AN: Hey Girls and Guys! I hope you have been enjoying the story so far. Anyway, just so you know "Scylla" is a Greek sea monster. It would be great if you could leave a review to help me with this story.

Chapter 19- Rough Seas

Third Person POV

NYX looked at the weakening bonds around her wrists and ankles. She could feel herself getting stronger, and knew that the time was near. The smell of Tartarus was sickening in her nostrils, and she longed for the night sky. But her mind was bent in revenge. NYX looked up through the window in the roof of the mansion. All her monster servants didn't know what she was looking at. NYX looked, and her eyesight enhanced until she could just spot the light of Hemera, hundreds of thousands of miles above.

NYX'S eyes narrowed, and she tensed in her bonds. Her muscles bulged outwards and a flash of dark light flashed against her bonds. The bonds broke, and Nyx looked upwards, her power returning to her. She felt her black magic flow freely through her body, and with a flash of light the roof above her collapsed, and NYX flew upwards, her eyes flashing dangerously.

Percy POV

I look down at the dark shape of Scylla, sinking lower and lower beneath the waves. I couldn't believe we had fought that thing, it had seemed ancient and powerful, and as I watched it sink below, I felt a feeling of dread, like we had made a mistake.

I start up the boat, and we set off towards Rome.

Suddenly the boat shudders and shakes. I draw riptide and watch the depths of the ocean. I look in disbelief at the head rising above the water.

"It's not possible" I whisper, looking at the head. But there was no doubt. The head was covered in blood, with shards of ice sticking out of all sides of it. One of its eyes was blasted.

"Scylla" I say.

His other five damaged heads rise above the surface. Suddenly a long tail flies from the water and wraps around my chest, I was thrown into the water. I could feel the tail wrapped around my chest, and I slash riptide at the tail, but it doesn't let go.

Minutes flew by, and the monster was thrashing around, and I could see blasts from the Ep Magnum 2.01.

"How are you sstill alive?" hisses Scylla.

I don't answer, but slash riptide downwards, slicing deep into the tail. Scylla howls in anger and lets me go. I immediately try to swim to the surface, but I feel something grab my leg, pulling me down. Suddenly I feel the powerful swirling of water, it was in a distinct shape of a whirlpool, and didn't allow me to escape. I attempt to control the water but I couldn't, the water was too strong, and I was sucked to the bottom of the ocean, 200 meters below the surface.

I turn to my left and see the glimpse of a giant sea monster, controlling the whirlpool. I gasp, it was Charybdis. But that meant we were in-between Sicily and Italy, in the narrow straight that Odysseus took. This was bad, we were nowhere near New Rome. I swim out of the bottom of the whirlpool, and for the first-time notice Scylla's many tentacles.

I swim up towards the surface, trying to resist the power of the whirlpool. I use water to kick myself away from the whirlpool and up towards 'Sea's Voyage'.

The whirlpool was too strong, and I am sent flying towards the bottom of the ocean. Charybdis was standing on the ocean floor, showing its many sharp teeth as it opens its mouth. I start trying to control the water but the whirlpool seemed to override my power, and I couldn't use my water abilities.

I remember my force magic, and an idea pops into my brain. I force the water of the whirlpool to change to ice. The water freezes in place, and the force of the whirlpool stops pulling me to the bottom. Charybdis looked angry as it lunges at me, and I just manage to dodge the teeth.

I use my water power to swim extremely fast to the surface. I use the water to send me onto the main deck of 'Sea's Voyage'. I grab the LightSkrill and fire at the frozen whirlpool, shattering the ice, and the power of Charybdis' whirlpool. Charybdis howls in anger and pain as it feels its power disappear. I fire the LightSkrill back at Scylla. It growls and looks at me, standing on the deck.

I have no idea how to defeat both monsters, so I use the powerful motors of 'Sea's Voyage' to saw across the surface of the water, past the two monsters and into the dangerous part of the sea of monsters. I look back at Scylla and Charybdis to see them following us. I grin, that was exactly my plan.

I watch carefully as the sea monsters race towards us.

"Argh? Percy? They're getting closer" says Katie, looking fearfully at the oncoming beasts.

"I know" I say. Then I turn to the front of the ship, and look at the gigantic rocks not far away.

"Just a little longer" I whisper to myself.

