VII
Frank
Frank was having trouble with the enemy.
The other ship was already starting to lower gangplanks and lines. People in ancient Greek armor walked on and started to inspect the crew of the Argo II.
"Εσείς οι άνθρωποι δεν πρέπει να έχουν έρθει εδώ ." One of them said.
"What did they just say?" Frank asked Jason.
"Oh, um- this is ah- bad news. They said that we shouldn't have come here, and they seemed like they meant it."
"Oh, great-"
"Frank, DUCK!"
Jason pushed him away just as one of the men came at him with a sword. Jason then summoned a blast of lightning and shot the man square in the chest. He crumpled to the floor, unconscious.
"Thanks, man." Frank said.
"Don't mention it." Jason said.
Behind the throng of warriors, Frank could just see one man who had a relatively short beard, holding a very long sword who seemed to be giving commands to the warriors.
He looked, actually, quite good, with a beard, bronze chestplate and a lot of hair-which was weird considering the fact that he had to be at least 60,70 years old. His face was covered with wrinkles. Beside him were some more men, each one holding a sword.
The man said in English, "What are you doing here? You demigods need to-"
All of a sudden, he fell to the ground. When he rose, his eyes were glowing red, and his voice was old, raspy- the sound of mother earth.
"You may have evaded my capture for a long time, but it's time for you to die. Warriors, attack."
The Greek warriors all rushed forward, including the bearded man, who Gaea seemed to have trouble controlling. Frank turned into a drakon-never an easy feat- and charged the man. Gaea seemed to be amused. No matter what he tried, Gaea would just keep deflecting them-and Frank was slowly growing tired. He didn't understand. Gaea wasn't exceptionally good with a sword. When had she gotten so good?
Gaea seemed to read his thoughts and said, "You're wondering who this is, aren't you? Well, you may have the privilege of meeting the original Jason and his Argonauts. I've managed to convince them to try to stop you, but of course I've run into a few problems."
Frank was so shocked at three things that Jason's sword almost slashed him. First, it was the fact that Mother Earth was on their ship now, and she had managed to control the original Jason. Second, it was that Gaea sounded so upbeat. She usually wasn't like this. She would dish out threats usually, or maybe the occasional warning or two, but she never sounded so happy. Third, Gaea was speaking. She would usually use telepathy to talk to them, but she never talked.
She was getting stronger much faster than before. It had barely been a day after they had left Rome, and she had already upgraded herself to Extremely Annoying Gaea Ver. 2. Not a good sign for them. If Gaea would awake in 1 month, her power would really skyrocket. Luckily, with one shot, Frank ripped through the man just as he was about to stab him in the neck.
Whoops. He had just killed Jason- the original Jason.
At least it got the other Greek warriors to leave. The moment Frank sliced through Jason, all the warriors aborted the capture and ran back to their already ravaged ship, courtesy of Leo' exploding cannonballs, screaming like little babies. Leo came over, sweating from trying to repair the ship from cannonballs and punctures, and immediately asked Frank, "Where's Nico?"
"Nico? Umm… I don't know."
All of a sudden a figure came out of the haze on the left of the boat, and what Frank saw was terrifying- a huge serpent-fish thing, which was heading straight towards them.
