UnTamed [Book 3]

We Prep for War

The battle begins >:)

Chapter Quote:
"Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."
~Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Chapter 19: We Prep for War

Silena

It was pretty much chaos at Camp Half-Blood with everyone prepping for the war. Argus was going to be driving the van back and forth to get supplies and demigods to Manhattan. Luke, Nicole, and Beau had been the first to go to the Empire State Building. They were working out where the best places for the demigods to stay was and where they should stockpile their weapons.

Derek helped load the vans while Silena made sure everyone was doing their job and not slacking off. She didn't have much problem with that considering all the campers wanted to have everything ready to improve their chances of winning.

A crash in the armory forced Silena to stop helping the Hephaestus cabin in the forge and go see what happened. When she entered the building, a pile of armor was on the ground with Zeke pinned underneath. She knelt down next to him, asking if he was okay.

"I'm fine, but I can't move," he replied.

"Hang on, I'll get you out." Silena took the pieces off one by one. None of them were really heavy but there was a lot so it took her five minutes to get it all off of him. He sat up, appearing a little dazed, but fine nonetheless.

"Thank you," he said. "I didn't think anyone was going to coming for a while."

"Someone would've come. We need to get all this armor to the Empire State Building. Are you hurt?"

"Physically, no. But my ego is bruised. Thought I could handle reaching that high without any help. I was wrong," Zeke admitted. He was shorter than Silena but not by much. He was only fourteen so he still had some growing to do, something she pointed out to him. "You really think I'll grow more?"

"Definitely. Come on, I'll help you out with this stuff. There's a lot and you seem to be lacking in help."

"Yeah, no one really likes to work with me. My antics from when I was little didn't make me many friends. I was a jerk."

"Weren't you the one that Bryn threatened to turn into Zeke-chini or something like that?"

He laughed. "Yeah, that was me. I wish I got to apologize to her for that. Looking back, I was a brat. I've tried changing my ways but no one's taking me seriously."

"Well consider me as someone who has. Let's get this stuff outside so Derek can take it to the van."

"If you want, I'll carry the armor if you just stack it outside. I know you're needed elsewhere though."

"I might be needed elsewhere but everywhere else has people who can fill in my shoes. You seem to need someone to talk to."

"You're really nice, has anyone ever told you that?"

"I can't remember, but thank you Zeke." The demigod nodded and headed off to the Half-Blood Hill where Derek greeted him and relieved him of the armor. For the next five hours, the demigods prepared the camp for departure. At noon, they had a quick lunch, and then filed into the vans waiting to take them to the Empire State Building. Derek sat next to Silena and she fell asleep on his shoulder the entire trip. When she woke up, they were at their destination. The group filed out and entered the building. The security guy who guarded the door to Olympus didn't hesitate to let them by. Either he knew who they were or he was really bad at his job.