Angel of Darkness (a Percy Jackson Fanfiction) ~SLOW UPDATES~

Chapter IV

Olivia POV

Will looked taken aback by what I said. He looked at me with shock filled eyes and said, "Why us? You barely know us and you want us to help you fight a battle?"

"Yes. Neptune said earlier you two were his best fighters, and if that's the case, having you on my side would be very useful. That is, if you want to fight with me. I will not force you, you don't have to if you don't want to." I replied, looking him in the eyes, I hope he'll say yes. He is one of the best fighters and so is Zach and that would make it so much easier, especially since I know them better then I do everyone else so far. 

"I will fight with you. I do not know what Zach will say, but I will be there to fight with you. I know you will not let me down." answered Will, I felt relieved, he would be there fighting with me.  "But, now we should get back to your lesson to make sure you will not lose, because everything is depending on you making it, you ready?"

"Always." I said, grabbing my sword. Will brought one of the practice dummies to the center of the room, and showed me what I needed to do. It was a drill to see where to place your attacks to land a kill. I practiced and practiced, swinging harder and harder with each blow at the dummy.  Will complimented me, showing me more ways to attack, I copied the ways  he showed me, hitting it not as well as him, but somewhat there. Sweat dripped from my hair and I wiped it with the back of my hand, concentrating on my breathing and strikes. 

"Good. You're getting better at this. Keep up the good work." Will encouraged, watching my moves intently, trying to find ways to improve my techniques. He gave me tips on my form, and how to make my strikes more severe. His coaching was helping a lot. I made a final attack at the dummy, as the door opened.  Zach enters, watching us. 

"Hey guys, I brought you some lunch and a little extra something." He says, giving us each plate of food, and sitting on the mat covered floor. I told him of how I wanted him to fight with me against Starlight, and he agreed to help. Then he showed us what he brought. 

"I got these from Neptune. They are charms, this one is for you Olivia," he says handing me the one made out of Imperial Gold, it had three azure diamonds above where the trident ended. It looked like it would go on the charm bracelet on my wrist. "this one is for you Will," he continues, handing Will one made out of Stygian Iron, looking exactly like mine, but the diamonds where the color of blood. "and this one is for me." Zach finishes, showing us his. It was the same as the other two but made out of Celestial Bronze, with diamonds the color of emerald. 

"These have many uses, one is the ability to summon a weapon near you into your hand, another is that we can put all our power together and we will be extremely powerful, so much so that we could go toe-to-toe with a weak god. We can also give each other energy, strength, and power," He pauses, looking at the puzzled looks on our faces. "What I mean is, like say Olivia is going to fight Starlight, but she's used so much energy she may fall over from exhaustion at any minute, I can use the charm to give her some of mine." I nod my head in understanding, tugging at the sleeve on my left wrist to reveal my charm bracelet, and unhook it from my wrist adding the charm to it. 

I look over at Will, who's tugging at something around his neck. It was a necklace, and by the looks of it, all the little charms match the ones on my charm bracelet. I look over at Zach who's pulling at a necklace, that looks exactly like Will's. Zach noticed me staring and raises a brow, waiting for an explanation. 

"The charms, they're just like the ones on my bracelet." I explain, taking the bracelet off my wrist, as they remove their necklaces. We looked at each of the charms, they all looked the same, but where mine were made out of Imperial Gold, Will's were Stygian Iron, and Zach's were made of Celestial Bronze.