Evan, and Calisto all gathered around the Demon hound who then began to tell them what he found.
"What do you got buddy?" Evan asked as Fenrir began to speak to the trio. Thanks to the combination of Evan's mixed bloodline he can easily speak and translate Enochian and beast to English words. Any normal half human half god child of Artemis would be able to speak to most wild animals. They can speak to Bestial Demons but without natural demon blood in them they will only hear the obscure ancient Enochian dialects.
As the Campers tried to listen in on what the trio were discussing all they got was Evan, Calisto, and Kat's responses to Fenrir. Due to Fenrir and Furfur being Kat's familiars she was able to understand them to a certain extent. Once they were done Evan smirked and got up and looked to the Blue Army. "Ok boys and girls you all ready to take the first ever win for Camp Half-Blood against the Hunters of Artemis?" Evan asked as he saw everyone begin to smile over such a rare concept.
"Alright! Defenders, time to get started!" Calisto began getting everyone's attention.
"Got it!" The said team answered and they went on to do their jobs.
"Attackers, the Hunters main force is advancing towards us in the middle. It seems they're hitting us with their full force. They're thinking we won't even get to their flag. Intercept them, and show them why they shouldn't underestimate us!" Calisto called out and in turn Evan spoke up.
"Percy, Thalia let's go help our frontal forces and show the hunters the old fashioned Devil May Cry good time." Evan said as he was ready to kick some ass.
"So over the top violence, taunts to piss them off, badassery, and lots of swearing just for the hell of it?" Percy asked and thus the twins smirked at the Poseidon boy.
"Hell the fuck yeah." Calisto responded to which Percy and Thalia both began to smirk expecting nothing less from the Twin Tri-Breed children of Artemis.
(Later in the forest)
In turn the blue team went on to work on Calisto's plan. The Sherman's and Selina's cabins hid behind the trees lying in wait for the hunters as Evan and his team had snuck to the sides of the path Fenrir had seen to catch the Hunters off guard. Eventually the Hunters crept through the creek sneaking into enemy territory. Unknown to them, four pairs of eyes watched them as they crossed to the other side unaware of the trap they had walked headfirst into.
"Ok Percy our guests are here send down our welcome mat and Thalia bring in the fireworks announcing their arrival." Calisto said and in turn the two understood what Calisto wanted them to do here.
The two then nodded and in turn they closed their eyes concentrating hard enough to control their various elements.
The creek's water stirred; the hunters didn't even notice. Then, the water rose to above their height getting their attention.
"It's Poseidon's brat!" Phoebe warned as she rolled out of the way along with most of their team.
Not all of them were lucky though. Around five or six of them were doused in water. But that was the least of their worries as the familiar crackle of lightning pierced through the night. The lightning hit the moist part of the ground and a small jolt of electricity traveled following the trail to the dampened hunters.
"No!" Phoebe cried out as she watched her sister's drop down unconscious on the ground. She rushed immediately to their sides checking their pulse for a beat. She breathed a sigh of relief once she felt the familiar beats of her carotid pulse.
The leaves rustled around them and they saw the familiar pair of silver hair belonging to their mistress' children running towards the direction of their flag. A growl escaped her lips angry at the fact that they were caught off guard.
'How? Every time we play, it's supposed to be easy,' She thought with anger as she then sent a fierce look towards the Redgrave twins retreating form along with his two companions. "Get them!" Phoebe ordered unaware she walked right into Calisto's trap.
"Selina, Sherman! You're up!" Evan signaled as he knew his sister's plans would give the Athena kids a run for their money.
A fierce battle cry echoed through the woods as various campers who they recognized as the Love Goddess' Children and the demigods who they had a spat with the day before. They definitely felt different, especially the Aphrodite Kids. Was the training they saw the other day not just for show?
"Payback time!" Mark yelled as he moved in for an attack.
"Ok guys remember give them all you got, show them you care, and have fun!" Evan called out as he ran with Percy, Thalia, and his twin sister Calisto. AS they ran they could still hear the fighting going on behind them as they made their way to the Opposing Teams Flag with Fenrir leading to their target.
(Later)
The group tried to stifle their laughter as much as possible as they snuck around the area. "Did you see the look on her face when we fried the others?" Thalia said keeping her voice as low as much as possible.
"Yeah! It was priceless!" Percy echoed her glee as even Evan wanted to laugh a bit.
"That will teach those stuck-up Hunters," Thalia huffed as even Calisto found herself agreeing with Thalia's opinion here. They continued to follow Fenrir knowing once they find the flag he would rejoin with Kat in taking on the Hunters after their team's flag.
