The Unusual Apprentice
Chapter 2: Open The Sails
Markavious, Tolliver, Chauvinsta, & Itonover knew that it was all or nothing to be an Athens soldier. The 4 of them knew that they had to stick together on their journey to Crete if the 4 of them wanted spots in the Athens army so they devised a plan that would be flawless, but little did they know Markavious had a few allies in Olympus that acknowledged his strength & will to fight & would help them reach the scrolls of Pathos Verdes the 3rd no matter what.
"Markavious deserves more then to become an Athens soldier." "He will have to prove that he is worth more then Kratos." "Athena, I think Kratos is right about Markavious. His will to fight is amazing & I would love to see him to be something more." The Gods of Olympus discussed the fate of Markavious as he & his friends finally boarded a ship & sailed off to Crete.
Tolliver & Itonover went under to put away the weapons, food, & extra cargo they brought with them on the trip while Chauvinsta & Markavious stayed & took in some ocean air. "Nice to feel ocean air isn't it Mark?" "Indeed Chau, it is nice to feel ocean air." "Hey Mark pardon my asking but how did your mom & dad meet each other?" "Oh, don't worry about it Chau I'll tell you what they told me." Markavious began to tell Chauvinsta how his parents met. The story was very long so Tolliver & Itonover heard most of it after they put up the cargo at the bottom of the ship.
Most of the day had passed & it was time for supper. The 4 adolescent men pulled out some grain & fished for some fish & cooked the 2 together & made some stew. "We've been at sea for nearly a day." "What's your point Tolliver? Are you getting sea sick?" "No! I was just saying we've been out in sea for a day!" Just then Tolliver clutched his taught stomach & ran to the end of the boat & vomited his supper. Markavious, Itonover, & Chauvinsta ran up to their sick friend to grab him as he slowly slid down from the side of the boat still clutching his stomach. "Are you alright Tolliver? C'mon get up." Markavious spoke lightly to Tolliver as Itonover & he picked him up & carried him down to bed.
As they got down to put Tolliver down Chauvinsta yelled, "Men! It's a Monster ahead!" Markavious ran up to the ship deck while Itonover stayed to keep an eye on his sick friend. "What is that? A Hydra?" "No it can't be because all the Hydra are dead & besides this thing looks like a monkey with a Hydra tail! It's something else!" Chauvinsta & Markavious stared upon the creature as it roared at them. Finally remembering that they stored weapons in the cargo area, Markavious ran down to grab some weapons in case the monster attacked & Chauvinsta kept eye on the monster ensuring that it didn't attack.
Mean while in Mt. Olympus, the Gods looked over the now panicking crew of young men. "He ought to attack the ship now, we will see now Kratos if this young boy is indeed as powerful as you say." Zeus said in a sarcastic manner. Zeus didn't like Markavious for many unknown reasons that he never revealed to any of the Gods. This sea creature is supposed to be the last thing Markavious sees before his death.
"Ahh! Mark, the creature is about to attack!" Chauvinsta yelled as he ran down to his friends. As soon as he got in the far back of the ship, the monster rammed the ship nearly flipping it. "Mark! Do something!" "What do you want me to do? Kill it!" "If the shoe fits wear it!" Markavious looked at his horribly, terrified friends & he picked up a sword from the stack of weapons that they had loaded & walked up to the deck of the ship.
Markavious was a little nervous because he never attempted to kill something so big before, but all his friends including his own life was in danger & he knew that something had to be done or they would all perish so with that thought in mind Markavious walked up to the tip of the ship staring the monster in the face. "Come closer & see what happens." The monkey swimming monster swam over to Markavious' left & attempted to grab him, the attempt failed as Markavious jumped up stabbing the monkey creature in the nose with the sword. It roared in pain & then began to thrash about in the Aegean Sea. Markavious backed up as the monkey creature fell head first on the ship raising the back of the ship up.
The crew of young men panicked as the ship slowly sank slowly. "Markavious! What the hell did you do!" "I killed it but it fell on the ship!" "Markavious! Tolliver! Stop arguing! We have to grab what we need & continue to the island of Crete!" Markavious & Tolliver knew that Itonover was right so they put away their dispute & grabbed what they could carry along with Chauvinsta. As time went on, the boat continued to sink faster & time wasn't on the boy's sides so one by one the boys climbed out the bottom of the boat to safety above water. "Are any of you injured?" "Not me." "I'm great." "I'm still ill." "I do apologize for the inconvenience Tolliver, but we have to make it to Crete, then on to Knossos to get Pathos Verdes the 3rd's scrolls if we want a spot in the Athens army." "I understand that Mark, but what if we don't make it?" "Itonover, quit your awfulizing. We will make it to Knossos & we will return to Athens with Pathos Verdes' lost scrolls."
Will they make it to Knossos, Crete? Tune in to chapter 3 & find out. Oh yeah thank you for reading I appreciate it.