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Chapter 3:
Percy looked around at the flaming buildings in horror. Only an hour gone and Twin Masters had already attacked them? He frowned as he uncapped Anaklusmos, moving to the front lines; Nico and Hawk were not far behind him. Grover had already rushed to the flames in the forests, working on putting the fire out.
He groaned as he caught sight of the five brothers, easily knocking our each individual, or causing chaos amongst large groups of demigods.
Hawk instantly engaged one of the clones in combat, trying to find any openings in his attacks. Percy, even though he knew it was reckless, attacked another clone. The clone drew a dagger and easily disarmed him. Percy focused on the sea and sprayed it at the clone. The clone dodged, before leaping up and kicking Percy in the face.
Percy saw the oncoming blade, and, with no time to dodge or move, he closed his eyes, not willing to see the blade. However, after a few seconds of feeling nothing, he opened his eyes. They widened at the scene in front of him. Lin Chung was currently engaged with the clone in combat, his eyes gleaming as he dodged the blade and then kicked the clone back.
Before the clone could get back up, Lin Chung activated a whip made of harmonic energy, and slammed the clone onto the dark, charred remains of a cabin. The clone groaned before he gingerly stepped out, blinking slightly, looking like he was waking up from a trance. Lin Chung carefully approached him, guard still up.
"Lin Chung?" The clone looked around, confused. "What's going on?" Suddenly, his eyes widened. "Twin Masters! He-!"
Lin Chung interrupted the clone. "Zhi, it's fine. For now, we have to focus on getting everyone back. The camp is falling because of them." Zhi nodded, drawing his dagger again, which had been knocked out of his hand, and charged into battle with Lin Chung right beside him.
They first went to the spots which were the weakest, easily fending against the clones. An arrow pierced the air beside him, causing Lin Chung to turn and catch sight of the still moving form of one of his brothers. Another arrow pierced the sky, landing in a camper's shoulder.
Turning to his brother, he pointed at the one in the tree. "Zhi. Get Shen." The clone nodded confidently, and leapt up into the trees without hesitation. A duel quickly started, with neither getting an upper advantage. This went on for some time, before Lin Chung growled as he shot a beam at Shen, who immediately lost concentration. Zhi's eyes glowed, and Shen shook his head.
"Zhi?"
Said brother smirked cheekily at him. "Welcome back, Robin Hood." Shen scowled, swatting Zhi away with his bow as a third voice called out to them.
"I would be enjoying this reunion, except for the fact that I am currently being attacked by my own brothers!" Zhi and Shen winced, leaping down to join the battle. Shen facing Yong, Zhi facing Jiao, and Lin Chung against Ke. The battles around soon slowed to a halt as Hawk managed to put everything right, but everyone's eyes were glued to the three battles that were happening at once.
The six each worked well with the ones that were on their side, striking and ducking, dodging before they landed a blow. Twin Masters, behind them, suddenly shrieked something in outrage. The three clones vanished, causing Lin Chung to growl and thrust his staff into the ground in anger.
He turned to his two brothers, grinning. "About time."
"We are not helping the Omypians." Zhi shook his head stubbornly. Most of them turned to Shen, who also shook his head, putting his hands up in surrender.
"Sorry, but the Olympians haven't exactly been wonderful rulers." Hawk sighed, understanding their logic. Shen, for some reason, held a particularly strong grudge against both Artemis and Apollo, and it seemed the feeling was mutual. He didn't know whether to be pleased or angry.
Everyone turned to the last brother in the room, who shook his head. "No point in trying to get me to convince them."
Hawk groaned. Each of the brothers had a perfectly logical and valid reason to loathe the Olypoians. Zhi harboured a strong grudge against the Olympians, started a few minutes ago when Athena started questioning him rather arrogantly about his knowledge.
Shen had a pretty strong grudge against the twin archers which no one could fathom, and Lin Chung had been betrayed twice by them.
"Please!" Amaterasu begged the three, who shook their heads. "Many innocent lives will be killed because of Tsuinmasutazu!" Shen sighed.
"Yes, and it will be by the Olympians' hands." Zeus turned to Hestia and Hades, causing Shen to frown disapprovingly. "Do not even think about it, son of Kronos." Zeus flinched. "Hades and Hestia are not Olympians, yet they are the ones most deserving of a seat."
"他們是真正的白痴。他們認為，我們將幫助他們後，他們做了什麼？他們可以去和豬的腳拜倒在他們想要的一切，但我們仍然不會幫助他們。" Zhi snorted.
Hawk looked at him for a moment as the only one Chinese god that still used Old Chinese, before he burst out laughing. Lëi, though only having a basic understanding, laughed as well. Shen was smirking at his brother's words, while Lin Chung simply looked amused.
"What did he say?!" Zeus demanded.
Shen shrugged. "Well, we're thinking go leaving this war alone and remain neutral."
"C'mon!" Rick scowled. "You too big of a coward to fight?"
"No, we're not cowards. Cowards are those that use others for their own purposes because they are scared to be weak. We are not, but we will not participate in the war either. Staying neutral is a good suggestion."
Artemis scowled, before she stood up to growl at them. "So you will run away, instead of fighting nobly-"
"With the high and mighty Olympians who think that they rule the world, just because they rule America?" Shen demanded. "And don't you start talking about nobility with me, moon goddess. What do you know about nobility?"
The hunters drew their bows, pointing it at Shen. He raised an unimpressed eyebrow. "Playthings." He turned to Artemis, who was fuming. "Oh, so you will send your little girl scouts out to fight for you instead of fighting yourself? Coward."
Artemis shrieked in outrage and notched an arrow at him faster than anyone could ever anticipate. Shen, however, only smirked and caught the arrow in midair. Everyone froze as the arrow came hurtling back just as fast, hitting Artemis in the forehead and making her look like a demented unicorn. Apollo scowled, going over to heal his sister. The hunters immediately fired arrows at the trio of brothers, who made no move to dodge.
Eyes widened as the arrows simply went right through the clones, and the hunters found themselves knocked out, gagged, and tied to a tree. Artemis shrieked again, but Hawk, tired of her, slammed her to the ground.
"Listen, Artemis, people are sick and tired of your child-like behaviour. You are too proud for your own good. So, do us all a favour and shut up unless you are going to help and be civil, or else I will make you fade!"
Everyone kept quiet, especially the Chinese gods. They knew that, by the way he said it, he meant it.
Artemis' voice was shaky. "Y-you wouldn't dare." Hawk growled at her.
"Go ask Heracles if I'm bluffing." Silence enveloped them again. The minor god had suddenly vanished eons ago, and no one knew where he had went.
"But-But you were dead!" Hawk looked at her, his amber eyes glinting.
"Are you sure about that?" Zhi Neng immediately intervened.
"Whoa. Whoa. That was a long time ago. Too long. Now, come on. We can act like civil people for more than 60 seconds."
Artemis sent a sharp glare to him.
Shen sighed. "Very well. We will fight this war, if only to get our brothers. But after this, we are never to be bothered again unless we come ourselves, is that clear?"
The gods nodded numbly. Lin Chung then looked up. "The rest are here."
Translation: 他們是真正的白痴。他們認為，我們將幫助他們後，他們做了什麼？他們可以去和豬的腳拜倒在他們想要的一切，但我們仍然不會幫助他們。
They are real idiots. Do they seriously think that we will help them after what they have done? They can drop to Zhu's feet and beg as much as they want, but we still won't help them.