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Chapter 13

"You'd think he'd run out of rocks," Percy muttered.

"Swim for it!" Grover said.

He, Clarisse and Annabeth plunged into the surf. Y/N hung on to Clarisse's neck and tried to paddle with one hand, the wet Fleece weighing her down.

But the monster's attention wasn't on the Fleece.

"You, young Cyclops!" Polyphemus roared. "Traitor to your kind!"

Tyson froze.

"Don't listen to him!" Percy pleaded. "Come on."

He pulled Tyson's arm, who responded "I am not a traitor."

"You serve mortals!" Polyphemus shouted. "Thieving humans!"

Polyphemus threw his first boulder. Tyson swatted it aside with his fist.

"Not a traitor," Tyson said. "And you are not my kind."

"Death or victory!" Polyphemus charged into the surf, but his foot was still wounded. He immediately stumbled and fell on his face. That would've been funny, except he started to get up again, spitting salt water and growling.

"Percy!" Clarisse yelled. "Come on!"

They were almost to the ship with the Fleece. Y/N was still recovering and the fight didn't look that good. Percy was bruised and looked exhausted. She felt guilty.  

As soon as they reached the ship, Grover was helping her up while Annabeth supported her weight from below. Clarisse was waving frantically at Percy, telling him to come on.

With one last mighty effort, Tyson pushed the cursing older Cyclops away after fighting with Polyphemus, and they ran for the surf.

"I will smash you.'" Polyphemus yelled, doubling over in pain. His enormous hands cupped over his injured eye.

Tyson and Percy plunged into the waves.

"Where are you?" Polyphemus screamed. He picked up his tree club and threw it into the water. It splashed off to their right.

Percy summoned up a current to carry them, and they started gaining speed. He was beginning to think that they might make it to the ship, when Clarisse shouted from the deck, "Yeah, Jackson! In your face, Cyclops!"

"Rarrr!" Polyphemus picked up a boulder. He threw it toward the sound of Clarisse's voice, but it fell short, narrowly missing Tyson and Percy.

"Yeah, yeah!" Clarisse taunted. "You throw like a wimp! Teach you to try marrying me, you idiot!"

"Clarisse!" Percy yelled, unable to stand it. "Shut up!"

Too late. Polyphemus threw another boulder, and this time he watched helplessly as it sailed over his head and crashed through the hull of the Queen Anne's Revenge.

You wouldn't believe how fast a ship can sink. The Queen Anne's Revenge creaked and groaned and listed forward like it was going down a playground slide.

Percy cursed, willing the sea to push them faster, but the ship's masts were already going under.

"Dive!" he told Tyson. And as another rock sailed over their heads, they plunged underwater.

His friends were sinking fast, trying to swim, without luck, in the bubbly trail of the ship's wreckage.

Not many people realize that when a ship goes down, it acts like a sinkhole, pulling down everything around it. Clarisse was a strong swimmer, but even she wasn't making any progress. Grover frantically kicked with his hooves. Annabeth was hanging on to Y/N who was covered with the Fleece, which flashed in the water like a wave of new pennies.