Hercules'.P.O.V.
"Hercules!" I heard a voice call. Where was I? Everything was so hazy. I opened my eyes groggily. Iolaus and Jason were staring at me. "Where…am I?" I croaked out. I still felt hot but weaker than before. I felt as though I were floating. "Jason came to save us. You've been sleeping for about a week. We're the Academy." Iolaus explained, he had bandages all over him.
I grabbed my stomach as a wave of nausea overtook me. "Ugh…" I moaned, covering my mouth. "They made you take some sort of drug." Jason explained. I nodded; slowly the memories were coming back. The pirate had used me like a woman so many times, spilling his seed inside of me. He had done it almost the entire three weeks that we were stuck aboard that ship. He had hurt me deeply with his primal need. I felt tears spring to my eyes. I had never dreamed that the pirate would do those things to me. I had thought torture, pain but not...humiliation.
"Hercules?" a female voice asked. I looked up and saw Lillith. Her eyes were full of concern. "You guys need to leave." Lillith instructed. Surprisingly, they both didn't argue. I stared at Lillith as she sat down. There was a look of world weariness on her face, something I hadn't ever observed before. A more wise and mature Lillith stared at me.
"How are you feeling?" Lillith asked, fluffing my pillow a bit. "Tired and a little weak." I murmured. Everything was still very shaky and strange to me. The bright light that the world used to hold, the joy of being alive, seemed to have lost its shine. My stomach was still all over the place, churning. I put my hand on my stomach, feeling the taut skin, the carefully formed abs that professed my training as a warrior.
"That's normal. You had a really strong drug in your system when you were brought back. I've seen its kind before." Lilith explained, placing her cool hand on my forehead. Her brow furrowed in concentration. "I'm feeling fine." I said, sitting up quickly only to nearly fall off the bed from being so dizzy. "You're not fine, Herc! You were raped!"Lillith exclaimed. I stared at her in horror. "You knew?" I asked, embarrassment and shame in my voice. "Yes…I didn't mean to blurt it out like that. Hercules, I was the one who had to clean you up!" Lillith said, tears gathering in her honey brown eyes.
"In my village beautiful girls and boys often would be raped by passing-by enemy soldiers. I had to help clean their bodies. You were lucky if you didn't die of a disease." Lilith explained her voice bracking. I stared at her, a new side to my friend revealed.
"Please don't tell anyone, let me keep my pride as a man." I pleaded. I felt ashamed. "Yes. I will keep it a secret. But you have to tell me 'why' you were raped. You are strong enough to break out of the hold of any man." Lillith said. I sighed. "They were beating Iolaus. They realized early on that they couldn't hurt me as well as they could hurt Iolaus. They had found out that I was a half-god." I explained. "They were going to take him again. He was so sick; delirious in fact, half his wounds were badly infected. I offered myself, just so they wouldn't him anymore. I never thought…that…"I choked. My stomach was still churning and now in my mind's eyes I could see, hear, smell, feel what the man had done to me.
"He used me so many times. As soon as he found out that he could use me instead of woman, as long as he threatened to hurt Iolaus, I was helpless. He gave me the drug so I was always powerless. He used me every night for those three weeks. At times…there was so much blood. Even the drug couldn't erase the pain I felt. The embarrassment!" I cried, sobbing. The mighty Hercules…breaking down because he couldn't stop himself from being held by a man.
Lilith held me, gently rocking me until I fell asleep
Meanwhile on Olympus
"This is an interesting turn of events." Hera thought, staring into the mist of the all-seeing-well. She could see Hercules sleeping in Lillith's arms. For a very long time Hera had been thinking of a way to get rid of her husband's illegitimate son. For years she had tried to find a way to destroy him (painfully). But Zeus had put a protection order on Hercules, which made destroying him very…difficult.
"Well torturing him will have to suffice. This will be the blessing that I curse you with, Hercules, son of Zeus."Hera said aloud, laughing.
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