The CEO, The Priest and The Helpless Puppy

The Juno Snakes

The snake let out a soft hiss, before finally, sinking its teeth into the soft flesh before it, letting its venom flow through the human's bloodstream, intoxicating it and poisoning them on the inside. As the snake poured its venom into the human's neck, a hand shot out and quickly gripped its own neck tightly, squeezing it with all its might.

"Why you ungrateful creature!" A soft voice hissed, pulling the snake away from the flesh beneath it. "How dare you try to strike at poor Joey!" The snake hissed, before closing its mouth shut as the human girl tightened her grip, blocking any air from the snake's throat. Juno frowned and removed her left hand away from Joey's neck gently, lifting it up towards her face as she examined the bite marks the snake left her, watching as blood began to ooze from the two puncture wounds left behind. She scowled and slowly tried to make her way off of the bed, without causing too much movement and waking the others up. "Good thing you got me and not Joey. I'm used to being bitten by snakes, but I highly doubt he is."

The young teen grunted as her feet made contact with the cold ground. As it turns out, Juno had heard someone sneak into the room and waited to see what they wanted, she had spotted a cloaked figure leaving the snake before disappearing into the night. She then waited for it and soon spotted the snake slithering up to Joey's legs and making it way towards his neck. Thinking quickly and not wanting the blond to be bitten, she had placed her hand protectively around his neck and made sure the snake bit her instead.

Grunting once again in pain, the young girl began to feel dizzy, trying hard to make sure she didn't miss a single step. The dizziness she felt only intensified with each passing second, and before she knew it she fell down hard onto the ground, knocking over a small table and causing a loud ruckus. The sudden loud noise had woken the others up, on their guard the three sat up and turned towards the source of the sound, only to find Juno with a snake in her hand. They watch with confusion as the young teen struggled to stand, swaying and panting heavily as she made it towards the balcony. She used up the last of her strength and threw that dreaded snake over the balcony, before falling over unconscious.

"JUNO!" They all shouted in unison, as they threw the thin bedsheets off of them and stood, running towards the unconscious body of their friend. Joey looked over her small form, watching as she panted heavily, sweat covering her face as she shivered violently.

"Oh no." Hersilia gasped, her hands flying towards her mouth in shock as she stared at Juno's swollen hand. "She's been bitten." Joey immediately moved to pick her up, gently he lifted her head and hooked his left hand underneath her knees, picking her up bridal style as he headed towards the door.

"Yug'. open the door for me please." He told his friend, who nodded and wasted no time in opening the chamber door.

Turning to glance over his shoulder, Yugi sent Hersilia a serious look. "Get Isis! We need to get Juno to the healing room ASAP!" That being said, the three quickly got out of the room and ran off.

They just hoped they would make it in time to save Juno.

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"What happened?" Isis asked as she came running down the halls towards the two, Hersilia right behind her.

Yugi turned towards the priestess and gave her a panicked look. "We woke up to this loud banging noise and found Juno on the floor with a snake in her hand. She threw it over the balcony and fainted, is there something you can do Isis?"

Said priestess moved towards Juno, who was laying down on the bed gasping for air, her hair began to stick to her face as she sweats and shook violently. Isis's gaze moved from Juno's pained expression to her left hand.

The puncture wound was leaking with a black substance, as her hand became large and swollen with a purple, almost black-like hue. "I've never seen a bite mark like this before! The swelling seems to be traveling up her arm! If we do not do something fast her arm will literally explode."