430AN: I realized last chapter I forgot to mention in the author note what to picture for Percy's pistol scythes. They look like Emerald Sustrai's weapons in RWBY
AN2: I haven't been able to think of a pairing for this story but it isn't going to be Percabeth (I have someone in mind for her) so suggestions please.
The Silver Hunter 2
Chapter 2
-Percy-
Eyes narrowed he stared out around at his opponents of this high stakes match. He was facing against three other opponents whose skill could almost equal his own. Finally, the final moment came down as his first opponent made their move, "Pair of sevens." Beckendorf said, the councilor of the Hephaestus cabin laying down the five cards of his hand.
"Two pair, three and four." Will Solace said smugly, putting down a hand that was better than Beckendorf's.
"Three of a kind, Nine." Luke grinned, showing the so far winning hand as the son of Hermes reached out for the pile of chips in the middle.
"Hold up there Goldie Locks," he said with a smirk as he showed his hand "Royal flush, spades." Causing groans from the others as they threw out their cards and he took the last of their drachma and cash they were gambling with for the weekly guys' night poker tournament.
"Okay, no more poker!" Will said irritably, "I'm the son of the freaking god of truth and I can't even tell when you're bluffing or not."
"What can I say, I'm just that good." He said with a smirk as he flipped a drachma into the air and caught it.
"That's it Jackson," Luke growled jokingly "Super Demigod Brawl! Right here, right now! There's no way you can beat me at my own game!"
Grinning he looked at the game station and the game what was designed by some children of Hephaestus and Athena that was like that Nintendo game 'Super Smash Brothers Brawl' but using demigods throughout history as the characters instead, his mom was even a playable character. An hour later everyone in camp looked up as from the Hephaestus cabin came a yell of "Damn you Jackson!" followed by a mad cackle.
-Chiron-
Hearing the furious scream followed by a mad cackle he sighed as he looked at Dionysus and the Satyrs that had joined them for a game of Pinochle. "Looks like young Perseus inherited his mother's skill at gambling." He said as he looked at his hand, glancing at his fellow card players as the two Satyrs looked confused and Dionysus was chuckling gleefully.
"I did miss hearing people yelling angrily at a Jackson who won all their money." The god of Wine said amused before laying down their hand, the Satyrs following with worse cards than the god of Revelry, "And it looks like I win."
"Not quite." He said with a smirk as he laid down a hand that was better than Dionysus'.
-Annabeth-
She was working on her strategy for the upcoming Capture the flag game when she heard the familiar voice of Luke yell out "Damn you Jackson!" followed by a mad cackle which she assumed was from the new guy Percy who she knew was taking part in the guys' night thing that Luke was going to.
A couple minutes later she heard a voice that sounded like Mr. D's scream out "Damn you Chiron!" followed by a loud bellowing laugh causing her to sigh and slap a palm to her face.
"Boys." She groaned as her sisters giggled in amused agreement and her brothers looked at her irritated.
-Percy-
Bobbing his head in time with his music he continued tinkering on a piece to a project he had been working on with his mom for the past couple years. He was shaken from his focus though when the P.A system every private room in the Hephaestus Cabin had turned on, Beckendorf's voice coming out "Yo Perce! Get your scrawny ass up here! Annabeth and Clarisse are both here to try and convince us to join their team for capture the flag Friday and you're the main asset they're after so you might as well be here."
"Be up in a minute Beck!" he called as he locked up his project and notes before hopping onto his bed and flipping a switch, cackling out "HA HA HA! I ASCEND!"
Getting to the main floor of the cabin the dome for his bed opened up to see an exasperated Beckendorf and two face palming girls, "Seriously Perce?" his Uncle asked but he could tell the older demigod was amused "A Borderlands reference?"
"Of course Minion!" he grinned, in a good mood due to a breakthrough he had made with his project.
"Keep it up and I'll lock you in a room with the Aphrodite Cabin." His Uncle threatened.
"Shutting up." He promised wide eyed, horrified at the thought of that as while the Aphrodite girls definitely inherited their mother's looks most of them were the equivalent of useless brain dead fan girls.
"Good boy," Beck grinned, a smug gleam in his Uncle's eye now that the man had a useable threat against him "now come on. The girls want to talk to the two of us so we're going to have our discussion in the rec room." Nodding he followed his Uncle and the two girls up to the second floor of the Cabin as the girls, who apparently hadn't seen it before, gaped in shock at the set up they had.
"So," he said as he flopped into a recliner "what are your arguments?"
"It's obvious why you should join the Ares cabin for Friday's game," the girl he didn't recognize, who he figured was Clarisse, spoke up instantly "the red team has every cabin but yours, Apollo, Hermes, and Athena allied with us. Added to that Ares has the greatest fighters in the entire camp. There's no way we can lose.
"Interesting." Beckendorf said but he could tell that his Uncle was irritated at the dis against Cabin Nine's fighting abilities, even if it was unintentional, "What about you Annabeth?"
"We already have Hermes and Apollo allied with us who are the two largest cabins," Annabeth said instantly "added to that Hermes has the most variety gives us an edge. Furthermore Athena have the best strategists and thinkers at camp, something your cabin should appreciate."
