Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance

 

Nemesis, Goddess of Vengeance,
leading her army of women.
Vigilantes.
Intention: to capture and take down the men
who defiled children.

The men who casually used little girls for sexual pleasure.
Used them and tossed them aside.
Raped some to death.
Caused pregnancies and abortions.
Practised infanticide if a baby made it out alive.

The furious women called out to Nemesis.
"The rapists must be punished.
Lead us into battle. We'll crush them.
They destroyed innocents  and ruined futures."

Nemesis replied, "We must be subtle. We must be devious.
We must abduct them when least expected.
We will overpower, smash, and obliterate them,
but silently...until the deed is done."

Training commenced. A list of perpetrators made.
Research on habits, security details and locations done.
Combat and stealth instructions given.
A plan devised.

In time, it became known that men on the list began dying in particularly gruesome ways. Inexplicable disappearances took place. Bodies washed up on shores.
It was impossible to discern how these men were taken out despite having been heavily guarded.
The hidden knowledge was that the men's own wives and daughters, aunts and grannies were exposing them to retribution, secretly, silently, with no warning.

Eventually, Nemesis spoke to her army:
"We have triumphed over the monstrous creatures.
No more harm will they do. The punishment was death.
Hardly sufficient for their crimes but they've been stopped. In future, train your sons not to harm others, male or female, that this situation never again arises."


©Ellen Pepper 2025

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