Leo
O!TATAE
Etorbisetdinging!
Wilyvetusferrum!
Permanus meas etiustoconsectetur
Vicicallidump'ferrum!
TAT!
"Yee-haw! What a song!" laughed Leo Valdez along with the Hephaestus and Vulcan cabins. They had gotten along really well while forging and swapping techniques and parts. Unlike the other campers, who had been pretty strained not to kill each other the last couple days. "What's the English translation?" Grinning, the Vulcan kids chanted:
Hey, O!
And a Ringin' and a Dingin'
Wily ol' iron!
With just my hands and my hammer
I conquered Wily ol' Iron
HEY!
"We sing it all the time while forging!" cried a Vulcan camper joyously. Leo agreed to his mood. Here, with sparks flying and a snack bar, all a person needed was a sun roof for heaven to exist.
"So how about one of ours?" asked Jake Mason. Leo decided that it couldn't hurt. "Ready boys? OK!"
A blacksmith courted me nine months and better
She fairly won my heart, wrote me a letter
With her hammer in her hand she looked quite clever
And if I was with my love I'd live forever!
HEY!
Laughing erupted all over the forges. One guy laughed so hard, he forgot he was forging and dropped a hot sword on his foot.
"Alright, enough fooling around!" said Leo through chuckles.
He knew they would get caught sometime, and Jason didn't like it when they fooled around. Neither did most high ranking Romans, for that matter.
As they dispersed back to the barracks, Leo saw the girl, Hazel, look at him and run away.
Weird, thought Leo. She's been avoiding me like this the whole time…
What Leo was trying not to think about was that she was perfect for him. Beautiful, nice, and within his League. Only one problem: she wouldn't look at him.
"Hey!" he shouted. "Wait up!"
She just looked at him like he was carrying Dynamite and ran away again.
"Look, Another time, OK?" she called behind her.
Leo's heart sank as the girl of his dreams ran away…
Percy
After his dream, Percy went down to the Field of Mars to train on some dummies. Swordplay always calmed him down from something he wanted to take his mind off of.
To his surprise, Jason Grace was already there, hacking dummies to bits.
"Hey" said Percy. "Dummies don't offer much practice".
Jason scowled. "Nobody live to train with".
"Sure about that?" Percy grinned, unsheathing Riptide.
Jason grinned as well, and they began to fight.
Percy struck first, quickly gaining the upper hand, then losing just as fast with a few chops from Jason.
They fought and fought, neither beating the other, finding the others strategy, keeping on the down side, ready to strike if an advantage came out.
As they dueled, both Greek and Roman Campers came to watch. The Romans whooped when Jason gained the upper hand, and the Greeks did likewise for Percy.
As the minutes turned into hours, the battle really began when Jason locked their blades together and, with a thrust of his hand, knocked Percy off his feet in a gust of wind.
"Oh, that is it" growled Percy.
Summoning all of his willpower, he battered Jason five times with lashes of compressed water, sending him spiraling through the air. He landed with a satisfying THUD twenty feet away.
Jason retaliated with a burst of lightning that left Percy temporarily paralyzed, allowing him to cover the distance between them.
This time, they both reached for their powers at the same time. Water and air met in between them, and they struggled to force each other into submission…
At this point they were both aiming to kill.
Clashing powers! An astonished crowd! Who will win? YOU decide. Review your vote of either Percy or Jason! I need at least 11 votes to decide. Submit by December 27nth and I'll try to make the next chapter from then.