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maddie reacted instantly, and a dagger was in her hand before she even had to think about it. around her, she could hear bianca and zoe drawing their bows, as percy stood frozen, the tip of the sword only an inch away from his neck.
as the owner of the sword got out of the car, still gripping the sword that was pointing at percy, maddie squinted against the bright shine of the headlights as she tries to decipher who it is that is holding her brother at sword point.
the man smiled cruelly. "not so fast now are you, punk?"
he was huge, towering over the group of teens, with a messy crew cut, a black leather biker's jacket, black jeans, a white muscle shirt and combat boots. on his face sat wraparound sunglasses, hiding his eyes. it didn't take a genius to figure out who it was.
"ares," percy growled.
the war god glanced at the rest of them. "at ease, people."
he snapped his fingers, and maddie's dagger dropped to the ground. her precious belt, that held the rest of them, followed a split second afterwards. around her, everyone else's weapons fell out of their clutches.
"this is a friendly meeting." he dug the point of his blade a little farther under percy's chin. "of course, i'd like to take your head for a trophy, but someone wants to see your sister. and i never behead my enemies in front of a lady."
maddie tensed at ares' mention of her. thalia spoke up. "what lady?"
ares' head turned to look at her. "well, well, i heard you were back."
he lowered his sword and pushed percy away, into maddie's direction. she grabbed his arms to steady him as he stumbled.
"thalia, daughter of zeus," ares mused. "you're not hanging out with very good company."
"what do you want ares?" maddie said, a little louder and ruder than she had anticipated. "who's in the car?"
ares smiled, enjoying the attention. "oh, i doubt she wants to meet the rest of you. particularly not them." he jutted his chin toward zoe and bianca. "why don't you all go get some tacos while you wait? only take maddie a few minutes."
"we will not leave her alone with thee, lord ares," zoe snapped.
"besides, the taco place is closed," grover added.
ares snapped his fingers again. the lights inside the taqueria suddenly blazed to life. the boards flew off the door and the closed sign flipped to open. "you were saying, goat boy?"
