Percy Jackson, The 13th Olympian

Chapter 8

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The Greeks were all studying the map, and formulating how was best to attack. As their ships had been sunk the couldn't go along the coast and use that attack they thought of. That's when a familiar face turned up, Kassandra spoke "Xander." The Greek general, snapped his head round to face her, "Eagle bearer you're here again." The eagle bearer nodded, "I see you are in need of a ship, I can lend you mine. My captain Barnabas, will make sure we get to the Roman capital of Rome, by dropping is at the harbour of Portus then it's a 20-mile hike to Rome." Xander nodded.

The Adrestia, came into sight for the army to see. Kassandra lead the way to her ship and the army followed, they all bordered it. Kassandra took Xander onto the helm area, Barnabas had a toothy grin, "You must be General Xander the Brutal. The one responsible for the invaders running, our mutual friend has spoken highly of you." The Spartan mercenary shrugged at Xander, and soon enough the Adrestia was underway, however as they sailed under the power of the winds, the sea became very choppy and unpredictable even more so when they got close to the harbour of Portus.

As they got closer, to the harbour, suddenly a massive wave came and struck the ship, cleaving it in half. Not many would survive. Xander, managed to free himself from the debris, he started to swim towards the shore, around 20 of his men had survived. Kassandra, had survived and was swimming to the shore. As they reached the shore, the eagle bearer turned to Xander. "Have you angered Lord Poseidon recently?" she accused him, Xander couldn't lie, "Yes, I slept with Lord Perseus' girlfriend." With her fully strength, behind her, the eagle bearer slapped Xander, the slap sent him flying back, it left a red mark. "How dare you, be so stupid!" she roared.

Xander, stood up and dusted himself off. He growled, "BECAUSE SHE SAID I COULD HAVE ANYTHING I WANTED! AND I WANTED HER!" The eagle bearer, staying calm, "You lost my ship because you think with your dick!" Eventually, the 22 of them started their 20-mile hike towards Rome, most of it in silence, apart from the odd time, where Kassandra would have a go at Xander.

The group, still in silence had reached the, Rome city lines by nightfall. They set up a small campsite out of what they could, they fell asleep as Artemis pulled the moon chariot over. As, Apollo had started his daily routine, the small Greek force had woken up, they got prepared to attack the city, their situation was less than ideal. The Greek army, got up and had their breakfast, they scarified some to the gods, especially Nike and Tyche, they would need as much as luck and victory as they could get today. The Greeks snuck up to the wall that surrounded the grand city of Rome.

The Greeks managed to find a crack in the wall, they slipped into the city. As they hugged the wall around the city, they had to be careful to avoid the Roman patrols in the city as there was no chance that they could strike in the open. Luckily, as they walked staying close to the wall, they came across the main garrison.

Kassandra, pulled out her explosive arrow and shot it into the garrison as she had spotted piles of flammable things

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Screams filled the air, Roman soldiers were exploded or set on fire from the arrow that the eagle bearer sent off. This would help them massively, they could now slip through the streets and that they did. They blended into the crowd and headed to Emperor Marcussus Buccius Nepoticus palace. They managed to slit the necks of The Praetorian Guard that stood at the door.

However, once they got past the main door, the Palace was crawling with guards. The Greeks looked for an opening and managed to get through to the emperors' throne room. Xander, spotted the emperor, he whispered an order "Hold off the guards as long as you can." Kassandra scowled but nodded, she and the Greek soldiers waited by the door. Xander, slipped over to the throne and got his spear out. His shield was on his left arm.