Indomitable Marvel

Anna hearing the sounds of battle and of Medusa's anguish urged Theoric to go faster- "Hurry, I think she's in trouble, why are you acting so nonchalant about all this? At this rate, she could be dead." she said dejectedly.

Theoric- "From what little information I have, I concluded that she deserves this bit of retribution from them, while it wasn't her fault for being placed in their home, it sounded like she actively hunted them whenever she could."

Anna- "But it wasn't her fault, think about how you would feel turning into a monster and then being placed with others who looked like you, wouldn't you blame them?"

Theoric- "It doesn't' matter what one would do, its what one should do, and you shouldn't go around killing people based off of miss guided beliefs, you first need to learn the truth and find out whether or not they are responsible before dishing out punishment."

Anna snorted- "Easier said than done when you're placed in such a situation."

Theoric- "I won't deny that, but that still doesn't' give you the right to do bad things just because bad things were done to you."

Anna- "True, just don't forget your promise to her mom, or are you really going to let them kill her, after all, based on what you just said, it's what she deserves."

Theoric grinned- "That's true and I don't want to be a hypocrite now do I."

Anna gasped- "You, you, can't be serious?"

Theoric chuckled- "Well, I'll shamelessly say I killed the snake Medusa for her sins and then I'll let the human Medusa go, she'll be a completely different person after I heal her."

Anna just shook her head in exasperation- "Honestly, I don't even know anymore..."

Theoric laughed- "Haha."

It wasn't long before they arrived near the fighting, Medusa had the high ground as she found a good position to wait for her pursuers and shoot at them as they approached, only for them to continue to evade her every shot.

She was now trapped as they closed the distance form all around only managing a few lucky strikes on their back tails causing no real damage. Doing her best to dodge the enemy's sword swings as they slowly surrounded her, gashes now adorning her once smooth scaled body with pieces missing in places where they managed to get a solid hit.

Anna cried out- "Medusa! Are you okay?" she asked growing more and more concerned as she urged Theoric to get closer to the battle and help.

Medusa who was now fleeing for her life as she was cornered against a wall looked over to see Theoric and Anna walking over in midair behind another energy barrier like the dome she saw them in when they first met.

Medusa yelled back- "Does it look like I'm fine!?"

Anna was stumped by the question, how could Medusa forget that they couldn't see her without dying.

Theoric feeling the same could only sigh, she must be under a lot of pressure asking such a thing,- "Medusa, if you close your eyes, I can help you."

Medusa who was now desperately trying to climb the wall, slithering along its edge as she took another hit from her pursuers angrily shouted- "I'm dying here, if I close my eyes, I'll be finished." letting out another cry when a blade bit into her tail causing her to fall back down to the waiting grasps of the others.

Anna shouted- "Medusa! Trust Us!"

Giving up all hope she said- "Fine, they're closed," but only closing them so she didn't have to witness her own death as the blades of the surrounding Cobra's descended upon her.

Theoric hearing her confirmation cautiously took the risk to open his eyes just enough to look through a small slit, starting from the bottom up, he quickly scanned the ground up until he saw the first signs of the snake people and then immediately placed them all in a thick covering of energy locking them in place, unable to move.

Maintaining his cautiousness he flew over with Anna until he could only see the surrounding cave wall and the group he surrounded in energy, including Medusa so she couldn't open her eyes up either and accidentally kill them.

After confirming the Cobra's didn't have any eyes, he freed their faces so he could get a better look and maybe communicate with them.

Placing a barrier around the entire area, he blocked out the surroundings so he and Anna could look around without worry as he lowered the density around her eyes so she could see again.

After her eyes adjusted, she took a closer look at the snake men along with Theoric.

Anna- "Wow, they really are snake men, it's interesting seeing them without your barrier in the way, I can't believe they went to this extent to fight Medusa, how many did she kill in order to drive them to this?"

A frowning Thoeirc also wondered this as he attempted to communicate with them only to get angry hisses in response,- "Doesn't look like they wish to talk to us."

"Maybe this kind can't talk?" she asked more in an attempt for them to say something in response rather than actually believing it.

"Maybe if we brought Medusa into the conversation," he said freeing Medusa's mouth so she can join in.

Medusa however wasn't happy being tied down with her advantage being taken away despite her small belief that what these two said might be true and that they came to help,- "How dare you tie me up and lie to me!?" snarled an angry Medusa.

"How did we lie to you?" asked a confused Anna.

Medusa- "You said you weren't gods! But now that I think about it, how do you explain you're strange powers? If your not gods, you likely work for them, tell me what you really want?"

"But we're not? Everything we told you is true... You don't need to trust us, we'll do what we said whether you believe us or not." said Anna tired of everything, not bothering to argue.

Medusa went silent knowing she couldn't do anything anymore and just had to hope what they said was true.

Theoric- "Well this has been fun, some hissing cobra's who don't wish to talk and a mad snake woman, I think it's time to leave." he said taking Anna's hand and blocking their vision again as he rose with Medusa in tow, leaving the Cobra men where they were.

Medusa realizing they were leaving had to ask- "Wait, are you leaving the snake people alive?"

Theoric- "Yes."

Medusa hissed- "Why are you doing that! They tried to kill me!"

Before Theoric could answer Anna also wondered what he was thinking- "Yeah, why are you leaving them alive? I know you weren't happy about killing the whale monster, but didn't you just kill a couple of these snake people earlier, why leave these guys alive?" she asked trying to get a better understanding of who Theoric was.

Theoric- "I wasn't happy about killing the whale monster because I don't know how many of them are out there, and I don't wish to be responsible for any species extinction, I hope all species can live... As for the snake men, it sounded like they had many more people, but having said that, they are still unique and small in number so I don't wish to kill them, I only ended up killing those two because one had something very dangerous from what it sounded like and the other was more of a reaction because he attacked me, plus they seem to be creatures of intelligence so they should be punished accordingly for trying to take a life of an innocent... Having said that, I know I am not perfect and will make mistakes from time to time, but I hope this gives you a better idea of who I am and what I am about."

The rest of their travel back to the exit was spent in silence. Medusa not speaking because she didn't wish to be punished by Theoric for taking the lives of these creatures and Anna didn't have anything more to say as she thought back on everything and about what comes next.