Flash Fiction: Pandora Plays Hide and Seek

Note:
After seeing the prompt and having a long WTF moment, I’m pretty sure the prompt photo needed to be rotated. It just adds to the charm. Pandora makes a return!

Pandora and Apollo played a game of Hide and Seek. Where could she hide from the sun god? His rays detected every movement on the surface of the planet. His gift an unfair advantage. All the same, her therapist advised to keep her mind off boxes.

Hmm boxes. 

Pandora walked the street searching for a place away from the sun. She came to an open postal box. 

No I mustn’t… 

Her spine became electric. 

Not a box, refuge from Apollo, he’d never find me inside! 

She squeezed her body like a contortionist and slammed the solid metal door. Waiting… waiting… her eyes grew heavy.

Hades’ familiar laugh echoed. “Pandora, how did you end up in my kingdom this time?”

For those who aren’t familiar with Greek Mythology, Hades is the god of the Underworld (death), Pandora is the first woman made and Apollo is a sun god. Anther story featuring Pandora’s ditzy antics can be found here.