Devil's Witch

Chapter 7: Mission failed...successfully

"You sold your afterschool and weekends soul to Hades?!" Hercules repeated, shocked by the news.

"What were you thinking?" Myrrhine finally asked, standing up as her tone became stricter. "Do you have any idea what you ended up agreeing to?"

"I was thinking about Icarus' disgusting lips, how my friend Myrrhine gave a very bad idea that ended up making the situation worse" she started, pointing a finger at her before she pointed at Hercules. "And how my friend Hercules, was not doing anything to stop it"

"Cassandra wait!" Hercules called her name but she just kept walking away.

The dup left out a sigh, sitting back on the bench. "Great" was all Myrrhine muttered as Pegasus approached them with his head low.

The witch had met Hercules' signature and only flying horse a few times and the two of them had some...neutral, so to speak, relationship. The horse did not seem to be very fond of Myrrhine but he did not hate her either. While the young witch was not a big fan of horses in general, especially one that was created purely by the gods.

"How do I save her soul from Hades?" Hercules asked out loud and his friend shrugged her shoulder.

Despite working for him all this time, she was not aware of how his deals worked exactly. There were deals in her case, which were eternal and could not be broken because of the contract. And then, there were other deals which could be broken, if Hades could not keep his part of the deal.

However, she was not present to know what kind of deal exactly Cassandra agreed to. To her surprise, though, Pegasus seem to know as he tried his hardest to land a human-like kiss on Hercules' cheek.

The girl lifted an eyebrow at the odd reaction before her mind connected the dots. It seemed Hercules to be thinking the same thing, for he stood up with a huge smile on his face. "The kiss! If I make sure that Icarus and Cassandra kiss, the deal is off!"

The teenage witch stood up, not sure what more to comment. "Are you sure?" she asked him, truly hoping that was the case and it was not some eternal and unbreakable contract.

"What else do we have to lose? And I know exactly how to fix it all" Hercules said, hugged Myrrhine in his excitement and jumped on Pegasus' back before the horse flew away.

The witch was left standing there, shocked by the sudden contact given to her by the demigod. Yet, a small smile formed on her magenta-painted lips and she kept her eyes on the flying horse as he flew further and further away.

Good luck Wonderboy, she said in her mind before she checked the time and realized she had to return to Hades.

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Back in the Underworld, Myrrhine was seated on a chair in the meeting room. Across from her were Pain and Panic while Hades was the head of the table. In front of him was his lift with all the monsters loyal to him while his cunning brain formed yet another plan.

The witch had her sandals above the table and her hands in front of her chest. She leaned back with her chair, balancing it on the two back legs as she tried to keep her mind focused. Hercules might have a plan but so did she. Well...sort of.

Knowing that Hades would try the extreme way to handle Icarus, she most likely would have to find a way and interfere; to ensure the kid will be alright and that Hercules can make him kiss Cassandra; thus freeing her from this deal.

"Okay boys and lady" Hades started, too much in a good mood after he had managed to make the deal with the sheer. "It's a simple mission. Keep this Icarus from sucking face with my new sheer, okay?" he asked, orange flames covering the back of his neck and shoulders as he tried to prove how serious this job is.