Operation Extraction

[Wolfezth Deraine]

Exactly two months, three weeks, and five days since Wolfezth last was in Camp Half-Blood...

The squad was nearing the Camp, and was traveling along the hills toward it. Wolfezth was in his usual attire, his no sleeves t-shirt and shorts; his lean form not really muscular enough to warrant anything to show off his muscles or anything similar. He, however had an American Eagle black hoodie on because it was raining like hell. The squad, as it turned out; was undermanned to begin with. The 'squad' was only a 'halfer', consisting of two members. The other member of the squad was a girl that was tall enough to reach Wolfezth's chest level or so; so she wasn't a short one. She had blonde hair that reached her mid-back that was tied back in a ponytail at the moment; and wore dark green shorts with a black American Eagle hoodie on identical in all but size to Wolfezth's. She also had a bow strapped to her back, and a quiver under the hoodie to try and ward off the rain as much as possible. She also had a longsword strapped to her shorts in a sword belt much the same way as Wolfezth had his. This squad member was Alaina Thorn, a crack shot and a problem solver by nature. They both had their hoodies up, as the torrent of rain had been going on for the past half hour or so and they were both soaked.

"This sucks." Wolfezth muttered under his breath as they traversed another hill.

"Stop complaining and let's keep movin', the hills won't go on forever." Alaina replied in a calm yet firm voice.

"'Eh, I like to complain. If I remember correctly then Mr. D'll be gone for the godly meetings held around this time of year." Wolfezth said in a calm and somewhat indifferent voice.

"We've been over this; and if you're wrong we're screwed. If you're right we get one member minimum to help fill the gaps in the squad." Alaina replied in a more ... involved tone of voice.

"Damn, you're in a pissy mood right now; ain't'cha?" Wolfezth said in a playful tone.

"I'm soakin' wet about ready to infiltrate an enemy stronghold; how the hell do you think I'm supposed to feel?" Alaina said with a sigh, stressed out quite frankly.

"I dunno, happy as hell? I mean, it's almost dusk and it might be the last sunset we ever see. Might as well make it a happy one; 'eh?" Wolfezth said in an upbeat tone.

"So an estimate on how many are in the camp right now?" Alaina said in a more cheerful tone of voice, Wolf's energy rubbing off on her as they continued walking through the rainstorm.

"Ten to fifteen; with at least one willing to defect. Three or so at most; which is more than enough." Wolfezth said in an optimistic tone he rarely ever used.

As Wolf was speaking, they crested the top of one hill and could see Camp Half-Blood from it clearly; and it was within a few hills. Alaina stopped, and so did Wolfezth; and they looked into each other's eyes for a moment... Steel gray clashing with blue with a tint of green.

"To hell we ride." Wolfezth muttered as he drew his bastard sword from his back, and Alaina got out her longbow cautiously and nocked an arrow to it as they slowly creeped down the hill they were standing on moments before.

"There's gonna be a commotion as soon as we come in, 'cause there's probably going to be a warning siren of some sort. Guerrilla warfare is what we need to do; keep kill rate low as we don't need 'em unless needed. We need to be in and out of here as fast as possible." Wolfezth reiterated the plan needlessly to Alaina, who merely nodded to him.

Soon they were nearing the final upwards hill into the Camp, where it wasn't raining; which was convenient.

"On Bear Down." Wolfezth said, and paused for a moment, "Blue 42... Colt 66... Bear down!" and on the command words they both ran up the final hill into the Camp; and the route they took led them to the area near the Amphitheater. Wolfezth readied his bastard sword and Alaina raised her bow as they continued walking; nearing the Amphitheater.

"No one should be in here." Wolfezth muttered.

"What, no one likes movies and music?" Alaina asked in the same low noise level.

"Guess not." Wolfezth replied swiftly, and since it was night few were outside; but the alarm would surely be going off soon. Underneath his hoodie Wolfezth had his arm guards with his flat spaulders, and Alaina had a chain mail breastplate on underneath her hoodie.

"Even if this is a total bust, we still get to raid the Camp, 'eh?" Alaina remarked as the duo walked at a slow pace, scanning the nearby areas for movement as often as they could; waiting for an alarm or something to go off.

