Three of them were trying their best to get me off my feet, Thalia would jabbed from behind me from time to time, each time I would dodge it. In a minute I was against seven campers, they forced me to use my sword, I disarmed most of them, and sometimes I would hit them on the head with my sword hilt and leave them on the ground dazed.
I did that to maybe five of them, but the others were cautious around me, they knew what I was going to do, so then I had to do things differently. I rolled, jumped, sidestepped and disarmed them. But one would step in and let the other person recover. Most of them were breathing hard, I was having a blast. Thalia on the other hand was frustrated, that she couldn't hit me.
Altogether there was five of them that I had to fight. This fight felt like it was going on forever. I was taking this serious from the start, but I felt as if I needed to do better, so I picked up my speed and disarmed everyone I fought faster. I didn't give them time to recover and I didn't let the other campers hit me. But from time to time one would get lucky and kick me in the chest.
I took down another one, four campers and then it's just me and Thalia. Thalia tried her best to lead them, she tried everything to help them. But she doesn't realize I've been through a lot to be this good. When in battle with my powers I'm still developing, but without them? I'm the best demi-god out there.
Two campers flanked me on either side and jabbed at me. I took a step back and let their sword and mace touch, they got startled and stopped, I hit both of their weapons, they fell to the ground, they stared at me with fear. "Better luck next time." I told them and put them to sleep.
Now it's two on one. The outcome will be the same result as before, because before they had ten, let me repeat that, TEN campers altogether. But this time, one them is a close friend of mine and the other is the Daughter of Zeus.
"You ready for this, Thalia, Neil?" I asked smugly, Neil smiled widely. "You have no idea how long I've waited for this."
Thalia decided that was enough talk, she thrust forward and pulled it back and did it again, but this time it was different, she was quicker than before. She managed to hit my cheek, "Don't get cocky!" She yelled.
Confidence was growing inside both of them, rapidly. Neil did a front flip and brought his sword down with a lot of force and speed, I barely dodged it, "Whoa!" I stumbled backwards. When did these two start to work so well with each other? Thalia ran around Neil and jabbed at my side, I sidestepped and saw Neil use both of his legs to kick me, I went flying ten feet, I grunted, "Not bad."
I focused, and ran toward them, they split up, I looked left and right, Neil jumped and Thalia thrust her spear. I was more cautious about Neil. His ability to jump that high is dangerous in battle, well for the person that's fighting the one jumping I mean. Because when he lands he's really quick to slash his sword, and he will attack with speed and force. Not something you see in a child of Ares.
I got out of the way when he landed, Thalia saw her 'chance' and jabbed at me, "don't think so!" I yelled and sidestepped and grabbed her spear and pulled her to me. And then I Hit her, "Sorry!" I apologized as she hit the ground, I didn't have time to worry about her. Neil is something else. He is well beyond a normal camper.
One on one with Neil. I like this. I charged and he did the same, he's fast I'll give him that, but I'm also fast, and my reflexes in battle are way beyond any demi-god.
I slashed downward Neil saw that and sidestepped to his left, I smiled and stopped mid-way through and turned my sword and slashed him across his chest plate. His armour had a cut, he looked down with shock, "Damn…" He said and charged again. He doesn't give up. Hmm, makes sense, Ares wouldn't give up either.
I decided to use combat skills against him. When I started moving differently he got thrown off guard. I punched him in the face then kicked his in the chest sending him flying. He didn't get back up. Was that too much? I got too much into and got too serious…Uh oh…I looked around me and saw the campers groaning on the ground, well damn…I didn't mean to hurt them…Oh well they'll live.
That fight lasted ten minutes…Is the game over? I looked around, nope it wasn't, but it was close. In front of me I saw Percy, his eyes grew wide when he saw me. He ran forward, I chased after him. He had our flag.
I was fifth-teen feet behind him. Damn. At this rate, he'll make it across the boundary line. That's when I saw Zoe with their flag. Yes! Percy and Zoe were running at full speed, Zoe was faster than Percy, "Go Zoe!" I shouted.
Zoe crossed the creek. The Hunters cheered as both sides converged on the creek. Chiron appeared out of the woods, looking grim. He had the Stoll brothers on his back, and it looked as if both of them had taken some nasty whacks to the head. Connor Stoll had two arrows sticking out of his helmet like antennae.
"The Hunters win!" Chiron announced without pleasure. Then he muttered, "For the fifty-sixth time in a row."
This is my second win in row now. Awesome.
Behind I felt eyes glaring daggers at me. The nine campers I fought against were giving me dirty looks. "As promised, I didn't use my powers."
Thalia scowled at me, "So what!? You could have held back a little!"
"It's a game, I did what was necessary to win. Which was distracting you guys." I told them calmly.
Thalia came forward and yelled in my face, "Yeah! A game! Look at Neil!" She pushed me and a shock went through my body that made me take a step back, a couple campers gasped, I felt guilty about Neil, he needed two campers to help him walk, he was still dazed.
"Well!? What do you have to say for yourself!?" Thalia Shouted. I lowered my gaze, "I'm sorry. But it's a game of capture the flag, people tend to get hurt." I apologized. Thalia looked even angrier. "People tend to get hurt!? Ten campers, Wyatt! Sorry isn't going to cut it!" She pushed me again.
"Don't touch me." I warned her. "Yeah? Or what!?" She yelled and pushed me again this time with more shock. I took two steps back, "Don't." I said with irritation in my voice, "Thalia!" Chiron yelled, "Enough!"
Thalia wasn't going to back down. "Some of those moves you pulled could have killed someone!" She said angrily.
She pushed me one more time, but this time lighting was flickering off her armour. When she touched me I was sent flying ten feet, I landed on my butt. "Thalia!" Chiron pleaded. I got up and balled my fists, everything around me was floating, Thalia didn't even flinch, and she showed no fear. "Wyatt…Calm down." Chiron said quietly. I was about to, but Thalia thought it was smart to push me even further. "Yeah, something you should have done from the beginning."
I had enough of her attitude, when we were fighting, she acted as if I was the bad guy and it was her duty to kill me. Like she had something to prove.
From up above a lightning bolt hit me and all around me the snow melted, I stomped on the ground and a huge crack appeared on the ground and opened up, Thalia looked surprised and soon she looked nervous. Flames came from the crack and then above my head, a huge ball of fire was made.
"Wyatt! Stop!" Percy cried out. I'm a failure at life. I couldn't save Annabeth, I couldn't save Artemis. I can't do anything right. I let the flames collapse on me, I was set on fire, my clothes didn't burn away, "Thalia, I'm the god of mortals. I really tried my best to warn you, I told you to stop, yet you continued to push me. If I were to push you to the edge, what do you think would happen? Something like this?" I said coldly and lifted her off the ground. "Wyatt!" She cried out in fear. "I'm sorry, stop!"
Percy willed the entire creek to rise, he poured it on me and sent me to the ground, I got up and said, "Stay out of this Child of Poseidon!" I used the winds and pushed him on the other side of the creek, "Ugh!" He grunted when he hit the ground. Chiron had no choice but to attack me too. The other campers did the same. Arrows flew my way, I didn't stopped them, and I let Thalia land back on the ground. Every single arrow hit me. I felt nothing, but then I did. Something approach me from behind. I turned and saw a mummy.
The Oracle.
All the pent up frustration wyatt felt of being a failure finally got to him. And so a new side of him awoke.
Thanks for reading! And I hope you all have an awesome day!
Rilurz~
