Happy Valentines Day, and it just so happens that this yea's day of live, (and alot of people's sevear crippeling depression) falls on an update day! Fourtinantly, we've reached a serious moment in the story so there isn't much romance in this chapter.

Note: I am fairly proud of this chapter because it isn't dialog based, which is how I normally write. Well, the begining isn't. If you're following my other ongoing fanfiction for ROTBTD I'm working on putting in more discription per chapter so, that should improve this chapter text wise.

Enjoy!

Part One: Chapter Eleven: Kraken

=Percy=

It was nearly dawn when I woke, Nico was sleeping next to me and it made me doubt my plans. I sat up and looked out the window at the black sky, the moon was covered by clouds. Slowly, I got out of bed, careful not to disturb the boy, I changed out of the normal outfit I wore and into something similar to what Zoë had been wearing yesterday, an entirely black suit. I looked around and debated what I should bring with me, though I didn't have much room for anything, My sword was in it's ring form around my finger and the dagger I had stolen from Nico on the day we met was in my belt. I should leave that for him. On my desk were three papers, one for my crew, and Piper, giving them instructions for if I don't return, one for Annabeth, for Piper to give to her if I don't make it back, and another for Nico.

I sighed and slid the dagger out of my belt and looked it over, I've never been one for using daggers, getting too close for an attack could be deadly. I looked over to it's owner, still sleeping soundly. I put the weapon back into it's holder and walked over to him. He truly did look like an Angel, I kissed his forehead for a second, then made my way to the door. Outside was cold and quiet, I had told everyone to get rest and that we would be staying for a few days and no one disagreed. I didn't waste too much time here though, instead I went towards the railings and quickly dove into the water.

I had sensed it with my earlier swim, a strong power and the lack of animals near the island. Before I discovered the Pendant I had assumed it was the giant living atop the island, but now I knew that wasn't the case. The water was dark, and, had I not been a child of the sea, I would've been blind. The further I went, the darker it seemed to get, and the more I could see. There were sunken ships, a few dozen of them, as well as, from what I could tell, corpses of it's sailors. This didn't bother me, it's not uncommon to find these under water, what bothered me was how undisturbed it was. Not a single soul had dared come near it. This only further proves my the legend, not many would seek the Necromancer's Pendent, even if they did know of it's existence. Most people were attracted to the island because of the Golden Felice and that hasn't been there for years. But, none of these shipwreck's were new.

The further down I went, the more ominous the scenery became, and, light was filling the water. Greek fire, that's known to burn through anything and cannot be put out with the normal things like water. I The fire lit up a ship, stuck in the side of the island and burning on what looked like torch posts. I decided that this was as good a place to start looking as any. The boat was small, but clearly Greek built. All around the deck I could see skeletons in desperate spots, trying to hold on for dear life or escape from a greater evil. I assumed that it was the later of the two. I tapped my ring and it transformed in my hand. It took me about five minutes to find what I was looking for, surprisingly fast, for the corps of the girl was clutching onto a headless on, bugger than her own. I assumed that it was her lover. The Pendant was still around her neck, untouched and undamaged after all these years. I carefully, as to not disturb them in their rest, took the necklace off of her neck and slipped it onto my own.

I could feel the humming of the necklace as it accepted a new, living owner and I could feel the power radiating through it, but, now wouldn't be the best time to study it. After looking over the two again, I wondered how the man had lost his skull It's possible from after all these years that it could've just fallen off, but without anything to disturb the remains the likelihood of it is slim. It's possible that as the ship was sinking, a sea monster could've tore the head off, or even before that Polyphemus could've thrown a rock and knocked the head clean off, the girl could've been so filled with shock that she held onto him and never let him go.

