...I feel horrible really I do..I didn't mean to have the hiatus that long (didn't realize it was a year until i looked at the date) one of the problems was I work again but also because I was trying to figure out how to play out the other tasks that each Olympian would have the teams do if their symbol was chosen but was stuck so I thought that you guys could help me. At the end of this chapter I'll have a list of the Olympian gods and the ideas I had for their tasks but I would love to have your input and suggestions on what to do. Again I apologize for keeping you all waiting so long.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot of the story and my OCs, the characters used belong to their respective creators, and shows.
Off the Coast of Japan...
"So why are we going to Japan Tatsuya-sama? I thought we were avoiding going back for a while" Shippo asked as he and Kurama rode the back of their leader to their old homeland.
"I need to pick up an item I left in the care of an old friend and I need to drop something off," Tatsuya growled back in his dragon form, "it'll be interesting to see how he's been after a few decades."
"Exactly how much is a few?" Kurama asked.
"Give or take a hundred?" the dragon replied, "though knowing him he's still alive wonder how his grandson is doing, hmm maybe I should've had Percy visit as well..."
"You brought Percy before to Japan?" Shippo asked.
"It was during the first year we adopted in, Amelia's high school reunion was coming up and she wanted to bring both of us to Japan." Tatsuya explained, "needless to say it was an interesting trip Percy made a friend at that time when he was still barely able to grasp his power."
"Soooo who exactly is this friend?" the young fox demon asked, "it can't be another Japanese god since I don't think these deities have children...do they?"
"No no, we may of had one or two children in the past but none today." Tatsuya replied.
"Until now," Kurama smirked making the large dragon cough, "congratulations Tatsuya-sama."
"Whoa no way! Amelia is gonna have a kid? a REAL kid with your actually lineage in it?" Shippo gawked.
"Yes Percy is going to get either a younger brother or sister." Tatsuya said rather proud, "I just hope I'll be able to be there for the birth."
"Don't worry Tatsuya-sama, we'll make sure you do. No one wants to miss the birth of their first child or in your case demigod or half-blood." Kurama assured.
"Thanks you two we're almost there." Tatsuya said before he sped up underwater towards his homeland.
When they were close enough, the dragon god glowed and turned back into a human as he and the two fox demons were still inside the bubble that floated them up towards the surface,when the bubble broke through they were at a deserted part of the docks allowing them to walk around in plain sight, once Shippo got rid of his fox ears and tails looking more like a human fifteen year old.
"So where is this place?" Shippo asked as they moved quickly out of the docks and into the city.
"Its one of those old japanese houses," Tatsuya replied walking ahead of them, "can't miss it since its rather big but you'd have to know the place to get there."
"I take it its a bit far from where we are if its rather big?" Kurama asked,
"For us it shouldn't take that long," Tatsuya explained seemingly happy to be back in his own country.
"Can you tell us anything about this old friend of yours?" Shippo curiously asked, "i mean if it isn't a god then its probably someone we haven't' heard before."
"Oh I'm sure you heard of him, he was a bit of a legend in the old Japanese times ever heard of Nurarihyon?" Tatsuya asked slyly making both demons nearly trip themselves when they heard the name.
"NURARIHYON!? THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF 100 DEMONS THAT ARE COMPLETELY LOYAL TO HIM!?" the two shouted, "THATS WHO YOU ENTRUSTED AN ITEM TO!?"
Being demons themselves how could they NOT know of him, its not easy having the utter loyalty of 100 demons that wouldn't stab you in the back the moment you showed weakness. Sure they had heard rumors of him in the feudal area but it seemed Nurarihyon kept mostly to villages and towns rather than the open fields that Shippo was use to or being in Makai like Kurama.
"How...how did you even meet him?" Kurama said trying to figure out how a god like Tatsuya would meet up with Nurarihyon.
"Eh things happen," Tatsuya shrugged making Kurama and Shippo stare.
'what kind of answer is that!?' the two thought in unison.
