Hector M. Santos Velez

Iliad in Limbo Hector M. Santos Velez

Iliad and Diana arrive at their home after spending a week at Momus Industries. But instead of a warm greeting, as they expected, they discover that the Mall Rats have kidnapped young Helen and Athena. They leave a ransom note for Iliad to find, but the kidnappers made one mistake, Iliad knows where they are hiding. Now she and Diana set out to rescue the girls. This is the second encounter between Iliad and the Mall Rats. They didn''''t enjoy the first meeting, but looking for revenge to even the score, this time they may have pushed Iliad too far. Toerch is the one keeping the Mall Rats informed on the whereabouts of Iliad and Diana. But after seeing Iliad''''s body he decides that he wants a piece of the woman. Some weeks after the re-con job, he begins badgering Iliad with threatening notes and unwanted advances. The first time they meet Iliad tells Toerch to back off. The second time she''''s a little more forceful, but Toerch is persistent and not one to give-up easily. Rhea has a son that''''s been missing for six months. She works as a manager for the FTD flower chain. She fills-in when any of the shops is in need of a manager. While filling in at the mall''''s flower shop in Athens, she meets Iliad. She is left speechless, because this person looks so much like her missing son it''''s uncanny. But Rhea doesn''''t understand why if this is her missing son in drags, why does he look right through her as if she were a stranger.