[luncia]

Tally and Lauren were carrying their insturments to practice at the amphitheater because Lauren was to tutor Tally and Tally didn't want to have others around to listen. No one should be dub enough to be at the amphitheater in the rain. Lauren wore her forest green top, grey hooded jacket, denim pants, and tennis shoes. She was carrying her flute, sheet music, and a stand that Annie had made that had umbrellas attached to it, also her bow and quiver, and her two twin arming swords. That was they could play and not get soaked, right now the umbrellas were up keeping the rain off the two of them. Tally wore her dark blue and black top, a grey/black hooded, light jacket, denim pants, and tennis shoes. She was carrying her alto trombone, sheet music, and arming sword and knife.

They were walking to the amphitheater when Tally felt like something was wrong. She just dismissed it as the chills from the rainy day. Most storms went around the protected land of Camp Half-blood, but she was taking no chances. She was too use to the rain raining down on her than it going around where she was in.

Lauren settled down the umbrella stand in the amphitheater. This was a good idea to have Tally not be as freaked out at the storm going around Camp Half-blood. It was chilly because of the rain though, the rain made everything feel damp and heavy in the air, but there was not rain, it was cooling down though. She sat down and opened her flute case. She quickly put it together and put her music on one side of the stand, Tally's was on the other side. They were going to practice the bird call like song. Well, her insturment would be high pitched and chrip with clean, leveled toned notes whilt Tally's would be low and would give you the impression of a gaint oak. Tally needed to practice so she could pick up the pace. "Ready? Warm up on the B flat scale first," she said and started to tap her foot to give Tally a beat.

Tall had put the slide of her trombone in and her mouth peice that she buzzed on and blew into while buzzing. All Lauren had to do was blow over the top of the flute's hole, but that could be hard. She listened to Lauren's beat and started playing, wondering why the chill up her back wouldn't go away. There must have been someone near other than Lauren, but she didn'y know who, she kept focused on playing though.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

Soon there was movement toward the amphitheater, and Alaina sensed it first.

"Get down." she hissed, and Wolfezth obeyed immediately; ducking behind a nearby bush where Alaina had already moved behind. It was a thick bush, which was good. The black hoodies they wore would further camouflage them from anyone nearby because it was nearly nighttime. Raindrops were still coming off of their clothes, as they were still soaking wet; but it didn't matter much because it made no noise.

Alaina peeked out from the side of the bush discreetly, pulling her hoodie closer to her face to mask it more before she did so. She soon withdrew her head and looked at Wolfezth quizzically; "Why the hell do they lug umbrellas around if it never rains here?" she whispered in slight confusion.

Wolfezth grinned and whispered back; "I don't have the slightest idea." and then did a similar motion with slathering his face with his hoodie and peeking out for a few moments. He withdrew his head quickly as well. "Rookies, standing almost no problem in combat but would alert the camp within seconds of seeing us... The thing is they're unlikely to see us 'cause they're going in so I suggest evasion."

Alaina then sighed and whispered back, "So where do we need to go?"

Wolfezth replied instantly in the same low tone of voice he had been using; "Across the river and into the cabin area."

Alaina muffled a groan and said; "Swimming? So we'll get more wet; that's just great."

"Stop complainin' and let's get movin'." Wolfezth muttered, imitating Alaina's earlier comment to him.

Alaina sighed and said playfully; "I hate you so much."

Wolfezth nodded and peeked out of the bush one more time to see if there was anyone nearby; and there wasn't. He made a motion with his hand that signaled for them to move and quickly got out from behind the bush and advanced in a crouching motion; not wanting to be seen by the two rookies in the theatre. There was a part of the walk that they had to go in front of the door, which was inconvenient and would probably be painless. Just before reaching that point, Wolfezth made a turning motion with his index fingers that signified a roll; and then a second later did a roll from a crouching position from one side of the door to the other. They were about twenty five feet from the door, but it wasn't night yet so the black hoodies wouldn't offer complete camouflage. Alaina quickly followed suit and the two renegades quickly stood up and started walking toward the river which was now in sight. If they WERE spotted, anyone would think they were just a couple campers; which was good.

"This is almost too easy..." Alaina muttered.

"Don't jinx it, mate." Wolfezth replied swiftly. "They aren't expecting anything, so please don't jinx it."

