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Chapter 19
I don't own anything, especially not Odysseus or the Odyssey
Previously: "I could get inside," I suddenly thought. "invisibly."
"What would I do?" Percy asked.
I smiled getting an idea. "The sheep. How do you feel about sheep?"
Percy and I stood on Polyphemus' island. Homer never gave a name for the island and I had never learned the name so Percy and I called it Polyphemus' island. The island itself wasn't actually that bad. If you could get past the disgusting smell of Cyclops; the island overlooked the Sea of Monsters, had nice sandy beaches and a few palm trees here and there.
I guess I should try and explain our current situation. In the Odyssey Odysseus helps his crew escape by holding onto the wool of the sheeps stomachs. Thanks to his idea the majority of his crew made it safely off the island. He also got the reward of stabbing Polyphemus in the eye, and after being on this island for at least three hours I also want to stab that guy in the eye.
"Annabeth!" Percy complained peeking his head out from underneath his sheep.
"Just don't let go!" I told Percy as I put on my invisibility cap.
"Easy for you to say! I smells like Cerberus's crap down here!" Percy yelled as he tried to get a better hold on the sheep's wool.
I laughed and sat down on one of the sandy dunes. Percy's sheep trudged away from the sandy dunes into the meadow.
A few minutes later just as the sun was about to disappear behind a sandy dune the Cyclops roared "Goaties! Sheepies! Come home! Back to the cave!"
The flock of sheep began its ascent up the hill to the rocky cliff where Polyphemus' cave was.
"This is it! I'll be really close, don't worry!" I whispered to Percy as I dropped back from his group.
As we got closer to the cave I could hear the Cyclops by the entrance greeting each sheep by name.
"Hasenpfeffer!" the Cyclops said patting the sheep. "Einstein! Widget- eh Widget."
Polyphemus stopped Percy's sheep from entering the cave.
Oh gods, here it comes I thought.
"You put some extra mutton on!" he laughed and swatted the sheeps bottom. "Go on chubby! Polyphemus will eat you for breakfast soon."
I let out a sigh of relief. Good Percy was in the cave now it's time for a distraction.
Polyphemus was just reaching for the boulder to seal off the cave when I yelled "Hello, you hideous beast!"
The Cyclops straightened up. "Who's there?" he said looking around.
"Nobody!" I yelled hoping to upset Polyphemus just like Odysseus did.
"Nobody!" Polyphemus yelled going red with rage. "I remember you!"
"No you are too stupid to remember anybody, much less Nobody." I responded backing up from the giant.
Polyphemus bellowed and picked up the nearest boulder (his front door) and threw it at me. I sidestepped just in time. The boulder smashed to my left into thousands of pieces.
I dramatically paused so the Cyclops would think I got hit. "Your aim hasn't improved much either!" I yelled to him.
The monster yelled. "Come on! Let me kill you for once, Nobody! It's my turn to win!"
"You can't kill Nobody! Stupid fool! Come get me!" I yelled. I waited for Polyphemus to go barreling down the hill. The Cyclops ran past me and down the hill as fast as his legs could take his large body.
I had explained to Percy earlier that Odysseus had used the name Nobody to trick Polyphemus while he was on the island. Odysseus had also stabbed Polyphemus' eye with a hot stick making the Cyclops somewhat blind. I had figured the Polyphemus would still be upset about Nobody, and (of course) I was right. Infact, the Cyclops was so upset about the recurrence of his old enemy, Nobody, that he forgot to reseal the entrance to the cave and did not even consider that I was female instead of male like Odysseus. But, then again Polyphemus did want to marry Grover. The Cyclops wasn't very smart about the whole male/ female thing.
I paced as I waited outside the cave entrance. What was taking so long? Shouldn't Clarisse, Grover and Percy be out by now? I thought of why it was taking them so long. Percy had Riptide so he could cut the ropes, Clarisse also had her own weapons and Grover usually always had his pipes. Percy had dreamt of the cave so hopefully he could find his way around in there.
Finally, I decided to take out my dagger and help Percy in the cave. I had just pulled out my dagger when an explosion lifted me off my feet. I remembered my training at camp and rolled as I landed. The rolling took some of the pain of landing away, but I still ached everywhere. As I looked up I saw Polyphemus standing ten yards to my right smiling mischievously. I snatched up my cap and ran for the cave entrance hoping the sudden invisibility would confuse Polyphemus. I was almost there when Polyphemus snatched me up. He made sure to drag my head up the rocks as he grabbed me. I heard someone screaming somewhere, then I realized it was me screaming.
"I got Nobody!" Polyphemus said smiling with pride. He waved me through the air holding my ankles.
I saw a sliver of Percy's shoe from the cave entrance. I sighed in relief as I suddenly got very tired. Don't fall asleep Annabeth! Don't... fall... asleep.
"Hah! Horrible invisible girl! I already gotta wife so you can be eaten!" the giant gloated.
I struggled weakly against him trying in vain to free myself.
"Hey, Ugly!" Percy said coming out of the cave with his sword raised.
The Cyclops turned to face him. "Another one? Who are you?"
"Put her down! I am the one that insulted you." Percy yelled.
"You are Nobody?" Polyphemus asked slowly, still confused.
"Yeah! You heard me right moron! I'm Nobody and I'm proud of it! Now put the girl down so I can stab your eye out again!" he yelled.
Polyphemus bellowed. I started to feel myself fall. It was as if time slowed down, I could see the ground coming at me faster and faster. I weakly raised my arms to protect my head as I plummeted down towards the rocks.
Sorry for the short chapter. The next one will be longer I promise! Can I please get some constructive criticism? Just your thoughts about this story so far and what you would like to see in further chapters.:) Just please no flames. Flames hurt and make authors go and buy fire extinguishers. I don't have enough money to buy a fire extinguisher so please no flames.