Sorry for the slow update but I didn't have Internet for a few days with some annoyance at Hermes because he loves to tick me off. This Chapter focuses on Leo and how he thinks, so a little romance sorry. DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING. So here it is!:
Chapter 7: Diffrent Sparks(Leo's POV)
As I finish my story everyone was just surprised with a hint of anger. Then suddenly someone knocked at my room and I saw King Hephaestus poking his head in.
"Hey I'll just remind you that I'll be in a meeting with Ares' Commander in case that you'll need something."
"Um, okay."
Then he just left without saying a word. Then Frank asked Percy:
"So what's next?"
"Well we got his seal so-"
Percy's sentence was cut off by an explosion that shook at the kingdom.
"Uh what was that"
Percy looked outside and gritted his teeth,"This kingdom is attacked by Titans."
"Uprisings?"
"Yeah, a lot of soldiers are fighting but it seems that we're outnumbered."
Suddenly the king comes in with a bunch of weapons,"Boys take these and get out of here."
The King gave Percy a pen which confuses me. Percy seems to have similar thoughts.
"Um King Hephaestus I know this is rude but we're in a war so why a pen?"
"Don't worry boys all of these weapons are made by me so pick something up and fight."
All of us were surprised,"Why?"
He looked at us hopelessly,"Boys if you plan to collect the seals it's not gonna be easy, especially now that the Titans started a war they'll be after the seals. Apollo gave his seal so you guys must be something, right?"
Percy looked at his pen,"We'll do it, for Chiron. He sacrificed so much for us, we need to return it."
Everyone agreed, Frank picked a bow and a quiver of arrows.
The king looked at him,"It never loses arrows but it needs 2 mins to recharge."
Jason grabbed a coin,"That's Ivlivs it can turn to a sword or spear, it depends on the outcome."
NIco grabbed the black sword,"That's Stygian Iron, only found in the Underworld."
The only thing that's left is a tool belt and of course that was mine,"That tool belt has a lot of space in it and a lot of tools."
Suddenly Reyna that girl at the party came in and talked to the King. She's dressed in an armor with a dagger clinging to it:
"My Lord we await you're orders, King Ares sent us immediately since it's our jobs to hold off the Titans."
He looked serious for a moment,"How many are they?"
"50"
"Since my people are fighting at the war we need to close the gates to make sure reinforcements won't come. There are two gates in my kingdom the North and the South. We'll send two teams to close the gates, Nico and Frank will deal at the North and for the South, Leo and Reyna."
"What?" Reyna reacted
The King nodded,"Jason and Percy will be the diversions so the Titans will focus on them and take te chance to run to the gates safely, when you close it already use this."
He handed both teams flares,"When you succesfully close both gates, well the fun part begins. We should get moving."
Reyna and I are getting ready to depart and I decided to talk to her for a while:
"So you're the commander?"
She nodded,"King Ares trained me to be a leader since my parents abandoned me."
"I'm Leo Valdez by the way."
"Reyna."
"So...Let's work hard to succeed, okay."
"To be clear we're just allies I don't want forming bonds."
When she said that she sounded scarred, What happened to her?
"Reyna, what-"
"Let's go."
Just as planned Jason and Percy distracted the Titans while respectived teams head to the goal. We ran and ran of course and nothing bad happened but there is this unsettling feeling inside me and-
"Leo, watch out!"
An arrow pierce my shoulder and at the top of a building is a figure of a person in armor holding a bow. I looked at my would it was nothing just a simple cut.
"Who are you?" Reyna said
"Sorry if I didn't introduced myself, I'm Cobra the Captain of this sector. We came to take over this kingdom and it seems that you two are getting in my way. It'll be a shame to kill you but I will anyway."
Cobra has gold eyes that sometimes shifts to purple. I looked at Reyna:
"So let's defeat that guy."
Reyna smiled at me,"That's the smartest thing you said all day."
"I have my moments."
I pulled out my hammer and her held her dagger and we attacked
Cobra was fast and he also has a sword so he could do short or long range combat with no problem. I tried to use fire which surprised him, but I didn't get to practice much so all I could do is summon fireballs which can be dodged easily and after a few attempts I had a plan I gazed at Reyna hoping that she understood and she did, she ran towards the gate that is a few feet away.
Cobra started to say,"You can't get away from me that easily." He plucked an arrow and shot it but luckily I formed a barrier and protected her.
"One on One." I said
He smirked,"You? You're just a co-"
I punched him hard,"Don't underestimate my family and my friends."
I summoned fire and used it to punch him over and over at the face and gut until he got on he's knees. I learned that I can produce and manipuate fire into any form. Then I let the fire spread through my body,"This is the end of your-
My vision blurred and got on my knees and my whole body felt numb,"What did you-?"
He laughed,"Did it already kicked in?"
Kicked in? This is...Poison?
"The thing on your body is poison, it's on that arrow I shot earlier. It seems that that Reyna girl closed the gate and sent a flare, to bad you'll die in 5 mins."
He kicked me and I landed on the ground,"Next is that Reyna girl."
He walked towards Reyna,"Wait!" I said but he ignored me
He drew his sword and clashed with Reyna they were good but Cobra is better, everytime she was dragged down she would just stand up with a pained face. They continued to clash until Cobra disarmed her and he beat her up. I was in rage, how heartless is this guy? I tried to stand up but I only managed to kneel, Cobra drew his sword and raised it high,"Time to die."
Reyna was frozen but she looked like she could die with honor. Cobra swing the sword but I managed to block it with my body creating a new cut at my back. I stand in front of them trying to catch my breath and keep my vision steady, Reyna looked pissed though:
"Why did you do that? I could die happily and-"
I slapped her hard though I know she would kill me,"Stupid and you call yourself a leader? Die happily, why would you die and leave your comrades. Your the leader but you never had friends am I right? Your reaction about bonds is deep and you always depended on yourself, that's why you were pissed when I protected you. Being protected doesn't mean you're weak it means that there is someone willing to spend time with you and to get to know you. Innocent lives are taken in this war so we should continue to live on and fight, you're thinking that I shouldn't be the one to tell you this since I always let others do all the work, but I'm tired being that guy. I want my comrades to trust me because I want to be a man that wants to help changing this world. Indeed the world is a cruel, but I'm here standing in front of you trying to fight because..." Fire spread throughout my body. "I'll fight and live with my friends."
I faced Cobra who looks shock,"No it can't be, you should be paralyze."
I shout a war cry and tackled him,"Leo's Special Move: Fire Spear!"
I knew it was a direct hit, Cobra was knocked out after that the pain from the poison came back and I was lying at the floor and I saw Reyna's face:
"Leo, hold on we'll get you an antidote."
I smiled since it was the first time I saw her worried,"Reyna."
"What is it?"
"If I die can you promise me to be your first friend."
She looks shock but she gave in,"Fine, you're my first friend." she said with a smile on her face.
The Spark of Friendship with Reyna, I hope to keep it that way and if I live I hope to kindle it's warmth and with a smile on my face the only thing I saw was darkness.
Hey guys that's a wrap, I'm sorry that I haven't updated recenty and please forgive me because it's writers block, but review please I mean it. Sorry again!
Bonus Question for this chapter(This is to test if you understand my story):
There are 2 Different Sparks in this Chapter, what is it?