Embrace the Shadows

Ch 5

-Percy-

"Come on guys lets go rescue the rest of our friends from the idiots here at camp." Percy said getting up from the couch when he heard the conch horn for dinner sound.

"Can't we leave her there?" Damian asked grumbling.

Knowing full well who Damian was talking about he just laughed and said "No but I can hook you up with a date with her if you want? Chris might have a problem with it but…".

"Try and I will kill you Percy." Damian said glaring at him while Zoe laughed.

"Clarisse isn't that bad Damian." the now ex-huntress chided the son of Thetis as they picked up their weapons and walked down to the pavilion.

"Ah Chaos Cabin," Chiron said nervously once they came in sight, "we don't have a table for you…" the rest was cut off as a second dining pavilion materialized next to the first. The original pavilion was made of white marble and was rather simplistic in design with an open roof and marble tables and floor. The new pavilion looked to be made of the very night sky as it was pitch black and covered in stars, the roof was domed and showed shifting galaxies across its surface. There was a large circular table in the center of the pavilion with half the chair being made of imperial gold and half of celestial bronze with one being made of divine silver.

"That is where we eat." Damian said laughing as he and Zoe entered the pavilion, Damian sitting in the first of the Bronze seats and Zoe in the fourth.

"This is a pavilion for myself and my allies in the mission that Chaos has tasked me with." he said smirking as the majority of the campers paled, having most likely been informed by their divine parents to not anger him. "But first my allies at camp should be brought over to their seats at the table.".

"More allies?" Chiron yelled out in shock, "How many do you have?".

"First are the two cabins totally loyal to me," he began, smirking at the wary looks from the other campers, "Apollo cabin! Dionysus Cabin! Come and collect your new weapons!".

"Alright!" Will Solace, the head of the Apollo cabin said happily as he and his siblings walked over to Percy.

Pulling several wooden crates out of a bottomless duffle bag, courtesy of Hephaestus, he said "Now we didn't enough of the ancient second age weapons for everyone but I was able to work with some of the gods including your father and Hephaestus to make these for you.". As he finished he drove an elbow into the lid of the first crate cracking it and pulled out a bronze sniper rifle, "Who needs a bow when you can have one of these babies?".

"A GUN?!" Annabeth yelled in anger, "WHAT THE HADES ARE YOU THINKING?!".

"Two things Annabitch," I growled at her, getting a glare from the hatted moniker "first don't use Uncle H's name as a curse, he doesn't like it. Two it is not your place about what weapons I give my warriors.".

"You the man Perce." Will said happily, testing the weight of his new weapon before sitting down at one of the places at the table that had the sun symbol in front of it like his siblings.

"Next we have the Dionysus cabin," he said as the twins Castor and Pollux walked up and received a pair of thyrsus', "these staffs are made of wood from the original Gaia and will increase your control of plant life many times over.".

"Not bad." Castor said quietly as he swung the staff around before he and his sat down in their seats.

"Now for the individual campers," he said happily "Clarisse, come up and get your weapon.". Grinning, the scion of the god of war stood from her table and walked forward as he handed her a giant war hammer with a spiked end. "The Barbarians Hammer," he said grinning "a powerful weapon and it can even summon the souls of warriors from the second age to aid you in battle.".