Heroes of Olympus - Rise of Tartarus

A Dangerous Imagination

A/N: I am so, so, so sorry that I haven't updated in absolutely ages. I ran out of ideas and ended up super busy, but I'm going to try updating again.

Percy POV:

Being a spy in Camp Half-Blood is harder than I thought, especially with the Annabeth situation going on. Everyone hates me, but they've been busy with our threat and haven't tried to kill me yet. Hiding out in my cabin has worked so far. Whenever I do go out, everyone gives me death stares. Don't they know how merciful I've been? Oh-wait, they don't. They don't know I'm one of the Three Reapers. I'm still worried about this spy problem. I don't know who would betray us. Jason? No, he's been taking this thing to heart. Plus we're bros. We can practically read each other's minds and I know when he's lying, partly because he's a horrible liar. Nico? No way. This whole thing was his idea. It would make no sense for him to betray us. Pontus? No, my father wouldn't do that. I can tell. Ouranos? Maybe, the Olympians did technically avenge his death, maybe he's got a soft spot for them? I know, a stretch, but we don't have much to go on. Hestia? Likely, though this whole spy issue came up long before she showed up. It couldn't have been her. Though considering she showed up out of nowhere maybe she was? Except she swore on the Styx that she wouldn't snitch. All this thinking is giving me a headache.

I get out of my cabin and head to the sword fighting arena. That way I can clear my head. Problem is I have to hold back or people will get suspicious. While I'm hacking away at the dummies, I see the one person I don't want to. Annabeth. This <censor> has been causing problems since I got here. "Hey, you're a pretty good fighter," She says. I try not to stab her and settle for a glare. "What do you want?" She pretends to act offended. "What's with the hostility Johnson? I did nothing wrong. YOU were the one who raped ME,". I almost lose it. Sheathing my sword before I do something reckless, I walk away. "I am not in the mood," I grumble. She walks after me. "Listen, the lives of all the campers are at stake. If you just walk away, we all die,". I inwardly chuckle. She's not suspicious at all. "Fine, what do you need?" I see her face brighten. "Great! I need you to-" She's cut off by a roar. We both look to the forest, where a monster like nothing I've ever seen before charges out. It seems like some sort of weird cross between a turtle and a gorilla. It had a shell and huge, scaly arms, with shorter legs behind it. A tail covered in vicious spikes lashes out behind it as it barrels towards us. I dive one way, Annabeth dives the other. It halts it's charge to focus on one of us. It picks me. Huzzah! It swings a fist the size of my head at me. I duck, stabbing upwards, but my blade deflects harmlessly off it's scales. I look around, hoping that Annabeth is able to distract so I can get out of it's range, but I catch a glimpse of her running towards the cabins. Coward. I roll out of the way of a grab and back up slowly. The monster glares at me, calculating his next move. Then something seems to click in it's mind, and it bows before me and flees. With a start I realise where it came from. The egg. I've got to hand it to Nico, he's got a good imagination. I look to see campers running towards me. Luckily the timing was perfect. They'll think they scared it off. "Thanks for the assist," I say, subtly noticing Annabeth isn't there. "Are you okay, Peter?" Chiron asks. "Yeah, it didn't manage to land a hit on me," I say, panting. "I don't think I'd have lasted much longer,". Then a rather unintelligent camper asks "Why didn't you kill it?" I mentally face palm. "Really? I never thought about that?" I reply, sarcasm dripping from my voice. The moron apparently doesn't catch it. "What is the sword fighting arena for, dingus?" I roll my eyes. "I was being sarcastic! Of course I tried that! It had a tough hide, I wasn't able to hurt it," That finally shuts him up. I walk to my cabin to get some rest.

Nico POV:

The newest addition to our army had it's test run. I'd call it a success. I call it Project GT. I know, it's not the most creative name, but I'm not that bothered with a name right now. Point is, it worked, and gave the campers something more to think about. I know what some of you may be thinking. 'What about Camp Jupiter?'. If so, worry not, I have a special surprise, just for them.

A/N: I hope this is good, because it is 11:30 and I should be in bed but I'm writing this. I decided to leave it on a (kind of) cliff hanger, so I'd have something to work on for the next chapter. This story is NOT discontinued. There may be some large hiatuses, but it isn't done. I have a few ideas, but I need to translate them into words instead of images in my head. Anyway, this is Bowser2208, signing out!