I resisted the urge to spin around and see what I was facing. I had to trust Adon with the fact that I wasn't supposed to look at the creatures – whatever they were.
"What are Gorgons?" I asked in a whisper. He looked only at me, about to answer, when a strange hissing laugh came from behind me.
"Child," the feminine voice said. I nearly looked back at her, but resisted the compulsion. "We are the most beautiful of all monsters. We were born the prettiest mortals, and now are more magnificent than before. We are those spited by Athena in jealousy, but still bested by none in exquisiteness." I peeked back at Adon.
"What are Gorgons?" I repeated. The woman behind me sighed.
"Think Medusa and her sisters, Stheno and Euryale," he replied. Only one name rang in my memory. Medusa – all I could really remember of her story was that she seriously pissed off the goddess of wisdom, Athena, and was turned into some really weird creature with snakes for hair and a look that could kill – literally. She could turn flesh to stone with a single look. I was guessing that her sisters were the same.
"We have been sent by the Lord of Darkness and his child to turn you to stone and take you back to him." This voice was different to the first – higher in pitch, with more hissing.
"Silence, Stheno," the first voice snapped.
"Leave her be, Medusa," a third voice – who must have been Euryale – whispered. I startled at her voice – it was harsher, more like an animal's. "These godlings will not live to report to the Olympians."
"Let's get to it," Stheno said excitedly. She sounded younger than the others. If I was any judge, I would say that Medusa sounded like the oldest.
"Snap out of it," Adon whispered, pinching my arm slightly. I jolted. I was so intrigued with the monsters that I had almost looked at them directly. I'd even forgotten that Adon was there.
"What do we do?" I was panicking slightly. This was, after all, the first time I'd had to fight blind.
"Heracles fought Medusa by looking at her reflection through a shield," he mused.
"And that helps us how?" He was about to answer when I heard the sound of the Sister's approach. I instinctively turned, but remembered to close my eyes just before the Gorgon behind me could look into them. Adon gasped. I whirled back to him, hissing in horror at what I saw.
His face was ashen again, expressionless. His eyes were wide, but not gold anymore – they were grey, like stone. Slowly, the rest of his body followed. I screamed incoherently in fury and pain. Unthinking, I turned to the Gorgon who dared to harm my soul mate. She giggled. I saw, briefly, shapely, green body and a writhing mass of snakes atop a pretty face before her eyes locked on to mine.
A/N Hi
Sorry (again) for the short chapter...i have writers block at the moment, but it will clear soon (i hope)
I know the story is confusing at the moment, so any questions that the readers might have would be welcomed (hint hint). Seriously though, I don't bite...much...
Bye for now, not forever!
Maddy