PHOTO PROMPT – © Dale Rogerson
Genre: Greek neo-Myth
Word Count: 100 words of text exactly
Rebirth of the Hydra
©October28th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
Why did I fight Alcaeus? I should’ve recognized him when he arrived. I should have known when he and Iolaus cauterized eight of my heads. I should’ve known that he, named Hera’s Gift, would be my nemesis. And though he severed my one immortal head, and placed it under a rock, I had my revenge, for an arrow he dipped in my blood caused his death.
But they don’t call me Hydra for naught. Aeons passed, water collected around my rock, and a deep basin formed around it. Strength returned.
I was ready to strike again.
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