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The Unrelenting Frozen Seas: Symphony of Tempering

Chapter Five: New Sibling Blues, Envious Greens

Beta: ShadowofAxios

It was a few weeks since the incident with the godkiller and Triton's unpleasantly close brush with death and Rhode was finally returning to Camp Half-Blood. They were in fact only a short swim from Camp's seaside beach when Triton signalled for her and the honor guard of mermen and naiads that had escorted them there to a stop.

"You'll have to go the rest of the way alone, Rhode." Triton said as Rhode turned to look at him curiously.

"You can't come with me?"

"Normally it wouldn't be an issue but with tensions only just simmering down it's best we don't do anything that might provoke our Uncle."

Rhode nodded. Zeus would see Triton escorting her back to Camp with an entire unit of armed mermen as provocative, wouldn't he? Nevermind that it was a totally logical security measure considering recent events. The King of Olympus could be so unreasonable at times.

"So before I go, mind telling me now who succeeded in returning the Master Bolt?"

Rhode had tried to get an answer to this question umpteen times in the past but had been deflected at every turn. Sure, she'd been informed that a Camper had helped return the Master Bolt and the Helm of Darkness, which unbeknownst to almost everyone had also been stolen, to their respective owners thus averting war between the Big Three and lifting the death sentence Zeus put on her head. But! She had not been told who this mysterious hero was.

"You'll find out soon enough," Triton said with a shake of his head. "Just know to be wary of this new hero."

This was more than Triton, or anyone really, had told her so far about this new Camper so she couldn't help the worried frown that spread across her face.

"Why?"

"You'll understand once you've met him."

"Triton~!" Rhode whined.

"You know acting cute won't change my mind, Rhode." Triton said with an amused grin. "You've tried that tactic already."

Rhode pouted at that.

"Neither will pouting," her divine brother added.

"Fine~! Be all mysterious," Rhode said, crossing her arms in mock anger at her brother's refusal to tell her anything meaningful.

Triton just laughed at her antics.

Rhode held out a minute but eventually laughed too.

As they both calmed down after a moment, Triton pulled her into a hug.

"Take care sister," he said as he squeezed her tight.

"I will." Rhode assured him. "You take care too."

"I'll try," Triton said with an amused grin as they pulled apart. "Now go. It's about time you returned to Camp Half-Blood. I am sure all your friends there are anxious to see you again."

At that reminder, an intense desire to see everyone she loved at Camp washed over Rhode and she nodded eagerly.

"I hope to see you again soon, brother." Rhode told Triton sincerely.

"You will," Triton promised. "Now go already. Unless you want to stay down here in the seas forever…"

"I'm going. I'm going." Rhode said with a roll of her eyes at the oft repeated offer. She might take her divine family up on the offer some day but that time was not now. For now, she simply had too many people on land that she cared about to leave it behind.

With one last wave goodbye, Rhode turned and began swimming the remaining distance to Camp.

Stepping out of the surf, the water sliding off of her body for the first time in months, Rhode took a deep breath of oxygen and felt it fill her lungs like a long lost friend.

Her sea green eyes looked around on the beach, hoping to survey what she could of Camp and try to piece together what had changed while she'd been away only to find a sight that had her eyes widening in surprise. There, on the beach, was Su.

Their eyes met and Rhode felt her stomach curdle in shame at the beatific smile on the sweet daughter of Demeter's face. All whilst a blush covered her tanned cheeks.

"Rhode!" The petite girl cried out happily as she ran over and pulled the daughter of Poseidon into a hug. One that Rhode happily returned.

The happy reunion lasted for only a moment before things got awkward. And as Su pulled away, with her pale cheeks flush and a wince crossing her visage, an uncomfortable silence began to descend upon them.

Rhode felt pretty much the same due to how they had previously parted. She had no idea what to say, and neither, it seemed, did Su. As a result, the silence lingered and became ever more uncomfortable.

Thinking quickly, Rhode spat out the first non-controversial thing that came to mind. "So, looks like I keep getting taller than you, Su. Hehe~"

It was true, her stint in Atlantis had gifted her with a few more inches allowing her to reach 5'8 while Su stood at best 5'3. Yet Rhode found this to be fine, since a tiny Su was a cute Su to Rhode.

Her joke was met with a slap across her face.

Cheek stinging, she smiled awkwardly, and said. "Yeah, I deserved that."

"And more."

"...I can't even begin to say how sorry I am."

