Answers to reviews:
Guest250: I didn't say he'll show up.
willtemple34: Never watched it.
Guest: Yep.
Guest: It might, but why would he be dwelling there?
Kenka: Yeah, Odin ain't the best father himself.
Bromega2477: Haven't had the time to watch it myself.
jedblack1997: Doubtful, he doesn't know where the World Serpent is.
Disclaimer: I do not own God of War or Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I only own the OC Jakob Thorsson.
"You are in so much trouble," Clarisse said.
They'd just finished the tour. with the three runaways. Jakob assumed Clarisse was trying to unnerve or mess with the other demigods. The soldiers kept staring at Annabeth and Andromeda. In Annabeth's case it was with pleasure as it turned out the daughter of wisdom was from Virginia and so was technically a Confederate like them. In contrast, they really hated Andromeda, calling her a dirty Yankee since she was New York born and raised. Tyson was especially freaked out by the dead soldiers, even asking Annabeth to hold his hand, who did so reluctantly and unhappily.
Finally, they headed to dinner. The CSS Birmingham captain's quarters were about the size of a walk-in closet, but still much bigger than any other room on board. The table was set with white linen and china. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, potato chips, and Dr Peppers were served by skeletal crewmen. The new arrivals looked reluctant to eat anything served by undead, but their hunger seemed to win over their fears and they dug in.
"Tantalus expelled you for eternity," Clarisse told them smugly. "Mr. D said if any of you show your face at camp again, he'll turn you into squirrels and run you over with his SUV."
"Though you won't have to worry about him since Jakob tore his arm off." Mimir said casually, causing Annabeth and Andromeda's eyes to widen and they looked at the son of Thor who merely shrugged.
"Did they give you this ship?" Andromeda asked, sounding oddly wounded.
"'Course not. My father did."
"Ares?"
Clarisse sneered. "You think your daddy is the only one with sea power? The spirits on the losing side of every war owe a tribute to Ares. That's their curse for being defeated. I prayed to my father for a naval transport and here it is. These guys will do anything I tell them. Won't you, Captain?"
The captain stood behind her looking stiff and angry. His glowing green eyes fixing Andromeda with a hungry stare. "If it means an end to this infernal war, ma'am, peace at last, we'll do anything. Destroy anyone."
Clarisse smiled. "Destroy anyone. I like that."
Tyson gulped.
"Clarisse," Annabeth said, "Luke might be after the Fleece, too. We saw him. He's got the coordinates and he's heading south. He has a cruise ship full of monsters-"
At the part about Luke, Jakob almost spat out the Dr. Pepper he was drinking. He coughed and wiped his mouth before putting the can down. "So he's looking for the Fleece as well, huh? Good, I'm looking forward to ripping his head off."
Annabeth turned to Jakob with a careful, yet angry look in her grey eyes. "He confessed to doing it, Jakob. He said he p-poisoned Thalia's tree."
"...Now I'm going to extend his torture." Jakob looked at Clarisse. "You want in on beating the bastard up before killing him?"
Clarisse grinned. "Hell yeah."
All three of the Birmingham's new passengers looked aghast at this bloodlust.
"You don't understand," Annabeth said, as she shook of her shock. "We have to combine forces. Let us help you-"
"No!" Clarisse pounded the table. "This is my quest, smart girl! Finally I get to be the hero, and you two will not steal my chance."
Annabeth's face grew understanding, Andromeda though just grew furious at Clarisse's rejection of their offer to help.
"Where are your cabin mates?" The daughter of Poseidon asked. "You were allowed to take two friends with you, weren't you? Why is it that only Jakob's here?"
"We don't have one." Clarisse reluctantly admitted.
"No one else wanted to join you?" Percy asked snidely.
Looking away unhappily, Clarisse reluctantly said, "They didn't … I let them stay behind. To protect the camp."
"You mean even the people in your own cabin wouldn't help you?"
"Enough!" Jakob barked with authority as he stood, silencing the brewing argument. "Clarisse thought that it's best for just me and her to do this, while there's more to defend the camp. Do not fault her for putting the defence of the camp first. Besides, she believes my help is greatly appreciated."
