Annabeth walked out of the cabin she shared with the other members of Chaos's forces and looked around. She took in the sights and sounds of the Camp around her and walked towards the dining hall. She felt tired especially after her conversation with Luke the other day and wanted some time alone to gather her thoughts.

She figured that maybe getting out of the Camp and the world of the gods would help her. Going into the city would help clear her mind and she decided after the meeting going over strategies that she would inform both Atreus and Aishling about her plans to go into the city for a day. Ash she neared the hall she noticed it was nearly empty except for one person sitting on the Poseidon bench talking to a fish in a bowl. Annabeth recalled her name being Rose, granted it was hard to forget the name of the girl who called her a bitch, Annabeth couldn't blame her for her harsh words. She gathered some food and offered some to her mother before sitting down at the Chaos table and eating a collection of fruits and bread. She could feel someone staring at her and looked up to see the fish staring at her while Rose was laughing.

"Don't say that, it's not nice." Rose said to no one.

The fish Annabeth was staring at then turned to face Rose before swimming in circles causing Rose to burst out laughing even more.

"Let me guess you're talking to the fish." Annabeth spoke up.

Rose stopped laughing and looked at Annabeth eyes narrowed. "First the fish has a name, and his name is Phalanges, second yes I am talking to the fish, considering who my dad is."

Annabeth sighed and walked over before standing in front of Rose.

"Look I get that you don't like me because of what happened between me and your brother, but I would at least like to get to know you. You're a child of Poseidon and I would like to know what you're strengths and weaknesses are." Annabeth said staring at the girl in front of her.

Rose looked at her, "Always thinking of a plan, he did say you were the planner. What would you like to know?"

"I want to spar, in the arena. Show me what you can do, prove you aren't as weak as your brother was when he was 13. Meet me there in 10 minutes." Annabeth said before walking out of the dining hall and towards the arena.

Rose stared at the blonde before getting up angrily and walking over to her cabin getting ready because she knew she would prove that she was strong.

Arena

Jason looked on as the two fighters clashed, Clarisse thrusting maimer forward multiple times to be dodged by Atreus who fought defensively to start, before bringing his knee up and striking Clarisse in her gut. Clarisse staggered back winded and glared at Atreus who then rushed forward using his axes to try and disarm Clarisse who was now put on the defensive. She blocked his attacks well with her shield before ducking to the side and using the butt end of her spear to stun Atreus then bashing him with her shield forcing him back.

Atreus looked up in surprise before smiling and walking forward twirling his axes in a circle. Clarisse looked at him in shock before a look of determination came onto her face and she charged doing something no one expected, she threw her shield at him causing him to drop on of his axes and not being able to defend himself from Clarisse's next attack which scratched his abdomen. Clarisse pressed forward stabbing more aggressively now that she no longer held a shield.

Jason looked on figuring the to be won by Clarisse when the axe behind Clarisse started shaking and shot towards Atreus, knocking Clarisse's feet out from under her. Instantly Atreus had both of his axes to Clarisse's throat, "Yield." Atreus asked.

Clarisse glared at him before nodding acknowledging defeat and getting up.

"Well fought Daughter of Ares it was a spirited affair." Atreus said while smiling.

"Yeah good fight, I'll get you next time." Clarisse said while picking up her shield.

"You've improved." Annabeth said walking up to Clarisse and smiling.

"Of course, I've had 5 years Princess you think I wouldn't have improved. You came here for a fight? Grace over there might be up for it." Clarisse told her while smiling.

"Nope, I have Rose coming here for a little bit of a match, I want to see how strong she is." Annabeth said while pulling out two knives and twirling them absentmindedly.

Clarisse and Jason looked at her in shock.

"Why would you challenge her?" Jason asked bewildered.

Annabeth looked confused before responding. "I just want to see how strong she is, I want to know if she's more powerful then Percy at her age that's all. I even told her that."

Clarisse looked at Annabeth then to Jason. "She's dead."

Annabeth looked at Clarisse with a frown, "I am sure she can manage; I won't hurt her either."

Jason responded still shocked, "It's not her I'm worried about, it's you, Rose is more powerful then Percy was at the age of 13, combine that with the fact that she using a fighting style very different from Percy makes her very strong and unpredictable."

Annabeth smiled, "Good then it'll be a good fight."

Clarisse was about to respond when she heard a commotion behind her.

The three of them turned around and saw Rose standing there, a spear and shield in hand.

"Come on then, you want to see how strong I am, I'll show you how strong I am." Rose challenged before glaring at the other campers around her who went back and sat on the seats.

