𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 | 𝐏𝐉 𝟐

𝟎𝟏𝟔.𝟑

Juliet and Percy had been busy in the kitchen, with her baking and him being overly affectionate with her, they sort of didn't really care about the outside world. That was until something rocked into the ship, making Percy's hand smash into the flour making it blow up around Juliet's dress as she staggered back staining Percy's jaw with blue dye.

Percy moved forward to help her clean her dress as she did the same when Leo came bursting in, he paused when he saw them and Juliet realised they looked.....rather busy, with her hand on Percy's jaw while his rested on her stomach.

"It's not what it looks like," Juliet said.

"It might be what it looks like," Percy amended.

"It's exactly what it looks like, isn't it?" Leo added giving them a suggestive grin.

"No."

"Yes."

"Cool, oh also we are kinda under attack."

A monster was right underneath them. The ship tilted to starboard.  

As soon as they entered above deck,  Percy yelled, "What's going— Gah! Shrimpzilla!"

Frank ran to Hazel's side, who was already there. She was clutching the rigging, looking dazed, but she gestured that she was all right. 

The monster rammed the ship again. 

The hull groaned. Annabeth, Augustus, Daphne, and Jason tumbled to starboard and almost rolled overboard. 

Leo reached the helm. His hands flew across the controls. Over the intercom, Festus clacked and clicked about leaks belowdecks, but the ship didn't seem to be in danger of sinking—at least not yet.

Leo toggled the oars. They could convert into spears, which should be enough to drive the creature away. 

Unfortunately, they were jammed. Shrimpzilla must have knocked them out of alignment, and the monster was in spitting distance, which meant that Leo couldn't use the ballistae without setting the Argo II on fire as well.

"How did it get so close?" Annabeth shouted, pulling herself up on one of the rail shields.

"I don't know!" Hedge snarled. 

He looked around for his bat, which had rolled across the quarterdeck.

"I'm stupid!" Leo scolded himself. "Stupid, stupid! I forgot the sonar!"

The ship tilted farther to starboard. Either the monster was trying to give them a hug, or it was about to capsize them.

"Sonar?" Hedge demanded. "Pan's pipes, Valdez! Maybe if you hadn't been staring into Hazel's eyes, holding hands for so long—"

"What?" Frank yelped.

"It wasn't like that!" Hazel protested.

"It doesn't matter!" Daphne said. "Jason, can you call some lightning?"

Jason struggled to his feet. "I—" He only managed to shake his head. 

Summoning the storm earlier had taken too much out of him. Leo doubted the poor guy could pop a spark plug in the shape he was in.

"Percy!" Augustus said. "Can you talk to that thing? Do you know what it is?"

The son of the sea god shook his head, clearly mystified. "Maybe it's just curious about the ship. Maybe—"

The monster's tendrils lashed across the deck so fast, Leo didn't even have time to yell, Look out! One slammed Percy in the chest and sent him crashing down the steps. It was Juliet who did the yelling then.