Blitzkrieg (private for Dylan and myself)

OOC: To avoid any confusions, the title of this topic doesn't refer to the historical Blitzkrieg, but to the song by Audiomachine.


BIC: It had been some time since Chiara had last been sent on a combat mission. After a meeting with Chiron, Mr D and the cabin counselors, Clarisse had come back with information on various monster lairs and spots that needed to be taken care of. Chiara had volunteered for taking out a group of monsters and demigods who were still loyal to the Titans. Partly because she knew it was her duty, and partly because they were hiding in an abandoned military compound. Now that was definitely Chiara's playground.

Another guy had volunteered, Hayden, from the Apollo's. Hayden and Chiara didn't actually hang out, but they knew each other from playing basket ball along with some other guys in their free time. She didn't know much about him apart that he was kinda nice, wanted to be a vet and had a wicked aim.

Ares and Apollo children generally worked well on the battlefield, as they combined melee and organized fighting, plus having a healer on your side generally helped. But somewhere, only two of them wasn't enough. According to the scouts, they were about twenty monsters, with six or seven demigods. They'd need reinforcements if they wanted to make it.
Which was why Chiara had barged into Nathan after dinner and made it clear to him he couldn't sit around on his lazy bum all the time, DC had been cute, but now was time to start playing for real. "We're leaving on Tuesday at 5 pm. It's time for your @ss to do something useful."

So here she was now, sitting on her pegasus. She was in full battle gear: urban camouflage outfit, matte black Myrmidon armor and combat boots. Throwing knives at her belt, boot knife in her right shoe, bow and quiver folded into her carbon fiber container in her backpack (freshly loaded with cabin-9-made arrows), sword at her side and two tactical knives in her sleeves which she had borrowed from the weaponry. Her military backpack was slung over her shoulder, her red curls tucked away under her black helmet. Their opponents outnumbered them by far, taking them by surprise was their only chance. In her backpack, Chiara had two Greek fire grenades, a thermos full of nectar, a lunchbox of ambrosia, a fire kit, some food and water, her old flashlight, drachmas and a couple of first aid stuff (though the majority of first aid things were carried by Hayden).
The plan was to sneak in, toss the grenades, then sneak back out and kill them off while they fled out of the building in panic. All three of them were skilled archers, which was a plus. Chiara would probably be the one to creep in and throw the grenades whilst Nathan and Hayden took the fugitives out from the rooftops of the compound, until she joined them and they finished the job together. They had been told not to kill the demigods -- unless seconds from death themselves -- but instead bring them back to Camp Half-Blood if they wanted to.

Hayden showed up a couple of minutes after Chiara. "Hey, man," she said with a nod of acknowledgement. Hayden saddled a palomino pegasus whilst Chiara's Apaloosa shifted underneath her, half-spreading his wings as if he knew what they were about to do. Honestly, when it came to going to a battle, Chiara's first choice was to take her Ducati. Arriving on ponies.... it generally didn't make people take you seriously. But her Ducati was loud and powerful, and that just wasn't the type of things you needed when you wanted to take someone by surprise.

Nathan sat upon a jet-black Pegasus, wearing his armor which if his hood were pulled over his head would make the horse look like a flying centaur. Chiara had made it clear that no was not the answer that would be accepted when this mission was brought up. Nathan was packing his bow, a quiver full of Stygian iron tipped arrows and his twin nightingale blades.

He glanced at the son of Apollo that was on the trip with them, He rethought the plan in his head and realized that it had some kinks, but relatively fool proof. And that worried him. Plans that were perfectly made always went wrong, and Nathan could feel the bad luck rolling off this mission. But he didn't say anything, it'd be pointless to try to say anything now when they were ready to take to the skies.

"Where's the compound at exactly again?" Nathan asked as he glanced between the two of them and noticing the gravity of the situation he was in. Hayden he didn't know but was sure had been in the titan war, and Chiara whom had dragged Nathan along specifically because he hadn't been, this was Nathan's first real sign of the war he was in..and he didn't know how to feel about it.