"You could, but you'd bumble through it and end up not making any sense."

"Yeah…" Rhode gulped, a deep unsettled feeling making itself at home in her gut.

Footsteps drew their attention and they both turned to see Lee walking towards them. His eyes widened at sighting Rhode and he broke out into a light jog.

"Rhode! Hey, welcome back!"

Smiling, when he was close, she pulled the older boy into a tight hug.

"I missed you too, Lee. It's been surreal the past few months."

"We chatted via IM all the time," Lee reminded her teasingly.

"It's not the same," Rhode told him as she pulled away to shoot him a glare.

"Yeah, I know." Lee admitted with a grin. "It's good to have you back in the flesh, Rhode."

"So, um, I'd love to catch up more with you guys but, uh, I really want to check up on Jack." Both her friends frowned so Rhode rambled out an explanation. "It's not 'cos he's my boyfriend! I've decided I'm not ready for relationships right now. It's just he's hurt and unlike you guys I couldn't IM him, so…"

"We get it Rhode." Su said placatingly. "Go see him. He's up in the Big House."

"Thanks Su," Rhode said offering the other girl a smile. "See you later. You too, Lee."

With that she ran off to check on how the son of Khione was doing.

Well, there she goes running off to that jerk's side. Again! Lee thought with a frown as he turned to his friend, fully expecting to have to comfort her over Rhode's unfeeling behavior. He was thus thoroughly confused by Su's reaction.

"So why are you so happy, Su?" Lee asked the girl who, despite her ex-girlfriend running off to check on her love rival, was smiling like a loon.

"I'm the one she talked to first." She told him, her smile transiting into a smirk. "And didn't you hear her? She's not in any relationships now. That means Jack isn't her boyfriend at the moment."

"That goes for you too."

"Yes, but I can wait~" Su told him with a disturbing look. It radiated undying devotion and unending patience. It would've been great if Rhode was able to reciprocate the depth of feeling, but after the disaster that was her love life so far he honestly wasn't sure the daughter of Poseidon could.

"Well, uh, good luck with that?" He said uncertainly.

"I don't need luck," Su said with a shy smile as she played with the pair of rings he knew she wore around her neck on a chain. "I will get what I want. I just need to be patient. Like any kind of gardener."

Lee just nodded and backed away.

Oh no! She's about to go all yandere isn't she!?

"Right, um, sure. So, uh, now that Rhode's back and you can stop spending hours of the day looking out at sea and pining for her, want to I dunno do something else? Have a go at the Climbing Wall? Spar?"

"Hmm," Su said, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. "I kinda feel in the mood to whoop your ass today. The arena?"

Aw man, why did I suggest sparring? Lee thought with a shiver as Su's pet tentacle monster poked its vines out from the collar of her Camp tee. I'm so gonna get violated.

After spending fifteen minutes sitting at the insensate Jack's bedside just staring at him in dismay in the room set aside for him in Camp's infirmary up at the Big House, Rhode couldn't take it anymore and left.

She was barely out of the infirmary when Bethy ambushed her.

"Rhode!" The daughter of Athena cried out happily as she hugged her. "It's so good to have you back at Camp. I missed you so much!"

Wrapping the girl in the tightest hug possible, the daughter of Poseidon buried her face in Bethy's hair and kissed her crown. "Gods I missed you, Bethy."

"I did not miss that name." The blonde muffled out from the hug with a soft hiccup and laugh.

"Can you two stop being all mushy and loud!?" Mr. D shouted from deeper in the Big House. "Some of us are trying to avoid doing work in peace here!"

"Sorry Mr. D!" Rhode shouted back.

"Let's go to my Cabin and chat," Bethy suggested. "I've got so much to tell you."

"Me too." Rhode told her with a nod.

The two shuffled off to Cabin Six, where they quickly sat down on Annabeth's bed. Her spot in the cabin didn't look too different. Her weapons, maps and sketching tools were all there. Her collection of snow globes that Rhode gifted her from all the spots the daughter of Poseidon had visited rested on their own shelf just like she remembered it. Even her pet puffskein Zaha's little bed sat where it always had been near Bethy's own.

"So I got you something." Rhode said as she pulled an Atlantis snow globe out of the magically expanded pocket of her dress. "Here, for your collection."

"Thanks Rhode." Bethy said with a pleased smile as she accepted the gift, her eyes sparkling with delight as she examined the architecture of the miniaturized buildings inside and probably comparing them to others she'd seen or read about.

