Hey guys sorry i havent been on for ages cos i had a bit of trouble with my co author but i think it is over. in this chapter the camp plays capture the flag and hopefully Zeus's cabin can win

Chapter 9

Seven came around in no time. Lachlan strapped on the armour that he had been given and joined the rest of the campers outside who were lining up behind to banners. Lachlan wandered through both groups aimlessly as he had no-idea of what team he was on.

Lachlan stumbled into someone. It was Percy. "Hey man. Have you got a team yet?" He asked

"No," Lachlan answered.
"Good. You can come with me then." Percy steered Lachlan to the group behind the silver banner with an owl and olive tree on it. Annabeth was at the looking around at her team.

"Is Annabeth leading the team?" Lachlan asked.

"Yeah. She usually always does. She looks so hot on the battlefield." Percy saw Lachlan staring at him open mouthed. "Sorry. Not important."

"No, it's okay. You two must really like each other then."

Percy gazed at the banner. "I guess so. Now what girl do you like, huh?"

Lachlan gave Percy a nudge. "None of your business."

Percy started randomly pointing out people in the crowd. He finally pointed at Eliza and saw Lachlan blush. "So Eliza," Percy said.

"Yeah. So what?"

"Nothing. I reckon she's cute."

Lachlan stared at Percy. "You already have a girlfriend."

Percy huffed. He looked like he was about to say something else but a horn blew and the two teams erupted in cheering.

They started marching forward and Lachlan almost got trampled by the people behind him. They got to a creek and his team marched through it while the other stayed on the other side.

When they got to the other side, Percy's shoes weren't even wet. "How did you do that?" Lachlan asked.

"My dads the lord of the sea. I only get wet if I want to."

Lachlan heard Chiron's voice. "Heroes. You know the rules. The creek is the boundary line. No maiming and definitely no killing. All magic items are allowed. Capture the flag starts in five minutes."

Everyone crowded around Annabeth. "Okay, look. Percy, Lachlan. You two are probably th most powerful here so you two take offence with Michael, Gabriella, Brydie and Keynan. You guys go for the flag while I take a small group around as a distraction. The rest of you, defend the best you can. FOR THE GODS!"

"FOR THE GODS," everybody shouted. In the distance, a horn blared and everyone moved to get into position. Lachlan followed Percy and the others to the lake.

About half of the other team had gathered where Annabeth and her group had positioned themselves and were ready to attack. No one noticed Percy's group.

A second horn blared and Percy took off at full speed. Lachlan started to run and he heard the clang of metal behind him. A decent team of fighters ran to meet them but Lachlan grabbed his bronze rod off his back and thought of a sword.

He slashed through them with the help of Percy and the others. In no time, they were lying in a heap on the ground. Percy pointed ahead of them. "There's the flag."

Most of the other team jumped from above the trees and landed in front of them. "Right behind them." Percy bellowed a war cry and charged. Lachlan followed and knocked down everyone he could. Lachlan somersaulted over someone's head and grabbed the flag.

Lachlan thought of a bronze rod and after his sword changed, he stuck it to his back. "I got it!" Lachlan was so excited that he didn't see Eliza charge towards him and tackle him.

Eliza wrenched the flag from Lachlan's hands. "Thanks, but you can't have that." She ran off to hide the flag in a different spot.

Lachlan rose steadily to his feet. "Not this time." Lachlan ran after her. She'd ran a fair bit but Lachlan was able to catch up to her as Eliza was carrying a huge flag. Lachlan tackled her. "Yeah. I'm gonna take this." Eliza was to dazed to answer.

Lachlan took the flag from Eliza and took off back through the woods. He was just cruising the creek with Percy and the others behind him when someone else ran in front of him.

Under the person's helmet was a pair of startling blue eyes that seemed to change colours every time Lachlan blinked. The person brushed her long hair away from their face. It was a girl.

She levelled her sword at Lachlan's chest. "Give me that flag." Lachlan glanced down at her hands. She was holding Lachlan's team's flag.