Chapter 53

The hunt for the monster

Niagara Gorge

"Alright, gimme a second" the girl took her things and went behind some bushes to get dressed.

Tim, Jon, and Billy took a seat on the sidelines giving them some space.

"This should be interesting" Tim said in anticipation.

The girl came back dressed in her tight brown leather pants and her black boots. On her leather pants was a light blue belt with a gold buckle. On her arms were arm bands and gauntlets. They both were encompassed in gold and light blue. Over her brow was a gold circlet that really highlighted her face.

On her chest, she wore a female breastplate armor piece that was also highlighted in gold and light blue and it fit her figure perfectly. It left her cleavage open enough to look very attractive and it seemed suitable for mobility and keeping an opponent distracted, particularly a male opponent, but Dean wasn't going to fall for that.

She held a bronze sword and a small heraldic shield to go with it, "I'm ready" she said getting into a battle stance.

Her sword handle was made of gold while the blade itself was celestial bronze. However the design was unknown to him, swirling vines and a flower in the center of the hilt giving it an elegant and beautiful look.

Her shield was highlighted with gold and light blue colors. There was a Phoenix design in the center with arcs of flames emanating from its wings.

On her back was a silver bow and a brown leather quiver filled with arrows.

Dean got into his own stance, "Then let's see what you got" he only used his sword and left his shield strapped to his back.

The girl made a quick slash surprising Dean cutting his forehand and face in two swift motions.

Dean touched the scar on his face and saw blood, "Hmm, you actually cut me, that's pretty good" He counter attacked with a downward slash.

She blocked with her shield and then blocked a horizontal slash with her blade before elbowing Dean in the chest in perfect rhythm sending him skidding backwards.

Since he had no armor he got a good idea of how strong she was from that attack. Stronger than the average half-blood, definitely.

As Dean approached her he ducked underneath a slash that would have taken his head off, 'She definitely doesn't hesitate'

Dean attacked her with a horizontal slash.

The girl blocked and counter attacked with a kick to his chest making him take a few steps back.

'Diverse fighting style' Dean thought.

She slashed to the right, then to the left but he blocked both so she spun around and hit Dean with her shield.

Dean's head moved from the force of the attack and was knocked back.

"She's good" Tim said in fascination.

She thrusted her sword and Dean leaned to the left avoiding it right as she spun around and hit him with her shield and followed up by hitting Dean in the head with the butt of her sword.

The girl slashed downward but Dean managed to block.

She then slid her blade down slicing his bicep and then his thigh to try and cripple him.

Dean backflipped to give himself some room, "Don't you think you're taking this a little too far?"

The girl banged her blade against her shield, "An amazon always tries her best" she said proudly.

Tim's brow furrowed, 'She's an amazon?'

Jon and Billy had confused expressions, they had no knowledge of the amazons.

"That's nice and all but this is just a test" Dean said visually dropping his guard, "We should save our energy for the Ghidra"

"The five of us together should be able to handle it, so stop holding back!" The girl rushed him and thrusted her blade.

Dean instinctively rotated his body, letting her blade graze by his stomach, slightly cutting him.

The girl then went to pull her hand back but Dean snatched her wrist with a speed she was unaware he possessed.

Dean was about to smash her against the nearest tree but then decided against this, he thought that might be a little excessive.

So he threw her on the softer ground instead and took her weapon.

The girl went to sweep his legs but Dean backflipped over it.

The girl got on her feet, drew her bow, and fired an arrow in the blink of an eye.

Dean went to deflect it with her blade but found it a little heavier than he thought making him miss, luckily he tilted his head in time to avoid it.

Dean looked at the blade and realized the gold handle was what felt heavier, 'Gold's heavier huh?'

The girl began firing arrows at an incredible speed.

Dean chucked her blade and began deflecting her arrows with his blade and gauntlets.

The girl somersaulted, grabbed her blade, and went to knock into him with her shield.

Dean planted his feet, tanked her hit, and pushed her back using his whole body.

