'Get a hold of yourself, Andie.' Andromeda thought, shaking her head, before suddenly on the other side of the creek the underbrush exploded and six Ares kids, including Clarisse, came charging out.
"Cream the punk!" Clarisse screamed glaring at Andromeda through her helmet and holding a five-foot long spear with a barbed metal tip that flickered with red light.
Suddenly, Jakob dropped down, slamming the Leviathan Axe into the ground which caused a shockwave of ice to explode from the impact area, nearly freezing the Ares' kids legs into ice sculptors had they not backed away in time but there was bits of frost sticking to them.
"Thought you weren't joining in?" Andromeda asked, though was relieved she wasn't alone against the Ares' kids.
"Got bored." Jakob said with a grunt. "But don't expect me to do more of this. this is a one-off."
"Got it." Andromeda nodded and stood beside him, smirking at Clarisse who looked a little unsure given how skilled the son of Thor was and how he has laid her out various times in a wrestling match... and also how he took her out in their first meeting. However, resolve entered her eyes and she gritted her teeth.
"Get Thorsson! Jackson is mine!" Clarisse ordered her siblings and the Ares' kids charged.
Jakob twirled his Axe and met Clarisse' brothers in a fight while Clarisse herself took on Andromeda. Jakob sidestepped and ducked his opponents' attacks, slamming the wooden part of the Axe into the stomach of one of the Ares kids, then grabbed him by the hair and sent him careening into his brother, causing them to tumble. The other three came at the son of Thor, one grabbing him from behind but Jakob drove his elbow into his stomach and hip-tossed him into one of his siblings, then clotheslined another.
"Damn..." Andromeda muttered with wide eyes as she watched Jakob take on the Ares kids, before her attention came back to Clarisse when the daughter of war charged at her with her spear at the ready.
With Andromeda quickly sidestepping a jab from Clarisse's spear, only to be forced to raise her shield when the older girl immediately swung it at her. Grunting as the spear hit her shield, feeling her arm rattle from the blow, only to suddenly feel a pain tingle course through her body. Before Andromeda felt her shield arm go completely numb and the air burning.
'Electricity, of course it has electricity.' Andromeda thought as her shield arm fell to her side, before she quickly backed away when Clarisse tried stabbing her again.
Raising her sword when the Daughter of Ares tried smashing her shield in the ravenette's face, managing to deflect the strike. Only to grunt in pain when Clarisse immediately struck her in the ribs with her spear, making Andromeda thankful for the armor. Feeling the electricity course through her body, Andromeda gagged when Clarisse slammed her foot into her chest sending her crashing to the ground.
'Jakob…seriously…help would be appreciated!' Andromeda thought looking at the son of Thor who had finished dealing with the other Ares kids and simply stood still with his arms crossed.
He gave her a look that said 'Learn to fight your own battles and not rely on help every so often.'
"What's the matter punk?! Where's all your bravado now?!" Clarisse taunted, while Andromeda struggled to get back up to her feet.
"I'm surprised you know what bravado means. Or did you look it up in a dictionary, if you know that is either." Said Andromeda, knowing that probably wasn't smart to say, grunting when Clarisse jabbed her leg, causing it to go numb.
Though she still tried to stay standing and lift her sword up, only for Clarisse to slam it aside with her spear, causing Andromeda's other arm to go numb.
"Oh, wow. I'm scared of the little girl. Really scared." Clarisse said mockingly, slamming her foot into Andromeda's chest again, knocking her back to the ground.
"At least I look like a girl rather than a talking pig." Andromeda stated, mentally wishing she knew how to filter what she said, grunting in pain when Clarisse slashed her across the arm.
"You really don't know when to shut up, do ya punk?!" Clarisse growled before kicking Andromeda into the creek.
"Here, since you enjoy splashing around so much! Stay there while I deal with Thorsson and try not to drown, until I'm done with you!" Said Clarisse before turning her attention to Jakob.
Only to stop when she saw Andromeda standing up, looking completely fine and refreshed, the ravenette feeling the water waking up her senses, feeling like she could do anything at the moment.
"What the fu-" Clarisse said in disbelief before raising her shield when Andromeda swung her sword at her, grunting in disbelief at the sudden strength she had.
Before the Daughter of Ares felt her shield come loose when Andromeda slammed her own shield down on top of it, knocking it off of Clarisse's arm. The sight making her scowl in anger before grabbing her spear with both hands, thrusting it forward at the ravenette. Though the moment she thrust her spear forward, Andromeda caught the shaft between the edge of her shield and sword. With her then snapping the spear in half like a twig, much to Clarisse's anger.
"Ah! You idiot! You corpse-breath worm!" Clarisse screamed in anger at her spear being broken.
Before she was silenced as Andromeda slammed the flat of her sword into her helmet, sending the helmet flying off her head. Followed by smashing the hilt of her sword in between Clarisse's eyes, sending the Daughter of Ares stumbling out of the creek and onto the ground.
"Impressive." Jakob said as he walked over.
"I could have used some help." Retorted Andromeda, only for Jakob to shrug.
"You aren't always going to have someone to fight for you, there'll be times where you'll need to fight your own battles. This seemed like a good chance to learn that, in a semi-safe environment." Jakob said, making the ravenette frown but also couldn't fault that logic.
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