Scorpius confronts his curse

Chapter 14

It was late at night when Scorpius and Mirrana were returning from a walk.The night was peaceful, while the moon shone brightly through the town.

"So you haven't seen her lately?" Mirrana asked anxiously. Scorpius nodded his head. "Isn't this a good thing water boy? Why does it make you nervous?"

"I have been meditating, try to find ways to get her out of my head for a while. She just laughed at me each time I tried. Then a week ago she just dissapeared. I don't feel her in me. It is concerning me." Scorpius told her. They turned the corner on the street and arrived back at the apartment.

"I am going to head upstairs to get ready for bed. Will you be joining or do you want to stay out for a while longer?" Mirrana asked, knowing that Scorpius enjoyed a few minutes alone at the end of the day to meditate.

Scorpius pulled her close and kissed her. "I will be up in a few minutes hun. I want to think for a little bit."

Mirrana kissed him back and gave him a quick hug. "Be quick about it. It's hard to sleep without you..." she said with a coy smile. She went up the stairs and inside when Scorpius walked away from the building to a bench nearby.

''I wish that I knew what the hell is going on with this goddess. It was sort of a relief having her in view. At least I knew where she was. But now...'' Scorpius shook his head. He looked up in the night sky at the stars and the moon and sighed. "How can beings be so cruel when this earth is amazingly beautiful?" he asked to himself. He sat there for a few more moments contemplating everything, listening to the breeze and all of the night creatures calling to each other.

''Should I really try going after Nile? What would I even say to him? ''Scorpius finally asked himself. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a shadow move. "I'm glad you finally asked that Scorpius dear," a woman's voice said just out of view.

Scorpius stood up. "Who's there? Don't tell me you're back now. I was just getting used to the quiet." Scorpius said annoyed. He was suddenly forced back down onto the bench to where he couldn't move anything but his head. "What the heck? Let me go you witch!"

The woman came out of the shadows and into view, revealing it was Skorpios. "I've been watching you train boy. You are getting stronger. I'm glad." The goddess said. "I am going to show you who I want you to be. I am going to introduce you to your grandfather." She swirled her hand a produced a scorpion in her hand.

"Whatever you plan to do, I will fight it. I won't give in to you." Scorpius yelled. He suddenly noticed all of the sounds in the area had become deafly silent. He looked around and saw that the trees had stopped moving.

"That's right dear. We are alone, and you can't stop what is about to happen." She came closer to Scorpius and sat on his lap. She placed the scorpion on the bench beside them and wrapped her arms around him. "Too bad Mirrana isn't here though. She sure is a jealous one isn't she?"

"You leave her out of this you bi-" Scorpius was cut short as the Goddess kissed him on his lips. Scorpius tried to pull away but she held his head in place. After she pulled away Scorpius