1Hi! Now, I'm going to tell you the truth. I didn't get the best response from my last Chapter. So let's try again. Okay? Enjoy this Chapter! Please!
Percy's Pov
We were just about to land at our destination. The sea of monsters, known to mortals, as the Bermuda triangle. Throughout the Journey, I have been discussing strategies with Annabeth. We both agreed that six of us would take care of the monsters and the rest of us would look for the Fleece. Alex, Annabeth, Frank, Hazel, Piper, Jason would defeat the monsters. And Joe, Jade, Christy, Aaron, Leo, Nico, Thalia and I would try and find the Fleece, defeating the flesh-eating sheep, along the way. It was simple and we were hoping it would be quick, but it never goes the way a demigod plans. We set down a small wooden boat and rowed the rest of the way. It didn't help that, Jade was belting out the song, "whistle". I had a vague sense of knowledge that it revolved around something inappropriate. I pulled out her ear phones and shoved them in my pocket. Jade sent me an annoyed expression.
"You guys are truly pathetic; you could have just asked me to make a portal. But NO," Jade whined.
I was going to tell her, "If you were so desperate, why don't you?" But then she pulled out her phone and tapped something on the screen. I lurched forward, so did everyone else. My head spun and I felt dizzy. A pit was in my stomach and I felt like I was going to do sick. My vision blurred for a second and then it came back. We weren't in the boat. We were on the island. I understood what had happened. I put it aside for the moment. We had bigger problems to worry about.
"Time to split up. We'll round up the remaining monsters," I nodded at Alex.
Alex ignored me and waited for us to leave, before planning out her strategy to her team. Fine. If she wants us to work that way, just fine. Everyone with me crouched down and descended into the cave were I once fought Polyphemus. If things got tough, we would have to do the "Nobody" scam again. Jade was really enthusiastic on hearing that plan. We stopped, when we reached the entrance. It's now or never. We crawled in slowly. There was a makeshift bed in a corner of the cave and there slept, Polyphemus. Polyphemus had his legs angled strangely; they were twisted around each other. He snored, a rumbling noise. Loud enough to wake a whole city. A strong smell came from where Polyphemus slept. I gagged. The smell was an aroma combine of Sheep and Blood. With mango chutney. Maybe Grover's recipe came in handy for Polyphemus, after all. We crawled in deeper into the cave. Deeper to our doom.
"Wait! I see it!" Christy pointed to a golden, shimmery fleece sprawled into a huge heap as a pillow for Polyphemus.
That was not exactly my first guess. I would've thought he would have made put the fleece, where it had been more resourceful. Oh, well. Under his make-shift bed, I got out a mosquito bat. I lifted Polyphemus' head, with the Mosquito bat and Nico snatched the Fleece. At the same time, Polyphemus eyes shot open. The air was suddenly tense.
"Demigods and two something else. Welcome! You're just in time for dinner," Polyphemus smiled.
At that exact moment we all ran for the exit. We all knew that we weren't just in time for dinner. But we were the dinner. As soon as we were out of the cave, I saw Alex trying to ward of some Telekhines.
Alex's Pov
"This is what we do; we camouflage ourselves and defeat anyone who approaches the cave. We wait for them to return. Throw in a grenade and get out of here as fast as we can," I explained what we were doing.
Everyone turned and hid behind trees bushes and anything else really. I climbed up a tree. You can never be sure of what may come. I heard a noise. And that noise was, well, I don't exactly know. I gave a signal to Annabeth. We moved in. I jumped down from the tree and turned to face a bunch of...DOGS? Please Chaos, let this be some kind of illusion. I have not been on a millennia full of keeping peace for the innocent and poor, to lose myself to this. I must be going t crazy. Right? RIGHT? The Telekhines have faces like dogs, with black snouts, brown eyes, and pointy ears. Their bodies are sleek and black like seals. They have stubby legs that were half flippers and half foot, and human-like hands with sharp claws. I knew Percy once defeated these telekhines in his Labyrinth quest. They tried to burn him alive or something. As I recalled this incident anger flared inside. They hurt Percy. Even though still hate him, I can't help but still love him. I...am...Pathetic.
Then just for things to get even worse, Percy and everyone else barged in. With Polyphemus at their tail. This is going to be one hell of a fight.
Percy's Pov
The Telekhines and Polyphemus surrounded us. I tried to think of all the advantages. Polyphemus was blind. The children Telekhines were small enough to jump over. Now disadvantages flowed through my head, like syrup runs down your throat. Polyphemus was a Cyclops and I have a soft spot. Polyphemus was strong and he could use the sense of smell to know where we were. Telekhines were dogs and they were mighty quick. As well as they tried to set fire to me. I had to do something. With my water powers I formed a sea cocoon and sealed Polyphemus in it. Then all Hades broke loose. The Telekhines (My old Friends) attacked. A adult Telekhine stood before.
"You have sealed your fate and we will make you suffer!," The Telekhine barked.
"Just talking to you, makes me suffer," I muttered to him, before I attacked.
I slid between his legs and kicked his back. He stumbled and fell on top of a Telekhine who was going to attack me from behind. I plunged into their test and they were disgraced. Four more were closing in of me. I did the natural thing. I kicked tow telekhines who were across each other and they disentangled. I finished the other Telekhines by, bashing their heads together and skewering them. They were finally gone. The other two Telekhines, who I kicked, came at me. I dove away from their way and they slashed each other. Not a nice death. Oh, No! I forgot Polyphemus. The Cocoon was becoming unstable. I flicked my hand and the cocoon fell apart in a huge heap. Polyphemus was tired out of trying to come out, that he didn't try to stop us leaving. We didn't bother with the boat. Polyphemus would soon regain his energy and come after us. So instead we used a portal that Jade made for us. As soon as we were through the Portal, we fell into a huge heap. We were exhausted. That a was another reason why we didn't use the boat. We were way too tired. But Leo dragged himself up and went on to the control panel.
"Where to next? London? No! Too Normal! How about the Garden of Hesperides? Or perhaps mount Erymanthos? Maybe the underworld!," Leo groaned.
"Camp Half Blood. We'll use Rachel to guide us through the Labyrinth," I ignored his sarcastic behaviour.
For the next few hours we tended or wounds and rested. I don't know when it happened. Or what happened. But, something happened. The Argo II lurched forward and so did everyone onboard. The Argo II made a deep rasping sound and then settled on a rumble. A lot like Polyphemus' snore. After a few more painful seconds, the Argo II heaved and fell. Swears was heard. What happened? We finally landed on something. I jumped down from the ship. The place we were in, was deserted. Frantically, I looked around. I recognised this place.
"Were in Boston," I announced our latest Problem.
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