From Nowhere: Revenge
Iolaus heard some giggling. He was still sleeping so he decided it was just a dream. He rested on the other side and smiled to himself. He was definitely dreaming about a girl.
"I know…," he heard a girl laughing.
"But he looks sooo cute," other girl responded.
"Iolaus…," the first girl lightly touched his face: "Are you still sleeping?"
Iolaus smiled to himself. *Two girls. That's not bad.*
"Iolaus!" a young man's voice spoke.
Iolaus shivered a bit. *What does Hercules do in MY dream?* he questioned himself. He slowly opened one eye: "Awww, you?"
"What did you expect?"
"I don't know… my dream… let me sleep, please," he begged.
"Iolaus, we can't be late," smiley face looked from behind Hercules' shoulder and hided back with giggles.
"Icie, please, why are you laughing?" Iolaus looked comical when he doesn't know what's going on.
Another face looked at him: "Look at yourself…"
Iolaus slowly lowered his head and immediately turned red: "I… ehmm…"
"You rather go and dress up," Icie completed with laugh and she left the room together with Lilith.
Hercules looked even more embraced then Iolaus. He just turned around and whispered: "Could you please, dress up?"
When guys entered dinning room, Lilith and Icie were already sitting with Jason and talking with him and laughing. Hercules sighted and headed towards them. Iolaus stayed at the door and just watched them, but then he decided to stay cool, smiled and joined them.
"…morning," he muffled.
Girls were still chuckled at Iolaus, which made him even more embraced.
"What? Haven't you seen a naked man before?" he asked surprisingly.
Icie looked at Lilith in shock, but they suddenly burst into tears from laugh.
"Sorry…," Icie tried to excuse herself.
Lilith grabbed her and pushed her out of the room: "We… rather go…"
Iolaus heard their laugh after they left.
Hercules met Icie and Lilith when they were preparing something for a trip. Lilith ran back to her room to find something. Icie was packing two big backpacks.
"Where are you going?" he looked at Icie.
"A trip…," she answered without looking at him.
"Alone?"
"Yes. Is there a problem?"
"No… Shall we go with you?"
"Who?"
"Me and Iolaus… Is this a problem?"
"No…"
"Well."
"I have no problem with it, so if Lilith agree…"
Hercules sat down on the rock and sighted: "I'm sure, Lilith will agree."
"Then, OK… We'll meet in half an hour here…"
She didn't stop packing, but she knew he didn't move and felt his gaze at her. She sighted and sat down on the ground.
"What else?"
"Icie, may I ask something personal?"
"Well, do I have to answer it?"
"No… I mean…"
"Then don't ask," she interrupted him: "And by the way, we are not going to wait for anyone."
She stood up and was trying to tie a pack. Hercules first wanted to help her, but then he decided not to care about something, which is not his problem. He turned around and walked inside the Academy to find Iolaus.
Lilith smiled at guys who joined them in front of Academy.
"You are late."
"Sorry. You know Hercules." Iolaus joked.
It looked everybody already forgot the morning.
"So, shall we go?" Icie asked: "Or are you need to go….?"
"Hey, you are in the great mood today," Iolaus interrupted her with laugh.
"I know…" she answered and put her arm around his waist. She took Lilith hand with the other hand and Lilith took Hercules'. Girls started to run with laugh into the wood.
They were really having fun that day. They didn't realize the sky overcastted. The wind started to blow to hard. First raindrops fell on them.
"It's raining!" Lilith called.
"Really, I'd never know…," Iolaus joked.
They quickly hided under the big oak. Their cloths were soaked wet. But they were happy to be out of Academy for a while. Only Jason couldn't join them. As a king he had other duties then have fun in the wood. Rain was over after a while and they could see the last rays of evening sun. Iolaus and Lilith prepared everything to sleep and Hercules and Icie decided to go find some dry wood.
"You wanted to ask something…," Icie started when they was far away from the camp.
"What?"
