Gabrielle: Warrior Princess
Chapter 21
"You killed Iolaus?" Gabrielle asked in shock. Hercules nodded. "It was about fifteen years ago, Ian was only ten years old at the time. Ian had three brothers and two sisters. Ian was oldest. Then, there was Melos, Tharsis, Hercules, he'd named his third son after me, and the daughters, Laural and Samara."
"He had a lot of children." Gabrielle said about Iolaus. Hercules nodded.
"He loved children. Anyway, I was to go to Egypt to help out a friend from childhood. He was just married and needed help building his home. Iolaus wanted to go back to Egypt. He hadn't been there in so long, and he wasn't afraid because he knew the evil that had once killed him was gone. He went with me. It's my fault he's dead. I killed him with my own two hands."
"How did you kill him?" Gabrielle asked, tears in her eyes. Hercules took a deep breath.
"It was late. The sun was long set and there wasn't much torchlight to help guide our sight. I believe that Iolaus was pulling his sword to cut some ropes, but I though he was a thug, trying to kill me. I knocked him to the ground. I guess it was too hard, and he hit his head on a rock. He died instantly." Hercules had tears in his eyes.
"That must've been so awful for you." Gabrielle declared. Hercules nodded.
"Yeah, but I've been told to get over it. It's just, how do you get over killing your best friend?"
Later that evening, Gabrielle was sitting in the woods, thinking about her conversation with Hercules. Grace was crawling around on Gabrielle's bedroll. Gabrielle would look down at her daughter, and her daughter would look back up at her and smile. Gabrielle would wave at her, and the baby would wave back.
"I love you baby." Gabrielle said. She lay down in her bedroll and brought her baby girl inside with her and she fell asleep soon, Grace asleep in her arms.
Gabrielle had no sooner gotten to sleep when Ares appeared. Gabrielle opened one eye and looked at the war god.
"What do you want?" she grumbled.
"To talk." Ares said. Gabrielle growled for a moment and then sat up in the bedroll, careful not to wake her daughter.
"About what?" Gabrielle asked. Ares smiled for a moment.
"About us."
Chapter 21
"You killed Iolaus?" Gabrielle asked in shock. Hercules nodded. "It was about fifteen years ago, Ian was only ten years old at the time. Ian had three brothers and two sisters. Ian was oldest. Then, there was Melos, Tharsis, Hercules, he'd named his third son after me, and the daughters, Laural and Samara."
"He had a lot of children." Gabrielle said about Iolaus. Hercules nodded.
"He loved children. Anyway, I was to go to Egypt to help out a friend from childhood. He was just married and needed help building his home. Iolaus wanted to go back to Egypt. He hadn't been there in so long, and he wasn't afraid because he knew the evil that had once killed him was gone. He went with me. It's my fault he's dead. I killed him with my own two hands."
"How did you kill him?" Gabrielle asked, tears in her eyes. Hercules took a deep breath.
"It was late. The sun was long set and there wasn't much torchlight to help guide our sight. I believe that Iolaus was pulling his sword to cut some ropes, but I though he was a thug, trying to kill me. I knocked him to the ground. I guess it was too hard, and he hit his head on a rock. He died instantly." Hercules had tears in his eyes.
"That must've been so awful for you." Gabrielle declared. Hercules nodded.
"Yeah, but I've been told to get over it. It's just, how do you get over killing your best friend?"
Later that evening, Gabrielle was sitting in the woods, thinking about her conversation with Hercules. Grace was crawling around on Gabrielle's bedroll. Gabrielle would look down at her daughter, and her daughter would look back up at her and smile. Gabrielle would wave at her, and the baby would wave back.
"I love you baby." Gabrielle said. She lay down in her bedroll and brought her baby girl inside with her and she fell asleep soon, Grace asleep in her arms.
Gabrielle had no sooner gotten to sleep when Ares appeared. Gabrielle opened one eye and looked at the war god.
"What do you want?" she grumbled.
"To talk." Ares said. Gabrielle growled for a moment and then sat up in the bedroll, careful not to wake her daughter.
"About what?" Gabrielle asked. Ares smiled for a moment.
"About us."