Kyle Snu and the Mark of Ananke (PJO fanfic)

XI

Are defensive line was made up of seven people. Hemmy, Sari, and Shaun guarded the back of the pile of rocks. The two big bore as kids blocked the front-left side, as Avery and I guarded the front-right.

After about four minutes of waiting we all began to feel a bit tense. Someone had to come eventually. Etna looked like she was falling asleep.

Avery turned toward me a little, "So how's your first day so far?"

A little uncertain I said, "good, I guess. Ever done this captive thing before?"

"No, but I have played different war games at the other camp."

"What camp?"

"Camp Jupiter. It's the roman camp in California."

I was still a little confused but I didn't really need any more information about secret camps today. "Oh. So you've never been here before?"

"Nope. But I was selected by Nico to take his position in a few years. So I get to stay here for a few months so I can be a good ambassador."

I began to congratulate her when the Boreas kid hushed me. I hadn't realized how loud we were talking.

Suddenly a arrow hit scraped along my leg, pinning me to the ground. I yelped in pain. The boreas kid shouted, "Apollo kids! From the north!"

I tried to pry the arrow from the ground, but by the time I got it a kid used my head as springboard, jumping over the Rock and knocking out the Boreas kids. I got up rubbing my head. I noticed Hemmy, Sari, and Shaun were sleeping. And Avery was running after Etna's rescuer, I decided to run after them too.

Luckily three years of competitive swimming left no biliary to be slow. I quickly caught up to Avery and together we knocked down Etna and her rescuer, a red headed kid with clover green eyes. Avery tried to fight him off with her dual swords, while I pulled Etna away. But then a gust of icy wind blew all of us to the ground. And we were frozen there. Two brown haired guys with pale skin, and two bulky kids ran up to us and grabbed Etna. They ran off and left the original rescuer, Avery and Myself all in a layer of ice.

The red head looked at me and laughed. "They froze there own teammate. Children of Khione are the most stupid demigods ever. You must be Kyle. I'm Jace Mitchell, son of Tyche." His freckles gleamed with joy. He was too friendly to be the same guy who knocked out those two Boreas kids, yet he did.

"Nice to meet you." I said. "Does this happen often, you know the freezing thing."

"Just about every time we play a capture the flag like game. Khione's children are powerful as long as there is more than one."

Just then, a horn blew and a red firework shot into the sky.

Jace looked at me, then at Avery and said, "I win."

Avery laughed a little. "Yeah, yet your still here trapped in a block of ice."