Percy took hold of the ship's steering wheel. He gripped it tightly, heading straight towards the beast. As they grew closer and closer, a mutual feeling of fear seemed to wave over the entire ship.
"Hurry up, Jackson," Adrianne called loudly. Percy ignored her and continued straight for the monster. The crew of demigods held out swords and bows and some even held fire in their bare hands. I held my bow in my right hand and aimed a silver-tipped arrow at the approaching beast. Scylla thrashed and shrieked loudly, biting at fish and birds as it swam faster towards the coast and us.
The ship was about to crash straight into the stomach of the scaly monster. Percy continued forwards, still.
Is this really his plan?
"Now! Shoot," he shouted loudly. The ship began to turn sharply to the right. Scylla's many heads slapped the water and reached for the boat, but it moved faster than the monster. Arrows and swords ripping into its skin, and fire blasted its faces. Demigods shot at Scylla, and their swords were summoned back to them. I aimed at a moving head, and released the black arrow. It stabbed Scylla in one of its many eyes, and it continued growling and roaring at the boat. Percy willed the boat to move faster, and waves rushed to help it move forwards and away from Scylla. The beast followed the boat as he began moving South.
This was his plan, I realized, he's leading it to the Sea of Monsters.
When we were several hundred feet from the following beast, Percy ordered the crew to stop trying to shoot, not that they could anymore. He continued forward as quickly as he could force the boat to go, checking every once in a while that Scylla was still behind him.
It wasn't long before a large stream of dark clouds could be seen. They gave off an intimidating and terrifying feel, hovering almost angrily over the sea. I felt a shiver of coldness brisk through me, and I felt uncomfortable and awkward.
The boat began slowing down once we pushed through the dark clouds, and I could no longer sense where we were. This was no longer Poseidon's domain.
The beast was quickly catching up to our ship. "Percy," I called. "We have to get going!"
"I'm trying!" He moved the wheel, but we could no longer move as fast without the power of the sea behind us. A gust of wind finally began carrying us through the sea, the white sails on the boat blowing in the direction we travelled.
"Percy!" Our heads snapped over to see Grover in the middle of the ship. "Get going, there's something in the water!"
"Well, thanks, Grover," Percy shouted, "I hadn't noticed."
"No, something else, doofus! I can sense it! There's something bigger!"
"What?" Percy mumbled frantically to himself as he tried turning the boat in the other direction. Rain and wind pattered on our clothes and the sails and ship deck. A lightning strike reached down across the horizon.
The sea began turning even darker. The already dark water turned a black colour, as if it had been tainted by ink. I knew what it was.
"Leviathan!" I shouted loudly as rain began harshly pattering my face. "Percy, go!"
"I'm trying!" He yelled back at me, turning the wheel of the boat. It moved forwards, away from a barricade of jagged rocks.
There was a loud splash and a roar. A slimy body erupted from the dark surface of the water. Its snake-like head snapped and bared its yellow teeth.
My breath hitched and I went dizzy. I saw spots in my vision.
With a boom and another shake, a large beast erupted from the water's surface. It looked like a snake the size of an airplane. Slimy grey skin, gills, and fins. The most terrifying parts were the muscled legs coming out of the water and the full set of sharp teeth in its mouth.
"Leviathan!"
The boat shook and I fell to my butt in my hypnotic state. The beast sprang from the water's surface again, reaching straight towards the sky before attacking the boat. It chomped as it bit at the boat.
Water filled my lungs. My body moved freely. I hit something hard with my back, and my body tried to force the water out by coughing. More jet-black water rushed into my lungs, choking me. There was nothing I could do. This was not Poseidon's domain.
Something touched me. Something soft and small, grabbing my hand and pulling me. I managed to open my eyes to see a boy- Percy, holding his breath in the shadowy water and pulling me up.
Water sputtered from my mouth as we hit the surface. I coughed and gasped for air. The boat was upside down, broken and floating. Other demigods swam up and some climbed onto the floating bottom of the ship corybantically.
Percy helped lead me quickly to the boat, and we scrambled up the wood to crouch on the top. I shivered in the cold air, freezing water dripping from my clothes and hair. The leviathan could not be seen, but Scylla still managed to thrash and swim towards us.
The aquatic Hydra-like monster was tugged harshly. Blood splattered up in the air and into the water as the leviathan attacked again, this time at Scylla. Scylla's many heads snapped at the leviathan, ripping chunks from its scaly flesh. They wrapped around each other as the demigods watched, trying to paddle away from the monsters discreetly.
The bodies of fighting monsters thrashed and splashed, creating large waves. I was pushed against a sharp rock, cutting my arm. I squeaked in pain as dark red blood slowly poured into the water.
Waves continued to splash and roll. The leviathan flipped over and painstakingly pulled a tired Scylla over into the black water. The force brought a massive wave towards the demigods.
I felt a great force push me up. When I looked down, my arms were flailing in the air as pieces of boat and other demigods were flown into the air. There were screams and splashes and shouts as I saw blue water.
Smack!