Chapter 7 (I Got Tagged)
After eating a hearty salad drowned in ranch dressing, Chiron announced that it was time to prepare for capture-the-flag. "Campers!" He spoke to the crowd of demigods.
Nobody looked up. Everyone was too busy eating their meals and chatting to each other.
"Campers!!!" Chiron finally got their attention. "It is time to prepare for capture-the-flag!"
Shouts of "I thought that we already had one last Monday!" and "Two games in one week! Awesome!" rang out across the crowd.
"Campers, quiet! I'm not finished!" Chiron continued. "I know you may be confused about why we are having two games in one week, but I have decided that as a special treat we are going to have another game! But there is going to be something special about this game! Instead of cabins allying with each other, we will have two team captains that will chose campers for their team one by one. Since Leo and Calypso have just returned to us, I am going to make them captains! Heroes, to the woods!"
Whooping and cheering, the campers filtered out of the dining pavilion. Leo got up from where he was recounting his journey home from Ogygia to anyone who would listen, which right now was just Chuck Hedge, the two-month old baby satyr and Gleeson Hedge's son. Leo had talked with the coach earlier and Coach Hedge had told him that he was proud of him and that Leo was still and would always be his cupcake.
Chuck sucked on his thumb while Leo returned him to his daddy before running outside with the rest of the campers. He had no idea where Calypso was but he assumed that she would be somewhere out here. Some girls had pulled Calypso away from him at the beginning of the meal to chat and Leo had seen her switching tables a few times.
Leo noticed that Clarisse of the Ares cabin was walking up to him. "Valdez!"
"What do you want, Clarisse?" Leo meant it in a normal way, but he realized that it came out a bit too rude.
"Is that how you want to play then?" Clarisse's always present scowl grew darker.
"No, sorry." Leo tried again. "What do you need?"
"That's better. I was just wondering why Chiron put a little girlie as team captain instead of me."
"Don't underestimate her. I admit, she doesn't look like much, but she can do lots if she really wanted to." Leo thought for a second, then added. "And aren't you a little girlie too?"
Leo walked away smirking as Clarisse scowled at him, but she didn't have a comeback so she just walked back over to her group of Ares kids.
Just then Chiron called Leo to the front of the group. "Will our team captains please come forward."
Leo walked up to the front of the group and stood next to Chiron. He saw Calypso, beautiful as always, laughing with a bunch of Aphrodite girls as she came up to stand next to him. Leo noticed that the Aphrodite girls had really decked her out. She had colorful feathers in her hair and it looked like they had done something to her eyes, because their dark almond color shone with almost twice the effect. Wow, she sure is beautiful. Leo wasn't usually a big fan of makeup in the first place but these additions didn't change his girl, it only expressed the traits he loved about her even more.
Chiron interrupted his thinking. "Calypso, you choose first."
"Uhh... Leo."
Some short bursts of laughter began to appear throughout the crowd but they stopped when Leo flashed them a death-glare.
Chiron turned to Calypso. "Calypso, Leo is another team captain. You can pick anyone but him."
"Oh, okay." She seemed to stare blankly at the crowd, pondering for a second. She finally came to a conclusion. "Percy!"
Percy proceeded to walk up and stand next to Calypso.
It was Leo's turn. "Jason!" As Jason walked by, he shot Percy a look that said: Let's see which one of us is more powerful now.
Calypso then picked Piper and Leo picked Annabeth.
It went on and on like that with new team members whispering suggestions into the team captain's ears which Leo found both annoying and helpful because he knew almost none of the campers nor their skills. The same was going on with Calypso.
A camper named Daniel whispered, "Choose Jackson, he's good." while Connor kept whispering, "Chose Travis! We're a package deal!"
Once the teams were assigned Chiron spoke. "Campers, you will have thirty minutes of free time to plan! That means no running across the boundaries!" Chiron spoke directly to the Ares kids, who just grumbled. Chiron continued as he handed one flag to each team. "Campers, the time starts now!"
With those last words, all of the campers ran into the woods. Leo's team ran towards Zeus's Fist, a big rock that jutted out of the ground.
"Jason!" Leo called to the son of Zeus. "Put the flag up there!"
Jason flew up to the top of Zeus's Fist and placed the flag between to rocks. "All set!"
Then Leo turned to Annabeth. "You got a plan?"
"Yeah, you stay here with Jason while I take the rest of the campers to set traps, then my group will scout from the trees on our side of the river and try and see what the other team is doing. At the end of the free time, we'll run in and try to quickly overwhelm the guards."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Leo agreed. "Go."
Annabeth and the rest of the demigods on Leo's team rushed out of the small clearing and into the woods.
Just then Leo had an idea. "Jason, how about you go fly up into one of those trees and hide, so that if people come, they will think that there is only one guard and rush in. Then you just jump them from behind or something."
