I hung here against the wall, still held by the ghosts. Melin just seemed to be playing with her nails while humming happily. She walked over, “Have you reconsidered yet?”
“You, can go fuck yourself.”
Melin chuckled, “That is not the answer I want to hear” She sat down on the floor and started doing yoga poses. I closed my eyes and went into my mind space, I needed to talk to Captain. It would also stop me from seeing private parts of this faker.
I found myself in the white space. I ran over to Captain, he kneeled in pain. “What is wrong Captain?”
He looked at me, “That goddess is too strong. I thought we could ambush her. Get her before she unleashed her powers.”
“What? You knew what I was walking into, and you didn't even consider warning me?”
“She put her tongue down our throat.”
Captain looked at me, “Yes, I felt that. We need to break through her power.”
“Do you have any idea on how we can do that?”
He grunted, “No, she is going to kill us.”
“There has to be a way.”
Captain looked at me, “There is only one way.”
“Yes, tell me, what is her weakness?”
Captain sighed, “You need to let me out.”
I laughed, “Yeah, you would want that.”
Captain slammed the mirror, “Listen to me.”
“Fine.”
“She is going to try and, you know, she'll let her guard down. We have one single chance. If we screw that chance up, she will turn into mist and wrap us up in any way she likes.”
“You are not kidding?”
Captain nodded, “If you want to save Haley, then you need to let me out. Together, we can spawn a red blade, at the right moment and kill her. But you can’t just tell her, you want her, she won’t trust it. Keep fighting her, and when she forces herself upon us, we strike.”
With hesitation, I slid the mirror aside and Captain walked over to me. He nodded, “Go out there, together we can do this.” He stretched his hand, I grabbed it, and he pulled me closer and hugged me. “I trust you Steve.”
I nodded, “And I trust you.” When I opened my eyes and saw Melin one inch away from me.
She smiled, “Welcome back, did you find some refuge in your brain?”
“Who is Captain?”
She licked my cheek. I grunted and looked away. She turned grim and sad, “You are a sturdy man. Usually, they break if I turn into their deepest desire.” She unsheathed her claws and ripped off my jeans. “I have to admit, your lady has a nice body. These curves, you don’t mind me wearing them, right?” I spit in her face.
She sighed, “I have had enough of this. You are weak, you have no plan, you are fucked.” Melin chuckled, “See what I did there?” She waved her hand and threw me over the ground. Melin walked over, and seemed to be thinking, “What would be a pleasant form from your mind? Being your lady when we do this seems too good. It can turn more wrong.” She turned into Alice, “Oh, this is a good form, and so compact! Look how tiny I am! Too sad your wifey killed her, I would have loved to study her.” Melin started crawling over to me. I could hear Captain in my head, he told me to wait.
Melin started crawling over me and darkness held me down. I could hear Captain shout, “Wait for it.”
Melin crawled over me, “It is finally time,”
I noticed her heart is now right under my right hand. Captain shouted “Now.” I could feel red energy stream into my right hand and I made a red blade and pushed it deep into her heart. Melin gasped as dark and light blood poured out of her, all over me. Along with some red blood.
Her form slowly turned to her normal self. I gasped, “Holy fuck we actually did it. I hate Greece.” Before I could get up, a portal sucked me up, and I rolled through it while losing my underpants and landed near the camp. I grunted and got up near the campfire. Lory, Abby, and Funk looked at me. “Hey guys, I can explain.”
Funk got up and gave me a blanket and I wrapped it around my waist. Lory got up, “Where did you go?”
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“Well, you see, there was this goddess, a snow Goddess. She promised me if I would kill another Goddess, she will help us by splitting the duality plains. Oh, and we would get a chariot. Things did not go according to plan. But I worked around the problem, Melin is dead!”
Khione appeared from a portal, “Did I hear that right Steve, you actually did not die?”
I sighed, “Thanks for the confidence boost.”
Lory walked over towards me, “And why do you have,” she sniffed a few times, “Have blood all over you? And why are you naked?”
“Well, this goddess I needed to kill wanted a good old piece of my privates. Thus, I decided it was best to fucking murder her. Wait, that is not the right choice of words at this moment.”
Abby giggled, “Was she an evil goddess?”
“She showed me how Lory got horribly murdered, along with Haley. Then she transformed into Lory, Haley, and even Alice. Melin tried to talk into my weakness, to break me, she wanted me to submit. I resisted until the last moment until she let her guard down. Then I stabbed my sword right through her heart and blood flew all over me.”
Lory hugged me, “Thank you for staying true, no matter how much you got mentally tortured.”
I closed my eyes and enjoyed her hug. I checked into my mind space and saw Captain sitting there with his legs crossed, he waved, “Hello there Steve. If you are wondering why I have not taken over, we need to mutually agree on that. There are universal laws for that, or we need to duke it out, you need to save your strength, we can battle after we have saved Haley.”
I opened my eyes and looked at Khione, “I kept my end of the bargain. You promised us safe passage through the Duality Plains.”
Khione nodded, “Yes, the chariot will be ready tonight, with food and water. It is going to take three days to travel to the great wall. From there you need to find the glowing hole cave. I will be back tonight.” She made a portal and left.
I sighed, “Sorry for leaving you guys, I saw a way to get us across, and I needed to do this alone.”
Funk nodded and stared at me, “It seems you are made of sturdy stuff.”
“Look, there is something I must tell you guys.”
Lory kept holding me and looked at me, “It is not something bad, I hope.”
I looked at her, “Not something in the way that you are thinking. I had to let him out. Or I would have been meat.” I pointed at my head, “He is still safely in there, for now.”
Funk walked over, “What do you mean, for now?”
“He is going to let me be, until we have saved Haley. Then he wants to duke it out with me, and the winner gets to ride shotgun.”
Abby got up, “I believe in you Steve, you will win that battle.”
Lory nodded, “I am sure you will win.”
I looked at Funk. He just stared at me, he patted me on the shoulder, “I am going to enjoy these last days with you.”
Lory gasped and slapped him, “That is not nice Funk.”
He grunted, “I just did not want to give him false hope.”
Abby slapped Funk in his face, “He needs hope you asshole.”
Funk grumbled, “Fine, you are going to win Steve, we all believe in you.”
I looked at him, “You know something, I don’t. But, I think I know what it is.”
Funk laughed, “Yeah right, you cannot comprehend what I know, your brain is going to melt.”
I held up my hand, “Look, I don’t care alright. I need to find a river, clean myself, rinse my mouth since someone tried to jam her tongue down my throat.”
Lory looked at me, “What?”
“To be fair, I got pinned to the wall, and held captive by five ghosts, and I spat in her face.”
Abby looked at Lory, “I am with Steve.”
Lory sighed, “Yeah, I could not have done something different in his position, it does not mean I like it, but I get it.” Lory pointed somewhere, “There is a river over there, we should get you cleaned up. All this dirty, vile, horny, evil, goddess blood is on you.” Lory and I walked over to the river, she looked at me, “This ride is going to save us a lot of hassle and travel time, thank you for doing this Steve. We will deal with the consequences once Haley is saved.”
I had a grin from ear to ear, “You have no idea what it means to hear that from you Lory, thank you so much. I did this for us, I thought I could just ambush a goddess and stab her in the back.”
Lory sighed, “It worries me that you think, you can ambush a god.”