Son of the Triton - Part 2

The ground rumbled. Mycin fell over in the sand while a figure, and a huge dog shadowed him. "I

am Hades. You must prove you're worth to me before passing." "But, the Triton sent me to slay

Ladon, I'm already proving my worth." "I'm a God, I know that. You must do 1 more thing

before passing though... let's see if you can handle Cerberus."

"You mean...that 3 headed-beast? I don't think I can do such a thing." "He's not too vicious, and

you want those Apples, no?" "Uh, I guess. How can I handle it?" "Figure it out." Hades said, as

he descended into the ground from whence he came. "Grrr.." All of the 3 heads said at once.

Mycin sweated in terror at the sight. Figure it out? He thought... how? He just had his trusty

sword and water bottle with him. Maybe, if he threw water in all of the Cerberi's faces, he could

distract it and tame it while making sure it didn't overpower him with his knife. He had no more

time to think, as all of the Cerberi's teeth flashed and, while it was starting in the act of pouncing,

Mycin un-screwed his bottle and squirted. The Cerberus made a slight whimper but still had

fury, and Mycin kept spraying. Slowly taking out his knife, Mycin grabbed it's tail and locked the

3 heads together the best he could - The Cerberus seemed pinned. But this is an offspring of

Typhon and Echidna, 2 of the most horrible monsters ever lived, and it would not be tamed that

easily. Roaring and kicking, Mycin repeatedly nearly lost grasp, and was glad to see Hades

return soon. "I see you have it, although amateurly. You may pass." Mycin took a heavy breath

of air, and noticed his water was almost empty in the hot sun - he'd better find the Tree of the

Hespirides quickly! As the sun went down, it suddenly was very cold. Around Midnight, Mycin

figured, he found the Golden Apples. Ladon was snoozing under the tree, and Nymphs could be

seen everywhere also resting. Mycin found a torch nearby, to slay Ladon as the Triton had said.

Carefully stepping in the mist, he set fire to Ladon. The fire was so quick, Ladon couldn't make a

sound and turned into ashes - the Apples were his. But the Nymphs were light-sleepers. The

light quickly awakened them, and they turned back from their calm ways and screamed with

anger, it was a very un-earthly shreak that pierced even Zeus's ears. Even the Dryads swayed

their branches and screamed, but luckily, the nymphs were slow. But Mycin had been traveling

all day, and was just as sluggish as them at this time, he ran as fast as he could, forgetting his

water in the process. Soon, the Nymphs were out of sight, but he had no idea were the Ocean

was! Watching the Sunrise, he traveled the right way but became thirsty, the sun was again

beaming down on him. Just as he was struggling with thirst, the Ocean and Triton appeared - He

ran up the dunes and suddenly fainted. Much later, he awoke to a huge bed, and saw the Triton.

"You got dehydrated. One of the Gods bought you in, you were in the middle of the desert - you

could have perished!" "In the middle? But, I saw the Ocean, I saw you!" "What? That must have

been a mirage or Hallucination indeed. But you got the Apples, so you are now immortal!"

"So I go up to Mount Olympus now?" "You shall stay until your mortal body perishes, for now,

let's eat the Apples, you deserve it." The Apples were the best, crispest Apples ever imagined -

multiply that by 1,000 and that's how good it was. Suddenly, Mycin found himself sitting up in

his bed with the Full Moon overhead - it was all a dream...