Jakob sat back down, Clarisse sending him a thankful nod before she looked at the demigods. "I know Tantalus is setting us up to fail, he's not exactly hid his uncaring nature about the camp. All you need to know is that I'm finishing this quest and you're not helping. On the other hand, I can't let you go…"
"So we're prisoners?" Annabeth asked.
"Guests. For now." Clarisse propped her feet up on the white linen tablecloth and opened another Dr Pepper. "Captain, take them below. Assign them hammocks on the berth deck. If they don't mind their manners, show them how we deal with enemy spies."
The day had just gone past noon. Jakob, Clarisse, Annabeth, Andromeda and Tyson all sat around a table with a map of the Bermuda triangle on the table and were preparing for the entrance to the Sea of Monsters.
After Andromeda, Annabeth and Tyson had joined the ship the day before the rest of the day was very quiet and very little happened.
Both Andromeda and Clarisse kept to themselves and stayed out of each other's way. During dinner they didn't say a word to each other, which was a good thing. The others didn't want to deal with them fighting with each other almost all the time. Plus, Clarisse hated Andromeda because she humiliated her with toilet water the first time they met.
"So when will we arrive at the entrance?" Andromeda asked as she examined the map with Tyson beside her, enjoying his peanut butter sandwich.
"Within the next hour or so," Clarisse said. "We want to be ready for when we get to the entrance since this will be a very difficult part of the quest. Plus it's guarded by two of the worst of the oceans monsters."
"Charybdis and Scylla right?" Andromeda asked getting a nod from everyone.
Annabeth took it upon herself to explain the story of Charybdis and Scylla, because why not. "Scylla was a child of Phrocys and Keto and was once a very beautiful nymph. From what I read Scylla was once a beautiful nymph. The fisherman-turned-sea-god Glaucus fell madly in love with her, but she fled from him onto the land where he could not follow. Despair filled his heart and he went to the sorceress Circe to ask for a love potion to melt Scylla's heart.
"As he told his tale of love about Scylla to Circe, she herself fell in love with him. She wooed him with her sweetest words and looks, but the sea-god would have none of her. Circe was furious, but with Scylla and not with Glaucus. She prepared a vial of very powerful poison and poured it in the pool where Scylla bathed. As soon as the nymph entered the water, she was transformed into a frightful monster." She finished all this with one big breath, making Jakob, Percy and Tyson nod.
"Charybdis however was a child of Poseidon and a water nymph. She was known to be very loyal to her father and helped him during his endless feud with Zeus. She would ride the hungry tides after Poseidon had stirred up a storm, and led them onto the beaches, covering whole villages, submerging fields, drowning forests, claiming them for the sea. She won so much land for her father's kingdom that Zeus became enraged and changed her into a monster forever."
"Thankfully, it's not a story in which Zeus raped someone because they spurned his affections." Mimir remarked with a sigh. Most stories involving Zeus and a women went that way.
"True." Jakob nodded.
"So they were forever cursed for something that was out of their control?" Andromeda asked angrily, making Jakob look at her with an understanding look.
"The Gods are cruel and petty at times, Andie, remember that." He reminded her.
"Is there nothing that can be done to remove the curse? Surely the Gods would not just let them remain as monsters for something that was not their fault?" Andromeda asked.
"If they did then I doubt we would be worrying about which of the two we would need to pass, lass," Mimir answered, silencing the daughter of Poseidon.
"So which will we be trying to get passed?" Annabeth asked though, Andromeda looked in confusion.
"Why do we have to pass either of them? Can't we just find another way in? Surely there is one unguarded entrance, right?" she asked, confused.
"It does' not quite work like that, Andie," Annabeth answered. "They are at all the entrances to the Sea of Monster. There are multiple entrances but at all of them Charybdis and Scylla will appear."
"Oh, okay then," Andromeda said, feeling a little stupid.
"The answer is simple," Clarisse said taking the map into her hands.
"Charybdis is a giant whirlpool that we have to pass while Scylla lies in wait on the said of the cliffs. If we try to avoid Charybdis then we have to fight Scylla ad if we avoid Scylla we have to fight Charybdis any way you look at it. Therefore I think we should take on Charybdis."
