Operation Extraction

[luncia]

Lauren smirked when the girl said she never missed. "Yeah, I never miss either. Just let me say something before all hell breaks out, or nothing happens. In fact, I'm surprised I wanted to join your group two months, three weeks, and a few days ago. The day that I was with Wolf on a quest that I didn't rat out on Wolf. Shoot me, Tally here will blow a warning to the whole camp before you go for her. She's already in the ready position," she said to the two, see and Tally both knew that Tally could have already blown the horn, but Lauren had talked to her about this group, and how, if they couldn't join, then they would make a slightly different group.

Lauren then figured it wouldn't hurt to add something since her guard would be up still. "By the way, can I know your name, since you know mine? I don't see why we even have to fight each other, I mean, I have been waiting for a chance to escape with Tally here, but I was waiting to see if anyone else who wouldn't rat us out would join. We could be powerful allies and friends together if you don't kill me and Tally, but if you do, well. At least in the Underworld I will be able to wonder alone and see dead friends," she said, making fun of herself dying again. That was one thing she did not fear, death, so she decides to make a joke of it. She wished she never was in moments like this. It seemed they only happened to her.

Tally and Lauren both had noticed the Hades kid's look but ignored it. It was too risky to let their guard down yet.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos looked at Wolf in a worried way. He felt a little safer, and wanted desperatley to have his sword. Sure it wasn't very thick or heavy, but it was something. He looked down at the ground. He wasn't thought of as a threat. That made him feel bad in a way, he felt weak. He knew he was, but he didn't like hearing it.

He tried to figure out the codes that the two were talking about. He deducted that Yellow meant slightly dangerous, and green meant no threat. The numbers probably meant how hight the threat was. Feeling useless, he lowered his hands slowly.

The sky looked weary, the moon wasn't full, the stars even seemed dull. He didn't want any murder or fighting going on. He joked inside his head, thinking this entire situation was a red 57. He wanted to yell out for help, but he decided against it. He didn't want to have that guy get crap just because of him.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

Alaina smirked on the blonde girl's first comment. Probably an Apollo kid like me; but a helluva lot more cocky. I can shoot the bullseye in the same exact spot for twenty five paces of shots from point blank; and I doubt she can even make an arrow in an arrow shot at point blank judging by her age and cockiness level.

When she finished making her second comment, Wolfezth said in a voice that was halfway between a chuckle and a growl; "Alaina pops your head off, I stab your friend through the top of the head. You both die, no signal is blown. Simple as that; kiddos."

Both of their faces darkened at Lauren's next comment. This girl thinks heresy is... A joke? Thinks she can come in and run the world, 'eh? Reality will set in once she gets an arm chewed off by a hungry minotaur or by one of the Minor Gods' lackeys. Hell; I'm tempted to shoot the hell out of her bitch ass right now... Ugghh; now I'm starting to think like Wolf over there. Alaina thought angrily.

"Consider your offer rejected; now run along and escape or whatever the hell you think you can do kiddo." Alaina said in a hard, flat voice.

"Get the hell out of here; you damn little cowards. You wanna desert? Stop talking about it and do it; here's your opportunity. Start your own little 'group', get killed within a week; and the world'll be without two cocky little jackasses. Ooh, what a big goddamn loss." Wolfezth muttered to them, thoroughly pissed off at their sheer arrogance.

Alaina pulled back on her bow slightly more than she already had. "I'm giving you two cocky bitches ten seconds to get the hell out of here or I'm giving Wolf here permission to kill both of you; and blondie here's face is gonna get ruined." she said in a low, murderous voice.

Wolfezth raised his right hand slightly, blade straight up in the air with a wolfish grin on his face. After hearing that self-serving, arrogant little speech he'd be more than happy to cut both of them up quickly and painfully. This is going to be one hell of a joyride for them if they're dumb enough to stick around.

"Ten..." Alaina began counting, and pulling back ever so slowly more on her bowstring to ready a shooting position.

