Revenge, Pain and Regret

Chapter 11: The Journey Begins

They looked around (except Mandy) and saw Grim.

"Grim!" Billy cried and ran to him, "are you okay?" he asked.

"No!" Grim exploded, "I'm tied to two poles by the hands and have been whipped by a Hell Guard, bitten by a giant dog and shrieked at by a giant bat until I thought I lost my hearing!" he shouted, "except that I could still hear IT!"

"Calm down Grim," Mandy ordered, "some of us have it worse," she added.

"Like wh…" Grim started to explode again but stopped when he saw Mandy's eyes, "shit!" he cried as Mandy's face started to contort, "I mean let's going and get Mandy's sight back!" he shouted in hopes of subsiding Mandy's anger.

"I can't let you do that," Deirdre said suddenly as she held unto a struggling Irwin and Junior as Sperg lay unconscious on the ground, "I have someone for you to meet," she said looking at Grim with her dark grey eyes, "this is my true form by the way," she added directing attention to her 5ft 4 height, small frame, and waist length curly purple hair that blew around her face.

"Hello," Hatria said coldly as she came into view, "like what you see?" she asked when they gasped, "this is what I REALLY look like," she pointed out.

Besides Deirdre and Mandy (blind, duh!), the others were horrified. Standing beside Deirdre now at 5ft exactly was Hatria with beautiful rich ruby red hair that actually reached the ground. But that was all that was rich and beautiful about her. Her frame was thin and bony. Her skin was white as a sheet and held no tan or healthy glow at all. Her head looked a bit big for her body and her round head looked like it might start to tilt to the side because her thin neck might soon be unable to hold it up any longer. Her emerald green eyes were sunken and dark deep dark circles surrounded them. She had a small pointy nose and full but brittle and dry pale pink lips. Unlike Deirdre's abundant bosom, there was nothing upon Hatria's chest since it was flat. Her hands looked normal mostly but rather bony and slightly gnarled. She wore a simply white dress that reached her knees and white shoes. While her sister Deirdre wore a sexy black dress that nearly reached her ankles and black two inch shoes.

"This is what I looked like at age twelve long ago," Hatria said looking intently at Grim, "I haven't aged or matured in any way since," she told him, "my diminished frame makes me look like a tall ten year old and I look gangly and lankly because of my horribly bony and deformed frame," she continued, "did you know that for nearly one hundred years I was stuck looking like this when I reached twelve?" she asked Grim, "that was during the time that magic was barely able to work on me because the effects of Hercules Fire, which repels almost all magic," she said, "I have to use my powers to at least look normal," she said as her voice cracked, "I look like a freak," she concluded in defeat, "and you're at fault," she added angrily and pointed at Grim.

"Your sister seems to think different," Grim responded coldly.

"What the hell do you mean?" Deirdre demanded as Hatria closed her palms together and it started to emit an orange glow.

"Your sister Nutria thinks your mother is to blame," Grim revealed, "she's now on her way to erase the existence of the human race," he continued, "she's only using me as an excuse," he told Deirdre, "she's really out to get revenge on your mother."

"You're lying!" Deirdre shrieked, "our mother was the perfect mother before she got dupped by you!" she cried angrily as Hatria's palms parted to reveal a orange ball the size of a soccer ball, "you're to blame for everything!" she shouted.

"Then if he's to blame why are you taking so long to kill him?" Mandy asked suddenly.

"Because I haven't gotten to carry out my wish yet," Hatria said coldly and the orange ball rose into the air, "have a taste of Hercules Fire in its purest but least painful form," she said and the ball flew over to Grim and covered him.

For a whole minute Grim screamed his head off and even after Hatria removed the ball; Grim still continued to twitch rapidly and scream shrilly.

"That's not even the painful part," Hatria told him, "what are you going to do when we reach that level?" she asked Grim.

"Did Nutria really go to erase human kind?" Deirdre asked herself softly.

