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Annabeth
I inhale in shallow breaths as I see Ladea. She fights her way through almost 20 monsters, and is then accompanied by a teenage guy who looks around her age. Ladea nods and the set out a battle strategy. It is a good one, though it is obvious if you have any wit in you. They both take out and travel alone, taking out very few monsters and dodge the rest. When they meet at the end, they have half the monsters as they did before. The boy throws a shield decoy for distraction and they charge out and lash together, back to back. The decoy creates a crater in the field and kills 30 monsters, leaving 50 left. Another girl joins them and goes on her own, taking light paths and killing monsters without them noticing. Pretty soon, 110 piles of golden dust lie on the floor, melting into the grass and vanishing.
The trio is breathless. They all have wounds on their faces and scars everywhere. They are quickly healed by stuffing down cautious amounts of nectar and ambrosia.
"Do you think Kevin died?" Kiara says, her words full of hope.
"No, it's okay," Ladea touches Kiara's arm reassuringly, "Kevin will live. You will see him again. He is out there, fighting like you and I have no doubt he is alive. Don't worry."
"Easy for you to say. Jay is right here," Kiara smirks.
Ladea blushes red and Jay just laughs, pulling Ladea into a kiss. Kiara grins, "See?"
"Fine, fine. But be positive. Nothing good comes out of negative - would you rather be depressed or live a life with amazing people?" Ladea draped her arms around Kiara and Jay's shoulders.
"Second one. But that was the opening act for the Opening Act. The camps are holding off as much as they can, we only killed 1/10 of them. Apparently Harintok's been busy," Kiara sighs.
"He's collected monsters for millena and the reformed ones from the last 2 Great Prophecies agreed too. He's got millions, and it would take much to kill him," Jay said softly, pain in his voice as if he had a bad memory.
Ladea nods as another wave of monsters come. "Opening Act."
A god, Ares, smiles evilly as he appears. "Here are your company."
Nerita, Benna, Liam, and Mason appear. Everyone from the camps does too. It's probably us, nearly one thousand, to them, nearly 100 thousand. I panic, but realize this is 12 years from now. I get sent out from my vision and Apollo greets me.
"You see, now? You can't take pity on monsters. You can love family, though! Be what you do best - strategize and wit. Be strong. Help them," Apollo grins, flashing bright white teeth as I flinch.
Pain, horrible pain worse than I had ever felt burns into me, making me hot and sweaty. I cling onto a random stick I see in the flash and hold on for dear life.