Percy Jackson , Protector of Earth

Chapter 7

I shadow travelled away, nearby the Hunters' camp. I took a deep breath and used the shadows to help me blend in. I snuck around the tents until I came to Thalia's tent.

I searched her desk for a schedule. Nope, nope, nope, ah yes. Here it is! I picked it up and read the schedule.

"Says here that the hunt is scheduled for... Tomorrow. Ok, now I can leave." I said to myself and ran silently out the tent, not wanting to stay any longer.

And it's just my luck that Thalia would come at this exact moment. I let out an undignified scream.

"What the Hades are you doing here Nico?!" Thalia hissed menacingly.

"Don't use my dad's name as a curse word," I squeaked.

"Why are you here?!" Thalia growled.

"Uh, no reason?" I probably sounded like a mouse in the clutches of a gigantic cat.

"Di Angelo!" She screeched. She sent a bolt of lightning at me. I was sent crashing outside of the tent, where Lady Artemis just happened to be.

"What are you doing here, boy?" Artemis glared at me. Do not, under any circumstances, get into trouble with Artemis. Her glare will melt your face off.

I turned around and ran. I ran as fast as I was able to run. Unfortunately, some hunters crashed into me and sent me tumbling back to Artemis.

I am so screwed.

"PERCY!" I yelled as my last attempt.

Percy's POV

"PERCY!" I heard a high-pitched scream. I smirked. I walked over to a rock and sat down.

'Hey Chaos! Is there anyway that I can see what is happening with Nico?' I asked mentally.

'Yup! Concentrate on the image you want, and a hologram like an Iris Message will appear.' He replied back.

'Thanks' I shouted in my mind.

I imagined the image of Nico getting tortured by Artemis and some hunters. An image started to form in front of me. I smiled. This should be entertaining.

'Popcorn please!' I yelled out in my thoughts. A bag of popcorn appeared in my hands.

I watched in amusement as Nico, who was tied up to a tree, got punched and kicked, left and right. I made sure to record the whole thing for future purposes.

I watched as Nico was turned into a jackalope. Aw... My fun is over. I sighed as I waited for Nico to run out of the camp. Knowing that Nico would probably be turned into some kind of animal, I asked Chaos in advance about the directions to turn Nico back.

I caught a glimpse of something moving to my right. I turned to see a scrawny, limping jackalope running my way. I took out my camera and snapped a quick photo.

The jackalope started to bite and scratch me. Yup, this is definitely Nico. I pointed my finger dramatically at him and muttered a few Greek words. He started to stretch into a human form.

"Welcome back, Neeks! Did ya have fun?" I asked mockingly.

"I'm gonna kill you," he grumbled.

"You know, I'm starting to like you better as a rabbit now," I winked at him. (For those of you who don't know, a jackalope is like a rabbit with antlers.)

"No, no... I'm fine like this. No need for that!" He said backing up. I smirked.

"Anyways, did you find out when the hunt is?" I asked.

"Yeah... It's tomorrow," he replied.

"Great!" I said sarcastically.

"Is there something wrong with tomorrow?" Nico stupidly asked.

"No... It's just that I can't train you harder," I complained with a pout.

He just grumbled and stomped away.

"Aww... Come back Nikolai!" I grinned as I ran after him. He stopped abruptly.

"H-h-how did you know?" He stuttered, turning my way. His face was red as a tomato.

I just laughed and said, "I have my ways."

I slung my arm over his should and disappeared in a sea of mist.

~ The Next Day ~

I was currently in the trees watching Nico take out some monsters. I had him run a mission to eliminate some monsters. He was doing okay, but he could improve. It was going well until the hunters showed up.

"Aw, man! I forgot about them!" I muttered.

As the hunters took out monster by monster, more came out to outnumber them. During my lessons with Nico, I taught that he should save as many lives as he was able to. Right now, he was fending off a tremendous amount of monsters. No one noticed a hunter get trapped. She looked as if she was new to the hunt. I sighed. I had to help her.

I jumped down from the trees and raced over to the girl. I jumped in the way of a claw towards the girl, quickly slashed at three hellhound throats and ducked a claw from the Minotaur turn spun and sliced at his stomach. I was hacking away at the monsters one by one. The monsters suddenly realized that I was the real threat and attacked me all at once.

I managed to evade all of their attacks. I hacked at the enemy relentlessly. Time seemed to slow down.

Thalia's POV

As soon as I realized that Percy was here, my mouth morphed into a huge and evil grin. I was finally going to capture him.

I noticed that the monsters were edging to Percy. No other time than now to corner Percy.

I made sure that I had my celestial bronze shackles and got ready.

I waited for the right time. As soon as Percy sliced the last Cyclops, I quickly "lightning flashed" over to him. Using the light to blind Percy a little, I pinned him down and quickly shackled his wrists.

I had this gigantic, victorious grin on my face. The mission was finally complete. Percy groaned from underneath my foot. He is in some deep trouble