THIRTY-NINE

LADON'S REVENGE.

"NOW, KING MOONSTONE, get on your knees!"

"You monster!"

Halos mapahawak na lang siya sa kanyang mga tuhod at maramdaman ang takot na kanyang nararamdaman.
Nanginginig ang kanyang baba and he can't even afford to look at him.

His tears were falling, and Alvis walked near to him at saka niya hinigit ang buhok nito, "Probably Persicaria told you to stop. So, what did you do? You keep experimenting on her because you're a heartless little punk." 

"Take action against him! Now!" King Moonstone exclaimed.

Alvis looked at him, his eyes slowly changing into a dragon, causing the King to exclaim in terror, "The monster here is you." 

It's no joke that he had such eyes. After all, he is the son of the mythical creature who guards the Garden of Hesperides. The dragon who was believed to guard the apples of the Hesperides. He is said to have been able to assume various tones of voice, and to have been the offspring of Typhon and Echidna; but he is also called a son of Ge, or of Phorcys and Ceto.

He had been appointed to watch in the gardens of the Hesperides by Juno, and never slept; but he was slain by Heracles; and the image of the fight was placed by Zeus among the stars.

The Argonauts found the sacred plot where, till the day before, the serpent Ladon, a son of the Libyan soil, had kept watch over the golden apples in the Garden of Atlas, while close at hand and busy at their tasks the Hesperides sang their lovely song.

But now the snake, struck down by Herakles, lay by the trunk of the apple-tree. Only the tip of his tail was still twitching; from the head down, his dark spine showed not a sign of life. His blood had been poisoned by arrows steeped in the gall of the Lernaian Hydra, and flies perished in the festering wounds.

Hesperid Aegle addresses the Argonauts : 'There was a man here yesterday, an evil man, who killed the watching snake, stole our golden apples, and is gone. To us he brought unspeakable sorrow . . . he carried the bow and arrows with which he shot our monster here.'

As it were, the branch of a river circles in a wondrous way the Drakon (Draco, the Dragon), winding infinite around and about; on either side of his coil are borne along the Bears, that shun evermore the blue sea. Now towards the one he stretches the end of his tail, but with the coil he intercepts the Lesser Bear. The tip of his tail ends by the head of Helice, but in the coil Cynosura has her head.

For his coil circles past her very head and comes near her feet, but again, turning back, runs upward. Not one lone star shines on his head, but on his brows are tow stars lit, and two in his eyes, and one beneath is set upon the chin-point of the dread monster.

Aslant is his head, and he seems most like as if he were nodding to the tip of the tail of Helike; his mouth and right temple straight confront the end of her tail. That head wheel is near where the limits of setting and rising blend.

The third of the treasuries . . . showing the heavens upheld by Atlas, and also Herakles and the apple-tree of the Hesperides, with the Drakon (Dragon) coiled round the apple-tree.

These too are of cedar-wood, and are works of Theokles (Theocles), son of Hegylos. The inscription on the heavens says that his son helped him to make it. The Hesperides--they were removed by the Eleans--were even in my time in the Heraion (Heraeum, Temple of Hera); the treasury was made for the Epidamnians.

And all Alvis could recall was how he remained inside the Ladon's mouth so that Hercules could protect him by being slaughtered. Athena gave Alvis an extraordinary ability and assigned him a mission that only he could do. Only a Teras like him could do this.

To maintain peace in the Twilight Vale, he must protect the Hesperides from the Cursed Demigods and Scientists who would seek to harm them.

At walang ibang iniisip si Alvis sa puntong 'to, kundi kung paano patawarin ang lalaking nanakit sa kanya. He lost his father and has yet to find out where he is. And this man couldn't understand why he should spare a monster like him.

He took a deep breath and seized the hammer at hinampas niya si King Moonstone. He then lifted his hammer, thinking of killing him, and yelled, "Die, King Moonstone!"

Wala siyang ibang maramdaman sa panahon na 'to kundi galit. He took someone special to him kaya hindi niya hahayaang magtagumpay siya sa mga plano niya. This man is wicked. That's why he will end him.

"Stop it Alvis!"Halos matigilan si Alvis and blood slowly streamed down his cheeks, and his beautiful orange eyes vanished. 

His distinct color eyes glanced at her at habang nanginginig siya, tumulo na lang ang luha niya, "Lady Giovanni... I..."Napahawak na lang siya sa mukha at tumulo na lang ang luha niya.