"In the morning… you wanted to ask me something."
"It was nothing, forget it…," he tried to not to tell.
"No, I not going to forget anything!" she was loosing her temper.
"It was really nothing, Icie," he didn't want to argue with her.
"I want to know," she tried to be nice.
"OK… what is between you and Iolaus?" he asked without looking at her.
She looked and him and started to laugh: "What do you think?"
"I don't know, that's because I asked…"
"Nothing, really… and if yes, will it be a problem for you?"
"No, sure it won't. I would be happy for him…"
"Oh, yeah?"
"Oh yeah!" he repeated after her with sarcasm.
They were arguing for a while.
"I was looking for you two!" Somebody spoke behind them.
They turned and stared at the person: "Ares!"
"Where are they?" Iolaus was standing and staring into the darkness of woods.
"They'll be here soon. They are not children, they can take care of themselves," Lilith was sitting on the blanket and trying to see Iolaus in the dark.
"It takes them too long," he was already worried. Not only because they were somewhere in the dark in the wood, but because they were here alone. Just two of them… He scared away that idea. He shivered a bit.
"OK, Iolaus, we are going to find them," Lilith sighted and stood up.
"Good, I thought you never tell this," Iolaus smiled.
They took their swords and walked together into the night.
The wood was very quite. Too quite. They didn't hear anything. No night birds. Nothing. They didn't see anything. No bats, no insect.
"What should possible take them that long?" Iolaus broke the silence.
"Shhh."
"I mean, how long a normal people should take for taking some stupid wood?"
"Iolaus, can't you be quite for a while…"
"Lilith, do you think…?"
"Iolaus, I don't think anything, ok? I'm not going to think about your problems…," Lilith stopped walking and turned around to face Iolaus. She looked at him and sighted. Iolaus stared at her, he came around her and continued walking.
"Still, I'm thinking what are they doing…"
"No! Stop talking, Iolaus, please…"
"You are not going to run away this time," Ares laughed and looked at Icie who was trying to take all her energy into the attack.
"And you're not going to use anything against me this time," he pointed at her.
He walked to her and touched her forehead. She felt some warm and electricity flow through her body and she fell on the ground without making any sound. Hercules knelt beside her and took her hand into his.
"What did you do to her?" he was angry.
"Nothing, she just needed to rest. She is just simple sleeping," Ares laughed: "And now you, Hercules."
Ares came up to Hercules and grabbed him around neck. He threw him on the ground. Hercules opened his eyes and suddenly felt enormous pain. The lightning hit him on the chest and threw him few feet away. Hercules felt he couldn't breathe. Before he felt into the senselessness, he could hear Ares' evil laugh.
Lilith stopped and called Iolaus. He rushed towards her.
"What? Did you see them?"
"No! I've found some berries…"
"Berries?!"
"Aren't you hungry?"
"We have to find them!"
"Look, I'm hungry and I'm going to eat first. And you're not going to leave me here alone," Lilith was already tired of Iolaus' jealousy.
Iolaus sighted and sat down on the root of the tree.
"…and don't think about anything…"
Hercules slowly opened his eyes. The light hurt them. He felt his head was rested on something really hard and he couldn't move at all. Icie's head lied on his chest and his right arm was across hers. He carefully touched her cheek. It was awfully cold and her breath was so shallow. He tried to move his head, but something was holding him. He realized they were tide by very strong rope. He heard Icie's quite mourn: "Hercules…"
"Yes… I'm here…" he answered softly.
She opened her eyes and immediately shut them: "The light…"
"I know. Shhh," he said.
"Where are we?" she asked softly.
"I'm not sure…," he looked confused.
"Ares…," she panted.
"So shall we go now?" Iolaus was so impatient.
"Ehmm," Lilith said with her mouth full.
"What?" he turned to face her.
"Yeah, OK," she answered after she swallowed.
"Good…," he grabbed his sword and tried stand up.
