Chapter 20…. I never thought I'd get to type XX on my keyboard.. Review to make sure I continue this story!
Here's an AWESOME parody to the 12 Days of Christmas song made up by a writer on Wattpad- XxxJoJoLuvxxX. Here it is-
ON the 12th day of Christmas, Rick Riordan gave to me..
12 gods on thrones,
11 golden eagles,
10 years of service,
9 evil nymphs,
8 high powered spuds,
7 chosen heroes,
6 arms on Earthborn,
5 giants gone!
4 days for Hera,
3 Roman praetors,
2 godly camps
And a boat with a dragon's head!
Here's my gift to you for 2012! A chapter and a cookie- (::)(::)(::)(::)
My New Year Resolution? 1)Try to write better and 2)Get past the fucking (excuse my language) annoying annual Seleucid phalanx pike spam armies and let me just conquer her last 5 frickin cities so I can kill Rome in my Sparta camgpain in Roma Surrectum II.
I'm telling you, Roma Surrectum II is THE BEST TOTAL WAR MOD ever created. Except maybe Darthmod Empire. Hard to say. They're both awesome as hell.
XX
Nico
For once, Nico was glad to have the god of war on his side. He could only watch in awe as Mars/Ares tore through the enemy lines with ease.
Within seconds, the 2 camps had rallied and the garden was separated into 2- a monster phalanx and a Greek phalanx supported by legionnaires on the flanks. On the monster side, the god was still wrecking havoc. Only the demigod side, the Greeks and pegasus archers were still keeping the giant, Mimas at bay pretty well. The Romans were unloading pila into the weak spots of the armor.
Nico himself was darting around the giant's legs and stabbing his foot, his Stygian Iron sword hurting the giant quite a bit, though he knew they would need the help of Ares to kill this thing once and for a couple thousand years.
Reyna was shouting orders to focus fire on the monsters, keeping them down for Mars to kill the giant. They formed ranks and made an effective dam boxing in the phalanx.
"Dad!" Frank shouted and motioned to the giant.
Frank's father seemed to understand and jumped up over the ranks and landing on the demigod size, growing to full size. "We'll Mimas… we meet again," he bellowed.
Mimas snarled. "You will not kill me this time, god of war."
"We'll see about that." And then they charged each other, massive swords clanging against each other. Frank turned into an elephant complete with cataphracts armor and plowed into Mimas, sending the giant toppling like a LEGO skyscraper that had been knocked down.
The giant rolled and jabbed at Frank, his spear deflecting off his armor.
This kind of stuff continued for a little while. Nico circled the fighters, trying to get a weak spot to hit.
No opportunity came up.
Frank was calling for help, but Octavian was calling orders to form testudo, and the Romans slowly separated from the Greeks, in their own formation. With nothing to support them, Camp Half Blood had no choice but to form their own spear square.
Then Frank decided to morph into an army of bees. He stung the giant all over and Ares delivered a crushing blow to the giant's forehead with his battle hammer. Stunned and confused, Nico took the change and rushed in, stabbing the giant in the foot.
Something weird happened after that.
Nico's sword sunk hilt deep into the foot, touching the ground. As soon as it hit dirt, something under the ground went BOOM and Nico was thrown off his feet.
When everything cleared, his Stygian Iron sword lay 10 feet in front of him, smoking and twisted out of shape. The sounds of fighting were still in the background, but it was like Nico was underwater.
There was no giant. The war god Ares and Frank were looking around in confusion. Frank came over and helped Nico the feet just as the sounds of battle came back into focus. "What happened?" he asked. "One minute the giant was there, the next there was an explosion and he disintegrated."
"I don't…. I don't know," Nico muttered through a killing headache.
Frank set him against the statue of Mars, then rushed back to the front, where all the formations were dissolved into 1 on 1 combat.
But the scary thing was, there were no monsters. It was Greek vs Roman. The Greeks had an obvious advantage, being much better trained in single combat. Romans were in small groups of 2 or 3, hacking away at everything bronze they could see.
Jason, Frank, Reyna, Piper and some others were trying to calm down the fight, with not much success.
"Calm down!" Jason shouted.
"Dieeee!" Coach Hedge yelled and charged Jason. They went rolling into an alleyway.
But right now there was something more important- the fact that Mimas had seemingly disintegrated.
"Son of Hades! What have you done to the giant! I wanted to kill him!" Mars rounded on Nico and glared at him and Nico averted his gaze.
"Um, I stabbed him in the foot and he died, Lord Mars," Nico replied, trying to keep his cool. "Or at least, he appeared to."
"Well, Frank was supposed to kill the giant with me, not you!" Mars scoffed and shook his head. Fortunately, he didn't blast Nico to dust. A minor detail.
"Lord, I don't think it was me. When I stabbed him, it touched the ground and seemed to send some sort of energy through the blade."
"Well, that's the power of the Heracles Bow for you," he said absent-mindedly. He was looking at the Greeks and Romans fight.
"Romans need to be in formation…" Mars shook his head.
The power of the Heracles Bow. "Lord Ares, you mean… a part of the bow is buried here?" Nico didn't like calling gods "lord," but Romans gods were even more annoying then Greek ones, and it was smart to call them it.
"Well of course! Didn't the note Apollo say so? Oh, he and his clever riddles. I must be going now. Lord Jupizeus has demanded I stay no longer than necessary." And with that, he erupted into a flash of golden light as Nico covered his eyes and left.
Nico stared for a moment, then beckoned Hazel over. "Do you sense anything right under us?" He asked her.
Hazel frowned in concentration. "Some rubies, a diamond…. And a piece of bent Celestial Bronze. Noo… no just any. This piece practically radiates power."
"Can you lift it for me?"
"Sure. Gimmie a second."
As Hazel tried to raise the metal, the war finally started to calm down. Piper's charmspeak began working its magic finally, and the dead and wounded were being accounted for. No one looked to badly injured, though Nico caught sight of a few motionless bodies soaked in red, which made him look away sick.
"Got it," Hazel said.
Nico turned around and looked at the piece. Behold.. the all mighty, powerful, godly, piece of Heracles Bow- A dull, bent piece of metal.
He blinked. "That's it?"
"That's it," Hazel confirmed.
"I expected more," Nico muttered.
"Eh."
Nico grabbed the piece and examined it. Now that he was touching the metal, he could feel how powerful it was, massive amounts of energy waiting to be released.
It was about 1 foot long, slightly bent, like a miniature bow that was unstrung.
"Come on. Let's get this piece back to camp for examination," Nico said.
And he turned around just in time to see Octavian stab him in the chest.
Wow, I realized I had completely already screwed up the order of chapters. I did 2 Hazel chapters lol. I promise it'll be correct for the next batch- Percy/Annabeth, Percy/Annabeth, Jason, Hazel, Leo, Nico and Frank.
Mwahahaha I'm evil! Reviews are loved.
Quote of the chapter- 9 out of 10 doctors agree than 1 out of 10 doctors in an idiot.
Song of the chapter- Paradise by Coldplay (Did I do that one already?)
Entertainment of the chapter- Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty