Singergirl22: In my story Zeus is more like the God from Greek mythology than the movie. If it was him from the movie he'd stop Hades and happily ever after everything is great. Also, Zeus makes for a really fun villain to work with. So he wants Herc to be like himself (a total womanizer) so he hates Meg because she's preventing Herc from becoming that.
CjMIUvR-01: Yeah I put Jason and Alex together 'cause I just figured it would be fun if Meg had a girl friend to chat with about their love lives like normal girls do. And the dreams ensue!
ColorguardBaby23: Thanks! And don't worry things will get a little heated when they're together a little longer. Remember this takes place in ancient Greece can't stray off too much from reality. Even though Disney already slaughtered the myth.
LordLanceahlot: Glad you liked, keep reading!!
Note: I borrowed one idea from the pass-along I have with a friend. I hope you don't mind Nicole. Nothing big really. And thanks Anne (StarshipGazer) for inspiration for this chapter!
The rest of the day went by well. Night was starting to settle and the cool air was drifting in with the night. Phil had dragged my reluctant Herc to yet another media appearance. He had asked me to come but I refused, finding it pointless to be mobbed by annoying little men with quills and parchment asking me everything about my life. After taking a short walk in the garden and eating a small dinner I returned to the den where I spent most of my time. I decided to pick up where I left off in the book resting on the table when the door burst open.
"Miss me kitty?" The familiar voice sneered. I shot up right away to find Helen shutting the door politely. I let out an aggravated sigh and stood up, my hands on my hips eyeing her carefully as she approached me.
"Helen… just get out." I groaned, rolling my eyes. I took a step back as she came within an arm's reach of me. Kemper, who had just trotted in from the kitchen with a bone in his jaws saw the young woman and dropped his prize, pushing it to the side before darting between us and growling fiercely. He was big enough now to cause some damage should he attack and I was quite confident nothing could happen. A rather stupid decision. Caught off my guard she had tackled me to the floor before I could react. Kemper attempted to clamp his jaws on her arm but she was too quick. With a violent swing of her arm she hit him in the nose, sending him in a yelping frenzy. As I grappled with her Kemper made several more attempts only to be thwarted away and he eventually scampered off battered and most likely a bit dazed.
"Awe the kitty looks mad that I hurt her little puppy" She sneered. Managing to free one arm from her vice grip I swung my fist as hard as I could manage and struck her nose. She pulled away with a shriek, blood flowing freely from her nose now. She glared at me as I quickly staggered to my feet. Throwing herself at me I kept my balance as she curled her fingers into my hair and swung my around violently causing the left side of my body to collide with a tall stone stand that was holding up a ceramic vase.
I staggered a bit but managed to gather myself on time to counter her attack, using my leg to send her crashing to the floor, however she grabbed the front of my dress and brought me down with her. We grappled again on the floor for a shirt while, our fists raining down on each other whenever a moment appeared. Helen managed to scamper to her feet and twined her fingers in my hair again to pull me to my feet again.
Swinging my arms in a pathetic windmill I managed to cause her to lose her grip and counter attacked with a kick to her hip that sent her staggering back. She recovered quickly and moved at me with startling speed. Before I knew what was going on I was on the floor again. I flailed wildly, it looked rather pathetic to be honest. She swung her fists at me several times, landing them quite successfully across my chest arms and abdomen. I finally managed to roll over so I had the upper hand and return the rain of fury she had dealt to me. I managed one blow to the side of her head creating an almost instant dark blue bruise. Finally she threw me off of her and I leapt to my feet as fast as I could but already she was one step ahead.
Grabbing my arm she swung me with an unnatural strength against the wall and jerked me foreword again. I heard a loud crack and an intense pain shot through my entire arm and went through my spine as well. A sharp cry escaped my throat, and Jason and Alex came bursting in following Kemper. It took them only a moment to react. Jason lunged for the spawn of Pandora's box while Alex was forced to try and hold me back vainly. I broke free of her grip and managed to throw in one final punch at Helen's nose with my good arm before Alex tackled me to the floor. I know she did not intend to hurt me but as I tried to break my fall the pain in my shoulder worsened.
Just as Jason managed to get a stronghold on Helen the door burst open again and Herc came waltzing in, oblivious for a few moments about what was going on before he reacted. I'm sure it must have been quite the oddity.
"Uhh…" He stammered at first. Shaking his head he seemed to tune in. "What happened here?!" He exclaimed. Helen was struggling against Jason who was growing more aggravated by the second. Alex had let go of me and I was sitting on the floor massaging my shoulder lightly. Herc rushed to me in his usual manner but I quickly shot my good arm out to prevent him from hugging me.
"Hold it!" I shouted, wincing as I braced myself for the pain his embrace would inevitably cause. Oblivious to what I had said he pulled me into his arms and I screamed from the pain. Realizing something was wrong; he let me go and noticed my black and blue shoulder that was swelled rather badly. "Damn it Herc!" I groaned.
"What happened?" He asked, hesitantly sliding the strap to my dress off my shoulder so he could better inspect it.
"Blondie attacked me, hurt my shoulder which you just crushed again." I snapped.
"Sorry…" He apologized, his cheeks flushing slightly.
"It's okay." I said meekly
"Well it looks dislocated. I better have Phil look at it." I just nodded at him and looked at the bruises already forming on my arms. Herc called for the stubby satyr who came waddling into the room.
"Whadd'ya want kid?" Phil asked abruptly then looked at me oddly. "Jeese kid you get rub over by a chariot?" He asked, with genuine concern in his voice.
"Helen… again." I ambled; quite embarrassed I was utterly incapably of fighting her off. Jason was still struggling with her as he dragged her screaming body to the door and threw her out. Alex was tending to Kemper who had gotten kicked fairly hard. "Alex is Kemper okay?" I asked, worried about my heroic companion.
"Don't worry he'll be fine." She said with a smile. "Just bruised a bit nothing that won't heal in two days' time." She explained assuringly. The half grown wolf trotted up to me and began licking my hand sympathetically.
"Yeah Kid its dislocated all right." Phil said suddenly. I hadn't even noticed Herc ask him to inspect the injury. "Gotta pop it back in." He added. I winced at the thought, I knew how much it would hurt for only one month earlier Herc had dislocated a bone during a fight and was in severe pain when he needed it popped back in.
"You alright Meg?" He asked. I nodded, although I wished he could leave my shoulder damn well alone. He pulled me close to him and held me so I was completely unable to move. "Jason a little help." He called. The young chef nodded and after tossing Helen out of the villa in the same brute manner as before came over and lifted my arm. I whimpered from the pain of that alone. "You'll be fine Meg. Just don't think about it. Whadd'ya say after this I take you for a nice walk along the beach?"
"Sounds good to me." Herc tilted my head and kissed me in an obvious attempt to try and distract me. Suddenly the pain in my shoulder soared and I pulled back with a sharp cry and Herc held me still so I wouldn't jerk my arm away and reinjure my shoulder as Jason made several attempts to relocate it properly, succeeding on the fourth try.
"AUGH! Gods!" I screamed, followed quickly by every curse I knew. "Damnit why did you have to do it in so many tries!" I snapped. It was rather unlike me to complain about pain, I had felt worse. I guess it must depend on the circumstances. Massaging my throbbing shoulder I glared at Jason wishing I could just punch him for his three failed attempts.
"Uh why d-don't we go for that w-walk." Herc stammered trying to break the tension. Alex was staring at the scene with the strangest look of confusion on her face.
"Alex?"
"Huh? Oh sorry." She ambled off quickly and disappeared into the kitchen and Jason was not far behind.
"That was odd…" I commented. "Help me up."
"You alright?" Herc asked.
"I'm fine. Now lets go for that walk." I said, groaning slightly from the severe pain coursing down my arm by that point. Herc nodded and kissed the injured shoulder.
"Feel better?" He mused.
"Oh of course." I laughed with a slight roll of my eyes.