The soldiers of Chaos looked at Annabeth who nodded before they themselves took a seat in the bleachers as well. Clarisse and Jason looked at Annabeth one more time before taking a seat on the benches.

"What are the rules." Rose asked.

"Don't hold back, fight till the opponent yields and use everything you got kid." Annabeth said while setting her feet into the ground.

"Good."

Rose charged Annabeth so fast the blonde was just able to get her guard up blocking a strike from a sword. Annabeth saw the blade and was confused; she could have sworn that the weapon Rose was holding was a spear but ignored it and pushed Rose back. She wanted to take a second to examine the girl but was unable to as a stream of arrows were fired towards Annabeth who had to use her agility to dodge the arrows before one caught her in her shoulder, forcing her to take a step back in pain. Now Rose was standing there with a bow in hand and was firing arrows freely because of the space Annabeth created. Annabeth then decided to start advancing forward before she yet again was surprised as the bow morphed into a spear and she jumped back avoiding a thrust that came at her. The spear then shifted to a sword which slashed at Annabeth who ducked underneath and attempted to slash upwards before she was blocked by a shield.

'So, she has a weapon that can morph into a sword, shield and bow as well as a shield that can appear on will.' Annabeth thought to herself before she took a breath.

"Nice toys kid, Percy definitely didn't have anything like that, makes fighting you harder than I thought." Annabeth said knowing that it would upset the girl in front of her. Instead of seeing anger in her eyes, Annabeth only saw determination and yet again was charged. As she saw Rose near she was about to raise her arms to block the strike before she couldn't move her body and was faced with a blade coming towards her head and was sliced at her cheek drawing black blood from her cheek. She turned in shock and looked at the girl in front of her.

"You may have known my brother, but you know nothing about me. Ironic black blood for a cold-hearted bitch like yourself." Rose taunted.

Annabeth's eyes flared in ager before she turned and launched herself at the girl in front of her wanting to now make an example out of her.

Rose was shocked at the speed in which Annabeth attacked but was not surprised consider what she had just down and was on the back foot. She was pushed back and jumped up onto the wall before pushing off and landing behind Annabeth who turned with her dagger out and clipped Rose on the shoulder. What Annabeth saw rooted her on spot, instead of red blood coming out of the wound she saw golden ichor.

Rose saw Annabeth paused and rushed forward holding her shield out in front of her and spear over top jabbing and forcing Annabeth into the wall who rolled out to eh side and jumped up avoiding a sword swinging at her. She then took advantage of the forward position of Rose and kicked her back leg out forcing Rose onto one knee and kicking her shield out of her hand and slashing with her knives which Rose was able to block with her sword. Annabeth pushed forward with all her strength wanting to end the fight. She saw Rose close her eyes and her face went from being strained to being calm in seconds.

Rose knew that she was going to lose the fight if she couldn't think of anything quickly then heard what sounded like Percy's voice in her head,

'Breathe Rose breathe. Feel the air around you, feel the air, feel the breeze on your face, feel the ground beneath your feet holding you up, keep you stable. The power, feel the power Rose it's influence pumping through your veins, travelling to every nerve in your body like a shock, you're no longer you now. You're a part of something greater, a part of the ocean now do it.'

A roaring of water forced Annabeth to turn before she was swept off her feet by a torrent of water slamming her into the wall of the arena. As the water stopped she looked up to see Rose floating with tendrils of water around her ready to rush forward and sweep Annabeth off her feet again.

"So you are strong." Annabeth said to herself before charging at the girl deciding to finish the fight now.

Rose pushed the tendrils of water forward to stop Annabeth who dodged the first 3 before she used a shield made up of pure energy to block the last one before she jumped toward Rose.

Rose smirked thinking that she could easily counter Annabeth's attack which seemed too telegraphed. Just before Annabeth reached Rose she was gone, and Rose looked confused as she lunged forward with her sword and then heard a noise behind her. She turned her head in time to see Annabeth behind her who kicked her full force into the ground causing a dust cloud to cover the arena. When the dust settled Annabeth stood over Rose her knives at Rose's throat.

"I yield." Rose said while groaning.

Annabeth looked at the girl beneath her before and nodded in approval,

"You're stronger than you're brother was at this age which is good, where did you learn all that and where did you get that weapon?" Annabeth asked curiously.

