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"It really does not look like anything I thought it would," Andromeda said on the bow of the ship as she, Jakob, Annabeth and Tyson looked at the island in front of them. The island looked like an island of paradise with sandy white beaches, tropical tees with coconuts in them along with high hill tops. The place felt fresh but old at the same time, as if it was a land forgotten in time.
"What did you expect? Large caves with skeletons surrounding it?" Jakob asked as Andromeda shrugged.
"Kind off, yeah," Andromeda said back while Annabeth rolled her eyes at her.
"It must be the Fleece," Annabeth explained. "It has regenerative properties remember. It must be the reason why the island is so lush and beautiful."
"If we take it away, will the island die?" Andromeda asked the daughter of wisdom.
"No, It'll fade." Mimir said, Jakob holding him up so the girls could look at him. "Go back to what it would be normally, whatever that is."
As the Queen Anne's Revenge got as close to the shore as it could get without getting stranded all the residents were worried.
They had contacted the camp yesterday afternoon to check how things were going and unfortunately they weren't not going well.
Katie managed to intercept the message and explained that everything at camp was in shambles. Mr. D wasn't doing jack shit - Jakob's words, not hers - and they were short on supplies. Thankfully, Tantalus wasn't making their lives worse after having his arm taken off by Jakob, so the warning stuck.
Also the attacks had increased to nearly four times a day. They were lucky that they had only been attacked during the night once but thing were slowly getting worse and worse every day. They were lucky that no one had died yet but the med bay was beginning to pile up to the point where they had to set up tents to take some of the more lightly injured.
The Apollo kids were exhausted having to keep healing people, the Ares kids were on their last legs being on the front lines all the time, the Hermes cabin were managing so far but eventually they would come crashing down to, the Aphrodite cabin complained more than usual while the Hephaestus cabin was busy trying to keep the building from collapsing.
They had a few days left and they knew that. The group knew that they had to get their asses in gear and speed the quest up if they wanted to have a chance at saving their home.
Though Jakob was more annoyed that the Gods of Olympus had done nothing to help their kids. Instead they were either just sitting on their thrones and just watching or doing whatever they did to waste time. And they claimed to care about their kids.
"You know the island kind of shapes looks like a saddle," Andromeda said, looking at the island as the others looked at her with odd expression on their face. "What?"
"Thank you for that piece of wisdom, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth said, making Andromeda huff and cross her arms as they all began to pile into one of the small row boats and made their way to the island.
"Wonder if we can build a beach here. The place seems nice," Mimir commented.
"I don't think Polyphemus would want any neighbours," Annabeth said.
"And you'd be daft to make an island in the Sea of Monsters you're home." Jakob added with a shake of his head.
All of them looked over the island, trying to figure out where to go. Jakob looked around until his eyes darted along the beach shore and as he looked over to his right he could see a small black figure resting on the beach. His eyes widened when he saw it was the shape of a boat and began running towards it. The others followed after him.
"Why he run so far?" Tyson ask as he tried to keep up. though his large lumbering body was obviously not well build for running.
"A boat?" Annabeth said as they neared the other small boat on the shore line before her and everyone else's eyes widened when they saw it was one of the lifeboats from the CSS Birmingham.
"So Clarisse was here," Jakob said. "She probably got kidnapped by Polyphemus." As they looked over the boat, they were surprised it was still intact. "There's a chance she's still alive, as well as Grover."
"Our best bet would be to go further in." Mimir pointed out. Jakob looked at the island jungle and nodded in agreement before he led the way, taking his Axe out to cut down any overgrown leaves and bushes in their way.
They made their way through the island jungle and could feel themselves gradually going up the hill. The path was very uneven and they had to take it slowly otherwise they would lose their footing.
Jakob hacked through the bushes with the Axe, though the others couldn't help but notice it looked as if someone had already hacked their way through. Jakob looked to the ground and found very faint looking foot prints in the ground.
The foot print was large and broad, giving him hope that that it belonged to Clarisse. If she made her way through here then he wondered just how long ago she was here and where were they now.
"Clarisse was definitely here," Jakob said as the others looked around the footprints. "At least we know she got some distance and the foot prints continue to track forward," he said now taking the lead as the others follow after him.
"You know how to track?" Annabeth asked with surprise.
Jakob nodded. "Met a huntress after I left Asgard, taught me the rules of the hunt. How to hunt quietly, how to track, all that stuff. And no, it's not Artemis or one of her Hunters... somebody who's actually earned the title of Queen of the Hunt."
"Don't let Artemis catch you saying that." Annabeth said, but Jakob scoffed.
"Like I give a damn what she thinks." He said, causing Annabeth and Andromeda to share a glance.
"Is there a reason you despise Artemis? Or at least, all of the Olympians?" Andromeda asked, wanting to know since Jakob made his dislike of the Olympians clear at some points.
