Chapter Two
"I promise I'll help in anyway that I can as will Jason and Iolaus." Hercules said to Lashrina as she stood in the stables where she had been grooming a horse that had decided to make friends with her. The horse was solid black with white hooves and a white spot in the center of it's forehead so her name for it hadn't been all that hard. She called him Star Of Hope because maybe with him she could make ends meat by helping local farmers deliver their products to far away markets where they would pay more for it.
"I know you guys will there for me. You've never given me any reason to not trust you. I just wish that there was some way to get the gods to listen to the people they expect to worship them." she said
"Yeah if only then alot less people would be suffering." Iolaus said without thinking.
"That's my point Iolaus. The gods are not listening to their people and so we are suffering." she said
"Oh man, you aren't going to start yelling at the gods again are you?" Iolaus asked cautiously.
"No, to Tarterus with all them, loud mouth, hard head, stubborn..." that was as far as she got because the next thing that Hercules and Iolaus knew was that a bright flash of white light shot down and LaShirna was laying on the ground. She wasn't hurt. In fact there wasn't a mark on her body. It was as if she was sleeping.
"LaShrina?" Hercules called to her shaking her to wake her up, but he got no response.
"Maybe this was the god's way of shutting her up." Iolaus said
"You think?" Hercules said sarcastically " Open the door so I can bring her into the infermotary until I can figure out what happened and how we can help her." he said
"I'll tell you exactly what happened little bro." A voice from out of no where boomed down.
"What did you do to her Ares?" Hercules asked as he shielded LaShrina from anymore damage Ares would cause.
"Me, nothing. I could careless about her ranting and raving. It's a turn on to see a beautiful woman so angry and lashing out." he said as he glanced over Hercules' shoulder to see the woman he talked about.
"Then who did this and why?" Hercules asked
"It was Apollo." he said
"Why would Apollo hurt her?" Iolaus asked
"He didn't hurt her he put her into a deep sleep so that he could enter her subconscious without her hurting herself trying to kill him." he said
"Why?" Hercules asked
"That, is something that only she can share with you should she choose to tell you. Oh that's right you two share everything then you must know that her life is pledged to Apollo and has been since she was born." he said as Hercules and Iolaus looked dumbfound. " She never shared that bit of information with you? Oh and here I thought you two were so close. I guess you really don't know a person as well as you think you do." he said as he disappeared
"You think he's telling the truth?" Iolaus asked
"I hope not because if so then we can't help her until she wants to be helped." Hercules said as they laid her down on a cot in the infermatory.
Iolaus watched two of his best friend and for the first time in his life he felt helpless. There was nothing he could do to wake LaShrina up nor was there anything he could do for Hercules' who he knew had an attachment to her. He saw when they first met. He remembered that vividly. She wore a soft pink dress and her hair was piled ontop of head with little curls spilling here and there. She had came to Hercules' house looking for Iolaus. She talked with Hercules for a long time and when they left she whispered to Iolaus that she was going to marry someone like him someday when it was right for her. She took an instant liking to Hercules as Hercules did to her. Hercules told Iolaus many of times that she was the type of girl he could see having a future with. Now they find out that her intire life had never really been hers. She belonged to Apollo. If it happened when she was a baby then she had no say in the matter and maybe the gods would see that she didn't choose Apollo and set her free? He thought as he went to Hercules' side and told him his thought.
"I'm not sure if it'll work, but it's worth a try. The only question is how are we going to contact a god or goddess and have them listen to us?" he asked
"Maybe we don't contact them, but go destroy something of theirs?" Iolaus suggested
"That's crazy, but it just might work." Hercules said.
"I promise I'll help in anyway that I can as will Jason and Iolaus." Hercules said to Lashrina as she stood in the stables where she had been grooming a horse that had decided to make friends with her. The horse was solid black with white hooves and a white spot in the center of it's forehead so her name for it hadn't been all that hard. She called him Star Of Hope because maybe with him she could make ends meat by helping local farmers deliver their products to far away markets where they would pay more for it.
"I know you guys will there for me. You've never given me any reason to not trust you. I just wish that there was some way to get the gods to listen to the people they expect to worship them." she said
"Yeah if only then alot less people would be suffering." Iolaus said without thinking.
"That's my point Iolaus. The gods are not listening to their people and so we are suffering." she said
"Oh man, you aren't going to start yelling at the gods again are you?" Iolaus asked cautiously.
"No, to Tarterus with all them, loud mouth, hard head, stubborn..." that was as far as she got because the next thing that Hercules and Iolaus knew was that a bright flash of white light shot down and LaShirna was laying on the ground. She wasn't hurt. In fact there wasn't a mark on her body. It was as if she was sleeping.
"LaShrina?" Hercules called to her shaking her to wake her up, but he got no response.
"Maybe this was the god's way of shutting her up." Iolaus said
"You think?" Hercules said sarcastically " Open the door so I can bring her into the infermotary until I can figure out what happened and how we can help her." he said
"I'll tell you exactly what happened little bro." A voice from out of no where boomed down.
"What did you do to her Ares?" Hercules asked as he shielded LaShrina from anymore damage Ares would cause.
"Me, nothing. I could careless about her ranting and raving. It's a turn on to see a beautiful woman so angry and lashing out." he said as he glanced over Hercules' shoulder to see the woman he talked about.
"Then who did this and why?" Hercules asked
"It was Apollo." he said
"Why would Apollo hurt her?" Iolaus asked
"He didn't hurt her he put her into a deep sleep so that he could enter her subconscious without her hurting herself trying to kill him." he said
"Why?" Hercules asked
"That, is something that only she can share with you should she choose to tell you. Oh that's right you two share everything then you must know that her life is pledged to Apollo and has been since she was born." he said as Hercules and Iolaus looked dumbfound. " She never shared that bit of information with you? Oh and here I thought you two were so close. I guess you really don't know a person as well as you think you do." he said as he disappeared
"You think he's telling the truth?" Iolaus asked
"I hope not because if so then we can't help her until she wants to be helped." Hercules said as they laid her down on a cot in the infermatory.
Iolaus watched two of his best friend and for the first time in his life he felt helpless. There was nothing he could do to wake LaShrina up nor was there anything he could do for Hercules' who he knew had an attachment to her. He saw when they first met. He remembered that vividly. She wore a soft pink dress and her hair was piled ontop of head with little curls spilling here and there. She had came to Hercules' house looking for Iolaus. She talked with Hercules for a long time and when they left she whispered to Iolaus that she was going to marry someone like him someday when it was right for her. She took an instant liking to Hercules as Hercules did to her. Hercules told Iolaus many of times that she was the type of girl he could see having a future with. Now they find out that her intire life had never really been hers. She belonged to Apollo. If it happened when she was a baby then she had no say in the matter and maybe the gods would see that she didn't choose Apollo and set her free? He thought as he went to Hercules' side and told him his thought.
"I'm not sure if it'll work, but it's worth a try. The only question is how are we going to contact a god or goddess and have them listen to us?" he asked
"Maybe we don't contact them, but go destroy something of theirs?" Iolaus suggested
"That's crazy, but it just might work." Hercules said.