Chapter 5 is here! As I said, I may not be good at describing action, which this chapter is full of it (also ch. 6 and 7). But I'll try my best.
Some characters I don't know much about their ability, like Sadie in this chapter (some I forget what they can do). So if you can suggest some ways they can fight by PMing me or review, thank you!
Reply to "Unknown 2" - to give me the answer and ideas. I will do the Piper fighting as you said.
Let's the battle begin!
Disclaimer: IdnoHoOoKC
Piper's POV
Piper was still embarrassed by Leo with his talent show, but Jason has helped by holding her hand. Really?, Piper thought. Leo was a friend who has gone to Wilderness School with her and Jason, and Piper know he has many ideas. But she doesn't know one of those ideas included the Survival Skill show.
Piper is always the one who make peace between two different worlds because of her mom gift, charmspeak. Still, she has failed in resolving the problem between Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood. She made a mental note that when she comes back and meets any Romans, she will convinced them about the misunderstanding caused by the eidolons.
When Leo announced there will be a battle between demigods and magicians, Piper worried that somehow it will break the friendship between the two sides. Then they'll have to run again, and add "Egyptian magicians" along with "Roman demigods" on the list of "Greek Demigods' Enemies".
Jason studied Piper's face, where maybe the worries had shown there. He squeezed her hand and look at her reassuring. "Don't worry, Piper. The magicians are good people and the battle is just a contest. I think they wouldn't take it too seriously."
Piper was glad that Jason was always at her side. Without him, maybe she can't even done half of what she did in this quest.
She looked up to the stage. Leo was running around, putting a device along with the crystal triangle above it. He did this for every corner of the stage. Perhaps it was one of Leo's ideas that he just thought of.
Along with that set up were some speakers that apparently hasn't been there before. Leo then looked into his tool belt, took out a microphone, and once again, put that wide grin on his face. "Okay", Leo said in his best DJ's voice. "I have decided the rules of the Survival Skill show. There will be two sides, demigods and magicians, who will fight in three battles. Each side will have two people. No killing, no cheating. Small injuries are allowed. And I had asked Jaz to serve as the healer of the battle. Now let's the battle begin, shall we?"
Leo pressed a button on his microphone, and the devices on the stage emitted a beam of white light. The light hit the crystal triangle, and the four corner of the stage was lit up with colorful beams. Hazel and Frank look around, confused. Obviously they're trying to find the audience, but it seems like they couldn't.
Frank asked Hazel, "Where are we? And where is everyone else?"
Hazel was still looking around, "It's okay, Frank. Maybe it's just one of Leo's idea."
Frank rolled his eyes. "Great. Another idea of Fire Boy."
Leo, who was standing in the corner, wanted to complain. But for some reasons, he didn't do it.
Sadie and Walt were just as confused as the two demigods. "Maybe it was some setting effects. How about we just start the battle?"
"Yeah", Hazel said. "Let's go Frank."
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The battle started as soon as Frank knocked an arrow at Walt, while Hazel charged at Sadie with her spatha.
Walt, who has no weapon, just held out his hand like it will stop the arrow. Piper didn't know what he was doing, until the arrow came in contact with his hand and crumbled to dust. Frank seemed to realized this, and charged at Walt with his bow rise. Walt then held out his hand again like before, and a beam of gray traveled to Frank's bow. Luckily, the Roman demigod sidestepped, and the gray beam disintegrated the tree behind him. Before Frank can whacked Walt with his bow, Walt changed. It's not like literally change, but like he was getting more powerful than before.
When Frank hit Walt with his bow, Walt didn't even seem to hurt. He then touch Frank, and the demigod was wrapped in mummy linen. With a push, Frank was sent ten feet back, and his body hit one of the nearby tree.
On Hazel's side, she was doing some spatha-against-staff fighting. Sadie was less experiences in sword-play, and she realizes Hazel will find a weak spot on her soon. So Sadie kick Hazel, who wasn't expecting it. As she fell on the ground, Sadie began to waved her staff back and forth, ready for some spells to be spoken. When Hazel stood up, Sadie said, "Ha-di".