Jakob sighed. "I don't hate them, not like Luke because daddy didn't play with him as a kid. I just don't respect them that much, they are almost as fucked up as my own family." Thunder rumbled in the sky, causing Jakob to roll his eyes. "You know it's the truth, Zeus. Anyway, there are three Olympians I have the least amount of respect for; Artemis, Aphrodite and Hera."
"Why?" Annabeth asked curiously.
"Long story." Was all Jakob said.
They followed after at a quick pace while narrowly avoiding the potholes in the ground before they found themselves at an open field where all four stopped.
They found themselves staring right towards a giant oak tree where they could all see some gold glittering on one of its branches.
"The Fleece," Andromeda said, looking at it before making a motion to go forwards to grab it. Though she was quickly stopped when Annabeth grabbed her shoulders and stared out at it.
"Wait," she said. "It seems easy, almost way too easy."
"She's right." Mimir said, Jakob holding him up so he can see the Fleece. "To leave the Fleece out in the open like this, no protection whatsoever... that's just baiting someone into a trap. Best be cautious. But, least there's no guardian creature to guard it like Ladon or Cerberus."
"If there is, I don't have an MP3 player to play music." Jakob said, getting snickers from the girls who remembered what happened the last time.
"Well they have sheep," Andromeda muttered pointing towards the large groups of sheep that look a little abnormally large then regular sheep that he had seen.
"Yes, the guardians of the mighty Golden Fleece is a herd of sheep," Annabeth said playfully as they all noticed a deer come wandering out of the bushes on the other side of the field and was looking around and began heading towards a small ravine.
Then they all watched as the sheep all suddenly lifted their heads up in perfect unison and looked over towards the deer. The sheep all bleated at once and rushed the animal. It happened so fast that the deer stumbled and was lost in a sea of wool and trampling hooves yet no noise came from the sudden dinner for the sheep.
After about thirty seconds, the sheep began disperse and went back to what they were doing before the deer arrived which revealed a now set of clean white bones in the place where the deer formally was standing.
"...Okay, that's terrifying." Mimir said with a high pitched voice. Annabeth just let her jaw hang low after what they just witnessed. Everyone had a knot form in their stomach and did not feel very hungry.
"They're like piranhas," she said, now thinking twice about her comment earlier.
"Piranhas with legs to be more specific," Andromeda added while Tyson and Jakob nodded in agreement before a thought hit Andromeda.
"You guys don't think Clarisse just charged in and didn't think that the sheep were dangerous do you?" She asked a little skeptically while the others were just silent as her proclamation and eyed the sheep before eyeing the ground round them.
"No, I see no human-shaped skeletons or bones." Jakob shook his head. "Clarisse is still alive."
"So what do we do?" Andromeda asked. "Do we stay here and try and get the Fleece or do we try and find Grover and Clarisse first?"
"If we stay and try and get the Fleece, I or Jakob could fly or turn invisible and sneak around them and get it. It might be our quickest method," Annabeth offered but Jakob shook his head.
"When I attempt to fly, it's done with a burst of lightning from me which will make a noise and get the attention of the sheep." Jakob said as he eyed the flesh-eating sheep. "If they see any of us, we'll be swarmed like that deer was. I could fly and grab it, but the sheep will see you guys and swarm you in seconds. They must have good sense of hearing and smell."
"Then it's best if we find Clarisse and Grover first." Mimir said. "As the Smartest Man Alive, it'll give me time to come up with a plan to get the Fleece without worry of being attacked by piranha sheep."
"It seems like the best thing to do at this point," Annabeth said. "Since we do not know a way to get past the sheep, maybe regrouping with them will help us come up with a plan to get past the sheep and grab hold of the Fleece."
"Let's go." Jakob said as he followed the tracks, thankfully they didn't lead anywhere near the sheep.
As they walked, Jakob was leading the front and following his senses, Tyson behind him with Annabeth and Andromeda together bring up the rear now.
"You think we are ready for this?" Andromeda asked Annabeth as they checked behind them to make sure none of the flesh eating sheep were following after them.
"We're gonna have to be. Polyphemus is not going to be easy by any means but if we want to get the Fleece and save everyone then we don't have a choice but to face him."
"But we have Jakob, though. He can take care of Polyphemus, right?" Andromeda asked. Annabeth nodded slowly, though she didn't look happy.
"I agree with you. But that doesn't mean we have to keep relying on him to bail us out. Jakob is the strongest in our group, true. But we can't just expect him to fight all of our battles, like with the Cetus. We are all going to need to get stronger for what lies ahead of us." Annabeth said, sending a look towards Jakob. "We'll have to ask him to train us."
"Yeah, he trained me a bit last year before we went on the Lightning Thief quest." Andromeda nodded. "We've never had time to resume it."
"We'll need to talk with him about training us when we get back." Annabeth said with a nod. She didn't want to remain weak and on the sidelines, she wanted to prove she could stand with them, with Jakob, and be as formidable a fighter as he was.