Alaina just shrugged as they continued their way to the river; which was only about a hundred feet away now. "No bridges?" Alaina asked under her breath.

"None that we can access without going a while." Wolfezth muttered back.

"Damn it." Alaina sighed. "We're getting soaked again. I hope this is worth all the trouble."

"It will be, don't worry Alaina. It'll be more than worth it." Wolfezth grinned in response to her uncertainty.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos was not having the best morning. His shower was freezing, and his teeth were still chattering, he had missed breakfast, and he was starving, and his bed hurt his back horribly. He exited his cabin, a little angry, and took his iPod out and put it on a moderate volume. Despite his small size, he was pretty fast, so he raced off to look at the sea. Nothing imparticular was going on really, and he turned around with a sigh. He sat down in the grass and streched in the afternoon light, and thought briefly about how he wanted to use his powers. He wanted to have some company, but he didn't really know anyone here. Would it be better if he were gone, like kidnapped or killed? He pondered this, and closed his eyes, then stood up and looked up into the clouds.

Stylianos was on his way back to his cabin when he tripped over a rock, and landed flat on his stomach. Rolled over and got up, brushing off his dirty clothes. He looked around to see if anyone had seen. Not seeing anyone around, he continued to his cabin. He looked straight ahead, then turned around when he was at his doorstep to see if anyone was coming.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

Wolfezth sheathed his bastard sword and Alaina got her longbow back beneath her hoodie before they jumped into the water.

"Good thing I taught you how to swim a few days ago." Alaina remarked as they began swimming the short distance to the other side.

"Yup." Was Wolfezth's only reply, as swimming still wasn't his strong point by any means and it was proven when Alaina was on the other side within seconds and Wolf still hadn't made it halfway through.

"We don't got time for this, c'mon Wolf!" Alaina hissed, and Wolfezth glared at her in between strokes, knowing she was just doing that to try and get him riled. Within about twenty seconds Wolf was out the other side where Alaina was waiting with her longbow already drawn with another arrow notched to it. When he got out, Wolfezth drew his twin sabres and he knew if they were going to get attacked, it would be now. While it was still nighttime and they DID blend, they've been in plain view from anyone looking out a cabin window pointed toward the river or anyone walking around in between the cabins for around thirty five seconds.

"Where to?" Alaina hissed, scanning the area around the cabins; knowing that they had come here with a specific person or two to recruit.

"Ares cabin, and if he's not there he'll be at the climbing wall." Wolfezth replied in a whisper.

"And the climbing wall is where?"

"Right next to the Amphitheater."

"Then why the hell didn't we go there first?!"

"'Cause he's probably in the cabin!"

"Damn you and your underplanning."

"Damn you and your logic!"

"Pfft! Logic is what keeps our asses alive."

"I broke it, and we're still going to live!"

Alaina then sighed and said; "What's done is done, let's drop it. Ares cabin it is; lead the way Wolf."

Wolfezth nodded, and replied; "OK then, on the way back if he's not there we can take a bridge at least."

"Where's the bridge at?"

"Near the climbing wall."

"Then why didn't we... Uggghhh; nevermind!"

"Sorry 'bout that, Alaina."

Alaina gave a grunt in response, clearly not in the best of moods now that she realized she didn't have to get soaked twice.

"OK, we need to skirt around the cabins, and Ares is the second one on the left side and we can get in through--" Wolfezth began, but Alaina interrupted him.

"I think we've been spotted, 'cause there's someone on one of the cabin doorsteps." She said, nodded her head toward the figure.

"Son of a bitch... Maybe the camouflage will hold?" Wolfezth hissed back.

"Not this long, Wolf. Let's just hope it's a combat dummy or he's playing a gameboy or something to distract 'em." Alaina replied with a sigh.

"Damn, we need to crouch and skirt around as best we can and hope he didn't see us." Wolfezth said, crouching down first. Alaina soon followed suit but said; "This is stupid; 'cause there's no way he missed us."

Wolfezth just snorted and started walking along the riverside toward the Ares cabin line, keeping his head down and his blades ready. Alaina was right behind him, glancing back at the figure every few seconds to see if it moved or not and ready to fire if provoked.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos was daydreaming about his family, how happy he was until he found out he was the son of Hades. He hated how everything had turned out, when he thought he saw something moving in the distance.