"Clarisse," Andromeda said, "Charybdis sucks up the sea. Isn't that the story? I don't think it would be wise to try and take her on. She could destroy the boat completely."
"If we get too close, then Scylla and her snake heads will come down and start plucking sailors off the ship."
"Then choose Scylla then," Andromeda said. "Everybody goes below deck and we chug right past. We will be safe that way. It is easy."
"Andie, nothing is that easy and nothing is that simple. Just because we will be below deck, it does not mean she will not be able to get to us. Don't know about you, but last I checked, monsters were very strong and could tear right through the metal," Jakob answered. Clarisse then spoke up.
"If Scylla doesn't get her easy meat, she might pick up the whole ship. Besides, she's too high to make a good target. My cannons can't shoot straight up. Charybdis just sits there at the center of her whirlwind. We're going to steam straight toward her, train our guns on her, and blow her straight to Tartarus!"
Jakob sighed. "Clarisse is right. It's a direct approach but it's our best shot. Plus I can use lightning to hit her in the eye or something to distract her. So there's that." He got understanding nods from everyone.
They all knew that getting passed either of the monster duo was going to be difficult. After all only a handful of people have done such a thing.
"Let's get the last of are things and then everyone meet up on deck. Shortly we will be at the Sea of Monsters."
The demigods quickly broke apart and all headed towards their rooms and prepared.
Jakob went to his room and grabbed the Leviathan Axe, hooking it to his back. He sighed, mentally preparing himself. He wasn't naive. He knew there was a chance that things could go wrong and that someone might die. He knew that he couldn't save everyone, but he would do his hardest to prevent any of that happening.
As he exited his room he found Annabeth, Andromeda, and Tyson already outside waiting for him. They all were wearing their armour and having their weapons strapped to their sides and on their backs.
"We're just waiting for Clarisse," Annabeth answered.
"I'll wait for her," Jakob offered. "You guys head up on the deck. I'll bring her up when she's out."
They all shrugged and did as told.
Jakob leaned against the wall beside as he waited for the daughter of Ares. Though it did not stay silent for long when he heard a crash from within Clarisse's room.
Eyes widened, Jakob ran to her room, worried. He was about to open the door before he heard voices coming from within. He pressed his ear against the door.
"I don't want excuses, little girl!" an angry male voice growled which caused Jakob to narrow his eyes and a snarl rip out of his throat. He knew that annoying voice. What the hell was Ares doing here?
"Y-yes, father," he heard Clarisse mumble and could hear her shuffling. This caused Jakob to raise an eyebrow in surprise. He'd never heard Clarisse whimper, let alone sound afraid. She always sounded strong-willed.
"I will succeed!" Clarisse promised, her voice trembling. "I'll make you proud."
"You'd better," he warned. "You asked me for this quest, girl. If you let that slime ball Jackson kid and that Henderson punk steal it from you-"
"But the Oracle said-"
"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT SAID!" Ares bellowed. "You don't want to see me mad, do you? Because you know what will happen if you do."
"No, father."
Jakob's eyes widened when he heard a loud smack come from inside the room and he heard what Ares had to say "No, father," he mimicked. "You're pathetic. I should've let one of my sons take this quest."
Rage filled Jakob's being. He knew what it was like to have a father would would strike his own children. He grew up with a father that abused him physically, mentally and emotionally. So, without another second, he kicked the door open. Ares, who looked the same since Jakob last saw him, looked over and saw the son of Thor standing in the doorway, his eyes sparking with lightning.
Ares sneered. "Get lost, Aesir. This is some father-daughter bonding. This doesn't concern you."
Jakob looked over and saw Clarisse was hiding the right side of her face and hand her hand covering as well. This made Jakob even madder than before. He went forward and got in Ares' face.
"Leave, Ares," Jakob warned silently. "You aren't welcome here. Leave now."
"You dare, you little shit. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now-"
Jakob cocked his fist back and threw it forward, bringing his fist into Ares' face before the God of War could even comprehend what had happened. The strength behind the punch sent Ares into the wall behind him, going through it and leaving an Ares-sized hole in the wall. The god of war was on his back, but quickly got up, looking more shocked than hurt. He was about to say something, when Jakob took off the Leviathan Axe and lined it up with Ares' neck.