Jakob gave a small smile, having heard their conversation. He would indeed agree to train them, but they'll have to learn that his training was harsh and rough, due to his upbringing. If they want to get stronger, then he will help them become just that, but he won't be nice or soft with their training. That's not how warriors are made. He'll also have to see if Silena and Katie want in on the training, since he could see the same potential he saw in Annabeth and Andromeda.
As the demigods and cyclops continued walking, they came to a giant cave a little ways off in the distance.
"So this is it?" Annabeth asked.
It was only about five minutes walk away and was easy to get to if you were big enough which no doubt Polyphemus was. No doubt it was handy if anyone tried to steal the Fleece form the island.
A little ways off and into the cave they spotted the Cyclops Polyphemus. He looked like a more stronger, meaner and uglier version of Tyson. Then they all saw Grover troy along in front of Polyphemus still wearing a wedding dress which made them all feel a little relieved that their favourite Satyr was still alive and in one piece. Though they snickered at the wedding dress he was wearing.
"Definitely doesn't suit Grover," Andromeda whispered with three heads nodding in unison.
"You're a feisty one!" Polyphemus bellowed loudly. The others looked towards Clarisse, who looked somewhat fine. She didn't seem harmed, but she was angry. And she was tied up, hanging upside down over a giant pot of boiling water.
"Challenge me!" Clarisse yelled. "Give me back my sword and I'll fight you!"
The monster roared with laughter.
The group crept to the edge to see more. Annabeth looked like she was trying to think of a plan.
"Hmm," Polyphemus pondered. "Eat loudmouth girl now or wait for wedding feast? What does my bride think?" Polyphemus turned to Grover, who backed up and almost tripped over his completed bridal train. "Oh, um, I'm not hungry right now, dear. Perhaps-"
"Did you say bride?" Clarisse demanded. "Who- Grover?"
Jakob sighed. "She needs to shut up before she lands herself and Grover in hot water."
"What did you expect?" Annabeth sighed. "She's a fighter, not a thinker." That made Jakob sigh in defeat. She had a good point.
Polyphemus glowered. "What 'Grover'?"
"The satyr!" Clarisse yelled.
"Oh!" Grover yelped. "The poor thing's brain is boiling from that hot water. Pull her down, dear!"
Polyphemus's eyelid narrowed over his baleful milky eye, as if he were trying to see Clarisse clearly.
The Cyclops was an even more horrible sight than he had been in their dreams. Forget the earlier statement, calling him an uglier version of Tyson was an insult to the big guy. His rancid smell was now up close and personal. Partly because he was dressed in his wedding outfit - a crude kilt and shoulder-wrap, stitched together from baby-blue tuxedoes, as if the he'd skinned an entire wedding party.
"What satyr?" asked Polyphemus. "Satyrs are good eating. You bring me a satyr?"
"No, you big idiot!" bellowed Clarisse. "That satyr! Grover! The one in the wedding dress!"
By this point, Jakob was silently banging his head on the stone floor while Annabeth's head was in her hands and Andromeda just wanted to ring her neck, while Tyson looked on, confused. But it was too late. All they could do was watch as Polyphemus turned and ripped off Grover's wedding veil - revealing his curly hair, his scruffy adolescent beard, his tiny horns.
Polyphemus breathed heavily, trying to contain his anger. "I don't see very well," he growled. "Not since many years ago when the other hero stabbed me in eye. But YOU'RE-NO-LADY-CYCLOPS!"
The Cyclops grabbed Grover's dress and tore it away. Underneath, the old Grover reappeared in his jeans and T-shirt. He yelped and ducked as the monster swiped over his head.
"Stop!" Grover pleaded. "Don't eat me raw! I - I have a good recipe!"
"Now's the time to act," Jakob said and both he and Andromeda reached for their weapons.
"Wait!" Annabeth hissed.
Polyphemus was hesitating, a boulder in his hand, ready to smash his would-be bride. "Recipe?" he asked Grover.
"Oh y-yes! You don't want to eat me raw. You'll get E coli and botulism and all sorts of horrible things. I'll taste much better grilled over a slow fire. With mango chutney! You could go get some mangoes right now, down there in the woods. I'll just wait here."
"At least he can think on his feet quickly," Jakob muttered, grinning at the satyr. Andromeda and Annabeth nodded in agreement.
"Grilled satyr with mango chutney," Polyphemus mused. He looked back at Clarisse, still hanging over the pot of boiling water. "You a satyr, too?"
"No, you overgrown pile of shit!" she yelled. "I'm a girl! The daughter of Ares! Now untie so I can rip your arms off!"
"Rip my arms off," Polyphemus repeated.
"And stuff them down your throat!"
"You got spunk." The giant said, making Jakob smirk.
"Let me down!"
