[ENSEMBLE]
Po-ly-phe-mus
Po-ly-phe-mus

Everyone was on the edge of their seat, they knew Odysseus survived this because there were 8 other sagas but they were worried about his crew.

[ODYSSEUS]
My brothers
The rest of our fleet
They wait at the beach
And if we're defeated, they're good as dead
Straight ahead, that is who we're fighting

Reyna and Thalia watched intently as Odysseus led his men into battle, Reyna was watching his every move, criticising and comparing it to how she had once let the Legions. Her hands twitched, she wished she could help them, give Odysseus' men a bit of her strength but she can't, this battle was fought 3000 years ago.

[ENSEMBLE]
Po-ly-phe-mus

[ODYSSEUS]
No backup, no chance for support
So draw out your swords
Our foe must be thwarted right here and now

"I hope nothing happens to Polites," Frank said nervously as the man came onto the screen.

Nico sighed, "He is too soft, how do we know he'll fight the Cyclops and not try to befriend it?"

Piper shook her head, "There is no way he's that dumb."

Show me how great is your will to survive

"At least there are no prophecies this time," Percy pointed out, his friends nodded in agreement, the fates haven't decided on Odysseus' men's fates yet which means there is a chance for them to survive.

[ODYSSEUS & SOLDIERS]
Six hundred lives at stake
It's just one life to take
And when we kill him then our journey's over

"Well that's not true," Leo pointed out, "We still have 33 more songs."

No dying on me now
Defeat is not allowed
We must live through this day so
Fight, fight, fight

"Oh, dying isn't allowed? Let me just," Leo imitated a person coming to life. Jason chuckled at his friend's antics, appreciating his attempt at lightening the mood.

[ODYSSEUS]
Surround him, surround him
Attack from behind, keep distance in mind
And stay in his blindspot and strike his heels, strike the heels

Annabeth smiled, "Smart."

Piper shivered, imagining the pain Polyphemus felt as 30-odd men slashed his heels with swords. Piper didn't like the creature but she couldn't imagine it felt pretty.

Show him that we're deadly, ha, ha

Exhaust him, exhaust him
Don't let him get close, he's strong but he's slow
He can't land a blow if we're out of reach
Find a breach
Stand up and fight for your lives

Annabeth watched in awe, her cloudy eyes taking in every piece of action, analysing every one of Odysseus' commands. She was retired from being a hero but Odysseus' tactics may be useful information to remember.

[SOLDIERS, ODYSSEUS]
Six hundred lives at stake
It's just one life to take

"Two."

Hazel gasped, she didn't want to remember the last couple of songs.

And when we kill him then our journey's over
Push forward
No dying on us now
Defeat is not allowed
We must live through this day so
Fight, fight, fight

Everyone is on the edge of their seats, some of them (Thalia) even stood up, their adrenaline kicking in and making them ready for battle.

Nico took notice of Polites, how everyone else was looking forward or posturing for battle, he noticed how Polites kept looking behind. He didn't need his powers to know that Polites was about to die, his gut told him and it was rarely wrong.

"They look like they're winning!" Frank beamed as the heroes got an advantage on Polyhemous, and the Cyclops howled in pain.

Percy flinched at the sound, although Polyhemous was a bad guy, he was the same species as his brother Tyson, Percy couldn't help but feel bad for the guy.

[POLITES]
Captain...

"NO!" Cries were heard throughout the room as Polites got hit.

The room went silent, a few sobs were heard but no more sarcastic jokes were coming from Leo or hopefully comments. Everyone watched in silence as Odysseus' men got massacred.

[POLYPHEMUS]
Enough

[SOLDIER]
He's got a club...
He's got a club!

[SOLDIER]
What are our orders?
Captain? Captain!

"Why isn't he doing something?!" Thalia exclaimed, angrily watching as Odysseus stood there crying, him leaving his friend's defenceless and to be slaughtered.

"His best friend was just killed in front of him!" Jason defended Odysseus, he remembered when he thought Leo died, the pain he felt.

Reyna bit her lip, "He's their captain, he shouldn't freeze like this— even after seeing something like that."

Nico nodded, he agreed with Reyna.

[POLYPHEMUS]
You've hurt me enough
Six hundred lives I'll take
Six hundred lives I'll break
And when I kill you then my pain is over
You're dying here and now
Escape is not allowed
You won't live through this day now die

They watched as person after person got smashed, stabbed or slaughtered, Percy felt anger swell in his chest but he wasn't angry at Odysseus, he understood Odysseus freezing, seeing a friend die... it's a hard thing to shake.

Percy wasn't sure who he was angry at, possibly the Gods, that they weren't there to stop all the death, maybe at Hermes, for not helping Odysseus like how he helped Percy, or maybe at himself, for getting off of Polyphemus' island so easily when it was so difficult to do so in the past.

Die...

"Did he just—"

"He passed out."