𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑬𝑵 𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑳 [ᕼᑭ ᙭ ᑭᒍO]

XXI || "Nice View, Jackson?"

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"I value my pride over anything else Percy. Don't ever question my strength. I never let anyone fight my battle. I do it myself and slay everygoddamnthing."

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That night after dinner, there was a lot more excitement than usual. The Herme's cabin was bouncing on it's feets but Lilith was not really happy with the arrangements.

Her cabin had a alliance with Athena's cabin as Annabeth came first to her.

Clarisse was not happy but she calmed a little when she got Hephaestus.

At last, it was time for capture the flag.

When the plates were cleared away, the conch horn sounded and they all stood at their tables.

Campers yelled and cheered as Annabeth and Michael and Sam ran into the pavilion carrying a silk banner.

It was about ten feet long, glistening gray, with a painting of a barn owl above an olive tree. From the opposite side of the pavilion.

Clarisse and her cabin ran in with another banner, of identical size, but gaudy red, painted with a bloody spear and a boar's head.

Lilith turned towards Ethan as she smirked, "ready?"

Ethan swinged his dragger smirking, "born ready."

The two looked towards the Hecates siblings and they both nodded with huge grins.

Drew was not happy as she was separated from her friends. She scowled at them as she pulled her knife out.

Ethan, Lilith, Alabaster and Drew was the most powerful group of the camp. With Drew's charmspeak they could easily distract the invaders and Alabaster defeat them with his powers. Whilst, Ethan find the person's weakness and Lilith strike them.

Drew's charm, Ethan's predictions, Alabaster's powers and Lilith's skills. They could easily defeat anyone. And now they had Aurora- who they come to know was really good as archery- as their another member of the group.

They are really impossible to be beated now.

Whenever they were in different groups, the game always lasted long.

Ethan was able to counter Lilith's blow as Alabaster was able to fight with her powers. Drew's savageness and her snarky replies kept Lilith busy sometimes but at the end she was able to defeat her.

The game was real fun when they were against eachother.

Percy turned to Luke and yelled over the noise, "Those are the flags?"

"Yeah."

He asked Lilith who had just joined them "Ares and Athena always lead the teams?"

"Not always," she said glaring. "But often."

"So, if another cabin captures one, what do you do-repaint the flag?"

Lilith facepalmed.

Luke grinned. "You'll see. First we have to get one."

"Whose side are we on?" Percy asked another question.

Luke gave him a sly look, and Lilith knew the meaning behind it. The scar on his face made him look almost evil in the torchlight. "We've made a temporary alliance with Athena. Tonight, we get the flag from Ares. And you are going to help."