Polyphemus snatched up Grover as if he were a wayward puppy. "Have to graze sheep now. Wedding postponed until tonight. Then we'll eat satyr for the main course!"
"Thank the gods for stupid monsters," Jakob muttered quietly.
"But... you're still getting married?" Grover sounded hurt. "Who's the bride?"
Polyphemus looked toward the boiling pot. Jakob and Andromeda had to bite their cheeks to stop themselves from laughing so loudly.
Clarisse made a strangled sound. "Oh, no! You can't be serious. I'm not-"
Before anyone could do anything, Polyphemus plucked her off the rope like she was a ripe apple, and tossed her and Grover deep into the cave. "Make yourself comfortable! I come back at sundown for big event!"
"NO YOU OVER GROWN MORON!" Clarisse screamed. "I won't marry you ever!"
Then the Cyclops whistled, and a mixed flock of goats and sheep - smaller than the maneaters - flooded out of the cave and past their master. As they went to pasture, Polyphemus patted some on the back and called them by name - Beltbuster, Tammany, Lockhart, etc.
When the last sheep had waddled out, Polyphemus rolled a boulder in front of the doorway as easily as someone would close a refrigerator door, shutting off the sound of Clarisse and Grover screaming inside.
"Mangoes," Polyphemus grumbled to himself. "What are mangoes?"
He strolled off down the mountain in his baby-blue groom's outfit, leaving them alone with a pot of boiling water and a six-ton boulder.
"So what are we going to do?" Andromeda asked. She was the first to walk up to it and attempt to move it though the six ton boulder quickly made it clear it did not want to be moved any time soon and quickly she gave up so she did not end up injuring herself for not being able to move the current immovable object.
"This." Jakob said as he cock his fist back and went to smash it into the boulder when Annabeth quickly grabbed his arm.
"Wait, you do that then you'll alert Polyphemus!" She hissed, looking around for the Cyclops.
"Then i'll pick it up and move it." Jakob rolled his eyes before walking up to the boulder, dug his hands into the rock and lifted it with a grunt, stepping several steps back enough to make an opening, then, as quietly as he could, placed the boulder down. "There. Easy."
When they got through they looked around Polyphemus's cave and saw Clarisse and Grover at the other side, having obviously moved their after seeing the boulder smashed to pieces. Clarisse had grabbed a large wooden stick since her weapons had been taken away. Grover just looked terrified and was sweating.
Though they had looks of relief when they saw Annabeth walk through the path that was clear of the boulder. Annabeth spotted them and immediate ran towards Grover and enveloped him in a big hug.
"Don't you worry us like this again, you stupid satyr," she said, though he knew she was being sincere and hugged her back.
Andromeda came over as did Tyson and Jakob and walked through towards them and brought Grover into a hug as well. Though Grover was a little fearful seeing Tyson. Jakob walked forward and gave Grover a big hug also.
"Good to see you in one piece G-man." Andromeda said as she patted her friend on the back.
"Yeah, it's good to see you guys again," Grover said, relieved. "I'm just glad you guys made it in time. Now at least I can finally get out of this stupid dress," he said as he ripped the wedding dress off showing his clothes on underneath.
Jakob turned to Clarisse. He gave her a nod. She nodded back. There was no need to give her a hug. Clarisse still had a 'tough girl' facade to maintain.
"So what now? We have Grover and Clarisse, now all that's left is to get the Fleece," Andromeda said.
As the group began to discuss what they were going to do about Polyphemus, they heard loud thud like footprints getting closer and closer towards them.
"Might not be as easy as you think," Jakob said. The others looked worriedly to the entrance.
Everyone began to hide all around the room and take cover. Annabeth, Tyson and Andromeda hid behind one of the giant cupboard through a small opening they found, Clarisse hid under a small crack under his bed while Jakob and Grover managed to dive into the giant chest.
Polyphemus walked in, noticing the moved boulder. He looked around his cave, sniffing slightly. His face contorted into a growl. "Intruders!" he bellowed out. "I smell intruders! Come out! Fight and die!"
Everyone held their breath as Polyphemus came storming through the cave with a look of anger and frustration.
"Intruders! You interrupt marriage with lovely. You take dinner away," he muttered under his breath.
"I am not your lovely," Clarisse muttered under her breath. Thankfully, the Cyclops didn't hear her.
"How do we get out?" Andromeda whispered to Annabeth who was currently trying to come up with some kind of plan while Tyson was eyeing the bigger Cyclops wearily.
Polyphemus finished his mumbling and after noticing he was all alone began whipping his head all around the cave.
"My lovely, dinner goat where are you?" he called out though no one came out to greet him. His eyes narrowed and began to smell the air around him. Despite his vision not being all that great his sense of smell was slightly heightened than normal persons.
He took a long deep sniff of the area when his eyes snapped open and a big hungry grin appeared on his face.
