AN: Solei Dragheart-Sorry about that, I put the name in. Random Guest-I will get to New Rome eventually and yes I will write a scene with a character if you submit one. I just need a name, cabin, age, background, and general appearance, preferred weapon. Anything else you want me to know. Yeah. Later.
Everybody grumbled as they looked at the rock wall. This new problem wasn't going to be fixable by them. Who was Chiron trying to kid?
Connor looked at Annabeth, "Tell me you didn't say we could fix this."
She shook her head, "It isn't wise for us to even try. We shouldn't be anywhere near it. This is work for cyclops or gods. Not heroes."
Connor whistled and jerked his head to tell his campers to back up more, seeing that they were straying forward.
"Dude, I thought that monstrous statue did some damage." Percy shook his head, "If that thing breaks off like it's threatening to…"
"Boom!" Leo demonstrated with his hands.
Jason pushed up his glasses and peered up at the thing, "How was the crack noticed again?"
"Lava came through the crack and started falling like a curtain onto the campers that were climbing it." Connor folded his arms and looked up at it, worried. "Apollo cabin is working like crazy to heal them."
"Which campers?" Annabeth asked, her mind already analyzing the severity of the crack.
"Ares cabin; Sherman, Maureen, and Ellis. Plus the Satyr instructors that rescued them." Connor glanced back toward his cabin, "HEY! Get over here!"
He watched as Cecil and Cassie corralled the six other campers toward him, shaking his head. It would be his cabin that wanted to get a closer look. He would have to remind them that this was the dangerous part. And about death. Pain. How you're supposed to avoid it. Little stuff like that.
He bonked Cecil on the head, "Get some sense in there. You don't let campers get near dangerous things like a lava covered rock wall that could break at any second. You protect your cabin-mates. And for gods sakes, listen to Cassie."
Cassie smirked at Cecil, then started distracting the younger campers.
Annabeth shook her head, "Your cabin isn't the only one. My cabin is trying to figure out the logistics of whether we can support this and reinforce it, or if we can lessen the impact of the fall. Then what we're supposed to do with the rest."
"The big question is how did it break?" Piper shook her head, "And why does it look so awesome?"
Connor smiled.
She was right, it did look awesome. Like a water fountain, except with lava. If the piece did break of, it would look glorious.
Not climbable, but really cool.
Malcolm jogged over, "This is about to get bad. I can see more fissures in the rock opening. It's going to make a huge impact."
Annabeth gave him a questioning look.
"Dad was a geologist." He said simply, then pointed back at the rock wall, "We need to get everyone farther away from it and control the break."
"How do you suggest we do that?"
Malcolm fixed his gaze on Connor, "I'm going to need some firecrackers and some good archers."
Connor grinned, "I've got one of those."
"We know that." Annabeth rolled her eyes, "It would be the first day of the apocalypse if you didn't."
Connor handed over the firecrackers, "We'll evacuate the area more."
Percy nodded, "I'll get closer to the water." He gave Annabeth a kiss and jogged away.
It took two hours, and the landing of the rock wall piece set off the land mines around the Ares cabin.
Connor had told them not to place them so close to the cabin. He was just glad he wouldn't be held responsible for the destruction of the Ares Cabin.
And he was totally helping plan a party under the awesome new feature of camp.