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GIOVANNI WALKED inside at patakbo siyang lumapit kay Alvis at mabilis itong hinawakan sa balikat. Bakas sa mga mata niya ang pag-aalala at napasigaw na lang si Alvis habang napahawak sa kamay niya, "Your sister has died! And I couldn't do anything! Your father murdered her!" 

Giovanni was stunned when he heard the news. Her eyes welled up with tears, and she could feel how deeply upset and devastated she was after receiving that news from him. That can't be. Her sister is the Holder of Fates, exactly like her. So, why did the scientist kill her?

She rose up and moved towards her father, slowly gripping her fist and punching him straight in the face. "What did you do to my sister? Halimaw ka! Ano'ng ginawa mo!?" 

"You monster!"

"Hayop ka! Hayop!"

"Tangina mo! Walang namang ginagawa si ate sa 'yo! Tapos papatayin mo lang siya parang isang hayop! She may have been born a Demigod, like me pero 'di ibig sabihin no'n ay may karapatan ka na para patayin siya!" 

All Giovanni could do at this point was hit him hard. She wanted her father to understand how devastated she was right now because he had taken her valuable family to her. Yes, she has no other family members to treat besides her sister.

Panay ang suntok mula sa kanyang mga kamay ang natatanggap nito. Walang pakialam si Giovanni kung ilang beses matamaan ang kanyang ama, ngunit alam niyang  'di na muling imulat ng kanyang kapatid ang kanyang mga mata. When the bastard murdered her.

Lumapit si Alvis papunta kay Giovanni He brushed his tears away and then dragged Giovanni to his side, seeing how emotional she was, and then he used his wind spinning around his foot to smack the King around the wall, "Don't make me a bad person. You fucking asshole!" 

Tension has arisen between Alvis and Giovanni. Giovanni ran after her sister, holding her hand and crying, "Sis..." 

"Lady Giovanni, I will do all in my ability to protect you. Walang scientist na makakalapit sa'yo.I, Alvis, son of Ladon, shall uphold my oath to guard you until the day you break your curse." 

That's why Alvis has been overprotective of Giovanni, since he does not want her to die as her sister did. When he buried her, he vowed to keep Giovanni safe for the rest of his life. He promises to protect her regardless of where she goes.

Deeper into the woods, the aura becomes darker and spooky. It emits a distorted sound, and you can hear snakes hissing surrounding the cabin. The cottages were designed with tentacle structures that revealed Lamia's half-serpent appearance.

The structure of the cabin was difficult to imagine because the design was twisted. The ceiling was a structure of dark clouds that represented Lamia's disturbances.

The windows look gloomy and ominous, and they resemble inky pools of water. You can also see Lamia's children glaring at you, shapeshifting, and staring at you with monster eyes. As you can see, this isn't your typical cabin.

"Alvis! Animal ka! Buksan mo 'to!"

Alvis didn't care, and Courtney sighed at napahawak na lang siya sa ulo niya, "Sige! Pangatawanan mo nga talaga 'yang ugali mong 'yan. Uunlad ka nga talaga!"

Agad sinipa ni Giovanni 'yung pintuan at dali-dali naman 'tong lumapit kay Alvis and she gave him a fake smile at saka niya hinigit ang damit nito.

"Nakakalimutan mo yatang may atraso ka pang tukmol ka. Sino ka para umaktong nonchalant bigla, ha!?" 

"No comment."

"No comment mo mukha mo!"Parehas napikon si Courtney at Giovanni kay Alvis and now he's being an asshole. 'Di niya ba talaga alam kung ano ang posisyon niya? Kapal ng mukha niya, 'no!

She had always assumed that he was simply overprotective, but this went well beyond that. And Giovanni refuses to leave until she gets some answers from him. Right now. "I'm asking you right now. What's with your attitude? Answer me right away." 

"If you really want answers, then go ahead and fight me in the special test and until then...shut your mouth then, Giovanni." 

"Seryoso ka ba talaga sa mga pinagsasabi mo, ha!?" Sigaw ni Courtney and then crossed her arms at him.

It appears that she is left with no choice. Kung 'to lang ang paraan para patahimikin ang lalaking 'to, wala siyang ibang magagawa kundi gawin ang gusto niya. And, specifically, Giovanni will not stop until she receives answers from him.