Ssss sss!
Ssss!
Sssssss!
Simultaneous hissing sounds echoed through the tunnel walls as the scaly tail swayed gracefully from side to side crashing the serpent's wintercress on the ground.
One of the men whose bodies was frozen in place due to the gorgon's venom had woken up and when he saw the shadowy figure of the monster within the inky darkness he shuddered in fright.
His movements subtly attracted the creature. With a sharp turn of its head, the hissing stopped and the man's face turned ghastly like he had seen a ghost.
His back was covered in a layer of cold sweat as he stared all wide-eyed at the tunnel. The tail slithered in the darkness as a face was slowly revealed through the only stream of sunlight coming into the cave.
The man suddenly had an ominous premonition and as his lips quivered from fright he tried to crawl away. A pair of purple lips with a smudge of blood was the first to shine under the spotlight.
