Chapter 18: Chapter 18

Ch. B18: Branch of War

Demise sat watching as a group of three dressed in full Greek and Roman battle armor marched forward. The Demititan folded his newspaper as the three reached him. "Well I'll allow one minute before our assault begins at nine o'clock sharp so if you wish to flee do so now."

"Uh okay how about this you just hand over the guy who burned my cabin-" the guy was cut off by a blond girl.

"Percy not now." She said to the guy his eyes narrowing as Demise grinned.

"Well you found him... Percy." Demise said mockingly.

"Annabeth hold him down we don't need this." the guy Demise knew as Jason said calmly despite wearing a black eye that Yin had been so grateful to give. "We can't have them getting under our skin."

"Point taken." Annabeth said coolly dragging Percy back into line with his friends. "Now explain your conditions of war Blaze."

"Hmmm..." Demise said proud his codename had stuck especially with a girl who wasn't even there to hear it. "Very well in thirty seconds we will attack whether you wish to fight and may I warn die you can charge."

"What makes you think we will die?" Annabeth asked skeptically.

"Why don't you ask your friend Jason?" Demise asked as his watch beeped. "Very well curtsey has been met now feel free to die. Bye bye!"

The Demititan exploded into a ball of fire that the three barely evaded. Demise reappeared in the midst of Camp Kronos his army in tight formation as a wave of gold and bronze haphazardly rushed forward.

"Orders?" Yang asked rushing forward to meet the son of Hyperion.

"Scorpion formation two shields deep and three lines of archers behind." Demise said with a node noticing their foes seemed to be slowing only an eighth of a mile from their start. "Luckily the cold and their armor is slowing them down... From now on Yin is planning the moves."

"Are sure that wasn't his idea?" Yang asked with a grin.

"I forget sometimes you are not a complete fool." Demise sighed. "You have my... Yin's orders now march."

"Scorpion formation!" Yang called as the Demititans took up formation two rows of shields and three of archers behind.

The army moved as one as the front line raised massive shield while the back knocked arrows. Demise narrowed his eyes noticing that the archers had spears strapped to their backs. The son of Hyperion shrugged it off they were probably being over cautious.

Demise grinned as their foes slowed some more leaving good distance between his line of warriors and camp Kronos.

Thunk!

Demise leaped back as a silver arrow stuck hard in the ground inches from where he'd stood. A note flapped in the wind; Boy phobia my rear!

"Retreat!" Demise called too late as the snow on either side of his scorpion formation exploded revealing a double flank party. "Shit!"

In a blink of an eye the Demititans squared up two lines of shields with spears bristling outwards and archers in the center. The formation was beautiful and it struck Demise that someone had planned for this.

"Sir Demise!" a boy dressed in almost no armor ran up. "Yin is waiting for you to start the reaction!"

"What reaction?" Demise ordered.

"The Cyclopes they covered themselves in oil and our ready to flank the flankers..." he took a giant gulp of air. "And drive them into our spears."

Demise closed his eyes the sun showing two lines of oily black Cyclopes. He grinned willing them to burn and oh did they burn. Demise heard the screams of their foes as they were assaulted by flaming Cyclopes on one side and spears to the other. That's when chaos broke loose and Demise and his party rushed to battle.

The last thing the leader thought before his blade met a demigod was a silent thanks to Yin for setting his imagination free for burning Cyclopes.

Thank you.