He figured it might have been an animal, and he stopped leaning and started down the steps to see what it was. He turned off his iPod so he wouldn't make too much noise, and looked out to where he first saw the movement.

He quietly called out, "Is anyone here?"

He looked around, and blushed a little. He didn't hear anything, and sat on the ground, feeling kind of silly. Stylianos believed that the light was probably just playing tricks on him, until he saw a quick shimmer of a blade, and he gasped a little loudly, and got up very quickly, and scrambled to hide behind something, but even in his desperate attempt, all he could do was crouch on the ground like a scared little animal.

He closed his eyes and prayed he wouldn't die, he now wanted life so bad he'd do anything. Absolute fear raced through him, and in a desperate voice, he called out, "Whoever you are, please don't hurt me!"

Stylianos was small and easily attackable, so he could be pushed around like a practice dummy. He didn't like it, but it still could happen.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

A few steps more and Alaina muttered, "What the hell is he doing?" nodding her head toward the figure... Which seemed to be... Crouching? Then they both heard a faint scared little voice call out, but they were too far away to make out the words.

"Damn drama queen over there. Probably hysterical after seeing something... Probably a moonlight shine over some bronze or the fact that we're SOAKING WET." Alaina said, putting extra emphasis on the last two words.

Wolfezth just grunted in reponse, not wanting to start another argument and looked back to see. Indeed; he was crouching and he couldn't see a weapon in his hand so he immediately went toward the camp area in his moment of uncertainty. Alaina quickly followed suit, and they quickly turned from a crouch into a run. They had to cut across the middle of the cabin range in a sprint, so they could get to the Ares cabin. The disadvantage of it was they were in plain view for a few seconds. Before the sprint Wolfezth sheathed his blades while Alaina kept her bow out, but didn't pull back on the string as to mask the presence of it in the night.

During the sprint, both of their hoodies came off. Alaina was the first one to go this time with Wolfezth less than a foot behind. Alaina's blonde ponytail was streaming behind her when her hoodie came off in the last few steps of the stretch and Wolfezth's less noticeable short black hair as his hoodie came off almost as soon as he started running. When they got to the Ares cabin, Wolfezth quickly led Alaina to the back door and opened the always unlocked door. It was big, with its bed unmade and it looked as if no one had been there all day. "Damn it! He's at the climbing wall!" Wolfezth muttered.

"Let's go then!" Alaina sighed, putting her hoodie back on her head and Wolfezth quickly followed suit.

"They've bound to have seen us by now, so thread carefully." Alaina added in a joyful tone.

"Yep, sorry 'bout that." Wolfezth said, because they were still both soaking wet and dripping water all over the place.

"Apology accepted, now let's go before they mobilize the whole damn camp." Alaina said with a devilish grin.

Wolfezth grinned at her enthusiasm; and led the way out the back door of the Ares cabin. They both stepped out, Wolf's black running shoes covered with mud and Alaina's once white running shoes splattered with mud as well as a few grass stains.

"Let's hope that kid didn't get over his hysteria and let's get movin'!" Wolfezth said, leading the way from back whence they came to the climbing wall.

[Stylianos Reap]

After not hearing anything replied, Stylianos got up. He looked around carefully, and decided he probably looked like a total idiot, so he dusted his clothes and stalked silently to his cabin. He was polishing his blade,"Reaper", and looking at the other cabins He saw movement in the back of the Ares cabin, but didn't think much of it.

He heard the door nearly slam, and he turned and saw two figures making their way from the cabins. He didn't recognize them, so he sheathed his sword, and quietly followed behind. He tried to make very little noise, hoping nobody would turn and see him. It was getting cold and dark out now, and Stylianos' teeth were starting to chatter a little.

He kept hiding behind whatever was there, like trees and boulders and whatever else he could find. He hadn't noticed a spider on his arm, and when he did, that was probably the worst thing he could've done. He stood up and yelled while flailing his arm, shaking the spider off.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

Midway through the turn around the back corner of the cabin, Alaina grabbed a hold of Wolfezth's right shoulder with her left hand. He looked back and Alaina gave him a signal to be quiet. Wolfezth then cocked his head slightly to the right and didn't hear anything for a few moments... And then there was suddenly screaming behind him.