"I. Said. LEAVE!" Jakob roared in anger. "Or Olympus will lose a God of War and have to find a replacement."
Ares snarled and spat on the floor in front of Jakob before he teleported away in his godly form which made both demigods cover their eyes. When they opened their eyes, Ares was gone and it was silent.
Jakob hooked his Axe to his back then turned to Clarisse, who refused to look him in the eye while covering her cheek... the one Ares struck. Silently, Jakob crouched down and gently took Clarisse' hand away from her cheek, allowing him to see the red mark from Ares' slap. He sighed, especially as he saw tears in the daughter of war's eyes, tears she refused to let fall. She was trying to remain strong, he respected her for that.
Standing up, Jakob looked around before walking over to the nearby sink. He grabbed a cloth and damped it before going back over to Clarisse, gently dabbing the red mark with the cloth, making Clarisse wince.
"It's okay," he assured her. "I'm not going to hurt you." Seeing her relax slightly, he continued his actions. "Has he done this before?" She nodded and he felt his anger grow. "Often?" Relief flooded him when she shook her head.
"Only when he is really mad," she whispered, speaking for the first time. "He never hit me when I was younger, mainly over the last few years since I came to camp. I just don't think he likes having daughters. He does not see girls as worthy fighters."
"Well, then he's retarded," Jakob said firmly, getting Clarisse to focus on him. "You'd make a hell of a Valkyrie, Clarisse. And trust me, Valkyries are nothing to scoff at."
Clarisse nodded, still not responding.
He sighed. He didn't know what to do. She still wasn't responding. He wasn't used to this type of thing. He had never comforted anybody before, but he was just going with the flow of his actions. But, he did know the pain of having an abusive father.
"Come here." Jakob said softly, wrapping the girl in a hug, getting a flinch from her. "Let it out. Trust me, it never works if you keep it bottled up for years to come. No one will know of this but us."
He felt Clarisse nod her head a little into his shirt and felt her arms wrapped around him tightly like a lifeline. He could see little traces of water going down her cheeks. Jakob just held her close. He respected Clarisse greatly, she was a good friend and a great fighter, so he didn't know what the hell Ares was thinking about girls not being worthy fighters, though he chalked it up to the bastard being sexist.
Jakob pondered this as he held onto the girl. This was the first time he had ever seen Clarisse so vulnerable before and it was strange to see the normally tough as nails girl in such a state. He understood she had a tough image but like he had thought before; there was a lot more to Clarisse then being tough, strong willed daughter of the God of War. The shocking thing was, she was willing to show that side to him.
She broke the hug and he saw her eyes were a little red with a few tears stains down her cheek. She quickly wiped them away.
"Thank you, Jakob," he heard her mutter.
He smiled lightly. "No problem, Clarisse," he whispered.
It was silent for a moment. It was nice, just with the two of them. Jakob thought that this was the kind of thing that a boyfriend and girlfriend do. But he quickly perished the thought. Clarisse needed comforting. He didn't need to be her boyfriend to do that. Besides, he didn't feel that way towards Clarisse. She was a friend, the kind that he would allow to watch his back in a battle, or in general. Jakob would probably feel that kind of mushy way with someone different, maybe with Silena, or Katie, or Andromeda, or Ann-
He blinked in surprise. Where the hell had that come from?
His thoughts were interrupted when he felt Clarisse punch arm. Hard.
"If you tell anyone what happened here I will kick your ass. Lighting powers or not, I make it look like an accident."
Jakob just stared at the girl that he had comforted not even a few seconds ago. And then he laughed.
Clarisse looked ready to slap him because he was laughing at her, but he just patted her shoulder lightly. "I would expect no less from you, War Girl. Now come on, we got two monsters that need a good ass kicking."
She patted his shoulder as well, making Jakob smirk. The two exited the room and made their way back onto the top of the ship, where the others were waiting.
Not much time had passed since Jakob had went downstairs. When they arrived on the top deck they saw Andromeda and Annabeth were leaning over the side talking while Tyson was tinkering around with some kind of watch. They didn't notice them appear.
