Scylla

"Nefeli!" Polydeuces runs to her, catching nefeli on his arms "w-what have i done...?" She mumbles realizing her actions "i.....i am a monster..." she tears up "it was....necesary..." he sighs hugging her gently.

Odysseus scoffs "weak..." he mumbles, the crew stared at Odysseus after what they have done "He is a different beast now, he is the one who feasts now...No more of us deceased, 'cause he won't take more suffering from you...He is the man-made monster, he is the one who conquers..You are a threat no longer, he won't take more suffering from you..." the screeches of the agonizing sirens echo through the sea like a sickening melody...and with that, the horrible jov was done. the sirens sank to the bottom of the sea, drowning without their tails. The deck of the ship coated in their blood...

Polydeuces gave a nasty look at his captain, fearing he would hurt everyone in order to get home "i've got you...nefeli..." he mumbles.

The ship kept going foward, the tension among the crew became greater and nefeli became distant from eurylochus and odysseus "this place is cold..." she mumbles hugging herself, small lotus holds her arms close "cold too :3" he said lowly "i know little buddy....but we will be fine once we leave the cave...i am sure of it" she smiles gently. Tho her eyes traveled to Polydeuces, he was staring at Odysseus every move "Po...come here...i need your warmth..." she mumbles gently pulling him back, the poor man sighs "sorry..." he mumbles going to her side "do you think we will ever make it home...?" She asked lowly "i don't even know anymore..." he mumbles nuzzling her neck "there's still hope...captain said we just have to go through this cave..." she smiles, but the title made Po frown "don't call him that..." he groans "he is not a captain..." he scoffs. This took Nefeli by surprice "o-okay..." she mumbles.

As they kept going foward, odysseus looks ahead with a cold expresion "The lair of Scylla....This is our only way home..." he mumbles lowly. From the deeps, something was watching him closely "Deep down...." eurylochus walks to him "You're quiet today..." he hesitates to pat his shoulder "Deep down..." Odysseus frowns "Not much to say..." he looks away from him. As if the voice got to all the weight over eurylochus shoulders, he bits his tongue "Deep down...You hide a reason for shame~" "I've got a secret I can no longer keep..." he gulps looking at Odysseus. Nefeli and Polydeuces look at the scene "finally...i was wondering when he would man up..." Nefeli scoffs "Deep down...You know that we are the same~" eurylochus frowns "I opened the wind bag while you were asleep!!" He looked guilty, filled with regret. Odysseus's eyes went wide, betrayed even...everything happened because of him, because of his greed "what...?" He asked. Something peeks out of the water, staring with an emotionless face "Leaving them feeling betrayed...Breaking the bonds that you've made..." she tilts her head hiding behind rocks "I'm so sorry!" Eurylochus grabs his hand begging "There is no price we won't pay..." Odysseus could only stare "Forgive me..." he fell to one knee "We both know what it takes to survive~" the crew kept rowing, Nefeli and Polydeuces stood by eachothers side "Full speed ahead, full speed, full speed ahead..." they all said "Full speed ahead..." she mumbles feeling relieved that this was the last step before making it home.

Slowly, the ship entered the dark cave "i can't see shit..." nefeli mumbles, tho her clouds did have a light of their own "heh...you are a walking torch" Po teases,  she blushes "Oh shush idiot..." but something felt horribly wrong as if something was watching them "Deep down...We only care for ourselves...." Odysseus looks away from the traitor "Eurylochus, light up six torches..." he orders, taken back by this eurylochus sighs and does as said "Yes captain..." he mumbles walking to the deck.

Nefeli raised an eyebrow "thats it...no screaming...anything?" She groans taking a torch "i did what was right...get off my back nefeli..." eurylochus frowns "Oh well look at you! All high and mighty for doing everything right...well color me impress wisdom guy! If it wasn’t for you, we would have made it home by now!" She scoffs only to resive a slap to the face harshly "don't you think i don't know that?! Don't you think that guilt isn't eating my heart!? I am tired of you being a constant reminder of everything i have done wrong!! So do me a favour and disappear!" He frowns, his words not meant but still hard and sharp like a dagger to the heart "f-fine..." she mumbles lowly walking off to look into the water. Polydeuces frowns "fuck you eurylochus..." he spats at the ground before walking to nefeli "hey..." he sighs "w-what happened to us...?" She sobs "w-we used to be so close...h-how could this happen to us...w-we are just people...i-i am just a man..." she mumbles, her tears falling into the water. Her reflection changed slightly showing a creature bellow "huh...?" She tilts her head, the creature doing the same "Deep down, we're lonely demons from hell..." the reflection mumbles "Captain, something approaches..." Nefeli said but when she looked back, a woman with uncanny eyes was staring "Hello" she tilts her head.

Her body slowly emerges from the water bellow...eel heads going up, surronding the ship...her face splits open showing a sixth eel head...now Polydeuces realized the worst "Row for your lives!!!" Odysseus orders. When he yelled, the eels instantly attacked those holding torches, one being Nefeli herself.

The shock of the attack didn't give nefeli enough time to react, an eel head bites down on her arm and pulled her up into the air "AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!" she yells in agony "NEFELI!!!" Polydeuces yells "Drown in your sorrow and fears!!!" One by one, those with lights were being eaten... as another head went to finish nefeli off, Po jumps on it and stricks his axe against it's skull, his eyes glowing purely red as if something was giving him enough rage power to move on his own.

Polydeuces jumps on the head holding nefeli and ripped its head out with his bare hands, nefeli was freed but at what cost, her arm was torned appart...deep inside the stomach of the scylla already "Choke on your blood and your tears!!!" She would have harshly fall on the deck of the ship if it wasn’t for eurylochus, he caught her in the last second. Blood poured like a waterfall "Bleed 'til you've run out of years!!" The scylla looks down on the bleeding nefeli "s-stay with me damn it!!" Eurylochus yells tearing appart his robs to stop the bleeding. Meanwhile, Polydeuces was having a full rage attack as he fought the scylla off "POLYDEUCES!! SHE NEEDS YOU!" Eurylochus yells, that was enough to make him snap out of it "We must do what it takes to survive!!" She laughs going back to attack nefeli, only for Polydeuces to stop the jaws of the eel with his bare hands "THROW THE TORCHES AWAY!" He yells, eurylochus nods and threw his into the water. But the rest was too busy running around like headless chickens "Give up your honor and faith!! Live up your life as a wraith!!" Nefeli's vision became a blur for a few seconds "p-po..." she mumbles lowly "Die in the blood where you bathe!! We must do what it takes to survive!!"

The ship slowly made it out of the cave. The scylla sinks back down, watching from afar "We are the same, you and I, I..." she tilts her head before disappearing. Odysseus frowns looking down.

Luckily, Nefeli was treated by the entire crew, but her arm was lost...Polydeuces stared from afar, his soon to be wife...his friend for life...his only will to live...torned appart like a ragdoll. His head slowly turns to Odysseus glaring deeply at him.

"Odysseus...."

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