"Remind me again why you went first?!" Percy demanded as we crawled through an air vent. We had snuck around the side of the building and found the duct leading in so naturally we decided to go into it. Which led to the complaining machine behind me who has not shut up for one fucking second!

"Percy?! This is a mission of subtlety, so that means...shut the fuck up!" I whispered harshly and he closed his mouth as we continued to crawl through the vents. Finally they got a little bit bigger so we were able to go at a reasonable pace.

We reached a grate and looked down to see a few soldiers standing guard at a door.

"So, did you hear? Langdon is looking to squeeze more money out of that mystery investor." one of them said, the second scoffed.

"Is he serious? He's already gotten rich why ask for more?" he asked his friend.

"Greed? Not entirely sure, come on we should probably not be standing around when the emissary gets here. Makes us look lazy." the first one said and they walked away chatting.

I looked at Percy and he nodded, then I lifted the grate and we both jumped down. We were in a hallway and it was totally empty, but we both knew it probably wouldn't be for long.

"Okay, you go that way, I go the other way. We look for Langdon and tell the other as soon as we can. Fifteen minutes and we abandon the mission and meet back outside regardless of whether or not we found him got it?" I said and Percy nodded readying his sword.

I gripped my rifle before we quickly split up and I raced down the hall looking through windows of empty offices and conference rooms. I ran through multiple hallways only occasionally having to hide from a guard or two. I turned another corner and saw two guards in front of a door that looked pretty fancy.

They drew their weapons and I scowled, looks like I'm doing this the hard way! They rushed me and knowing I had to be silent I quickly flipped my rifle and grabbed the barrel of the gun. The first soldier brought his sword down and I deflected with the stock of the gun and pushed him away.

The second soldier swung and I dodged before swinging my gun and nailing him in the side of the head. He crumbled to the ground as the first soldier got back up and tried to cut my head off! He was quick but I was quicker, he thrust and I rammed the stock into his nose and he dropped.

I grunted in satisfaction before I walked over to the doors and opened them.

Inside a man with graying brown hair was sitting at a desk, I vaguely recognized the guy now from the group of generals under my command when I was king. He turned and frown in surprise at seeing me "King Strife?" he asked clearly not sure what was going on.

"So...I hear you are betraying Amos." yeah I'm not wasting time here I only got a few minutes.

Langdon chuckled "Oh, betrayal is such an ugly word...I like to think of it more as-" I grabbed him and punched his gut. He groaned as I grabbed his hair and slammed his face into the desk a few times definitely breaking his nose. I threw him out of his chair and he was on the ground and my boot was pinning his wrist.

"It's betrayal...You are such a coward! Selling out your honor for money?!" I snarled and Langdon glared at me.

"My honor!? Where was your honor!? When you took command you abandoned all honor! You didn't deserve to be king! Neither does the boy! A false king appointing another! Any honor I have to Amos is nonexistent because he is not fit to rule!" Langdon spat.

I growled before twisting my boot and he squealed in pain, I started punching him with my metal hand making sure to do max damage to this prick.

"Who is behind this?! Who paid you?! Who is this Wolf Guy?!" I demanded as I punched him without mercy. After a few minutes I relented and Langdon coughed up a large amount of blood before looking at me.

"Mercy! Mercy! I will tell you everything! Please stop!" he pleaded, I rolled my eyes before moving off of him. He slowly and painfully got to his feet, his face bloodied and destroyed. He gulped hard as he leaned against his desk "He approached us just after the Giant War ended. He met with each General in secret, any that did not agree was assassinated by that mad dog he has doing his errands." he started.

I nodded as he continued.

"When it was clear that not even we were safe we fell in line, me being the first because of my hatred towards Amos. He paid us ungodly amounts of money to supply foot soldiers, weapons, cannons, Greek fire, and really anything he wanted." he said.

"Who is this guy? Who's the mad dog?" I asked softly.

Langdon opened his mouth and then suddenly neck exploded and I was showered in blood. I backed up as Langdon fell to the ground dead, I turned and saw a large knife embedded into the wall to my left, I looked to my right and my breath hitched.

Wolf Guy was standing there holding his gladius, now that I was personally seeing his sword I noticed it wasn't gold it was white! What the hell is it made out of?!

Wolfs amber eyes were as dark as stone as he walked in, I quickly got up and pulled out my rifle "So...you're the Wolf Guy." I said trying to keep my breathing under control. That mask was so fucking terrifying!

The man growled slightly in an almost feral way, like he was more animal than man. We circled each other as if trying to find the others weaknesses, neither one of us making the first move.

"Who are you?" I asked and the man said nothing as he continued glaring at me, I knew he didn't speak but it was worth a shot okay?! I glanced down at Langdons dead body, he had killed him to keep him quiet, I see why, the dude told me almost everything. If I was this dude I would kill him too!

I did my best to keep myself stable as I stared at that terrifying mask in front of me. Finally Wolf rushed forward and I didn't even have time to shoot he smacked the gun to the side with the flat of his blade and sliced into my shoulder.

Now I know what you are thinking, big deal I'm wearing my coat well guess what?! THIS FUCKERS SWORD SLICED THROUGH MY COAT!

I grunted in pain and grabbed my shoulder, feeling blood rush through my fingers. Wolf advanced slowly as if calculating what I was going to do. I backed up and grit my teeth before raising my gun to attack, Wolf moved in a blur of movement the second I fired and I missed. He rushed by me and sliced my side once again cutting through the fabric.