But what would she really benefit from that? But she has been acting really strange. Her dealing with Patricia already shows her now extreme lack of patience recently. Usually she'd do some bad stuff but she's usually more discreet when we decide to do things undercover together. Plus her whole thing with Irwin was just mean. Wait. The poem 'Imperfect Paradise'. I was very annoyed by that poem because of the underlying spin she put on it. That it would be better that… Shit! She really is going to erase human kind! But I can't let that happen! (Deirdre's thoughts)

"Change of plans," Deirdre cried suddenly, "we have to stop Nutria," she declared, "Hatria absorb the pain from Grim," she ordered, "I need to ask him something," she explained and Hatria did it despite being hesitant.

Grim cried out in relief. He had felt as if fire and hot pokers were piercing through him like mad. Now he felt like his normal self and was grateful.

"Daine!" Deirdre cried so loud the whole place shook.

"What the HELL are you doing," Daine demanded as he hurried to her, "you trying to get me on Lucifer's BAD side!" he cried incredulously.

"Nutria's going to erase all humans from existence," Deirdre stated and Daine froze.

"I'll be right back," Daine responded and disappeared through the door, which he had entered.

(Fifteen minutes Later)

"I know where she's going!" Daine cried as he hurried to Deirdre's side, "Lucifer told me that she would have to go directly to the Pillar Micus and ask for the presence of the Ultimate God to get such a request granted," he revealed.

"Why would Satan help us?" Mandy asked suddenly, "isn't he all for chaos and destruction?" she asked frankly.

"Lucifer likes to piss off the Ultimate God the most by tempting his weaker creations (Ultimate God's creations) into sinning," Daine explained, "without humans Lucifer would've have to go after beings much less susceptible to his tricks and charm," he said, "trust me," he continued, "he doesn't want the human race eliminated," he added.

"Isn't Satan the bad guy?" Billy asked suddenly.

"He's a bad guy who helped by telling us Nutria's intended destination," Junior pointed out, "tell him thanks," he told Daine, "even though we're more of Heaven People," he added and all the other's nodded except for Hatria.

"I don't care where I go," Hatria muttered woefully.

"You don't have to behave like you look," Mandy told her.

"You're blind!" Hatria spat angrily.

"Thanks to your sister," Mandy said with open resentment and Deirdre then clapped your hands, "'bout time," she muttered after her sight returned.

"Let's go," Deirdre said.

"I'm staying," Hatria said formally.

"Hatria," Deirdre said seriously, "Nutria's going to wish that humans never existed," she stated, "and if she gets her wish then I wont exist," she continued, "remember, I'm half human," she reminded her sister.

"What about our right to vengeance?" Hatria asked honestly.

"Forget that!" Deirdre cried, "we can kill Grim afterwards," she added.

"You still want to kill me!" Grim cried in disbelief.

"You didn't think you were off the hook?" Deirdre demanded, "we stop Nutria then I'll kill you," she told him.

"Let's just get this over with," Hatria said in annoyance.

"Don't you want to save the humans?" Billy asked her.

"Why should I care about humans?" Hatria demanded, "both you and special beings bring me almost nothing but grief," she added.

"Because mother cared for them!" Deirdre cried, "or have you forgotten that?" she asked darkly.

"Let's just hurry and go!" Hatria snapped in response.

"But you need clearance to get to the true path," Daine told them, "you have to get clearance from Apollo, Circe, Phoebus, or Neptune," he revealed, "Otherwise you can't get on the proper path," he said sadly.

"What about Scylla?" Hatria asked suddenly, "she knows many entrances to hundreds of places."

"But she can't give you clearance," Daine reminded her.

"And she's one of Circe's worst enemies!" Deirdre protested, "and remember that Circe and Mom were very close friends," she reminded Hatria

"Well let's go and stop Nutria," Mandy said indifferently.

After telling Daine Goodbye the others followed Deirdre and Hatria through a portal, which would lead first to the home of the God of Music, Apollo.

Done.

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