My Cannon Hunger Games

Max

I thought nothing could get any weirder than 6 bird kids flying through the air, but as I found out, I was wrong.

The flock was flying through the air after just escaping from a new batch of erasers. Gazzy was right next to Iggy, Angel was by herself not far away from me, Nudge was a little ways above me, and Fang was right next to me as always. I glance over at Fang; He looks back at me.

"Do you think we should land and take a rest?" He asks me.

I glance around at the rest of the flock. Iggy was holding Gazzy up, Angel's eyes were drooping, and Nudge was starting to drop lower little by little. I nod.

"Yeah. Lets stop for a rest." I tell everyone. They nod and begin to float down towards a small group of trees.

With a sigh, the flock lands in a small clearing. Angel, Nudge, and Gazzy all slide to the ground in exhaustion.

"Alright. Everyone get some rest. I'll take first watch." I say, sitting back against a tree. Angel, Nudge, and Gazzy all nod before curling up and falling asleep. Fang and Iggy sit nearby.

I sigh and listen carefully. My thoughts immediately go back to Fang and all that happened before he went off and made his own flock. But I'm drawn back to the present when Fang scoots over next to me. My heart beats at the speed of light as his shoulder brushes mine.

"So, where do you think we should go this time?" He whispers in my ear.

I shrug. "We just have to put distance between us and the pack of erasers. That's all I'm concerned about right now."

He nods. "Yeah, but what about when we put enough distance between us and them? Then what?"

I open my mouth to answer, but freeze. The wind ruffles my hair and goosebumps appear up and down my arms. Iggy immediately sits up straight as an arrow. I tense slightly. Fang feels me tense then he tenses too.

"What is it?" He whispers.

"I don't know." I whisper, glancing around cautiously.

You're about to experience something that you never thought would happen, a voise says in my head.

Well, hey there, Voice. Thought you had gone for a long time, but guess I was wrong, I say back. But what do you mean 'Something that I never thought would happen?' But all I get is silence. Great. More silence.

In the next moment, chaos breaks out. Erasers burst from the trees and leap towards us.

"ERASERS!" I yell, startling Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel awake. Once they see the Erasers, they burst into action.

An eraser leaps at me with his claws, but I roll to the side, dodging the claws. Nudge, Iggy, Fang, and I are all cut off from the rest of the flock. I growl deeply. No one messes with my flock. I roundhouse kick an Eraser then try to rush back to the rest of the flock with Fang, Iggy, and Nudge when the Eraser stumbles to the ground, but more Erasers take the place of the fallen one.

They push us back towards a large tree that was all three of us combined around. As the Erasers growl, the ground starts to rumble. I glance behind us at the tree to see a large portal opening up in the tree behind us. My face pales. I attack with even more persistance, but the Erasers still keep us cornered against the tree. The portal starts to suck us into it. We struggle, but the force was too strong. With a yelp, Nudge, Iggy, Fang, and I all stumble backwards and fly into the portal. I black out when we are sucked into it.

Percy

"Come on, guys." I whisper, stalking through the forest with Riptide raised. We were right in the middle of a Capture-the-Flag game. On my team, I had Ares, Zeus, Hades, Athena, Hephaestus, and Aphrodite. All the other cabins were on the other team. Thalia, Jason, Piper, Nico, Clarrise, Annabeth, Hazel, Frank,Leo, and I were all sneaking through the forest towards the red team's flag.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Clarrise asks, glancing towards the sounds of battle behind us. Her grip on her sword tightens.

Annabeth nods. "Yeah. Everyone else will keep them busy while we slip around their defenses and grab their flag." She grips her dagger tightly.

"I trust Annabeth. This plan is going to work." Thalia says with confidance.

I nod. "Yeah. Me too."

Annabeth smiles at us.

Leo relaxes slightly at Thalia and my words. "At least we have that confidence here or else we'd all be running scared like little kids who just saw the boogieman." Leo says jokingly. We all smile slightly as we keep walking.

We enter a clearing. In the middle of the clearing was Zues' Fist. The ground around the mound looks like mud or stirred up soil. A weird feeling settles into the pit of my stomach, and goosebumps appear on my arms. Something wasn't right about this clearing today. I glance at the others.