"Anyway thats history for another time," Tatsuya added as they were nearing the outskits of the city and the two fox demons saw rather old traditional japanese house appearing in the distance, the two were on guard because as soon as they stepped onto the premises they felt eyes upon them.
"Tatsuya-sama..." Kurama said reaching into his hair near the back of his neck for his seeds as Shippo was prepared to launch his tops when Tatsuya stopped them.
"Just don't do anything unless they attack first," Tatsuya replied and continued walking until he came to the front entrance of the complex.
It wasn't long until they stood at the entrance where Kurama and Shippo were even more tense then when they were walking up to the place.
"I really don't think this is a good idea Tatsuya-sama," Kurama grimaced, "I know we're strong..."
"Just trust me okay?" Tatsuya said and as he walked inside there was a sudden flurry of weapons being shot at him.
"TATSUYA-SAMA!" Kurama and Shippo exclaimed as dust appeared when the weapons made contact with something. but the attacks didn't just stop with Tatsuya they were also aimed at Shippo and Kurama, the two instantly defending themselves with plants, fire and tops.
"Geez I can't even walk into an old friend's place you'd think they'd remember me." Tatsuya snorted as the smoke clear and a water shield was in front of him with the dragon god's arms closed as he raised an eyebrow at the attackers that shot at him.
Most of them were staring in shock at Tatsuya managing to block their attacks.
"You know you think you guys would remember me..." Tatsuya said dryly as the smoke cleared and he was unharmed.
"I think we would remember a deity deciding to make a presence known at a demon location..." one demon said that had a floating head.
"Seriously? has it been THAT long?" Tatsuya sweated scratching his head making the two fox demons behind groaned loudly as they looked at their leader, "could've sworn its only been about fifty or a hundred years...time tends to be irrelevant when you're immortal..."
"That still doesn't explain why you're here dragon god..." the one with the detachable head retorted.
"Well if you had let explain instead of shooting first and ask questions later it would've been better..." Tatsuya sarcastically shot back folding his arms.
"I apologize Lord Ryuujin," another voice called out and everyone turned to see a larger man walk forward with his hair partially covering his face with long hair.
"Well at least someone remembered me, hello Lord Gyuki." the dragon sighed, "care to explain to the other demons that I'm not here for any attacks?"
"Lord Gyuki why would a god be here?" one demon asked.
"Because he is here for an object that he had left to Nurarihyon a few decades ago, is that correct?" Gyuki asked.
"Yeah pretty much, its time for me to re-acquire it, so any idea where Nurarihyon put it?" Tatsuya asked.
"Unfortunately you're going to have to ask him yourself." Gyuki replied.
"...Let me guess he's asleep right now or having tea?" Tatsuya sighed.
"it would be the later." Gyuki said, "he's out back."
Tatsuya got a small smirk on his face which Gyuki recognized and sighed exasperated.
"Time to even the score," the dragon said and the demons watched apprehensively as Tatsuya's eyes glowed and they saw a tendril of water slip into the house as the demons were wondering where this was going though they didn't have to wait long for their answer as they heard a surprised yelp from their supreme commander.
"Hey what's going on!?" a younger voice shouted running into the yard seeing the new arrivals as Tsurara and Aotabo from school.
"You're just in time young master, we uh...are meeting an old friend of your grandfather's..." Kappa said from the pond making them look over at him.
"Uh..." was all Rikuo could say before he saw a stream of water receding back and saw his grandfather being held upside down, "Grandpa!"
"I think this evens the score Nurarihyon." Tatsuya smirked while the supreme command who was now dripping in tea narrowed his eyes.
"Not for long, now put me down I'm in front of my subordinates." Nurarihyon grumbled as Tatsuya dropped him and he brushed the dirt off his clothes.
"Grandpa are you okay?" Rikuo asked looking between his grandfather and Tatsuya.
"Yes I'm fine, just an old friend settling a score. Finally came back for it huh?" Nurarihyon said, "it must be serious."
"I wouldn't come back if I didn't think so." Tatsuya said seriously making the commander nod and reach into his outfit and pulled out a small box tossing it to Tatsuya who smiled.
