Chapter 44

First day for everyone

At the Hideout

Dean went into the hideout.

After yesterday's events Dean thought it was about time his newfound friends begin their training at camp. Tim and Billy at least seemed like they had some skill with their weapons but physically they didn't seem like much and Jon looks like he doesn't know anything.

He found his friends in the hall.

Tim was watching Billy and Jon fight with their weapons.

Although the sight didn't impress, neither had very much skill with their weapons.

"What're they doing?" Dean walked over to Tim.

"An awful job?" Tim said.

Jon threw his axe at Billy but he just zipped out of the way.

Tim and Dean moved out of the way as the axe imbedded in the wall behind them.

"Ok that's enough" Dean stopped them, "I think you guys are in dire need of a teacher"

"I don't need a teacher, I'm better than all of you" Billy said cockily.

Dean laughed for a moment and then became serious, "If you can beat me then you don't need anyone's help"

"Let's do it then" Billy charged at him.

Dean punched Billy in the face as he ran at him.

Billy was knocked on his back with his head spinning, "I'm going to Disneyland mommy"

Tim laughed, "Anyone not see that coming?"

Dean helped Billy up and shook him out of his daze.

"Damn, you're getting faster" Billy admitted.

"Yeah and you're not, because you're not training enough" Dean said, "None of you are"

"Hey I just found out I was a half-blood" Jon said.

"What do you expect, we've got no one to learn from" Tim said.

"Maybe it's time to fix that" Dean said.

At Camp Half-blood

As they entered the camp Dean's buddies looked around in fascination.

"Well this is different" Tim said.

Billy spotted some of the gorgeous dryads by the forest, "I like this place already" he licked his hand and slicked back his hair.

Dean brought them to the big house.

Mr. D was sitting where he always did reading the newest edition of his wine magazine. He lowered the magazine as the teens came up to him, "Who're your new friends?"

"Half-bloods that I came across" Dean said.

"Is he the teacher?" Jon asked.

"No, Mr. D is the activities director" Dean said.

Tim eyed Mr. D carefully, noticing every little detail about him, including the wine magazine.

"Yes, it would be in your best interest not to disturb me" Mr. D said going back to his magazine.

"Aight Mr. Deez nuts" Billy laughed.

Mr. D lowered his magazine and stared at Billy.

"Uh Billy? I don't think you should—"

Mr. D raised his hand for Dean to stop, "What was that blondie, I didn't hear you"

"Look at you, you're so fat that you've molded into that chair" Billy joked.

"Am I really?" Mr. D got out of his chair.

Dean backed away, he never got out of his chair.

"Aw he's upset, look how intimidating he looks with his rosy cheeks" Billy pointed at him with a smirk.

Mr. D grinned, "It's been ages since I tortured a mortal"

That sentence threw Billy off, "Huh?"

Grape vines came out of the ground and wrapped around Billy's limbs to keep him from running away, "What the hell?!"

Mr. D brought him closer, "Your death will be slow" he said with satisfaction.

As Billy was about to shout another grape vine wrapped around his mouth.

Dean jumped in between the two of them, "Whoa hold on a minute!"

"His fate is in my hands now brother, step aside" Mr. D said.

"You have to forgive him, he's an idiot" Tim said standing with Dean.

"And he had no idea you were a god" Dean said.

Billy's eyes widened and he mumbled something underneath the vines.

Chiron trotted over to them, "Mr. D would you please explain to me why you've ensnared this young man?"

"Oh he's about to die, nothing to worry about" Mr. D said nonchalantly.

Chiron put his hand on Mr. D's shoulder, "I don't think it's a wise decision to kill Dean's friend, it may not bode well with him" he said ominously.

Mr. D snapped out of his state of vengeance and for a millisecond had a fearful expression.

The vines went back into the ground and Billy could speak again.

"Holy shit that was close" Billy's body was shaking out of fear.

Tim looked back and forth between Dean and Mr. D, something didn't add up.

Mr. D glared at Billy, "Next time, no one will be there to save you runt"

Billy zipped behind Jon, "Don't make me come over there" he mumbled.

Mr. D went back to his seat.

"Well now that that's over with" Chiron looked at the three new recruits, "Please refrain from insulting and/or bothering Mr. D for I may not be there to help next time"

"Good to know" Tim nodded.

"Now then, I assume your friends must be half-bloods?" Chiron asked Dean.

"Yes. This is Tim, Billy, and Jon" Dean pointed to each of them.

Chiron gave them a friendly smile, "It's a pleasure to have you here boys. Do you know who you belong to?"

