Heyyyooooo. So I would just like to inform you guys that school is starting in a couple of days for me so updates probably won't be as frequent I'm really sorry! I will be trying my best to keep up but I get a lot of homework and stuff so it will take longer so I'm basically trying to write as much as I can before summer ends. Hope you guys are enjoying the story so far and I hope you liked last chapter. (They almost kiissssed) But they didn't because something happened with the ship so lets see what has happened shall we? Comment anything you would like to see in the story, I try my best to work it in. I hope you're enjoying it so far and continue to enjoy it. :)
We ran over to look down from the Crow's Nest to see what was happening. I looked below to see tentacles making its way up the side of the ship. "What the hell?" I asked again.
"C'mon," Leo said quickly grabbing me by my hand and leading me down the net.
We reached the floor and Leo quickly pulled out his hammer from his tool belt. I reached back for my bow but quickly realized that I didn't have any of my weapons with me. "Dammit," I muttered angrily trying to look around for anything I could use but there was nothing. I looked back to see Percy, Annabeth, Frank, Piper, and Jason all coming up the stairs holding their weapons and looking around frantically to try and figure out what was going on.
"What is that?" I heard Piper ask sounding slightly terrified for her life.
"It looks like a squid," Percy noted.
"Who cares what it is? Help us!" Leo said looking back at them. We hadn't really done anything but we would definitely need help if we planned on defeating this thing.
The others rushed forward and started to slash at the tentacles that were making its way on the deck. The creature lifted one of its tentacles up and slammed it down on the deck. Me and Leo moved out of the way just in time to avoid being crushed by it. I watched as Percy gathered a wave that hit the giant squid but seemed to do nothing to it. Percy groaned. "Of course nothing happens when I hit it with water, it lives in water!" He said to himself sounding very annoyed. To that Leo raised his hand which was now on fire. He ran towards one of the tentacles and rested his hand on it causing it to burn. It made a strange screeching sound in pain and thrashed vigorously sending Leo flying back. He hit the deck with a thud.
The creature continued to wriggle around and hit one of the smaller masts causing it to brake and fall forward. I quickly tore off a loose piece of wood and held it like a sword. This would unfortunately have to be my weapon for now. Everyone rushed forward doing their best to wound the animal and stay clear of its slimy tentacles. Unfortunately it didn't work out very well. I watched as one of the tentacles wrapped around Annabeth, sending her knife to the floor. She wiggled desperately trying to get free. Her being captured caused Percy to get very upset. He quickly charged at the creature holding his sword out but was knocked back by another tentacle. The monster grabbed Percy by his legs and hoisted him upwards making him dangle upside down. He tried to punch the monster but it didn't do much good. "Oh for Poseidon's sake, let me go!" He shouted angrily. He was clearly annoyed that he was getting bested by a sea creature. Jason flew up above the squid and started poking at it with his spear. He was doing a pretty good job at annoying it until it reached up and plucked him out of the sky. Suddenly the only people left fighting were me, Frank, Leo and Piper.
Piper was trying her best to charmspeak the monster into letting the others go and didn't realize until it was too late and she was already captured. The monster swung an arm at me and I ducked to the side, narrowly missing it. Piper was still trying to charmspeak it and Percy was still trying his best to drown it but I had a feeling neither of those were going to work. Leo caught his hands on fire once again and ran forward holding his hands out. He grabbed a hold of one tentacles and it tried its best to wiggle out of his grip. I slammed my pointy stick down into the arm causing it to scream again. I looked back at Frank who was standing a safe distance away, shooting arrows. I wished that I had my bow with me at the moment. The monster finally got its tentacle free and swung it at me and Leo causing us to hit the ground. It raised it up ready to bring it down at us. I ran out of the way and missed it but Leo wasn't as lucky. He was slow to get up and the monster grabbed him and hoisted him upwards towards the sky. Leo caught on fire but didn't have much time to do damage before the creature plunged him into the sea, still holding on to him.
"Leo!" I yelled worried. It was going to drown him if I didn't do something quick. I held my stick tight and leaped at the monster. I brought my hand down and landed the stick right in its small eye. It was enough for the monster to yell but not enough to make it drop the others or get Leo out of the water. "Percy! Get Leo out!" I yelled desperately. I, myself, was falling back into the water and I was trying my best to stay on the monster and not get snapped in half by its beak mouth. Percy raised his hands and forced the water around Leo to flow away from him. Leo looked up, soaking wet and gasping for air. The monster grabbed me too and pinned me down against the desk. I tried my best to wiggle out but I was stuck. I looked over at the only person left, Frank. He reached back for another arrow but was out. He looked around frantically, unsure of what to do. I thought for a minute then it came to mind.
"Frank!" I yelled and he looked up at me. "The cannons! Fire the cannons at him!" I shouted pointing downstairs.
