While Camp-Half Blood was dealing with the strange creatures, we were under attack as well.
It was as normal as any day. That particular day, we were in the middle of a senate meeting, discussing regular issues, when we were interrupted by a loud crashing noise.
We all ran out and saw yellow monsters wearing masks and armour –a lot of them-over two hundred advancing towards us. And we were all weaponless. Instantly, I took action and blew the war horn, alerting the entire city of the impending attack.
In less than a minute, all of them were almost upon us. Reyna was giving orders. Reinforcements from Camp-Half Blood had been asked and the rest of the cohorts were to arrive ASAP.
Right now, it was only 35 of us. But, soon new would have more than 300 soldiers.
The yellow monsters attacked. I saw Frank turn into an elephant and knock three of them unconsciousness. But, they simply rose again and continued fighting.
I was attacking with my Sparta without much success. These monsters were smart and they were good with weapons. I could not break through their , I was eagerly waiting for Arian to arrive.
Over on the other corner, Reyna had taken the eagle of lightning and shouting "Twelfth Legion Fulminate" shot lightning at a dozen of ,it did not even faze them.
I saw Jason on another side, fighting like a madman, his sword swinging with unimaginable speed. Just as he was stabbing one of the monsters, a blur of yellow came towards him and both of them were grappling around each other as one would fight a tiger.
Piper fought gracefully next to him, charmspeaking monsters in the midst and creating a whole lot of confusion.
Leo fought with his hammer, shooting random fireballs around, causing general mayhem.
Just as we were about to get overwhelmed with the monsters not dying easily, the rest of the cohorts joined us, turning the tide of the battle. There was still no news of Camp Half Blood.
I saw Rachel Dare saying something to Reyna and Reyna's face registered shock. I really did not want any more bad news.
Just as I saw that, hundreds of arrows shot towards us. Some of them exploded in our feets, some turned into ferocious beasts as they gleesome turned the ground into a forest of wild traps and roots trapping the soldiers.
Dozens of enemy archers in the form of snake-headed guys appeared and the balance of the battle once again shifted .Frank shot arrow after arrow with no success. The enemy arrows were much stronger.
The giant eagles were working hard, carrying the ever growing number of injured soldiers for healing.
About half of the yellow monsters were taken care of, but the rest along with the deadly archers were creating havoc within the cohorts. Pretty soon, we had only about 2 dozen people left.
I said "We are growing less and less in number, and the monsters are not dying. I turned towards Reyna and Frank-"What should we do?"
Reyna "This is a dire situation. We have heard news that a horde of very dangerous beasts have attacked Camp-Half Blood. The attacks were synchronized so that no one camp could help the other."
I said"So, what are the orders, Praetor?"
Frank "We have two options-Stand and Fight to our last breath or retreat temporarily."
I said in disbelief"Retreat? That's not even an option. Romans don't run from war."
Frank answered"Centurion,right now more than 300 soldiers as well as over a 1000 New Rome residents are under our protection. We are responsible for them."
Reyna "He is correct. Our egos will survive, but these forces will devastate us. We must retreat, and attack back when we are in a better position."
Frank "I will hold them as long as possible. Hurry all of you, we must escape on foot as the Argo 2 is at Camp-Half Blood. The eagles can carry the , I return, I can carry some on my back .The rest can go on their peace."
Jason "I am with you bro. There are too many of them. Together we will hold them down."
Reyna"Okay,we are leaving.I hate this but we must do it for the good of the you can distract them long enough –Frank and Jason"."So long."and with that everyone except Frank and Jason hastily retreated leaving them all alone to hold off the remaining army.