Jason was gripping his coin in his hand tightly, Clarrise was glancing around with narrowed eyes, Piper's dagger was trembling slightly, Nico was frowning worriedly, Thalia and Annabeth were looking slightly uneasy, Hazel shudders, Frank grips his bow, and Leo just stands there silently, not cracking any jokes. When Leo couldn't crack a joke, then something was wrong.

"Isn't this where you guys fought the titan army that had come up through the Labrynth?" Piper asks, glancing around. "The Battle of the Labrynth?"

Annabeth, Thalia, Clarrise, Nico, and I all nod.

"Yeah." Nico replies tersely.

That must be the weird feeling, I tell myself. This was where Daedulus had sacraficed himself to protect us and the camp. I start to relax, but then I tense when I glance at the ground.

Suddenly, the ground in front of us stirs and shifts to form the image of a sleeping woman's face. The face smiles slightly.

Percy Jackson and his little band of demigods. The woman says dreamily.

"Gaia." Thalia snarls, raising her bow.

Gaia just smirks. I will fully awaken. No matter what you do, that will happen. I think I should let you see what'll happen when I awaken and regain my full power.

At that moment, Gaia's face shifts into a swirling vortex. A strong force tugs us towards the portal. All 10 of us struggle with all of our strength, but after a moment, we all are sucked into the portal. With a burst of bright light, I black out.

Carter

I sit at the table on the padio at the Brooklin House, silently eating a plate of pancakes. Sadie sits across from me; she's eating a plate of eggs and bacon. Walt sits somewhat close to Sadie, not eating anything. I guess when you host the god of funerals, you lose your appetite. Finally, Zia walks out onto the padio carrying a plate of waffles. She sits down next to me and chows down on the waffles. Being hidden in a tomb far away must make you hungry.

"Well, what's on the to do list today?" Sadie asks, glancing towards me.

I shrug. "We mostly have to keep an eye out for any unexplained magic." I reply.

Zia nods. She swallows the waffles in her mouth before saying anything. "Yeah. After Apophis, you never know what's going to happen next."

Sadie sighs. "I guess."

Walt smiles slightly. "It doesn't matter what happens. We'll all be there together to handle it."

I'm about to go back to my eggs when Khufu shuffles out of the Brooklin House.

"AAG!" He shouts.

Sadie and I immediately shoot to our feet. "Where?"

"AAG!" Khufu yells again.

"Alright then. Lets go." Sadie says. Her and I start towards the house.

"Wait. What's going on?" Walt asks having followed us. Zia is right behind him.

"Khufu just said that there's a strong magic source not that far away. He said that it's just off the coast of Long Island." Sadie explains.

I nod. "Yeah. And he thinks that it might be Setne, stirring up trouble again." I add.

That gets them moving. Zia grabs her magician's bag while Walt checks all of his amulets. Sadie grabs her magician's bag too. I just store my khopesh in the Draut.

Be careful, Carter. Horus warns. Something's not right about this.

You think? I retort. I know what you mean. It just doesn't feel right, but we still have to check it out. And if it is Setne, then we can stop him before he can do any real damage.

And I agree. I'm just saying be careful. Horus says.

We always try to be. I reply as Sadie and Zia create a portal according to the cordinates that Khufu gave them.

"Lets go and check out this magic source." Zia says.

Sadie takes Walt's hand before they both jump through at the same time. Zia takes my hand in hers. After a moment's hesitation, we leap through. There's the sound of a balloon popping then we emerge into a small clearing.

I shudder slightly as a cold wind rustles through the clearing. I glance around to see that the others felt it too. Walt's gripping one of his amulets, Sadie has her wand out, and Zia has her staff and wand in her hands. We glance around the clearing silently.

Then all of a sudden, a powerful force slams us into four different trees. We struggle against the force, but it holds us firmly in place. A demonic laugh resonates around the clearing. Setne then steps out of the shadow of a tree with a crooked smile on his face.

"Setne." Sadie and I growl.

Let me take over, Carter. Horus urges me. I can get you guys out of here.

No. Not yet. I say, restraining him.