[luncia]

Lauren could see that no ever likes a light note in a sour moment. What they thought is annoying, she thought as a joke. Why not have fun in the face of death? Is there a rule or something that says no one could? She thought to herself when she had just tricked them. "Alrightly then, hope to work with you some other time you big jackasses that don't know how to laugh in the face of danger, that might never have fun, cya later," she said as she had picked up her flute and rounded the corner. She had just gotten what she wanted, and she wasn't even sure if they knew that. Lauren then climbed up onto the Ares cabin's roof to hear what they would do to the Hades kid. Even if the girl shoot an arrow high enough to go up and then comw back down, she would be able to get out of the way. Wow, that girl had such a flat personality, I'm going to lay here and relax. This might take awhile. She thought to herself as she layed on the center of the roof and had her bow in her hands ready, already with an arrow. She took the umbrella out of her back pocket and started whistling. "Heads up, catch," she simply said and threw the umbrella over to where the girl and Wolf were most likely still. That would be her present, so only one had to get soaked outside of the Camp.

Tally was walking backwards, but felt like running forwards. She hated to be called a jackass and bitch. It was the other two that were cowards, they didn't even step a single step forewards to try and kill them. Dam, she wished she has her knives that were hidden throughout the camp. She walked backwards around the Ares cabin and then climbed onto of the one that was on the other side. She knew she had knives here, she made sure that she wasn't heard and sat in the center of the cabin, with her trombone to her lips, held by her knees, and knives in her hands.

The two girls had both made sure that the other two didn't see them when they had backed up swiftly and around the cabins before the girl counted to zero. They both had also climbed quickly and made sure they couldn't be heard climbing. Only now, Lauren had given away her position. They both waited to see what would happen next.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos was starting to get sick of this. It was threat this, threat that. It was all so petty. He closed his eyes for a moment, and looked over at the girl with the arrow. He wanted to scream, cause a crack in the ground and make both of them fall through. A violent thought trickled through his head. Would it be that simple, if he decided to do it?

He stomped his foot on the ground. When could he just go back to his cabin? Another thought ran through him. Would the two with the instruments be okay? What if he was released, and he spread the word through the entire camp? He didn't care if the two deadly people killed him, he just stalked in the direction of the big house.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

Both Wolf and Alaina ignored Lauren's comments and Alaina continued counting down until about three where they both scattered.

"10-5." Alaina said simply, and Wolfezth turned back to where the kid was... And he was gone.

"Uuuhhh... Alaina?" He said, feeling rather stupid right about now.

"What?"

"The kid's gone."

"Thought as much. We're just lucky he didn't decide to stab us in the back like we both know he could've." Alaina muttered, sighing.

They both heard a whistle and looked up as an umbrella drifted down from the rooftop and the girl called out from said rooftop to catch. They both ignored the umbrella, thinking it some sort of trap and stepped away from it as it dropped.

"Permission to Alpha 86 the rooftop." Wolfezth said through clenched teeth.

"Permission denied; not worth the effort. Neither is searching for the kid you said was Green 0." she replied, emphasizing the last few words to make Wolf realize the impact of his mistake. "10-3." she added quickly, starting to skirt around the edge of the cabin back to the river.

Wolfezth quickly followed suit, knowing he made a potentially fatal mistake in sparing the kid when he should've just tied his ass up and thrown him to the ground.

Alaina was really riled up, but she could control her emotions a lot better than Wolfezth and keep a poker face in almost any situation. If they actually DO mobilize I'll have to switch this operation from an extraction to a raid; which would allow Wolf to go rampant around the camp destroying what he pleased... Which would be everything and allow ME to kill those two idiots... Argh; violent thoughts... I really am starting to think like Wolfezth. Cross the river, get to the climbing wall, get Hydros, and get the hell out of here. Simple enough of a plan; but it's gone wrong already several times.

When they started going into open ground where they could be spotted from anywhere, Alaina turned back and pulled back her bowstring so it was taut; ready to fire if a head poked out from the rooftop or the house itself. She walked backwards slowly, relying on Wolf's occasional nudges to prevent her from falling into something, tripping, or other such mishaps. Instead of heading to the river, they heading up the riverside toward the bridge that led to the Climbing Wall; the route they should've taken in the first place.

