UnTamed [Book 3]

The Battle Begins

So this will probably be the last chapter for the next two weeks because I need to crack down on revising for exams (unfortunately).  But I finish exams the first week they start which means I can start writing again ASAP and after the cliffhanger I'm going to leave y'all on (since I'm probably going to be pulling a total Rick here, if not the second biggest this book is going to give you), you're going to want me to write ASAP!  Okay, without further ado, the first battle begins :)

Chapter Quote:
"Don't play his game.  Play yours."
~Rachel Caine, Fall of Night
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Chapter 20: The Battle Begins

Silena

The only sound in the room was Chiron's voice telling the campers where they were to defend.  Everyone nodded and formed their groups, one by one getting onto the elevator and heading in that direction.  Argus and the parents were giving kids lifts to the tunnels and bridges with their cars with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Winchester.  They weren't all that used to driving on the right side of the road.  They still didn't understand why America used Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, used feet instead of meters, decided to drop the 'u' out of words like 'colour' and 'favour', but decided to go with the rest of the world by driving on the right-hand side of the road.  It made no sense to them even though they laughed about it.

The pegasi that Luke, Silena, and Derek were going to be riding, along with every other pegasi from camp, were crashing on the first observation deck located on the eighty-sixth floor.  Blackjack and Ace were the leaders of them all, somehow keeping everyone in check.  The adults came down to the observation deck, causing Blackjack to go berserk with excitement from seeing Percy.

"Hey buddy," Percy laughed. "I'm happy to see you too."

"So for those of you who want to, grab a Pegasus to ride.  Roulette is mine, just for the record," Silena said.  Hearing his name, Roulette trotted up next to her, resting his head on her shoulder.  Her Pegasus was white with dark brown spots, for some reason reminding her of the actual game he was named after.

"I'll take Ace," Luke said.  The female Pegasus whinnied at her name.  She was solid white.  Sure some of the other Pegasi were white but they all had some sort of darker marking or coloring on them somewhere.  Not Ace.

"I'll take Bingo," Derek said.  The Pegasus was the smallest all of them.  He was picked on by the other ones because of his size, so Bingo typically avoided socializing.  Derek sympathized with the Pegasus.  Silena had a feeling it was because Derek remembered feeling like he didn't belong because he wasn't a child of the Big Three.  While that part had changed, he hadn't forgotten the feeling when he wasn't.

"Guido's mine.  I'm used to flying him," Annabeth remarked.

"I'm going to use Tempest," Jason said. "I'll call him before the battle begins."

"I'm using Arion," Hazel announced.

"I don't need a Pegasus to fly," Frank laughed.

"If you see a dragon in the sky, don't worry, he's on our side," Percy added when he saw the confused look on the kids' faces.

"Leo, Piper, Penn, Michael, Clarisse, Chris, Evan, Caitlin, choose whichever one you want.  We'll see you downstairs.  Fight where you think you're needed most," Annabeth ordered.  The Jacksons entered the elevator with the kids and went down to the lobby.  Campers were being transported to their designated fighting spots.  The Hephaestus cabin was handing out jars of Greek fire to cabin leaders and traps to other demigods to set for the enemies.

"Where's the Hypnos kids?" Derek asked.

"They're staying here.  We can't have them falling asleep in battle.  The Iris and Hebe cabins are also staying.  We need people to heal and cook meals and since they're not much for fighting but still want to help, they opted to stay there," Beau explained.