CHAPTER 3

The Hydra

Aw, shit, I left my celestial bronze sword at home.
Crap.
I dodged as her clawed hand swiped past my head.
"Get them outside!" I yelled at Lilly, pointing at our mortal friends who were frozen with fear, staring at the monster.
Or, as it looked like to them; Our principal gone wrong.
The monster's devilish, red glowing eyes were trained on me.
I picked up a metal paperweight and flung it at her stomach.
There was a terrible shriek that escaped from her mouth and she burst outward, showing thick, scaly black skin. The creature ripped through the ceiling, showering plaster all over Lilly and me.
Holy. Crap.
It was a Hydra.
Its writhing million heads were biting at us.
I saw Lilly draw her sword.
Where had she had it?
I saw her discard her guitar case on the floor.
Oh. It had been in there. Wait, how had she gotten it in here? she had been in the office the whole time.
I dodged another head.
"No!" I screamed, as Lilly sawed off one of the heads.
The head fell to the ground.
Lilly had a very satisfied look on her face.
Well, until the Hydra sprouted two more heads, where Lilly's smile slid off her face like she could smell stink-sap.
"Aw, crap." I said as I dodged another head's teeth.
"WHAT DO I DO?" Screamed Lilly franticly.
"STAB IT THROUGH THE MOUTH YOU IDIOT!" I screamed back.
I fell on the ground, searching for weapons to hold it at bay.
I found some shattered glass that I began scooping up and pelting at the millions of eyes of the monster.
It roared ferociously at Lilly. It wasn't paying any attention to me.
I saw a fire extinguisher on the wall. I punched the glass and grabbed the hydrant, ignoring the fact that my hand was bleeding now.

I whipped around just as I head was coming at me. I sprayed the foam in it's eyes, causing it to roar angrily and snap at my face. EEEP.
I cringed into the wall to avoid the menacing teeth.
It pulled away.
Suddenly, I heard Lilly scream.
I whipped around to see Lilly beating a head pointlessly with her sword screaming;
"THAT WAS MY DESIGNER FLIPFLOPS YOU JUST ATE YOU MORONIC HYDRA!"
I tried to keep a straight face.
This was not the time to laugh.
We could all dance around and be happy family later; right now we had a Hydra to kill.
"Oh, just move already Lilly!" I yelled, grabbing her sword from her and flinging it at the open mouth of a head.
The Hydra gave a piercing shriek and toppled onto the ground writhing.
Then, it vanished into yellow smoke.
We stood in silence, sweating and staring around at the wreckage.
"Whew." puffed Lilly after the long pause.
"Well, that went well I thought." I said while brushing off the arm of my jersey.
I could hear yelling and many voices and footsteps approaching from the hallway.
"I think the party's over Rhi." Said Lilly, looking out the window in the office door."
"Yeah, we should go..." I said hopping over a half-wall and into the sidewalk, I waved at the crowded street staring in shock.
"Don't worry everyone, just technical difficulties!" I called to them. They began muttering as we ran towards my apartment block.
I heard police and ambulance alarms approaching.
I sighed, running beside Lilly.
I had no clue how I was going to get out of this one.