The Godslingers X 2: Chapter 7

Qadira's POV
I shadow-traveled next to Stella with Quent hanging limp on my shoulder. I groaned, shifted his weight and finally decided to dump him in the sand.

I hugged Stella and comforted her. She wiped away her falling tears and looks grimly at us. Melody had joined us too.

"We need a quest." Stella proclaimed. "To save Dad." Then she whispered, "again."

We nodded in agreement.

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Xaviera's POV
In the many-chambered pit of Tartarus, I watched patiently as monsters reformed and soared up to the surface world, to feed on flesh. I was waiting for a particular monster to appear before me, while Nadine enjoyed herself by torturing Josh in his chamber with her flickering fire whips.

Suddenly, glowing golden dust floated in front of me, forming into the shape of a woman with serpents for hair, and a cold, stony face. Her eyes were identical to the shape of a snake's and it was intidimatingly yellow. She was Medusa, the young Gorgon.

"Rise." I whispered to her. "Go and be merciless to does who stand in your way."

Medusa shook her head sadly. "I cannot. It takes eons to rebuild my fallen body, and eons to gather enough power to rise up from this pit." She began to dissolve into gold again, but I held out a hand to stop her from vanishing.

"I will help you." I spoke and took the golden chain from around my neck. The chain glittered and became green. A serpent pendant appeared. "Wear this, Gorgon. The pendant is a symbol of invincibility. I had set upon very, very powerful magic on it. No hero can wound you. If ever there was one who did, the pendant will open and make you a monster greater than Typhon."

Medusa smiled, took the necklace and shimmered into dust. The dust soared slowly outside Tartarus. Medusa was on her way to intercept the Godslingers.

Nadine appeared beside me.

"How's Josh Mclean?" I asked her as her whips disappeared from her hands. Nadine simply smirked and said, "He blacked out again, puny demititan."

I chuckled.