Chapter 69: Dealing with Medusa (1)

'So these statues are all living people, they turned into statues by magic '

'Is there any character with this power in the movie?'

While thinking Alex remembered that Medusa was a character in the movie with the power to turn any living thing into stone with just a glance. Her power was pretty terrifying as it could turn anyone into stone when they looked into her eyes.

'Now I remember. This should be the home of Medusa.'

'The pearl should be with her. '

'I can deal with her as her power does not work on my eyes, as my eyes can destroy her power before it reaches me.'

Then Alex turned facing the three and said

"I have bad news and good news. What do you want to hear first?"

The three stopped talking after hearing Alex and then Percy asked

"What is the bad news?"

"This is the home of Medusa."

Hearing that the room had become quiet, the three examined the statues that were in the hall. The statues were of people who had been turned to stone by Medusa's gaze, and the atmosphere of the room was charged with fear and dread.

Then they came to a conclusion. They realized that it was too dangerous to stay there and that they had to get out as soon as possible. They knew that if Medusa were to return, they would be in great danger.

"Then all these statues are ?" asked Annabeth with a slight doubt seeing the statues

"Yes, there are living people who have turned into this state," said Alex

After hearing that, no one said anything. Everyone in the room looked at the sculptures and had a terrible feeling.

The sculptures were of people who had been turned into stone. This was a reminder that the same fate could happen to them if they didn't take the necessary precautions. These should be the previous visitors who were turned into stone by Medusa.

Grover responded, "This is dangerous, so let's leave now.".

"But we have not found the pearl yet," replied Percy

"What is the good news about Alex?" asked Annabeth

"I found the location of the pearl."

"Where is it?"?" asked Percy

"It should be with Medusa "

It's over.

How can they take that pearl away from her when they can't see her eyes?

And why are you saying it is good news?

Is there something wrong with your brain?

"Alex, how is that good news? , now we have to face Medusa to get the Pearl " said Annabeth

"Yeah, now our job has become more dangerous," said Grover

"Why are you guys worrying about that?"

"Did you guys forget who I am?" said Alex

Hearing that they thought

Yeah, how can we forget that?

Alex is a god.

He can easily deal with Medusa.

"Yeah, how can we forget we have a god with us?" said Grover as if realizing something.

"Yeah, we are pretty dumb aren't we?" said Percy

"Yes, now we can leave it to Alex, he can deal with it," said Annabeth

"Yes, you can leave it to me, but you have to be careful," said Alex worried about their safety.

The three nodded

"Now follow me, when I signal you close your eyes "

"Okay "

The three began to follow Alex as he was walking in front. Alex activated his Telepathy to find the location of Medusa. He can activate his telepathy to increase his awareness of his surroundings and can be able to sense any living organisms around him.

As he activated he began to search for any people present in the building. However, he did not sense any people in the building.

He then spread his telepathy outside the building and reached the lawn. There were also many statues on the lawn and he saw a woman with a hood on her head and sunglasses walking. Then Alex tried to enter her mind but failed.

Feeling something the woman turned her head in Alex's direction. Sensing this Alex stopped using telepathy. Alex sensed that the woman had an energy field around her that was blocking his telepathy.

This is what alerted her to his presence, causing her to turn her head in his direction.

Then he gasped for breath. Using his powers in his sealed state is pretty exhausting, especially spying on someone like Medusa and also due to his previous usage of his magic eyes.

'It seems like using telepathy in my current state to control powerful people is difficult. '

'It is also pretty exhausting, let's not use it in the future '

Annabeth saw Alex's tired expression from the back. Annabeth asked worriedly

"Alex, are you ok? , you seem tired "

"No, I'm fine just a headache "

"What can cause you a headache, Alex?" asked Percy

"Nothing, I just tried to control Medusa but failed, that caused a slight headache "

"She also knows someone broke in," said Alex

"How does she know ?" asked Grover not able to understand how Medusa know.

"When I tried to control her she sensed me. Now we have to hurry and get that pearl."

"So where is she?" asked Annabeth.

"She is on the lawn, let's go and get the pearl," said Alex