Theives Like Us

6

Rhyan stood there awkwardly. She had been at Camp Half Blood 3 days now and this was by far her least favourite thing. The cabins 11, 15 and 10 were up and ready- well not really cabin 15 as Hypnos's kids were still half asleep but 11 and 10 were doing the training exercise. A small spar between the cabins to practice technique they were practicing. Rhyan didn't know what to do. So she did what she did best. Stayed away from the rest.

Her opponent, a tall girl from aphrodite was winning and she wasn't even doing much. Eventually, a large group formed around her and her opponent. Rhyan clad in some oversized armour that weighed her down and a sword she could bearly lift against a camper of 15 with a few years of training. Even though the opponent wasn't doing anything it was obvious she was going to win.

That was when people started to laugh. The spawn of aphrodite basked in the praise. That was when Rhyan saw her opotunity. The girl was focusing on the crowd, not on the fight.

Any minute now Rhyan could move around her and grab her spare blade, if only she could get the armor off. Rhyan pranced alowing the blade to graze the leather strap of her armour.

She put her plan into play. Somehow she rolled out her armour and 'tripped' into her opponent, grabbing her spare blade and hiding it in her belt. A small bronze blade flew at her face. She rolled away using her armour as a shield to fend off the attacks.

Somehow, the decendant of aphrodite jabbed her blade into Rhyan's CHB top, yet missed Rhyan. Rhyan grabbed the hilt of the sword and flipped it round to face it's original owner. Now with out a weapon, Rhyan's opponent went to grab her secret weapon- the secret blade- only to realise it wasn't there.

Rhyan took both the blades and swirled them round. She put them in the 'X' position and pushed them down against her opponent.

"I win."

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By the time lunch had came many had heard about how she almost lost to one of the weakest fighters in camp, yet somehow stollen their weapons.

The boys had come over to her and for the first time since they got to Camp Half Blood they caught up with each other.

Noah was enjoying his time in the apollo cabin and had made many friends with his siblings. It also turned out that his leg was beyond the repair of even the best apollo campers, dispite their best efforts (which was a bit of a downer but in one way he was so used to having his leg not support him it would be strange to get it fixed). He had also discovered a love for archery and had his passion for anything medicinal kindled.

On the other hand, Oliver was hating life at the hephaestus cabin but he tried not to let it show. He hated the way everyone was emotionless or at least not good with feelings. He hated the way people pushed passed him because he was small and most of all he hated the way they wouldn't let him sleep with Rhyan. He didn't understand why they wouldn't let it happen. Rhyan was his parental figure especially after his family kicked him out and although he liked to think of himself as mature and independent, at the end of the day he was only 9.

Rhyan listened every word the duo said but she knew instantly they were holding something back.

"Noah." Rhyan put down her knife and fork then turned to him. "What's that?"

"What's what?" He asked readjusting his CHB top to cover part of his arm.

"That." She pointed to his arm where a large bruise was.

"Oh that. Ummmm.... I fell?"

"What about you? Oliver? Why do you keep flinching when you move to fast? Side giving you grief?" Oliver nodded.
"Happened during the fighting session thing..."

"Hmmm." Rhyan hummed. She would get to the bottom of this.

Rhyan caught Crash's eye across the dining pavilion instantly her eyes hardened and her jaw clenched. Crash mimicked her actions, a nasty sneer making its way onto his face.

Oh boy did she hate him.

"ATTENTION ALL! Yadda Yadda...oh what was it." A man in atrocious fashion sense spoke up. Intently every one fell silent.

"Capture the flag?" Chiron suggested.

"Oh yes. That was it. Capture the flag will be continuing tonight. Go to Chiron for anything else because I just can't be bothered."

"Okay then guys." Chiron took over. " Teams! Ares, Aphrodite, Dermiter and apollo will be the red team and Dionysus, Hermes, Hephaestus and Athena will be blue team. You will have the rest of the day to prepare yourself's and your teams." The campers dispersed with excited whispers.

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It was 5:30 and Capture the flag was about to start. Rhyan, Noah and Oliver all had oversized bronze armour, the only difference being Noah's red on his helmet.

Rhyan adjusted both boys straps. "Now boys, no matter what this is just a game and I love you both." Both boys nodded.

"Noah you best get going to the red side before you get accused of cheating." And with that Noah hobbled off. His armour weighing him down a little.

A five minute wait then a horn blew. Both teams charged forward with a shout.

A/N~ sorry it's short but oh well :)
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