The girl rolled back and onto her feet again. She got into a defensive stance, holding up her shield in front of her and pointing her blade at him.

She glared at him as she moved around him cautiously.

Dean twirled his sword as he watched her, 'She's being more reserved now'

The girl's eyes were locked on him like a lioness patiently waiting to strike at her prey.

"Can we just call it a draw for now? I'd really rather not waste anymore time. If anything we can finish this one day at camp" Dean said trying to get her to see reason.

The girl grew an annoyed expression before she shield charged him again.

But when she did Dean didn't budge an inch. She thrusted her sword forward making him move out of the way and continued with a downward slash which he blocked.

She thrusted her sword low cutting his thigh before she spun for a horizontal attack aimed at his head.

Dean ducked underneath it and kicked the girl away from him. He could see it in her eyes, she was determined to win, to prove something.

'Then I'll treat her with the respect she deserves' Dean thought as he raised his sword and took his shield off his back in preparation for a final attack.

The girl read his body language and charged before he could make his move.

She slashed at his legs and he blocked it with his shield before slashing downwards.

She raised her shield above her and blocked it.

Dean then spun around and went to hit her with his shield.

The girl sucked in her stomach and inched back, narrowly avoiding the shield.

But Dean kept up his momentum and slashed horizontally as he spun.

The girl raised her shield to block the attack but didn't notice Dean's leg had extended. As he spun he had extended his leg for a sweep in order to simultaneously attack high and low.

Needless to say the girl was unaware of this and had her legs swept from under her.

As she fell on her back, Dean placed his blade at her throat.

"He just spun like a ballerina" Billy said lightly laughing.

Tim's attention was on the girl while Jon looked at him now that the fight was over.

Jon leaned over to him, "You should go tell him that" he smirked like it was a good idea.

Billy scoffed, "I'm not that stupid"

The girl had a frustrated look, something about this loss didn't sit well with her. She gripped her sword tightly, waiting to see what his next move would be.

You'll acquire a new companion, strong and brave, the oracle's words echoed in his mind.

Dean put his sword back in its sheath and his shield on his back. He knelt slowly as to not startle her, "What's your name?"

She sat upright, still a little tense, "Lily"

Dean nodded, "Well, Lily, the oracle told me we'd have another companion. It looks like that's you" he stood up and gave her a helping hand, "You're an amazing fighter, one that I'd rather have with me than against me"

Lily looked at his hand skeptically, unsure if she wanted his help.

Dean saw the conflict on her face, "I know it's a lot to ask, but I'm asking you to trust me" he said with a bright smile.

Lily gave in and took his hand.

Dean gently helped her up, "Now that that's over with, I'm Dean" he looked over to the others, "And that's Tim, Jon, and Billy"

They waved awkwardly.

Lily snorted and ignored them, she hadn't forgotten how they acted before.

After their introductions they continued down the path they were on.

Dean and Lily walked in front while the other three walked behind them. Well Dean walked, Lily rode her horse towering above them, much to her delight.

So you're an amazon, that's cool" Dean admitted, "That explains why you were sitting at the Artemis table at camp"

"All amazon's are children of Artemis, but I no longer stand with them" Lily said with a frown.

"Why is that?" Dean asked curiously.

"I had my reasons" Lily said vaguely, It seemed like a touchy subject she didn't want to get into right now.

Dean nodded, "Ok, well who's your real God parent?"

"Apollo" Lily said proudly.

"Ah, that explains your skill with a bow" Dean figured.

"And you? Who's your god parent?" Lily asked curiously.

"Zeus" Dean said nonchalantly as if it didn't matter.

Lily was baffled when she heard the name. She looked at him from top to bottom, analyzing him to see if she missed anything.

Dean sighed, that same look of disbelief everyone gives him.

"You don't look like a son of Zeus" Lily admitted.

Billy laughed, "She said you look like a bitch"

Dean looked back and glared at him.