"Wait a sec," she held him down: "Do you really want to find them because something might happened to them or do you wanna find because you are worried they are…"
"Hey, stop that!" Iolaus shouted.
"Oh, Iolaus, you are just simple jealous."
"No, I'm NOT!"
"Yes, you ARE!"
"Look, Lilith, if you don't want to go with me, fine. I'm gonna find them in my own."
"I'm going with you," she said flatly.
Iolaus stood up and helped Lilith. She didn't really looked like she wanna go anywhere. He stepped quickly into the darkness.
"You ARE jealous," she said and walked in as well.
"Can you move?" Herc ask.
"I don't think so… You?"
"Nope. Can you…?"
"I don't know, I feel so exhausted," she sighted.
"May I help you?… Somehow…"
"How? I just need to concentrate, but I am tired," she explained.
"Try… please," he looked at her.
She closed her eyes and ridged her forehead. He held her hand tightly and kissed her cheek to make her more comfortable. He felt her body warming up. Suddenly the rope felt down of them. Icie fell into Hercules' arms and he hugged her, feeling her trembling body.
"He's not around," Icie suddenly opened her eyes and looked deep into Hercules'.
"What?"
"He is not here, I can't sense him."
"How?"
"I don't know… I just know it," she tried to stand up.
"Hey, wait, you are too groggy."
"No, I'm fine. We have to go before he come back," she decided.
"Well, if you think so…"
She turned to face him. Even he was much taller than she was, she angrily looked into his eyes: "Because you are demi-god, you don't have to be the most intelligent of the whole world!"
"I don't think that…"
"Well, but you sounded like that!"
"Maybe you're demi-god as well. Maybe you're three quarters of god…"
"Maybe, maybe… it's just possibility. I don't know who I am and you can't solve this puzzle, OK?"
"…'k…"
"So let's go than," she steeped forward, but Hercules grabbed her hand: "Wha…"
"Shhh. Somebody's over here…," he pointed at the entrance of the cave.
"It must be Ares… we're lost!" she whispered.
"You said you could sense him…"
"So…"
"So, is it him?"
"I'm not sure… well, it is a man, he is not alone… but I can't feel evil. Well he has something bad inside, but not as much as Ares…"
"Iolaus?" Hercules asked.
"Hercules!" Lilith yelled.
"What are you two doing here?" Iolaus ask and looked at Icie.
"Hmm, you know we wanted to be alone for a while…," Icie started and Iolaus sighted and looked down. Icie grabbed him around shoulders: "I'm kidding, Iolaus. Ares put us here…"
"Which one am I suppose to believe?"
"Which one is more likely to happen?"
"As I know Hercules, the first one…"
"Hey, what do you think about me?" Hercules interrupted them.
"You are always stealing girls from me!"
"That's not true!"
"Yes, that is true!"
"Guys? Leave it for then, now we have to go before Ares comes back," Icie broke their fight.
"Yes, do you always have to argue because of some girl?" Lilith asked: "Especially if she is friend of both of ya…"
Girls turned and walked out of the cave. Iolaus ran after them first and Hercules sighted and walked out as well.
"Lilith? Tell her. He is doing it all the time…"
"I'm not going to be only on one side, OK?
"Lilith… please…"
"No, Iolaus!"
"Are you still arguing like that?" Icie asked with smile.
"They two yes, me no!" Lilith answered.
"We are not arguing, are we Herc?" Iolaus said with laugh.
"We? No. We basically like each other…from time to time," Hercules added.
Girls started to laugh.
"Why are you laughing this time?" Iolaus ask and looked at himself to make sure he is not naked this time.
"Nothing…," Lilith answered.
"It's just…" Icie continued.
"Well…"
"The morning!" Lilith bursted into tears of laughs and ran away.
Icie slowly looked at Iolaus and with laugh she stepped away of Iolaus and started to run too.
"Hey, if I catch you…" Iolaus ran after them.
Hercules just sighted and walked into the wood.
END