"We know" Tim referred to himself and Billy, "But Jon doesn't"

Dean had forgotten to ask Jon about his new weapon that he acquired, it somehow slipped his mind.

"Hey Jon, you never told us how you got that Ax of yours" Dean said breaking the silence.

That woke Jon from the daydream he was having, "Oh, uh, well, uh" he seemed nervous about it.

"Yeah I wanted to ask the same thing" Tim said.

Jon figured that he couldn't hide it forever and it didn't look good to hide things from his teammates.

"My father gave it to me" Jon admitted.

"Well when did this happen?" Billy asked.

"He approached me when I was alone the day we figured out Andrew killed my mother" Jon said sadly.

"So who is he? Which god is your father?" Chiron asked.

Jon hesitated but he spoke, "My father is Ares, god of war"

"Whoa that's so cool!" Billy said.

Tim smacked the back of Billy's head, "Shut up dummy"

"What?" Billy asked clueless.

"No wonder you've been so angry lately" Dean said realizing it, "You must have some pent-up aggression towards your father"

Jon's silence confirmed Dean's theory.

"Well then each of you have a cabin to go to, I suggest you get settled in and prepare to start training with me tomorrow morning" Chiron said.

Billy looked around at the various training areas.

He spotted a bizarre training method, at least to him. There were dozens of logs in 3 rows where two individuals were trying to knock each other off with wooden staffs.

"Now look at those guys right there? When is that gonna happen in real life? It's a huge waste of time" Billy said.

Chiron could see the blond boy would probably be the most problematic, "Time makes all men equal"

Billy looked unimpressed, "No offense but what can I learn from you?" he touched Chiron's white fur around his waist, "How to pull a chariot?

Chiron grabbed his hand and flipped him over on his back, "No offense taken"

Tim and Jon laughed.

Billy got to his feet, "Real funny assholes"

"C'mon guys I'll show you around" Dean said and they followed his lead.

"You boys be careful now" Chiron said approaching Mr. D.

Tim looked back at Chiron and Mr. D who were talking.

"Don't you think that was a little strange?" Tim asked.

"What was?" Dean asked.

"How Dionysus backed off just by Chiron mentioning your name" Tim said.

"How do you know that was Dionysus?" Jon asked.

Tim rolled his eyes, "I could tell just by looking at him"

"I don't think it was because of me, Chiron is just Mr. D's voice of reason" Dean said.

"I'll throw a stink bomb in both of their underwear" Billy said.

"I don't know, the way he said your name makes me think otherwise" Tim said.

"You're crazy" Dean didn't take him seriously.

They stopped at the forge where Charlie was hammering something on his anvil.

"Hey Charlie I brought some new meat" Dean said.

Charlie looked up at Jon, "Geez, they grow em big these days"

"My extra-large friend here is Jon, this is Billy, and Tim" Dean introduced them.

"Nice to meet you guys, if you ever need anything made or fixed just let me know" Charlie said.

"You make everything with Celestial bronze?" Tim asked.

"Basically, I do play around with steel sometimes though" Charlie said.

Tim smirked, "In that case" he pat him on the back, "We're gonna be spending a lot of time together"

"Beckendorf!" Clarisse shouted.

Charlie sighed, "Aw great"

Clarisse walked in the forge holding a shield with a broken handle, "Beckendorf your shields break too easily"

"I think you're using my shields a little too much like hammers" Charlie said.

Clarisse threw the shield at him, "Fix it dork!"

Charlie caught the shield and glared at her.

"You know that's not very nice" Jon said standing behind her.

"Why don't you ki—"Clarisse turned around and looked up at Jon, "Who the hell are you?"

Dean cleared his throat, "Hello Clarisse"

Clarisse looked at Dean and at the unfamiliar faces in the room, "Hey" she said awkwardly.

Dean walked up to her, "Causing trouble again?"

Clarisse shook her head, "No"

Dean smirked, "Good, then I'd like you to meet your half-brother Jon" he shoved him forward.

Clarisse had a shocked expression, "You're a son of Ares?"

Jon nodded, "Yeah"

Clarisse grinned, "Hell yeah! We're gonna kill it at capture the flag!" she grabbed him and dragged him off, "Come meet the crew"

Tim watched them leave, "That's Jon's sister?"

Billy laughed, "She's hideous!"

"He didn't say much but Jon seemed nicer than Clarisse" Charlie said.

"Yeah they're completely different when it comes to their people skills" Dean said.