[luncia]

Lauren and Tally both felt like laughing when Wolf had talked about the Hades kid slipping away. They could here him and the girl talk from on the roof and it was funny. Lauren guessed the two wouldn't even take her present, how mean. Well, it would be their fault for getting wet then, she was just trying to be nice but noooo. They didn't do nice, the girl acted so much like a boy would act, it was funny. Most girls would be able to see her point of view better. But no, that girl must be around boys to much. She thought to herself. She started whistling a tune with no tune, waiting for a chance to get out of there with out getting killed. She wondered where the Hades boy went.

Tally remebered they were looking for Hydros, and since there was not fighting sounds from the Ares cabin, by Lauren, they must have gone else where. She wished she could throw a few of her knives at them, then she would be happy. She wondered if she should blow her trombone, then all the campers would wake up since she was on top of a cabin. Ares cabin was beside Apollo and Poseidon. She was on the right of the Ares cabin so she would wake up the Poseidon kids first if she was to blow into her trombone. Maybe she would get a singal from someone, when, and if she should wake everyone up.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos was a very tired, and forgot how to get to the big house. He looked around frantically, which way was it again? He didn't have a map of the campus, or any sense of direction. The cabins weren't far away, maybe he could get there.

He was going to open his cabin door, when he remembered something about a kid named Hydros. He turned on his heels and ran in the general direction where the tough people were. It was really dark out, and it gave Stylianos the chills. He didn't like it, it wasn't right. Was he even going in the right direction? He looked around, and felt a little lost. Everything looked the same at night. He crossed his arms for extra warmth and kept walking.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

About halfway to the bridge, Alaina gauged they were out of range of the accurate shots by even an Apollo kid and turned back around, loosening her pull on the bow and followed Wolfezth's quick walk.

Wolfezth still had his assassin's blade out and in his right hand, and scanned the area continuously as he walked. He soon spotted the kid from earlier, and snarled to Alaina; "I found the kid from earlier; looks lost in his own house, so to speak."

"It doesn't matter; although if you see him calling out let me know so I can let him know just how you feel." Alaina replied back, sighing. She didn't even look in the direction Wolfezth was, because in her eyes he still posed no threat whatsoever.

"'Kay then; try and get a feel for the layout of this Camp 'cause we'll be back eventually... Most likely to tear it from the Earth. I'ma lookin' forward to that, but we gotta get a coordinated assault goin' on, 'eh? If we'd've got the Last Stand group we'd've been able to burn this place down; damn it." Wolfezth said reflectively as they neared the bridge itself.

"Should've said that before we came here, then. By these crappy defenses I can't see how they've survived this long." Alaina said, somewhat confused.

"Dionysus, a god is usually here; but he's away for meetings at the moment. Otherwise we'd already be pretty screwed by now 'cause we'd need a helluva lot more people to stand a chance against an angry god." Wolfezth replied.

"Ah, so we really should've gotten Last Stand and given him something to chew on when he came back." Alaina said, grinning.

"Too late now; but next time. Chances are we'll find the Ex-Kronos lackeys' camp before Dionysus goes to another meeting; so that'll most likely be first." Wolfezth replied, shrugging.

Alaina then looked into Wolfezth's steel-gray eyes seriously and with a sudden urgency; "When will the god be back?"

Wolfezth, now somewhat disturbed said; "No telling, could be in twenty seconds or it could be a week from now."

The bridge was in plain view and both Alaina and Wolfezth stepped on it and started walking to the other side.

"Then we better get movin' before we get ourselves caught." Alaina remarked.

"Aye aye, cappy-tan!" Wolfezth said in a mock salute; which Alaina grinned at.

"Now let's get this kid and get the hell out of here so we can finally relax." Alaina said in a serious tone once more.

"You need to lighten up once in a while, even on a mission; it'll help you think clearer - y'know?" Wolfezth said in a somewhat concerned voice. He got a grunt in response as they passed the midway point on the bridge to the climbing wall.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos almost collapsed when they looked at him, and he hid quickly behind a large tree. After making sure they didn't look at him, he tiptoed quietly behind. He wished that mean guy hadn't kicked his sword into the bushes. He'd have to wait until morning before he could go and look for it.