Leaving Clarisse alone for a bit to get rid of what happened a while ago, he went and stood by Tyson and watched him tinker around with his new project.
He stayed like that for the full hour and made idle chat with Tyson and found Tyson's child-like behaviour was a breath of fresh air with all the seriousness and boredom over the last few days. Jakob even asked if he could show him a little bit of tinkering, making Tyson extremely happy. So much so that he wrapped Jakob in a bone-breaking hug. Almost literally.
Once the hour was up a horn sounded out throughout the ship which made everyone jump.
"That's the signal. You know what that means," Annabeth said getting a nod from everyone else. Everyone gathered together while Clarisse used a pair of binoculars.
Everyone looked in the same direction as Clarisse was, but they could not see much couldn't see much. The sky was overcast. The air was hazy and humid, like steam from an iron.
The engine groaned as the boat increased in speed.
Tyson muttered nervously, "Too much strain on the pistons. Not meant for deep water."
"Don't worry, buddy," Andromeda comforted. "We are going to make it through this. The ship will hold."
"Let's hope so. I doubt a ship like this will withstand an attack from monsters nearly the size of the World Serpent... and you best hope we don't encounter him." Mimir warned.
"Nobody knows where he disappeared to, Mimir, and I doubt he's lurking in these waters." Jakob pointed out.
"The World Serpent? You mean Jörmungandr, the son of Loki?" Annabeth asked, her eyes lighting up with the prospect of further knowledge of the Norse pantheon. "The snake that's so big he's wrapped around the entire world and can bite his own tail?"
"The very one." Mimir confirmed. "He's well hidden, no doubt thanks to Loki. Though, I strongly advise we don't encounter him, might not be too happy to be awakened from his long sleep... wherever he's chosen to slumber."
"Wait a minute, the Sea of Monsters contains the greates sea monsters, right?" Andromeda asked with a frown. "What happens if we happen to encounter the Kraken?"
Mimir chuckled. "The Kraken isn't of Greek Mythology, lass."
"It's not?" Annabeth asked with a frown. "But-"
"Most assume it's a beast from your pantheon because of that one movie, Clash of the Titans." Mimir corrected. "The Kraken is actually a Norse legend that roamed the seas between Norway and Iceland. That whole movie plot of the hero Perseus slaying the Kraken? Didn't actually happen, they just replaced the Cetus with the Kraken for some reason."
"The Kraken won't be found in these waters, so don't worry about the fear of encountering the beast." Jakob reassured them. "Last I heard, the Kraken still dwells deep underwater around Norway and Iceland."
After a few more minutes of observing and preparing, dark splotches became visible ahead of the boat and began to come in to focus. To the north, a huge mass of rock rose out of the sea - an island with cliffs at least a hundred feet tall. About half a mile south of that, the other patch of darkness was a storm brewing. The sky and sea boiled together in a roaring mass.
"Hurricane?" Annabeth asked in a hopeful tone but she saw the stoic expression on Clarisse's and Jakob's face.
"No," Clarisse said. "Charybdis."
"Well, here we go," Jakob muttered, everyone tense.
"Captain set sails for Charybdis and get everyone on the cannons!" Clarisse yelled.
"Aye Aye Captain!" he shouted back as the cannon on the ships began to get manned by the skeleton Confederates.
The ship got closer to the monsters, the sound of Charybdis got louder and louder - a horrible wet roar like the galaxy's biggest toilet being flushed. Every time Charybdis inhaled, the ship shuddered and lurched forward. Every time she exhaled, they rose in the water and were buffeted by ten-foot waves.
However they could feel heat coming from beneath them and knew it was the engine the heat was coming from. A burnt out engine was not something that would help them in fighting Charybdis.
"Tyson, do you think you could go down to the engine room and keep the engine cool?" Andromeda asked.
Everyone looked to Tyson who had an inquisitive look on his face before he grinned.
"Tyson can help. Tyson can keep the engines cool. I go work on that now," he said getting a nod from everyone and a thumbs up from Andromeda and Jakob before he sprinted down the stairwells and towards the engines rooms.
"Andie, can you control the oceans and give us a hand?" Annabeth called out as she clutched her knife that she brought out of instinct.
