Border Patrol[Done]

Nathan woke up this new morning, his left arm still in pain from the fight at the arena. He went to the infirmary later that day and found it wasn't anything serious, but that is was going to hurt for a bit. He glanced over at the bedside table and took a small morsel of ambrosia then ate it. Feeling the pain relive a bit he got up and stretched a bit, pulling on a simple black t-shirt and some blue jeans before thinking about the day ahead.

'So...Border Patrol today...lovely..' He thought

He sighed not wanting to go do it, but he knew that Chiron took that job seriously so he wasn't going to make the Centaur mad...as much as he didn't care for authority there are some lines Nathan won't cross. He pulled on his quiver of arrows and he bow, the grabbed one of his swords, figuring both would be a waste of time to drag around. He then pet Specter, gave the cat some food and something to drink then vanished, reappearing outside the cabin, heading up the hill. Once he got to Thalia's tree, he waited there with the dragon, looking around for the other demigod that's supposed to be there to help him.

Nathan had started to shoot his arrows absentmindedly as he did his job and waited for the person he was supposed to be on patrol with. He picked up the things not really noticing the person that came up the hill. He just got lost his thoughts hoping something exciting would happen, he wondered how his sister was doing or his dad. Last he heard from the guy was that he had found work and had an open door for Nathan any time the Melinoe kid wanted to come back even if it was just for a visit.

'Thanks dad...' He thought and smiled as he was happy that his father was so supportive of him and he made a mental note that he needed to stop by and give his old man a good long visit to make up for the year that he has been at camp with barely any contact with him. Granted he couldn't be blamed he came right in the midst of the Titan War near about and found himself there at camp after it ended and the Gaea mess started. The only reason Nathan didn't fight in any part of the war at was that he was in Italy and then in America for a year near about before coming to camp so he was one of the incapacitated victims in Morpheus's influence on the people of Manhatten, then he found himself at camp. It seemed so strange that he missed so much yet at the same time it wasn't that weird for him. He didn't really care that much either

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of someone saying "Oh f*ck! You!"

He turned to find a familiar girl, he scowled at the sky, not believing this was happening. "Dear gods, why? Anyone except her? Is this your entertainment today?" He asked in annoyance as he turned to the Ares brat.

"Oh good, you're already accustomed to one the many greetings to my company. I see you brash attitude is still prevalent on that face of yours." He said, not really attempting to be friendly. It was impossible task when it came to this specific Ares girl.

Nathan was frustrated by her presence, but he refused to let it get to him. He was just going to get through the day with as little speaking to her as possible. He just put his arrows back in his quiver and looked around. He sighed and took a seat on the grass, near the tree and the dragon curled around it. He glanced about the landscape thinking of how different it was from the city of Venice where he grew up. Canals and streets replaced with beach fronts, oceans, and forestry. It wasn't his first time to think back of home, most every time he had a job as boring as patrol he thought about Italy and how homesick he felt sometimes. Then there were the things that snapped him back into reality.

He looked over suddenly, to his left hearing a loud rumble through the forest. He stood and readied his bow, pulling out an arrow. "You hear that?" He called out to her, wondering if he wasn't just imagining things. Though there is also the point that she will probably insult him or something.

Nathan groaned in annoyance when the Drakon appeared and quickly shot off two arrows at it's eyes, notching two more without hesitation. He noticed that she had also notched some arrows, but he paid no mind to it. Then he noticed the other Drakon. "Well f*ck" He said in annoyance and that drew the attention of the uninjured Drakon.

"Double F*ck..." He said as the thing came after him, causing him to have to run. He would've went back into the border but the Drakon had cut him off and he went off instinct at the moment. He turned on a dime and fired his two arrows but they were off by hair and hit the thing on it's protective scales rather than a soft spot. He cursed in Italian as he tried to round back to where the Ares girl was.

Nathan looked back just in time to see the mouth open and was about to teleport but suddenly a shield was over him protecting the two of them from the acid spray and dissolving the black paint on the shield. "Whether you did it for my being or not..thanks.." He told her with a heavy breath and then looked up seeing the other Drakon circling the other side to trap them

Nathan laughed a bit. "Return the favor time." He said and then placed a hand on her shoulder and used his teleporting powers, causing them both to vanish and reappear just outside of where they were trapped. Nathan collapsed to one knee for a moment the wind knocked out of him. He wasn't accustomed to transporting more than himself so he had to get his breath back. He knew he couldn't stay there long so he quickly got back up and cough. "Let's go while they are confused. We need to get that gods damned Dragon up and eating." He told her though he had the sense that she already knew this information.

He got up and notched another arrow glancing back and seeing that the blinded one was already sniffing them out. He quickly raised his bow and fired at the nostril of the blind drakon hoping to throw it off with a rampage of pain. He then turned and started to bolt towards the Fleece and Peleus.

Nathan would've yelled at her or something but he had his own issues. The blind drakon was gaining on him again, his only safety being what he couldn't do at the moment because of wasting it to save her. He turned on a dime and fired several more arrows into the Drakon's nostrils and eyes, only making it worse for himself. He jumped to the right to avoid the tail and then bolted forward, doing his best to avoid the acid.

