Camp Half-Blood (departure)

"Please Chiron let me train. All I could do when we were attacked was try to slow it down if I had been able to fight mum might have been saved all I know is some theory on how to use weapons I need experience and guidance even if it is only training it is better than what I have and gives me a higher chance of survival than me just going out and learning through fighting real battles without any training." it has been a day since I carried Percy into Camp Half-Blood and I have been trying to get Chiron to agree to letting me train since I woke up this morning.

"Even if you have somehow miraculously recovered from your injuries you gained last night I can not in good conscience train you to live in a world that is not your own world young Nightingale and that is final." Chiron gave the same reply he has been giving me all day so far still refusing to train me and it was getting on my nerves.

"Fine I'll be heading out then since apparently, I am not a part of this world there is no point in me staying here. Look after my brother and try not to let him get himself killed, you may have noticed but he likes doing his own thing and doesn't take kindly to being told not to do something." I tell Chiron as I grab my duster that was hanging from the chair I had been sitting in on the balcony beside Chiron and start heading towards the pine tree on the hill so that I can leave there was no reason for me to remain if I can't train other than looking after Percy but he doesn't need me and I don't like staying in one place for an extended period of time with nothing to do.

"Very well may the fates guard your journey back to civilisation young Nightingale." Chiron watches me depart while giving me a farewell.

"Oh, I'm sure they will be watching they were rather interested in me when we chatted earlier," I call back to him as I walk down the road towards the city a celestial bronze knife I may or may not have grabbed from the armoury hanging beside my steel knife on my belt while I leave Chiron puzzling over what I just told him.

---sometime later that day---

"Well, well, well, would you look at this lads come on lass what do you say we show you a good time?"

"Sorry I don't think you could entertain me for long boys" I laugh palming my knife while turning towards the scruffy man leaning against the alleyway wall who had just called out to me when I feel something off about the man sitting in the back of the alley something that reminds me of the god who sent me into this world.

"Haha, chick thinks she's scary with the little toy she has there in her hand." The men laugh at me and I just grin, I had no opportunities to get into any real fights at school and I had no real weapons to use against the Minotaur so I had a large amount of pent up emotions, not to mention the reason that I took a knife over something like a sword from Camp Half-Blood's armoury was that in my past life my main weapons were bolt action rifles, bows and daggers/knives so I knew how to fight with one and had spared with people before until swords where I didn't have much experience in using them.

"You would be surprised how much damage some toys can do, I mean with how tight your asses must be even a medium-sized dildo would probably cause some damage let alone a large one," I call to them the grin still apparent on my face as I stand there one foot slightly further back than the other knife held by my side in my left hand reverse grip waiting for them to make the first move. I didn't need to wait for long as it seems they had rather thin skin if their rage from my weak taunt is anything to go by.

Not one to wait for someone to reach me I moved in towards them dropping to the ground as I do sliding across the ground between the legs of the one in the front and as I slide past I slash at his legs hitting the muscles taking care to avoid the artery in his legs as killing him would probably be hard to explain if any police asked about it. Coming up in the middle of the group of them with the one I had just slid through dropping to the ground his legs no longer supporting his weight I spin my leg around in a circle tripping them and forcing them to back up slightly I also get an idea of their locations and numbers '5 total 1 down we can do this Lily mind helping me keep track of how many are left if I lose count?' 'sure Night give them hell but remember they aren't worth killing maiming them permanently on the other hand' I grin hearing Lily knowing we are both in agreement about how to deal with these fools.

Without waiting for them to recover I dash up to the person directly in front of me and slash my knife at his arm which is holding a pipe he was the only one armed with anything from the initial glance I had taken so I determined him to be the bigger threat as fists weren't the most difficult things to deal with. Catching the fool with the pipe by surprise he was slightly too slow in bringing his arm back and I managed to get the inside of his elbow forcing him to drop the pipe to the ground as I then kick down on his leag bending it at an odd angle, deeming him to be out of commission I turn and put my back to a wall sizing up the remaining three left who had finally gotten up off of the ground, "want to keep going or are you going to take these two and run?" I ask them as I flick my wrist to clean the blood off of my knife before falling back into the stance I was in at the start of the fight.

Seeing this the three remaining look at the two on the ground before grabbing them and running shouting about how I was a crazy sociopath. Hearing this I laugh and call back thanks for the complement lads, "well that was interesting just like you." hearing an unknown voice right beside me I slash my celestial bronze dagger a the person out of instinct as with my steel dagger in my left hand and the newcomer on my right I had nothing else within easy access to attack with and I was still on edge from the fight earlier.

"Well that is one way of greeting someone I suppose." the person remarks catching my arm and my blade with it as I finally get a look at the person I don't know how to react as they were the person who was at the end of the alley, "I suppose introductions are in order young one my name is Hades what about you?" I stare a the person who just introduced themselves as the god of the dead and the underworld finally it clicks why I got the feeling they were similar to the person who sent me here they were both gods though probably of different power levels.

"Sorry for staring lord Hades my name is Nightingale may I ask why you are here?" I reply with respect for multiple reasons the main being that he was one of the few Olympian gods I liked in my past lives the others being Artemis, Athena, Hestia and Hephaistus.

"Oh I was just curious about you as I noticed I have no claim on your soul and wanted to see what kind of person you were till next we meet be well." and with that, he just disappeared into the darkness of the alley.

"Right till next time."