Sorry for not uploading in a while. I've been really busy lately. Anyways, here's the sixth chapter of In The Shadow. Hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 6- Capture the Flag
It was the day of capture the flag. All campers had gathered on the edge of the forest. I was standing on my teams side with Beckendorf. He had his sword in his hand. He looked at me.
"Have you got your sword?" He asked.
"Yep, I finished making it." I answered.
"Show me." He said. I pressed a button on my new armband, it transformed into a sword with a celestial bronze blade and a fire pattern on the hilt.
"Looks pretty good." He said. "Maybe you should make a shield to go with it."
"That would be awesome." I exclaimed.
"We can worry about that later." Beckendorf said. "Let's get you some armor."
"Sure." I said and followed beckendorf to a pile of armor with blue stripes on them. Our team captain was Annabeth, the other teams captain was an Ares girl called Clarisse.
"This is our teams armor." Beckendorf said. "Pick some that fits and I'll help you put it on." None of the armor was quite the right size but I found some that was pretty good. Looking though all the armor I felt like I was back in school. In our gym lessons we had done blade hockey and everyone had to wear pads, of course I always got the ones that were either to big or too small for me. Beckendorf helped me put on the armor and he gave me a helmet to go with it. I must have looked ridiculous because I sure felt that way. I looked over my shoulder and I could see the new kid, Percy Jackson, also desperately trying to find some decent armor. I was about to go over and see if I could help him, maybe make a new friend but before I could the sound of a horn being blown echoed through the entire camp. Everybody stopped talking and Chiron walked up onto a little dirt hill.
"Everybody listen up." He said. "Here are the rules. First of all no intentional maiming."
"Intentional maiming!" I exclaimed.
"You'll be fine." Beckendorf said.
"Try not to kill anyone,"Chiron continued "and try to go easy on Alex and Percy because it is their first time. Now everybody get ready."
"Everybody follow me." Annabeth said, she was holding our flag. We marched into the forest and put down our flag. Then Annabeth started dividing our team into attacking and defending positions. Percy and I were the last ones to be divided.
"Percy and Alex," Annabeth said. "You two are defending." Percy and I looked at each other. We both looked ridiculous in our armor.
"Let's go I said." I said. I walked over to Beckendorf and Nicole on the defending side. Percy followed me.
"Are you ready," Nicole said asked Percy and I.
"Yeah, let's do this." I said trying not to sound as scared as I was. It wasn't very convincing though. Another conch horn blew and the attacking team moved of into the forest.
"That's a cool sword you got there." Nicole said.
"Thanks," I replied. "I made it myself. Where's your sword?"
"I don't have one." She replied. "I've got a bow."
"Is that allowed?" I asked.
"Yeah, Clarisse even has an electric spear."
"You should stay away from her." Beckendorf said. Time passed and no one was attacking our flag. Then suddenly Annabeth ran back toward us. She didn't have the flag.
"What are you doing here?" Beckendorf asked.
"Change of plan." She said. "Percy follow me." Percy followed her and we were left alone.
"I wondered what she's planning." I said.
"Don't question it." Nicole said. Time passed and I thought that we wouldn't have any work to do but was I wrong. A miniature army of Ares kids popped out of the forest. I was so surprised that I almost wet myself.
"Get behind me." Beckendorf ordered. The Ares kids got into a formation and charged at our defensive team. Nicole fired a few arrows and took down two of the attackers.
"Stand your ground." Beckendorf shouted. Just as he had said it the two brothers Travis and Connor Stoll charged at the Ares kids. They were beaten up pretty bad. After they were done with them they resumed advancing. We charged them. Beckendorf went first in the group and started fighting one of the Ares kids. The rest of us followed. I thought fighting Beckendorf was bad but these Ares kids were so good, I thought I was going to die a few times. I took on one of the smaller kids. I had difficulty attacking him so I thought I'd wait for a perfect opportunity. I started defending all his attacks. He didn't seem like stopping anytime soon. He tried for a swing at my legs, I parried his attack he was off balance.
"This is my chance." I thought to myself. I started swinging back at him. He seemed very surprised, for a second I thought I was going to beat him. But then he regained his balance and started swinging back. I had to dodge some of his swipes to my head. He was really not giving up. He started getting tired and I stabbed his leg. He shouted out in agony. I looked up, the sweat poring off my face.
"Nice one, Alex." Beckendorf said, two Ares kids lying on the ground next to him.
"Are you hurt?" Nicole asked.
"No I'm fine." I replied. I looked into the distance and saw Luke running past the stream with the enemies flag.
"We won!" I shouted. We ran towards Luke and started celebrating. The Ares kids didn't seem too amused. After everyone had calmed down I noticed Percy everyone was paying attention to Percy. He had a green glowing symbol above his head. It was a trident. I knew what that meant. He's the son of Poseidon.
Again sorry for not updating earlier. I'll try to upload more frequently from now on. :-)