Lily felt weird, she didn't wanna embarrass him, "I mean you don't really act like one"

Dean shrugged, "Whether it be my god parent or my regular parents, I don't believe they give me higher status. That's just how I was raised"

"You don't fight like one either" Lily added.

Dean looked offended, "What's that supposed to mean?

The others snickered.

Lily giggled, she found his reaction amusing, "I don't know, more direct, powerful…" She was tried to find another suitable word, "Simple"

"We're not all the same" Dean defended himself, "Some of us are complex, and use lightning"

Lily looked at him weirdly, "I didn't see you use any lightning"

Lightning flashed in Dean's eyes, "Maybe I didn't need to"

Lily smirked, he didn't show all his tricks, "You intrigue me son of Zeus" she said with a friendly smile. She then looked back at the others with a frown, "What are you doing hanging out with those three?"

"They just so happen to be my friends and my teammates. At first glance they may not look like much but I trust them to have my back" Dean said defending them.

"Your loyalty is admirable" Lily said respectfully.

The others weren't as delighted as Dean was.

"Well they seem to be hitting it off" Billy said not sounding happy.

"Yeah, wonderful. I'm stuck back here with you" Jon complained.

"Well I'm not enjoying this either" Billy complained.

"You got to have that body pressed against you" Jon said.

"She had a knife to my throat" Billy said.

"Love hurts" Jon said.

Tim remained silent and listened carefully to their conversation.

He then looked up and saw the sun was getting low.

Tim picked up his pace to catch up with Dean and Lily.

"I don't mean to interrupt but it's gonna get dark soon, we should probably set up camp somewhere and rest for the night" Tim said.

"Sounds good to me" Dean said.

Lily looked at Tim.

Tim flashed her a small smile.

Lily then looked away with a blank expression, not paying too much attention to him.

'Hmm, that wasn't a frown' Tim thought optimistically.


While Billy was keeping watch for the night, the rest of them sat by a campfire.

Jon was taking an early nap so he could get some rest and Tim was tinkering with his gadgets.

Dean looked at Lily and could see something was off about her, he took a seat right next to her.

"You look uneasy, nervous?" Dean asked.

"I wish that's what it was" Lily said.

"Well I understand. I mean we're all scared of what lies ahead" Dean said thinking of his own nightmares.

"No, it's...it's more like what's been left behind" Lily said.

Billy zipped by, "I'm so bored by myself! Can someone keep me company?"

"Will you shut up" Jon muttered as he turned the other way.

Dean sighed, "I'll go" he got up and went to stand watch.


"So I tell him, 'Dean, you don't wanna mess with me, cause you're gonna get your ass kicked' but does he listen, no, instead he engages me in combat" Billy was telling his version of his fight with Dean.

Jon listened in disbelief.

Tim simply stared at him with a blank expression, he was there after all.

Lily laughed her ass off, because of how ridiculous he sounded.

"He foolishly attacks me thinking he can out maneuver me but epically fails" Billy boasted.

"Jon, your turn to stand watch" Dean came back.

Jon went in the direction Dean came from.

"So then what happened? How did you beat Dean in the end?" Lily asked trying to get Dean's attention.

Dean looked at Billy with a raised eyebrow, "Beat?"

"Oh, no, really, it's...it's...it's quite...so Lilith" he cleared his throat, "How come you ended up hijacking our mission?"

Lily's attitude changed to a gloomier one, "It's not important"

"No we'd like to hear" Tim said curiously.

"Yeah come on" Billy agreed.

Lily looked slightly uncomfortable.

"I kind of wanted to ask you from the beginning but I figured I'd wait until you brought it up" Dean said sort of agreeing with his teammates.

Lily shifted nervously, "A long time ago my home was attacked by a monster. It took away all my loved ones" she saud with sadness in her voice, "I watched my own mother die, and I vowed to avenge her death..."

Everyone remained silent.

"And forever let her soul rest in peace" Lily added as stared intently into the fire.

"I'm sorry" Dean managed to say.

"Well if you have your own mission why are you with us?" Tim asked.