Nathan glanced around the compound as they were landing, seeing the obvious people watching from the towers. When he was told it was a military compound he hadn't thought much of it, but now that they were here, compound didn't really feel like it described it well. More like a Fort would be a better description. He felt like he didn't have enough arrows but at the same time knew that if things went well enough he wouldn't need all of them.

A million things raced through his mind as he waited for Chiara to initiate the plan, but he knew he had to clear his head, distractions would get someone killed and he didn't need death of a comrade on his conscious. He drew out his bow and knocked an arrow, his Pegasus shifting under him nervous as he was from the battle ahead.

Nathan appeared within the shadow of the main entrance, his pegasus as well as the other two moving away from the fort as Chiara and Hayden took care of the roof top guards. He glanced up and down the perimeter, fading into the shadows to avoid any ground patrols that may be walking at the nightly hour and then appeared out of the shadows as Chiara gave the clear.

Nathan appeared on the rooftop after Ciara asked if he and Hayden would go up there and then immediately appeared next to the when he saw the courtyard of the fort.

"Unless you're packing your father's blessing, or an Achille's Curse, then you're dead the moment you enter that building." Nathan told Chiara.

Behind the doors of the compound were a set of trip wires that only someone with inside knowledge of the building could avoid tripping, and the main door itself had an extra security measure in the form of posted guards to keep track of who went in and went out.

Nathan explained tis to the two of them, glancing around the perimeter, never letting himself get into a sense of safety where they were at. In fact Nathan found the lack of any patrols more disturbing,

Nathan stepped back crossing his arms at the accusation that Chiara was making. After everything they ad been through, Chiara thought that he was working with the enemy? But he couldn't blame her, he had heard the stories of Selina. How Luke had forced her to betray the camp. It's hard to trust anyone after being in that situation, or near it at all.

"The rooftop has flaws that make it possible to see inside, leaks and what not. I peaked in and saw the tripwires on one of the doors. It's logical to think that if they set one door in such a manner other traps of the sort would be in place as well." He told them glancing down the perimeter.

"Chiara, you should know me better..but if you want to think I'm a traitor that's your choice, kill me after we've killed everyone that won't surrender peacefully." He told her as he started to walk back towards the door figuring out the best way to get the two of them in safely.

Nathan went in behind Chiara glancing at the guards and seeing Chiara take the demigod one by surprise. The other guard was a Telekhine that found a nice Stygian arrow in it's back, turning to dust as it's essence was absorbed into the arrow tip. He glanced around making sure their weren't any cameras. When he was satisfied that they were under complete cover he moved along the shadows, keeping Chiara hidden as well till they found a decent place to breathe and decide their next move

(Lame post because wasn't sure how to continue this one)

OOC: Trevor here ^>^ Taking over the NPC's
BIC:

Hayden stalks the roof tops, his bow already notched with an anesthetic arrow. He was keeping his position as per the plan, however he felt anxious. His ears perked up when he heard gun fire inside the building. What? Guns? That definitely was not expected nor part of any plan that he knew of. Peaking out of his hidy place on the far side of the roof, he shoot another guard out of a watch tower. Slide his bow onto his back, Hayden starts to run towards the edge and then jumps from his roof to the guard tower, barely making it by grabbing on to the ledge. Sweat slipped down his face as Hayden pulled his own weight up into the guard tower. Hopefully from here, he would have a better vantage point at the main entrance to the bunker. He took a quick sweep around the landscape, spotting something out in the distance. Hayden's eyes widen as he begins to make out what it is. "Oh my gods..."

There were two evil-no-good demigods that had pined our two heroes down. Both armed with an assault rifle each, AK-47s, and a celestial bronze dagger. They took cover in the corner of the hall way, unaware if the two unknown demigods had any kind of firearms. Bob, the evil-no-good demigod on left, looked over at Josh, the evil-no-good-demigod on the right, and said "Cover me." Josh simply nodded as he gave cover fire which flew barely three inch above our two heroes heads. As Josh did this, Bob crept up on the heroes as he drew his celestial bronze dagger from his combat belt. The plan was simple. He was going to stab them.

