Rabk
As the ship ventured further into the ocean, a thick mist rolled onto the ship. The whole crew grew quiet. The air had an unpleasant fell to it. Fear was in everyone's eyes. The drama was too much for Rabk. He rolled his eyes. Strange rock formations started to come into sight. After about thirty minutes of this fear, the boat rocked violently from side to side. Several men fell down, and a the men looked around nervously. "What was that?" asked Rabk. "A monster," said Odysseus, pulling out his sword. Rabk looked around to see that everybody had a weapon out. Rabk quickly took drew his own sword, not wanting to be left out. As Rabk did this, the whole crew gasped. Looking to see what they were gasping at, Rabk saw a tentacle slowly crawling over the side of the ship, onto the deck. The tentacle seemed to be sensing, as if it was trying to detect movement. One man tried backing up as the tentacle came towards him, but the man stumbled and fell over a barrel. Immediately, the tentacle shot out towards the man, quickly pulling him over the side of the deck and under the water. The crew all ran to the edge of the ship and looked down. After a few moments, a pool of blood reached the surface of the water. The crew gasped again. As they stared, the tentacle shot out of the water and pulled another man overboard. Yells of terror took the place of gasps, and all the men backed away from the edge, forming a circle in the middle of the ship. "Stand your ground, men," said Odysseus, "If we stay organized, we can defeat this beast." , but of course, when the tentacle came up for another person, there was no organized attacks, just pure chaos. Rabk, not knowing what to do, looked to Beowulf for help, but all he could see in Beowulf's eyes was fear. "It's Her..." whispered Beowulf. Rabk scrunched up his eyes in confusion. "Her?" he asked. "She has no name, Rabk!" yelled Beowulf, "It's Grendel's mother, here to take her revenge on me." Beowulf then ran off, yelling, and joined the chaos. Again, the tentacle rose up out of the water. This time, She sensed Rabk first. As Rabk backed up, the tentacle moved forward at the same speed. Rabk turned and ran to the front of the ship, looking around frantically as the tentacle grew closer. Then Rabk realized that he had a sword in his hand. Rabk closed his eyes, turned his head away, and waved his sword aimlessly in the general direction of the tentacle. Suddenly, he hit something. He looked to see an oozing red cut in the side of the tentacle. The tentacle retracted for a moment, twitching, then reached out for Rabk again. This time, Rabk dodged the tentacle. The tentacle kept going forward and made a hole right through the front of the ship. Rabk stared for a moment, then ran off into the chaos. Soon afterwords, he heard Beowulf yelling. When Rabk found Beowulf, he was scratching at the floor of the deck, the tentacle rapped around his leg. Before Rabk could take any action, Beowulf was already off the side of the ship.Rabk immediately dropped his sword and jumped in the water after Beowulf. As he entered the water, he saw that the tentacle was actually the tail of a giant, hideous she-snake with a wrinkled head. The snake was smiling smugly at him as Beowulf writhed in her grasp. Rabk swam down lower into the water, his ears popping as he descended. Rabk pulled out his knife and stabbed into the back of the snake's head. The snake writhed in pain, letting out an underwater scream. Rabk had no time to cover his ears. He went straight for Beowulf and pulling him to the surface. Odysseus and his men grabbed them out of the water and immediately set sail. As Rabk and Beowulf sat there, gasping and coughing, Odysseus looked down at Rabk. "Your not so bad at this whole monster thing. You could make a decent living here." he said. Rabk smiled. He was safe... ...for now.
TO BE CONTINUED LATER ON...