Wolfezth immediately drew his bastard sword because it was closest, and Alaina whipped around and drew back her longbow; preparing for a shot... She nearly elbowed Wolfezth in the jaw due to the closeness of them, but Wolf ignored it and ducked slightly so she didn't bump one of her arms and walked out in front of her; bastard sword lowered when he saw it was a kid flailing his arm wildly, which looked rather stupid to be quite frank.

Wolfezth advanced on the kid in a slow, almost casual walk while Alaina kept her shot trained on his head. "Say a word and your head is falling off of those shoulders." she said in a cold, hard voice. She knew an arrow couldn't do that but she exaggerated for dramatic and fearful effect.

Wolfezth sheathed his bastard sword and pulled a small blade from one of his hoodie cuffs and stuffed it in between the middle and ring finger of his right hand; the blade wasn't long so that only about five inches or of the blade was exposed. It fit into a socket made for him a few weeks ago to put on his wrist so he wouldn't have to clutch the blade; and it fit snugly and was a pain to get out sometimes to ensure it didn't fall out randomly. He held the blade at his side, and said in a very cold and threatening voice; "Now kiddo, you're going to listen now and listen good. You make a move or scream again; Alaina here's gonna make sure you die in a heartbeat. Even if she misses, I guarantee I will catch you and kill you with this here blade I got in my hand. Now;" he said, getting straight into the boy's face and trying to make himself as imposing and terrifying as possible said; "You're going to tell us where all the other campers are; right now."

"I promise no harm will come to you if you cooperate, and Wolf step back so I don't pop YOU in the back mate. The longer I hold this the more of a chance I have of my hand slipping; so you better make it fast." Alaina said with the same devilish grin as before; her blue eyes shining.

Wolfezth quickly sidestepped to the left, and said added one more thing; "Remember boy; the quicker you comply... The less of a chance I kick your ass."

Alaina, still not satisfied added; "Damn Wolf, give the poor kid some room to breathe; he's probably scared to death - and with good reason. He doesn't need to know how rank your breath is and how your oral hygiene sucks now back up so I can get a shot that doesn't include a roll to the right."

Wolfezth snorted and took another step backwards and slightly to the left to give Alaina a perfectly clear shot and be completely out of the kid's face. "Happy now?" he mouthed, and Alaina responded immediately.

"Yes, I am; now shut up so he can talk."

[luncia]

Tally and Lauren were sitting in the amphitheater and Lauren was telling Tally how she could get the notes out better with out having to use some much breath. It took a lot of air for trombone players to play just a warm up if they are bad at the trombone, or they just started and their lungs haven't grown yet. In her case, it was the first one, that was why she was out practicing with Lauren in the first place. "Okay Lauren, I'm not so freaked out about the rain anymore, pull the umbrella on the left down and into your pocket. I'll get the right one," she said to her. It was a good thing Annie had found mini umbrellas that folded out a good distance.

Tally had out her trombone down beside her and unhooked her umbrella, and she put it in her back right, pocket. Lauren had her flute on her lap and the umbrella was in her left back pocket. Then the two both heard a scream from the cabins area. Tally and Lauren picked up their insturments and ran that way. They could alert the camp if something had happened by playing their insturments loudly.

Lauren was holding her flute by it's head piece and had her bow in the other, just carrying it. Tally was just running with her trombone and was prepared to grab her knife. It would take them a few minutes to get to the area the scream was around/ came from. They both ran over a bridge and heard faint voices behind the Ares cabin. The voices kept getting louder so they must be heading the right way. They went that way around the corner and stopped. The last thing they heard was a girl talking to a guy and she had said. "Yes, I am; now shut up so he can talk."

The two figures wore black, one with shorts, the guy, and one with dark green shorts on, and the figure looked like a girl. They both looked soaking wet and that they were just then starting to dry off. Tally had the trombone's mouth peice to her lips and was waiting to see what the two people would do once they saw her and Lauren.

Lauren had her leaning against a wall of the Ares cabin, and had her bow in her hands. She quickly notched an arrow, with a click of the arrow's wood to the wood of the bow. That way she knew the two should know that she, and Tally were behind them.