OOC:
Left the Bob and Josh part shorter for more of an opportunity for you guys to respond to it.

Nathan stayed down on the ground and waited for Chiara to work her powers of war to take the two demigods out. When she handed him the assault rifle. He seemed out of place. He shouldered the weapon but didn't keep it ready as they made their way down. He adjusted to the low light, finding the placement well and along the way he passed by an armory. The design of the armory was small, almost as if it was made to be the smaller one that soldiers would go to for weapons in case of an emergency response situation.

He walked into the small space and found back in the dust was a pair of revolvers as well as a belt of ammo, some individual and some full drums that you would use in quick situations. He picked up the weapons and turned them in his hands, glancing down the barrels of the guns. He smirked for a moment and then put the ammo belt on, holstering in the revolvers. He moved back to the hallway, the rifle left behind in the room as he joined back up with Chiara and fading them into the shadows to keep them hidden as best he could from any annoying people. He pulled the hood of his cloak up becoming transparent as if his dead shade had returned to guide Chiara through the fort.

The violent explosion caused the walls of the room where the deceased guards once stood to be caked with with monster blood. The pasty green substance had been splattered across the walls like it was a episode of Dexter and on the ground were three piles of ash from where the Lamias, a monster which in ancient times preyed upon small children, and on top of one of these piles were a pair of Ray Bands. Perhaps one of the monsters were wearing them in the moments before they were sent back to the depths of Tartarus. Perhaps they were the spoils and may have magical abilities. If the heroes were to try them on, they might find that the shades were in fact night vision.

However not everything was fine and dandy in the military compound full of bad demigods and monsters.

The explosion should have caused quite a ruckus. However the compound was eerily quiet. All that could be heard was the footsteps of Chiara and Nathan as they walked across the polished floor. This was because most of the monsters had used the ancient tunnels under the compound to evacuate to the outside of the compound. And Hayden knew why. In the distance the son of Apollo could barely make out a large tank advancing on the compound. His eye widened as he saw bright light from the barrel of the tank and he immediately dropped to the floor (or the roof I suppose). The shot hit it’s mark, a guard tower, which collapsed to the ground causing the ground to shake. Panicked Hayden descended from the roof, and ran to the first escape point. A few evil-no-good demigods swarmed behind him. Gracefully sliding his carbon fiber bow off his back he notched and arrow and twisted his body and let loose an arrow into the knee of Jordan the evil-no-good-demigod causing him to collapse. One his buddies stopped to help him up and tend to his wound however two other demigods chasing him continued as one of them pulled out a dagger and barely missed Hayden when he threw it at him.

Nathan moved along with Chiara as they moved through the compound but feeling uneasy when he heard the shaking outside. "Why do I feel like this is becoming too easy..and that Hayden is in serious trouble?" He asked Ciara as they got closer to the Barracks and Nathan drew his pistols, pulling back the hammer on each to prime them for firing. He took a quick moment and then kicked the door in and fired quickly taking out the two beasts that were in the room. He then stopped as he saw that it was empty.

"F*ck..."He muttered as he realized they'd been duped.

Nathan holstered his pistols as he heard the rumbling crash from something hitting part of the fort. Chiara said to run and he didn't think twice before bolting out of the barracks behind her. They broke out through the stairway to the roof to find Hayden being ambushed and Nathan drew his pistols just as Chiara had knocked out three of the demigods. He vanished as one of the other three created a wind blast but saw Chiara fly off the roof and saw Hayden fall off the roof himself. Nathan groaned in annoyance training two bullets at the side demigods. His shot was off slightly and only one of the bullets made contact, crippling one of the boys legs and the other bullet grazing past the person's head. The boy with the wind powers blasted a gust at Nathan and smirked when he saw Nathan wasn't there

"I do so hate peasants." A voice said behind the boy as a sword appeared beside his throat. Nathan sighed as he jumped back, letting the wind brat pull his own weapons and the other useful demigod slashing at the son of Melinoe. "You're both so useless" He said to them as he blocked their slashes here and there, dancing between them but growing bored as he realized they were both under trained. Then he got caught in a slash as the vibrations on the ground pulsing up to even him on the roof. He winced and then quickly took them out one after another turning to see what was going on.

