Ok, when Annabeth told me to bring a mortal sword, I thought she meant we'd be fighting a mortal enemy. Like, humans. Maybe some robots with laser eyes. But as I quickly learned, this was not just a "mortal" problem.

I ducked quickly under water to catch my breath but I could hear the others still fighting above me. They were all on land but, of course, I was alone in the sea to fight the monster up close and personal.

The HYDRA base itself wasn't very heavily guarded. It was located on a small island off the bay of New York so we could only get to it by boat. No problem to me, right? No. Not at all. But what was a problem was the thing in the water. HYDRA's real security.

Now the Kraken was an evil dude. He had no mercy, especially for the son of the Sea god. Apparently, since Poseidon was in charge of the seas, he was supposed to be in charge of the dude we were currently fighting. The Kraken had a problem with authority. Relatable. Well, that's what I heard between hits and sword jabs, but I may have misheard him.

"Percy! Left!" Hazel yelled. She was on land, summoning mist so the kraken wouldn't be able to see where their attacks were coming from. Piper and Jason were in the air, Jason holding her as she tried to lull the monster to sleep. I think the monster may have been deaf because he didn't react, and Piper had some powerful voodoo. I ducked to the left, deciding that I should probably follow Hazel's instructions before I was smacked into oblivion.

I jumped out of the way just before he could get to me. Well, I say he but I guess I don't really know what gender the Kraken was. I mean, he said "he" while talking about himself in the third person (It was annoying!) so I guess it was a guy but like I said earlier, I could have misheard him.

An arrow suddenly flew from Frank's quiver, lodging itself right between the Kraken's eyes. Poor dude. He wailed and tried to remove the arrow, but he didn't have opposable thumbs and couldn't get a good grip on the long narrow stick. He kind of reminded me of those t-rex t-shirts that have the t-rex trying to do something but he can't because his arms are too short.

I'm getting distracted again. Probably not a good thing while in the middle of a fight. While I'm fighting, I'll tell you what the dude looked like. He had tentacles like an octopus, but he also had two thick stumpy arms protruding from his sides. Fins like you'd find on some kind of prehistoric evil dolphin fish were found on his arms and sides, and he had three on his head (like some kind of creepy mohawk.)

His skin was a weird pale greenish color. Would have been cooler if it was blue. He had long sharp hooked claws on his stumpy little arms and on the end of each tentacle. His eyes reminded me of the horror movies Piper sometimes makes me watch; they were red. Not really a dark red and not really a light red, but just red. Monster demon eye red.

I would keep describing the Kraken, but I should probably get back to fighting him instead.

"Come on Frank! Keep shooting the big dude!" I yelled. I was half under water when I was yelling at him so he probably didn't hear me. I don't think he needed me to tell him to do anything; he kept shooting anyway. The Kraken wailed each time he got hit but I don't think he was in pain, just annoyed. We always annoyed monsters but we never really seemed to do any significant damage until the end of the fight, after we had almost died a couple times. Probably what was going to happen this time too.

But how do we even fight the Kraken? Like, the Kraken. Anything I did with my powers was basically worthless because I couldn't really fight the Kraken with water. He's already a water monster, I'll just bug him! (I tend to be good at that too.) I wish I had Annabeth here, but I also am glad she wasn't. I wish I had Annabeth in an Iris Message or something so I could get her help but not actually put her in danger. Masia's wicked bow skills would be helpful with Frank too, and I wouldn't be mad if Nixon was here to give us his smarts. But still, I would prefer this over that. I didn't like putting the Seven in danger, but my kids? Nah that was way over the line. Nixon hasn't even graduated high school yet, why would I ever purposely let him fight the Kraken at a secret bad guy government base? I'm not that stupid.

Dam, I'm getting off track again.

I didn't even notice the Seven's yelling until after I'd already been smacked across the stomach with one of the hooked tentacles. It stung, and the hook scratched along my rib cage, tossing me to the side and back into the water. I whacked my head on a rock on the way down, causing yet another stinging pain. Why couldn't the Kraken have done something a bit more peaceful when he reformed? Like a baker. The Kraken would have made a nice baker.

I probably would have just taken a nap or something, but I still had the rest of the Seven back up on the surface. I had to keep fighting so they wouldn't get hurt. It sounds as if I have no faith in them, but I really do. I just don't like leaving people I care about without me fighting the monster. I trust them, but that doesn't mean I would ever want to leave them alone to fight a famous Greek monster that was last killed by a famous Greek hero. (Who ironically was also named Perseus. Yeah, remember that guy? He was totally named after me. I don't care if that doesn't make sense.)

As I landed on the sea floor, sand burst up gently around me, blissfully unaware of the chaos around us. I was about to kick back up to the surface, but then I noticed something. Under the water, the Kraken didn't have much for defenses. His tentacles were a deadly force, but only if he knew I was there. He thought he'd taken care of me, so if I worked quickly, I'd be able to do some damage. Or I'd get stabbed in the face by a ancient monster octopus.

Before I could change my mind, I willed the water to thrust me forwards, straight to the underbelly of the beast. I raised my sword above my head and held tight, hoping the celestial bronze blade would be sharp enough to penetrate the monsters hide.

I finally made contact with the Kraken, and I thought it wasn't going to work. The skin stretched. It was disgusting. Ew. It stretched for just a moment, then a loud scream of monsterly anguish could be heard as Riptide finally broke through the Kraken's skin and into it's stomach. Or well, at least I hope it was the stomach. Now that I think about it, I think I may have stabbed a more sensitive area. Whoops. Now actually kinda feel bad for the guy

The Kraken didn't immediately explode into dust like most monsters do. He wailed and screamed as he fell backwards into the ocean, sending a title wave towards land. I had to use the last bit of my strength to keep the wave from devouring my friends.

"Percy!" Jason ran into the water, not caring for the consequences, and dragged me back towards the land.

"Are you ok?" Hazel asked, crouching beside me. Five worried faces peered down at me. I waved them off.

"Nah, guys I'm fine! Really! I'm perfectly fine…."

Then I passed out.

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