Collab: [color=6ecff6]Wintergrey[/color] and [color=00aeef]Kindred[/color] ([color=6ecff6]Skylar[/color] and [color=00aeef]Troy[/color]) ------------------------------------------------------- [color=00aeef][u][b]The Rebellious Duo in "Daddy Issues"[/b][/u][/color] As Troy walked through the camp he could hear his stomach start to growl. The longer he walked the louder it seemed to get. He understood why his stomach was torturing him. He had tortured it the previous night by skipping dinner and training instead. He always needed to train when he wanted to get his mind off of the stupidity of his father and the rest of the gods of Olympus. A sigh escaped his lips before he changed directions and headed towards the smell of food. It seemed that the year rounders and returning campers were already getting to that Camp Half-Blood breakfast. He finally arrived to see a number of campers. He didn't recognize all of them. [color=00aeef]"First years."[/color] He guessed. They were pretty easy to pick out. One of the returning campers that he recognized was another of the Big Three. Her name was Skylar and they were more alike than people might think. At least when it came to first glance. Despite their opposing powers they both had problems controlling their anger and they both had problems with their fathers. They were like two sides of the same coin. He found it strange that she returned here. She didn't have to come back. She was practically an adult now and they weren't required to return. Troy always figured that was one of the reasons his older brother hadn't returned. Troy shrugged his shoulders and walked up to Skylar. [color=00aeef]"Already giving the first years trouble?"[/color] Skylar glared up from her coffee. It had embed her mood, but it was still much too early for her to be considered close to happy. [color=6ecff6]"Yeah Troy, so? Bloody things walk around like a new born deer."[/color] She turned back to the black drink in her cup and took another deep sip. Looking around her she could see the table was empty. Anyone that had been sitting down there had quickly moved when they saw the moody Zeus child. Skylar noticed that the kids at the other tables were laughing with each other, having a good time, even for being so early in the morning. They had all kinds of interesting food on their plates; chocolate chip pancakes, ice cream, even a rack of ribs for some big Ares kid. The food at Camp Half-Blood was amazing, but Skylar was never hungry first thing in the morning. Noticing that Troy still standing next to her she turned back to him, [color=6ecff6]"What? You need something swamp-face?"[/color] Troy smirked when Skylar asked him if he wanted anything and even called him swamp-face. He surprisingly didn't get angry when she called him stupid names. He took it more as a challenge. [color=00aeef]"For once, no. I just wanted to talk to you. No daggers of words aimed."[/color] He sat down at the table across from her and just looked at her. He didn't even know how to start this off. He was about to speak, but was interrupted by a plate being placed right in front of him. It was a blue colored waffle. The wood nymphs played this trick on him at the beginning of every summer. Apparently his older brother loved blue colored food. It was honestly the oddest thing he even heard of. [color=00aeef]"Funny."[/color] He muttered. [color=00aeef]"Can I have my regular colored pancakes now?"[/color] He looked down at his plate to see the waffles replaced with pancakes. He turned to Skylar while picking up a fork. [color=00aeef]"Now. I wanted to know if you heard about this war between the gods that's happening and what you think about it."[/color] Sighing inwardly as Troy sat down across from her, she chose to take her time answering. Instead she picked up her mug and took a deep, long sip, intentionally drawing it out. Meanwhile she kept her eyes locked on the kid across from her, [color=6ecff6]"Yeah I heard. So what, daddy issues acting up again? Nervous of Poseidon's wrath?"[/color] She shook her head, hair whipping around her face. It settled back into place bisected by a braid running down her head, separating the shaved part of her head from the not. The tattoo of a rose stood out, as small bolts of lightning flashed along the side of her skull. The bolts indicated that he had irked her, though he may not have known that, and they quickly died out soon after showing themselves. Another indicator, this time that she was hungry. Not for food, but for energy. She was going to have to recharge soon. Maybe she'd visit some of the Hephaestus kids after she finished her drink. Skylar definitely knew how to irk someone. He sat there impatiently as she took a long sip from her coffee mug. He had half the mind to attack her with this fork, but he really wanted to use it to attack his pancakes. The flash of lightning along the shaved part of her head caught his attention. It was enough to almost get his mind off of her comment. [color=00aeef]"Pft. As if I'm scared of Poseidon's wrath. If I was I wouldn't be joining your old man's side just to spite him. As much as I'd love to be neutral in this conflict I'd love to go against the Earth-shaker more. There's nothing he could do to me that would hurt me more than what he didn't do those years ago."