efore you read: I am horrible at writing fighting scenes and maybe one day I'll be better at it. I hate suspense .

Part One: Chapter Twelve: Parting

=Nico=

I woke up after falling onto the floor, we were moving. I hurried to get out of the tangle of blankets and above I heard yelling. I stumbled out of the room to see the boat rushing away from the island, Thalia and Jason were up on different masts and the cannons were being loaded and prepared by everyone. Percy came down from the quarterdeck and looked deadly. "How the hell am I supposed to keep everyone alive if I'm worried about you?" Clarisse stormed after him.

"Worry about me when you're out of danger." He turned on her. "There's no other choice Clarisse! No one else can control the sea!"

"Force it on land!" She demanded.

"Just accept the fact that you can't help already!" He glared. "This is a fight you can't win. Take my orders and follow through with them! For once in the six years we've known each other listen to what I tell you and do it!" Silence followed the statement. Clarisse was turning red but from what I couldn't tell. "Go get everyone prepared it's wont be long before that thing's after us." There was a second at which I thought Clarisse was going to argue some more but she pushed past him and started shouting orders at everyone. Percy sighed.

"Perc?" I asked, grabbing his attention. For the first time since meeting him, he looked tired. I couldn't read his expression but he walked over to me. I noticed the pendant around his neck and picked it up, the jewel was crafted with different shades of Jade and obsidian.

"Here," he took it off of his neck and put it around mine. "Keep it safe, I'll want it back when I return." He told me.

"What exactly is going on?" I asked him

"Do you know the story's of my namesake?" He asked. "Of Perseus." I nodded. "One of his most famous story's is of how he saved Andromeda... from the Kraken." It took a moment to process that.

"It's here?" I asked in shock. "It's coming after us?" He nodded. "W-What are you going to do?" He admired the necklace for a moment before responding.

"Whatever I can to make sure this boat gets away safely." He responded, "with everyone on it alive."

"You're not counting yourself in that, are you?" He studied me for a long moment.

"No," he agreed. "I seem to be angering Hades quite a bit these last few days. Kidnapping his children, falling in love with one." He cupped my cheek. "Now I'm going to face another in battle."

"Isn't it your job to anger the gods?" I asked, he smiled.

"Will you return to Port Sleas?" He wondered. "Or will you stay with the crew?"

"Do you think they'll stay together after you leave?" I asked.

"I don't know." He said honestly, "I just want to know where to find you." There was a creaking sound as the ship started tilting, from the sides of the boat, tentacles started emerging. There was a moment at which Percy did nothing, everyone was waiting on his orders and he just stared at me. "Stay safe." He told me, before disappearing into the crowd. I could hear him calling out orders.

Around me the cannon's fired and guns were being shot down into the water to fend off the invader. The ship rocked, as if it had been released and I saw, like I had a few days ago, the protective bubble surrounding us. It would only be a small annoyance to the beast under us though, but when the boat started speeding up, faster than the winds could take it even with Thalia and Jason's help. I climbed onto the quarterdeck where Piper stood, her mask expressionless and her eyes fixed ahead through the clear barrier. Behind us, the Prince of the Sea was being suspended in the air by a geyser of water, forming around him and the Kraken was a circle of Ice, trapping my father's creation. I watched Percy turn towards us, he trusted his arm out and the boat leached forwards again and his image slowly faded. The last thing I remember seeing was the a tentacle reaching out of the water, and the Prince of the Sea being dragged under the currents.

It was a while before I moved from that spot, the bubble around us having long since dissolved into the air. I could feel the depression around the ship. Silena was the first to break down, the moment the water around us was gone she ran below deck her eyes red. Clarisse, for a while had been screaming out at the sea, until she finally broke down. Reyna's dogs were howling as she stood on the bow looking out at the sea ahead. I could see Thalia sitting on the mast, and Rachel who had sat next to me some time ago. The worse of it was Tyson, the guy's been working for me for a few years now and he just broke, I don't think there's a place on the ship where you couldn't hear him cry. I remember Percy saying that they were brothers the day we were kidnapped, and the big guy looked so happy whenever the two were together.

A quiet sob got my attention to Rachel who was trying her hardest to not cry. Her head was bowed and she was clutching the green dress she had on, the fluff of red hair covered her face from me. I felt like I should be having some sort of breakdown with them. I mean even my sister was crying, letting Frank comfort her, near them Leo was still, leaning against the railing and just looking out over the sea. He was never still. "We're almost at Port Sleas." Piper said, it took a moment for that to process what she said.

"What?" I asked, clearly I was still in shock.

"We'll arrive in your port in a few hours, get your friends and get ready." She told me.

"I'm not going back there." I stated, Rachel looked up at me.

"Then what are you going to do?" She asked, irritated. "Join them? Us? Travel around with a bunch of broken Pirates that wont last much longer than this voyage home?" I couldn't respond. What did I want to do, no matter what I can't go back to how things were before.

"I'll search for him." I decided, she laughed.

"You're insane, he's dead." She stated.

"He might not be." I disagreed. "You found Annabeth after six years of searching." I hesitated. "Besides, this is my boat. He had made me is first mate," I choked up a bit. "I-In his absence, I-I become it's C-Captain." She laughed again.

"You truly are insane." She stated. "Fine, we'll go to The Hydra, our home, the base whatever you want to call it. We'll fix up the boat, replenish our supplies and head out to find him." Her eyes were fixed on me. "Think you can handle it, Captain?" I didn't know what to say. Rachel stood next to me, her eyes red from crying but she had a determined look on her face.

"He can do it." She said, helping me onto my feet. "You'll need a name, something that will bring fear to all that hear it." Frank and my sister were looking to us. Leo, who seemed to be too distracted with thoughts to notice anything, was also looking our way. He stepped forwards.

"You're going to have to do something to make the gods angry. Something that can match Percy's reputation." He said, "piss them off, like..." he hesitated. "When he made the gods promise on the river Styx to forgive and release all the non-aggressive Titan's from their prisons." He pounded his fist in his hand. "That's it, you're going to take Calypso off her island!"

"What?" The boy confused me.

"It's the reason I wanted to get to Blackbeard's boat." Leo said, some of his enthusiasm coming back. "I stole this device a while back, and was sent to Ogygia after an angry snow goddess tried to take over the ship. I was there for a while and was able to get this crystal to complete the device. It's a sort of a navigation thing at my house. But if we use it, we'll be able to find her and get her off of that island. The gods will be pissed."

"And you'll get your girlfriend back," Piper added, he blushed a dark scarlet.

"W-Well, yeah." He noted. "T-That too."

"Alright," I nodded slowly. "Find a name to spread fear far and wide, and piss off the gods. Anything else I should be doing?" I wondered.

"Don't worry," Rachel said to me. "You'll have help."

I know, there's like nothing fighting wise here but that's for a reason~
I'm evil, muahahahaha. See you next week!