DISCLAIMER: PJO is by Rick Riordan.
PERCY POV:
We all went into attack mode. The soldiers and demigods threw whatever they could find at the monster creating the whirlpool; weapons, tools, nail files (courtesy of the Aphrodite cabin).
All of the gods except for Poseidon were aiding the demigods and soldiers wherever they could. They were also attacking it. I saw a massive lightning bolt hit the monster square in the face, Hermes was throwing all of the things he had stolen at it, Aphrodite was Charm Speaking to it, Athena was formulating a plan, Ares was attacking with everything he had, Apollo was trying to light it on fire but the waves kept dousing it, Hephaestus was wielding a humungous hammer and swing with brute force, Artemis attacked with her arrows (as did her huntresses), and Hera running around and giving heroes weapons who had lost theirs as she couldn't really do much.
Poseidon and I were controlling the water to slow the whirlpool, but the boat was still spinning uncontrollably.
We managed to make the whirlpool stop, but the monster was still a monster and making vacuums in water was not its only resource. It clawed its way up the side of the ship, but its skin was hard and the arrows did nothing. Swords had hardly any effect on it. It made a sound like it was laughing at us as it swatted a soldier into the water. That made me mad.
I used my powers to pull the soldier out of the water, removing all of the salt water from his lungs so he was perfectly fine. Then I noticed who it was.
"Zak! Are you okay man?" he coughed and sputtered, but managed out a feeble, "Yes,"
"Good, 'cause Keera's gonna kill you for almost dying." I said smirking. He laughed and took my out stretched hand to get himself off the ground.
I ran over to the side of the boat where Charybdis was, I pointed Riptide at its eyeball and stabbed downward with all of my might (which was a lot of might), and the monster screeched, turning to yellow dust. The dust floated away on the waves, but not before I saw some of it already trying to reform.
It was as if everyone sighed with relief at the same time. We were never safe, but at least we were out of line of fire for the moment.
We all moved in a melancholy state, depressed at the thought that if we could hardly handle that, than we would have close to no chance with Gaia and her army.
I decided to raise their spirits. "EVERYONE!" that got their attention,
"I know it seems bad, but we will win this war. And for the roman demigods, do not be disappointed the Roman gods did not appear and the Greek ones did. They have their reasons." I didn't believe that, and from the looks of the romans, they didn't either, but they looked better. Filled with hope.
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A couple of hours later I sat in my cot with Thalia curled fast asleep on my lap. Her face was angelic in the candle light. She sighed in her sleep and I couldn't help but wonder what she was dreaming about. My eyelids started drooping and I leaned back, falling asleep with a smile on my face.
It was my fault that I didn't notice the invisible presence of a crying girl in the corner of the room.
So...yeah. I have this new policy with my writing. I start a new chapter with a fully loaded laptop, and I write until the battery turns red. Then I finish the chapter. It works well enough...
So what did you think of this chapter? I'm probably going to make the next one all about Percy, Thalia, and Annabeth; their feelings and stuff. Know that I'm writing this in the middle of the night on a school night because I got a private message from someone BEGGING me to update tonight. Literally begging.
OKAY. Now, to finish this ridiculously long A/N... REVIEW!
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