Bob Says Hello

Secrets

'Thirty more minutes.' He thought as he waited for his night shift to end.

Jason leaned over the railing of Argo II as his eyes reached over the salt water. As opposed to the majestic view of the Atlantic's sunrise, the ocean's midnight was eerie and distant. He took notice of the ocean's such dual characteristics and mindlessly wondered if Poseidon's offspring bore similar traits. The sails flapped harshly from the chilling wind, and its sway made Jason feel sick. He willed the salty ocean air into his lungs and exhaled. Jason closed his eyes and slowly allowed the rhythmic sounds of the tides to numb himself from his surroundings.

Jason was brought back to reality when suddenly there was a shift in the night as the waves grew agitated. Alarmed, Jason looked around blindly in the dark. Right when he decided that the coast was clear and relaxed his muscles, he heard a shrill scream echo from out the distance.

Jason tensed, flipping his coin as the familiar imperial golden sword replaced it. Adrenaline began to kick in while he squinted into the water below. He silently cursed at the night for being so damn dark. His eyes darted left and right just as he caught sight of a scaly green tail flickering out of the water. He gripped his sword tighter and gathered the surrounding wind around him to propel him to the sky. He hovered over the railing, anticipating for the right timing for him to stab it.

Jason eyed the water intensely, while on the opposite end of the Argo, another figure made his way towards the deck.

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Percy reached towards his night stand and pressed to stop the clock's incandescence. He wondered why he set an alarm in the first place; it wasn't like he was going to sleep anyways... "3:00" was etched glowing red in the surrounding pitch black air and illuminated it's red cast onto a white container sitting next to it.

In Percy's world, people eat ambrosia to stop bleeding, drank nectar to cure concussions; covered themselves with sheep's wool to mend the bones. And so the half empty bottle of sleeping pills Percy smuggled from a local CVS felt a bit out of place. The pills were a people thing- something that humans use. The pills weren't much effective in helping him sleep, but taking it sometimes allowed Percy to play a game of pretend where he would play human. To him, the pills gave him a sense of illusioned humanity. He longingly stared at the white container... some would even say that he looked as if he were craving it...

Percy gave a heavy sigh and slid his legs off the bed. He then made this way towards the deck, steps echoing emptily through the ship's hallway.

The second he opened the door to the deck, he was greeted with a blast of wind, and droplets of salt water sprayed over board. He spotted Jason hovering over the churning waves, blindedly swinging his sword at the tides. There was a flash of green scales penetrating from the sea, but disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.

"Hey, Perce! Wanna help me out a bit?" Jason asked when he caught Percy entering the deck.

Jason was waiting for the dragon to surface again when suddenly the sea exploded and the monster jumped onto the deck, breaking the metal railing of the Argo as it did so. Percy flinched as it's shrill scream pierced through the midnight air as he reached into his jean pocket for riptide. Riptide didn't disappoint as Percy quickly uncapped it and ran into battle.

Sparks flew as Percy ran riptide across the monster's metallic body, but it's thick scales were left with barely a scratch. On the corner of his eyes, he saw Jason attempting to repeatedly stab the dragon behind it's back. The thing didn't even notice. Meanwhile, the sky darkened and it didn't take long before rain poured through the musty, aggravating the tides even more.