"What about their fighting style?" Tim asked.

"They're exactly the same" Dean laughed.

"I gotta get to work or else Clarisse is gonna harass me, I'll see you guys later" Charlie said.

The three of them left the forge.

"Aight, so where my people's at?" Billy asked.

"Follow me" Dean said and they followed him.

On their way to the Hermes cabin they ran into Argus.

Argus looked like a typical blond surfer dude, with the exception that he had a hundred blue eyes all over his body.

"This is Argus, camp security" Dean said.

Billy raised his hand to touch one of the eyeballs.

Argus smacked his hand and glared at him.

"Damn, relax" Billy said.

Argus stayed silent and left.

"He doesn't talk much does he?" Tim asked.

"I think it's because he's got an eyeball on his tongue" Dean said.

"On his tongue?!" They both said in unison.

"I've never seen it, only heard about it. Which is the main reason why he doesn't talk much" Dean said.

"What do you think he does when he goes down on a girl?" Billy asked.

Dean and Tim stopped and stared at Billy with a weird expression.

"That's disturbing" Tim admitted.

"Very" Dean said as they kept going.

They stopped in front of the Hermes cabin.

"Brace yourself for chaos" Dean said before knocking on the door.

"Chaos?" Billy said.

The door opened and two teenagers were standing there.

They were both tall and skinny with a mop of curly brown hair that hung in their blue eyes. They wore an orange camp T-shirt untucked over baggy shorts.

Connor and Travis Stoll. Twin brothers that were nearly perfectly identical. Travis is a little bit taller than his brother, Connor, which is the only way people can tell them apart.

In the background dozens of other teens were bouncing around the room like they were on cocaine.

"Zeus junior, what's up?" Connor asked.

One of the teens climbed up a bookcase and jumped off, "The people's elbow!"

They all had elvish features, upturned eyebrows, a sarcastic smile and a gleam in their eyes, like they were ready to drop a firecracker down your shirt. Same as Billy.

Billy's face lit up, "You guys are playing SmackDown?"

Travis turned around and frowned, "Hey I said I was the Rock!" He jumped on the pile of kids wrestling.

Connor looked at Billy and Tim, "Never seen you two before"

"This is Tim, son of Athena, and Billy your new brother" Dean said.

Connor smiled and turned around, "Hey guys we got another one!" He grabbed Billy and dragged him inside.

"A new son of Hermes has arrived" Connor said.

"And his name is John Cena!" Billy jumped into the pile and started wrestling with all of them.

Dean closed the door with a smirk, "He's gonna have fun"

Tim nodded, "Lots of it"

They then walked over to the Athena cabin and knocked on the door.

The next morning everyone in camp gathered bright and early.

Billy yawned, "Why do we have to be up so early for?"

Tim stretched his legs, "Train our bodies to not need as much rest"

Jon was standing up straight but snoring lightly.

Tim looked up at Jon's face and saw that he was asleep, "Damn"

Chiron arrived with Dean next to him.

"Half-bloods" Chiron called out to the crowd.

Everyone focused on him except for Jon who was sleeping.

Tim shook Jon, "Jon, wake up"

Jon opened his eyes, "Extra bacon on the burger…" he mumbled as he looked around.

"I've decided to try a different method of training. One that revolves around small teams, but before we can do that there are certain individuals that need to catch up to my standards" Chiron said looking around.

The Aphrodite cabin awkwardly looked away.

"Now I'd like you all to meet your training partners, the person you'll be spending every minute of every day with" Chiron said.

He paired everyone off with someone but he left the most interesting duo's for last, "Jon and Billy. Dean and Tim"

"Aw c'mon, do I really have to be paired with him?" Jon complained.

"Well excuse me but you're not the best teammate either" Billy said.

Dean walked over to Tim.

"We're gonna rule" Tim fist pounded Dean.

Dean knew from when they first met that those two would have a special rivalry. Strength and speed, complete opposites and the outcome of the fight is completely unknown. Of course, he couldn't help but share this information with Chiron.

Teammates were helping each other get over the lava wall. One gave the other a boost and then he would help his teammate over.

"Know your comrade" Chiron said as the duos performed, "The greater your knowledge, the deeper your trust"

Dean leaped and landed at the top of the wall without having to climb. He then offered a helping hand to Tim.

Tim spit on one of his hands and rubbed them together, "No way you're gonna show me up" he jumped, put his foot in one of the wall indentations and jumped again.

He was centimeters away from grasping the top but gravity kicked in and he started falling.