"Finding it funny that you leave a sacred item with a demon." Nurarihyon chuckled as Tatsuya opened the box and pulled out a charm.
Everyone watched as Tatsuya's energy pulsed through and a great jagged sword appeared with the handle of the sword being a dragon's head as the blade protruded from his mouth, as the handle was decorated with gems that looked like the waves of the ocean.
"Its still the same," Tatsuya said as he held it up and the demons saw water swirling around it.
"I haven't let it out of my sight," Nurarihyon said as Tatsuya summoned a sheathed and sheathed the blade, "still can't believe you used your own tooth."
"I should've never told you that detail..." Tatsuya grimaced before he shook his head, "I thank you for taking care of my sword while I was away now I have something else I would like you to take care of and train."
With that he pushed Shippo forward making the younger fox demon stumble.
"E-eh!?"
"Kurama?" Tatsuya said looking at the elder fox.
"I would like you to train my apprentice Shippo, he's a young fox demon. He's been in many battles when he was younger but he could use a bit more training from interacting with more than two demons." Kurama said.
"Kurama-sensei!" Shippo sputtered, "what about the battle! you know they're not going to give up and I should be there with you!"
"We don't know what they're doing and right now after the last battle at the beach I doubt they're going to be doing anything for a while. In the meantime you need to train more and what better way than to do it when a demon leader is in the process of proving himself." Kurama grinned looking at Rikuo.
"But but..." Shippo said but stopped when he saw the look on Kurama's face, "okay Kurama-sensei..."
"You'll be fine Shippo and if you have any questions you know you can reach me with Tatsuya's shells." Kurama said.
"Yeah that's true, I promise to do my best Tatsuya-sama, Kurama-sensei." Shippo said, "just tell the others I'll be back soon."
"I'll be sure to do just that." Kurama laughed.
"I'll be sure he's trained well, how old is he anyway?" Nurarihyon asked looking at the teenaged looking fox demon.
"well he was born in the feudal era so give or take a few hundred I think?" Kurama asked.
"I think its only about two hundred or so, remember they came through the well," Tatsuya pointed out, "and time passes differently here than in Makai."
"I'm 118," Shippo said dryly, "I do know my own age..."
He didn't notice some of the younger demons, especially Rikuo's shock at how old the fox demon was.
'He's older than us!' They thought in unison.
"I'm sure that he'll be a great addition to training and a good demon to have around." Narurihyon said.
"Thank you, we'll be back sometime to check on him." Tatsuya said and with one more smile to Shippo and Nurarihyon they left.
"So...the redhead is your sensei what kind of demon is he?" the Kappa asked from the water.
"he's a fox demon like me but he's a lot older than I am." Shippo replied, "so...what now?"
"Now...I'd like to see where you are, Rikuo I think we have a new training partner for you." Nurarihyon said smiling at their new guest.
"I'm ready whenever you are Rikuo." Shippo smiled.
"I hope you put up a good fight Shippo." Rikuo replied smiling back.
oOo
The two groups stumbled as they got out of Apollo's ride once they landed on the area which was a large mountain range.
"We're suppose to get our object and get back here in 24 hours without getting lost?" Ethan grimaced as he stepped off of the vehicle and looked around.
"That's why its a survival challenge, you get points for how you progress, capture and find your target as you bring it back to the designated spot." Apollo said.
Clarisse, Annabeth and Katie looked around as well frowning at the surroundings.
"Damn where are we?" Clarisse asked.
"Eh just some mountains and ranges," Apollo replied as he stepped out as well and took out two scrolls tossing one to each team.
"Those are the riddles made by Hermes's and this is from me," Apollo said snapping his fingers and a little mini watch appeared on their wrists, " and that is a timer to let you know how much time is left by the position of the sun."
"And you'll meet us back at this exact spot?" Ethan asked.
"Yep just have to find it," Apollo said grinning, "anyway you better get going I'll see you when 24 hours are over!"
With that the god of the sun jumped back into his vehicle and flew off as the two groups congregated together, opening the scrolls to read the riddle.