"I know you are still in here. And I smell more little intruders. More for dinner and more for my belly," he said as his eye searched all around the room.
The demigods, Satyr and Cyclops all had managed to hide well when they managed to see Polyphemus looking around in frustration but still with a hungry look on his face. His milky coloured eye was looking all over the cave and got dangerously close to where Clarisse were hiding before a quick thinking Annabeth spoke up.
"Hello, ugly!"
Polyphemus stiffened. "Who said that?" he asked darting his eye all over the cave trying to pick up where it was coming from.
"Nobody!" Annabeth yelled, giving her the reaction she was hoping for as his face went red with rage and his fists began to shake. The others picked up on what she was doing. Well everyone but Andromeda and Tyson who were looking at Annabeth in confusion and a little fear.
"Nobody!" Polyphemus yelled back. "I remember you!"
Joining in, Jakob yelled out, "You're too dumb to remember anybody! Much less Nobody!"
"Where are you? Why your voice sound different? You sounded like girl one second, boy the next."
"My voice has not changed. You're just too stupid to notice where Nobody is." Clarisse then piped up with a grin wanting to mess around with the Cyclops.
"AHH! WHERE ARE YOU?!" he yelled and begin to throw a bit of a fit at not finding where the voice was coming form. To him it was coming from all sides and he could not pin point where Nobody was.
His frustration building he grabbed one of his large chairs and threw it towards the location where Annabeth, Andromeda and Tyson were hiding. There was a loud crash as he threw it and it crashed into the wall making the others go silent and hope that the trio was okay.
They were relieved when they heard Annabeth suddenly say, "You haven't learned to throw any better, either!"
"SHOW YOURSELF!" the Cyclops yelled.
"Why? So you can miss again?" Jakob yelled.
"Yeah. You can't throw anything at anyone. Not even Nobody!" Andromeda shouted.
Probably due to his rage, Polyphemus moved quickly for someone his size and was now at Annabeth's, Andromeda's and Tyson's location and had his hand where they were as if trying to reach them.
Andromeda and Annabeth managed to back away just enough so that Polyphemus could not grab them but they all had their weapons on the ready.
Needing to give them breathing room, Jakob ducked out of hiding, reared the Leviathan Axe back and threw it. The Axe spun through the air before it embedded itself in the Cyclops' back, though he roared more in annoyance that pain as Jakob recalled the Axe to him.
"AHHH! DIE, INTRUDER!" Polyphemus yelled, stomping towards Jakob and Grover's place.
"At least I got his attention," Jakob muttered jokingly. Grover glared at him for that remark. "Too much?" he said sheepishly.
"Move!" Grover yelled. Polyphemus was still stomping towards their location and was quickly getting closer.
"Hold on!" Jakob yelled, grabbing Grover and flying off into the air with a burst of lightning to follow and dodging Polyphemus' fist that crushed the chest that they were in, scattering the rubbish inside of it.
"Woah!" Grover yelled, disorientated from the flight that he'd travelled at. They were now hiding behind what looked to be a giant stone pillar. Good thing Polyphemus was slightly blind and dumb.
"Everyone, let's get out now while we have the chance," Jakob called as everyone got out of their hiding spots and ran out of the cave.
As they reached the outside they quickly found Polyphemus was destroying the clones and was already beginning to head towards them.
Jakob looked up at the cave ledge, then frosted up the blade of the Leviathan Axe before aiming and firing a beam of pure ice at the top of the cave. As soon as the ice hit the top of the cave, it exploded and a portion of the ledge was destroyed, allowing a big rock to fall. This began to collapse over the entrance to the cave. It made a few of the group member's to cover their eyes but when they opened them they found the entrance completely blocked off.
Though if the angry shouts form Polyphemus were any indication, they knew it would not last long.
"Well that was a pain," Clarisse said before shouting, "HOW DO YOU LIKE US NOW YOU DUMB CYCLOPS. THAT WILL TEACH YOU TO TRY AND MARRY ME OFF!" The others looked at her incredulously.
"That won't hold him for long," Annabeth said looking at the collapsed rocks. "He'll be out of that in no time and we still need to get the Fleece."
"So what do we do? We still have those flesh eating sheep guarding it and I for one do not want to be reduced into nothing but bones," Percy said, with most quickly nodding in agreement.
"I'll stay and take on Polyphemus. You guys go and get the Fleece," Jakob offered. He gripped the Leviathan Axe but Clarisse stopped him.
"No way, Jakey. I got a score to settle with that Cyclops," Clarisse said with a sadistic grin. Jakob looked at her with a raised eyebrow, a little annoyed at the nickname. "Besides, you already took care of the Cetus. I want to care of the next big monster."
"And how exactly do you plan to do that?" Jakob asked, raising his eyebrow waiting for a suggestion from the group. He wanted to know if she had a plan to defeat the giant Cyclops since Polyphemus was not like other monsters. He had strength, experience and skill despite being a dumb as a sack of rocks.