"It's personal, but if we manage to kill the Ghidra, I'll know I'm ready" Lily's voice faltered slightly.

Dean noticed this as well as a change in the rhythm of her heartbeat, she wasn't telling the truth.

"Oh man" Billy laughed a little, "I would love to have seen you fight that monster, you probably got a lot of good hits. I'll bet it didn't see that coming, especially from a g—" he stopped himself before his face was shoved into another pile of crap, "from a...short person"

Billy's words seemed to affect her more than it should have. Lily walked into the woods in a hurry.

Dean and Tim glared at Billy

"What?" Billy asked not understanding what he did wrong.

Dean went after her.

"Real smooth" Tim said rolling his eyes

"What? What'd I do? Why are you looking at me like that?" Billy asked.


Dean found Lily sitting by the lake. He went up to her, "Hey"

"What do you want?" Lily asked sternly.

Dean sighed, "I just wanted to apologize for Billy. I mean, he, uh, he says stupid things sometimes. He can't help it"

"It's just nerves" Lily turned away from him, "I'll go relieve Jon on the watch"

"Wait" Dean said placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "Something's bothering you"

Lily stared at the ground, trying to avoid eye contact.

"You wanna talk about it?" Dean asked in a soft voice.

"It's nothing. Just leave me alone" Lily went to storm off.

Dean knew he was going to regret this but he had to try and get through to her. He grabbed her hand, preventing her from leaving.

Lily reacted by punching him in the face.

Dean took the hit but still held onto her. He turned his head to face her, looked in her eyes, and saw a mixture of anger and sorrow as she tried to pull away.

"You know, it's ok to need people" Dean said softly, "Once in a while" he stared back at her in melancholy, his eyes reflecting the pain of his past.

The anger faded from her eyes and she stopped pulling away, leaving her in sorrow.

Dean let her go before she hit him again.

"I wasn't truthful back there" Lily's eyes started tearing, "When my home was attacked…I ran and hid…in the woods. From there I watched the death of my whole family, from the Ghidra. I didn't do anything" she started crying, "I was too afraid" She turned away from him and banged her hand on a tree, "My mother!"

"I'm so sorry" Dean said, no wonder she came with them, this is personal.

"I'm such a coward. I should have stood up to it when I had the chance" Lily said wiping away her tears.

"Its not your fault" Dean said trying to comfort her.

"Yes, it is, I should have never left her. I should've taken care of her" Lily blamed herself.

"You were too young, there was nothing you could do. If you'd been there you'd have been killed too" Dean said honestly.

Lily sulked, "Look at me. I'm crying" she sniffled, "Some warrior I am"

Dean brushed back a few strands of her hair to show her face, "You don't have to be so tough around me" he hesitated but put his hands on her arms and tried to comfort her, "It's not weakness to show emotion"

"Then why do I feel weak?" Lily asked staring at him.

"Because you're hurting, more than you have in a while by the looks of it. But you need to remember, the past is gone. Nothing you do can change that. Focus on the here and now" Dean said.

Lily nodded, "If I can help destroy the Ghidra, then I'll know I've overcome my fears. And pray that the gods will forgive me"

"This time I know it'll be different" Dean said reassuring her.

Lily sighed, "I hope you're right" she said managing a small smile, "Thank you, Dean" She balled a fist and placed her right arm over her chest.

"Um, what're doing?" Dean asked laughing lightly.

"This is an amazonian sign of respect" Lily said as if it should be obvious.

Dean raised an eyebrow in amusement, "I'm not trying to demean your culture but that's not what we do around here"

Lily looked offended, "I think it's a suitable sign"

Dean shrugged, "I'm just saying, you do that to anyone who's not an amazon and they're gonna look at you like you're from outer space"

Lily scoffed in annoyance, "What do you usually do?"

"To show your appreciation to a friend, a hug would be suitable" Dean said.

Lily tilted her head in confusion, "Hug?"

