To my disgust I saw all the heads regrow - "Geez, what was this thing - a hydra or something?" I got this picture in my head when I thought about hydra that showed a beast regrowing it's heads whenever they were chopped off.
Then I noticed that jvb had actually been able to cut its leg off and it hadn't reqrown! Maybe only the heads could regenerate themselves? Or maybe, it was his sword? Come on, think DQueene! What could damage a monster this powerful besides something just like itself?
"Ah ha!" My eyes started to gleam and I scrambled quickly for the little mirror in my pouch.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" The feeling was coming back into my leg and it hurt like a jellyfish sting at the beach.
I gritted my teeth and edged my way around behind the beast. The strength and agility were finally back in my leg. Thank the gods, I could move again.
I watched for my opportunity. Just then it lined up one of its heads to again try to damage one of my friends and I prepared to leap. When I saw 'which' friend it was, I hesitated momentarily and my heart must have skipped a beat. I felt my rage build to the boiling point and I literally saw red, it was trying to hurt 'my' Viper! "Stay cool DQueene, rage doesn't help!" I recited this to myself like a mantra as I leapt onto its back, quickly grabbing it around that head and shoved my mirror directly in front of its eyes. The 'ray' that it had planned to use to damage Viper had been directed back into its own eyes at full force! Screams resounded from all of its heads at once and they started thrashing around (all except for the head I was on). It was frozen solid.
jvb's sword was still gleaming and I thought as I looked at him. "Cut it off with your sword now jvb!"
He responded just as I jumped off. It was as if he'd heard me tell him what I wanted him to do (although with all the screaming from the beast that was clearly impossible). Just as soon as I managed to get myself safely off he ....