Setne smiles even wider. "Why, yes. It is me. And I have the four most powerful magicians of this century right here in front of me at my mercy." He cackles evilly.

"What are you planning?" Zia demands, struggling against Setne's magic.

Setne just keeps smiling. "Well, after you defeated Apophis, another powerful force started to surface. A force even stronger than Apophis. And she has offered me a deal. If I take care of you four, then I will get to be a king once again." He grins evilly. "So, I just have to take care of you her way." He waves his hand and a large portal forms in the ground in front of us.

"Who is this 'force?!'" Sadie demands, her face pale from seeing the portal.

Come on, Carter! Let me have control! Horus yells in my head.

Alright! I shout back, giving control to him, but it was too late. Setne cackles again before letting us go. The suction from the portal was too much for us. We fly head first into the portal.

Setne just grins down at us before saying, "Her name is Gaia." Darkness then over takes me and I pass out.

Jace

I stare up at Clary. She was in the rafters in the straps that'll keep her from falling to the ground when she jumps and help her with her backflips.

"Come on, Clary!" I call up. "Just jump!"

"Do I have to do this again?" She calls back.

I nod. "Yeah! Practice makes better!"

She sighs before jumping off. She does a flip before shooting back up and doing a couple backflips. I smile slightly. She was getting better, I had to admitt that.

"Better." I say when she had stopped bouncing.

She grins at me. "Thanks. You can't reach me." She kicks towards me. The small kick that was short of hitting my head makes her spin slowly.

I smirk. "Does this have to be like the last time you did the flips?" I ask, a twinkle in my eyes.

She sees the twinkle and shakes her head. "No. I don't think..." But before she could finish the protest, I fling a seraph blade up towards the straps holding her up. With a scream, she falls down into my arms. I land on my back with her on my chest. I chuckle slightly.

"Jerk." She mutters. She was breathing heavily as she smacks my chest playfully.

I smile slightly. "If you want to call me that." I stare down at her silently. Some of my blond hair had fallen into my eyes when I caught her.

She smiles back. She brushes the hair aside with a soft hand. I sigh when she does that. She giggles slightly before closing the distance between us. As my lips brush hers, the door to the training room opens. Someone then clears their throat.

I glance up to see Alec and Issabelle standing in the doorway. Clary blushes as she climbs to her feet. With a grunt, I pull myself to my feet too.

"What's wrong?" I ask, glancing towards them.

"We have a problem." Alec says seriously.

I frown. "What? Show me."

I follow Alec with Issabelle and Clary right behind us. Alec leads us to a nearby window to see a weird demon walking back and forth right in front of the gates. I stare at the demon confused.

"What's it doing?" I ask.

Alec shrugs. "Don't know. We tried to get up close to see, but everytime we tried, it hisses at us and spits acid. We thought that maybe you could help us."

I nod. "Yeah. Just let me grab my seraph blades, then we'll all go out and deal with it." I hurry to the armory. I grab a pair of seraph blades then walk towards the front door. The others are already there waiting.

Clary had changed out of her training clothes into her shadowhunter gear. "Ready?" She asks me. Her seraph blades are at her sides.

I nod. "Yeah. Lets go." Issabell opens the door. Alec, Clary, and I slip out of the door with Issabelle right behind us.

As soon as the demon sees us walk out of the Institute, it immediately smiles and hisses in delight. "Great. All four of you are presssent." The demon hisses at us.

I freeze slightly. "Y-You can talk?"

The demon nods. "Yesss. I can. Now, letsss get down to bussssinessss." It backs up, allowing us to open the gates.

Alec and I shove the gates open.

The demon just grins at us, revealing a set of snake fangs. It had the upper body of a man, but where his legs should be, there was the tail of a snake. He was wearing some sort of bronze-like armor. There were words inscribed on the armor, but it was in a language that I couldn't read.

There's something seriously wrong with this, I tell myself. As soon as we all step past the gate, I find out what that wrong thing was.

We step past the gate, and wierd symbols light up around us in a perfect circle. The ground starts to swirl, forming a portal-like vortex.

"Run!" I shout when the symbols spring to life. "It's a TRAP!" But I had yelled it too late. The vortex sucks us down into it. I see the snake-like demon hissing in delight before I pass out.