Dean's eyes widened, 'Dear lord, she doesn't even know what a hug is' he thought in shock. He came up with a way to describe it, "Umm, it's when you embrace someone in your arms"

She imagined what it would look like and Lily suddenly looked nervous, "Perhaps another time" she slowly walked back towards camp.


The next day the gang of half-bloods were searching for the Ghidra's lair.

"It should be around here somewhere" Lily said scanning the area.

"Then let's split up, that way we'll find it faster" Dean suggested, "Tim and Billy go that way while the rest of us go the other way"

They all agreed and they went their separate ways.


Tim and Billy found an interesting looking cave, one that didn't look like nature made it.

Tim inspected the rock surrounding the cavern walls. It was molten and charred as if something carved out the cave on its own.

Tim messaged Dean his whereabouts, "This looks like the place" he said looking in the cave.

"You sure?" Billy asked.

"Last time I checked there's no volcanoes in the area that could have melted rock like this" Tim said walking inside the dark cave.

Billy followed him, hesitantly.

The deeper they went the less light there was.

They drew their bronze weapons to light the way for them.

As they went deeper their path grew from a wide corridor to a cavern.

Tim scanned the area. The cavern they were currently in didn't have the same molten rock and was definitely not carved. It had a natural look, with stalactites hanging from the ceiling.

Tim walked over to the cavern wall and raised his staff to shine some light on it.

There were ancient native American drawings on the wall.

"Looks like the Ghidra wasn't the first one to inhabit this place" Tim said staring at the drawings with fascination.

The drawings showed the hunters of the tribe, armed with bows and spears, hunting bears.

Then there was this drawing of a white bear, but it seemed more humanoid than a regular bear.

Tim stared at the drawing of the white bear, "Nanook" he whispered.

"Na what?" Billy asked.

"Nanook was a native american deity, the master of bears. He decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished the violators by eating their spirit" Tim said.

"That sounds like a bunch of nonsense" Billy said not believing the story, "They probably saw a polar bear once and made it all up"

Tim shrugged, "I just find it hard to believe the Olympians were the only gods on the planet" he continued deeper into the cavern.

Billy looked at the drawing of Nanook and scoffed, "Yeah right" he followed Tim's lead.

A nauseating smell filled their nostrils.

"Aw man! What is that—" Billy paused as he stepped on something. He looked underneath his shoe and saw a dead, half eaten, satyr carcass.

Billy put his hand over his mouth and almost pucked.

Tim looked ahead and saw that it was filled with bodies and skeletons of all kinds, "This thing eats a lot"

They heard a growl from the beast which startled them.

Billy yelped and went to run out but Tim grabbed his shirt and pulled him back.

"Maybe it's full" Billy chuckled trying to lighten the mood.

"Let's hope it doesn't snack between meals" Tim said looking around cautiously.

"You, uh— you ever killed a monster before?" Billy asked Tim.

"Plenty of times" Tim said confidently.

They heard a louder growl that made a chill crawl up their spine.

Billy tapped Tim on the back, "Maybe you should go first"

"What, are you scared?" Tim made fun of him as a bead of sweat trickled down his head.

"No…..Yeah" Billy admitted.

"Me too" Tim also admitted as he went first.

"So where is it?" Billy said looking around.

"How should I know?" Tim said trying to keep his eyes peeled.

Suddenly they heard the loud growl of the beast behind them.

They tensed, turned around, and pointed their weapons in fear.

There wasn't anything there but darkness.

The two of them relaxed.

Tim grabbed something from his utility belt.

Billy sighed, "This thing is gonna give me a heart att—"

Tim popped a flare and threw It in front of him.

A beast stood before them on all fours.

It had two heads that looked like they belonged to Alligator's except there were spikes on its head and it was humongous.

Like an Alligator's skin the top half was scaly and rock hard while underneath it was smooth and it was purple. It had four chubby legs and a tail that resembled a scorpion's tail with a stinger at the tip.

The Ghidra growled, showing off its razor sharp teeth.