"Ah f*ck it all...the gods just want us dead or something" He muttered as he saw the metal behemoth rolling towards the middle of the large masses of Kronos's former army. Nathan disappeared and found himself on the ground beside Chiara. "You know dear this is quite the claim of glory for you. Ares cabin is all up about Clarisse taking down that Drake in Manhatten. What do you think they'll say about you turning a tank on a hoard of monsters...and then tearing the beast apart?" He told the daughter of Ares. It wasn't meant to make her be stupid, he just knew once he saw it that Chiara would never forgive him if she didn't get to use and then destroy the tank.

Nathan had vanished, disappearing to gods knows where when the tank had fired again. But he reappeared unscathed, aside from dust covering his body like he had just climbed out of the rubble of the fort. His ears rang from the sound of the shot but otherwise he was fine. And certainly good that he was because it was not long before some demigods were darting at him, one of them hanging to the back.

At the same time, he saw Chiara trapped in the midst of a monster horde, her zombies slowing losing their barrings eventually going to fall to the foe at any moment. Hayden was already doing what Nathan was thinking and had arrows knocked firing at the horde surrounding the daughter of Ares, the tank was extremely calm, sitting in the back as the foot forces fought. Possibly believing that it wouldn't be needed any longer now that they were surrounded. Nathan was determined to prove that assumption wrong.

He drew his swords quickly and met the blades of the first two demigods, seeing two more circle around to catch him in the back while the last one hung back. It was a classic school yard bully technique. The biggest of the group hangs back and lets all the runts do the work then ends it with the killing blow. Nathan was unimpressed. As a result he pulled out a trick os his own. Out of the ground he willed two skeleton warriors to rise and with them he pushed back the other two beating away their weapons and then knocking them out with the butt of his swords. The other two, being occupied by the skeletons, had finished them up and Nathan turned on them, catching each of their blades and twisting his own, turning them out of the boys hands, pointing his blades at their necks. "I don't much care for bullies boys. The only bully that I have is that girl over there one man armying all those monsters. Perhaps yous should be smart and run before a slit your throats." He threatened them. Though it was idle at best. Nathan was about to knock them out when he felt a ripping slash form across his back. He screamed in shocked pain as he fell to his knees, his swords dropping to the ground, the three boys standing over him with wicked glints in their eyes.

Nathan felt volleys of punches and kicks all across his body as he fell to the ground, curling up into the fedal position. This carried on for who knows how long, he couldn't keep track through the pain and he knew that Chiara and Hayden were too preoccupied to break off and help. Suddenly reprieve came about as the boys backed away laughing and spitting at Nathan.

"Minor brat.." One of them stated.

"Just another Thanatos loser.." The next one added on.

Whatever the third one said Nathan didn't catch because he had started to cough up some blood. Well...actually he laughed it up. He had started laughing, painfully but still doing so as he struggled back to his feet.

"What's so funny Thanatos spawn? Think you get a round two?" The leader of the little b!tch brigade asked.

"No I just find it funny...I must be a god then...wonder if dad knew he was the god of death..I'm sure mom can certainly explain it all. Melinoe is certainly a...convincing mother..." Nathan coughed out falling, back to his knees for a moment and spitting another glob of blood out of his mouth. Quickly he vanished, reappearing, his guns drawn outside of the circle, 8 more skeletons spawning out of the ground. "Burn in the pit of Tartarus..My name is Nathan Maxwell...son of the ghost." He stated as he pulled the trigger on his gun, the lives of the three boys weighing on him as they took their last breaths.