Andromeda closed her eyes and began to feel the ocean around her but the whirlpool in front of them as well as the roars from the monsters and the shouting from the skeleton crew made it too difficult for her to fully concentrate.
"I—I can't," he said miserably. "There is too much interference. I can't focus properly."
"We need a backup plan," Annabeth said. "This isn't going to work."
However before she could explain the ship lurched forward and threw most of their feet. The ship began to rock in every direction signalling that they had been sucked into the whirlpool.
"Full reverse!" Clarisse screamed above the noise. The sea churned around them, waves crashing over the deck. As she shouted the demigods got a good luck at Charybdis.
"Damn," Jakob said aloud, seeing the black maw at the bottom of the whirlpool with long teeth the size of row boats that was sucking in everything possible.
"She's just a giant mouth," Andromeda said in disgust. The others agreed with her statement.
"Lady Clarisse," the captain shouted. "Starboard and forward guns are in range!"
"Fire!" Clarisse ordered throwing her right arm down.
Three rounds were blasted into the monster's maw. One blew off the edge of an incisor. Another disappeared into her gullet. The third hit one of Charybdis's retaining bands and shot back at the,, snapping the Ares flag off its pole.
'Not sad to see that go,' Jakob thought to himself.
By Jakob's will, the sky darkened with black clouds, thunder rumbled, and lightning streaked across the sky before Jakob commanded lightning to rain down on the sea monster, trying to inflict pain on her. However, it didn't seem to be doing much. Growling, Jakob took off into the air with a burst of lightning and conjured two beams of lightning in his hands, building it up until it was strong, then he roared as he sent the full powerful of the lightning beam at Charybdis, directly aiming for the mouth.
It disappeared into Charybdis, but not before taking out a couple of more teeth on top of the ones he already took out. A loud roar echoed from the black maw, though whether it was of pain or annoyance, Jakob wasn't sure.
"Andie!" Jakob shouted down to the daughter of Poseidon while raining more powerful blasts of lightning onto the sea monster. "Control the water and turn it to ice! It might help!"
"I can't manipulate ice!" Andromeda shouted up at him.
"Well, now's the time you learn! Just imagine a river of water, then slowly solidify it until it turns into ice!" Jakob instructed before getting back to his lightning attacks.
Andromeda looked around at the water around them and she took a deep inhale before closing her eyes, following Jakob's instructions. She concentrated, feeling the water around her, channelling her connection to it. She blocked out everything, focusing on her actions. She remembered what Jakob told her when he first began training her last year, that as daughter of the sea God, her powers were great and to take inspiration from fictional character with water powers of their own.
'When we get back to camp, I'm definitely going to start working on controlling my water powers and read comics and watch anime for ideas.' Andromeda thought with determination, determined to not be weak. She wanted to be as strong as Jakob was.
As she concentrated, a huge pillar of water rose from the ocean in front of the ship. The others were shocked at this display of skill. They were further shocked when the pillar formed into a giant spear of condensed water, and then slowly turned into ice.
"Well down, Andie!" Jakob shouted, smiling proudly before he mixed in bits of lightning with the water before it fully turned to ice. "Now send it at her!"
With a wave of her hand, Andromeda did just that, the humongous ice spear shooting towards the mouth of the sea monster they were facing, destroying row after row of giant teeth and disappearing down the monster's gullet.
They could hear the great ocean monster cry out in pain as the ice froze around and inside her mouth. Its teeth were destroyed and frozen solid. and began to turn an ugly shade of grey and black from and the attacks.
Andromeda panted in exhaustion, mentally tired from using that much power. The whirlpool around them calmed a little and allowed the captain to get better control of the ship. The pain could still be heard in Charybdis' roars and cries as Jakob dropped back down from the sky with a grunt.
"That was great, guys!" Annabeth shouted." Keep it up. "The ice and lightning are hurting her."
"And pissing her off from the sounds of it." Mimir said.
Andromeda commanded a geyser of water to burst from the water, then controlled it to spray herself, allowing her to be rejuvenated with it. She sighed, glad to be back at full strength again.
"Well done, Andie." Jakob patted her shoulder.
Blushing and bashful, yet beaming at his praise, Andromeda smiled at him. "Thanks, Jake."