"You sure this mutt know where he's going?" Percy asked still remembering the fight he had with Fenrir back when they had to find the Master Bolt.
"Depends do you always remember to wear clean underwear?" Evan asked and thus Percy glared at the Tri-Breed for his small little insult.
Despite this they continued to run following Fenrir's nose to their flags location. But during this run Percy found it weird that there wasn't any resistance anywhere. He counted earlier in the bus that there was roughly the same number of Hunters as they did with the Campers. Phoebe wasn't leading a lot of Hunters from what they could tell. So why was, it that no one was popping up to stop them?
Their questions were answered when they popped up in a clearing where a silver flag was raised above the ground. There was no one there, but a lone camper lazily waiting for the game to end.
"What the?" She said standing upon hearing the leaves rustle. It seems she wasn't expecting anyone to reach their flag. Evan and Calisto were on point with this the hunters were underestimating them so much, that they didn't leave anyone there to defend their flag.
"Well, well; well." Evan spoke getting the girls attention. "Talk about a let, down one guard because you ladies were so confident you'd win." Evan said as he walked out spinning Jekyll in his hand casually.
"You?!" The girl asked shocked to see Evan and his friends make it here already.
"Yeah us, jeez maybe I should have stayed with the others they sound like their having way more fun than me." Evan said as he was clearly disappointed with this. "So let's cut to the chase I hate unneeded dialogue, hand over the flag and we'll walk away." Evan said pointing his gun at the Hunter who was on edge.
She gained a determined look. "Just because you're our mistresses son that doesn't mean I'll go easy on you." The Hunter began as Evan smirked seeing Thalia sneak up behind the girl. "Besides, you wouldn't hit a girl, would you?" She asked and in turn Thalia chose to strike then and now.
"Oh, shut it!" Thalia said and chopped the back of her neck and sent a small jolt of electricity to knock her out.
He turned and gave the boys and Calisto a stern look. "You're wasting time. Don't you guys want to win?" Thalia asked as Evan then smirked.
"Yeah I get it." Evan said doing a gun twirl and holstering Jekyll again.
"Jeez kill the mood Thalia." Calisto added as she was actually hoping a fight would break out from this confrontation. "But she's right we can't waste time our guys can only keep the hunters at bay for so long." Calisto said knowing they had to hurry back with the flag.
"Alright let's do this." Evan said as he was ready to move out.
Just then they heard voices echoing through the forest nearby. "Get her! Don't let her get away!" A voice called out and in turn the group looked at each other with a wary look. They wasted no time after that.
A lone hunter carrying the flag bearing the Camp's insignia was rushing towards the creek. This was what the scouting party saw as they were rushing towards the goal line. After plucking the silver flag from the Hunters' hiding spot, they heard a series of clashes from their teammates. Despite their training, the campers weren't able to subdue the more experienced right-hand woman of Moon Goddess.
"Oh, no! We're not going to make it!" Thalia said as they dashed as fast as they could towards their goal.
"Like hell they're winning!" Evan called out and in turn looked to Calisto.
"Chiron said we needed to hold back never said how to hold back." Calisto said and in turn they all knew what she was about to use.
"Do it." Thalia said and in turn Calisto went ahead and used her infamous Witch Time.
(Meanwhile over with Zoe)
Gun fire was heard as Bianca was fighting off the Hunters of Artemis while trying to stop Zoe from taking the flag across the pond. Cursing as she realized that spending so much time with the hunters was not such a great idea after all. As she was forced to hold back any Infernal Summoning's Bianca knew she had to somehow get them a win if Evan and his party didn't show up to help.
Bianca saw Zoe holding the flag nearby as they knew that it must have been hard for her to get passed Furfur to get the Flag. "You're not getting aw—ACK!" A camper yelled as he was knocked to the side by this particular Hunter.
They were definitely caught off guard by the multitude of traps that these wretched campers had set up. First, Elizabeth and a few others were hanging by their waist a few feet off the ground, while the others were buried neck-deep in the demon Furfur's mass. Secondly, Phoebe and her team were sprawled down on the ground. She never expected the Campers to get the upper hand like this.
She was rushing towards the boundary line to get the flag to the other side. At the same time, she spotted her mistress' children doing the same with his two companions, except they were unopposed.
Zoe grit her teeth as she ducked under an Aphrodite Camper's swing and sent a punch to her midsection. She never expected for her to avoid her attack though. Since when did the Love Goddess' children fight so well? She shook that thought off her head as she rolled past another swing and swipe at her feet slam onto her chest. The twins were almost at the creek causing Zoe to growl as she desperately tried to increase her speed.