"We'll take care of Polyphemus," Annabeth offered as everyone look at her in surprise. "Clarisse is right. You took on the Cetus. It's our turn now."
"She has a point," Clarisse added. "With the four of us we can take care of that over grown Cyclops."
"Never thought I'd see you agree with Annie," Jakob said. "And four? You may want to check again."
"Take Tyson with you and together the two of you can get the Fleece. You're the fastest, so you can get the Fleece no problem while Tyson can probably distract them. While you do that, we will keep Polyphemus busy. When you have the Fleece, send a signal and shoot it into the sky as a beacon. When we see it, we will all retreat back to the shore and leave."
"That sounds like it could work. Are you okay with that, Tyson?" Andromeda asked as Tyson hesitated a little before he nodded happily.
"You guys don't honestly expect this to work," Jakob said doubtfully. "It's better if we take him together. And I'm not about to let Tyson distract carnivorous sheep." He made to say more, but was stopped by Tyson putting his hand on Jakob's shoulder.
"Jakob," Tyson said, smiling slightly. "I can do it. Trust me."
"See, we can handle this. We can handle Polyphemus. Have a little faith, Jake," Clarisse said to Jakob. He gave her and the others a worried look before sighing, knowing they were not going to back out of this.
"First off, don't call me Jake." The son of Thor said with an annoyed look.
"Only Silena get to call you that?" Clarisse asked with a sly, teasing grin, causing Jakob to grumble while Annabeth and Andromeda frowned.
"Secondly... be careful." He told them.
"We'll be fine." Andromeda said, shoving her brief flash of jealousy aside.
Their attention shifted as the makeshift rock fall began to shudders and loud thuds could be heard.
"Looks like Polyphemus is trying to get out. You guys sure you can handle this?" Jakob asked since he did not want to see them get badly injured or worse.
"We can handle it. This is what all that training was for remember," Andromeda said, uncapping Riptide. Annabeth unsheathed her dagger and Clarisse prepared the spear. Grover though squirmed a little though he did try to put his brave face on.
"Alright then." He patted Tyson on the back. "You ready?"
"I ready," he said, making Jakob grin before they gave the five a nod of good luck before he took off towards the fleeces location with Tyson following after him.
The four took deep breaths before they readied themselves once again as the rocks began to shudder even more and the sound of Polyphemus shouting could be heard getting louder.
After a few moments a large grubby hand shot out of the rock pile before a second one did the same beside it. Then with one large crashing sounds Polyphemus came raging through the wall and causing it took fall apart completely.
He looked around the area with his milky colored eye before he managed to see the outline of four people standing in front of him.
"YOU!" he said point towards them. "YOU MAKE FOOL OF ME! I MAKE YOU PAY AND EAT YOU FOR DINNER! AND THE WEDDING IS OFF TOO!"
"GOOD BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO MARRY YOU, YOU GRUBBY BASTARD OF A CYCLOPS. COME HERE SO I CAN MAIM YOU!" Clarisse shouted back making everyone have deadpanned looks at the shouting match between the two.
Jakob and Tyson burst out of the woods and found themselves in the field where the Fleece and the man-eating sheep were stationed. Most of the sheep were not paying attention and were just grazing around while a few did bob their heads up when they heard them come through the trees.
"Okay we're in the field. Now we just need to get past the mean eating sheep," Jakob said, knowing it was easier said than done.
"How we get past?" Tyson mumbled as his lone eye was staring towards the sheep that now had turned their attention to him for some odd reason that made him flinch a little since their eyes looked like they were staring right through him.
Jakob was anxious to finish their task so that he could join his friends. He didn't doubt their strength or skill, but Polyphemus was legendary for a reason.
He thought about just flying to pick up the Golden Fleece and escape. But that would leave Tyson alone with the sheep, who may attack upon him making a move. And he wasn't about to abandon the young Cyclops.
However, as he was thinking, he heard some footsteps beside him and his eyes widened when he saw Tyson moving toward the sheep.
His eyes almost fell out of his sockets."Tyson! What the hell are you doing? Don't get too close to them!"
However, he was a little taken back when he heard Tyson speak confidently back to him with a tiny grin on his face. "They won't hurt me. I know they won't hurt me."
"And how do you know that?" Jakob asked.
Tyson grinned again. "Trust me."
Jakob tried to convince him otherwise and walked forwards a little to stop Tyson from getting hurt but the young Cyclops put his hand out and stopped him in his tracks.
"I can do it. Trust Tyson. Let me do my part to save camp." He said again in a confident tone, making Jakob halt in place. He was impressed about his drive to save a place that ostracized him for being a monster. He didn't like it, though.
He had a bad feeling in his gut and he hoped he was wrong as he watched Tyson slowly move towards the sheep, taking small steps at a time as if trying to steel himself and tell himself that this is the right thing to do.