He listened as best he could to their talk about Mr. D. He didn't understand much of what they were talking about, so he looked at his surroundings. It looked somewhat familar to him, but he couldn't place his finger on it. He was freaking out on the inside, trying desperately to keep calm. He hated the dark, and it seemed too treacherous out here.

Looking up into the night sky, he wondered what the two instrument players were doing right now. He looked back for a moment, then back ahead. He wanted to know exactly what these two were planning to do with Hydros when they found him.

[salty]

Soulflame saw the boy hiding behind a tree nearby, she was going to wait on the outskirts until Lauren was finished, but the boy seemed frightened. She trotted up behind him and laid her hand on his shoulder. "Do not be afraid little one, I will not hurt you. Who are you hiding from?"

[Hydros Sepna]

Hydros hung from the climbing wall, about 25 feet up. He would have normally been higher, but he'd felt something odd in the air tonight and the wall was acting strangely, to be honest Hydros really didn't want to get launched from the wall like stone from a catapult 500 feet off the ground. So here he was, around the 25 foot mark, doing one arm pull ups with his left arm, his right behind his back. His body glistened with sweat over a speckled layer of dirt and soot, again he had no shirt, but this time by choice. His forearms bore many cuts and scratches, some old, some fresh. He'd been pushing his limits during training, fighting harder, faster, some of the kids who'd came to the arena to spectate had described him like a caged animal let loose. He knew at some point Wolf and his new friends would come to the camp and he would be ready for the inevitable maelstrom of swords, arrows and blood that would ensue should they be found, which knowing Wolf, they would.

His sword was back at his side, the scabbard and grip worn from it's intensive use over the past two months and a week, the first two weeks being taken up with questioning, examination, cross examination, more questioning and some tea and crumpets to break the monotony.

Hydros rested by finding a suitably sized outcropping of stone and having a seat. He felt around for his hip flask then sighed as he remembered how it got destroyed when they let a full grown chief Minotaur loose in the arena after Hydros had challenged the beast master to prove that his beasts weren't all just for looks. He took the water bottle from his belt, popped the sports cap, and took a mouthful, then poured some over his head. He wasn't tired, a fact that surprised him, usually he would be a wreck after spending all day on the wall, but now he was fine, maybe it was all the training, not that he minded much.

[Wolfezth Deraine]

As they crossed the rest of the bridge; Alaina looked back and saw a centaur walking toward the wimpy kid from earlier. Holy shit... This could turn out REAL bad if we stay on this bridge long enough for that puppy to charge. Alaina then put a hand on Wolfezth's shoulder and leaned over it when he stopped and whispered in his ear; "Centaur behind us, make the bridge unpassable; I don't care how. If that puppy charges at us I don't want it to trample us." Wolfezth nodded; and Alaina jogged to the end of the bridge and made sure there wasn't anything unusual nearby and ready to cover Wolfezth while he was vulnerable to attack.

Wolfezth; meanwhile went to the start of the bridge to the other side and jammed his assassin's blade in it; making slits on either side of the bridge and horizontal slashes in the middle of it; being careful not to destroy it before they got a chance to come on and collapse it themselves. He quickly made a patchwork but workable collapsing bridge by continuously hacking the sides and middle of the bridge until it started to give slightly under his weight. He then tiptoed to the end of the bridge and gave one lost end-to-end shallow cut from end to end of the bridge at the end and got a nearby rock that weighed about as much as a brick and put it on the crack, making the bridge slouch down so slightly he barely noticed it when it put it on. That'll shatter midway through a run in it; it can't hold much more than this brick for more than a few seconds. Hope you like a nice swim, pony. Wolfezth thought as he finished and turned back to Alaina. The whole process took about three and a half minutes due to the speed and ferocity of Wolfezth's strikes. "That'll work just fine for the pony over there. Barely noticeable tippage but the cracks and slashes are quite obvious. They'll probably go for the bridge downstream, which is quite a whiles away or try and swim. I doubt pony over there can swim very fast so that isn't an issue. If I had some paint and about a half hour I could make this a proper bridge trap; but we ain't got the time." He said in a somewhat distant voice, playing scenarios around in his head while talking.

