Chapter 10

Annabeth´s POV

She grinned inwardly at her bigger opponent when she noticed that his feet where slightly too far away from each other. With his heavy armor assisting in the leaver system it should be pretty easy to lift him off his feet.

Well at least that was she thought. But as Annabeth sprinted forward and sidestepped his grasp, her opponent suddenly turned around and she was thrown over his back when she tried to take him down.

She landed headfirst into the dirt and for a moment saw stars blinking around her eyes but she quickly shook her head and jumped up again. Just in time to dodge an attack that would have definitely put her out of the trainings circle.

Unfortunately she couldn´t evade the kick to her chest that send her flying a couple meters on the other side of the field. Annabeth groaned and tried to inhale deeply. If she didn´t wore her protection armor right now, that attack would have broken a couple ribs for sure. It would be still leaving a bruise though and with a short look around herself she also noticed that she was out of the circle, which meant she had lost.

Damn again!

To be honest, she wasn´t really disappointed. Her opponent was at least two heads taller than her and had also years of fighting practice. Where she had her basic training and a short crash course from Percy just before the fight started.

Speaking of which. Her boyfriend stood a couple meters away from her grinning "Told you that you should have practiced on the dummy´s first."

"Smartass…" she grumbled but nevertheless took his hand who pulled her up.

Then a bit embarrassed Frank patted her on the shoulder "Sorry for that kick. I hope it didn´t hurt too much?"

She shook her head "No, no it´s fine. Glad I wore the armor though."

Frank rubbed his neck "Yea, still sorry!"

Percy put his arm around Annabeth and laughed "Don´t worry man, she´ll survive."

The giant just nodded and left them alone.

Now you might ask yourself, why is a princess trying to fight someone of her own guard? Well it all started about a week ago when they came back to Olympus.

After the events at Delphi she started to question the state of her body. Mainly because she was pretty much useless against Minos forces and either Percy or Zoë had to constantly save her ass.

So she asked Percy to show her how to use a lightsaber, which he refused to do.

"Those things require years of practice before you can use them. Besides your father would kill me if he saw me teaching you."

But after a couple of days he eventually gave in and promised her to teach her hand to hand combat. Without a lightsaber though but that was good enough for her.

And so it came to be that she got her ass whooped by one of her guards.

"So what did you do wrong there?" Percy asked her when they sat down on a stone bench.

Good question. Maybe because his arms are thicker than my waist? Or that I would need a leader to look him in the eye?

She didn´t answer him, but Percy seemed to know what she was thinking.

"Yes he is much stronger and bigger than you. But that´s not why you lost. Think about what you have that he doesn´t."

She thought about it. Sure it wasn´t all about size. From the trainings session she had watched, Percy was also way smaller than Frank but nevertheless beat him.

Okay Annabeth, think. What are your advantages?

And then it hit her "I might not be as strong as him but maybe a bit faster?"

Percy nodded with a slight smile on his face.

"That´s one thing yes. Although he makes that up with his longer range. But there is also one other thing that you can use on opponents like him…"

"I could surprise him with an unexpected move!" I completed his sentence.

He whipped a fake tear out of his eyes and muttered to himself "Ah they learn so fast."

I rolled my eyes and punched him on his shoulder.

"Hey it´s not nice to hit your all-knowing teacher!" he exclaimed in mock hurt and suddenly had an evil glint in his eyes "I think I got to teach you a lesson!"

And with that he suddenly scooped my up and carried me to washroom.

"Percyyyyy let me go!" I yelled and tried to get out of his grip.

Then my eyes widened when I realized what he was going to do when he moved towards the small swimming pool in the room.

"Oh god, I swear if you drop me there I´ll… OH GO… the last part was stopped when my head went under the cold water.

Spitting water I reappeared on the surface and glared at Percy who was almost crying from laughter.

"You… you… I´m gonna kill you for that!" I yelled and grabbed his arm. And with the he fell in the pool as well, right beside me.

When he suddenly tried to go upwards I pushed his head back into the water giving him something of his own medicine.

Unfortunately for me that only worked for a couple of seconds till he simply grabbed me around the waist and pushed us both upwards. After that there was a short time of silence and we just looked at each other noticing the position we were in and suddenly we both began to laugh. And then I wrapped my legs around him and kissed him deeply on the lips. To which he immediately responded by kissing me back with as much vigor and putting his hands on the small of my back.

After sometime, which was way too short if you ask me, we both drew back, breathing heavily after the intense make out session. We grinned at each other and I pressed the side of my face against his chest and breathed in his scent while he weaved his fingers through my hair lovingly.

It where those simple moments that always made me realize just how much I loved him.

Unbeknownst to us there was someone clothed completely in black, hidden in the back of the room watching us.

Luke´s POV

"Are you sure Minos?" a deep manly voice asked.

"Yes my lord. One of my spies just notified me that the princess just made it back to Olympia a couple days ago." replied the king of Tartarus.

Luke was currently hiding behind the door and peeking into the room at the door lock. He couldn´t see who his uncle was talking to but he was relieved to know that Annabeth had made it back to her planet.

"Hmm… that complicates the plan a bit..."

"But we still have some of the others captured…"

"No! Not enough. Most of those who stayed at the party where killed by your incompetent soldiers. And those we still have won´t bother them!" yelled the man sounding pretty angry now But luckily we still have our backup plan. Just see that this one doesn´t get messed up again!

Minos bowed and said "Yes my lord. I will personally visit the factory and double check the preparations for the attack!"

"Good. Now do you think your nephew will do the job right?"

"Yea, about that… I´m not entirely sure if he will agree." Answered Minos a bit nervous.

The voice laughed "If he does is not up to him. If he refuses we will make him. Don´t worry he will marry Annabeth Chase, if he wants to or not!"

And there it is! Chapter 10 is finally out!

Took me long enough sorry about that by the way!

Anyway I hoped you liked it. Leave a review and don´t forget to eat your vegetables!

-Inverted Logic