Jakob looked over towards the sheep and saw that all their heads were now up and were looking towards Tyson. All brown coloured sheep eyes were focused on the young Cyclops.
"Fine. Since you seem so stubborn..." Jakob muttered to himself. "Go on, Tyson. You can do it. Be calm," he silently cheered, not wanting the loud noise to alert the sheep. "Don't make any sudden movements."
Tyson nodded a little before he felt a surge of nerves go through him as the sheep finally began to move towards him and Jakob could see that on their faces they had a look of recognition, as if they recognized Tyson.
A few of their gazes drifted towards Jakob, as if contemplating whether they should eat Tyson or him. Jakob tightened his grip on the Leviathan Axe.
He watched as they got closer and closer to Tyson until they were only a few feet away from him.
'Could they think that Tyson is Polyphemus?' Jakob thought to himself. It was possible, since they were Cyclopes. Maybe that was the reason why the sheep didn't feel like eating him. Or maybe Tyson was suddenly good at calming down flesh-eating animals.
Tyson stuck his hand out to pet one of the sheep that was close to him and Jakob held his breath as it sniffed his hand. It opened its mouth as if ready to take a bite and licked it teeth's. But instead of taking a bite or trying to eat Tyson, it nuzzled his hand.
Slowly one by one, the other sheep began crowding around Tyson and nuzzled him a little getting a laugh from Tyson.
Wide-eyed, Jakob unhooked Mimir and lifted him to see the sight as well. The head's eyes widened. "...Man-eating sheep, acting like the cute and fuzzy creatures they are."
"It's possible they think he's Polyphemus." Jakob stated.
"Very possible." Mimir agreed.
"Tyson." Jakob said, getting the young Cyclops' attention. "Try and lead them away so I can grab the Fleece."
Tyson thought about it for a moment before nodding to Jakob. He slowly began to make his way out of the crowd of sheep that was around him and began to jog away from the field.
"Come on sheepies, follow me if you want to get some food," he said as Jakob hoped they would follow him.
Jakob gave him a thumbs up as he lead the sheep away. They completely forgot about Jakob as they followed after Tyson. This made Jakob breathe a little easier.
"Stay safe Tyson. Meet you back at the beach," he shouted and could just about make out Tyson giving him a thumbs up.
Turning around he saw the way had now been cleared and there was no sheep anywhere. The Fleece's defences were gone.
Jakob grinned as he ran up to the tree and stopped just in front of the Golden Fleece. Just looking at the Fleece and being near it, he could feel the power of the object radiating from it and it was an amazing sensation.
He didn't feel bad about taking it as he knew it was necessary and they needed to save the camp above anything else.
Reaching out, Jakob picked up the Fleece and held it close. It felt extremely soft. It was also a little heavier then he thought it would be but it would not be a problem.
Now that he had the Fleece he decided it was time to make the signal for the others. Holding one hand into the air, he sent a beam of lightning high in the air so that anyone around the island could see it.
As soon as he was done, with the Fleece in hand, he bolted back towards the beach to where he hoped he would be seeing the others.
As he ran, he slowed down as he saw the others running towards the 'Queen Anne's Revenge'. Guess they must've taken care of Polyphemus.
When they got close however, Polyphemus suddenly burst out of the forest and looked around. When he spotted them, he roared and charged after them.
Okay, guess they didn't take care of him.
"Run faster!" Andromeda said as they neared the boat that they arrived in.
"I thought you guys took care of him!" Jakob shouted out.
"We did, but Andromeda here was too much of a coward to finish him off when he had the chance," Clarisse remarked with her thumb jerked to Andromeda as they ran. Jakob blinked as he processed the information but ignored it. He figured Andromeda realized the Cyclops was like her, a child of Poseidon, basically her brother.
"We can explain all of that later! Just run!" Andromeda shouted.
Jakob whirled around and fired a single blast of lightning from his hand, striking Polyphemus in the head which sent the Cyclops onto his back.
"Jakob!" Andromeda shouted with wide eyes.
"Don't worry, he's alive! I put enough power in to knock him out!" Jakob assured her.
"Wait!" Annabeth looked around. "Where's Tyson?"
"He's-" Jakob paused as they heard what sounded like a small stampede making its way towards them.
They looked over to where the sound was coming from and saw Tyson stumble out of the forest and ran over to them.
"Tyson, over here!" Jakob called as he hopped into the boat. Just as Tyson began getting into the boat, the horde of sheep appeared out of the forest.
"Hell no!" They all yelled, not wanting to be eaten alive by the sheep and quickly pushed away from the beach and into the water.
As they got onto the pirate ship, they managed to set the sail and get the ship ready. Pretty soon, they were sailing from Polyphemus' Island, which looked to be quickly fading. Jakob smiled at seeing that they had completed their quest, saved Grover, and retrieved the thing that was going to save the camp.