"Come on we better get started on this," Malcolm said as he unrolled the parchment and saw the writing on it.
I am a child of the forest, lightly i move about
white, black and mules all around can be found
the challenge of life, to live on and be free
A single noise I disappear, be quick and swift if you wish
to catch me
"...Okay I hate riddles..." Ethan growled, "the only thing I get is that its an animal from the description that we have to catch it."
"That much was obvious when Hermes's said that we'd be chasing after our target, what makes me wonder is do we have to bring the whole animal of if the animal is carrying something Hermes gave them." Malcom said rubbing his chin.
"Alright so besides the obvious its an animal, what the heck does it mean by black, white and mules, are we looking for a..." Ethan frowned before Malcolm pinched him.
"No I highly doubt those are naturally found in a forest..." Malcom said dryly shaking his head as he tried to think.
"What was he going to say?" Noah asked but Malcolm shook his head.
"Something inappropriate." the Athena child replied making Ethan roll his eyes.
"I doubt he hasn't heard the word before and I wasn't going to say it!"
"ANYWAY concentrating on the riddle, the white, black and mule could refer to types of the animal." Malcom said, "and it has to be a rather cautious animal if a single noise makes it disappear."
"You mean like the whole 'deer caught in the headlights' look?" Ethan said jokingly but Malcolm snapped his fingers.
"That's it! you're absolutely right!" Malcolm grinned.
"Seriously? A shot in the dark and it hit a bullseye...greaaat but now we need to FIND the bloody animal," Ethan groaned.
"Not time like the present come on we can think of traps to just capture it," Malcolm said.
"If we grab the right one, i don't think we can carry a whole deer back with us." Noah said.
"We'll worry about that when we cross that bridge let's go" Malcom retorted.
"At least we got a lead now lets get going already!" Ethan grumbled pulling the two behind him.
oOo
Sleek and sneaky so short and thick as I move so sly
hidden in trees from the 360 eyes
round ears are a trait of a family of mine
I'm mink and cute, though otters may think not
"Whoever made this stinks at riddles," Clarisse grumbled glaring at the piece of paper.
"Its going to be a small animal if the reference to minks and otters are anything." Katie said trying to stop the arguing between the two girls," same family type maybe?"
"That's the best bet, hides from owls eyes if the 360 wasn't so obvious and lives in trees though," Annabeth said, "Damn I knew I read something about animals in a forest when I was reading up on animal trees for biology."
It took Annabeth a bit more thinking before she narrowed it down.
"I think we're looking for something called a martin...its either that or possible a badge or weasel...but I think Martins are our best guess since the other two options live on the ground, not so much in trees." Annabeth said as she walked ahead with the others following her.
oOo
"Any idea where there could be a bunch of deers?" Ethan grumbled as he had climbed to the top of a tree to get a bird's eye view.
"Anything thing!?" Malcolm shouted as Ethan jumped down.
"Nada, we can't scour the whole forest you know." the Nemesis child said frowning, "we're going to waste our time. We could try a river maybe we can spot a few there and lead us to the pack?"
"That's a good idea but we don't even know where one is," Malcolm groaned, "Wish they at least gave us a map."
"That'd kill the point of this being a survival challenge wouldn't it?" Noah asked, "then again if they want us to get lost and find our way back they're making it really easy that way."
"Urgh I should've packed something so we could've left a trail." Ethan facepalmed, "wait no nevermind that might've not worked since the animals would've eaten it."
"Wait I got an idea..." Noah said as he walked over to the tree and gently knocked on it. "Miss Honey Locust? May I ask a favor?"
To Malcolm and Ethan's surprise as Noah backed away as a tree nymph seemed to merge out from the trunk of the tree. She was taller than the three of them, wearing a dark green leafy dress, as her hair was short light green with a streak of purple in it as a single flower blossom was on her head in a small crown of purple thorns.
"I have heard of you Noah Clovers," the girl said amused at the surprised look on the young Demeter's child face, "do not be surprised, word travels rather fast around us nymphs who else do you think we were able to escape from those that pursued us? And you may call me Acacia."
