Demigods

A Fight? Right Now?

After breakfast, everyone was called outside by someone. They couldn't see who called them to come, but they still came.

When they got there, they realized it was Eugene.

"Okay, today we've got some new recruits!" Eugene said to the crowd.

Everyone started whooping and hollering, and Izzy and her friends smiled to each other. They were somewhat "proud" to be demigods.

"So, today, we are having a celebratory gladiator battle!" Eugene proclaimed, as everyone started cheering.

"Wait, what!?" Nick said.

"Huh?" Stella asked.

"Like, a fight? Right now?" Izzy asked, really worried. It wasn't the fighting that worried her. She just hurt her arm. She didn't want to do it in even further.

"Don't worry. It's easy," Eugene told Izzy reassuringly.

"Yeah. Sure," Stella said, clearly worried.

They set up teams, and Izzy ended up being the only "Rookie", as they called it, on the Blue Team. Izzy noticed Shawn was on the opposite team. Hopefully she wouldn't have to fight him. 

They put armor and a helmet on Izzy and everyone else, then went around asking everyone something. Izzy couldn't make out what they were saying.

When Eugene came to Izzy, he asked her, "Are you better with Bow or Sword?"

"What?" Izzy asked, confused.

"Bow or Sword?" Eugene asked again.

Then Izzy remembered something. 

"Bow and Arrow."

"Really? A Rookie's gonna use a bow?" someone snickered behind Izzy.

"Excuse me?" Izzy said angrily, as she turned around to see another guy who looked around her age.

"Hey. You're on the same team. Break it up." Eugene breaks up the obvious tension between the two.

Izzy glared at the guy, then turned around and grabbed her bow and threw the arrow pack around her back.

"Alright! Let's Go!" Eugene yells at both crowds of teams. 

On the way Eugene explains the way of the game. Basically, It was like capture the flag, except with weapons, and, you know, WEAPONS.

Without even realizing it, they got there with the rest of the crowd. They split up, and, after three counts, they heard Eugene blow a whistle. 

It. Was. On.

Izzy started searching through the woods for the other team's flag. All of the sudden, someone lunged at her with a sword.

"WHOA! What the hell?" Izzy almost screamed.

Then she realized. 'This isn't  just capture the flag. This is a battle. If I don't fight, I WIll get hurt. '

Izzy instinctively pulled an arrow out of her pack and shot it right at the "gladiator's" leg. It was a perfect shot. 

Izzy kept on going through the woods.She saw some bright red, and immediately realized that was the flag. She sprinted towards it, even though she knew someone could pop out at any moment. And wouldn't you know........

"Nice try! Wait, Izzy?" Shawn asked.

"Shawn?" Izzy was really confused at this point.

"Well, good to know I just have to fight against a rookie. This'll be easy."