Everything felt like it was moving in slow motion. Everyone in the hall were looking at the smoke with dread. Every single one of us knew who was responsible for that explosion. I just never would have guessed that i would ever meet them.

Smoke cleared. In the same place where a door used to be, stood three figures, two women one man. Everyone around me knew, who they were. Their faces were in every propaganda poster and school book. Gorgos. Gorgos were in front of me. i have imagined this day for year. Now that the day has come, I felt frozen.

"Dear people of Ashphodea! I'm very sorry, but we have to stop this party for a moment", woman in the middle said. She was really beautiful with long red hair and a dress in the same color. Medusa.

"Dear Evie..." Louis stood up, smiling just as wide as Medusa. "... and the rest. I was wondering when you and your little would come and ruin this night too." Medusa rolled her eyes.

Woman and the man in her side looked at each other and went to shield Medusa. Louis looked suprisingly confident, even tough a person had a gun in his head.

"We don't want to fight, Perseus. We just want one person. We know you know which one." Woman next to Medusa said in a calm tone. She fixed the collar of her long coat. Eurydale.

"I don't know what are you are talking about."

"Izaiah Jones. We want Izaiah Jones. You get to decide if we take any him peacefully or not." The only guy in a trio, Stheno said. He raised his hand towards Louis. On his hand, there was a giant gun that was somehow tied to his hand. It was the most detailed weapon I have ever seen in my life.

Louis smiled and tried to be calm so people around wouldn't panic. Mom behind Louis tried to make Louis stop. "I don't know what are-"

Gorgos didn't care about Louis anymore. They started to walk slowly towards people, looking around. I don't know if I'm just paranoid but It felt like they were going towards me. I was trying not so shake from fear.

When Eurydale walked to our table, she grabbed Hazel by the shoulder. Hazel looked like she wanted to punch Eurydale. I completly froze when my and Eurydale's eyes met.

"You are Hazel Jones, right. Congratulation for your amazing day." Eurydale used her hand make Hazel look at her. Hazel didn't say a word, not even when Eurydale whispered something only I heard. "If you want to come with us too, just say the word."

Medusa walked next to us. She took the place of the guy next me. "You can continue your party if we get Izaiah. We don't want to be a bother." Medusa's voice sounded disturbingly kind. The small knife in Medusa's arm told a different story.

"Put three fingers on the table if you want to escape. If Izaiah will help us, you can live together for the rest of your days in Tartaros." Eurydale whispered again. I was in complete state of panic I couldn't think straight, and Hazel seemed to be too, because she made a fatal flaw and looked at her husband.

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At that moment, Hazel's husband started to sprint towards the stairs the would lead to town hall's second floor. Every single person that looked like they were part of gorgos crew, turned their head towards the suprisingly quick middle aged man. They looked like he was the only thing that mattered.

Medusa screamed: "We are not leaving without him. Get him!"

Medusa pressed the palms of her hands. After waiting couple for couple of seconds, to her hands flew two old looking swords that were painted gold. The around the swords handle were vines from a rose. Stheno somehow shot two shots towards Hazel's husband with the gun on his arm. Eurydale clinked her knuckles against eachother, and electiristy type glimmer would come out. All of them started running towards their target.

The chaos erupted in the hall. Gorgos crew tried to help Gorgo's and the guests tried to stop them. Gorgo's chose a really hard night for kidnapping. Half of the guests here are current or former soldier, or goverment officials. But, if I was fair, Gorgo's were up to the challenge.

I tried to look for mom but she was fighting with a woman from her table. After getting a hold of woman's gun, mom shot her right in the head.

Neela stood right next to mom. Neela took out a small pistol under his skirt. Soon her and mom started running after the Gorgos, Louis leading them. I should hide buy my legs were running after them.

City hall's second floor was filled with offices and long hallways. One of those offices were my mom's. It was also a deadend.

When I took the first step up the stairs, my mom got shot. One of Stheno's weird bullets hit her leg. She fell couple of stairs and my heart jumped.

I couldn't breath when I ran past mom. I was about to get my first preper scowlding. Still, I kept running.

"Andi! Stop! You- you-" Mo tried to grab me by the dress that was tearing by my forceful running. She was too in pain to grab tightly

I ran past dozens of doors before getting to a door I forgot. The balcony. The place Louis or some other official will give a speech sometime. I could see Izaiah, Gorgos and Louis inside with Neela. I opened the door ever so slightly to hear what they were talking about.

Medusa had pressed her sword in Izaiah's neck. Euryale was looking down at the guardrail. Stheno had her arm towards Louis.

"Let him go." Louis said sternly. His charismatic self was slowly slipping.

"We are just going to borrow him. Don't worry. You can do to him whatever you want after we're done with him." Medusa pushed Izaiah in the hands of Stheno.

"Get off me-" Izaiah said a name. I couldn't hear it but he said a name. A woman's name. Stheno put his hands around the man. He seemed to forget other people around him. He was just mad, just purely mad. Medusa and Eurydale looked at each other in shock but still trying to keep Louis an Neela in arms lenght.

"Milo! Please. He is still a surviving I.C.T.A scientist. We need him. Just... We can do to him what ever you want back home." Medusa put her hand on Stheno's shoulder but took it back when a bullet hit Stheno's shoulder. A metal clink was heard when the bullet hit him. Stheno didn't even flich.

Neela had taken her gun out. Her hair was a mess and her beautiful dress had spots of blood. "Of course I hit some robot part."

Before Neela could hit again, Stheno pushed Izaiah out the balcony, jumping closely behind him. Medusa smiled and jumped on top of the rail, facing Neela and Louis. "Sorry for the interruption. Unfortunately we can't give our new friend back but still give my regards to the... woman." She bowed. "Happy 15th anniversary."

Before Neela and Louis could react, Eurydale hit the floor of the balcony. From her fist, small cracks started to form that quickly made the whole balcony crubmble under them. Medusa and Eurydale fell with it.

I ran towards, revealing myself to the others. Under the crumbled balcony was a weird looking ship that was driven by a man in a robotsuit. Stheno was tying Izaiah down, Eurydale sat in the middle of the ship and Medusa, I swear Medusa winked at me when she saw me looking at me.