Lauren and Tally both spotted the Hades kid Stylianos, behind the two people that had their back to Lauren and Tally. Tally was a little shocked to find strangers in the camp, they must be demigods, because mortals couldn't come, or they had to be invited over, she forgot which. Lauren was also a little surprised but made sure that her head was clear incase the two people would try something.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos was freaked out. He was easily ganged upon, and was even more frightened that an arrow was pointed directly at him. He was slightly annoyed by their bickering, but didn't show it. He was even more so afraid at the comment about his head falling off, and he almost immediately shot his hands up to his neck. The odds were two against one, and that wasn't exactly what one would call "good".

He looked over the two for a second, and then saw two other people coming up from behind. He thought for a minute, he really didn't know where the other campers were, but he needed to think of something fast, before they killed him. "I... I... umm..." he didn't want to rat out the people that were right behind the killer duo. "Please, don't kill me, but I don't have a clue where anyone is," he replied, looking sadly at the ground. This was it.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

When the kid put his hands up on his neck, Alaina grinned at his intense fear; which was founded on a lack of knowledge in weaponry. It worked with them; at least.

When the kid was done with his statement that he didn't know where anyone was, Wolfezth cursed under his breath. "This was a waste." he muttered as Alaina lowered her bow and removed it from its firing position. "We won't kill yah; kiddo." she paused for a moment, and then looked to Wolfezth for emphasis. "And that's a direct order; so don't get any ideas."

Wolfezth pulled the blade out of its securer and put it back into his cuff and sighed; "I got it; I won't hurt the kid. Got any duct tape or rope to tie 'em up?"

Alaina shook her head, her hood falling off again. I really need an adjustable hoodie, honestly. This is starting to get annoying. she thought offhandedly as she said; "That won't be necessary. Poor kid's scared to death to begin with; and I believe 'im. Remember, we're here on an extraction mission; not a raid. I know you know that, just reminding you so you don't do anything that'll really screw us over."

After that sentence, Alaina heard a faint footstep, and immediately did a one hundred and eighty degree turn; bow drawn and ready to fire. She noticed it was the two 'rookies' they bypassed when they were at the amphitheater.

Wolfezth turned to see what the hubbub was about; and cursed under his breath once more. "Kid, if you try and attack me when my back is turned or run like hell screaming like a girl to warn everyone; I guarantee you will die." he muttered to the kid as he drew his twin sabres and quickly walked to stand beside Alaina; ready to fight. He recognized Lauren and Tally but made no mention of it.

Alaina had her longbow trained on Tally's head, and Wolfezth stood right beside her in a ready stance to fight. "Pure and simple; you dictate how this encounter will turn out. You attack; you will die. You make any sudden movements, your black haired friend here will die. Scream and you'll die; cooperate and we won't harm you." Alaina said simply and in a deathly calm voice. Wolfezth looked back to see if the small kid from moments ago had made any movements; ready to kill if the need arised.

"Drop what you got in your hands and get your hands on your head." Wolfezth ordered.

"This isn't a goddamn bank robbery, this is an EXTRACTION MISSION. There's actually no need for combat whatsoever unless it's needed for the completion of the mission. Please don't make this more difficult than it has to be on us; we've already wasted enough time on petty threats of violence." Alaina ordered in the same deathly calm voice as before. Wolfezth relaxed his grip on his weapons; and replied; "OK then, sorry 'bout that."

"These girls don't seem dangerous, I want you to go watch the other kid." Alaina ordered politely, still having the same tone of voice as before.

Wolfezth nodded and then turned back to the other kid, sheathing his swords in the process. Alaina then said; "I apologize for my squad member's aggressiveness. We're looking for the one you call Hydros; I believe? Do you know where he is?"

Wolfezth walked toward the kid, and muttered to him; "Don't worry, I can't hurt you without getting hell after this mission is over; and it just ain't worth it." as he approached, his posture now casual and slightly bored.