Frank looked at me a little shocked and mostly angry. "Why should I trust you?" he asked me suspiciously. "You almost go Hazel killed!"
"Not on purpose!" I shouted back bitterly. "Look, this is the only thing left to do, just trust me!" I screamed desperately. If Frank didn't do this we would all drown. Well, except for Percy but he would probably get eaten which is just as bad. Frank looked at me for a minute unsure then nodded and headed downstairs. I looked over at everyone else. "We need to get it to the side of the ship!" I yelled hurriedly.
Annabeth looked at me and seemed to catch on to what I was thinking. "Percy, keep splashing it with water and try to force it around that way. Piper, try to charmspeak it into going that way. Leo, set yourself on fire to try and wound it," She ordered. Percy and Piper nodded while Leo looked a little uneasy about setting himself on fire again. For all we knew it could just put him back underwater again. The demigods set to work and I did my best to get free. Finally, with enough wiggling and everyone else distracting it I was out. I ran over to the side of the ship that we were trying to get on.
"Hey, ugly! Over here!" I yelled waving my arms. It lurched at me but I jumped out of the way and climbed onto the side of the ship. Why was I always stuck being bait? The monster slowly made its way around the ship to where I was. It was still holding on to the others while it made its way across so the others got hit on the side of the ship a little. It threw another arm at me and I swung out of the way. I walked carefully down the railing trying my best not to fall over into the water. Just a little bit more... When the monster detached itself from the ship a little to make its way towards me, Percy sent a huge wave to come in and push it over all the way, just in front of the cannons.
I prayed that Frank was ready with all the cannons. "Frank! Now!" I shouted holding onto the side of the ship as best as possible. There was a huge jerk forward and an explosion came out from underneath making my ears ring. The ship shuttered and vibrated and I heard the monster yelp in pain. It fell back little, loosening its grip on the ship and Percy took this time to act. He sent in another gigantic wave from above and forced the giant squid looking creature back down into the water. The creature submerged back down still holding everyone. I watched in terror as everyone went under. This was not part of the plan.
They were under for only a couple of seconds but it felt like minutes. First Annabeth popped up out of the water. I bent down and helped her up onto the ship. Next came Jason followed by Piper. We reached down and helped them out of the water too. We sat there for a couple more seconds waiting for Percy and Leo. Percy could breathe underwater so he was fine, it was Leo I was worried about. Frank ran up the stairs next to us.
"Did it work?" He asked we nodded but I didn't take my eyes away from the water. "Who's still down there?" he asked looking around trying to take roll.
"Percy and Leo," Annabeth said scanning the water for any signs.
"They're not coming up, what do we do? Can we jump in and try to help?" I asked getting ready to.
Annabeth put her hand out and held me back. "No, it's too dangerous. If anybody can get Leo free it's Percy. If we go in we might get in trouble ourselves," Annabeth explained to me. I knew she was right but I still wanted to jump in and try to help. We watched the water nervously, Piper and Jason were holding each others hand in fear that their best friend would not come out of the water.
Finally, after what felt like eternity Leo came up out of the water coughing and gasping for air. Percy came up right behind him and put his arm around him bringing him up to the ship. We helped Leo and Percy up onto the ship and sat Leo down who was coughing up a lot of water. I looked over at Percy who was perfectly dry. "The monster had him in a death grip, wouldn't let him go," he said looking at Leo. "He should be fine, just give him some time and some Ambrosia."
"I think we could all use some Ambrosia," Piper said looking down at her arms which were covered in weird suction-cup-looking bruises.
"I'll go get it," Annabeth said walking away to get some.
I looked down at Leo who was still coughing. "You okay?" I asked quietly.
He coughed a bit more than nodded. "Yeah, just... swallowed a lot of water," he said, his voice coarse. He stood up and almost fell over.
Me and Jason reached out and grabbed him before he fell. "Whoah, there buddy. Relax, you still don't have your land legs," Jason said laughing. He hoisted Leo up and put his arms around our shoulders and together we walked him down to the Mess Hall to let him relax. Everyone follow behind us. We sat him down and Annabeth came in holding some Ambrosia.
"Here," she said handing everyone small pieces. Leo grabbed his but I wasn't sure he was going to be able to choke it down without coughing it back up. Still, he ate it and he seemed better soon enough.
Piper came over and hugged Leo tightly. "Gods, you scared me," she said not letting him go.
"Don't worry, McShizzle Man is not going down by drowning. When I die, it's going to be in a fantastic way with lights and fireworks and I'm going to save the world," Leo said with a teasing smile.
Piper hit him lightly on his shoulder. "You better not die anytime soon," She said sticking her tongue out at him.
Leo laughed. "I'll be fine, Beauty Queen." We all sat down at the table. Piper and I took the seats next to Leo and everyone filled in. Everyone except for Frank.