Personally, I like the first theory, at least they were dead before anything happened. I turned my attention to how the ship was lodged into the island, as if something had gone to the effort to just shove the thing into it, took time to dig a hole and steal the ship from above. Something that a Kraken would do. I felt my heart stop. The story of the Kraken was one of my namesake's legends from years ago. If it, like all the other monsters in the world, reformed after so long. Wouldn't it be possible that said monster was still alive, trapped in it's cave, or better yet, trapped in the Sea of Monsters? I numbing feeling settled in my stomach as I turned back to the dead Daughter of Hades and her lover. I could feel the adrenalin rush as the monster rose from deeper in the sea, it's yellow eyes glaring down at me as if I was some annoying pest. But it passed me off, I was just one demigod where, above were two ships full. In my ears there was an annoying ringing sound, and under my feet, the water was building up pressure to shoot me skywards. For a long moment, the Kraken was out of sight, swimming much faster than I could own my own. For all I knew, it could've reached the ships by now.

The pressure under my feet released itself and sent me flying through the water, faster than I would ever be able to attempt on my own and definitely faster that the large beast I shot past, though it's tentacles were already wrapping around the first of the three ships. I was forced out of the water in a geyser and it held me above the slowly waking ships. From just under the surface, I could see the cold yellow eyes glaring hungrily at Piper's ship. "Thalia!" I called out, willing the water to drop me on the Foremast, after, I quickly climbed to the crow's nest where I could see everything going on in the ship. Few people were awake, and none of those few was the girl I needed. "Get Thalia up here! Now!" I called down to anyone awake enough to hear me. Silena was the one to do as I asked, I watched her run back down into the ship and two precious minutes passed before she returned. Lucky, the Kraken moved slowly when trying to eat an entire ship at once. "Get everyone off of Piper's ship!" I yelled to her.

The best thing about Thalia, is she didn't ask questions until after her work was done, she grabbed Chris who had followed them up with an annoyed look on his face and the two of them went to gather Piper and her crew. "Percy what's going on?" Silena asked me, I didn't respond until I was on deck and next to her, I couldn't see what was going on well here but that didn't matter much.

"Listen to me, we're all in danger right now." I told her, keeping my eyes on Piper's ship. A few of the cremated were gathering on deck. "I need you to get everyone up and ready, especially Clarisse, I don't know how much it will help but if we're getting out of this alive it's going to mean a fight." She didn't seem to understand what I was saying, but she nodded and went back under the deck. "Prepare the guns!" I ordered Leo and Tyson who were the other two out on deck. It took me just a moment to climb onto the quarterdeck and I was able to see a little bit better, the tentacle's were just breaching the surface of the water. By now I had most of Piper's crew starting towards my ship. The girl herself was just coming out of her cabin and looked to see me.

She followed Thalia and Chris's directions and met me not too long after. "What's this all about?" She asked. "It's barley day."

"See for yourself," I told her, getting her to stand where I was.

"What is that?" She asked, a quiver in her voice. I didn't respond.

"Perseus you better have a good reason for waking me up." Clarisse demanded me.

"I'm going to need your help if we're getting off this island." I told her. "Unless you have Medusa's head on you." She glared at me, about to make a bitter response when the boat two away from us started creaking.

"You did not anger the Kraken." She hissed.

"Until about fifteen minutes ago I didn't even know it was here." I hissed back at her. "Piper take the wheel, we need to start moving while it's distracted." She didn't disagree, "Clarisse it will come to a fight, if we expect to survive. I need you. Get the others ready, I can't keep it away from the ship until it's angry enough to focus only on me."

"Only on you?" She asked, a bit shocked.

"Yes," I glared. "Thalia!" I turned my attention to the girl climbing to the Crow's nest. "Get the wind's moving, we need to get out of here fast! Jason help your sister if you want to live!"

"You expect me to sit back while we escape, and watch you fight a Kraken?" Clarisse demanded of me, she gripped my shirt pulling me towards her. "I refuse to do that."

"I expect you to follow orders Clarisse." I growled at her. "And your orders are to defend the ship with your life, protect our friends."

"I refuse to let you take that thing on by yourself!" She yelled at me, I tore her arm away from my shirt, ripping the fabric in the process.

"I refuse to let you throw away your life to fight a loosing battle!" I yelled back. "Clarisse this is more is more important than you repaying a stupid debt you think you owe me." The boat lurched forwards just as the other was crushed. I could tell that most everyone was looking at us. "All you have to do is follow my orders, and those are to protect the boat," her glare seemed to pierce through me. "Don't waste the life I gave you Clarisse, I saved you so you would live don't you dare throw it away for me."