Contrary to Rhode's expectations though she didn't focus on the snowglobe for long and instead quickly put it away on the shelf with the rest of the collection.

Returning to her bed, Bethy picked up Zaha and stroking it comfortingly she turned to Rhode with a serious look in her eyes.

"Rhode, there's something important I need to tell you."

"What is it?" Rhode asked, trying her best not to be intimidated by the grey eyes her little sister had inherited from Athena. "Did you get a boyfriend or something?"

"No, Rhode, this is serious." Bethy said with an exasperated roll of her eyes. "Did you know that you have a brother? That your Father broke the Oath a second time?"

"Oh." Well, that explained why Triton was all stiff and rigid.

As a boy, this half-blood brother of hers could challenge his place as Dad's heir in a way that she, being a girl, never could. Atlantis was like the Greek kingdoms of the Classical Age in that only sons could inherit the thrones. And whilst this boy was illegitimate… That he was Dad's son made him a threat. And considering Dad had to have broken the Oath to conceive the boy, he must have loved his mother very much. A love that might have passed onto the boy himself… Love enough for Dad to legitimize him like he and Amphitrite had all but done for her? It might seem far fetched and she knew Triton knew that too, but she could totally see it at least making him nervous.

Pinching the bridge of her nose, she sighed.

"Going to have to talk with the kid about that." She muttered, they did not need family tensions right now.

At the same time, Rhode was curious to meet her brother, since the only younger sibling she had all this time had been Bethy. She was actually a bit nervous since she actually had the responsibility to teach a cabin mate now. It wasn't something she didn't think she couldn't handle. She'd been teaching Campers various things for years but this was a whole other level of responsibility and it was just a tad daunting.

"What's his name?" Rhode asked at last.

"His name is Percy Jackson," Bethy told her with a grin that had Rhode's boyfriend radar pinging. "And he's the Quester that recovered the Master Bolt-"

Percy was just chilling in his Cabin. It hadn't always been something he had been comfortable doing. Especially not when he first moved in. Setting aside how he'd been grieving about his mom's apparent death back then, it just hadn't been a place he felt fit him. It had been set up like a loft for some art college student. But with some help from that girl from Demeter, Su, they had moved the uh, more girly items out of the way and set up one of the previously miniaturized beds with that magic wand of hers. That had made things a lot more tolerable for him and over the Summer, as he added stuff to the Cabin and moved things around a little, it had grown on him.

Back to the wand waving thing though. Apparently Su was a witch and so was his older sister. There was a school for magic that they had gone to too. The whole thing was just so weird. Though having a summer camp be the training ground for demigods was out there too so it probably wasn't that strange. But it had still thrown him for a loop when he'd heard about it.

He admitted to snooping around a bit. Who would blame his curiosity? He had been an only child for all his life, so it felt very strange to suddenly have a sister.

He had seen all the pictures on her wall. Seeing Annabeth and Luke so young was interesting. Even that punk girl from his dream during the quest. All the comic books, the collection of old cameras and the closet of weapons. Lots of weapons. The salt spring fountain with drachma in it. Even some of the trophies of the monsters the older girl had slain. It was… surreal in a way, but then again, this was a world of gods, so he guessed that it was par for the course.

He was pulled from his wandering thoughts when there was a sudden knock on the door.

Going to answer it, he found Annabeth outside with an older girl wearing a fancy dress standing behind her.

"Percy, this is-"

He didn't need his friend's introduction to know who the other pretty girl was. The moment he saw her, he'd felt a deep sense of familiarity with her. He had known instinctively who she was.

"Welcome home, sister." He said, driven entirely by said instinct.

"Nice to meet you, brother." The girl returned easily. Her voice was strong and proud, but there was a kindness in it as she addressed him. But beyond all that there was also a strange sense that she was assessing him somehow and he couldn't help but think that she found him wanting.

Annabeth looked between the two of them for a moment before nodding to herself.

"I'll leave you two to get to know each other okay?" She said hesitantly. "Rhode, Percy, don't kill each other."

"We won't." The two children of Poseidon said at the same time.

Percy winced at this, but Rhode just chuckled and shooed Annabeth away with a pat on her shoulder.

"So, Percy, how do you want to do this?" Rhode asked as she pushed Percy lightly back into their Cabin. "Talk? Or spar?"

She took a seat in her sea green beanbag chair, relaxing in it with a fond sigh.

