A Tournament for the Fifth

Chrion dismissed us from the game room so we could eat dinner before Mr.D released the Cleaning Harpies. The four of us walked to the Mess hall and chatted about the quest and who the fifth member of our team should be. I suggested one of my friends from the Hermes cabin. But he was currently at college. I was the oldest of the group and had been at the camp the longest so I knew alot more campers.

We decided to ask around after dinner and see who we could find on short notice. We had to meet the Egyptians on the Williamsburg Bridge in three days. This would give us plenty of time to practice with each other and learn as much as we could about the Egyptian's, their gods, and their monsters.

I continued to run through a list of potential campers in my mind until we came to the Mess hall. We loaded our plates and grabbed a goblet that fiautomatically filled with our favorite drinks. I sat down at my table and started looking at each table thinking of who would be the best demigod for the job. It was early fall and a lot of the campers had left for school already. The only demigods left were the year rounders, which meant there were less than a hundred campers now.

I inhailed my dinner thinking of how to choose somone on such short notice. Angel, my pet cat, jumped onto the table  a chicken wing in her mouth. She had been at the meeting but had raced off once the meeting ended to snag something to eat.

"Any ideas on who we should choose?" I asked her.

"Hmm," She mused licking her lips. "Why should you choose someone, why not have someone prove himself to the four of you."

I looked at Ange, l sometimes I forget that she actually gave good advice. I thought for a moment the stood and walked to the head table to talk to Mr.D.

"Mr.D would you mind if I made a small announcement?" I asked.

"What's the announcement Jacob?" He asked porposely forgetting my name. I briefly explained it to him and after a few moments he waved his hand allowing me to make my speech. I turned and faced the crowd of demigods. I raised my hands for quiet but no one noticed me. I hands my hands higher and a loud clap of thunder immediatley silenced the hall all eyes were on me.

"Heroes and Heroines!" I shouted. "For those of you who don't know me my name is Joseph Mierek, Son of Zeus. The gods have selected Johnny Levine, Jason Knight, Alex Janicek and myself for a dangerous mission."

Mr.D snapped his fingers and an image of the beast, Karokan, appeared over eveyone's head. The camper's gasped in surprise and fear. "This is our target." I continued. "This beast was created by Hades and Osiris, the Egyptian god of the dead. From what chiron has told us the beast was created to guard the Underworld and something called the Du'at. Unfoutunately the beast escaped from the gods' control and broke loose into our world."

A mummer of uncertainty went through the crowd. "Our quest is to recapture the beast or to destroy it if we are unable to subdue it. This quest will not be easy. The beast can transform into any combination of animal or monster. It breaths fire, it's touch is poison, and it can teleport anywhere in the world."

I waited a moment and let the information sink in. "The four of us are looking for one final member to join our quest. Those who wish to join us meet the four of us in the sword area in thirty minutes. There we shall determine who is most suitable to join our quest." I with that I nodded to my fellow questers and we exited the Mess hall.

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