AN: I didn't get a response last chapter on what you guys wanted for Lou's design or any suggestions for weapons and armor (at least I didn't notice any when I went through reviews again). Please tell me in a review this time what you guys want for Lou's design and any armor, weapons, or magical items you want this Percy to get over the course of the story. Finally, I'm deciding who I want to go on the quest for the bolt with Percy and Clarisse so tell me your thoughts!

Legend of the Destroyer

Chapter 4

-Luke-

Silently, the leader of the Hermes cabin crept through the woods towards the side controlled by the Ares cabin, the Stoll brothers right beside him as they did so. "I don't see anyone." Connor frowned as they neared the border, "It feels like a trap."

"Or an ambush." Travis nodded.

"It's both!" a happy voice agreed as they all looked to the right to see Percy smiling at them before a loud noise filled the air. Quickly ducking behind a shield, his brothers doing the same, he felt impact after impact on the metal, shards of ice falling around at their feet.

"What the shit Percy?!" Luke yelled out, having no clue what his chosen rival was using.

"It's an SMG that shoots ice bullets!" Percy sounded far too happy about that for Luke's liking "My dad gave it to me in that bag you guys tried poking at. But don't worry, right now it's just set to hurt like a bitch."

"Oh, wonderful." He snarled, hearing his brothers yelp as Percy quickly targeted their unshielded legs and used the openings to pepper them with ice. Drawing his sword, he slowly advanced on Percy, using magic to make a barrier to extend his protection at the cost of movement speed as he got closer and closer to the ice bullet shooting demigod.

"Oh shit." At least Percy knew the situation he was in. the sound of gunfire continued but he didn't hear it pinging against his shield anymore, a loud crack ringing out from above him instead. Reacting quickly, Luke sidestepped and cut through the branch falling towards him, spinning to block Percy's slash in one single movement.

"Nice try Percy." Luke grinned, "But not good enough."

"That's why I have this." Percy quickly pulled out a bottle of water and slammed it on their swords, bursting it open and getting them both wet as he found his blade being pushed back by his invigorated opponent. "It's only cheating if the other guy does it right?" Percy grinned and pushed hard, sending him staggering back as they met with a flurry of blows.

"Your strength is temporary Percy." Luke grinned as he slowly began regaining ground, "Mine isn't, remember?" another water bottle exploded in their faces. "I'm going to kick your ass so hard you little shit!"

"If you can catch me that is." Percy grinned, firing a burst of ice bullets out as he quickly brought up the shield, bashing at Percy when he heard his opponent rushing in.

"You know you can't win this Percy!" Luke grit out, channeling a burst of magic to his muscles as he shoved, sending Percy staggering back and barely able to block Luke's slash in time, "Your water strength won't catch me off guard like it did before!"

"I know." Percy grinned, still looking smug and in control of the situation "My job isn't to stop you though. My job is to keep you busy. You're the one who's supposed to get the flag according to Annabeth's plan right?"

"What?" Luke was genuinely surprised at that, "How did you?"

"Some of your brothers really need a date if an Aphrodite girl batting her eyelashes was enough to get them to spill secrets." Percy laughed smugly, "I'm not the defense Luke, I'm the shiny toy that's going to keep you busy while Clarisse wins this for us." Gritting his teeth, Luke used his sword to hurl dirt at Percy who got caught off guard, temporarily blinded and now firing that bloody SMG wildly while trying to clear his eyes.

"Rule number one Percy, never reveal your plan to your opponent." He frowned, disappointed at the rookie mistake of his intended rival, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a flag to find." Quickly, he turned and ran. He knew he could win this fight after a time, but he didn't know how many more of those water bottles Percy had on hand and didn't want to waste time in a drawn-out game of cat and mouse.

"Get back here!" Percy shouted, trying to give chase and pour water into his own eyes to clear them. Ignoring Percy, Luke kept running, only to frown as his instincts told him something was wrong, just before all the water on his body froze.

"Gah!" Luke yelled out, the sudden stabbing cold catching him off guard as he tripped and rolled on the ground, giving Percy more than enough time to catch up.

"I know you're stronger than me right now Luke," Percy spat out some more dirt, "but I fight dirty so that helps."

"Wonderful." He sighed, readying his blade as he kicked up to dodge a burst of ice bullets, "I'm going to beat your ass into the ground once this is over Percy."

-Chiron-

Amused, the ancient teacher looked about the assorted demigods as they all gathered by the boundary, Clarisse and her team cheering as a daughter of Aphrodite held up the captured flag from Annabeth's team. Shortly after he blew the signal conch horn he saw Luke return, dragging a battered Percy and looking worse for wear himself. Hearing the various threats of revenge and training was rather amusing as he overheard the various tricks Percy had employed to keep Luke distracted.

"Congratulations demigods." Chiron called out proudly at the ever-shown progress of his pupils, "Another excellent showing. The winners are the Ares cabin along with their allies, so next week the competition will be between the Ares cabin and Aphrodite cabin." The children of the love goddess cheered, their cabin very rarely managing to get a flag during the game.

"Good job Percy," Clarisse helped her boyfriend up, the exhausted demigod smiling proudly at her praise "you managed to hold him off just like you said you would."

"Of course Claire, I said I would didn't – GET DOWN!" Percy quickly shoved Clarisse away and began shooting at something with a gun he had, ice bullets flying. Whipping his head in the direction of Percy's target Chiron saw a massive hellhound leaping out of the trees towards them. Several of the younger and weaker campers screamed in fear, not expecting the surprise attack.

Drawing his bow, Chiron charged forward, taking aim and shooting at the hellhound which snarled, Percy's bullets hurting it but not to a lethal extent. Luke and a righted Clarisse readied their weapons and rushed in when Percy paused shooting, the newer demigod drawing his own sword as the trio charged in, slashing and stabbing at the hellhound which was far larger than the ones Percy killed before. With a roar, the hellhound, clearly an elder of its kind, slammed aside the trio's weapons, roaring loud enough to shake the earth.

Before Chiron could move to save his students, an emerald glow came from Percy as he leapt in between the monster and Clarisse. Above Percy the air shimmered, an ethereal trident appearing, shining like the sun itself as a burst of light appeared in Percy's hand, growing and forming into the shape of a harpoon like spear. With a yell, Percy slammed the spear into the Hellhound, the blow ringing out like the thunder of a storm.

"Keep going Percy!" Luke yelled, running to Percy's side as they both worked to push the spear into the armor like hide of the ancient hellhound, Clarisse joining as well. The hellhound reared back, screaming in anger and rage as wind howled from the weapon before it burst into the creature's flesh, blood bursting forth before the wolf began to fall, the ancient beast dying.

Panting, Percy gripped his spear as Luke and Clarisse let go of it, stepping back as a storm burst open above their heads, bypassing the camp's weather barrier and letting a downfall begin. "Hail!" his voice felt weak even as he shouted, the storm drawing everyone's attention and shock, "Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon. Lord of the sea, father of horses, earth shaker and storm bringer!" slowly, the demigods took a knee before the stunned Percy who couldn't tear his gaze away from the new spear. Looking up at the storm, Chiron wondered if it was a sign of Zeus' rage or Poseidon's pride.