Chapter Five: I Make Madison Really Angry

''' Chapter 5 '''

''' I Make Madison Really Angry '''

Ok, let me get something straight. For those of you who think that I like Madison, Nick I’m talking to you, it’s not true. I had just met this girl. Anyway, I walked up to the steering wheel. Joe, Chiron, Jacob, Nick, Madison, Zach, and Soloman where already there.

“Connor,” Chiron said, “We have lost our trail. The sky seems to have pushed us out of course. We have to land and find out where we are.”

“Ok,” I said, “Cool.”

“Our peace team will consist of all of you. Do not attack the people.” Chiron said.

“Awwww,” Jacob whined.

Madison flashed Jacob a dirty look, which shut him up immediately. We landed and walked off the ship. We walked around for a while looking for some people to ask, but no one seemed to be outside at the moment. Finally, Nick saw a village of women.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Hey, ladies!” Nick yelled, “Can we ask you something?”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">The women waved us over. As we got closer, we realized that there were no men in the village. I found this very peculiar. We continued towards the women, and I noticed that they had a very foul smell. I looked at the women. I guess they were pretty, but they looked sad.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Yes we have no men here,” One of the ladies said, I am guessing she was the leader, “We were cursed by the goddess Aphrodite years ago, we have this foul odor that made our men leave us for other women. I am Codi.”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">A whole town of nothing but women? This definitely was not right.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Where are we?” I asked Codi.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“You are in the city of Indianapolis, here have a drink, you must be thirsty.” Codi said, she gave all the boys a small glass of red liquid.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">I drank the drink cautiously. Suddenly, I was in love with these women, it was such a shame that they were alone all these years.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Yes, Aphrodite may have cursed us,” Codi crooned, “But we know how to make a very strong love potion.”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“No!” Madison yelled at us, “It’s a love potion you idiots.”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“It is useless, child of Aphrodite,” Codi mocked, “Only one power has power over our potion, and very few spawns of love have it.” Codi threw back her head and laughed.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Guys,” Madison said firmly, “You need to snap out of your trance, the ship, remember the quest?”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">Now normally, this wouldn’t have done anything. But she said it with such a firm meaning that it made sense in my head. I woke from my trance. I knew who these women were. I read about them. They were the Lemnian Women. They lured Jason and his crew to them, where they threw the men off of a cliff. I had an idea.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Guys, let’s go find a gift for the beautiful leader.” I said, pretending I was still in my trance.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Ok,” Nick said.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“You guys go on,” Jacob said, “I am staying.”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“No, come, Jacob,” I said, “We need your help.”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“No,” Jacob said firmly.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">We had to leave him, one day I would come back and rescue him. I led the guys down the path we came from, Madison ran to the front of group.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Connor,” She said, she sounded close to tears, “Guys, wake up, it’s a trance.”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“I know,” I said, and I must have startled her, because she jumped, “You woke me up thank you.”

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">Just when I thought she was going to help me think of a way to get everyone else awake, she did something I didn’t expect. She started punching me in the arm.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“You stupid, little, arrogant, ugghhhh!” She stormed off.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Great to see you too,” I said. Ugh women. What are we supposed to do about them? When we got to the Argo II, Chiron was waiting for us.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Where?” He asked, but Madison cut him off.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“Indianapolis Indiana, if you’re going to ask what happened to the boys, this idiot,” She pointed at me, “Led them to the Lemnian Women, they’re in a trance.” She stormed onto the ship.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">“What did I do Chiron?” I asked the centaur as the other guys entered the boat.

<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt">Chiron laughed, “I think it is more of what you didn’t do, more than what you did.” The wise man, or horse walked off, leaving me confused as ever.

Chapter Six: The Fastest God Shortens Our Journey