"Talk?" Percy replied uncertainly, unsure if he should even sit too. "I mean, you don't look dressed for a fight right now."

"You'd be surprised what I can fight in. Besides, being able to do so when you're not dressed for it is important too. You never know when an enemy will strike."

He felt like he should be taking notes, but shook his head. Now wasn't the time for that.

"But we can talk," Rhode said with a shrug, snuggling deeper into her bean bag chair. "By the way, did my clothes show up yet? Amphitrite said she'd send over my wardrobe from Atlantis."

"Yeah, there's a box by the bathroom." Percy thumbed backwards. "Hermes Express. And Amphitrite sent it over? You sure you don't need to check it for poisons."

Rhode sighed and muttered something about expecting that, before properly replying.

"Okay, let me just tell you now, Amphitrite isn't like Lady Hera in her more extreme moments. She might not like you much since you're a boy, but-"

"What does me being a boy have to do with anything?!"

"I'll explain another time." Rhode said with a tired sigh. "Right now, let's just chat about lighter stuff alright? Like what we like and dislike? Our life stories? That kinda stuff?"

Percy frowned, but a look at how exhausted his sister looked had him conceding to her suggestion. And though she was pretty damned good at hiding it, he could tell that she was a stone's throw away from dozing off. In the face of that, he couldn't help but agree.

"Okay. So, um, my favorite colour is blue."

"Well, the color war has begun! Mine is green, if you couldn't tell." She snorted and he did note a lot of green items around the cabin on his first look around.

The two siblings continued trading details and stories about their lives for the rest of the afternoon, stopping only when it was time to head over to the Dining pavilion for dinner.

Percy loved it! Having been an only child until now, he didn't know anything about having a sibling but as he and Rhode talked, he felt a growing connection with her. A connection of a type he'd never had before and like he said, he loved it!

"You sure you want to do this, Percy?" Rhode asked tauntingly as she walked with her brother into Camp's arena on her second day back at Camp. "I've got years of experience on you."

"Yeah, I know." Percy admitted as he drew his magical sword, Riptide, by uncapping a pen he'd pulled out of his pocket. "But I won't learn if I don't practice against more skilled and experienced opponents."

"Aw man, Chiron really gave you Riptide? I wanted that."

"I told you about it yesterday." Percy reminded her with a quirked eyebrow.

"I know, but I can still pout about it." She snorted with a teasing lilt in her tone as she picked up one of the few Celestial Bronze training swords.

"Until yield, first blood, or disarm?" Percy confirmed.

"Yup," Rhode agreed. "Standard Camp sparring rules."

"Okay," her brother nodded back. "On three?"

Rhode smirked and nodded. "Three!"

Without waiting for Percy to recover from the surprise of her little trick she charged him and swung at him in a powerful downward slash. To her shock, Percy moved with the fluidity of a master fighter and danced out of the path of her swing, even managing to lash out with a horizontal swing of his own that forced her to step back.

"You're good," Rhode conceded. "For a newbie!"

"Thanks," Percy said genuinely as he stepped forward and went on the offensive.

He slashed and thrust like a pro, pulling off moves that Rhode barely countered. And easily parried or evaded the few counterattacks she managed to attempt. She could see some of Luke's teaching in his swings and footwork but a lot of it was pure Percy. It wasn't up to Luke's level, but her younger brother certainly had a lot of potential.

Oh, who am I kidding? Potential? He's already a better swordsman than most of Camp! Rhode admitted as she desperately tried to keep her guard tight against Percy's relentless onslaught. I honestly think fighting him would be a real challenge for Luke.

Luke would probably win. But it would be a close thing.

"I'm not going to lose to a novice, you know?" Rhode taunted, refusing to admit defeat despite the conclusion she'd just drawn. "Try this!"

With that she launched into a move that Luke had once taught her. One that, if it worked, would disarm Percy and win her the match.

Percy seemed to anticipate it though, and he easily deflected her blade with Riptide. The force of their blades meeting was enough to almost cause Rhode to lose her grip on her weapon, but Percy wasn't done. The deflection had left her sword completely out of position and her guard open, something he moved immediately to exploit. Moving with a speed and grace that Luke, the best swordsman she knew, would've been hard pressed to match, he repositioned Riptide and dragged it along the top of her arm.

Wincing from the blood drawn from the shallow cut that Percy's move left in its wake, Rhode shook her wounded forearm. Her lips pursed as she looked at Percy with a more serious look.

