Title: Riddled
Fandom: The Iliad
Characters: Apollo, Chryses, Chryseis
Rating: G
Length: 100
Summary: Chryses cries out, and Apollo answers. How can he not when the man is one of his most devoted followers, when Apollo knows what is to lose a child?

Chryses cries out, and Apollo answers. How can he not when the man is one of his most devoted followers, when Apollo knows what is to lose a child?

The god alights on the battlements of Troy. Even from here he can see the girl trembling in the Greek high king's tent and it sets his teeth on edge.

Apollo draws his bow, bleeding power into it, and lets an arrow fly straight and true toward the camp. By morning, the invaders will be be aware of the growing plague in their midst. Soon, they will be riddled with it.