Chapter 16

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Jackson - Paddle! Paddle!

Percy and Annabeth start paddling as more fin looking rocks appear more and more. 

Annabeth - Yeah, sharks would be better.

She stopped paddling looking as more start coming out to the top. Deep loud growls came from the ocean as I had realized they looked like teeth. 

Jessica - Don't panic. Not gonna panic. Not panicking at all. 

Percy & Jessica - It's Charybdis!

Tyson - Charyb... what?

Annabeth - She guards the Sea of Monsters. 

Percy turns around Annabeth screams as one of the teeth crash against the life boat.

Percy - Whoa!

Annabeth - Percy!

Percy puts his hand out and tries to control the water but nothing happened.

Percy - It's not working!

Jessica - The Sea of Monsters might not be in Poseidon's domain.

Percy - Hold on!

We all held onto the rope around the boat as we headed down to the center of its mouth. We made it down to where it leveled and stopped.

Annabeth - Where are we?

Percy - Smells like the stomach. Watch your step.

Percy watches Annabeth and I. Tyson crouches down and touches blue like goo.

Tyson - What is this stuff?

Jessica - You don't wanna know.

 Tyson - Whoa!

Ty slips and falls on his backpack.

Annabeth - This has to be the worst way to die.

Percy - Yeah. Everything that disappears in the Bermuda Triangle, well, this is where they end up.

Clarisse - Oh, come on!

Annabeth - That sounded like Clarisse.

Percy - No, no, it couldn't be her.

Jessica - I think it is.

Clarisse  - You ridiculously stupid morons!

Percy - No, it's her.

Annabeth - It's her.

We ran to where her voice led.

Clarisse - You idiot! Better keep my electrical grid up and running, or I'll plug your heads into it!

Percy - Clarisse! Hey!

Clarisse - Jackson? What are you doing here?

Percy - We got swallowed up just like you. 

We got up the ship and followed Clarisse.

Percy -Nice ship.

Clarisse - Yeah, my dad's got tons of this stuff left over from wars throughout history. It was either them or a Huey from Vietnam. I figured a boat would be a little more practical.

Percy - What's going on?

Clarisse - Pretty much exactly what goes on inside of a stomach,

Water rises and I watch the life boat drift away. Watching the end of the stomach crunch on  random objects.

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