Wooohoooo! I'm really happy for this story! Just to clarify:
the president was NOT Obama. He was just some random guy that was unlucky to get elected.
No Concentration camps are going to be mentioned. Since there is roughly only 400 demigods in USA, then there is no reason for concentration camps. Just a warning- but MANY demigods will die. MANY.
Percy's POV
The sun set slowly after dinner that Annabeth and I shared. The sun looked like a slice of an orange on the still ocean. We were sitting on a hill near the ocean. You know the part that isn't the beach but isn't the land? That's what we were sitting on.
"What are at you looking, Seaweed Brain?"
I glanced to the blond sitting by my side. "At you looking?"
"Well, it is improper grammar to use 'at' at the end of a sentence."
"Oook. I was looking at the sunset."
Her grey eyes twinkled. "This was the perfect date, and I hope you know that."
I blushed, and I'm sure it showed on my cheeks. "That means a lot, Wise girl," I picked up a water bottle from the basket we had brought, "want some water?"
She smiled. "I don't need water when I am sitting right by the ocean!"
I looked at her weirdly. "You are going to drink salt water?"
Annabeth laughed. "No, I'm just not thirsty. The ocean reminds me that an infinite amount of water is nearby so my thirst is quenched without evening drinking anything." Annabeth unraveled the tweed ends at the end of the blanket. "This is really strange…"
"What is?"
"Well, no one has come looking for us yet. We missed dinner and I'm sure someone noticed."
"They have a volleyball tournament tonight. We could miss three days without them noticing."
Instead of laughing, Annabeth glanced behind her. One of her little owl earrings fell off. I picked it up and almost gave is back to her when I heard her gasp. "What's that!"
I turned around. Far in the distance, the entrance of camp could be seen. Except, it didn't look exactly the same. Huge tanks lined the entrance, past Thalia's pine tree. How had they crossed the border? Hundreds of soldiers could be seen. All of them had on a black suit with some kind of blue thing on their shoulder. They carried tons of guns.
"What are they doing here!" I yelled.
Annabeth was on her feet before I could register it. "They have past the border. Something's up. We have to go see what is going on."
I ran after her, towards the Big House. The dust was kicked up from our feet and everything was a blur. The wind blew my hair back from my forehead. The soldiers were just a few feet from the steps of the Big House. I knew I couldn't let them get inside and ran inside the Big House with Annabeth at my side. I heard a gunshot and saw a bullet ritochete off of my back. We ran up the steps with most soldiers not even registering that we had been crossing right in front of their paths.
"Chiron!" Annabeth yelled.
"Yes?" I heard a voice say in one of the backrooms.
"Chiron! Something's out there! They have tons of guns, tanks, almost every military weapon known to man."
I could hear the soft clopping of Chiron's hooves as he came closer to us. "What do you-" he looked out the window. His face turned deathly pale. "They have come."
"They? Who is 'they'?" I asked.
"The H.A.G. (!) They have come for us."
"The Humans Against Guns and Drugs Company? How could they be coming for us? I just donated ten bucks to their cause yesterday." Annabeth said.
Chiron shook his head. "You shouldn't have done that, my dear. And that's not their name. They are formally known, to some people, as the Humans Against Gods and Demigods."
"Huh?" I asked.
"There is no time to explain. We have to leave! Order a complete evacuation for everyone!" he said.
We heard the soft click of a gun. "Stop right there."
Annabeth and I turned around slowly. One of the soldiers was standing in front of us with his gun pointed at both of us. Both Annabeth and me were tense with fear. We had to get out of there. I probably did the most stupid thing in my life. "Run!" I yelled.
Annabeth and me sprinted away from the Big house with Chiron galloping away in front of us towards the other campers. Unfortunately, the H.A.G. had already gotten there. Many of the campers were held at gunpoint and taken away. I saw one of the newest Aphrodite kids, Piper, trying to charmspeak a soldier to let her go. He didn't budge. One of the Ares kids had a soldier in a headlock but was just being thrown to the ground by the much stronger soldier. Something was wrong. I saw kids being loaded onto one of those weird World War Two trucks, the ones with the opened back and the fabric cover. Annabeth and I hid behind one of the strawberry bins.
"Perseus Jackson. In a way, it is World War Two. But even Adolf Hitler couldn't dream about this."
I turned around. Annabeth tried to pull me back, but she might as well have tried to move a truck.
"Who's there?" I asked.
A shimmery form began to appear and I realized it was an Iris message. Some guy, maybe fifty years old, appeared wearing a grey pin stripe suit and had grey hair. He didn't look like he could do much harm, but his eyes told a different story.
"What do you want with us?" I yelled at him, "Why are you doing this," I waved to the kids being taken away, "to them?"
The guy got a really evil smile on his face. "Well, Perseus, just to retort your question back to you, why do you do this," he waved around. "What do you want with us?"
