Before you read the chapter: I'm not good at action scences. I apologize for my bad writing of this (and the next) chapter.


While building Argo 2, Leo decides to buy a new video - camera, and film everything that's going on. Including interviews with campers, Jasper, Percabeth and more (: I suck at summaries. Placed between TLO and SoN. T because I want.

Disclaimer: I if were Rick Riordan, I wouldn't be writing this. I'd be working on "The Mark of Athena". So apparently, I'm NOT Rick Riordan, who owns all the characters.

Chapter ten, part one: The Hunt(er)

Leo followed Annabeth and Chiron as they walked up the hill to greet the hunters. There were thirty of them, and they all wore the same outfit: white tank-tops, shorts and military boots. Most of the campers were there, too, and they looked panic. Leo wondered about that. Why are the hunters scary? He thought to himself. I mean, if you are not afraid of their freaky expressions and bows and arrows… Ok, they might be scary.

"Thalia!" Annabeth called at the same time Thalia called, "Annabeth!" They hugged each other. "I've missed you so much!" Annabeth said.

"Lucky me," Thalia laughed. She released Annabeth, and smiled. Her black hair was longer than it was on the winter, and her blue eyes shone. Leo could understand her excitement. Even thought she found a new family with the hunters and Artemis, Camp Half-Blood was the first place where she felt at home. And man, this feeling was good!

Thalia looked around, and then noticed Chiron and Leo, whom stood quietly behind Annabeth. "Hi, Chiron. Leo."

"Hello, Thalia," Chiron said, "I hope you're doing fine."

"I'm doing great, thanks," Thalia said. "How's Camp today? It's been a long time since I've visited here."

"You never came back after you joined the hunt," Annabeth complained.

"Yeah, I know," Thalia said. "I've been busy. Killing monsters and searching for a lost son of Poseidon. It's a full time job."

"Didn't we inform you about where Percy might be?" Chiron asked. "I think we did."

"Oh, you did," Thalia said, "but we kept searching for him. With monsters re-forming all the time, it doesn't pay to kill them. They would re-form after three minutes or so."

"Yup, you've got a point there," Leo said. It made him think about the Cyclops, and how they almost re-formed and killed them again. Brrrr, he didn't want to remember the scary moment when he realized the circle is endless. You kill a monster, it re-form and then you have to kill it again. Wonderful. And it was going to be like that until they will close the doors of death.

"Thalia!" Jason called. He ran up the hill with Piper by his side.

"Jason! How are ya, little bro?" Thalia hugged him and ruffled his hair. "Long time no see."

"You were the one that didn't come around," Jason protested.

"You might be right," Thalia shrugged. "Piper, how are you?"

"Pretty good. What about you?" Piper said.

"I'm good," Thalia said. Then she turned again to Jason. "Did you get your memory back?" she demanded to know.

"Not everything," Jason didn't seem too upset, but Leo knew he was upset, he just tried to hide it from Thalia. Sometimes, when Leo and Piper and Jason talked on the beach after the campfire, Piper charmspoke Jason into telling them what's on his mind. Leo knew it wasn't okay, but he also knew that Jason was revealed. It was hard to hide his thoughts, and when he talked with them, it made him feel good. "But most of it."

"That's good. Do you remember the Roman camp?" Thalia asked.

"Camp Jupiter? Yes, very clearly," Jason nodded.

"Then I guess I won't have to kick someone's butt," Thalia said. Leo couldn't know if she was serious.

"So, Thalia," Chiron said. "I think you might want to unpack your stuffs at the Artemis cabin. Am I right?"

Thalia looked at her hunters. "You think there's going to be enough place for all of us?" she asked, worried.

"Yes, indeed," Chiron said. "If you won't have enough space, you can tell me. I will make sure you will all feel at home."

"Thank you, Chiron," Thalia smiled. Leo's hurt made a flip in his chest. Gods, she was so beautiful! "Hunters, follow!"

As the hunters walked down the hills, the campers began to talk with each other. Leo could hear parts of what they had said: "Capture-The-Flag's not going to end up well," "yup, I'm worried about my new helmet."

Leo turned to Annabeth, confused. "Capture-The-Flag? What's going to happen?"

"It's kind of tradition," Annabeth explained. "Each time the hunters visit Camp, there's a friendly –"

"Not so friendly," Connor Stoll muttered behind Leo.

"Thank you, Connor," Annabeth complained. "There's a friendly Capture-The-Flag game, when Camp is team number one, and the hunters are team number two."

"The last time we played the Ares' campers ended up injured," Travis said.

"This time we make sure it won't happen," Clarisse said. "Being injured isn't much fun."

"Now you know how it feels," Jake said.

"Sorry about that broken nose," Clarisse shrugged. "It wasn't my fault."

"It was, actually," Jake said.

"Guys!" Annabeth put her hands on her waist. "We need to go back to our duties. We will discuss our strategy later."

"You mean you will tell us what to do?" Travis asked.

"Yup," Annabeth admitted. "Now let's go." And they left the hills, each one to his or her duties.

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"And we are pleasured to have the hunters of Artemis with us today, and we hope they're feeling at home," Chiron said. They sat at the dinning pavilion, and ate dinner. The hunters sat by the Artemis table, and were listening to Chiron.

"Thank you, Chiron," Thalia said. "We do feel at home."