I dropped my gun as I grabbed my side in pain, what is he wielding?! I saw him ten feet in front of me, his eye gleaming with joy. I grit my teeth, I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction!

He rushed forward and I quickly grabbed my gun letting the blood flow out of my shoulder. Instead of trying to shoot, I raised my gun and deflected his swing, sparks flew and I swear I heard a CRACK come from my gun. Wolf cocked his head as he looked at my gun before stepping back a few feet and repositioning himself.

"Come on asshole! That all you got?!" I shouted at him, I was breathing pretty heavily now but this prick could cut through my coat! He's going to pay for that!

Wolf leaped forward and appeared to be swinging down, I raised my gun to deflect him again.

That was my mistake.

Instead he quickly brought his sword down to his side, bypassing my stance and then bringing the sword up. In one mighty swing he cut my chest, slashed my stomach...

And split my gun in two.

I was thrown off my feet as my now destroyed gun laid on the ground in pieces. I felt blood rushing out of me but tears also came out as I stared at my rifle, it was shattered! Ruined! This motherfucker! THIS MOTHERFUCKER!

"I'LL KILL YOU!" I shrieked getting to my feet and lunging at him, he sidestepped and cut my shoulder before he slashed my back a number of times. I fell on top of Langdons desk gasping for breath as blood dripped from my lips, it dribbled onto some papers as the pain overwhelmed me.

Then I felt a hand on my good shoulder and I was turned over to face Wolf. His amber eyes piercing mine, he grabbed a compass that was on the desk and pinned my wrist to the table making my artificial hand useless.

Wolf then opened my jacket a little and grunted in amusement, he unclipped my whip and examined it before strapping it to his belt. I was breathing raggedly as I stared him down, I am going to murder him! Fuck Amos and fuck the Gargareans! This is fucking personal!

He then leaned forward and I could hear the way he breathed, like a beast savoring a kill.

"You...will...die." he said slowly his voice deep and scratchy.

My breathing basically stopped as he leaned away, who the fuck is this guy?! I struggled but with all of the slashes across my torso I couldn't find the energy. Wolf backed away and started swinging the air as if practicing how he was going to decapitate me.

I closed my eyes to try and block out the pain but seeing the darkness only seemed to intensify the pain. Wait...the darkness! I did my best to concentrate on the shadows around me hoping I still had enough energy to pull this off. I was able to conjure some before but now I needed some to break free!

Wolf seemed to have had enough practice as he stalked towards me and raised his sword above his head.

"SAM!" a voice shouted behind us, Wolf turned only to have a Celestial Bronze sword scrape and spark against his helmet.

Percy quickly ran in and ripped the compass off my wrist and pulled me up, "Come on we need to go now!" he said and I nodded weakly as we limped towards the door. Percy turned to look behind us and gasped "Look out!" he said as he ducked but I turned as I felt the familiar tug in my gut and raised my hand.

Just as his sword came down the shadows solidified around my hand in the form of a short sword, his sword collided with it and I held my ground. Wolf looked at the shadowy weapon and then at the sweat pouring down my face before using his other hand to smack my good arm and slash my collar.

I screamed as I Percy dragged me out of the room, I slammed into the wall and immediately coated it with my blood. I saw Wolf walking towards us but I snapped my finger slightly and two Phonois rose from the ground, I only had enough energy to summon two but they got the job done.

Wolf stopped and faced the two murderous spirits as Percy grabbed my and basically carried me down the hall. We weaved through this maze of a building passing by multiple dead soldiers, no doubt the handiwork of Wolf.

We made it into a stairwell and I could feel myself blacking out as we made out way down. Finally we reached the lobby where a number of dead soldiers laid in puddles of blood.

"Almost there Sam!" Percy said and I nodded weakly, we could make it! We just need to get some Ambrosia and we have plenty we just need to-

CRACK

I felt something wrap around my neck and I was thrown from Percy's grip. He shouted my name as I slammed into the ground and groaned loudly. Percy ran over to me, his sword drawn and tried to get whatever was around my neck undone but failed miserably.

"Celestial Bronze..." I muttered as my vision was getting darker and darker "Can't...break it...get...help." I mumbled and Percy nodded before looking behind me. Clearly he was conflicted on whether or not he should stay and fight but in the end he did the smart thing and ran out the door.

I gurgled up some blood as I felt a foot on my back, the material around my neck retracted I knew all too well how my whip works and now it was being used against me.

"Suffer." Wolf said behind me before he grabbed my right arm and pulled back. The second my arm broke I screamed and cried as he dropped it in a not so very pleasant manner causing me to scream more. I could practically feel the grin on his face as he reached down and grabbed my other arm. He pulled up and I felt my muscles and bones straining to stay in place but he was so much stronger than me...in every way! He isn't my equal, he isn't an inferior combatant! This guy...this guy wins!

He yanked up hard and I felt my bones break and I didn't even scream, at this point everything was so numb. My vision was tunneling, the fact I was still conscious was nothing short of a miracle.

I felt a sword against my back and heard Wolf chuckling above me.

"Hylla..." was all I said as I closed my eyes and accepted my fate.

My mind twisted as I lost consciousness, I heard glass shattering, someone shouting, swords clashing, and something grabbing me.

Then nothing.

REVIEW! So it looks like Sam has not only met a formidable opponent but an opponent who is bent on breaking him! Anyone want to take a guess at who it might be?! Trust me you will all lose your shit when the big reveal happens!