7| We Capture a Flag
The next few days Percy settled into our routine pretty well. He got lessons from satyrs, nymphs and a centaur. He took Ancient Greek from Annabeth every morning. Nobody could figure out who Percy's father is.
Friday night after dinner, it is time for capture the flag. When the plates were cleared away, the conch horn sounded and we all stood at our tables. Campers yelled and cheered as Annabeth and two of her siblings ran into the pavilion carrying a silk banner. Clarisse and her buddies ran in with another banner.
The teams were announced. Athena had made an alliance with Aphrodite, Apollo, Hermes and Zeus, the biggest cabins except for Aphrodite cabin. Ares had allied themselves with everybody else: Dionysus, Demeter, and Hephaestus. Chiron hammered his hoof on the marble.
Chiron: 'Heroes! You know the rules. The creek is the boundary line. The entire forest is fair game. All magic items are allowed. The banner must be prominently displayed, and have no more than two guards. Prisoners may be disarmed, but may not be bound or gagged. No killing or maiming is allowed. I will serve as referee and battlefield medic. Arm yourselves!'
He spread his hands, and the tables were suddenly covered with equipment: helmets, bronze swords, spears, oxhide shields coated in metal. I grabbed a Celestial Bronze Sword and a helmet, which has a blue horsehair plume on top, Are and their allies have a red plume.
Annabeth: 'Blue team, forward!'
Y/N: 'Tch! I hate being lead by someone!'
My team roared with cheers' and shook their swords and followed her down the path to south woods. The red team yelled taunts at us as they headed off towards the north. I choose my own job, which was keeping Percy out of trouble. I stay with him in the creek that gurgled over some rocks.
Standing there with Percy for a while, was the most boring thing ever. So I decided to ditch him and get the flag. I run faster than an eye could comprehend, I get to the north woods and I watch the fight but I do not see Clarisse and some of her bugs. I then see Annabeth fighting some Ares idiot. So I appeared behind him in an instant, everyone's eyes wide in shock of seeing me. I punch the Ares kid, sending him flying through the forest, easily destroying dozen of trees in the process.
Y/N: 'Now that's boring!'
Annabeth: *blushing* 'Ah... I, um... thanks...'
Y/N: 'No problem!'
I run around the battlefield, knocking all the red team members out completely, whose who were there fighting. I knocked them out in two seconds, I smile but I Clarisse shout in the south woods, in the direction of... Percy!
I run to where Percy is, and I see him, with Clarisse and her friends staring down at him, I was about to go and interfere but Annabeth appear and told me to watch, so I did. Percy's arm is bleeding making him dizzy.
Percy: 'No maiming.'
Ares Son 1: 'Opps. Guess I lost my dessert privilege.'
He pushed Percy into the creek and he landed with a splash. They all laughed. Clarisse and her bugs came into the creek to get him. Percy got up, and he swung the flat of his sword against the first guy's head and knocked his helmet clean off, and he crumpled into the water.
Two more came at him, he slammed one in the face with his shield. And then he used his sword to shear off the other guy's horsehair plume, both of them backed up quickly. The fourth bug didn't really anxious to attack, but Clarisse kept coming, the point of her spear crackling with energy. As soon as she thrust, he caught the shaft between the edge of his shield and sword, and then he snapped it like a twig.
