"I challenge you for generalship!" I shouted, drawing my sword. The crowd fell quiet and then erupted with the sound of people standing up. As soon as I said it, I was screaming in my head. What in the world was I thinking. As soon as people started moving, I saw Lee sprinting toward me with his sword.

"Get out of the castle!" Polly shouted. I took off immediately out of the castle. I pushed through the crowd and got outside just as everyone scattered. I tried to think of some place where I would have an advantage, but I couldn't really get help from anyone and Lee knew this place better than me.

I stood, facing the castle slowly backing away as I watched Lee come out. He had his sword drawn and pretty soon there was a large circle of people around us. Lee was smiling at me, most likely happy he was going to finally get to kill me.

"A whole week and you're just now finally revealing your true colors, huh?" He said with a smile, approaching me. "Does it anger you that we killed some of your demigod friends?" It did anger me.

"No, I've just had enough of seeing that dumbass grin on your face whenever you think you're winning." I responded, standing a little straighter.

"And what if I told you that I sent some people to go and torture that Ares girl again?"

"What do I care? There you go with that stupid smile, again. The only good thing about that smile is watching it go away when you realize that I beat you. Again and again and again and again." I gripped my sword a little tighter and quickly moved to dodge a few quick strikes from Lee. He sent some lava at my feet and I quickly lifted it, sending it back at his face. He dodged around it and blocked the slash that I had aimed at his face. We stopped and slowly circled each other.

I took a second and looked around. I was shocked at how many people were actually watching. There were guards who had taken a break from their patrols. Everyone in the cafeteria. Even a couple people who looked like they had been woken up to watch.

"To think that you could become general…And then maybe we should gather around a fire and sing some songs? And maybe we should just talk about our problems. That'll get things done." Lee said, charging me. "You need to break a few eggs to make an omelet, Peter." He said as our swords banged together. I kicked him away and I launched a wave of lava at him which he sliced through, following up with another charge.

"Well, you can break some eggs without being a total dick!" I said, dodging his sword and going for a strike of my own which he blocked. I launched a few more balls of lava at him, managing to catch him in the chest with one which knocked him back a couple steps. I charged, but he threw some lava at my feet which tripped me up. I fell and landed hard on my chest then grabbed my sword and tried to scramble to my feet.

"It's funny, Peter. We're immune to fire." He said. I tried to move, but my feet were stuck. I looked back and saw that the lava was growing and it soon was starting to cover my body. "However, we are still half-human in that we need oxygen." The lava grew and stretched until it circled around me and quickly made a dome around me, covering me completely, lava swirling all above me. "By my counts, you don't have long." He said with a chuckle before the lava solidified into solid rock.

Everything seemed to grow still. I could hear the faint sound of commotion from outside the dome, but that disappeared soon enough. Either people giving up on me or just my hearing growing bad from the lack of air. I tried to throw my back into the dome, but it was too heavy. My feet were still trapped in the lava. As long as he was keeping it a rock, I couldn't really turn it back into lava. And the air was already thin enough that I didn't want to exert myself too much more.

As I tried to think of something to do, I thought about Alicia. She would no doubt be punished for siding with me. Polly and Titus stood more of a chance, but even then…

I closed my eyes and tried to think of some way that I could get out of this. Some way that I could get out of all of this. Out of this dome. Out of being killed. Out of becoming general. I shouldn't even be here anyway. For some reason, I saw a picture of Camp Half-Blood in my mind. Like it was put there by something or someone who was taking my brain on a joyride.

That was it, though. I shouldn't be here. Who got me out of the horrible school? It wasn't this camp. It was Camp Half-Blood. Who welcomed me even when I didn't really belong? It wasn't the camp that carved me like a Thanksgiving turkey or the camp that killed Walker. It was Camp Half-Blood. This was the time to escape. This had to be it.

I took a short breath then started a wind current around me. It swirled and swirled and it wasn't very powerful at first, but it soon lifted the dome enough to let some more air in and soon it grew big enough that it shattered the dome to pieces. I quickly sent the rocks toward Lee and then let the vortex lift me up.

"I think I'm gonna beat you again, Lee!" I shouted as I added lava into the vortex, the giant orange tornado completely encompassing me and lifting me higher and higher. I looked down and saw all of the campers who were quickly backing away and I could see Lee trying to hit me with lava, but it was all just sucked into the tornado. Soon enough, I was higher than castle and I stepped out of the tornado on top of one of the walls. I flicked my wrist and the whirlwind moved away from the castle and started moving on its own.

I turned and started running toward one of the sides of the castle. I looked over and could see the prison down below. All of this commotion had started to tire me out, but I still had enough energy to jump off the castle and use some wind to lower me to the ground. I sheathed my sword and took off in a mad sprint toward the prison.

I could hear screams inside and my heart fell a little bit, trying to move faster. I burst through the prison door and tackled the first guy I saw. I recognized him as Shane, but I quickly hit him with my sword to knock him out. I looked into Jillian's cell and saw her tied to a chair with Anya and Samantha leaning over her. They quickly turned when Shane went down.

"You…Peter!" Samantha shouted. I dodged just in time as a knife came zipping toward me, grazing my temple. I flinched back as blood started to leak down my cheek and I saw as Anya was approaching me with a dagger. Then there was a loud hum and suddenly Anya and Samantha started screaming as they were swarmed by bees, stinging them over and over again. They quickly ran from the prison as the swarm followed them. I looked over at Artie who gestured for me to get moving. I quickly melted the lock on his door then hurried over to Jillian who must have passed out.

"Take the toothpick." I said to Artie, taking the toothpick from her ear. "Tap it a couple times on your palm and it'll turn into a weapon. I don't know which one. Just hurry up." I said, picking up Jillian carefully. I looked back at Artie was holding a bow and had a quiver on his back. He then lead the way out of the prison. "Head to the stables."

"The griffins will never let us take them."

"There's Pegasi there. We'll take those." I said, as we exited the jail. We made a line for the stables, keeping a look out for anyone who might spot us. I looked and saw that my orange tornado was getting pretty small. They had to know that I wasn't in it anymore. "You couldn't have done that bee thing earlier?" I said quietly to Artie. He chuckled a little bit.

"And then what? Been a really big nuisance to everyone here, but still be stuck in that cell?"

"Yeah. Fair enough." I said with a chuckle as I we got close to the stables.

"They're escaping!" I heard someone shout as we walked in.

"We'll never get out in time, Peter. They'll have this place surrounded in seconds." Artie said as we ran down the aisle, stopping in front of Epona and another Pegasus in the stalls. Thankfully, I recognized it as Jillian's.

"Well, when faced with a rock and a hard place, just find an option C, right?" I said with a nervous chuckle as I carefully placed Jillian on Epona's back. I climbed up and then grabbed my sword, looking for another way out. "You can't summon another big swarm of bees can you?"

"One large enough to take out this whole camp? Yeah, probably not." He said as we trotted the pegasi out of their stalls. I could see them coming into the stable at each end and then I looked up and quickly shot a large ball of flame at the ceiling. It exploded and spooked some of the griffins which took off into through the new hole in the ceiling. Artie and I followed suit, lifting off and quickly gaining altitude.

"Wait up. I gotta stop at my tent." I shouted to Artie as I made a line for the Perses tent.

"Seriously?! Priorities, man!"

"Hey, I've got a bad case of Indiana Jones syndrome." I mumbled as I quickly set down. I hurried in and grabbed my slingshot then hurried out again, hopping back onto Epona and taking off into the sky.