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Chapter 20- Enchantment?
Percy POV
I grab the rails of the side of 'Sea's Voyage'. I stare down the long red tunnel that was the throat of Jormundgandr.
Zarcrix would pop out every now and again to check how close we were to Rome.
I stare down the depths of Jormundgandr's throat, hoping that we would reach Rome soon. The smell of his throat was foul and suffocating. One of the demigods, Joshua Malburs his name was, had a spinning head from the lack of air. He is a son of Dionysius, and he reacted to lack of air, and was claustrophobic.
My head begins to spin, and I could hear laughter in my head. Demonic sounds were racing through my mind. Purple spots were overtaking my vision, and a head ache comes through. My eyes shut and my world goes black, the last thing I feel was my head banging against the surface of the main deck.
My eyes shoot open and I stand up. I was standing in a white cave, it was covered in glittery gems, but it gave off a bad vibe, as if behind the beautiful gems and white walls, something evil awaits. I look around the cave, taking in everything.
"Perseus Jackson" whispers a voice that was Jormundgandr's.
I spin around looking, and see a man, he was completely grey, the same colour as Jormundgandr's scales.
"Jormundgandr" I say, glaring at the serpent/man.
"I know that you are alive, sailing my throat like the open seas. I know of your plan to blast through the side of my throat at Rome. Don't try, else I will break free of the fog, in my anger and pain. I shall swallow the sun again, and crush the earth and Thor to many pieces. Don't attempt it Perseus Jackson, you will doom everyone and everything, except me." Jormundgandr whispers threateningly.
Not good.
"How do I know you're not lying" I say, narrowing my eyes at him.
"Because I am one of the oldest beings, I have the power to escape anything, if enough pain is struck on me, not even the magic of Thor and Odin can hold me." Jormundgandr says.
My eyes widen, if this giant serpent got out, it would be worse than Kronos. Something in my gut told me this guy could destroy Kronos in seconds.
Jormundgandr narrows his serpent eyes, and fades into darkness, leaving me alone in the cave.
"Percy! Percy!" comes a voice from nowhere.
The cave starts to collapse, and I see a harsh light appear in the centre of the cave, gritting my teeth I jump into the light, hoping it would get me out of this place. The last thing I saw was the cave collapsing.
My eyes shoot open, and I find myself laying in a bed in the infirmary, Katie next to my bed, shaking my shoulders.
"Percy! Percy!" she yells.
I gasp.
"I'm awake" I say, gulping in the musty air.
Everyone in the infirmary sigh in relief, and I leap up out of bed.
I rush over to Joshua, and yell at him to wake up, and to not listen.
His eyes shoot open, and he gulps in air through his mouth.
"It was horrible, it was horrible" he gasps, sweat running down his face, and he was extremely pale.
"What was it?" I ask quickly.
"There- there was a man." He gasps. "H- he said that we d-didn't d-did-didn't stand a chan- chance again- against th- them." He gasps, light fading from his eyes.
"What did he look like?!" I ask, needing to know.
"H- he was ver- very tall, he was compl- completely bl- bl- black, ev-even his ey- eyes. He said his name w- was-" then his head fell backwards, and didn't move. I quickly check his pulse, and there was nothing.
"Zarcrix!" I yell.
He teleports into the room, and feels his pulse.
"He is dead" Zarcrix says gravely. "He was killed by very powerful magic, possibly at the power of in-between a primordial and a deity. I have no idea who it could be at the moment." Zarcrix says.
"Joshua said he was completely black, even his eyes" I say, hoping it would jog something in Zarcrix's long memory.
"Completely black?" Zarcrix says, eyes widening.
"Yes" I say, looking at him curiously.
"It could be, but it couldn't" Zarcrix says.
"What?" I ask.
"It could be Xorgaz the Dark" Zarcrix says gravely.
"Who is that?" I ask.
"A very evil type of deity. Back in 897 PA, he attempted to take over earth. He summoned Cthulhu, and attacked Masma, the mainland of the earth back then. He destroyed hundreds of dinosaurs, and destroyed the mainland, separating the earth, creating all the continents. I managed to destroy Cthulhu, and I trapped Xorgaz in the Darkmanesi system. If he has escaped, Earth could be in major trouble, with all those primordial's rising as well." Zarcrix says grimly.
"We then have to defeat the monster army and the primordials before Xorgaz or whoever it is attacks" I say. "I just remembered something, I had a dream" I say.
"A demigod dream?" Zarcrix asks.
"Yes" I say.
I call a meeting in the meeting room I had discovered a few days prior.
"What's this about?" asks Clarisse gruffly.
"Well, as you know, I feinted earlier. When I feinted, Jormundgandr visited me in my dreams." I say. "He has found out about our plans, and he says that if we blast through it will give him enough pain to break the enchantment holding him in place. So we need a change of plans." I say, wondering how that information would go down with everyone.
"What!?" yelled Clarisse.
"How do we get out of here!?" yells Katie.
"This is bull! We'll blow him up anyway!" yells the Stolls.
"It doesn't work that way unfortunately" says Zarcrix.
"We need another way out" I say.
"But how?" asks Katie.
"That's what I called the meeting about" I say.
"I reckon we can risk blowing a hole, but there is a chance Jormundgandr will break free." Zarcrix says. "I could blast a small hole and slowly enlarge it as we go out" Zarcrix says.
"But what if he does break free, it could be the end of Earth before the primordials even have a chance" I say.
"I reckon I can defeat Jormundgandr, he doesn't seem so strong" Zarcrix says.
I raise my eyebrows.
"So, we still stick with the original plan?" Katie asks.
"for now," I say.
Olympus
Third person POV
Craig stood in front of Zeus, and grinned evilly at Poseidon.
"So, Father, when shall we begin the hunt for Jackson?" Craig asks.
"Immediately, he is too much if a threat not to" says Zeus, looking towards Poseidon, and just for a moment Poseidon saw a slight gold hue in the very edge of his eyes, but Zeus quickly breaks the eye contact.
Poseidon narrows his eyes and teleports to Hecate's cave.
Hecate's cave
Poseidon looks around the dark cave as he walks down towards the front door. There was a wooden sign that read Dark magic on the door.
Poseidon raises his arm and was about to knock on the door when suddenly he heard a 'come in Poseidon.'
Poseidon raises his eyebrows and opens the door, looking at the form of Hecate, sitting by a small fire.
"Yes?" she asks.
"I was wondering if you could do a check for spells or potions on Zeus, he seems even more arrogant than usual" Poseidon says.
"It would be my pleasure" says Hecate, cackling evilly.
Poseidon was left wondering if this was such a good idea after all.
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