None of them noticed Annabeth brief narrow her eyes in slight jealousy.
The cannon fire seemed to stop for a moment. Annabeth helped reload the cannons with Clarisse while several skeletons did the same. They had taken over from a skeleton that had fallen in the ocean and been sucked in by Charybdis.
They could feel the heat beneath them get cooler signalling that Tyson was managing to keep the engine cool and in order.
"Keep practising on your control, you'll be able to do a lot more with water than you'd expect." Jakob advised the daughter of Poseidon.
"Got it." Andromeda nodded.
The giant mouth then shut surprising everyone which made the ocean go back to being calm and the whirlpool slowly dissipated.
"Is it over?" Andromeda asked in a hopeful tone but saw the solemn looks Jakob and the others had who simply shook their heads.
"No Andie, that just round one," Jakob said as he prepared his lightning again while Annabeth and Clarisse aimed their cannons.
"Everyone get ready!" Jakob called out the mouth exploded open, spitting out a wall of water, ejecting everything inedible, including the cannonballs that had been fired from the ship.
Jakob, seeing all the debris, knew that they couldn't deflect all that. Summoning lightning again, he concentrated and the lighting shifted to form several Greek-style weapons, swords, spears, daggers, arrows, everything, all made entirely of lightning. With a roar, he sent all of it towards the incoming debris, intercepting it. Many of the weapons shot the cannonballs out of the air, while the others hit most of the debris. When the barrage of attacks were finished, the debris was destroyed, its momentum halted by the barrage of magical weapons. They fell harmlessly into the ocean.
The ship was thrown backward on a wave that must've been forty feet high. Andromeda used her powers to control the water around them and managed with great difficulty and willpower to calm it down and keep the boat from capsizing.
"Keep it up, Andie. Keep us afloat," Annabeth said before the skeleton next to her suddenly disappeared into the air by something brown and green.
Everyone looked over only for Andromeda to suddenly feel herself being lifted up into the air.
"NO!" Annabeth and Jakob shouted as Annabeth grabbed her legs. The others all saw this and did the same and grabbed him. Jakob looked up and saw a big reptile mass with multiple heads that had grabbed hold of Andromeda's backpack.
"Looks like Scylla's came out to play!" Mimir shouted with worry. "I don't think she's appreciatve of the lightning sounds!"
"Too bad!" Jakob shouted as he jumped and landed on the head grabbing onto Andromeda's backpack, grabbed the Leviathan Axe and brought it down with a roar. Blood sprouted out from where the Axe made contact, causing it to roar in pain, releasing Andromeda who had managed to slip out of her backpack which descended into the sea. Jakob threw the Axe, connecting with another head before jumping back to the ship and recalled his weapon back to him.
Hearing a screech from above them they saw Scylla hissing down at them with their tongues sliding out and rows of teeth gleaming.
However their attention turned to the other side when the whirlpool from Charybdis started up again and the large black mouth of the monster could be seen again.
"Shit," Jakob said, summing up everyone's thoughts. Jakob and Clarisse went back towards Charybdis while Annabeth and Andromeda faced Scylla as Riptide was now visible in Andromeda's hand.
"Come on. Bring it!" Clarisse shouted trying to stay positive and manning one of the cannons again.
The door behind them was open and they could see Tyson come out covered in black soot. "Engine cool and fixed for now," he said before noticing their situation and joined Andromeda's side against Scylla.
The whirlpool got louder and the hisses from Scylla got louder and everyone believed the two monsters were going to make their move.
But then the strangest thing happened which caught everyone off guard and rendered everyone confused.
The whirlpool around Charybdis suddenly slowed down add dissipated returning the water to being calm and silent. The black mass that was Charybdis could just about be seen by the people of the ship before it suddenly began to roar, though whether it was pain or annoyance they weren't sure. Pretty soon it began to move away from them and disappeared into a cavern beneath the cliffs.
"What the hell?" Andromeda voiced out, agreeing with what everyone was thinking. Suddenly, they heard a loud whimper like noise coming from Scylla. They looked to see Scylla's multiple heads were low down whimpering with their eyes looking all over the place before her body began to back up and disappear back into her cave in the cliffs.