Piper saw a strange sign appeared in front of Hazel. The demigod looked at it with wide eyes and rose her hands up. Metals and gold popped out of the ground and were collected between Hazel and the sign. As the sign exploded, Hazel was throw back five feet and off the stage. Piper realized Hazel was trying to reduced the force of the exploding, and it has worked. Now Sadie was getting off the stage, and walked to Hazel.
It seemed like the magicians are winning, but Piper wasn't sure. The battle haven't end yet.
Leo had sat on Frank's seat the whole time, watching the battle. Piper leans in and whispered, "What are those things that give off light beams?"
Leo whispered back, "Setting effects. We can watch them fighting, but they can't see or hear us. What they can see around them is a forest with a stretches of of land and maybe a lake. It was something I invented for the show."
Piper looked up at Frank again, but something has happened when she was talking to Leo. The mummy linen that wrapped Frank now seems like to wrap nothingness, so it look like Frank's body had either disappeared or disintegrated. Walt was observing the scene for an answer, when Piper notice a bee flying behind Walt.
It could be any bee in this place, but that explained why Frank can escaped. The bee then transformed into a bear, who swing his hand into Walt.
Walt seemed to be expecting this. He rolled on the ground, making Frank missed. But Frank went for Walt again, and as the magician got up, the hand of the bear hit into his chest, throwing Walt back to where he's standing before the battle. Even with his inhuman strength, Walt winced when he tried to get up.
As for Hazel, she had got up and was holding out her left hand. Some more metals and gems flew toward Sadie. The magician spoke the command "N'dah", and a bubble big enough for a person surrounded her. The metals and gems bounced against it harmlessly. When Sadie turned her attention back at Hazel, she realized that the demigod was gone. Where Hazel was standing, a hole that went underground took her place instead.
Sadie came closer to take a look at it. In the meantime, another hole was made behind Sadie. Then Hazel came out of it with her spatha at a swinging position. The magician turn back and started to yelled out the protect spell. But she only managed to got out "N'd..." when Hazel swung her weapon. The flat side of the blade hit Sadie, sending her crashing at a tree. Sadie tried to get up, using her staff for support, but she passed out as a piece of gold hit her head.
Walt made the mistake by looking at his girlfriend. Frank, who was on the other side of the stage, has transform back to normal, and was now using his bow and arrows again, aiming at Walt's leg.
Piper has to agreed that Frank's shooting skill was like an Apollo camper. He let the arrow fly, and it makes a cut across Walt's leg, and the boy winced. The cut was nothing serious, just enough to make Walt dragged himself everytime he walked. As Walt was examining his leg's cut, Frank charged as Walt at full speed. At the last few seconds, he changed into an elephant. Walt, with his injured leg, can't move out of the way fast enough. He tried to sidestep, but the body of an elephant was already crashing into Walt, throwing him into the tree with his head hitting first. Even with Anubis and his strength, Walt passed out.
The beam of light shut down, as Leo said, "Battle's over!"
Frank has changed back to his human form and was holding hand with Hazel. Jaz went on the stage to check the two magicians, and with a little magic, both were fine again.
Jason came up to Frank and Hazel. "Good job, you guys. Hazel's skill was good, like she was using a sword, and I'm amazed that Frank can shoot an arrow that accurately."
"Thanks", they both said.
"Hey", Sadie called, who just waked up from the battle. "Not bad, Hazel."
"Thank you. Your magic was good", Hazel said.
"Yeah. I'm the third strongest magician in the world!" Somewhere in the audience, Carter sighed as his sister bragged about her powers.
"So who is the second and first?", Frank asked.
Before Sadie could replied, Leo grabbed his microphone. "So it's one point for demigods, or 1-0. In order for the magicians to win, you need to win the next two battles. For demigods, one more battle is needed."
He then looked at the magicians. "And now, let's start the second battle. Who will be on the magicians' side?"
Carter and Zia stood up. "Let's us be in this second battle," Carter said.
"So the magicians' side will have Carter Kane and Zia Rashid", Leo said. He was now looking at Nico. "And for the demigods' side, Nico di Angelo and me, Leo Valdez."
Sadie turned again to Frank and Hazel, this time a smile crept to her face, "The second is my uncle, and the first: my brother."
Something unexpected will happen in next chapter. Hope no one in this chapter is OOC.
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