We Must Get Out

Chapter 7: Hound of Hades

Ava was miserable. "This place is Hell!" She said, "When we get these power stones, we're gonna kill Cryptious. I want him to suffer! Like I'm suffering." Everyone else was sad over Mia. Everyone in the room was sad. They heard a dog barking, it sounded like 3 dogs. The barking was hurting their ears from how loud it was. The ground started to shake beneath them. Outside of the Base was a red and black 3 headed dog. The Cerberus. Hades was riding on the Cerberus. "My Cerberus is sick and needs to be put down, the only way he can be put down is by doing a ritual where one of you will be killed and whoever is killed will be eaten by him. You need to find his dog bone! This will be a two part death challenge so two people will die. But you will get a power stone for each person who dies. Good luck! We'll be waiting for you guys in the death challenge room!" Hades said. "Wait Thanata! What are you doing outside of your exhibit with them!" He asked. "Nothing. Go to the death challenge room with your hound, brother." Thanata said. "He's not a hound! He's my dog! I've told you to stop calling him that!" Hades said. "LEAVE!" Thanata said. Hades pet his giant dog, opened a portal to the next death challenge room, and he and his dog went inside it. They started looking everywhere for the bone. They found a chest that was locked. It had a card attached to it that read, This bone in my box is a symbol of the great achievement I had reached in killing a giant. The code to the box is hidden in pane. "Hidden in pane? What does that even mean?" No, no, I think it was meant to be worded like this. There's 4 windows here! Check on each window, check for numbers or something." Bella said. "Oh yeah there's a number on this window." Ella said. "This one too!" "Okay everyone go to each one and say the number on them, we can try different combinations until we get the right one." Ella said. "Say your number!" She said again. "4." "8." "9." "2." Each of them said. "Try from least to greatest." Ava said. "It worked! The lock is open.The bone is inside. And there's a Portunus statue!" Jobe said. "Now all we have to do is find the death challenge door." Nene said. "Okay let's look in the Underworld Exhibit." Bella said. They walked down the pathway to get to the underworld exhibit. "There's a door right here. Did you guys bring the key that was in the Portunus statue?" Ava asked. "Yes." Jobe said. He handed the key to her but when she tried to unlock it didn't fit in the hole. "It doesn't fit. This must not be the death challenge door" Ava said. "Let's look around for another key." Ella said. They looked under a rock and the key was under it. They unlocked the door and it was a compass that led to the death challenge door and a bottle of red dust. Jobe grabbed the bottle and put it in his pocket because he thought it might help them later on. They followed the compass to the death challenge door and unlocked it. "Hello... It's nice to finally meet again!" Hades said. "There is a twist to this death challenge. Athena said that science she didn't want you guys pulling anything to make more of you survive that you guys have to once again vote out one of your friends." Hades said again. "Are you serious! I'm not doing this crap again!" Ava said. "You have to or else you all die." Hades said. Bella and nene glanced at Ella. "I'm not voting for anyone. I can't." Jobe said. "Me too." Ava said. "Me and Jobe are going back to the base." Ava said. "Please! I don't want to die! I've been so helpful!" Ella said. "I'm sorry." Nene said. "Grab her." Bella said. "Stop! Please! Stop!" Ella shrieked. "Ella must lick the bone and be eaten by the Cerberus!" Hades said. They forced Ella to lick the bone and forced her to the Cerberus' pit. "Stop! Please Stop! Please!" Ella shrieked. She fell into the pit and Cerberus caught her in his mouth as she fell down. His stomach was satisfied.