Just then Calisto and Evan vanished from Zoe's site making her go wide eyed to this. "Witch Time." Zoe gasped having forgotten about that Umbrian ability. Just then Zoe was sent flying away from the boundary line and back into the Campers area. When Zoe got back up she saw Evan and Calisto standing where she once stood with Calisto wielding her guns Silver Moons Love and Evan shouldering the Elysium.
The last thing Zoe remembered was crossing the boundary with the flag… or at least she thought she did. Zoe seeing the two quickly acted but alas it was now too little too late. She looked over to the Activities Director who stood at full height. The usual frown on his face was gone when he announced the winner making which was weird for her, but she pushed that thought aside. But then, a look of shock was slowly made its way to her face as the victor was announced.
"For the first time in fifty-six games!" Chiron couldn't help but grin and beam proudly at the campers. "Camp Half-Blood Wins!" Chiron announced and in turn Zoe went wide eyed to this.
"WHAT?!" Zoe protested losing her composure when she heard this.
"Witch Time amazing thing to have and since it wasn't my demonic power we win." Calisto said with a smirk on her face.
"Still you're my big sis so I guess I gotta say you did your best." Evan said offering her his free hand to help her back up to her feet.
Zoe gave him a look of irritation, but in the spirit of sportsmanship, she begrudgingly accepted his hand and begrudgingly shook it.
"Even I have to admit your team was more or less more… organized this time," Zoe grumbled out knowing when to admit defeat.
"My God she can admit it." Evan joked only to be elbowed by Calisto for his little smartass comment there.
"Evan be nice." Calisto said as she did have one question to ask that's bugging her. "By the way Zoe how did you get past Furfur?" Calisto asked as she looked to her mother's lieutenant.
"Ok well I shall admit it was not easy but all I had to do have the other hunters stretch him out before going for the flag. It was difficult but it got the job done." Zoe said as she knew Furfur had a limit and she found that limit. Despite this everyone was cheering as the Campers had finally gained their first win over the Hunters. This victory would go down in the history of Camp Half-Blood for years to come that victory was possible if you worked together.
It was then that the cheering was replaced by the sound of eerie footsteps echoed through the woods. At first, everyone thought it was an intruder, but that alone was impossible right now. But after what happened last year it was still on the table. Just then the camper's nervousness was known when they saw the silhouette of the supposed intruder.
"No, she has never left the attic before." Chiron shook his head. No one in camp has ever heard him sound this nervous before. "This is impossible!" Chiron said as even Evan was nervous about what was going on.
That was when the origin of the footsteps came into view. It was the withered mummy that held the Oracle of Delphi surrounded in the green mist that anyone who had gone on a quest is all too familiar with. She shuffled forward until she stood in the center of the group.
"I am the Spirit of Delphi," a voice said. It was unmistakable that the spirit's host was staring straight at Zoe. "Approach, Seeker, and ask."
Artemis' lieutenant stepped forward and swallowed a lump that had formed in her throat. "What must I do to help my goddess?"
Vague images of a barren peak flickered to life in the mummy's background. The landscape looked all too familiar to some of the campers. Evan saw his mother in the same place where Luke had left Annabeth, this time she was wrapped in golden chains fettered to rocks. She was on a knee, her hands raised up supporting a weight that none of the viewers could see.
Nine shall go west to the goddess in chains
One shall free the Fallen Slayer of Darkness
One shall be lost in the land without rain
Two shall seek the soul of the lost in the Hellfire
Two shall travel through time itself for knowledge
The bane of Olympus and a lost friend shall show the trail
Campers Witches, Sages, and Hunters combined prevail
The Titan's Curse must one withstand
The Revenge of the Chaos shall seek the eyes
And one shall perish by a parent's hand
As she said the finals words of her prophecy, the serpentine mist retracted into the mummy's mouth. The mummy's feet gave way like it never had the strength to carry the body in the first place. It plopped itself down on a rock and turned as stiff as anyone would find her in the attic. All were silent for but a moment at least until Evan spoke up as was expected.
"Well damn." Evan said as he in turn began to walk off. "I got a phone call to make." Evan said knowing if his mom was in trouble there was only one person out there who was, badass enough to help them save the Goddess.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well took me a bit but Chapter 5 of Devil May Cry Olympus Titan's Curse. Mind you this is book 3 of the Devil May Cry Olympus series so you will need to read the first 2 books first. Anyway I hope you all had a great time and will leave me a review before leaving. So as I always say on here ja-ne.