Page 87 of Poseidon's Trident
“Keep going farther into the caverns. Maybe we will find something that can help us.” Jayden nudges me forward.
“This is her domain. She’s been here at least a week. She knows this place better than we do.” I shake my head.
“What do we do, then? The water is up to your knees and climbing by the second.” Jayden points to my knees.
He’s right. The tide is coming in fast and if we’re not careful, we won’t be able to get out.
“There has to be a bigger cavern in here somewhere. If we can find it, maybe we will be able to get her to follow us and kill her with some actual room to fight.” I adjust the grip on my sword.
“Yeah, and maybe if there’s more space, the water won’t fill the cavern as fast and will buy us some time to defeat her and get out of here.” Jayden takes a step forward.
“Easy, no one look at eye level. Not even if you hear a crazy sound. We don’t want to turn to stone,” I say.
“We know how to bring you back if you are, though.” Raven explains to Thad and Greyson.
“If your statue is still intact. I would rather it not come to that and I’m not even sure if it would work on Greyson or do more harm than good.” I step through the small opening into another tunnel.
The others follow close behind me with their heads down. A hiss fills the air, growing louder the longer we creep through the winding tunnels that seem to go nowhere. I train my eyes on the shield even as the hissing sounds right in front of me.
I slash out with my sword blindly and a grating cackle is all the response I get.
“Zeussss,” Medusa hisses in time with the snakes in her hair.
“Medusa, why don’t you quit hiding and come out here and let me kill you like I did to your sisters,” I call out into the cavern.
“Wretched girl. I will turn you to stone and smash your statue to pieces,” Medusa wails.
Something rams into Jayden’s shield and I stumble back into Jayden and wave my sword in a wide arc at nothing but air.
“Swinging blindly isn’t working,” Jayden says.
“What do you suggest I do, then?” I ask.
“Just keep going. There has to be a larger cavern in here. We’ve only seen one statue. At least nine more people went missing.” Jayden urges me forward.
“She’s leading us somewhere, Jayden. I don’t like following her where she wants us. It’s reckless.” I square my shoulders.
“I know. I’m hoping it’s somewhere with more cover.” Jayden squeezes my shoulder.
“That’s actually smart,” Raven says. “Right now, she has us where she wants us, but if there were more places with cover we could spread out.”
We wade through the cavern and I hold my sword up higher as my teeth chatter from the freezing water that comes to my waist now.
“The water could be an advantage,” Thad says. “We will be able to see her through the water without turning to stone.”
“Or we could see if we can’t find something to cast a reflection in the water,” I mumble.
“What about your magic?” Thad asks.
“No,” Jayden and Raven shout at the same time.
“Okay. Jeez.” Thad throws his hands up in the air.
“Sorry.” Raven pats his shoulder. “Her power is electricity and that doesn’t mix. She could end up barbecuing all of us.”
“I only electrocuted myself that one time.” I shake my head. “And I got the fucker I was trying to kill, so fuck off.”
“He’s also come back from the dead twice since then,” Raven singsongs.
