**** Sorry it's been so long but 8th grade is freaking crazy and i'm super busy. but here is chapter 4. It's a little cheesy at the end, but I couldn't think of anything else. And also the apology will be my next chapter (I know alot of you are waiting for that...so am I!) so I will definitly try to work on that. Oh and by the way...Kickin'ItWithNinjaYoshi is my new AWESOME editor...since i can't spell and or use grammer.

After my fight with Clarisse, I totally lost it. If its even possible to "lose it" even more than I already had. As soon as Chris let go of me, I took off like an out of control storm system towards the sword fighting arena. It's one of the few places I can actually think. Normally I would have jumped in the lake, but I also needed to take my anger out on something. The second I get there, I whip out my sword and start demolishing the dummies. Stabbing, slicing, and decapitating one after the other. I'm so distracted I don't hear someone come in-that is, until they're right next to me.

"Dude, are you okay?"

I spin around with my sword so fast I barely miss Nico's head after he ducks.

"Like I said, are you okay?" Nico asks, totally astonished that I almost beheaded him.

"Yeah I just…sorry. You startled me."

"That's ok. I've just never seen you so…mad." He says cautiously.

I look away from him and take a deep breath. "What do you want, Nico?"

"Oh right. Well you see I was just wondering if you'd decided about…my offer."

I sigh and put up Riptide. It was so risky, what he wanted me to do. But then again…who cares? Everybody's mad at me. I'm mad at myself. Does it really matter how I die?

"I'll do it."

Nico looked surprised. "Really?"

"Yes. I mean does it matter if I die in the Styx or fighting Kronos? I just don't care anymore."

"Um…yeah." Nico gave me one of those i-don't-know-where-this-is-coming-from-but-l'll-pretend-like-I-do looks. "So I was thinking we could leave tonight after everyone's asleep. That way people won't freak out 'til tomorrow."

I snickered under my breath and muttered "Like anyone would care if I left."

Nico gave me another look and said, "Well, I guess I'll see you at dinner…I have to go."

And he was out of there as quick as he came in.

I'm not sure why I even went to dinner that night. Oh yeah, I remember. I was hungry. But of course as soon as I get to the mess hall, Clarisse and her gang are there waiting to pounce on their prey.

"Look who actually showed up, everybody! The loser who hits girls!" Clarisse marched right up to me as soon as I got to my table. I noticed she had a white bandage on her nose, and her left eye didn't look too good, either. I decide to just ignore her, and hope that she'll go away. "Do you guys really want a leader who punches girls? Who knows what he'll do when we go into battle."

I took out my pen. Hold it together Percy. Hold it together…

She laughed when she saw my pen. "Go ahead and hit me Percy."

Without thinking, I uncaped riptide and swung. Clarisse is just as fast and has her knife out in time to block. People started gathering around to watch the fight, which somehow fuels my anger even more. I swung again and aimed for her arm but her knife somehow blocked me again. She lunged forward and I had just enough time to parry before the knife went through my stomach.

"What is going on?" Chiron's bellowing voice asked angrily.

Distracted, Clarisse looked over at him on his spot at the front of the mess hall. I took my opportunity, and smacked the dagger out of her hand as hard as I could with my sword. She whipped her head around to stare at the knife that was now on the floor. Then she met my eyes. "You…you, you COWARD!"

Riptide was at her throat in 2 seconds flat.

"I thought I made this pretty clear earlier Clarisse. But like I said, you're. A big. Baby! Anybody who gets so mad over a stupid chariot, is a baby. And you know it."

She tries to reach for her knife, but I grab her shoulder and push her against a wall. "Now, I'm sorry I hit you today. That was wrong. 2 wrongs don't make a right, I know that. But you need to grow up. And as far as me leading this war…you think I want this? You think I want to have the weight of the world on my shoulders? I'm supposed to die, Clarisse. Ok, die. That's kind of a big deal. So for my last few days, I would appreciate some respect."

I took Riptide off her throat and let her breathe. When she spoke again she said, "What do you want me to do?"

I looked her in the eye. "Help."

*** Hope you like it please review! :)

BTW i've been thinking of writing a fanfiction about Jason and Reyna...ya know, one of those stories that take place after the Argo II arrives at Camp Jupiter. I'm a total Jeyna shipper so I've had some ideas for how Reyna can react to seeing Jason with Piper...just some ideas. Let me know if that sounds interesting.

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