He spit out some more blood, feeling scratches all along his face. He groaned as he looked too Chiara and sent his newly made Skeletons toward them, his pistols in hand as he shot down those the he could get a mark on.

Nathan was fighting his own battles amoung the army when the tragedy hit the small task force. He had just cut down a small group of monsters, his guns needing to be reloaded but with no time, and no ease of switching to his bow, he used his swords to cut through creatures and demigods alike. He had glanced and made sure of Chiara and Hayden's situations and that's when things went south fast.

First thing that Nathan heard from Hayden's name being screamed from Chiara's location and then the son of Melinoe turned and saw the spear that appeared in Hayden's neck. Nathan's eyes widened as he vanished and appeared where Hayden had fallen, catching the cold body and quivering in pain as he felt Hayden's life disappear. He broke the spear shaft and pulled it from Hayden's body, laying the form on the ground and roared in agony, tears starting to shed from his eyes.

His reloaded his guns and sheathed his swords, holstered his guns shortly after reloading and catching a rouge sword with his arms, the pain not even registering to his mind. He looked up at the face of the demigod that had attacked him. The boy had a smirk on his face till Nathan met his gaze. "If you know what's good for you...you'll put this little knife away and get the f*ck out of here...I see your face again and you'll be acquainted with the revolvers." He muttered barely above a whisper. The boy laughed which didn't help his situation ad within one fell swoop, Nathan had vanished behind the boy and with a quick motion jerked his head hard to the side and felt it snap, the body falling to the ground.

Nathan shuddered at the feeling of death passing over his body again but it was nothing compared to the pain he'd feel if he lost his other partner. Speaking of whom, Nathan looked up and saw Chiara had commandeered the tank and had opened fire on the demigods that Nathan presumed were responsible for Hayden's passing. He vanished and appeared atop the tank after the dust settled and knealt down beside Chiara. "I'm getting Hayden's body...and then we are leaving....you're too drained to control this tank and neither of us have the strength to deal with these numbers....we have to go now.." He said to her, pulling his revolvers out and firing at a few of the monsters that were starting to get back up from the disorienting blast.

Nathan wanted to protest her plan but he knew there was no stopping her. He didn't really think the charges would be enough but he thought about just how many of them they had managed to destroy and thought that maybe it could work. Plus he knew that denying the daughter of Ares would be a death wish he didn't plan to deal with right now. He turned and looked towards Hayden. He breathed in deeply and suddenly the stress of his abilities weighed on him and he shuddered for a second. '...two more and I'm out...' He thought to himself and with a quick breath he vanished and appeared next to Hayden's body.

He shuddered beside the body and staggered a bit, getting hit in the back by a sword slash from a monster that wasn't trying to recover from the tank fire. He turned, recovering long enough to pull his revolvers and shoot down the creature, but then he fell to his knee, the pain from the gash in his back starting to run through his body. The armor protected him for the most part, but the blade still managed to cause a decent wound and blood was seeping from the source of the pain.

Nathan shook his head, feeling the sweat roll down his face and groaning, standing to his feet and looking down at his ally's body. "I need a vacation after this bullsh!t.." He muttered and holstered his guns, quickly picking up Hayden's body and then vanishing one more time, appearing on the rooftop where Chiara had landed with the pegasi. He quickly strapped Hayden's body down to his horse and turned, pulling his grenade belts out and tossing them to Chiara then suddenly staggering to the ground as the fatigue from his last jump hitting him like a freight train.

"...I absolutely hate everything right now..." He muttered in agony from the pain he felt and the fatigue that was making his body slowly go limp. He had eaten an ambrosia square but even that was starting to fade off and his tired form was creeping over him and making him progressively more and more useless by the minute. He struggled on his own horse as best he could and drew his pistols..firing at the few monsters that he could manage to target before his 12 shots were gone.

"I can't hardly keep my eyes open anymore..let alone keep fighting, Chiara.." He told her, barely able to holster his own weapons or even keep himself on his horse.