[luncia]

Lauren and Tally waited as the girl suddenly turned around and finally the guy did. Lauren and Tally saw that the 'dead camper' Wolf was the guy. It was hard to tell but the twin swords, the way he talked, and the way he acted were signs. Tally thought it was funny to see an arrow pointed at her. If she held her trombone up a bit farther, and if the girl shot, then the arrow would go into her trombone's bell and be stuck in the curved part. Then she could shoot it back at the girl by playing a single note, in which could alert the camp.

Lauren noticed a slight smirk on Tally's face before it returned to a blank expression. Lauren had been ready, and her arrow was aimed right for the other girl's leg. If she shot the girl there, then there could be questioning done, and it wouldn't kill her. Good think she got her none poison tipped arrows. She also knew this girl had to be a demigod, or a really fearless mortal that was invited in by Wolf.

Then Lauren got an idea, and knew that it could not affect the girl and Wolf at all, or on the other side of the spectrum, it could be very annoying. She looked over to Wolf and the girl, "Hey there, long time no see Wolf, well I guess it's you anyways. If I'm wrong, oh well. Anyways, before we get off on a wrong hand, I haven't seen Hydros lately, and put down your weapons, I wouldn't want to hurt you two yet," she said I them, not letting her guard down.

Tally wondered how the two would react, but she kept focused on being ready to lift her trombone in case the girl let the arrow fly to her. To think they would order herself and Lauren around was unthinkable to her. She didn't like being ordered around, but she kept her cool this time.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos was freaking out on the inside, and felt like he was a hostage. He didn't like the idea of being tied up. He didn't like pointy object being pointed at him. The other two campers didn't look nearly as scared, and he took his black sword out and dropped it on the ground.

When something was said about him getting killed. He stood up straight and kept his hands on his head. He had no clue who that Hydros kid was, so he wasn't exaclty sufficent with information. He just kept quiet, and hoped that the other kids didn't want him to get killed. Seemed selfish yes, but he wanted to live.

Stylianos gave a pleading look to the campers, and hoped they understood. Silent tears ran down his cheeks, and he was going to wipe them away, but decided against it.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

Alaina shifted her aim to Lauren once she saw that she lifted out her own bow and pointed it at her... Leg? "Don't even try it; it won't work out well for yah."

When Lauren made her comment, Wolfezth froze. "Permission to go Alpha 86 on those two." he said in a calm, and slightly angry voice.

"Permission denied; Delta 43 on the prisoner." Alaina said clearly, ready to fire as soon as she saw movement on the blonde girl's bow.

Wolfezth looked the kid over, and saw him crying his heart out silently giving puppy eyes to the two girls. "Negligible, even if we go Alpha 86 it won't need to include him."

"Duly noted, now 10-5 your ass. Blondie, by the way; you hurting ME? Put MY weapons down; pfft. I've been doing this for longer and have had a helluva lot tougher time in it than you ever will; and I guarantee I won't miss when I shoot for your head." Alaina said calmly and assertively.

Wolfezth kicked the sword into some nearby bushes and sighed. He then got real close to the boy and muttered in his ear so only he could hear; "Now I want you to listen up and listen good. If you don't do anything stupid and don't try and attack us or run we won't hurt you even in a combat situation if those other two campers attack us. I just told Alaina over there you're no threat; so don't make a liar out of me 'cause I might've just saved your life. Remember that before you act and endanger yourself kiddo." and with that he walked back toward Alaina and stood beside her. He got out his small blade out of his left cuff and set it on the securer on his right wrist, putting the blade in between his middle and ring fingers so that about five inches of it stuck out. He then put his hands at his sides, grinning slightly.

"Now, if you fire that bow Lauren either she's gonna shoot you in the face or I'ma stab you through the eye with this here blade; and I guarantee you won't enjoy it. Yellow 4 situation, by the way; with Green 0 behind us." Wolfezth said in a crisp, clear, and still angry voice.

"Your move, kiddos; this could turn out peacefully or become very, very bloody depending on how you behave yourselves." Alaina said in a tone of voice that came naturally to one in authority. She never moved her bow from Lauren's head, and showed no intention of moving it period. She drew back on the string slightly to let them know she was more than willing to cap Lauren in the head if they tried anything. Wolfezth set one foot back, ready to jump on one of the two if they attacked, blade extended and using his assassin's blade quite well for the first time against non-monsters. He'd have to wait until they made an aggressive move though, as per code.