Okay everyone, here is the new chapter, and I may very well be able to put up another chapter as well. So, as I mentioned earlier, I would be putting the winning character into this chapter, so read to find out! I also want to thank everyone for the kind reviews, and I love how you guys say I'm an awesome writer! It really helps my self-confidence! Now, ON WITH THE STORY!:
Leo
The guy who approached Leo was named Hank. Leo was rather impressed with the plan that Hank had put forward, you never would've expected that plan to come from a Son of Mars. They were going to flank him, six on his left side, and eight on his right side. They were going to have to be careful, and fight their way through the legions of monsters, and kill Leon. Leo remembered who Leon was, he was the giant of fear, he was made to oppose Phobos.
Leo was going to have to pray to his father, and hope for help, since only a god and demigod working together can kill a giant. Hank and his legionnaires volunteered to keep the giant distracted while Leo prayed to Hephaestus. They were about to move out when Nyssa and the rest of the Hephaestus Cabin ran up to him. "Leo!" she yelled, "It's good to see you're alright!" Then she saw who he was standing with, "ROMANS!" she shouted, drawing a sword, and began to lunge. He leaped into her path.
"NO!" Leo shouted, "They agreed to help us take down the giant Leon, we're allies with these Romans now!" He tried to add as much authoritive as he could muster into his voice, and it worked.
"Alright, we'll truce... for now." Nyssa consented Leo and Hank then explained the plan. "It's risky, and we only have five of us able to fight, three more are wounded, the others they..." she trailed off, and Leo knew what happened to the others.
"So basically," Hank replied, "We have only nineteen demigods, and we're supposed to distract a giant." Leo nodded his head, the plan was likely suicidal, but they didn't have much choice. "Alright." Hank turned and faced the last members of the First Cohort. "LISTEN UP!" Hank's voice was now deep, and commanding, "I know that you are all terrified, you've seen the entire Second Cohort slaughtered!" and he gestured to the bodies of the dead romans. "I am scared as well, we have become very few, many of our great friends are dead! But we must avenge them! We must prove that their sacrifice will not be in vain!" he raised his spear up, "We will not go down as cowards who stood at the side, who refused to fight! We will fight, we will fight to the death! FOR ROME! 12TH LEGION FULMINATA!" The rest of the First Cohort cheered with him.
"Let's go kick some giant tush!" Leo siad, and he felt a grin splitting his face. The fight was getting smaller now, but only because the demigods were becoming smaller in numbers. There was now a thirty foot distance between them, and the battle, where there used to be monsters pushed up against them. The ground was covered in powder, blood, and not a few number of demigod bodies. When he saw this, his will was now steeled, he would avenge all the deaths of these demigods.
He hefted his warhammer over his shoulder, and began charging at the monsters. The First Cohort and the Hephaestus Cabin were directly behind him. Leo let a battle cry tear from his throat, and it was probably a mighty roar. The monsters turned, and the last thing many of them saw was the weapons of the united Greek and Roman rank. He brought his hammer down, one Telekhine down. He swung his hammer, two Draecanae went flying. The demigods next to him were slicing and stabbing, impaling and hacking, fighting as a coherent force. Nyssa brought down a Laistrygonian Giant with a slice the knees, while Hank finished him off with a thrust to the face.
They carved their way, powder blowing up everywhere their weapons danced. They sliced their way to Leon, and saw the Third Cohort down to maybe twelve people. The Third was still putting up a heroic fight, but they were about to be overwhelmed. Leon was bashing their shields to ribbons every time they even attempted to block, and when they failed, they were seriously wounded. Hank yelled the order, and they split up, six to the left side, and eight to the right side. While they did that, the five Hephaestus kids began clanging their weapons, trying to get his attention. Leo immediately got to one knee, and began praying, hoping that his father had heard him.
Once Leo finished praying, nothing special happened. He was expecting that Hephaestus would've immediately replied, but I guess you have to give some things time. So in the mean time... He pulled out his warhammer, and it began to light on fire. He nearly yelped and dropped it, but realized the fire never burned him. He was shocked for a second, but then he realized what was going on, and wanted to face-palm. Of course the fire didn't hurt him, he was a Pyrokinetic! He decided to charge the giant now, help everyone else out.
Leon had been knocked off balance, and was teeter-tottering. Leo sprinted, the hammer lifted above his head. He leaped off the fallen shield of a legionnaire, and flew in the air. As he closed in on Leon, he could see the realization dawning on the giants face. The giant swung his fist upward, and smacked Leo away like a fly. He had the breath knocked out of him, and he flew at least twenty feet in the other direction. He heard Nyssa yell out, but he couldn't hear anything as his head impacted with the ground. Leo felt his entire body smash into the ground, and then he spun off, feeling himself taking air. He crashed right through a nearby tree, and felt the skin tearing off from his arm. He finally landed on the solid ground and slid maybe twelve yards.
Leo couldn't breath for a little while, and he was terrified that he had died. He finally took in a deep ragged breath, relief spreading through himself. He diecided to look at himself, to see his condition. He really wished he hadn't now. His skin was just about shredded from his arms, and blood was pooling from his stomach. He could feel blood wetting his hair, and he couldn't even move his hands, he was paralyzed at the moment.
What he saw next, he swore that he had died, and an angel of some kind had come to see him. She was possibly a couple inches shorter then him, and she had large curled beautiful light brown hair, and icy blue eyes. She looked incredibly beautiful, that she must have been some kind of angel, or whatever was the equivalent in this world. If he had the strength, or the resolve, he probably would've been gaping and drooling. She had Nectar, and was trying to feed it to him. He had difficulty, but he finally managed to swallow it. He closed his eyes, and welcomed the darkness that encumbered him.
Sorry for the cliffhanger! And so you guys aren't left wondering, no, Leo is not dead. And also no, Hephaestus didn't come and help him. And also no, Leon is not dead. Leon was made to oppose Phobos, the god of fear. One last thing, before I forget, the winner of the contest is Pawprinter! I loved the character they made, as I loved all the characters, but this one seemed amazing to me! You'll learn more of the character later on! But congratulations! And As Always, Have A Nice Day!