Frowning he looked at the two girls, one who insulted his cabin's strength and the other who insulted their minds before he got an idea, "Give me a minute to…discuss the situation with Beckendorf for a minute, will you girls?" he asked as he grabbed Beckendorf by the elbow and dragged the larger demigod out of earshot. "You as pissed at them right now as I am?" he asked his Uncle once they were a safe distance.
"Yeah, they both need to have their egos cut down a few pegs." Beckendorf said darkly as he gave his Uncle a grin and explained his plan.
-Annabeth-
"Why even bother trying to convince them otherwise Clarisse?" she asked her rival smugly as the two Hephaestus Cabin members discussed things in the corner, "My Cabin is clearly superior to yours. Plus Hephaestus is a Forge god, his children would appreciate the strengths of the mind."
"Not likely Owl Shit," Clarisse snarked, "my cabin is by far stronger than yours and added to that they make weapons, something that are meant to be used by Warriors not Scholars like your cabin."
Before she could return fire to the barb against her cabin Percy and Beckendorf walked back over, "We've made our decision." Beckendorf said with a wide grin, Percy standing behind the leader of Cabin Nine with a smug smirk.
"We've decided…to be our own team." Percy continued as she gaped and Clarisse let out a noise like she was being strangled.
"You what?!" she yelled in tandem with her rival.
"You both insulted our Cabin." Beckendorf explained, the college age demigod explained, his joviality replaced by cold anger "Clarisse you insulted our strength, and Annabeth you insulted our minds. We're going to show you how bad of an idea that was." Despite herself, she couldn't hold back the gulp at the look she was receiving and hoped her Hubris hadn't gotten her in over her head. Judging by the auras of power and anger around the two demigods that hope was in vain.
-Chiron-
Looking around at the three teams, he had to hold back at a shudder at the looks of controlled rage on the faces of Cabin nine, even little Harley looked ready to tear someone apart as they glared at the Red and Blue teams. "Are the three teams ready?" he asked as the leaders of the teams stepped forward along with their seconds in command. Annabeth represented the blue team along with her brother Malcolm, Clarisse represented the red team along one of the sons of Dionysus, and Beckendorf represented the new silver team along with Percy.
"We're more than ready Chiron." Beckendorf said, the powerful demigod's voice firm and unwavering as the leaders of blue and red flinched involuntarily before nodding themselves.
"Then to your marks!" he ordered as the three teams began running to their assigned areas. The creek was the boundary for all three teams as it ran for a good ways before forking creating three distinct zones that were to be used. What he couldn't figure out though was what Cabin Nine had planned. For the past five days they had been working non-stop on whatever they had planned for tonight. They had even received a shipment of…something from Sally Jackson a few days before as he shuddered at the thought of what that woman had gotten to avenge her Cabin's honor as he knew she had nearly limitless resources.
Sally was incredibly wealthy due to the fact that when she was still a teenager she made a deal with Athena to get her Dyslexia removed in exchange she made a robotic owl for the goddess of wisdom. Using her gift Sally went on to write over a dozen best-selling novels and was incredibly wealthy. A wealthy, angry, Sally Jackson was a terrifying thought. When he blew the conch horn to begin the game and used several iris message clouds to observe the forest he finally saw what Cabin Nine had prepared.
Automatons.
But not one or two, no, he saw hundreds of fully armed automatons charging through the woods, tanking through everything the other two cabins sent at them while Nyssa and Beckendorf went with the two groups to capture the flags. Percy he saw was staying with their flag as a guard while the rest of cabin nine set up traps. The few people to get into the zone controlled by cabin nine were either captured by traps or hit with paintballs fired by a training sniper riffle Percy had shown him before and gotten approved for the game.
Seeing Beckendorf and Nyssa run back over the boundary line, their flags turning Silver with a grey hammer, he blew the horn to signal the end of the game as the three teams returned to the main part of the camp along with the hundreds of automatons.
"Cabin nine has won the day," he declared when the teams were all back, "although I must ask Beckendorf, where did you get these the materials to make these automatons and what are they made of?" He asked because he couldn't see an ounce of Celestial bronze anywhere on them but he knew automatons needed a divine metal to function properly.
"They're made of titanium with a celestial bronze control chip." Beckendorf explained with a smirk "And these are all conjured from an array which the original is sitting inside. Percy created the array and helped design the robot, even came up with the plan, while we spent the week building it. Sally Jackson provided the titanium."
"That…that's amazing!" he exclaimed in awe at the marvel of engineering.
"Yep, and they provide an extra defense for the camp if there's a large swarm of monsters." Beckendorf added with a grin, clapping Percy on the shoulder, "Percy is defiantly the most creative demigod I've ever met. I've already offered him a place in Cabin nine even after he gets claimed."
"Speak of the Hades." Dionysus spoke up next to him as they saw the air above Percy begin to shimmer and glow, light beginning to take shape in a claiming symbol.
"Finally!" Percy exclaimed eagerly, "Alright pops, let's see who you are!"
When the symbol finally settled he gaped before declaring "All hail Perseus Jackson! Son of Poseidon, god of the seas, earth shaker, storm bringer, and the father of horses!"
He wasn't sure what sort of reaction he was expecting from Percy, whether it be shock, awe, or even some cockiness. What he wasn't expecting was "Huh, so that's why mom never took me to the beach."