The Demigod Revolution

II : Moon's Proposal

Thalia gracefully climbed the tree next to them and helped Percy up. Percy could hear the rustling of leaves and dogs barking loudly not too far from them, which is worrying.

"These fuckers don't know when to give up." Thalia whispered angrily. "We need to lay low."

"You don't have to tell me twice." Percy whispered back. "I just hope they don't go to where our camps are."

Thalia nodded in agreement. They stayed vigilant in silence on the tree, keeping an eye out for Crusaders.

"Percy, are you okay?" Thalia asked.

Percy raised an eyebrow at her question. "You waited that long to ask me how I'm doing?" Percy asked. "Well as you can see, I'm as fine as I look right now."

"That's not what I meant." Thalia said. "When you mentioned Annabeth's name, I thought-"

An ear-piercing scream shattered the silent night. Thalia's and Percy's head snapped at the direction.

"The Hunters." Thalia's face paled. Immediately, she jumped down the tree and rushed towards the scream, Percy close behind her.

The Crusaders that were on them had gone missing and had found the Hunters' Camp. If what Thalia had said was true, then the Hunters are not going to put up much of a fight.

Percy could hear Thalia muttering while running. "Please be safe. Please be safe. Please be safe." She repeated like an incantation.

When they got there, the Hunters were already surrounded. People in white camouflage outfits holding all kinds of weapons ranging from assault rifles to what looks like spears.

They were scattered around the perimeter, some with German Shepherds on leashes roaming around them.

At the center of it, the Hunters were in a standstill. The guns of the Crusaders were aimed at the Hunters, who were all out and had an arrow nocked on their bows. But they were vastly outnumbered. At a glance, there couldn't have been more than twenty Hunters.

Percy and Thalia hid behind a large tree trunk that had toppled over. Thalia looked like she wanted to go on a rampage, but Percy held her back.

"Let me go!" Thalia growled.

"We can't rush in without a plan." Percy said.

"I need to save them." Thalia said angrily.

"I know, but rushing in and getting killed is not how we save them." Percy said. He peeked his head over the tree trunk. "We're very outnumbered and Artemis is not going to put up a fight."

Thalia steadied her breathing. "We need to take them one by one."

"There's no going around this. We need to kill them." Percy said.

"Easier said than done, Kelp Head." Thalia said. "It's not easy killing mortals. Plus, we don't have any mortal-killing weapons. Celestial Bronze is not going to help."

"I thought you used steel-tipped arrows for hunting?"

Thalia shook her head. "Silver. Magic silver, at that. Deadly, but same as Celestial Bronze. They don't harm mortals."

Percy cursed under his breath. At this rate Riptide in pen form can do more damage than in its sword form. "Do you have any other weapons?"

Thalia shook her head. "Other than Celestial Bronze tipped arrows, I only have blunt arrows."

"You don't even have normal arrows?"

"Best I could do is knock them out."

"Fine." Percy said. "You go high, I go low."