The group stands at a three-way intersection, one a purple flag beside, another a blue, and the last one a red flag.
Around them, robots and humans, pace around, each with something either blue, red, or purple on them, facepaint, tattoos, and hair, even clothing.
"Alright, this is where we split off, Athena's tribe is the purple flag, Hades the red, and Posiden the blue" Metal points
"Remember, the day loops each time it gets to 12 am, so that's a blessing and a curse, we can pick new choices each day until we get them on our sides" Yami explains
"A statue used to be here" Lexia crouches at the large stone circle in the middle of the intersection
"Yeah, that's where Zeus' statue used to be" Metal explains
"Wait, so there's other god-bots, but why are there only 3 clans?" Flake asks
"I kinda wanna know that myself" Yami turns to Metal
"Each clan has a leader, clan Sky, clan Sea, and clan Under, at least that's what I call them, Zeus used to control clan sky, but then he was outcasted and his kid took over, my personal favorite bot, other than Aries, Aphrodite comes at a close 3rd, she's f*cking beautiful" Metal looks at the sky
"Can I see a picture?" Jason asks
"Look at her" Metal takes a picture out of his...where did he stick that?
In the picture, a-human woman?
Jason stares at her
Putty drops his jaw, stammering to speak
"Hold on, is she stripping?" Kyron asks
"Mmmhmmm" Metal starts giggling
"We've got a job to do" Clara grabs Jason by the collar and starts dragging him to Hades' clan
"JUST 3 MORE MINUTES" Jason reaches towards the picture
"See you later" Carry drags Putty to Posiden's clan
"Lemme-the chic-oooooh" Putty smiles, staring at the picture
"Let's go" Lexia follows Clara
"We're finally leaving a mark on you" Alex puts his arm around Lexia, smiling
"Be careful, okay?" Kyron asks
Mar nods
"You too" Flake waves, following Lexia
"Something's gonna go wrong, I can just feel it" Yami sighs
"I'm formulating a plan in my head, when you meet Hades, I might need you to ask him a few things for me, is that alright?" Alayna asks
"Yeah, definitely, I've got some things to ask him myself" Yami follows her group
"Hey, I think Kyron's finally feeling some feelings, I know that he's showing some" Metal nudges Flake
"I think so too" Flake smiles
They enter Hades' land, they stare in awe at all the fire surrounding a main castle-like building
Broken-down cars, and dilapidated skyscrapers
The sky reddens, an orange and yellow tint filling it
"HEEEEEELLLLLOOOOOOOO, PEOPLE OF THE UNDERWORLD, HOW YA DOING? THIS IS YOUR OVERSEER, RAAAAAAMBLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN' RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFT, LATER TONIGHT WE'VE GOT A B-E-A-UTIFUL SHOW, EXPLOSIONS, MONSTER TRUCKS, AND FLAAAAAAAAAAAMMEEE THROOOOOOOOOWWEERRS, JOIN ME TONIGHT IN THE PARSELON, of course, Posiden, Athena and their overseers-yuck-they'll be there too, Locke and Kalis are buzzkills all around, get them drunk though, that's another story, BUT I THINK I KNOW WHY YOU'RE GOING, YOU WANNA SEE ME, YOU WANNA SEE CHALA, AND YOU WANNA SEE BURN, AND YOU WANNA SEE OUR GRAND, GOOD-GUY, or bad guy, debatable everywhere, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADEEEEES just between you and me, I think Burn's got a special...let's say 'show' in mind" A loud man over the speakers informs
"Huh...so they're all meeting at this place called the Parselon" Alex repeats
"Oh yeah, the parselon, I remember that place, that was awesome" Metal laughs
"HIYA, HOW YA DOING? You all goooood?" A woman wearing a helmet covering her face and a biker uniform with flame patterns on it gets in front of the group, paper and pencil in hand
"Who the fu-" Jason starts
"Yeah, we wanna see Hades, I'm Metal, I wanna see him after all this time" Metal stands in front of the greeter
"Metal?" The woman asks
"...No way" Metal stares at the woman
"Do you two know each other?" Clara asks
"Oh my hell" The woman takes her helmet off, revealing a natural human, her eyes colored gray
"You...look different" Metal laughs, verbally blushing
"I look different? God, you-you-you've got an old tv for a head" The woman laughs
"Yeah, just an old surgery, nothing that important, when'd you get so...I don't wanna say big, but you're not 6 anymore" Metal smiles, laughing
"I left this place at...some point, I aged, but I came back, how-how've you been?" She asks
"Great, it's been great, I made some new friends, brought them here, and now we're gonna try and recruit Hades for something, along with all the overseers" Metal explains
"Anything I can help with?" The woman asks
"You can tag along, I'm sure there's something that you'll be great for, right now I just can't think of anything" Metal puts his arm around her
"Hey, Rich told me that one time" Flake points
"I'll take that as a compliment, anyway" The woman laughs
"You got any idea how we can get Hades with us?" Jason asks
"The hell do I know? I only stand here all day and...day again" She answers
"We'll just storm the castle, f#ck it" Yami shrugs, walking off to the burning building
"Is she serious?" The woman asks
"Yeah..." Clara slowly nods
"It'll be fine" Metal follows her
"I guess you're right" The woman follows Metal
"Hey, what's your name, you never said it" Jason notes
"It's Lite" She answers
"I could go for a beer right about now" Alex strokes his chin
"We have a job to do" Lexia reminds him
"Right, sorry, getting ahead of myself" Alex shakes his head
They make the trek to the castle, standing at the open arch-way of it
"WE DON'T ALLOW VISITORS, LEAVE OR DIE" A guard points a large blade at the party
"It's cool, I'm Metal, Hades should know me" Metal explains
"Metal, are you? OH, THAT METAL" The guard yells
"Yeah, that Metal" Metal explains
"You really expect me to give a d*mn who you are?" The guard asks
"Let us through, we've just gotta see Hades for a sec" Yami stares at him
"I DON'T CAAAAARE, I have orders not to let ANYONE through, that includes whoever the hell you are" The guard points at Metal
"You're really not gonna make this easy, are you?" Yami asks
"Well...MAAAYBE we can...work something out" The man gets closer to Yami
Yami strains all her effort to not chop his nuts off
She smiles
"You, me, back there, I'll pretend I didn't see you all" The man rubs her cheek
"Yami, you can't be se-" Flake starts
"Deal" Yami rubs his thigh gently
"I'll make sure it's...hot and steamy" The man drops his sword
"And I'll ride the wave, just how long can you go?" Yami whispers
"'Till the next loop" He holds her hand, dragging her into the castle
Yami looks at Flake
And winks
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Chaos In a Nutshell: Fresh-ish Start
FanfictionWe've got new people, new crap, new everything, almost everything. If you're new to this series, this is a good book to start on...even if it is 100 chapters long. Still, Yami comes back on a main search and rescue of her friend, Troy. Flake and her...
