[ODYSSEUS]
How has everything been turned against us?
How did suffering become so endless?
How am I to reunite with my estranged?
Do I need to change?

"Holy shit, this is a full blown reinvention song!"

I'm surrounded by the souls of those I've lost
I'm the only one whose line I haven't crossed
What if the greatest threat we'll find across the sea
Is me?

Percy frowned, feeling for him. He's had the lives of his friends and family and his hands too many times before, Percy got to a point where he had began to wonder if he was a curse to his love ones, especially since so many of them have died.

What if I'm the monster?
What if I'm in the wrong?
What if I'm the problem that's been hiding all along?

Leo shook his head, despite his jokes and jabs at Odysseus, Leo didn't hate the hero, in fact he had began to respect his ability to lead when it seems hopeless. "If it wasn't for Odysseus, his crew would have died a long time ago."

Reyna agreed, "Earlier Eurylochus wanted to invade the Island, he probably would have lead his crew to eat the Lotus!"

"Yes!" Annabeth exclaimed, "And he also was willing to leave them all with Circe AND Eurylochus probably would have lead them all to drown during the storm!"

What if I'm the one who killed you
Every time I caved to guilt?
What if I've been far too kind to foes
But a monster to ourselves?
What if I'm the monster?

Percy once again felt himself relating to Odysseus, remembering his time in Tartarus, had he became a monster when he tortured the goddess Akhyls,? Or was he just defending himself and Annabeth, even if a small part of him enjoyed making her suffer?

Is the cyclops struck with guilt when he kills?
Is he up in the middle of the night?
Or does he end my men to avenge his friend
And then sleep knowing he has done him right?

"Aw the sheep," Hazel smiled as she saw Polythemus patting his sheep.

When the witch turns men to pigs to protect her nymphs
Is she goin' insane?
Or did she learn to be colder when she got older
And now she saves them the pain?

Reyna grinned proudly as Odysseus spoke about her ex-mistress, understanding that Circe only ever wanted to protect the girls on the Island.

When a god comes down and makes a fleet drown
Is he scared that he's doing something wrong?
Or does he keep us in check so we must respect him
And now no one dares to piss him off?

Percy rolled his eyes as his father came on screen, the amount of times Percy has pissed off the gods... God, he's lost count.

Does a soldier use a wooden horse to kill sleeping Trojans
'Cause he is vile?
Or does he throw away his remorse
And save more lives with guile?

Thalia crossed her arms, she still doesn't like the fact that Odysseus and his army killed defenceless men.

If I became the monster and threw that guilt away
Would that make us stronger?
Would it keep our foes at bay?
If I became the monster to everyone but us
And made sure we got home again
Who would care if we're unjust?
If I became the

Annabeth stared at the screen, something clicking in her mind, "The entire plot of this musical..." she trailed off, her mouth struggling to keep up with her mind, "It about how everything isn't black and white, maybe how sometimes doing bad things is needed for survival—"

"Yeah, Annabeth we know," Nico frowned, not understanding why she was making sure a big deal about it.

"But that's literally what my mother was telling Odysseus this whole time! My mother told him to kill Polythemus and put his guilt aside but now that he's lost everything and Poseidon told him the same thing, he's listening!"

Nico shrugged, "I guess Poseidon's message was just louder."

[SOLDIERS]
Monster

[ODYSSEUS]
Oh, ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves

[SOLDIERS]
Monster

Frank gasped, "Every time he says monster, the shadow of Astyanax comes up!"

"I don't think that shadow ever was Astyanax, I think it was always Odysseus."

Will looked at Jason and Frank confused, not knowing who this 'Astyanax' is.

[ODYSSEUS]
And deep down I know this well
I lost my best friend, I lost my mentor, my mom
Five hundred men gone, this can't go on
I must get to see Penelope and Telemachus
So if we must sail through dangerous oceans and beaches
I'll go where Poseidon won't reach us
And if I gotta drop another infant from a wall
In an instant so we all don't die

"WHAT?!" Will yelled as he jumped out of his chair, he looked at Nico, demanding that his boyfriend explains.

Nico grabbed Will's hand, "It's a long story."

"He killed a baby?!" Will asked, staring at Nico in disbelief.

"Will, there was a prophecy, the baby was the son of Prince Hector, he was going to grow up and kill Odysseus and his family, he had no choice," Annabeth explained, Will sighed as he listened to what she said, he was still disgusted but it had happened in the past, there was nothing he could do about it.

"Do I have to keep watching this?"

Nico frowned, "Alyx won't let us leave until it's over."

[ODYSSEUS, ALL]
Then I'll become the monster

Annabeth gasped, that was animated so beautifully, Odysseus shaking hands with the 'monster' vision of him as he accepted the Gods cynical approach on survival.

I will deal the blow
And I'll become the monster
Like none they've ever known
So what if I'm the monster

The group stared speechlessly as Odysseus broke down, Polties' words to him disappearing.

Lurking deep below?
I must become the monster
And then we'll make it home

[ODYSSEUS, SOLDIERS]
(Monster) Penelope
(Monster) Telemachus

"Polties' ribbon!" Hazel cried.

(Monster) Oh, ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves
(Monster) I'll become the monster

"The next saga is gonna be different."

"I'm actually excited!"