Billy shouted as he zipped back, "What the fuck is that?!"

The Ghidra ran at him with its two jaws wide open to bite a chunk out of him.

Billy zipped out of the way, "You didn't tell me it has two heads!"

"It slipped my mind" Tim said keeping his eyes on the beast.

The Ghidra then charged at Tim.

Tim pole vaulted over it.

"Anything else you forgot to mention?" Billy asked sounding aggravated.

"Yeah, that stinger on it's tail" Tim said pointing at it, "It's poisonous, instant death"

The stinger flew at Billy.

Billy moved out of the way, "Anything else?!"

"Yeah, It breathes fire too" Tim said nonchalantly.

Right as he said that the two heads opened their mouths wide and flames bursted out of them.

"Move!" Tim shouted and they both leapt out of the way.

"I'm begging to think you didn't tell me this on purpose!" Billy accused him, he probably would have been less forthcoming if he knew the Ghidra had a scorpion tail and breathes fire.

Tim smirked, "Who me? I'd never do that"

The stinger flew at Tim but he smacked it aside with his staff.

The Ghidra then went ensnare Billy in it's jaws but Billy jumped up, pushed off it's head, and flipped over it.

They both distanced themselves from the creature to gain some breathing room.

"You ready?" Tim asked twirling his staff.

Billy shook his head, "No"

"Yes you are" Tim insisted as he pushed him forward, "We have to work together here"

"Fine, let's get this over with" Billy said.

"Attack from different directions to divide it's attention" Tim said as they advanced.

Tim went right and Billy went left. Each head of the Ghidra kept its eyes on them.

As they went to attack, one Ghidra head breathed fire at Billy and the stinger flew at Tim.

Both avoided the beasts attempts and tried stabbing it.

Regardless of their repeated attempts they couldn't pierce the skin of the monster.

The Ghidra backed away and large amounts of smoke began coming out of both mouths.

"It's gonna blow!" Tim leapt out of the way.

Billy ducked, avoiding being incinerated by mere inches.

After the mountainous flames died down they both got back up.

"That's one tough Ghidra" Tim said sweating from the heat.

"Yeah, tell me about it" Billy said sweating a little himself.

The stinger aimed for Billy but he dodged it.

While it was preoccupied with Billy, Tim began thrusting his bronze staff into the Ghidra's skin but again nothing changed.

The Ghidra noticed Tim's attempts so it bursted fire out of its left mouth to get rid of him.

Tim leapt out of the way of the fire.

Billy then went to attack it again but the right head noticed and shot a stream of fire at him.

Billy hid behind a boulder, but he could still feel the heat emanating from the other side of it.

Billy then went to move to a better location but tripped and fell, "Whoa!"

He looked down and saw it was a skeleton looking him straight in the face, "Trying to drag someone down is not cool dude!"

Seizing opportunity, the Ghidra's stinger shot towards Billy who was unable to dodge.

Tim swung his staff downward and slammed the tail to the ground, holding it there for a moment.

A moment was all Billy needed to slice the stinger off the tail.

The Ghidra wailed from the pain.

Tim helped Billy up, "I think you made it angry"

Seconds later, the Ghidra's stinger regrew right before their eyes.

Billy's eyes widened, "You didn't tell me it could do that"

"I didn't know it could do that" Tim admitted.

Jon, Dean, and Lily finally arrived and drew their weapons.

The Ghidra turned around and roared in their general direction.

The mere sight of the monster made Lily freeze out of fear, it's roar made her take a few cautionary steps back.

"About time you got here" Billy said zipping behind it to attack but the Ghidra whipped it's tail and sent Billy flying backwards.

"You could have waited for us" Dean said getting a good look at the beast.

"It doesn't matter, we could use the help" Tim said avoiding the newly grown stinger, "See what I mean? Whoa!" he leaped out of the way of incoming flames.

"Any weaknesses?" Dean asked inching forward.

