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S.O.S. Iolaus
by Gwen Olivier
golivier@juno.com

	Iolaus paused while crossing footbridge and discovered a woman clinging
desperately to a rock in the middle of the rapidly moving cascades. 
Iolaus quickly crossed the bridge and made his way down the steep cliff
to the edge of the water.
	The woman saw him.  "Help me!" she screamed.  "I can't hold on much
longer."
	"Hang on," yelled Iolaus as he moved to the edge of the river and
gingerly stepped forward onto the first rock.
	The woman screamed, "No, you'll be killed, too."
	"I hope not," said Iolaus as he took another step forward.  The woman
was watching him with horror in her eyes.
	Iolaus suddenly flashed on another woman on a broken bridge who had
panicked and fallen to her death.  Iolaus shuddered.  He could not dwell
on that right now.  It would get them both killed.  This woman was
wide-eyed, but she didn't seem hysterical.  He  took another step
forward.
	She smiled at him.  He smiled back.  He stepped forward again.  He had
to remind himself to study the water and the rocks  instead of looking at
the woman.  He made his way steadily forward till he was right next to
her.  He found the best spot to steady himself before he bent down to
offer her his hand.  She accepted it readily, and he easily pulled her up
out of the water to stand on the rock next to him.  She wrapped her arms
around him as she fought to gain her balance.  When they were both
steady, Iolaus smiled into her eyes.  She smiled back.
	"It's really slippery, but if you move carefully we can make it back to
shore," said Iolaus.
	"No problem," said the woman, who turned and scampered easily from one
rock to another like she had done it all her life.
	Iolaus stood frowning after her as she made it to shore.  "Hey, are you
going to spend the day there?" called a familiar voice.
	Iolaus glanced up to see Hercules leaning over the side of the bridge. 
He rolled his eyes and turned to carefully make his way back to the shore
where the woman threw both her arms around him and kissed him firmly on
the mouth.  Iolaus pulled back and looked into her eyes, then he kissed
her.
	Hercules cleared his throat on the cliff above them.  "Uh, I'll be at
the tavern when you're finished.
	Iolaus leaned back and gazed into the woman's eyes, "Okay, don't wait
up."  He waved a hand in Hercules' direction, keeping his eyes on the
woman.  "You didn't have any trouble getting to shore."
	"I'm sorry, but I slipped and I just couldn't get up out of the water. 
My house is close by, would you like to join me for dinner?"
	"I'd love to, I'm Iolaus."
	"I'm Hebea."  Iolaus put his arm around Hebea and they headed for her 
house.

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