Chapter 27: Lamia

The Clouds began to form overhead

As Chronos continued to traverse the ocean

Hoping for some dry land soon.

Then lighning strikes out of the stormy sky

The air heavy with anger and rage

As if the gods are showing their fury

Through the weather once again.

All the while, the demon lurked below

With our hero unaware,

But not for long,

For you see, the beast leaped out

Of the water, shooting into the air,

To just hang there for a moment,

So beautiful, so hideous,

So natural, so abnormal

Was the beast that rose from the waters

That the tiny boat float on

Cronos looked on in awe

Of the very demon that leapt

From the very depths of hell itself

And is now attacking the little boat

Cronos sprung up

In response as the demon ripped open her month

And clamped onto the front of the boat.

He jumped onto the beast

Holding onto the top of its head

As it let go and began to thrash back and forth

Cronos began to attack

Slicing into the thick skull of the demon

While it let go of the boat

Now thrashing about above the water

Before it dove back down under the surface

All the while Cronos holding on tightly

Not wanting to let go

But being forced to soon enough

To only become food to the demon.

So he held on,

For all he was worth

For fear of letting go

For fear of never making it out of this hell

Only to land into another hell

For fear of never telling Zeus the truth

For fear of never being forgiven

For being a poor father

For fear of the poor boy

That rested inside him

Exhausted from all that has been done

And what will be done

If they were to make it out of here alive.