"Sure, cap." Jason flew up into a tree and hid himself between the branches and leaves.
Leo then spoke to his magical tool belt that he wore pretty much everywhere. "Give me some wire and a lightning rod." His tool belt obeyed, except that the lightning rod was a bit small. Leo wasn't sure if it would work. But if it failed, no harm done. Hopefully.
Leo began to wrap a bit of the wire around the base of the lightning rod. After that was done, he lay the wire in a circle around Zeus's Fist.
Jason was watching curiously. "What are you doing?"
"When the enemy arrives, you blast lightning down onto this rod. The electricity will travel through the wire, paralyzing anyone who touches it."
"Oh, I see. Smart."
Half an hour passed by quickly. Leo began to hear shouts coming from the direction of the other team. He hoped Annabeth's plan would work. Suddenly Leo spotted Percy over by a tree in the distance, running swiftly towards them.
"Jason, quickly! Lightning!" Jason responded with a blast that shook the ground. The lightning rod shone with energy and began to glow but the sheer power of Jason's lightning was too much for it. It exploded, sending glowing shards of metal everywhere. "Jason, that was a bit too much."
"Sorry!"
The only good thing about the explosion was that Percy had been blown of his feet and was now too weak to get back up.
Just then Leo heard the sound of trampling feet behind him. He turned around. There was no one. Hmm... I could have sworn! Leo then saw a girl shimmer into existence. It was Calypso, and she was holding the flag!
"Jason quickly!" Leo yelled at his best friend. "Calypso's invisible and she has the flag!" Leo knew Jason would be able to catch her faster because he could fly.
"What do you mean, Leo? The flag's right here!" Jason pointed at the top of Zeus's Fist, where the flag was waving in the wind.
I must be hallucinating! But it looked so real! Leo argued with himself, but before he could try and figure out what just happened, the answer came. Chiron galloped into the clearing.
"The game is won! Calypso's team is victorious!"
How? Leo turned around and glanced at the flag once more, but then it dissipated into green smoke before his very eyes. Leo couldn't believe it!
Chiron answered his unspoken question. "It seems that Calypso's magic was too much for your defensive strategy." He laughed.
"So it was Calypso! I knew I wasn't seeing things!" Leo thought out loud as the three of them walked back to camp, dragging a still paralyzed Percy along behind them.
Later that night, after curfew, Leo and Calypso were just about to leave to their separate rooms in Bunker 9 when Leo stopped Calypso right in front of her door.
"Hey. I have to tell you something."
Calypso smiled. "Is it more nonsense about how you think we cheated in that game?"
"No. This is serious."
Leo's face must have looked deadly serious because Calypso lowered her smile. "What is it, Leo?"
"Well, I was talking to Dionysus while we were in the Big House earlier and he said that," Leo's voice cracked, "that you actually are immortal. I don't think our relationship will work under those circumstances."
Calypso put on a sad smile. "Leo, we'll make it work. Just you see. I will always love you."
And with that Calypso gave Leo a quick kiss and walked into her room, closing the door behind her.
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A/N: Hey guys! I hope you liked this chapter!
So, I got tagged by xAllamax and decided to put in in the author's note for this chapter for lack of another place to put it. Without further ado, let's get started!
13 Questions and Answers
I get asked 13 questions, I ask 13 questions, and then I ask 13 people to answer them.
What is your favorite dance move?
Well, I don't dance much so this is a hard one, although the chicken dance is fun! 😜
What is your least favorite shop?
I don't really go shopping much...
How many eggs do you have when eating bacon and eggs for breakfast?
Two usually.
Why are private schools so strict?
I've been asking myself this one for years.
Who is the best ship/s?
#SOLANGELO4LIFE
How many fingers am I holding up?
11
How many toes do you have?
Average amount.
What is your favorite quote?
"I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts." - Leo Valdez
What is the first thing you do when a murderer is about to kill you?
If this scenario happens sometime in my life, I'll tell you.
What is the cheesiest movie ever?
I honestly don't know.
How much cheese do you like on pizza?
Enough to fill me up.
How much questions is that?
*many
This is the 13th, right?
Yes
Glad to get that over with.
Now for my questions:
What's your favorite food?
Favorite color?
Favorite Episode of Star Wars?
Team Peeta or Team Gale?
Favorite one of the seven Demigods?
When was the last time milk came out your nose?
Do you support LGBTQ+ rights?
Do you like Donald Trump?
Hot chocolate or chocolate milk?
Bikes or Scooters?
What is the most amount of consecutive jumps that you have ever done on a pogo stick?
Pencils or pens?
Do you enjoy being tagged?
I tag:
That is pretty much all of my friends on this site. Sorry it's only 10.
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