Dean grabbed his hand saving him from a fall, "Almost had it"

"I like the creativity Tim, and nice save Dean" Chiron said.

Jon and Billy went next. Billy gave Jon a boost to help him up and he placed himself at the top of the wall.

"Ok, now, you heard him. Knowledge brings trust" Billy said, "Ok?"

"Yeah, yeah" Jon gave him a hand, "Come on"

'Let's see what happens' Dean thought.

Billy jumped up, grabbed his hand, and tried to pull himself up.

Jon chuckled, "I guess you don't know me that well" he dropped Billy and he fell hard on his ass and some of the others laughed at him, "Oops"

Chiron trotted up to the wall and kicked it resulting in Jon falling down as well, "You can't lift a pebble with only one finger"

Jon looked embarrassed.

Jon and Billy were standing on the wooden rods that were barely big enough to step on.

"The point is to be the last man standing" Dean said spinning around a wooden staff in his hands, "And remember, balance is key" he passed the staff to Jon.

Jon stepped forward on the wooden rods in front of him shaking from his lack of balance.

"Oh, looks like Jon is a little off-key" Billy made fun of him.

Jon got mad and went for a leg sweep with the staff.

Billy jumped over it and flipped in the air before landing in the same spot.

Billy hit Jon's right leg making him wobble a little, "Balance"

Jon went to hit Billy in the face but he ducked underneath it and hit Jon's left leg, "Is"

Billy ducked underneath another swing and hit Jon in the chest, "Key!"

Jon toppled over and fell on his back.

Billy laughed at him.

Suddenly Billy's legs were swiped from under him and he fell on his back.

"Respect all warriors" Chiron said, "Friend or foe" he walks away.

Tim grabbed the staff and jumped on the logs, "You ready partner?"

Dean took the staff from Billy and jumped on the logs, "Whenever you are"

They both stepped closer and kept on trying to knock the other down. They kept on blocking, parrying, countering for over a minute.

"You're pretty good" Tim admitted. He placed the end of his staff on one of the logs and pole vaulted over Dean and kicked him off the logs, "But I'm better"

Dean landed on his feet, "I'm happy being second best staffer"

Jon and Billy stood across from each other in the sandpits.

Each of them were given their own sets of armor, which they were adjusting too.

Chiron eyed the giant axe in Jon's hands, such a large weapon could be very lethal. Although Billy's speed does ease his conscience he still feels obligated to remind them of the rules, "Now remember, maiming is a part of the exercise but you must absolutely be wary not to kill"

Jon nodded, "I'll be careful"

Billy drew his daggers and switched to a reverse grip, "Alright big man" he waved him over, "Come at me"

Jon leaped and swung his axe downward.

Billy moved out of the way at the last second and sliced Jon's waist underneath his chest piece.

"Close but no cigar" Billy grinned as he tried to hide the difficulty he was having.

Dean noticed Billy was moving at half speed, that armor is no joke.

Jon ignored the flesh wound and charged at Billy again.

Dean also noticed the armor had no effect on Jon so far, he probably couldn't even feel it with his strength.

Billy ducked underneath the axe and was about to counter attack when he lost his balance and fell, "Crap!"

Jon swung his axe downward and Billy rolled out of the way to avoid it.

Chiron trotted closer to the sandpit where Dean was standing, "That armor is severely slowing Billy down"

Billy got up and went to tackle Jon but he bounced off his armor.

"No kidding, I'm afraid Billy's going to make a mistake and lose his head" Dean said.

Jon ran at Billy and swung his axe horizontally.

"If something happens do me a favor and step in, I might not be fast enough" Chiron said.

Billy slid underneath the axe and sliced his bicep.

Jon instinctively elbowed him in the head knocking him down.

Billy fell on his back feeling dizzy.

Jon swung his axe downward again.

Billy went to get up but the weight of the armor was holding him down, preventing him from dodging.

Dean leaped and caught Jon's axe by the handle right before it hit Billy, "That was a little too close"

Jon backed away awkwardly, "Sorry"

Billy was still trying to get up, "Is this how fat people feel when they try to do sit ups?"

Dean helped him up, "Yeah, but it looks way funnier when you do it"

"Next, Dean and Tim" Chiron said.

Jon and Billy walked off the sands and Tim stood across from Dean.

Tim spun his staff in his hand, "Ready?"

Dean drew his sword and prepared himself, "When you are"

"Begin" Chiron signaled.

Dean and Tim charged at each other.

Author's note: And so begins their days at camp. Now let's see what obstacles they will encounter