Tim backed away and let Billy distract it, "None, that stinger is deadly so it keeps us from getting too close, we can't get the heads because of the fire, and nothing's been able to pierce it's skin"

"Until now!" Jon leapt at the Ghidra in excitement.

"Jon wait!" Dean shouted.

Jon swung his axe downward onto the Ghidra's back with enough force to make it lose it's footing and fall on it's face. He lifted his axe and had a confused expression as he saw that it's skin was unscathed.

The Ghidra got back on it's feet and shot it's stinger at him.

Jon stood there, not acknowledging the threat, or perhaps unaware.

"Move you idiot!" Dean tackled Jon, preventing the stinger from hitting him.

Tim and Billy engaged it again to keep it occupied, Lily was still frozen still.

Dean picked up Jon from his shirt and glared at him, "LISTEN!"

Lily snapped out of her daze from the volume of his voice.

"I don't care how strong you think you are!" Dean shouted, "That thing will kill you if you're not careful! Understand?!" he let go of him.

Jon got on his feet and nodded in silence.

Tim and Billy retreated to them.

"Feel free to jump in by the way" Tim joked since it's still just been him and Billy fighting it.

"Ok, this thing can divide it's attention between two people, but what about 5?" Dean thought aloud, "Each of us will take a different side and try to find a weak spot"

"Right" Tim said, "Let's go" he rushed in along with Billy, and Jon.

Dean turned around, "Lily you'll—" he paused as he finally looked at her.

Lily was petrified from the sight of the beast, but beyond that she was ashamed to be so in front of them.

"Lily" Dean placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "Can you handle this?"

A bead of sweat trickled down her brow, "I…I uh.."

Dean could see that a close up fight for her would be fatal in her current condition, "All you have to do is stay far away from it and use your bow"

Lily looked at him with a half smile, "Far away?"

"Yeah don't get close to it, that way it won't bother you" Dean joined the assault.

The boys surrounded the two headed monster and began attacking it.

The Ghidra rotated in attempt to keep track of all of them but found it difficult.

Jon blocked a stream of fire from the left head with his axe.

Lily pulled back an arrow to help him but hesitated in releasing it.

Billy then repeatedly stabbed the left head to gain it's attention.

The left head stopped breathing fire and snapped its jaw at Billy.

Lily swallowed her fear and fired an arrow that embedded in the monster's eye, preventing it from biting Billy.

Billy backflipped and wiped some sweat off his brow, "Phew, thanks" he gave her a thumbs up.

Tim pole vaulted over a stream of fire from the right head only for the stinger to shoot at him midair. Tim panicked and went to grab something from his utility belt, but Dean jumped and sliced the stinger off.

They both landed on the ground softly.

"Thanks" Tim said stuffing something back into his belt.

"Save your toys for another time" Dean said looking at the tail of the beast as the stinger regrew.

"The tail will only grow back if you cut it off and its skin is like rock, I don't know how we're supposed to kill this thing" Tim said.

Dean was faced with a serious problem, he needed to find a weakness, "How the hell are we supposed to kill a two-headed alligator?"

Tim had an idea, "Alligator…Wait a minute, I remember the biology of Alligators. The skin on the top of their bodies are hard but the skin on their bellies is softer, perhaps enough to be a weak spot"

"That's better than nothing" Dean figured, "You take the right head" he said to Tim, "You take the left head" he said to Billy, "Jon you go up the middle and keep it at bay" he told him, "Lily it's time to see those archery skills of yours, I need you to either take out its tail"

They all spread out.

Tim attacked the right head, thrusting with his staff. Billy attacked the left head with quick slices from his daggers.

Jon ran up to the beast, grabbed it to the best of his ability, and kept it from moving, "The tail! Get the tail!" he shouted spotting the stinger aiming at him.

Lily aimed an arrow at the stinger and ready to shoot but was picking her moment to strike.

Billy narrowly avoided flames that charred his face and hair, "This is getting personal"

As Tim was attacking the right head he got too close and the head knocked into him sending him flying back, "I thought you were keeping it from moving"

The Ghidra mas moving side to side and up and down to try and shake Jon off, "It's being difficult!"