"I'm glad to hear," Chiron smiled. "And for our daily news; we will have a special Capture-The-Flag game right after dinner. The hunters will be the blue team, and the campers will be the red team. I will be the judge. You know the rules, and I hope we will have a good time."

The campers finished their dinner, and took their weapons. "Camp Half-Blood shall take the west side of the forest. The river is the border. Now let the games begin!" Chiron announced, and the campers cheered, and went to plan their strategy.

"Here's what we're going to do," Annabeth said once everyone surrounded her. "The Ares cabin's going to protect the flag, which you'll decide where to hide. The Demeter cabin helps them, and tramples anyone who dared come near. The Hypnos cabin…" She looked at the Hypnos' campers who slept, their heads laid on the tables. "Whatever. The Hermes cabin sneaks to get the hunters' flag, and everyone else's trying to protect our side of the border. Jason, Piper and Leo, you come with me. Malcolm – you're in charge of our cabin."

"Got it, Annabeth," Malcolm nodded.

"This time we're going to win," Annabeth said. "For Percy. When he hears we won Capture-The-Flag, he will be proud."

"For Percy!" Everyone yelled and raised their weapons, then headed to their positions.

"What are we going to do?" Piper asked Annabeth once everyone was gone.

"We're going to get the flag," Annabeth said.

"How?" Leo asked.

"Come with me," Annabeth said. She led them through the woods, to an unfamiliar area. The woods were black and tall, and Leo started to shake. He had a feeling this is not going to end up well.

"Hmm, Annabeth?" He said.

"What, Valdez?" Annabeth asked, without looking back at him.

"Are you sure about it?"

"Yes, why?"

"No reason," Leo said. This was starting to freak him out. Where were they going? He looked at Jason, who mouthed: Stay calm. Annabeth knows what she's doing.

Very helpful, Leo thought. A daughter of Athena leads me in the dark forest, and she doesn't tell me where we're going. I hope I'm not going to get on her bad side. Does Annabeth have a bad side?

"Leo!" Piper shook him out of his thoughts. He almost stumbled, but managed to steady himself on the last moment. He cursed in Ancient Greek. "Where are we?"

They stood in a middle of a clearing, and the river floated a few feet in their front. "Nobody knows of this place," Annabeth said. "This is where I come to think."

"Hmm," Piper hummed. "What are we doing now?"

"Trying to get their flag," Annabeth repeated. "Jason, you're going to try to see where the flag is."

"How?" Jason asked.

"You know how to fly," Annabeth said.

"Right," Jason said. He summoned a gust of wind that lifted him several feet in the air. He looked around, and then brought himself down. "I saw it," he said, "but we have a problem."

"What's the problem?" Annabeth asked, worried.

"Thalia guards it," Jason said.

"No problem," Leo said. "I'm going to get this freaking flag. Where's it hidden?"

Jason told him, and he took out a hammer from his tool-belt. "Leo Valdez is coming!" He cheered.

"Leo, are you sure about it?" Piper asked, worried.

Her question somewhat undermined Leo. What if Thalia will attack you? A voice in his head said. She will not have mercy on you because you're the best friend of her little brother. But you can't back off now..

"Don't worry, Leo," Annabeth seemed to read his mind. "We will be right behind you. Piper will charmspeak whoever tries to attack you. Right, Piper?"

"Right," Piper smiled. "You can do it, trust yourself."

"Thanks, Beauty Queen," Leo managed to say. "But I have a plan. A new plan."

To be continued..


Drums~~ I know this was originally supposed to be all about interviews, but I think these (the chapters without interviews) make the story interesting.


I wanted to thank Fly97, who translated this story to German. You can find the German version on: www . fanfiktion . de / s / 4f453ea900021a8b067109a0 . (I hope this shows the link. If it doesn't you can go to the reviews, the link is there.)


And again - I'm sorry for not updating earlier this week. I had three tests, a trip with the youth-movement, and my first-aid course, which is over. I got 100 at the CPR's test! Yay me!


And for the answers part you all love:

shannononom: thank you! And thank you (again) for the question. It's really good!

Nobody2012: LOL (: Hope you will like this chapter.

StarrySea: thank you! As you can see, there's going to be a game! (:

Kasia27: you're welcome! And thank you, too. I've always wanted to interview Chiron.

Fly97: thank you, again! I know most of you wants me to interview the Roman campers, but the problem is that I don't know them well enough. And I wanna do a sequel for this story about... you will see (;

my pretty kitty7: thank you so much! The question is really good, and it fits Leo (: Hope you like this chapter, too.

Vans321: thank you so much! Hope you like this chapter, too.

Seven: thanks! The question is great, I will use it (I already have an answer for this one.).

ummiuno011: thank you so much for the help! It helped me XD What do you think of this chapter?

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iloveluke:thank you! Hi, iloveluke's cousin! What's up? :D Thank you for the question. I hope you will like this chapter, too. And I will write chapters until the Argo 2 will be ready.

AsIfICared:thanks! I agree. Nico's going to be dead after Annabeth and Percy will find him ;) I hope Gaea won't kill him. That will be too bad. And you got your capture the flag game :P

Lotty di Valdez: thank you so much! The question is really good. I already have an answer to that one. I hope you like this chapter!

Penguin208: thank you! Now you don't have to wait anymore. Hope you like this chapter!


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I just wanted to wish you all a late happy family day! In my religion it was yesterday, and it was also my dad's birthday. He turned 47. He's old (:

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