Mutiny

Thalia groaned as the music started, Alyx blatantly ignoring her request for a break.

[EURYLOCHUS]
Tell me you did not know that would happen

"Okay," Frank said loudly as he took a deep breath, "I know you guys told me to stop defending Eurylochus but I agree with him here..."

Reyna frowned, understanding why Odysseus did what he did but also understanding Eurylochus' anger, any person would be mad at their friend for sacrificing six people.

Percy shook his head, "No, Frank, defend Eurylochus as much as you want, screw Odysseus!" Percy exclaimed pissed off that Odysseus had willingly let his crew die.

"Percy..." Annabeth grabbed his hand, "Odysseus had no choice..."

"There is always a choice, a second plan that comes with time, you know that better than anyone Annie, how many times have we beat the odds?"

"He's just a mortal Percy..."

Say you didn't know how that would end
Look me in the eyes and tell me, Captain
That you did not just sacrifice six men

"He knows what Odysseus did but he doesn't want to believe it."

Jason sighed, "I don't blame him, would you ever want to believe that I could do something like that?" He asked his sister.

Use your wits to try and say I'm crazy and mad
That this is all some trick the gods have sent

"So, in other words, you want him to gaslight you," Leo joked.

Piper shook her head, "Not the time, Leo."

Tell me you did not miss home so painfully bad
That you gave up the lives of six of our friends

Nico rolled his eyes, "He's calling out Odysseus now but completely forgetting about how he was willing to do the same thing earlier."

When we fought the cyclops, you were quick to hatch a plan
And when we fought with Circe, it was you who left behind no man

"No thanks to you."

But when we fought this monster, we didn't take a stand
We just ran
Say something!!

Will took note of each location, annoyed that Alyx hadn't just brought him here at the start like the rest of his friends (sorry will xD)

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
I can't!!

[EURYLOCHUS, spoken]
Then you have forced my hand...

"A mutiny..." Reyna muttered, sad that her concerns were right.

[SOLDIERS]
Eurylochus

[ODYSSEUS]
Lower your weapon

[EURYLOCHUS]
No can do
You miss your wife so bad you trade the lives of your own crew

[ODYSSEUS]
Don't make me fight you, brother, you know you'd have done the same

[EURYLOCHUS]
If you want all the power, you must carry all the blame

"That's not fair!" Will exclaimed, surprising his friends. "Yes, what Odyseus did was cruel but I didn't see anyone else coming up with a plan. It was six men or all of them, there was no other solution," he said, realising halfway through his sentence that he was talking to both his friends and Eurylochus.

Percy crossed his arms, loyalty being his fatal flaw, he just couldn't forgive Odysseus for breaking his crew's trust and leading them to be slaughtered.

[SOLDIERS]
Eurylochus, Eurylochus, Eurylochus
Odysseus, Odysseus, Odysseus
There is no price he won't pay

"They're going to kill each other!"

[ODYSSEUS]
I am not letting you get in my way

"What?!" Gasps echoed throughout the room, confusion on their faces.

"What just happened?"

"Is he okay?"

My brothers, why?

"Eurylochus' face," Piper gasped as she saw the pain on his face as Odysseus got stabbed, even though they had just been fighting, that was still his brother.

[PERIMEDES & SOLDIERS]
How are we supposed to trust you now?
Now your time has come, your luck's run out
Now, the time has come to shut you down
You relied on wit and then we died on it
Woah-oh-oh

"What are they going to do to him?" Hazel asked.

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Agh, my head...
Where are we?

[EURYLOCHUS]
Some island, the first one we found
It's bursting with cows just roaming around

Annabeth gasped, "No! No, no! What are they doing?!" She cried, realising where they were.

Leo tilted his head, "They're just cows."

"They're Helios' cows! They're sacred, if Odysseus' crew kills one of them, they're done for!"

Jason shook his head, "When will they learn to stop killing godly animals?!"

Begging us to eat, so much meat
And hunger is so heavy
This statue
The God of the Sun
Don't know where it's from
But here's where we found all these cows to hunt
Right in front
And hunger is so heavy

"Eurylochus use your head for once! If there is a statue of the sun god then this is probably a shrine or his property! Either way, you would be killing everyone if you were to steal for a god!" Annabeth yelled at the screen, as if Eurylochus could somehow hear her.

[SOLDIERS]
Hunger is so heavy

[ODYSSEUS]
Please don't tell me you're about to do what I think you'll do

[EURYLOCHUS]
Ody, we're never gonna get to make it home
You know it's true

"He called him Ody!" Hazel cried, seconds away from crying, Frank hugged her, the son of Mars trying to keep his own emotions in.

[ODYSSEUS]
You don't know that's true
This is the home of the Sun God

[EURYLOCHUS]
I'm starving my friend

[ODYSSEUS]
But if you kill his cattle, who knows what he'll send?
This is the home of the Sun God

[EURYLOCHUS]
I'm tired, my friend

Nico sighed, "You can't reason with a starved man."

[ODYSSEUS]
But we're so close to home, this can't be where it ends

[EURYLOCHUS & ODYSSEUS]
How much longer must I suffer now?
Please don't do this

"Eurylochus is such a hypocrite! Just before he was criticising Odysseus for making a sacrifice for the greater good and now he's willing to doom the whole fleet!" Leo yelled.

"Leo..." Jason smiled, "Do you like Odysseus now?"

He shrugged, "I like him more than Eurylochus," plus we're kinda alike, he added in his head.

How much longer must I push through doubt?
I need to get home
How much longer must we go about
Eurylochus
My life like this when people die like this?
Woah

[EURYLOCHUS & SOLDIERS, ODYSSEUS]
How much longer must we suffer now?

"Wow, only one day of Eurylochus being captain and they all want to kill themselves."

Reconsider
How much longer must we push through doubt?
We can get home
How much longer must we go about
Eurylochus
Our lives like this when people die like this?
Woah

[EURYLOCHUS]
I'm just a man!

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Eurylochus, NO!!!

"Ah," Hazel squealed, looking away from the screen.

Piper felt sick.

Annabeth went to stand up, her blood boiling but Percy held her back in her chair.

You've doomed us...
YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL, EURYLOCHUS!!!

[EURYLOCHUS, spoken]
Captain?

"OH! Now he's the captain!"

[ODYSSEUS]
We need to get away from this island now!
Grab an oar with all the strength your arms allow!
These cows were immortal! They were the Sun God's friends!
And now that we've pissed them off, WHO DO YOU THINK HE'LL SEND?!

[SOLDIERS]
Full speed ahead
Full speed ahead

[ODYSSEUS]
Faster!

[SOLDIERS]
Full speed ahead

[ODYSSEUS]
Faster!

[SOLDIERS]
Full speed ahead

Thalia and Jason frowned as they saw the lightning, of course their dad had to get himself involved.

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
...We're too late.

"No talking! I'll put on one more song and then you'll get a break, I promise!"

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