"I'm going to go down and check on Hazel," he said walking out of the room.
I sighed and looked back down at my hands. "He's still mad at me, isn't he?" I asked Leo quietly.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much, Sarita, he'll get over it soon enough." Leo looked at me and smiled.
I nodded and looked down at the plate in front of me. I wished for some food and ate with everyone else. Once we finished eating I got up and started to head down to sleep when something occurred to me. I stopped and turned around to face everyone and asked, "Where am I supposed to sleep? Hazel's in Sick Bay and I mean there's more beds but I would rather not..." I trailed off. They knew what I meant. I didn't really want to sleep in a room with a hurt Hazel right next to me knowing I was responsible for putting her there.
Everyone looked around at each other trying to figure out where to place me. "Why don't you sleep in Hazel's room?" Percy offered.
I looked at him warily. "I would rather not sleep in her room without her permission. Feels kinda weird..." Sleeping next to an unconscious Hazel would be bad enough but sleeping in her room and invading her privacy while she was unconscious? That was over the line.
Everyone nodded knowingly trying to figure out where else I could sleep. Finally Leo spoke up. "Hey, I'm watching the ship tonight so why don't you sleep in my room while I'm up?" Leo offered.
I looked at him surprised. "Are you sure? You don't mind?" I asked him making sure he was okay with it.
"Yeah, sure, no problem. Someone might as well use the room while I'm not in it," Leo said.
I smiled at him thankfully. "Alright, thank you. I'll just go get my pajamas," I said and with that I turned around and walked down to sick bay to grab my pajamas. Before I walked in I cautiously knocked on the door.
"Come in," I heard Frank say from inside.
"Hey," I said walking in. "Just came to grab my pajamas." Frank nodded and turned back to look at Hazel. "How's she doing?" I asked him carefully.
"Better. She just fell back asleep. She should be up and walking by tomorrow," Frank said in a slightly steely tone and never once looking at me.
"Okay, well, that's good," I said slightly awkwardly. I reached down and grabbed my pajamas. Before leaving I noticed the little wind up toy Leo had built for me sitting on the nightstand. I quickly scooped it up along with my PJ's and walked out of the room. "Night, Frank," I said quietly before leaving. I walked up the stairs to Leo's cabin which was just across from Hazel's. I walked in and set the tiny toy on the nightstand and changed into my pajamas. I had just finished changing when heard a knock on the door. I walked over and open up the door to see Leo standing in front of me.
"Hey, I was going on deck to watch the ship when I remembered that I kind of left my room in a complete mess," he said looking at the room. I looked back and he was right. He still had machine parts all over the bed and floor. "Here, let me pick it up," he said walking in. He starting grabbing the parts an placing them in his tool belt, I walked over and started helping. I watched as Leo started clearing things off the night stand. He stopped when he saw the little archer figurine. He picked it up and looked at it then looked over at me. "You still have this?" he asked looking at me and laughing a little.
"Yeah, of course," I said with a smile.
"Wow, I didn't know you liked it that much," he said still holding it.
"Well, it has my three favorite things," I said giving him a small smile.
"Three?" he said looking at me confused.
"Yeah. It has an Archer shooting an arrow, it plays classical music, and it was built by you," I said. I want to groan and slap myself in the face as soon as I had said it. Damn, what a bad pick up line. Was that even smooth? I couldn't believe I had just said something like that. What was wrong with me?
Leo laughed, however. I guess he thought the line was cute and kind of witty. "That is very true, I am a pretty cool guy," he said pushing his hair back and giving me a confident smile. I rolled my eyes at him making him laugh more. I watched Leo as he turned the handle to the toy and set it down on the table. He walked over to me and held his hand out. "May I have this dance, Princesa?" he asked me with a grin.
I looked at him kind of shocked but took his hand. He gently grabbed my hand and put his other hand around my waist and started slowly dancing around the room to the soft music playing from the toy. I couldn't help but think how dumb we looked but I kind of liked it. The gesture was thoughtful. He spun me around playful a couple times before pulling me in close and slowing the dance down. "You know, we could finish what we started earlier," Leo offered with a grin. I laughed a little and looked down at my feet suddenly very embarrassed and self aware. "I'm only joking, Sarita, we don't have to if you don't want t-"
I didn't let him finish his sentence. I looked up at him and gave him a quick kiss effectively making him shut up. Leo grinned at me slightly astonished but also seemingly happy. I smiled and looked back down on the floor sheepishly. The tune slowed down until it completely ended. "Good night, Leo," I said stepping away from him and to the door.
Leo walked to the door. "Good night, Princesa," he smiled giddily before disappearing down the hall. I closed the door and laid down in bed. It took a couple of minutes (or maybe it was hours) of staring at the ceiling thinking, before my mind finally slowed down enough to let me fall asleep.