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tamingthemuseTitle: ... and the Stare of Stone
Author: naughty_bangles
Rating: PG
Fandom : The Librarians
Word Count: 535
Disclaimer: I don't own The Librarians. I'm merely messing with the toy box on my own.
Note: that's the first time I attempt anything Librarian-related. The characterization is probably a disaster, and I couldn't remember for the life of me if there are still artefacts missing after the end of the first season. Also that Gorgon tears thing? That's totally made up. There is no scientific evidence of anything I'm talking about in here.
It was bad. Really bad.
It had taken an hour to get Ezekiel back to the Annex, no more than two hundred feet away. They had tried to carry him at first, but it didn't work. He was too heavy, even for the three of them. Cassandra and Jacob had had to develop a way to convey him safely through the restaurant back door the Annex had fixed itself on. Jenkins had played annoyed when they finally managed to settle the international thief next to the entrance, but it hadn't taken a behavior specialist to notice that he was deeply worried.
"I take it that the mobsters have the head", he commented while Eve, Cassandra and Jacob stood helplessly, their back to the main table and their eyes fixed on their friend. Their very stony friend.
After the return of the Library, it had become painfully obvious that there were artefacts still missing, undoubtely stolen by the Brotherhood. The Library had made a list of them, and classified each object by its potential danger. When clippings appeared about a mob war in Corsica, they were accompanied with the warning that one of the most dangerous artefacts might be involved. Indeed, the petrification of some of the mobsters didn't leave much doubt: they had finally found the head of Medusa.
While they were getting ready to go through the Back Door, Jenkins had warned them, sombrer than usual :
"Don't look at Medusa's eyes. Once turned to stone, nobody has ever turned back."
And now, a statue of Ezekiel Jones presided over the other librarians.
"We can still find a cure, can't we?", Cassandra said hoarsely, the fear of their first real lost echoing in her voice.
Nobody answered, at first. Silence stretched between them for a full minute, before Eve went back to her senses :
"If someone can, it's us", she said with resolution. And, turning swiftly toward the older man, she added : "Jenkins, what do we have about Medusa's curse?"
"Everything is in the Greek mythology section. But others have already tried to find a cure, and they all have failed."
"Then we'll have to get creative", Jacob stated.
And by getting creative, he had meant expansive. They had spent hours going through every book about every indo-european civilisation, every people having lived both on the ancient Greeks' territories and the supposed place of living of Medusa. They had looked for every little hints at something ressembling a Gorgon, or petrification. All they had gathered in the end amounted to a single sheet of paper.
"It's a long shot, but it's the only lead we have", Eve summarized when they gathered around the table.
"But how are we going to get Gorgon tears?", Cassandra asked. "Medusa's lacrymal system is certainly not woking anymore."
"No, but if we are to believe the ancients, there are other Gorgons", Jacob said, leaning forward on the table. "Two of them, and they're supposed to be immortal. If Medusa was real, then there's a chance they are too."
"And how do you propose we find them?", Jenkins asked, a hint of sarcarsm coloring his voice despite the circumstances.
"That's the complicated part. But I have a plan."
Author: naughty_bangles
Rating: PG
Fandom : The Librarians
Word Count: 535
Disclaimer: I don't own The Librarians. I'm merely messing with the toy box on my own.
Note: that's the first time I attempt anything Librarian-related. The characterization is probably a disaster, and I couldn't remember for the life of me if there are still artefacts missing after the end of the first season. Also that Gorgon tears thing? That's totally made up. There is no scientific evidence of anything I'm talking about in here.
It was bad. Really bad.
It had taken an hour to get Ezekiel back to the Annex, no more than two hundred feet away. They had tried to carry him at first, but it didn't work. He was too heavy, even for the three of them. Cassandra and Jacob had had to develop a way to convey him safely through the restaurant back door the Annex had fixed itself on. Jenkins had played annoyed when they finally managed to settle the international thief next to the entrance, but it hadn't taken a behavior specialist to notice that he was deeply worried.
"I take it that the mobsters have the head", he commented while Eve, Cassandra and Jacob stood helplessly, their back to the main table and their eyes fixed on their friend. Their very stony friend.
After the return of the Library, it had become painfully obvious that there were artefacts still missing, undoubtely stolen by the Brotherhood. The Library had made a list of them, and classified each object by its potential danger. When clippings appeared about a mob war in Corsica, they were accompanied with the warning that one of the most dangerous artefacts might be involved. Indeed, the petrification of some of the mobsters didn't leave much doubt: they had finally found the head of Medusa.
While they were getting ready to go through the Back Door, Jenkins had warned them, sombrer than usual :
"Don't look at Medusa's eyes. Once turned to stone, nobody has ever turned back."
And now, a statue of Ezekiel Jones presided over the other librarians.
"We can still find a cure, can't we?", Cassandra said hoarsely, the fear of their first real lost echoing in her voice.
Nobody answered, at first. Silence stretched between them for a full minute, before Eve went back to her senses :
"If someone can, it's us", she said with resolution. And, turning swiftly toward the older man, she added : "Jenkins, what do we have about Medusa's curse?"
"Everything is in the Greek mythology section. But others have already tried to find a cure, and they all have failed."
"Then we'll have to get creative", Jacob stated.
And by getting creative, he had meant expansive. They had spent hours going through every book about every indo-european civilisation, every people having lived both on the ancient Greeks' territories and the supposed place of living of Medusa. They had looked for every little hints at something ressembling a Gorgon, or petrification. All they had gathered in the end amounted to a single sheet of paper.
"It's a long shot, but it's the only lead we have", Eve summarized when they gathered around the table.
"But how are we going to get Gorgon tears?", Cassandra asked. "Medusa's lacrymal system is certainly not woking anymore."
"No, but if we are to believe the ancients, there are other Gorgons", Jacob said, leaning forward on the table. "Two of them, and they're supposed to be immortal. If Medusa was real, then there's a chance they are too."
"And how do you propose we find them?", Jenkins asked, a hint of sarcarsm coloring his voice despite the circumstances.
"That's the complicated part. But I have a plan."