"Percy taught me all the stuff with water, he spent the first 2 years of me being here training me individually, he wanted me to be able to fight for myself when he wasn't going to be able to protect me. The weapon was a gift from Percy and Tyson, Percy noticed that I was fairly good at using different weapons but preferred a sword and spear. The bow was an added feature after he discovered I was good at archery compared to him, granted everyone is better at archery then he is." Rose said as she collapsed her Swiss blade like weapon into a wrist band.

"He taught you well, I'm sorry for my earlier comments, I wanted you to let out everything and I am not disappointed." Annabeth helped the girl up before looking around the arena seeing the faces of the campers who looked on in awe.

Jason, Clarisse and Atreus walked over, "My lady you are cut." Atreus said in concern.

Annabeth reached up to her cheek feeling the liquid on her cheek and healing it on spot doing the same to her shoulder. She turned to Rose and healed her cut as well,

"You were made immortal?" Annabeth asked.

"Yeah something that Uncle Zeus actually insisted after find out about me, something about having powerful demi-gods to help Olympus when needed. I still can age until I want to stop so I'm going to wait it out and will probably stop around my late teens." Rose said looking disappointed.

Jason looked at the two of them, "You guys that was amazing, you both fought so well." He then looked at Annabeth, "I'm assuming you have more powers you just didn't use."

Annabeth nodded before stretching, "We should gather in the Great House again, we have to plan a defensive strategy."

'I'll get the cabin leaders again and get them to the great house in 10 minutes." Clarisse said before walking off.

"Atreus could you please bring Aishling to the Great House as well, I would like you two there." Annabeth asked Atreus who nodded.

Annabeth then looked at Jason, "Can you bring me a map of the borders of Camp Half Blood and see if you can bring over the leaders of Camp Jupiter"

Jason nodded before walking off.

Annabeth then looked at Rose, "Can we talk? I want to get to know you a little more now."

Rose nodded and walked beside Annabeth as they made their way to the Big House.

"How old were you when you came to camp?" Annabeth asked.

"I was 7, just like you my birthday was a couple days away when Percy found me. My mom and stepdad died in a car accident, so I was in an orphanage when he came. It was pretty easy for him to take me considering how filled the orphanage was and the resemblance to me, he made it pretty convincing that he was a long-lost brother, obviously he wasn't lying and was able to take me and bring me here. The journey here was rough, he would have died protecting me if it wasn't for Luke and the Hunters of Artemis being there to save him. He left pretty quickly after dropping me off at Camp, but he's come back to train me and get to know me better. I IM him sometimes whenever I'm bored and want to talk. He's the only reason I'm as good as I am at using my powers, if it wasn't for him I would be weak." Rose explained while looking at Annabeth.

"Sounds just like him, have you met his sister on his moms' side?" Annabeth asked curious to see how close they were.

"Yup met Sally, Paul, Hannah and Mike. Sally is the best she's so kind and caring and so is Paul. Hannah is great as well like a little sister I never had." Rose said while smiling.

"Mike? So he also has a little brother now." Annabeth said as they entered the Rec Room and sat down waiting for the other to arrive.

The others came into the room now along with Hazel and Frank from Camp Jupiter who both gave Annabeth a hug before taking their seats. Atreus and Aishling sat next to Annabeth and looked around the room at the campers who looked bored and wanted to get the meeting over with.

"Where are Luke, Nico and Thalia?" Annabeth asked noticing the trio was missing.

"They're gone for the day, will be back later on, we'll fill them in later about what we go over, Phoebe will be representing the Hunters on behalf of Thalia." Chiron told Annabeth who nodded.

"Jason the maps." Annabeth asked Jason who gave her the maps of the Camp.

Annabeth examined the maps before giving them to Atreus who looked at the map thoughtfully.

"First thing is merging both Camps, we want to make sure they two groups of demi-gods can't be separated, can we get them all into one Camp?" Annabeth asked looking at Chiron and Frank and Hazel.

"We can, just have to ask Zeus to expand the borders of the Camp but it can be done." Chiron said.

"Good we will have to set up two lines of defense, one facing the forest the other the hill, we want to make sure we're protected from both sides. Do we have to worry about the ocean?" Annabeth asked looking at Rose.

"Nope, my father and Triton will make sure no one will get near camp." Rose said looking at Annabeth.

"Good we'll have less ground to cover, I'm assuming we have some ships left over from the battle with the Giants." Annabeth asked looking at Leo.

"Yup they're at Camp Jupiter but we can bring them here when the campers arrive giving us some more stuff to blow stuff up with." Leo said while smiling.

Annabeth smiled, "Finally, we're getting a plan together."