Mad Max...

A month ago, Max had gotten a quest from Chiron stating that there was a giant boar rampaging nearby, headed for the camp and may reach in a few days. Max was confused because he had heard no boars trying destroy Camp.

He had gone to the oracle and tried to get a prophecy or any clues to why this happened. He guessed it was a butterfly effect, but wanted to be sure. But the oracle stayed silent and unmoving. "Oh! Now you shut up...just fucking great..." he was cursing under his breath as he got ready to head out.

Chiron had told that he would send more campers after him, he was to only scout, not engage.

He packed his Leviathan axe a bunch of tomahawks and his gun. He reached the last known location and found a humongous 25foot boar about to run a fallen person through.

Its eyes glowed with bloodshot fire: its neck was stiff with bristles, and the hairs, on its hide, bristled stiffly like spear-shafts, the hairs stood like tall spears. Hot foam flecked the broad shoulders, from its hoarse grunting. Its tusks were twice the size of an Indian elephant's, it ends split into two making it twice more dangerous. Lightning came from its mouth and the leaves were scorched, by its breath. {a.n.- modified extract from wiki}

It charged building momentum, Max quickly took out his gun started firing. The bullets bounced of its skin but it did the job of distracting the boar from the person. The boar changed directions mid-charge without losing momentum and headed towards the source of its irritation.

Max had to leap out of the way of the charging boar, but his bike was done in. The boar trampled it bending the bike in a slight-U shape. Veins popped in his forehead, he ground his teeth, threatening to become dust.

Max was Mad.

The boar had turned around to have another go at him. Max took out his Shepherd's crook but put it back inside. No, this was gonna be personal. He took the huge [Rosa] knife and a tomahawk in each hand.

The beast charged, but was not fast cause it had not much space inbetween them to gain momentum. It lowered its tusk to impale him. Max deftly stepped aside and chopped the tusk with his tomahawk hooking it dragging Max with it. The now enraged boar try to throw him off its head but it resulted on him landing on its shoulder.

Max quickly pierced the knife into the shoulder to make a hand hold, but the boar kept bucking trying to throw him off. The lightning and fire sparks were stinging and singing his clothes, almost completely burning off his shirt and parts of his pants. Dee (smaragdí) who was wrapped around his waist was now around his neck hissing in anger at the boisterous boar.

After an hour of fierce bucking, throwing its head side to side and crashing into trees and boulders, trying to shake Max off its head and some well timed two fisted slams and kicks to the head, disorienting it, it stopped and crashed to the ground, falling sideways. He had yet to notice the silent audience that had gathered around the fallen person watching the fight.

Max jumped down from its head, and went towards it. He took out his Leviathan axe and chopped of its tusk first and then its head. Contrary to what he thought would happen, the boars body did not dissipate, instead a mix of gold-silver blood leaked out of its severed body.

"Take it" A voice said. He turned around to find a woman surrounded by girls of different ages in similar clothing and armour. Each and everyone armed with a bow and a spear. She was tall and possessed a well-built body like an athlete and tanned skin. She had shoulder-length raven-black hair and striking silver-grey eyes. She had a white moon shaped clip to keep her braid in place.

"Artemis" Max said under his breath. He turned back and got a small bent flask from his bike, or what's left of it.

"You seem to have recognized me boy~" she said 'boy' with a smirk. Max just gave a nod and a small bow and went back to his work collecting the blood. He collected his leather jacket from the floor and wore it replacing his shredded camp shirt.

"Pretty impressive to slay the Calydonian Boar. It had taken whole armies to kill it in the past." Artemis came closer examining the body of the dead boar. Max just snorted in amusement but kept quite otherwise.

"Thank you for saving one of my foolish adopted daughters. She tried to face it alone, but now knows not to. Tell me what your name is?" Artemis asked. "Max" he just said simply.

"So you are the rumoured son of Pan. But tell my one thing. Why do you give me these curt answers so? I have heard you are quite the talkative one." she asked raising her eyebrows.

Max sighed and raised a finger, "One: my bike got smashed. Two: my favourite shirt got destroyed. Three: I'm sick and tired of quests and Oracles. Four: any man that encounters you will either be cursed or killed. I'm just waiting for either one to happen if not both. And lastly five: I have a 'feeling' neither your Dad nor your brother would like me if they met me, which further proves and solidifies my forth point, given their track record. I mean look at Arkas, Sipriotes or Orion to say a few."

Even the air froze at his words, an uncomfortable silence hung in the surrounding. So silent, even the birds and bees were silent. The silence would have continued if not for six dogs started barking and charged at Max, full tilt.