An Alternate Ending
Odysseus fought against the waves towards an island, not to far from his wrecked ship. Once he arrived he crawled until he collapsed face down in the sand. Odysseus jolted from his unconscious state as a crab stalked away angrily. He tried not to wince from the pain in his reddened nose.
Slowly, he sat up and looked around. The island, he noticed, was not an island at all. He noted the eyes and the way it swam through the sea. As he stood up, the creature's head rocked back and forth seemingly trying to knock him off. He held onto its head, but slid off onto its face. Blood shot eyes stared back at him as he realized the creature was in fact a giant turtle. The island turtle tossed its head back and caught Odysseus in its mouth.
After what seemed like an eternity, the great Turtle Island opened its large mouth and allowed Odysseus to exit into an underwater cavern. Odysseus observed his surroundings. His eyes wandered to a gate. As he got closer, Odysseus noticed writings. "Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate. I wonder what it means."
"It says, 'Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,' my dear Odysseus." Out of the shadows a figure emerged. "I have been waiting for you, Odysseus." The unknown entity grinned revealing the razor sharp teeth of a shark. "Your journey ends here." Odysseus felt himself sinking. His arms flailing. With a thud his body hit hard stone. The entity reappeared, teeth gleaming like tiny beacons of light in a storm.
"Who-who are you?" Odysseus managed to breathe out. His body was beginning to lose all feeling.
"I am Judas. Your destruction is inevitable, so do not try anything." Next, vines sprouted from the ground, crushing Odysseus' bones. His screams of agony fell on deaf ears as blood trickled down his arm. Judas closed in on Odysseus, and held his head in both hands. Judas' right hand slid down over Odysseus' chest. He withdrew his palm and curled it into a fist, jamming into the warrior's chest. With his palm wrapped around Odysseus' heart, he yanked it out.
Life's blood dripped from Odysseus' heart, and gushed from his wound. He stared with dawning realization and horror at his own heart slowly pumping in Judas' hand. He tore his eyes from his heart to its holder. Judas squeezed Odysseus' heart and watched the wonderful crimson liquid scatter all over the bone littered ground. Judas grinned and licked the blood off his hand. "The only reason your still alive is because of my will and magic. How else do you think, you've survived so long? The other gods had nothing to do with it. Except my sweet Athena."
He grabbed Odysseus' jaw with his soiled hand. "Good night, my darling Odysseus. May the flames of Hell devour your soul and maggots feast upon your flesh." He leaned down and kissed Odysseus. "See you in Hell." Judas then ended Odysseus' existence by pulling out a magic thread out of his hair. "You won't need this anymore where you're going."
If you didn't know already Odysseus is at the entrance of Hell. That latin thingy was what Dante, a writer from the renaissance, believed to be written on the gates of Hell.
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