[/color] Troy was sure that she knew why he hated his father so much. He hadn't really talked to anyone about it, but the Satyr who brought him to the camp wasn't the type to keep his mouth shut. He almost hated him for it, but he didn't really blame him. He wasn't Poseidon. He didn't know that tragedy would strike his mother if he didn't get there in time. Plus they weren't the types to keep stories to themselves while flirting with tree spirits. [color=00aeef]"I'm sure you're not scared of your father's wrath either."[/color] Skylar nearly laughed when he said that. She stood up abruptly from the table and still laughing made her way around him to the nearby toaster that was sitting on a table. Plucking at the her gloved fingers, she quickly pulled off the black rubber glove that kept her from electrocuting people she touched. [color=6ecff6]"Phhh, what's he going to do? Strike me with lightning?"[/color] With that she unplugged the toaster and grabbing a fork, shoved it into the open socket. Electricity flowed out along the metal conductor and straight into her body. Instantly Skylar's mood improved as her eyes rolled back and her head tilted up. Perfect morning pick me up. When she was done she turned to him and said, [color=6ecff6]"I'm a fucking battery, all he would do is charge me up again."[/color] Troy shrugged and started eating his pancakes. After he finished chewing he looked back to Skylar and said, [color=00aeef]"Well, he could turn you into a tree or constellation. Both of which is pretty boring. What would Poseidon do to me? Drown me? I can't drown. We're basically mini versions of our parents."[/color] Her nose crinkled at the thought and anger flowed into her body. She pointed the finger of her left hand straight at Troy, still ungloved. [color=6ecff6]"Listen, muck-brain, I'm nothing like my father!"[/color] The words came out of her mouth a low hiss, adding on to the loud crackling, humming sound of the electricity that was running along her hand. At this distance he would be able to see the sparks flying of her white hands, they hair on his head would raise, and the fear of water-boy being electrocuted would be envoked. Troy's expression seemed to remain the same, but inside his anger started to slowly boil. How dare she threaten him with a shock of her lightning? He sighed heavily before standing up from his seat at the table and placing his fork back onto his plate. [color=00aeef]"Right, because father dearest wouldn't electrocute someone because they were a little angry. Listen, Sky-Bird."[/color] He admittedly wasn't as good as her when it came to the naming game. What bad thing could you really say ab---Aha. He finally got it. [color=00aeef]"Sparky."[/color] Yeah, that'd do it. [color=00aeef]"You probably hate your father almost as much as I hate mine, but you have to realize we are similar to them. As much as I hate having any similarities to the damned Earth-Shaker I don't go around denying who or what I am. You may scare the other kids here, but you don't scare me. We're both kids of the Big Three. Strike me if you want to, but you'll see why they call me his son."[/color] He clenched both his fists and tried to control himself, but he could already feel the ground beneath them start to shake. A grin spread across her face. [color=6ecff6]"What, you gunna soak me with your super-soaker? I don't deny what I am, fish-brain. I relish in the fact that I'm the daughter of one of the most powerful gods in the world. And that I can kick your bloody ass."[/color] As the ground beneath her began to shake she collected the wind around her, levitating above the ground. This fight was stupid, silly really, but Skylar never backed down from a fight. And besides the idiot had thought 'sky-bird' and 'sparky' were good insulting nicknames. [color=00aeef][i]"Dammit."[/i][/color] Troy thought to himself. [color=00aeef][i]"Here she comes with more good insulting nicknames."[/i][/color] He watched as she started to float off the ground. He almost forgot that she could do that, but it didn't mean much. [color=00aeef]"Soak you? I'm sure you've guessed it by now. I'm going to [i]bury[/i] you. I do find it funny that you think you could kick my ass."[/color] The ground started to shake more and Troy slightly unclenched his fists before slowly lifting him in the air. He could barely lift them before he felt a hand around his right wrist. He turned and yelled, [color=00aeef]"WHAT!?"[/color] before realizing who he had been talking to. [color=f26522]"That is [i]enough[/i], Troy. You've been here long enough to know better than that. Look at the picture and calm down."[/color] Chiron released Troy's wrist and let him fidget in his pocket for a Polaroid picture before turning his attention over to Skylar. Skylar's eye's widened slightly as she saw Chiron stand up behind Troy. After quickly reprimanding him, Chiron turned to Skylar and jerked her out of the air. [color=f26522]"What do you think you're doing, picking a fight with the camper? You're a guest here and an adult."[/color] He smacked her across the back of the head and the hair on the right side of her head flipped around her face. Indigently she refused to say anything, walking off back towards the cabins. Despite the anger in her she knew that Chiron was right. She was supposed to be the bigger person here, but man was that stupid squid annoying.