The demigods all looked around confused not understand what just happened. "Did we win?" Andromeda asked, not getting an answer from anyone as they looked over to where Charybdis ad Scylla disappeared too.
"No way," Jakob denied. "It can't be that easy."
While some of the skeleton crew broke out into cheers and the captain seemed pleased with himself, the demigods knew something was up.
"They just disappeared. Andie, did you do something?" Annabeth asked.
"No I didn't do anything. I don't understand it. They had us cornered and then they just left. Have you ever heard of them doing that before?" Andromeda asked.
"Never. Charybdis and Scylla are notorious but yet they looked... scared."
"Scared. They looked scared. Did you hear Scylla whimpering? Whatever it was it had her freaked out big time and I don't know any monster that could scare them both like that..." Clarisse said before she noticed Andromeda looking over the side of the ship.
"Andie?" Jakob asked as they all walked up to her. Andromeda was just leaning over the side of the ship, looking down at the water with a frown on her face and saw her eyes scanning the water.
"What is it?" Annabeth asked trying to look her in the eye.
"The fish. They have all swam off. Normally I can feel and sense all the sea life in the water but I can't feel anything. It's like they just swam off and swam as far as they could go. I can't sense anything." Andromeda answered. "It feels like... like something big is coming,"
"Well, that's not ominous at all." Mimir said. An eerie silence soon filled the air after he spoke.
"Something not right. It can't be that easy. What had them freaked out?" Clarisse whispered to them all harshly.
However, they got their answer in the form of a loud roar coming from beneath the boat that caused all the demigods to cover their ears and drop to their knees. The sound caused the entire ship to vibrate and shake while the windows began to crack and shatter.
From beneath the ship a giant silhouette that looked roughly the size of the boat hovered and lingered beneath it with a bunch of beady eyes looking at the hull of the ship and began to push the ship away from the entrance to the Sea of Monsters.
Everyone on deck held onto whatever was close to them when they felt the boat being pulled away.
"What the hell is that?" Annabeth screamed out, but no one answered.
Suddenly, Andromeda felt a strong pull from beneath the boat.
Along the rim of the ship, the water began to bubble. The daughter of Poseidon looked down at the water, taking notice of that along with a large mass of dark scales that started to break the surface.
"Have a bad feeling about that," Tyson swallowed.
The mass of dark scales seemed to be getting bigger. Suddenly, the ship lurched again, throwing the occupants on the ground.
A loud roar and an explosion of water occurred from beneath the ship. The demigods stood up and looked over the edge of the ship. They were able to see a massive, clawed and scaled hand with four fingers slam into the hull of the ship, making a giant indent and making the ship groan.
Jakob followed the hand to the rising body coming out of the sea. The scaled head of the creature was easily seventy feet off the surface of the sea. It looked like an ugly evil monkey, with fins on either side of its head. The eyes were white, without pupils, and its mouth was contorted in a snarl that revealed layers of sharp, glowing yellow teeth. Four massive, scaled arms sprouted from its torso and a powerful build led down to a large serpent-like body that disappeared into the water. The underside of its arms and clawed hands were suckled, like octopus tentacles. It was truly a magnificent and terrifying creature.
"W-what the hell... is that thing?" Clarisse asked, fear creeping into her voice.
"I don't know... but we're going to have to fight it," Jakob said. A little fear creeped into his mind as well as he gripped the Leviathan Axe tightly in his hand.
The monster stared directly at the ship, and roared.
The creature is known as the Cetus. In Greek Mythology, Perseus slayed the monster to save Princess Andromeda when she was about to be sacrified to it, basically what was used for the Clash of the Titans plotline only replace the Cetus with the Kraken.
I did think of having the monster be the Kraken rather than Cetus, but decide to go for something else. Can't always use the Kraken as a massive sea monster to face, there are other huge monsters of the sea in Greek Mythology.
Harem: Silena Beauregard, Thalia Grace, Katie Gardner, Annabeth Chase, Andromeda Jackson (Female Percy), Bianca Di Angelo, Zoe Nightshade, Thrúd, Piper McLean, Hylla, Freya, Aphrodite, Artemis, Athena, Hestia, Skadi.