The Eyes of Medusa

Chapter 8

Grace's POV:

Raised my sword above my head and brought it down on one of the hydra's toes. The creature screeched in pain. I thought to myself, The plan is going perfect! We had already cut off 2 of the hydra's toes, part of it's tail, and 1/2 of its ears. The plan was to distract and weaken it so Golden Boy could electrocute it. We hadn't weakened it enough so far.
     I raised my sword in the air again, ready to cut off more of hydra's body parts. Wham! I flew backwards as the creature's tail slammed into my stomach. I hit my head on the cave wall and black spots appeared in my eyes. "Seabreeze!", yelled a far off voice. Then a hiss echoed through the cave and the smell of rotting flesh filled the air.
     I started to choke up blood on to the floor, but a small square was shoved in my mouth. It tasted like warm lemon pudding that I used to get from a bakery by my house. I felt myself gaining more strength from that little lemon pudding square.
I sat up and gazed at my surroundings. There only bits of smoking hydra left. Clearly Golden Boy had gone along with our plan and fried it. The teenagers were all gathered together, clearly discussing something. I noticed that the caramel haired boy didn't have a pinky finger anymore and the coffee skinned boy had a few burn marks on him but they both seemed functional. Golden Boy was clinging on to the icy eyed girl like his life depended on it. The electrocuting had left him exhausted. The icy eyed girl had a stern expression on her face but I knew she was about to collapse. From the weight of Golden Boy and from the pain of the long, deep, scars carved into her arm.
     I gathered my strength and walked over to the group. I tripped and almost got a face full of dirt if it wasn't for the caramel haired boy. "Try to be less clumsy.", he said with a wink. I felt my cheeks warm up as I gave him a small smile. "By the way my names Charlie.", he added
     I heard someone clear their throat and I turned to see Golden Boy. "We were just discussing where to go next.", he said flashing me a perfect smile despite his pain. I nodded. "First off, who are you guys", I questioned. "I'm Sammy Zhang.", replied the coffee skinned leader, "Sam for short."
     The blue eyed girl looked me in the eyes," The names Skyler Grace." I tried not to look scared of her but I wasn't sure it was working. Why did she hate my guts anyway? I haven't done anything to her.
     "And my name is Francis Grace", said Golden Boy, snapping me back to reality. I smiled. Francis is a good name but Golden Boy is better.
     "My names Grace Johnson! Now where are we going next?", I said. Sam seemed a bit shocked by my name, but didn't say anything. "We are heading back to camp.", he said, "I've have been notified of a new camper that has been there for 3 days and still hasn't been clammed!" Everyone gasped, but me. "What is the big deal?", I questioned, not really understand. Golden Boy answered my question with a sigh," It means the gods have gone back on there agreement."

Author's Note:

Sorry I didn't update like I planned. I'm on tech crew for the play Peter Pan at my school and our first performance was this Friday. I also do lights for the play.

I ordered a bunch of books and they came in today! *squeal* I can't wait to read them all!

~Running_Wisdom