"OK, let's move out." Alaina said, a little impressed but not surprised in the least at Wolfezth's quick trap making. She was still mad at Wolfezth due to getting them both soaked... Twice! They still weren't completely dry and had just recently stopped dripping water. She made a motion to move out, and stopped to let Wolfezth lead the way because she didn't know where the hell she was going. Wolfezth grinned at her silent command, and knew this was probably the last and only time she'd ever let him handle the directions due to the ... Incompleteness of his planning. Nontheless, Wolfezth set a sprint toward the wall, because if the centaur was going to charge they wanted it to move as quickly as possible as to tear the bridge down later in the crossing; dropping it straight in the middle of the river while not paying attention to the slashes across it. Alaina sprinted right beside him, because her being an Apollo kid was pretty much a given that she was faster than he was. Within about twenty seconds of sprinting, they made it within sight of the climbing wall and saw a lone man on the climbing wall. They were still a ways away but Wolfezth knew the only person in camp comfortable enough to sit on the climbing wall with the risk of being dumped in lava still present was Hydros and yelled; "Hey; drunk bastard! Get over here!" As he and Alaina kept up the pace toward the Climbing Wall to help make sure positive ID was found for Wolf at least and he didn't act out of instinct. To further this, Wolfezth pulled down his hood; exposing his head completely seconds after yelling to him.

[luncia]

Lauren was laying on the roof and decided to look up over the edge. She saw that she was out of firing range and that now would be a perfect time to sound the alarm. She picked up her flute and started playing softly on it to get Tally's attention. She mad sure that only Tally could hear her and not Wolf or his friends. She knew that Soulflame and Reap might hear it. Lauren was surprised to see Soulflame when she first looked up but was now over that. Lauren turned back to Tally and saw that she had got her attention. She pointed down to the cabin Tally was standing and told her to wake up the Poseidon kids first, and then start playing.

Tally figured out what Lauren was sawing by watching her hand movements. Tally looked down and stood up jumping up and down on the Poseidon cabin's roof. Then she heard someone getting up and going to the door. Tally jumped from rock to rock and landed in front of Luncia. "Shh! There are two intruders, a girl and Wolf. The girl has a bow and arrow and uses them like an Apollo's kid. Stay out of firing range by guessing how far it couldn't hit you, and stand back a few feet from there," she whispered to Luncia. Luncia simply nodded and went back inside and returned quickly back to the door with a shield, and two arming swords. Luncia then simply walked into the center of the cabins and waited for others to join her. Luncia wore a blue shirt and denim jeans, with tennis shoes.

Tally quickly climbed back up the rocky wall of the Poseidon cabin and got to her trombone. She then picked it up and started playing really loud and with the notes that alerted the campers that intruders have been spotted.

Lauren stood up as she heard Tally starting to alert the camp. She then picked up her flute and started to play the high notes that raged through the camp.

Hoklong was awaken by the alarm. She quickly grabbed her knives, arming sword, and a small shield. She wore a black and white top, tan jeans, and tennis shoes. She went out and found Luncia in the middle of the camp and she walked over to her. Luncia told her what Tally told Luncia and HokLong saw Lauren and Tally on top of the Poseidon and Ares cabins.

Annie was dressed in green with black pants, she had her sword, shield, and a few knives as she went over to the center of camp where kids were gathering.

[Stylianos Reap]

Stylianos jumped and screamed, covering his mouth. He looked back at a centaur staring him right in the face.

"I.. I'm hiding... from..." he had no clue what to say.

He was so frightened, his legs began to shake and his entire body quivered. He stopped for a second, his ears almost ringing.

"Do you hear that?" he said, looking in the direction of the cabins, a noise blasted like thunder throughout the area. He tilted his head, wondering what it was. He ventured forward, wanting to know what exactly that sound was.

Campers were beginning to gather around, and he joined the crowd. He looked around, he didn't know anyone here, or had a clue to where his sword was.