Thalia: Ending the first assault and the brief peace that followed afterward
Returning from the hunt for Prometheus' homeland, we saw the fires of the catapulted fireballs of the enemy that was attacking Camp Half-Blood. "Hunters of Artemis, ride to Camp Half-Blood in the name of Olympus!" I shouted without hesitation in my heart or mind. All two hundred of us rode toward the enemy immediately and knowing that our arrows never missed their targets, we struck while we were sill several meters away from the enemy. As for me, I called upon the powers of my father Zeus to strike at the clusters of enemies that had gathered around so that we could pick them off like wolves after a kill.
It didn't take us very long to destroy more than twice our number working in unison like this. Each time a hunter of Artemis shot an arrow, I imbued it with the lightning bolt from my father and when it struck, it electrocuted the enemy and caused immediate death. Never had the powers of Zeus in use worn me out quite like this and I knew that if I didn't guide my horse to Camp Half-Blood soon, I would be collapsing on it and sleeping right there. So I was quick to make sure I was infrequent about the usage of it after a while (at most of course) and arrived just before I reached a point of exhaustion.
The gates opened and I entered into Camp Half-Blood for the first time since I was charged with finding Prometheus' base of operations. Luckily for me, people were there to immediately collect my exhausted body before it hit the ground. These were both sons of Asclepius who were on duty and by Annabeth's orders had been sent to take me to my father's cabin. From what I heard after I awoke again, the Hunters of Artemis had had an easy time finishing off what remained without me and I was glad to see that my team did well.
And speaking of them, they were waiting for me in the Artemis cabin when I woke up. According to a son of Hermes, they had been delivered a message by a dying soldier of Prometheus' army that was meant for me. My legs were a little sleepy and I had trouble walking initially but I was glad to see that that quickly passed over me as though the sleepiness of my legs was in parallel with the sleepiness of my mind. "Can I get a nice, hot meal before I do anymore business in this war?" I asked.
"We knew you asked that and we made one just a minute ago for you to eat," the kid said. Sure enough, there was a plump and juicy chunk of ham, several patches of grapes, and a nice loaf of cheese bread. I devoured it all with only two or three cups of soda to wash it all down before walking out of the dining pavilion and heading for the cabin of Artemis. Everyone there was glad to see me and I was glad to see them but when all the formalities were out of the way, Phoebe handed me the scroll with the symbol of an eagle attacking Prometheus on the emblem.
I cut out the emblem and uncurled the scroll to see what the message said. To my surprise, it only contained a few sentences.
Ms. Thalia Grace,
Or is that just Ms. Thalia because I seem to have trouble recalling what you said about hating your mortal mother to the point of refusing her name. That matters little and at any rate, wrote to you to do two things: first, congratulate you on being the leader of the finishing strike that destroyed the bulk of my army. Secondly, I would like you to go to the messenger I have sent under a white flag and give him one of two responses. He will give you a message from me telling you to surrender your arms and kneel before me for the safety of the Camp unless you'd rather keep fighting.
As the messenger is undead, he is already expendable so if you were to make him dead again then it would inconsequential to me unless his body returns to me. If that is the case then I will know that you will not surrender and you will try your best to hold out until Gabriel, emotionally confused uncle and my archrival, returns. Be warned that whatever you do, you will lose either way and the Camp will fall
Sincerely,
The Mighty Titan Prometheus
I crumpled up the letter and asked for my spear to which one of the Hunters replied that it might be a good idea to have it. After leaving the Artemis Cabin, I asked where the messenger was and an Aphrodite cabin member pointed to the gates. I shook my head because it was a straight and clear shot if I decided to throw my spear at them. Instead, I handed it to Phoebe and drew out my bow and quiver of arrows before pulling out one arrow and aiming it at him.
When I knew that I had higher than ninety percent in terms of my odds of hitting him, I released the arrow and it flew. It tore through the air and as it went, time seemed to stop as it ripped its way toward its target. Then when it finally hit him in the throat, causing him to fall off the horse and unto the ground. The horse turned toward the gate and made a dash for it and since the horseman was tied to the saddle by the ankle, he went along for a drag back to Prometheus' camp.
"I'll never surrender nor will I let anyone in the camp surrender," I vowed. "Gabriel would not have wanted this to go any other way. You've done a good job although I think killing the messenger was a bit much," Annabeth said, placing a hand on my shoulder. "Prometheus will be leading the next assault himself since he's run out of generals; if what I recall of there being only Oedipus and Alexander to be correct," I stated.
"Yes, you're correct and I killed both of them. Trust me, it wasn't as easy as it sounds," Annabeth replied. I laughed as did she and that eased some of the tension that the camp was feeling to its very core. "Well I don't know about you crazies but I don't intend to fight in this battle," said Drew of the Aphrodite cabin.
"Who was speaking to the gossiping slut with only an appetite for the dick of power?" I asked before asking for my horse to be readied. "I'll keep that in mind when you need my help," Drew answered. "I don't think I'll be needing your help; come to think of it, I'd rather ask the help of Aeneas or even your mother than you," I said. Annabeth told us both to cool it and Drew to get lost after that and to my surprise, the little bitch agreed.
Now let me tell you, I had no trouble speaking my mind about cowards to cowards. And Annabeth explained that we needed the Aphrodite cabin because they were the ones making the supply runs and if Drew decided to withdraw her people, we'd be in trouble. "We just have to hold our ground until Gabriel returns, whether that requires the aid of the Aphrodite cabin or not," I told her. "On that I can agree because if Gabriel comes back, the tide could be turned completely in our favor and we could beat Prometheus," Annabeth said before we took our positions for the next assault.