Guess he didn't get carried on that Quest of his by Bethy after all. Rhode thought. Maybe he isn't so wet behind the ears as I thought.

"Okay, I'm going to call that a fluke. Let's try that again."

Twelve more matches and just as many losses later, Rhode and Percy's sparring had drawn a crowd. One that despite her getting a few hits in, including busting his lip with a fist to the face, was bearing witness to Percy owning her.

A crowd that was largely cheering for Percy, the Returner of the Master Bolt, not her. It was a bit rattling and it also kind of pissed her off. The only ones rooting for her were Cabin Five, with Clarisse literally calling for Percy's blood. But she knew they were only doing that because they were pissed at Percy for humiliating their Dad at Santa Monica during his Quest.

The whole thing made her a touch furious.

He finished one Quest and suddenly he's Camp's superstar!? And she's suddenly yesterday's news!? What the Hades!?

As a result of her anger, her form started to get progressively sloppier, causing her to again lose their latest bout.

"I'm taking a break," she shouted, fury thundering in her veins and she stormed off to go cool her head even as the crowd cheered at Percy's latest win.

"Rhode!" Percy said running up to her. "I'm so-"

"Don't apologize," Rhode cut him off. "It's not your fault. You won fair and square. It's my own fault for not being able to accept losing graciously."

Why did anger have to be my Fatal Flaw!? She cursed. And why the Pit didn't Nemesis' magic or whatever not step in and counter it!?

Not even my magic can fully suppress a FF, kiddo. An unfamiliar voice boomed in Rhode's head for a moment giving her a splitting headache before withdrawing.

"You, uh, want to talk about it?" Percy, unaware of her new divinely induced headache, asked.

Rhode would rather not to be honest, but looking at her brother's earnest face, she caved.

"I'm not really all that pissed at you winning. I'm bitter that I kept losing, but you're legit super talented with a sword, so I can deal. It's the bloody other Campers and their cheering that's really pissing me off."

"Why?" Percy asked, blinking in confusion.

"They're cheering for you like you're a superstar that's why! And all because you finished one Quest!? Sure, it had a lot riding on its success, but it was still only one Quest! I've done lots of quests! Years worth of quests!" Rhode said with a growl.

Silence stretched between before Rhode pinched her nose.

"And now I'm whining. Fuck."

"Uh, I'm sure my popularity is a passing fad." Percy offered. "I mean I'm sure they'll end up hoisting up the next successful Questers as their stars of the moment too."

"They will," Rhode assured him with a nod. "They always do. It's just I've never really been on the end of the stick where I've been reminded that I've been 'forgotten' in favor of the latest hero of the hour before. I don't like it."

"I can sympathize."

Rhode shot him a skeptical look and Percy opened his mouth, probably to try and keep comforting her but she covered it with a hand.

"It's fine Percy," she told him. "Just leave me alone for a bit. I need a little while to brood. I'll meet you back at our Cabin once I'm feeling better, okay?"

"You sure?" Her brother asked as she removed the hand covering his mouth.

"Yeah," she insisted. "Just go."

Percy frowned but reluctantly obeyed, leaving Rhode to go off and reorder her thoughts in peace.

Fifteen minutes later, Rhode was walking back to Cabin Three after taking a dip in the canoeing lake to cool her anger when she saw Percy in an argument with Clarisse.

"He's a pig just like his sacred animal," Percy said, glaring at the daughter of Ares. "Heck, he's so much of one himself, he probably fucks them too. Probably eats them afterwards."

"You piece of shit! I'll kill you for that!" Clarisse said, pulling her spear off her back and looking ready to run Percy through.

"Clarisse, don't do it! No fighting outside the arena!" Rhode shouted with such authority that it got the two to stop. "And you Percy, shut the f up!"

"But he-"

"I know what he said Clarisse," Rhode said sternly as she moved to stand between the daughter of Ares and her own little brother. "I'll punish him for it. Not you. Or do you want to get in trouble with Chiron for fighting with another Cabin?"

Clarisse considered the matter for a second before nodding sharply.

"Fine, but whatever you do to him better fit the crime. What he said was-"

"I know Clarisse, I know." Rhode reassured the younger girl. "Trust me."

Clarisse seemed satisfied with that and with one final glare at Percy, she turned and stormed off back towards her Cabin.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Rhode spun around to glare at Percy.

"Percy, you can't throw shit around like that. You may not like a god, but that stuff can get you cursed or worse."