"Huh?"
"Your kind has terrorized us for the last time. Your destruction on Manhattan? That was BILLIONS of dollars in damage. Do you want to know how many mortals have been killed by something that has to do with mythology? MILLIONS. And now, it is time for US to get OUR revenge."
Annabeth gasped behind me. "Look…"
I tilted my head slightly so I could see where Annabeth was pointing. In the distance, another Iris message was forming. But, in this message, a fourteen year old boy was shown. A really familiar fourteen-year-old boy. He was sitting in a chair. His had were bound with… celestial bronze?
"Nico!" Annabeth yelled.
The Iris message didn't respond. I listened closer to what it was saying. Another figured appeared. It was the same guy in the other Iris message. He was sitting in a desk with a computer facing Nico in front of him. My head flicked back to where the Iris message was, but he was gone. I turned my attention back to the other Iris message.
"Work with us," the evil guy said.
Nico looked like he was actually thinking about it. "What do I have to do?"
"No! Nico!" Annabeth yelled.
The Iris message disappeared. Annabeth got back on her knees. Her eyes seemed a million miles away and to be welling with tears.
"This is bad," I said.
"This isn't bad. This is disastrous. This will be exactly like World War Two. Do you know what happened in World War Two?"
Memories of history class and gory movies filled my mind. I nodded my head slightly.
"Well, Seaweed Brain. Imagine all of your friends taking the place of the Jewish people."
I looked off into the distance where campers were being loaded up into the truck. Many of them had the same celestial bronze handcuffs as Nico on their arms. I saw Chiron's form being knocked down and tied up. If these people could kill him… we were in big trouble. "We have to save them," I took off after them. My mind was set. These people could not take away my home, my family.
Something hard landed on me and I fell down. I looked behind me and Annabeth was on top of me. Her face was smudged with dirt and tears.
"You can't! If you go over there, they'll take you too. I-they can't lose you! We would be no help if we got captured along with them. We have to leave."
"But-"
"Listen to me. We might meet up with some campers on the way out. Let's go!"
She got up off of me and ran in the direction of the beach. I sighed, dusted off my jeans and took off after her. Why was she headed to the Fireworks beach? I sprinted closer to her. Her hair was flying behind her like a tail.
"Why the beach?" I asked.
Her breaths were in huffs. "They have… the camp… surrounded."
I looked around. Sure enough, on the borders of camp, there were more soldiers and tanks. Even in the woods, I could hear the sound of tanks moving and soldiers stomping. But, on the ocean side, there were boats. Too bad for them.
"Guys!" I heard someone yelled.
I turned around and came to a stop. Travis and Connor were behind us, maybe forty feet away. They were sprinting, but not fast enough. "Hurry up! We are going to leave by the ocean!" I yelled.
"Duck!" I heard Annabeth scream.
I immediately got on my knees and was unfortunate to look up. Where Travis and Connor were standing was a huge explosion of fire. Mysterious chunks littered the air. A huge boomed rattled my world. Heat seared my head and back.
"Connor! Travis! No no no! Katie will be so depressed!" Annabeth said.
"Come on! The soldiers saw them! We have to get away before they get us too!"
"But- Percy. Those were our friends. Tons of others will die too."
"That's why we have to save them! We'll come back to them after we are safe. Ok? I promise."
That jarred her back. She got up and took my hand. We ran to the edge of the ocean, the sand kicking up on our feet. It was a really beautiful day outside. It should have been rainy and dark, not all bright and sunny with theses innocent demigods being taken away. The sky suddenly turned black. The winds picked up and the rain began to pour down. I looked down at the ocean. It was a safe haven. We would be safe but everyone else would die. Could I do this?
"Annabeth-"
"Percy! You just convinced me! We have to go!"
"But, can't we wait for others? I'm the only son of Poseidon and this is the only escape route!"
"Maybe, but we have to-"
Click.
I turned around to see a bullet coming at my stomach. I pulled Annabeth behind me, knowing that I could protect her with my invincible body.
"Percy! I can fight for myself!" she slipped on her Yankees hat. But she didn't go invisible. The soldier obviously saw it too, and was just as confused as I was.
We didn't have time to wonder what was going on. I grabbed her wrist and jumped into the ocean. I could feel the bullets hitting my head, but they just felt like bugs hitting my head. I willed the currents to take us away, far away. Oh wait. I had Annabeth with me. I turned around to see her face going blue. I willed the bubbles to surround her and me and we dove deeper into the ocean.
"Percy! I can't see a thing!"
I muttered under my breath, "There isn't much to see."
URGGG. For some reason, Fanfiction won't let me say H A G A D! -.- Well, everytime I mention them, their name will be H.A.G (very charming, isn't it?)but their name will still mean the same thing.
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