Say My Name

Men of Honor
Two weeks had passed since they had sent Zack and Ava back to camp. It had been one week since the last encounter with the Romans. Caden remembered admitting he was prepared for a glorious death, and then laughing before the battle had begun. After that, everything was foggy. It was all a cloud of blood, snow, rock, and chaos. As he sat, perched on a rock atop a cave, he tried to calm himself down, to make an attempt to make sense of the last week.

Ok, first we fought them off for a bit... He thought, and it all started to come back to him. He had led the attack into the ranks of Romans, stabbing with his spear constantly, turning his foes into corpses with every jab. He shuddered, remembering the looks in all their eyes as he sent them from the world. It was all fighting and chaos, and he had briefly fought with the Roman leader, who he had identified as Marcus Bavaro. Bavaro had defeated him, and was about to kill him, but he was spared due to the timely intervention of Scott, who distracted Bavaro long enough for Caden to roll to his feet and call for a retreat. The group had fled, miraculously suffering no losses.

Occasionally, they'd encounter a patrol. They would kill the patrol, loot the bodies of anything useful, and make a break for it. The group got reinforcements from Camp, like Caden had requested. He looked down at the makeshift camp they had set up. There was himself, his new girlfriend, Ziva, his friends Carly, Maya, Sean, and Scott, as well as a group of Roman demigods from Camp Jupiter. The reinforcements from camp came in the form of another group of demigods and one demititan.

Firstly, there was Jarett Hawke. Jarett was a son of Thanatos and reminded Caden of a walking tank. Jarett carried a massive, creepy looking battle-axe wherever he went, and he really knew how to use it. He was a cocky bastard, though, and Caden had to remind him of the risks of their mission more than once, especially after he had charged a patrol alone.

Then there was Kensi Almeida, a daughter of Hades. Kensi distinctly reminded Caden of Maya. She was competitive, tough, a great fighter, and hated losing. She had really bonded with Carly, and Caden was glad for that. Tension between members of the team would be a bad experience for all of them. She was also a bit of a goof, which he didn't mind. It reminded them that there was a light at the end of the dark tunnel they were in, either way.

There was also Andrea Snow, a daughter of Hephaestus. He wasn't sure what to make of her. She was quiet, not as quiet as Scott was, but she was still quiet. He got the idea that she didn't trust others easily, but appeared to be close with Kensi. She also was good to have around, as she could repair all of their weapons if they broke or were close to breaking. She also carried not one, not two, but three swords that she called Arakhs. They were a strange, hook-like sword that reminded him of ancient Syrian weapons.

Finally, there was the most problematic member of the group, Thea Wayne, a demititan daughter of Hyperion. She resented not being in command, and had an overwhelming sense of superiority about her. This led to scraps with Carly, which worried Caden. She was good to have around as a back up scout, however. He would need more than one in the days to come, he expected.

He shook his head and hopped down from the top of the cave. He slipped on ice and fell back, hitting the ground hard. Something that wasn't fun about being Canada during the winter was that there was ice everywhere.