"Remind me never to piss off a forest nymph," Ethan whispered to Malcolm who nodded.
"Oh a-anyway I wanted to ask a favor of you Acacia, I have something to compensate for the information." Noah said.
"Hmm let me hear the favor and then see your offering." The nymph replied interested.
"I wish to know if you can pinpoint or tell us a general area where deers and stags are, we need to find one that holds an object for our competition." Noah said.
Acacia narrowed her eyes.
"You're not planning on killing the animal are you?" she asked coldly.
"No! we were told that the object would be on the animal so we just have to take the item off of them!" Noah insisted as Malcolm and Ethan nodded furiously.
"I see then, and if I tell you this what will you compensate?" Acacia asked.
Noah rummaged through his bag and pulled out a small satchel and handed it over to Acacia.
"Its some fresh strawberries from our camp! They're completely safe and tended to really well!" Noah said as Acacia took the bag and picked one up.
"Where did you get the strawberries from? ethan hissed.
"Picked 'em when it was my shift but i regrew the ones I picked!" Noah whispered back as Acacia ate one and her eyes lit up.
"these are delicious! I accept your offer." Acacia said licking her lips, "now for the deers and stags you're looking for if you keep heading northwest that way
"Thank you very much Lady Acacia!" Noah replied smiling as the nymph nodded and disappeared back into her tree.
"I am so glad you are on good terms with the nymphs," Ethan said.
"Its not like its hard..just help them out once in awhile and talk to them and they open up quite well." Noah shrugged, "you should hear all the funny stories they have on all the campers its really good!"
Ethan and Malcom paled a bit at might've slipped their heads and probably a few at the camps that the nymphs were everywhere and they really could see anyone and everyone so it wouldn't be surprising that the nymphs may have occured quite a bit of blackmail on the campers.
"Remind me to plant some flowers or something,..." Ethan hissed.
"I'm with you there." Malcolm muttered back.
"Come you two quite muttering and let's get going!" Noah shouted as he jumped ahead of the other two.
"You know if the Nymphs really do favor the twins wouldn't that mean anyone picking on them would get into heaps of trouble?" Ethan asked as they followed the Demeter child.
"Wouldn't put it past them, Nymphs live a long time and have good memories, so I would say that'd be about right." Malcom said as he hopped a few stones to get across a river.
The two teams continued on with their task, Ethan, Malcolm and Noah had managed to find the area that Acacia had been talking about, but it was hard spotting their target as there were many in the herd. The last thing they wanted was to alert the whole group and have them run off without even catching a glimpse of the right stag or doe.
oOo
The other team was having just as much trouble as the first, when Annabeth realized what their target was she had them head up the mountains where some of the taller trees were located, which was the best place where their animal would be. Annabeth and Katie managed to keep Clarisse calm enough where she wouldn't just try to chop down the tree where the animal was, but it was going to take some planning to lure the creature out of its hiding, grab it and then manage to get back to the meeting spot all before the time limit was up as both teams were seeing the sun starting to lower into the horizon the task was going to be much harder when night fell.
By the time nightfall came both Ethan and Clarisse were cursing in their own groups about finding their animal in this darkness, but they were determined to finish this task and get out of the forest asap.
A bit later...
"Okay so if we put these berries we can just grab the item and go right when the furball gets down?" Clarisse said as she dumped some berries into the growing pile.
"Yes animals will come out if they get a scent of their food so this'll work." Katie said as she tossed some more food, "you ready Annabeth?"
"Yeah I got my cap and ready when you are," the Athena girl replied as Clarisse stood up.
"And i'm backup in case the thing decides to make a break for it." the girl said making the other two girls nod.
"Alright lets do this we need to hurry because we don't know how far the guys have gotten with their animal." Annabeth said determined as she slipped on her cap making her invisible while the other two girls hid away.
oOo
"I'm starting to really REALLY hate deer and stags!" Ethan growled as he chased after one while the other two had split up.
