Age of Chaos and the Reign of Darkness

III. Ajax

After what happened since yesterday, Ajax was ready to believe that he had the most rotten luck in demigod history.
An old hag was hell bent on murdering him. Like what kind of demented being would murder an orphan, Ajax thought. Oh a correction there, he had a parent who never cared enough to come and check up on him once in a while. He couldn't wait to go to this place Harlan was taking him and see how his luck can get any worse.
The archer, Will got off the chariot and nocked another arrow as if waiting for a more vicious monster to come. The other charioteer yelled, 'Get on, we don't have all day.'
Both him and Harlan scrambled forward to get on the chariot which was apparently pulled by pegasi. Now don't ask how he knew what a pegasus was. After living so long with Harlan, Ajax knew enough mythology to put any regular mortal to shame.
After Will got on board, the driver flicked the reins and the chariot rose in the sky and shot off. Will said, pointing towards the driver, 'This is Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares.'
Wait, Ares as in God of War. The one who is hotheaded and always trying to throw Zeus off his throne, Ajax thought but he knew better than to say it out loud because Clarisse seemed like a person who could crumble you like a wad of tissue if you dared to cross her.
'Curse you Solace, I wanted to kill that monster', Clarisse said. 'It was an Arai; never seen one though Jackson told me enough about it from his trip down Tartarus.'
What? Did she say that the Jackson guy has been to Tartarus? So is he a dangerous criminal and am I supposed to live with him? Ajax thought uncomfortably.
'You do know they are the curse spirits and you have killed a thousand monsters. Killing that Arai would mean a thousand curses on you', Will calmly replied.
'I will kill it quickly', Clarisse said.
'And that makes it one thousand and one curses', Will replied with a smirk.
'So what's your name boy?' Clarisse asked pointing towards Ajax.
'It's Ajax Apeiro', Ajax said sheepishly.
'And what's your parentage?' Clarisse asked again.
'He doesn't know but he will probably be claimed at campfire tonight', Harlan chimed in.
Everyone was quiet after that. Ajax was thinking about a lot of things along with admiring the spear  Clarisse had. It was kind of.....sparky.
Suddenly a horrible screech pierced the air. He turned and saw Will frantically shooting arrows at the horde of Arai behind them but those arrows weren't hitting the Arai. They were exploding in front of them causing confusion but not killing any.
'Why aren't you shooting them down?' Ajax yelled over the nuisance.
'They have seen me. If I kill any one of them, a curse will be levied upon me', Will replied.
Harlan was playing some kind of tune when Clarisse turned and yelled, 'Di Immortales, hold on I'll get us out of here.'
She flicked the reins and the pegasi shot forward with the chariot.

Suddenly there was a shore line in front of them and the Arai were long gone. They were flying towards the shore at full speed, fortunately at the last minute Clarisse pulled the reins and they landed slowly.
'That's what I am talking about. Welcome to the beautiful Camp Half Blood on Long Island Sound', Will said happily.
'Wait you are saying we are in the US. It can't be. Greece is thousand of miles away and it's only been five hours. How is it possible?' Ajax looked startled.
'And with this welcome to the world of gods and demigods', Clarisse said with what looked like a smile though it was hard to tell.
They got off the chariot and saw a man on a horse walk towards them.No......he was a centaur.
'Is he a centaur? I thought they only existed in stories', Ajax whispered to Harlan half dazzed.
'Ajax, he is only the greatest centaur ever. He has trained all the famous demigods like Hercules, Achilles, Perseus. All of them', Harlan replied admiringly.
Before Ajax could say something, the centaur said, 'Well you found him', regarding Ajax with his eyes.
'Yes Chiron', Harlan said.
A couple of campers were coming towards them. A boy with olive skin and a mean leather jacket with combat boots came and said, 'So this is the new guy.'
'Yeah. I am Apeiro. Ajax Apeiro', Ajax said.
'And I am Nico Di Angelo', he replied.
'Will and Clarisse you should go to your cabins as they are being inspected', Chiron said. 'Nico, take Ajax to the Big House. Your friends are waiting for you over there. Take Harlan as well. And Ajax, welcome to Camp Half Blood. Harlan must have told you that you are a demigod and I would have personally shown you around the camp and answered all your questions but you must excuse me as I am waiting for an important call from Olympus. Though I wouldn't worry myself too much. You are in good hands. Nico and his friends would show you around the camp and Harlan can answer all your questions. He is indeed a well read satyr. And if you want to talk about anything just come over to the Big House later.'
'Thank you....sir', is all Ajax could say.
'Call me Chiron', Chiron said with a warm smile and trotted off.