31 Chapter 31 New Camp Director (2/2)

Once Tantalus said this I rose to my feet immediately sending a glare that read 'I fucking dare you.' The entire hall was loud as they all exclaimed their shock. After all, most of the kids here at camp really like Mother Medusa, especially the little ones. For some, she has come to be like the mother they never had. A mother that doesn't really show her emotions, that is. Almost everyone in the hall was glaring at Tantulus, making the reciever of all the glares to sweat a bit.

Percy was also clenching his fist, as his friend was also a monster, technically. The fact that Tantulus was openly admitting he has no problem slaying a monster, Meant that Tyson is not safe either.

Tantulus seemed to not able to cope with all the hateful glares anymore, so he changed his attention to Percy once more. ”This monster shall stay with us untill we know what to do with him.” Percy was angry as he spat out. ”Him.” Tantalus raised an eyebrow. ”We shall decide IT'S fate.”

Percy said something to Tyson, then came to sit down by my side. Tantulus gave a crooked smile and talked about how he wanted to torture all the children here. Which he explained is his way of getting to know them. An important peace of news was that he was reinstituting the chariot races. I was able to find out about it from a few campers. They said it was a deadly race that they would do on chariots, like the old ways. They took it away because it was too dangerous. 3 deaths and 26 mutilations too dangerous.

Tantulus seemed excited as he explained that each cabin must have a representative participate in the race. He also said that the winner will get a few rewards and that the winning cabin does not need to do any chores for the month won. This seemed to get people excited as conversation started to go around.

However, someone stood up to express her objections. It was Clarisse who stood up from the Ares table. Lucian noticed that she had a piece of paper taped to her back that said 'YOU MOO, GIRL!' It was surprising to Lucian that a tough girl like her would object to such a violent camp tradition.

”But sir! What about patrol duties? If we drop everything to ready our chariots-”  Tantulus cut her off before she could continue. ”Ahh, the hero of the day! Brave Clarisse, who single handedly bested the bronze bulls!” I raised an eyebrow. You have got to be kidding me, how can you shamelessly say that when everyone here saw me kill the bulls?

Clarisse blinked, then blushed at the embarrassment. ”But sir, I didnt-” she was cut off again by Tantulus who said she was very modest. He was spouting some bull shit nonsense about having fun at the summer camp. Clarisse tried to ask about the tree, but Tantulus blew past those kinds of matters.

He started to point at Tyson, saying what they would do with him. ”Normally I would throw him into the woods and tell you guys to chase after him with a pointy stick. However, since it seems that we already have a monster living in this camp, I found it in the goodness of my heart to spare his life. However now we must decide where we should stable such a beast. I thought about the stables, but that would just spook the horses. The Hermes cabin is to full for such a big beast-”

Tantalus was cut off by a sudden green glow. Everyone gasped as they looked at Tyson, or more specifically above him. Above his head glowed a green trident, the symbol of Poseidon.