They had found their target unfortunately it happened to be the leader of the pack with a lot of other stags as well since once they got wind of the group coming towards them the whole pack had separated.
But they managed to see a few stags go in the same direction, luckily it was one that had their item.
"Well at least we're on their trail!" Ethan shouted as he was ontop of a tree branch and tried to jump the stag that had the prize but it jumped away making him crash into Noah.
"Ow...Ethan get off you're really heavy..." the smaller boy groaned.
"Sorry squirt," Ethan said as well rubbing his head and feeling a few bruises appear.
"Okay we're going to have to find a way to get them close together since they're moving too fast for Noah to manipulate the plants to hold them down to get the prize." Malcolm said panting heavily.
"Sorry." the Demeter boy apologized.
"Its not your fault you'll still learning, so what's the plan bird-boy?" Ethan asked.
"Well since they get frighten so easily maybe we can make them think something is close by and get them to run in the direction we want them to, how good are you at making human like figures?" Malcolm asked.
The Athena boy explained his idea and the other two, Ethan groaned at the concept of more running and chasing after the stags while Noah nodded determined.
"Alright lets get this over with, I am more then done hanging around this forest and its only the first event!" Ethan said as he walked off as the others went to their own positions.
It didn't take long for Ethan to scare the stags towards the designated area that Malcolm wanted them to be in with the help of Noah who made plants form into human shapes scaring the animals to go in the one direction. So it didn't take long for Noah to finally make a corral for the Stags finally allowing the other two to grab the item off of it.
"This was what we needed to get?" Ethan said dryly as he held out chain that had the symbol of Hermes hanging on it.
"Come on let's hurry back to the drop off before the other team." Malcolm said as the Nemesis child tucked the item in his pocket sprinting after the Athena boy, Ethan made sure to grab Noah's hand and pull him along since his legs were much shorter than the two older boy's.
They got a bit lost making a wrong turn at one of the pathways but were on the right track unfortunately when they got to the drop off they saw the other team had just gotten there a few minutes before them.
"Hades dammit!" Ethan spat out.
Malcolm just sighed and looked at Annabeth who looked just as tired as he was but she was grinning as she held out the symbol they had collected which was Herme's cadence staff while Ethan had a gold shoe with wings attached to it.
"I guess you guys are done, and its just a bit past the halfway point." Apollo chuckled, "and close to dawn,"
"Can we just get back to camp please?" Noah said tiredly.
"Hop on in kiddies," Apollo said once he transformed his vehicle to something that suited more to carrying a group rather than one person.
"Are anyone at the camp still awake?" Annabeth had asked curiously.
"Some are but a few decided to take a nap, the whole thing was being recorded via Hephaestus TV so they can always go back and watch what happened and missed in their cabins." Apollo explained, "but by the time we get there everyone should be awake by then."
"Do we get a break?" Noah asked.
"You do but only a few hours because they need to set up for the next event remember its randomly thanks to the Wheel." Apollo reminded.
"Whatever wake me up when we get back to the camp." Ethan huffed settling down in his seat closing his eyes for a well deserved nap as the others soon followed his suit.
As Apollo neared the camp he glanced behind him chuckling at the sight of the six campers more or less curled up against each other. Ethan had his arms folded with a slight frown on his face sitting in the middle between Noah and Malcolm, what he found amusing was Noah was literally curled into Ethan's side one of his hands holding the other boy's shirt while Malcolm was using the Nemesis's boy's shoulder as a pillow.
The girls Clarisse was snoring off to the side as Annabeth and Katie leaned against each other for support as they slept on.
"Rise and shine everyone one we're coming down for a landing!" Apollo called making the six kids groan as they muttered about five more minutes but they woke themselves up just as the car landed at the amphitheater, and as the six walked in there were cheers for both teams as they made their way up to the stage. They stood near their teammates giving them tired grins, well except for Clarisse who was giving them a grumpy scowl.
"Now! as we saw Luke's team was the first team to grab their item and make it back to the starting point before Percy's team." Hermes announced getting cheers, "so they receive 20 points while Percy's team gets 15 for second place."