'Just get to the Dragon...Peleus can handle this.." He thought as he pushed forward. He broke the treeline and made his way up the hill, unfortunately this left him completely open to an attack. "PELEUS YOU DAMN DRAGON WAKE UP!!" He yelled, but the beast ignore him and snoozed and the other beast just had a clear sense of where he was. He groaned at the thought and ran up the hill with the Drakon following. Soon he reached the top though

Turning he stared the Drakon down, out of breath and probably about to die. He notched some more arrows and then raised the bow. The Drakon opened it's mouth and started to shoot out acid. Nathan started to release his arrows into the mouth of the thing, but then a thought struck and he vanished just as the acid sprayed out and hit the barrier. Nathan reappeared as the acid spray dipped down and onto Peleus, the burning sensation driving the dragon awake and enraged. "Ooooo, bad move." He muttered as Peleus proceeded to slaughter the beast and eat it.

Nathan bolted past the dead Drakon towards where Chiara was at and had gotten to her side about the time that she had hit the ground, gotten up and then notched her arrows. "I'd cuss you out in Italian for how stupid you were to stand and fight when Peleus can even out the fight, but the point is mute." He said to her as he notched his own arrows that he still had and proceeded to fire till he was out. When he ran out he cursed and looked for a vantage point on the beast as she continued to fire.

Noticing the sword sticking out of the beast's eye he quickly drew his own and climbed a tree, trying to get as close to the thrashing head as he could. Soon he had vanished and appeared on the head, quickly hanging on for dear life as he tried to catch his breath and not get thrown off. He felt weak now, but he pushed through it, climbing to the eye and grasping the hilt of the sword, yanking it out of the beast's pupil he stood and tried to keep his balance, but was quickly thrown off and back down to the ground. "Ow.." He said as he landed.

Nathan dragged himself up off the ground and twirled the swords in his hand. "We need a soft spot to get." He muttered as he jumped away from the drakon attack that came their way. He groaned at how difficult of a kill this is being and wished for a moment that he could summon some soldiers to help them fight. Peleus was still eating the one other drakon and seemed to think that the demigods had this under control.

He looked around and jumped back again moving towards Chiara. "I never cry for my mother..." He muttered to her in response to the other comment she had and then glared at her briefly to back up his words. Not that she either believed him nor cared, she still treated him like dirt for no reason. It didn't matter though, he didn't need approval from a blunt annoyance. Groaning from the pain in his back and the winded feeling he took a deep breath and coughed slightly. "We need a soft spot to shove these blades in." He said and then jumped away dodging another attack from the drakon tail.

Nathan ignored her comment until she actually said something useful about the soft spot being the neck. He had started to figure out how to get to it but then was stopped by the dodging of the acid spray that came after them. He groaned and got back up when suddenly Peleus had come from out of nowhere to slaughter the drakon. Nathan smiled in relief of the fight ending and had turned to find Chiara, only to see her frantically try to get rid of her boot and sock before some acid got to her skin.

He ran over to her and noticed the growing red mark on her foot. "Hang on." He said to her and shoved the weapons he held in his empty quiver then picked her up and ran her to the infirmary. If he had the strength to he would've used his powers but he didn't know if he could muster them up anymore.

Nathan listened as she cursed through his run, but it made no difference to him because he was back in camp and already about to be at the infirmary. He Picked up the pace and ran in, grabbing the first Apollo kid he could find. "We need help" He said, motioning down to her foot that was much worse than it already was.

The Apollo kid immediately picked up the pace and led Nathan to an empty bed and had him set her down on the bed. The kid then went to work getting Chiara some ambrosia and nectar and getting the story about what had happened from Nathan whom held his tongue from any sarcastic comments.

Nathan finished his story then listened as the Apollo kid explained her out of commission state. "Could be worse...you could not have a foot right now." He said and smirked knowing that he had her there with the still having a foot of her own and not some prosthetic crap. He glanced at the Apollo kid seeing the slight chuckle that he held back but Nathan said nothing and sat down.

"Worse than that, had your boyfriend..." David started but immediately got cut off by Nathan

"Hold your horse arrows, her and I can't stand each other. I was only around because we got stuck on Patrol together for gods knows what reason." Nathan said quickly dismissing the Apollo boy's idea that he and Chiara were dating

'Never going to happen..' He thought.

Nathan glanced at the Apollo kid as he left the tent, having gotten some crutches for Chiara when she was ready to go. He glanced around and then remembered her sword still in his quiver. He pulled it out and handed it to her. He pulled his own sword out and put it back in it's proper sheathe, then readjusted his bow accordingly before settling down again.

"Good thing Peleus got up when he did.." He muttered silently. Then stood and started to leave. "Guess I better be off, I'm sure you don't want to deal with the sight of a Melinoe child.." He said to her, briefly thinking about how he didn't know her name, at least not until the Apollo kid said it. Though it's not really like it matters to him. They didn't like each other.

"Oh shut up. You were an idiot to stand and fight the drakons when it was clear that we were dead. You call me the coward for playing smart." He said to her. He knew he could really make her mad by adding his thoughts about how Athena children were better war demigods than Ares, but the foot was bad enough.

After all he felt sympathetic right now, so he wasn't going to add insult to injury....this time. Though he wouldn't mind changing his mind if she persisted.