The demigods were finally able to make out the edges of a shoreline signalling that land was finally ahead.
As they sailed out of the Sea of Monsters, they were worried about having to face Charybdis and Scylla again, but thankfully they managed to evade the sea monsters. Also, none of them even needed to touch the ship to steer it. It was like it had a mind of its own. Probably Poseidon looking out for them and guiding them out of the Sea of Monsters. Least one of the Olympians was useful, though Jakob figured he did it for Andromeda's sake.
In the distance, the sun was setting behind a city skyline. Jakob could see a beach side highway lined with palm trees, store fronts glowing with red and blue neon, a harbour filled with sailboats and cruise ships. They were probably coming up to Miami.
Gathering their things together, they wandered along the cruise line docks, pushing through crowds of people arriving for their vacations or just about to go off on one. Porters bustled around with carts of luggage. Taxi drivers yelled at each other in Spanish and tried to cut in line for customers.
Thankfully no one noticed them thanks to the Mist, after all four kids (Grover didn't necessarily count, and none of them were sure about Tyson's age) dripping wet and looking like they'd just had a fight with a monster would usually draw in plenty of attention.
As they walked, the Mist began to affect them as well now. Tyson's lone eyes distorted and Grover had put his sneakers and cap on.
Even the Fleece had transformed from sheepskin to a red-and-gold high school letter jacket with a large glittery Omega on the pocket.
They checked the date to find that it was June 16th.
"We have been away from camp for eight days. We really need to get back there soon otherwise I dread to think what will be left of our camp," Annabeth said in a worried tone that was shown in on everyone's face.
"Thalia's tree must be almost dead," Grover wailed. "We have to get the Fleece back tonight."
"And with the tree almost being dead, then it means the camp's magical borders will be left to almost nothing," Jakob added.
They all watched as Clarisse slumped a little to the ground with a defeated look on her face. "How are we supposed to get back to camp?" Her voice trembled. "We're hundreds of miles away. No money. No ride. We can't exactly walk it."
Jakob dug into his backpack and brought out a stack of money, easily in the hundreds. He grinned at the slack-jawed reactions he'd received. "Will this do?" he asked cheekily.
"H-how-" Clarisse stuttered.
Jakob waved his hand. "Doesn't matter. We have the money. We can go."
"The only option would be taking a plane. And you and Andromeda can't go in the air, Jakob. If you do Zeus will more than likely blast you out of the sky," Annabeth said.
"Hmm... true." Jakob nodded. "Zeus doesn't like me all that much for being an Aesir demigod, and Thor being my father. I doubt he'll stay his hand if it means saving his daughter's spirit."
"Well, what if just a few of us go?" Grover suggested. "Clarisse takes the Fleece ahead with Jakob back to the camp via a plane while we make our own way there. Hopefully, Zeus won't shoot him out of the sky." He said the last part hopefully.
Jakob shook his head and handed his money to Clarisse, who looked at him with a surprised expression on his face as did the others.
"Here, take this money, get on a plane and take the Fleece to camp. I'd rather not risk you getting zapped with lightning through me because of Zeus' paranoia. Plus, this was your quest, therefore you should be the one to return the Fleece to the camp."
Andromeda went to the curb and whistled for a taxi which quickly got the attention of a nearby cab and had it pull up just in front of them.
Clarisse took the Fleece and looked at it with wide eyes, as well as looking at Jakob with a stunned look on her face. She looked to the others, who nodded in agreement to her.
"Okay," she said as the gears in her head began working. She gave a quick nod to Andromeda, Annabeth and Grover before giving Jakob a look of gratitude. "Thank you," she said, jumping into the cab.
The three demigods, Cyclops and satyr watched as they disappeared down the road. The group gave small smiles to Jakob.
"That was a nice thing that you did for Clarisse," Annabeth said, smiling. Jakob shrugged with a small smile.
"She's earned it. Hopefully, this will put doubters to shame." Jakob said, meaning Ares more than anyone. He wonders how the God of War will react when seeing his daughter is the one bringing the Fleece back to save the camp.
Jakob was about to say something else when he stiffened, his sense of danger going off, before he whirled around, Leviathan Axe in hand, and lined it up with the neck of somebody who had a bronze and grey sword in his right hand that was now aimed at Andromeda. Four heads whipped around and were surprised and angry to see Luke standing there with a evil smile on his face.
Jakob narrowed his eyes. "Castellan."
"'Sup, Jakob? Welcome back to the states," Luke grinned smugly.
We're nearing the end of the Sea of Monsters plot of the story, after which will be Jakob doing stuff on his own to grow stronger and powerful. After all, a God of War game trope is to have Kratos gain different powers, right? So Jakob's kinda gonna get the same thing, via thanks to different gods. Not sure which chapter will begin the Titan's Curse storyline, but I'll let you know when that's going to come as I get closer to it.
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.