Capture the flag!
Chapter 4
Dimitri's POV
"This time we're going to pulverize them" Percy said as he handed me my armour. "Do you have a weapon" he asked, strapping in his own armour.
'Tap the middle of your hand' a voice in my head said.
I did as I was told and a 4 foot long bronze sword grew in my hand. Unfortunately, it tore of the glove exposing my arm
"Dude-"I cut him off before he could say anything.
"I lost my arm coming here, when I woke up I found this" I said waving the arm in his face.
"Hmmm, maybe your dad is Hephaestus, which would explain the fiery eyes"
"So... the hunters are taking on the whole camp'
He nodded "Not all of them, just the Olympian cabins"
Chiron's hoof thundered on the pavilion floor.
"Heroes!" he called "You all know the rules; the river is the boundary line. Red team, Camp half blood shall take the west wood while the blue team, hunters shall take the east wood. I will serve as the referee and battle field medic. All magical weapons allowed and no intentional maiming.
I heard groans from the Ares cabin.
'To your positions" Chiron thundered.
"Red team follow me" Percy shouted.
They all cheered and followed him.
We set our flag on Zeus's fist. I wonder why they called it that, from where I stood, it looked like enormous deer droppings.
Percy set the Hephaestus cabin in guard duty, with traps and mines around the flag.
"Hermes and Apollo cabin, make a wide arc around the hunters, attract as many as you can. I'll lead the main raiding party around the right and catch them by surprise." Percy shouted
Everyone nodded as the horn sounded signalling the beginning of the game. The campers cheered and disappeared into the woods.
I stood by the river; Percy had put me on border patrol. My whole body was shaking from restlessness. Blast this ADHD.
The restlessness finally overwhelmed me. I leapt over the lake into enemy territory. I could see their silver flag up ahead, only one guard. The flag was perched on the top of the large boulder. The guard saw me and cowered behind the rock. She finally summoned the courage to come out. She charged at me, but I sidestepped, jamming the butt of my sword against her head knocking her out.
Not too bad, and I don't have any training. I thought to myself. I ripped the silver silk flag from the boulder and took off.
ZIP! A silver cord raced across my ankles and fastened into the tree next to me. A trip wire fired from a bow. Before I knew it, I was on the floor.
I could hear footsteps behind me; there was a clashing of swords in the distance. The footsteps were getting closer.
I got up and started running again. Only a few more meters and I had the game. More arrows whizzed past my ears. A hunter came out of nowhere and slashed at me with her knife; I parried it and kept running.
I was about two meters from the lake when something connected with my back. It was an arrow. Determination didn't allow me to register the pain until another one struck my back, this time, only a few inches from my heart.
With my last bit of energy, I managed to throw the arrow across the lake into our territory before collapsing on the floor, blood gushing from the wound on my back...
Just then a camper yelled.
"We won, we actually won!"
There were cheers from the campers as they emerged from the woods. Chiron was the first to notice me.
"Dimitri!" he screamed.
Then the unimaginable happened