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Crystal was prying information from Alvie about his psychic abilities- she particularly liked the idea of him forcibly pushing into other people's minds, as long as he didn't do it to her.

Francis and Alokia were sat three hammocks over. She had been pink in the face with a bashful smile ever since meeting the French pre-teen, but he was obviously smitten. Crystal thought they were quite sweet, although she wouldn't admit that out loud.

She was quite happy to be sailing home. They'd been on the ship for nearly two days now. Thankfully, she didn't get sea sick. Joy did. Percy was trying to get her home before the baby arrived, but travelling through the Sea of Monsters with four children of the Big Three and seven demigods in total proved disastrous.

Alvie was telling her about the pentagrams he could mysteriously conjure with intention, when he abruptly fell silent mid-word and stared at the floor.

"Alvie?" Crystal snapped her fingers in his face, but he didn't respond.

Something thudded against the bottom of the ship, a warning bump from something concealed.

Crystal gripped his hand as another knock disturbed the ship, heavier than the previous one. Percy shouted down for them to come above deck. Francis grabbed Alokia's hand and rushed her upstairs.

Alvie didn't move.

"Alvie, come on." She tugged on his hand, climbing down from the hammock as quickly and as carefully as she could.

Another hit.

Alvie looked up at her, his eyes blazing white. Crystal sighed.

Typical.

Crystal eventually managed to drag him above deck, but there had been three more knocks, getting increasingly vicious.

Percy and Louisa were struggling to keep the ship from tipping. He was fighting the wheel while she tried to keep the sails from spinning off course. Crystal suspected that they were trying to control the waves as well to keep things balanced. Jason was dragging up winds to fill the sails to get them from here as quickly as possible, but he was having a hard time with the continued disorders to the ship. Nico and Frank directed the others into preparing to protect the ship. Annabeth had taken Joy into the captain's room, but was having a hard time keeping her there. Joy was demanding that Crystal was with her this second, but Crystal wanted to stay and help.

"Crystal!" Joy called urgently.

"Go." Alvie told her, blood steadily painting his cheeks.

"But-"

"You won't be fine if you stayed out here." She would die trying to fight.

Sighing reluctantly, she nodded.

"Be careful."

"Take Francis with you." Alvie turned away, running towards his father. Crystal hurriedly ran to grab her best friend as the ship received another, weightier jab. She lost her footing, landing unceremoniously on her behind.

"Francis!" She called, scrambling up. "Come on!" He ran after her, looking back at Alokia. "She'll be fine, come on!"

Alvie waited until his two friends were safely tucked in the captain's room before placing a golden-white energy shield over the door.

Just in time too.

"Shrimpzilla!" Leo shouted. Percy glared at him, but was distracted by Alvie grabbing hold of the wheel. A band of golden energy twisted around the spokes of the wheel and Percy felt the pressure ease up as the wheel suddenly steered itself.

"Very nice." He grinned, drawing Riptide. "Come on, stay with me." Alvie wiped at his eyes, his vision blurring. He was going blind. He didn't understand why he hadn't earlier, but the temporary blindness was starting to plague him now.

Something three feet from the ship exploded from the ocean, icy water cascading down on Alvie with the force of a fire hose and knocking him flat to the deck. His father appeared again and redirected the water away, drying Alvie and pulling him to his feet. "Can you see OK?" He called over a thunderous roar. Alvie barely heard him, but no. He couldn't see OK.

He didn't tell Percy this though, wanting to stay and help instead.

Alvie squinted up at the thing that was attacking the Queen Anne's Revenge. It was as wide as an apartment block and as easily a hundred or more feet tall. It was a giant serpent, thick spikes bristling out from its head as it glowered down at them with luminous yellow eyes.

It didn't seem like anything Alvie had heard of in Greek mythology, but he didn't really have time to mull it over. Percy dragged him away as his older brothers, aunt and adoptive uncles rushed forward, locking shields and holding weapons at the ready. Elsie and Alokia were scrambling the rigging, heading for the crow's nest with their quivers and bows ready.

The monster dived at Alvie and Percy, crashing through the deck and ripping up chunks of wood, missing father and son by a second. A spear hurtled up at it as it withdrew, spewing debris. Percy's watch expanded into a shield and he held it over Alvie, wood clunking ominously down upon it.

Reaching up and letting instinct take over, Alvie dragged his hands back. The sails swung around of their own accord and smacked the monster in the face with enough power to topple it. Barriers on the edges of the ship crumpled like paper under its colossal weight. The wheel shattered and flew over the edge, disappearing with an eerie splosh.

"Nice one, Alvie!" Max called over his shoulder, readying an axe. The beast took several attempts at bringing itself back up and, while it was down, they threw weapons and powers alike at it.

Crystal didn't like all the loud crashes and bangs. It meant disaster was happening right outside and she had no idea how or why or if anyone had been hurt. Somebody- Louisa, no doubt- was shouting curses galore and their attacker gave a scream of outrage. Startled yells and clangs of metal followed seconds later.

"It's a sea monster! Why does itbreathefire?!"

"You're fire-proof!" Frank shouted. "Why are you complaining?!"

"We're standing on a boat made of wood! And none of you are fire-proof!"

"Leo, calm the fuck down!" Louisa ordered. "I can't think with ya flappin' around!" Leo cursed her in Spanish and Crystal saw his shadow ripple across the light shield Alvie had undoubtedly placed over the door.

"Ooh, I don't like this." Joy moaned, her eyes darting about the room, automatically looking for a way out even if there clearly weren't any.

"Mom, it'll be OK." Crystal soothed. "They're stubborn."

"Shoot it again!" Louisa's voice called and they all heard the traces of maniacal laughter in her tone.

"And a bit crazy." Crystal added, smiling. "That's always good."

I think this will do for tonight. I probably won't carry on with the monster thing in full detail tomorrow or whenever I next update this, but I might mention it. Don't know yet. Again, sorry it's taken a long time to post this and very sorry if it's not that good! My brain is officially on mass melt-down at the moment.