Hera's Heroes: The Race for Pandora's Box

By Mark A Accola

Doyenne the 2nd oldest living vampire seeks to revive Dracula and enact his plan to use Pandora's Box to take over the world. The only thing standing in their way is a ragtag group of misfits that call themselves Hera's Heroes and a few clerics. Can the Heroes get to Pandora's Box before Doyenne and Dracula? Only Time will tell.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Crazy Dog Productions
• Release date: Jan 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781733146555

Mark A Accola

Mark Peanut Three Accola is a super awesome dude that wrote this fucking awesome book. Look him up because there will be more of this kick ass shit to come. He is also a Chef, Martial Artist and a Scorpio.

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Hera’s Heroes

The Race for Pandora’s Box

Mark Peanut Three Accola

Crazy Dog Productions

St. Petersburg, Florida

Copyright © 2020 by Mark Accola

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior written permission.

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Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental.

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Hera’s Heroes/ Mark Accola.—1st ed.

ISBN 9781733146548

For my brothers, who are pussies.

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You are either on my side, by my side or in my fucking way choose wisely.

―Rebel Circus

Contents

Transylvania

The Cult of Dracula’s Hideout

The Tablet

Pandora’s Box

A Classy Monster

The Battle of Transylvania

Enter the Clerics

The Cemetery Battle

Trouble in the Shadows

The Paladin’s Sanctuary

A city within the Grasp of Darkness

The Trial Fire

The Trials of the Goddess

The Immortal World

The Minotaur

Training with Gods

Back to the Mortal World

Escaping the Sanctuary

The Flight to Greece

The Hunt Begins

Calm Before the Storm

The Battle of Tampa

Hera’s Final Test

Gathering Followers

The Battle of Clearwater

Showdown at the Marriott

A Final Assault

The Battle of Saint Petersburg

Remnants of Dracula’s Forces

Home Sweet Home

Athena’s Wrath

Chapter 1

Transylvania

I

n a tomb in Transylvania lies the body of Dracula. A former man turned into one of the most powerful Vampires to ever live. But such a powerful creature is not so easy to kill. Doyenne Húsfreyja an ancient Icelandic vampire and second in command next to Dracula and leader of the Cult of Dracula knew this well. Doyenne wore a black onyx dotted corset with matching pants and tribal designs carved into them.  So long as Dracula’s body is in one piece. He may be revived again and again. So that way, he can never truly die.

Doyenne said to her to the Cult of Dracula members that she had gathered around her. One of them a human man that carried a gun on his side and had a muscularly toned body fitting of a soldier. Miles, it is your duty to get into the old castle where Dracula’s body is and get yourself hired in such a way that you can invite others into the castle. Doyenne ordered looking down at Miles with an approving scowl. Yes headmistress. Said Miles as he quickly nodded and walked out of the large room they were in. He hit the streets of the nearby town and started to research how to get hired by the people who owned Dracula’s castle.

Headmistress Doyenne Húsfreyja and the rest of the Cult of Dracula remained behind in the safe house they lived in. They disguised it as a normal apartment building each member of the Cult having their own apartment with a large tunnel of rooms and Dracula cultist shrines. The top floor was a menagerie of computers and technology similar to what most countries had in their intelligence agencies. I order Everyone else to go upstairs and help Miles infiltrate the family that owns Dracula’s castle so we may enter and take his body for ourselves. Doyenne ordered. With that order the rest of Cult of Dracula’s members began their work.

The next morning Miles with the aid of the C.O.D. (Cult of Dracula) Miles was quickly hired as a Janitor at Dracula’s old castle. Miles worked late into the night, purposely moving slower and taking a long time to clean everything up going late into the night until they heard finally a loud knocking on the door. Miles dropped his mop and muttered to himself. Finally they are here. Then he ran over to the door and unlocked it pulled open a smirk raised on his lips as he saw the headmistress and the rest of the Cult of Dracula enter. Do I let you in, hmmm Miles said leaning against the door. Get it over with Or I will bring so much pain to you not even your madness will save you from it. Doyenne threatened. All right, come on in. No need for threats. Miles half muttered to himself and gestured for them to enter the castle. Everyone spread out and look for his tomb. Shout if you find it. Doyenne ordered as the rest of the Cult of Dracula poured into the castle and started to search like ants on an anthill. Not so fast Cultists said a dark silhouetted voice on the second floor of the room open in the middle. I know that voice. Said Doyenne. Korriss, you are either mad or foolish to come here alone. Doyenne said with a confident smirk. Korriss steps forward out of the shadows and uses his wooden spear like a cane until the light of the chandelier hits his face. Doyenne, we have met for the last time. Now! Korriss yelled and the other 4 members of the group known as Hera’s Heroes and a large group of what looked like new recruits ran into the room and started to firing bullets that had crosses custom cut on each bullet and their guns were blessed by the catholic church. Two of the heroes had shotguns and carried knight sticks as their melee weapon and the other two were on the other side with rifles and maces each weapon had a cross carved onto it. They attacked from each side in a pincer attack. It’s a trap! Attack! Doyenne yelled and vampires jumped and screamed using their powers of increased strength and speed, some turned into their animals that the dark gift had gifted them which was a large half bat half man creature with large teeth and wings and strong sharp claws, others were a large half man and half spider with the top half of a man and the bottom half of a spider and the last group were half man half vultures with long necks and a beak for a mouth and talons on their hands and feet.

Korriss drew his silver sword and jumped from the second floor down to the first floor and then Diesel one member of Hera’s heroes with a shotgun fired a shot toward a vampire and everyone began to fight. Diesel had a shotgun in his hand and one on his back and tattoo’s on his arms and legs, he had a leather jacket and jeans to protect his arms and legs. Lieutenants come to me now! Shouted Doyenne as her left and right hands of the cult stepped forward, they were vampires. Varra the Banshee and Evylin the Crone. Varra the Banshee was young and beautiful though few knew it, she wore a cloak and hood with a red mask that was long and slender. Evylin the crone was much older but also a vampire, she was wise and crafty. They both went to Doyenne’s side and protected her as much as they could in the battle. Meanwhile Korriss and Doyenne each pulled out their swords and started to fight in the middle of the battle. Gun shots and screams was all that could be heard from the castle as vampires and heroes members all spread throughout the castle.

Korriss hears on his radio from the other heroes member with the shotgun, named Trey. Diesel’s been bitten we have to evac. Doyenne lets out an evil laughter. One by one they all will fall. Doyenne said with a mocking tone. Then suddenly a young vampire enters the room. I found him, he’s this way. Doyenne nodded and locked swords with Korriss and pushed him back with her vampiric strength of 10 men and Korriss hit hard against the stone wall and knocked him out. Then she dashed toward the door and left with the other vampire closing the door behind them, but as soon the door closed, a gun went off twice. Varra looked toward Evylin quickly and shouted. Go after them, I’ll take care of him. Evylin nodded and ran toward the door they went through and tried to frantically find Doyenne. As soon as Evylin went through the doorway though, the Varra ran toward Korriss and picked him up without explanation and threw an arm over her shoulders to carry him and quickly made her way to the side door where the other injured heroes must have gone. Varra is running down the hallway as fast as she could carry Korriss when one of the younger members of the Cult of Dracula come out of a side door and see’s her carrying Korriss. Varra panicked as her cover was about to be blown and she screamed her infamous banshee’s scream which made the ears and eyes bleed of the cult of Dracula member before he started choking up blood and spilling it out of his mouth and then falling over and dieing.

Just then Korriss woke up in a panic and hadn’t seen Varra and the other member of the Cult of Dracula. Korriss turns around and stands up