Billy was now dodging flames from the left head and avoiding the stinger, "Little help here!"

"Lily I need that tail taken out right now!" Dean said drawing his sword.

Lily finally found her opening, "Got it" she released her arrow and it hit the tail and pinned it to the stone wall.

The two heads shook off Jon and sent him flying into Billy.

"It's going very well. We're gaining on him" Billy said sarcastically.

"Guys aim for the gut!" Dean said charging at it.

Jon went back to his position and kept it in place while the rest of them surrounded it and kept on poking at the monster's belly until Dean managed to pierce it.

"Yes!" Billy shouted right before green gew spurted out of the hole and went all over him.

Jon took his hands off the necks of the heads and bashed them with his fists blinding them.

From its confusion, the Ghidra had no other choice but to charge a massive flame blast so its mouth started smoking like before.

"Everyone back away!" Lilith said aiming an arrow.

The boys moved behind where she was, away from the blast radius.

She aimed her arrow right for its mouth, "This is for my family" she released the bow string letting the arrow fly.

Dean summoned a lightning bolt and threw it right at the arrow, hitting it, and giving it a boost.

The arrow flew into the monster's mouth right as it was about to burst causing it's whole body to explode into pieces.

"Oh yeah! We bad! Woohoo!" Billy chanted.

"You bad all right" Tim joked looking at his slimy teammate.

"Remember what I said before we left?" Jon asked with a smirk.

"Shut up" Billy said wiping the slime off his hair.

Dean approached Lily, "How're you feeling?"

Lily closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She opened her eyes as she exhaled with a relieved look, "At peace"

"Good, now let's get out of here" Dean said as they walked towards the exit.

"That really dragged out" Tim admitted.

"Yeah, I don't think we could have handled it just the 4 of us" Billy said commending Lily.

"That's just about the smartest thing you said all day" Tim laughed.

"Shut up dork" Billy said.

They all stopped and looked back.

Jon was standing still, starring intently at the drawing of Nanook. He then placed his palm on the bear as if it was familiar.

"You ok Jon?" Dean asked.

Jon snapped out of his daze, "Uh yeah, let's go" he caught up to them.


The half-bloods we're sitting outside the now dead Ghidra's lair, tired from slaying the monster.

"Man now we have to go all the way back home!" Billy pouted.

"It comes with the job requirements" Tim shrugged.

Dean was sitting right next to Lily, "So what're you going to do now?"

"I don't know. I'm free to do whatever I please" Lily said with a smile on her face.

"Why don't you hang out with me and the guys when we get home?" Dean offered.

Lily pondered on that thought for a moment, "Maybe, I'll have to think about it"

"Well keep in mind that we'll be doing stuff like this a lot" Dean said.

"How do you know that?" Lily asked.

"Call it a hunch" Dean grinned as he got up, "Well, time to head home. I'm assuming you're gonna take your horse home"

"Yeah, I'll see you guys at camp" Lily said as she approached Dean and awkwardly hugged him, "Thank you"

Dean was visually shocked at her act of affection. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in close, "Any time"

Lily took a moment to enjoy his warm embrace, it was actually pretty nice.

Billy then zipped behind her and hugged her too, "Aww you guys" he sounded emotional.

Lily looked back, "Hey!"

Tim then joined the hug, "Group hug!"

Dean couldn't help but laugh.

Jon then grabbed them all and lifted them up, "Big group hug"

Lily squirmed, "Put me down!"

Dean chuckled, "Ok put us down Jon"

Jon put them all down.

Lily backed away from them, "Ok then, see you around" she got on her horse and rode off.

"Bye" they said in unison as they left.

"Bye, bye, mamacita" Billy blew her a kiss.

Lily laughed as she rode.


Author's note: It's a Christmas Miracle! lol Yeah I know it's been a while, I'll spare you the useless details. I'm just going to post whenever I can, anyways have a happy new year!