"So what? He already cursed me. What else-"

Rhode put a hand over his mouth.

"Never. Ever. Ask that question! Seriously, it's like asking for a monster to attack you from the toilet." She chided him sternly.

"Now, let's go back to our Cabin and you can tell me what in the name of Grandma Rhea made you say something so stupid!" Rhode said as she pushed her brother in the direction of their Cabin.

"Please, you should have heard the things he said about you when I met him." He scowled, his hands clenched tightly into fists.

"He's a god Percy, he can get away with it. Or we leave it to Dad to stab him for being a jerk. We mortals stay out of it." The brunette told him with an exasperated sigh. "That's like the basics for the demigod life."

"I know, but-" Percy said as he filed into their Cabin just ahead of her.

"But what, Percy?" She asked as she closed the door behind her.

"My mouth, it's just it runs off on me at times." The boy explained, looking away and blushing lightly. "Especially when I get angry or..."

"Or when you're scared?" Rhode suggested softly.

"Yeah," Percy admitted as he collapsed onto his bed.

"Fear is something we all deal with in different ways. I just get angry at whatever scares me so I don't have to think about it." Rhode said with a shrug. "But I've been trying to be better about it and you need to do the same with your mouth."

"I know," Percy said with a groan before suddenly perking up. "But a motormouth helps sometimes too. It's very distracting to some people I've realized. Ares for example."

"Okay, maybe." The daughter of Poseidon allowed as she walked to her dresser to grab a new set of clean clothes, only remembering as she pulled the first drawer open that she couldn't just get dressed in front of her brother.

"So it's a mask? One you use to help yourself be brave and to trick your enemies?" She asked as she picked out a change of clothes and turned towards the bathroom, not giving any indication that it wasn't exactly what she intended to do all along. Perfectly natural.

"I guess?" The son of the sea replied with a thoughtful hum. "Never really thought about it."

"Well, then be careful with it." Rhode advised. "Or the mask might become too real. It almost happened to me. For the longest time I hid behind the mask of a punk girl, it made me feel a little braver. Almost thought it was who I really was too. But it wasn't. I realized eventually that it's okay to be honest. So I'm telling you that now. So you don't need to repeat my mistake."

"I'll try?" He said, sounding a little lost. "I mean, I get what you mean, but I also kinda don't."

"Don't worry about it," Rhode said as she stepped into the bathroom and began changing. "I'll be here to help you out."

"Thanks Rhode."

"No need to thank me," Rhode told him with a shake of her head as she stepped out of the bathroom in a fresh set of clothes. "It's my job to watch out for you. Never had a little brother before, so I'll do my best not to mess up."

A nice silence filled the cabin as they smiled at each other, though Rhode's quickly turned stern.

"Now, for a punishment. Go clean the Big House, tell Mr. D you're there to do some extra chores for being a mouthy shit. He loves when we mock ourselves. The attic needs a dusting I bet and doing Chiron's laundry should be fun."

"Aw man…"

Done and done! Thanks to Nameless and Axios as always!

Rhode and Percy have met! At least it wasn't a bloodbath, but not all hugs and laughs. Things were learned, personalities clashed a bit and a relationship has started for the siblings and here's hoping it continues to evolve and continue for the better.

Nameless: Hope the long awaited meeting was believable. I know plenty of our readers were looking forward to it so we really hope that we made it work.

Now as for the spar, some would probably call foul on it. You have to remember, Rhode isn't a master swordswoman, but also Percy is fuckton gifted with a sword. Rhode's got the exp from questing, leading and many other skills Percy lacks, but combat is honestly his bread and butter.

Nameless: Also keep in mind that Rhode was using a sword. A weapon she's pretty darned terrible at. So much so that she regularly ruined any iteration of the weapon that ended up in her hands in short order? Not saying she's pathetic with it like she's with archery, but it's definitely not her speciality. Now let her use Spellbound against Percy… Then he'd have a real fight on his hands. For now at least. Remember Bill from Camp Fish-Blood and Percy in HOO were considered to be of the same caliber and we know how Rhode fared against the former. What I'm saying is that in raw talent at combat, Percy has Rhode beat. There are areas however where Rhode is just plain better. She's better with people for one, she has more close friendships with other Campers than Percy was ever shown to have. And she has magic.

At least Rhode is the head of Cabin Three and shows it. Percy can't get away with being a mouthy shit for a long while, haha.

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