Percy woke up the next morning to the sound of battle.
He grabbed his Gladius and ran outside the tent, he grabbed Lewis, who was standing at attention by the Legion's Eagle, by the shoulders. "Sound recall, get a perimeter around the Eagle." He moved from there to help the few Legionaries on the walls.
When he got there he was surprised to find only a few of his legionaries still fighting. Exactly who they were fighting, he couldn't tell, they were massively built men, most at least six feet tall, and painted in large blue swirls all over their bodies. Only reason he could tell was because some were almost completely naked.
They whirled these massive two handed axes, slamming them into the legionaries shields, shattering them in only a couple of hits.
Percy charged one, stabbing him through the side of his chest, driving it all the way through him and withdrawing his sword almost as quickly. The young legionary who had been fighting him fell in line behind him. Percy started helping the remaining wall defense force repel the attackers, but he knew it was useless. There were way too many for the dozen or so legionaries he had here.
"Fall back to the Eagle!" With that most of the legionaries booked it towards their comrades half way across camp. The strange blue men didn't follow though, they stayed back, a few even retreated.
When they got back, Percy made his way back to Aero and Alexis, his Senior Centurions and got the remaining men off the walls and in formation around the Eagle. "You guys know who they are?" He asked with his arms folded over his chest. Aero shook his head, but Alexis stepped forward. "They're the painted ones, Picts. They have a... history, of fighting Rome. I guess they are back."
"Aero, mount up the Ninth, send them to scout for their camp, I want to know where it is and how many of them there are. Alexis, re-establish the perimeter and re man the walls, double watch." They both saluted him and left to perform their duties.
"Signifer? Get me a messenger." Percy walked into the public part of his tent, the place where he issued orders, read reports, and met with his Senior Centurions.
One of the legion's runner boys, usually younger Demigods who weren't fit for swinging a sword yet, walked into the tent. A small blond boy, with blue eyes. "Take a message to Zoe Nightshade, tell her we've been attacked and that she needs to be on the lookout, and should probably come into camp. I don't know what exactly we're dealing with, but these guys don't look like the type to go down after a couple arrows."
If these guys could push his legionaries off of the ramparts? Smash their shields? Diana wasn't safe, and her Huntresses certainly weren't. 'I hope you listen to me Diana, if you don't, it could be your last mistake...'
–- Time Skip -
"Mi'Lady! You have to hear me out!"
"No I don't Zoe, he's a boy, how do I possibly trust him? How could you?" Artemis and Zoe were still in the tent, fighting over what to do, the rest of the Huntresses could hear them, it felt something like watching your parents fight over something.
"I trust him because he's my brother!" Artemis stopped for a second, her eye's softening slightly. Then she sighed. "Fine, we do it your way, I'll meet him, but if he so much as looks at me the wrong way and I'll shove an arrow up his ass!"
Just then a small blond boy ran into camp, a few huntresses looked apprehensively at the boy, but most of them recognized him as one of the 15th's runners. He walked through camp without being stopped, and into Artemis' tent. "Percy wants you to know, the Legion has been attacked, the walls were almost overrun this morning by Picts, he wants you to come in to the camp until they figure out what they're gonna do."
Zoe cursed inside slightly, she'd only just convinced Artemis to meet Percy, but she almost certainly won't stay in the camp with him. But what she saw on Artemis' face scared her even more than having to argue with her. Artemis' faces was pale white, in her 14 year old form, she looked almost like any other scared little girl. "Artemis?" She looked at Zoe and nodded. "We're going to camp with the legion, get the girls ready, we leave in ten minutes, we're in so much danger right now, there's no time to argue, just pack, we're leaving."
Maybe Artemis didn't show it any more, but the other Huntresses could feel it as the walked through the forest to their destination. Something was wrong, and whatever it was, scared an Olympian Goddess.
These next few days were promising to be full of problems...
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