The Twelve Labors: A Love Story Of Hercules

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After the twelfth labor, Hercules had lived with Hebe only to find out she was using him. She saw his very strong powers and sense of humor as a way to attract attention from other known powerful gods to be with after she was done and bored with Hercules. Hercules immediately ended it with her. Few days after, when sitting down on Mount Olympus and getting into some deep thoughts, Hercules was not really feeling any proud emotions about all the accomplishments he had made during his twelve labors. Hercules felt like there could have been more done. Not killing your wife and children was one! What kind of an accomplishment is bashing your wife and children in their heads and ending their innocent lives? It was all because of that evil witch Hera, he thought. No matter how many times he stood in front of the evil to help save the …show more content…

Hercules wanted to see his wife and children more than anything else at this moment. But, how? If only he could do something so meaningful that would help bring his precious family back to life. While sitting on Mount Olympus, he realized a group of heralds yelling out something that sounded important since thousands of people were crowding the area. “What could all this chaos be for?”, Hercules inquired one of the men in the crowd. “One of the upmost powerful creatures, called the Typhon, is very close by and could injure or even kill thousands of innocent people here in Mount Olympus. It is said that the Typhon has an upper body similar to a human’s, and is even taller than a mountain!” “Thank you, sir..”, said Hercules with chills. He escorted through the crowds to clearly hear what the heralds were saying. The heralds were looking for one brave man to step forward and volunteer to try to kill the Typhon and save thousands of lives. If that person successfully destroys the creature, he shall then pick one desired wish, which shall be granted by God