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The Son of Neptune

Chapter 2

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The only way is up.

So as I was saying I charged a huge apparently undefeated monster without a second thought for my safety. In fact there was one thing on my mind it wouldn't be undefeated when I was done with it. I battle cry was released from my lungs as I raced towards said hydra. Of course its battle cry was so loud and mighty it practically knocked me off my feet. But I kept running towards it the middle head lowered staring directly into my eyes. It hissed opened its mouth wide and shot a plume of fire straight towards me now that was too much. I couldn't leap left there was four heads waiting to snap me up there same thing on the right. There was one way out of this. And that way was up. So I dived onto the triangular head and started to slide back down the long scaly almost slimy neck. It was obviously shocked because it snapped its jaws shut and lifted up its head reflexively. This of course sent me up into the air. I saw sky and thought that I wasn't supposed to be up here. I somehow, don't ask me how because I don't know, I managed to flip and land on my feet.

"Whoa" I said then turned around fully intending to yell to the other how did I do that? But all that came out of my mouth was humph. That was probably because on huge scaly hydra tail had hit me in the chest and sent me flying into the air. Where sky and earth got mixed up and I got very dizzy and confused to what way was up and what was down. Before I came toppling back towards the ground. I hit a tree. I know what you're thinking he crashed into a tree. I did not. The tree deliberately moved to get in my way. I'm pretty sure they can do that or at least I'm sure that some part of them can move. Anyway I hit my chest and then proceeded to break of load of its boughs as I came crashing back to earth. I wasn't hurt thought thank the gods for that. Gods? I guess the hydra thought I would be out of it because it hadn't turned around to confront me. Then again I wasn't much of a threat I'd dropped my sword. You know when I'd been of flying through the air and crashing into trees that moved to get you.

When I finally managed to stagger to my feet, muttering "By Zeus's beard" I saw two Dennis', two Angela's and two Euan's fighting an eighteen headed hydra.

When I say fighting I mean Angela jabbing at it with a stick and saying "back back". Euan playing reed pipes and dodging heads by leaping around like a mountain. And Dennis running around screaming were all gonna die (really helpful that kid was gonna drive me mad). The whole thing was weird. I shook my head. When my vision went back to normal and I could think as well as see straight, I immediately jammed my hand into my pocket and took out the ball point pen. Huh. Guess it always returned to my pocket or something.

I uncapped it and doing another stupid thing yelled "Hey Keane." All of the monsters nine heads turned to stare at me "I have a one way ticket to Tartarus. You're welcome to take it." For all of you who would be as stupid as me in a similar situation it is not a good idea to annoy a monster already bent on killing you. In fact it's a plan that would get first in an unworthy of Athena plan contest. If there ever was such a thing which I highly doubt.

Any way the Keane Keane roared in rage spun around catching Euan with its tail and sending him flying into a tree must have been harder then I'd been hit because he was out cold. Anyway massive beast charging at me I figured I was best to get somewhere I had the advantage so I ran towards the stream. Before you ask how this helps it was a sort of instinct. Water was good water was my friend. But of course it looked like I turned tail and ran which mad the hydra give of a victory roar and charge right at me. How a thing so messed up could run so fast made no sense to me. As I approached the stream I heard a hissing and glanced back to see puddles of what looked like acid. This made me run all the faster and I felt as if I was a child of Hermes running from the scene of the crime. Now where did that one come from? My very messed up mind, which remembers random names, random facts and how to insult itself, came up with the Stoll brothers. I wonder who they were. Around this point I was about to plough headfirst into the creek. So doing the thing a normal person in a normal situation was I jumped it. Now I swear the earth moved and a ridge just big enough for me to catch my foot on appeared. This of course resulted in me doing a face plant in the dirt. I rolled over and spat out a mouthful of the foul tasting stuff. Just to see the hydra bearing down on me.

With one clawed foot in the stream.

A familiar tugging in my gut and the stream froze. The Keane let out a screech as its momentum made it topple over and smack a few of its heads. Of course it didn't hit the middle one which spurted fire and melted the ice. No that couldn't happen I wasn't that lucky.

I knew I had made the water do freeze. So as the hydra melted the ice I concentrated on the liquid which felt so familiar but in my opinion did not have enough salt. A column of icy water shot up and wrapped itself around the middle neck pulling it down so that the hydra let of an annoyed roar. But as much as it tried to lift its head it couldn't. I paused for one second to think I knew, don't ask me how I just did, that I could not cut of its heads that would just make things a hell of a lot worse. I had an idea a stupid idea that would probably get me killed. But I thought it would probably work out okay. Maybe.

So anyway I ran up the things snout causing fire to shoot out of its nostrils and singe the hair on my arms. I continued down its long neck till I reached its broad puke green back. Here goes nothing was my first and foremost thought so anyway I brought down the sword. A sudden cloud of yellow dust, a smell of sulphur and nothing beneath me I did it was my first thought was the second was Tartarus as I fell the few feet towards the ground. I stood up and looked around assessing the damage. The trees around us had shattered boughs everywhere. There was more than just one circle of charred grass on the ground which had holes that were smoking from where the acid had hit. The place was covered in smelly yellow stuff that had once been the undefeated nine headed hydra. I had faced worse I knew that I just didn't know what or when. That's when I noticed Dennis and Angela crowding around him. I also noticed he had got hooves where fake feet had been knocked off and horns poking out of curly brown hair.

"Food" he moaned.

I laughed at that and the other two looked at me like I was insane. "Don't worry he's gonna be fine" I said.

"And how do you know that" Dennis sneered at me. Which was strange.

"Because he's a satyr and he's talking about food" I replied not really sure what I was on about. They just stared at me as if I was completely mad. I just shrugged as if this was common knowledge. Euan came around "is it gone?" we all nodded, "good they've been hunting it for a long time."

"They've?" asked Angela.

"Camp Rome." Euan stated "the Keane Keane is. I mean was a cowardly monster. Praying on weak demi-gods or ones who didn't even know what they were. He was said to be from the time of Terra, or mother earth. He was clever enough to avoid generation after generation of demi-gods. Clever and cowardly, strange for a hydra who are usually dumb and, well there not brave just stupid and arrogant. He'd probably of gotten us if you hadn't killed him. I'm guessing it was you considering your covered in monster dust and are holding a sword. Who are you by the way?"

After he finished his long winded speech I answered the only way I could "I have honestly no idea. I swear it on the Styx" thunder boomed.

"Seriously. Well maybe someone at camp Rome will" he said with a frown on his face.

"How do we get there?" I hopped up holding out my hand.

He took it and as he pulled himself up said "no need there already here" he pointed to a golden chariot pulled by two pearly white Pegasus.