I turn around to see Scylla just behind us, as well as Charybdis, a bit behind Scylla. The approaching rocks got closer and closer, and gritting my teeth, I slowly pry a hole in the massive rocks, just big enough for our ship.

'Sea's Voyage' enters the hole in the rock, and rushes past the other side. I look back to see four of Scylla's heads in the hole, the rest of its body following. Charybdis was just entering it. I grit my teeth as the strain of holding the magic gets to me. Finally, the rest of Scylla's heads enter, and Charybdis' head enters. 'Sea's Voyage' exits the rocks and I let go of the magic. The rocks slam together, Scylla and Charybdis didn't have a chance as they were crushed in the rock.

Slowly, I turn the ship around and we head towards the exit of the sea of monsters.

I look forwards at the open sea, the sea of monsters now behind us.

"Percy, are you sure we are going the right way?" asks Thalia.

"Certain" I reply, looking at the odd cloud of fog in the distance, knowing we would have to go through it to get to New Rome thanks to my misjudgement.

The fog was approaching quickly, and the demigods were muttering and shifting nervously. The fog gave off an eerie feeling, a feeling that sent shivers down my spine, and I could see the other demigods looking the same. My eyes lower to the ocean floor, and I thought I saw an eye. A huge eye, it was yellow, with red streaks running through it like lightning bolts. It had no pupil. The fog slowly surrounds our ship, giving off a very frightening vibe.

Night time quickly approached, we still travelled through the fog. I was always alert, always ready.

"You younglings are foolish to come anywhere near here" The voice from the darkness floated through our heads. The voice was ancient and scary. It was filled with war, and invincibility.

"Who are you?" I yell, drawing riptide.

"You don't know? I am Jormundgandr!" The voice yells.

This beast seemed mighty, and ancient. More powerful than Scylla and Charybdis.

Suddenly the fog clears, and in-front of us was a gigantic serpent. It was huge. I couldn't see the end of it, it disappeared into the water and continued until it was out of eye sight. Its head was massive, and it had many fangs, each one the size of a large tree. The fangs were sharper than swords, and venom dripped from them. Its eyes were yellow, with red streaks running through them like lightning bolts.

I gasp, this was the thing that I had seen earlier.

It was a grey in colour, and was ancient. As old as the gods, or older.

"I am the bane of Thor!" it yells suddenly.

I ignore the disturbance of the statement and grab the LightSkrill. I blast it into Jormundgandr's nose. It shakes its head at the shock.

"I haven't felt something that painful since Thor through his lightning charged hammer into my left eye!" It yells with a laugh.

I look at it with disbelief, it hadn't even winced at the power of the LightSkrill. This was not good, so I keep on firing it, as fast as I could, but Jormundgandr just looks at me. Then he lunges.

I leap to the side, but it didn't matter. Its mouth went over the entire ship, and swallowed it. I look in disbelief at the disgusting insides of Jormundgandr.

The demigods scream as they look at the inside of his throat. I look down his throat and notice it went for as long as I could see, no sign of the stomach. The water taking 'Sea's Voyage' further and further. I grab riptide and attempt to bury it in the side of Jormundgandr's throat. No effect. I look down the tunnel that was his throat, and sigh. This was how I was going to die.

"Zarcrix" I say, hoping he would come.

Suddenly he was next to me.

"Yeah what?" he asks, looking around with his eyebrows raised.

"We're kinda stuck inside Jormundgandr" I say.

"The world snake!?" he asks, looking at us in disbelief. "I don't know how you found him, or his head, his head has been lost since Thor banished him." He says.

"What do you mean?" I ask, my mind twisting in confusion.

"I mean, he is the snake that surrounds the entire planet. In the olden days, he used to just surround Misgard, but then when he was fighting Thor, he leapt up and swallowed the sun. People died for ages until Shael and I created a new one. Thor managed to banish him, but he grew and grew until he surrounded the entire planet" Zarcrix says.

"So, we are inside the mega snake" I say.

"Pretty much" Zarcrix says shrugging.

"Any ideas?" I ask.

"Yes, we can use this to get to Rome." Zarcrix says.

"What?" I ask.

"Well, since he is wrapped around the entire world, we can follow through his throat, until we get to Rome, that way we won't even have to travel by sea." Zarcrix explains.

"Good idea" I say, even if I didn't understand him fully.

"Off to Rome we go!" I say.

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