"Looks like Luke is off to a good starts," Apollo said as he sat down.
"Just keep listening..." Poseidon said.
"Now that's not all we will also have judges to score how well each team did on their tasks, how fast they got their target, how creative they were in luring their target and how they figured out the riddle...now introducing our judges! Now the first two judges will remain constant but the third one depending on what task it is will be changed now first up is our wise counselor Chiron!" Hermes said as Chiron waved from behind the god sitting in his wheelchair behind a desk, "next up is our fair goddess of vengeance and justice Nemesis!"
"Hey is that really fair?" Percy asked Zoe thinking about Ethan.
"Nemesis is a goddess of vengeance and retribution she's a fair goddess not doing something without proper trade or reason, she's neither good or bad." Zoe replied, "so she is of good judgement to have."
"Your mom is on the judging panel," Noah said snickering making Ethan pinch the Demeter child.
"Our final judge seeing as this involved a forest here's Aconite!" Hermes said as the elder forest nymph sat down seriously, "now onto the scoring in the addition to the points our teams received our judges can award them between 0-10 points for each category now first is the speed they had gotten their targets! Please give your score for Luke's team,"
The judges went through some signs they had in front of them before they seemed to finally decide on a number.
"And it looks like in addition to the 20 points they get an addition points of seven, six and six for a total of 39 points, and for Percy's team?" Hermes stated, " aright with the 15 points they received they get a score of eight, seven and seven for a total of a total of 37 points!"
"Okay only a two point difference we still have a good chance," Ethan said tense as Hermes went on about the second part of creativity on getting the points.
Thanks to Noah talking to Acacia they pulled ahead to 62 compared to Luke's team of 60 making the last category the final break between the two teams.
Percy's group got scored first since they were in the lead and got a final score of 83.
Now it was Luke's turn as the judges discussed amongst themselves before showing their scores...
"And the finally tally is...84! Luke's team pulls ahead by a single point this is going to be a good competition folks!" Hermes announced as the scoreboard displayed the current scores for the first task.
"Tartarus.." Percy sighed.
"Hey its not a real lost its by a single point they must've figured it out quicker than malcolm did don't worry Percy." Nyssa said while Nico folded his arms a bit irate but didn't say anything as their team members got back to them.
"Sorry everyone," Noah sighed as Zoe patted his head.
"You did your best and as Nyssa stated it is just a single point so if you had just gotten to the end first you would've won. Do not dwell on it you and the others deserve a rest." Zoe said while Luke's team was grinning at their first win.
"We got lucky we got to the spot first," Annabeth said blowing her bangs out of her face,"we're in for a long competition if the scoring was this close."
"Good job though," Luke said making the Athena girl grin back at Luke, "a win is still a win."
"Now! Before we let out competitors rest up from that long long competition let's see what the next task is!" Hermes said as Percy and Luke stepped up to the wheel again, " now since Luke spun last time its young Perseus's turn!"
Percy looked at the wheel and grasped it as hard as he could before he spun it as hard as he could.
"Now lets see what our next challenge of the Olympian Tournament will be!" Hermes said watching the wheel spin and starting to slow down, everyone on the edge of their seats to see what the teams will be up against next.
"And the next one will be…." Hermes said as the wheel was nearing a complete stop….
Alright here's the list of the gods with some ideas I thought of so I'm open to ideas and suggestion:
Apollo- music, riddles, chariot races?
Aphrodite-?
Athena- maze get through by solving puzzles/riddles to get the right entrance/ rotating maze time limit (Alien vs Predator temple maze)
Zeus-?
Poseidon- Water battle/giant sphere of water each participating member gets an air bubble player is done when water bubble is gone and player is ejected
Artemis- clones, battle
Hephaestus- Layered structure filled with robots imitating classic myth monsters
Hades-?
Dionysis-drunken train vehicle (large barrels with planks of woods moving and the challengers have to stay on top of it)
Demeter-?
Hera-?
Ares: Battle Tournament?