Queen Olympus || The Underworld's Deal I

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"Sir?" A feminine voice called at Prometheus

He lifted his body from the long gass and opened his eyes. The young lady, Galleria, had woken up.

"Thank you, sir." She said again

Her English didn't sounded like the best English you have heard but she knew many words from the vocabulary and just couldn't pronounce them properly. Her voice sounded weak, as if she had to shout in order for her words to be heard. Her voice made him feel bad. She was cold and sick.

"Of course." He replied

"What's your name?" She said as she turned

She watched his children in the village he had made for them.

"Prometheus..." he told her

"Do you want a bath?" Prometheus asked her

She gave him a confused look.

"But I'm afraid you will be wearing your clothes for here there is only men and I'm afraid I don't know anywhere else that is safe."
He continued

"No, I understand." She said simply

"Follow me." Prometheus led her to a clean lake

There were many young men that passed by as they were in the middle of the village. She now properly understood what he ment by 'here there is only men'.

Each passing man and boy smiled at her, waved and greeted her in a different language she figured was Greek.

"Yassou! Yassou! Yassou!"

She simply smiled at them. They all smiled back through the cold. This somehow touched Galleria.

"These poor people even smile when in discomfort." She thought

Prometheus excused himself and told her that he would get a towel for her when she is done and a few clothes for her.

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The sun went down and the sky grew dark as night fell quickly. You were in the same room all the other boys where. They were young, from the looks of it younger than her perhaps. The night was cold, freezing even. The boys wrapped their arms around themselves as their teeth chattered. Galleria got up and wrapped another large blanket around them.

"Thank you, sister!" the youngest boy said

He was around 8 and still had such a manner-ful mind. She smiled sweetly. The boy got up and jumped into her arms as if a young brother would do to his older sister. Suddenly, the door was pushed open. She looked to see Prometheus. He smiled at the sight of the little boy hugging Galleria but his smile soon faded as he focused on the way they shook. They were freezing. His eyes saddened. Like any father should, he loved his children and even if Galleria was only found the day before yesterday Prometheus made surety treat her like every other one of his children.

He couldn't bare to see them suffer and so he thought of a plan. If he would be able to have some of the fire from the mighty King known as Zeus, he could use it to warm his children. But it had to be stolen from him as Zeus had forbid anyone from taking his fire. He observed to room for a couple more moments and gave a weak smile to them all and left to put his plan into action.

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When Galleria woke up a man dressed in black was staring at her. His eyes where blazing red like fire and his skin was a shadow. He wore a black hood which complimented his facial features. She widened her eyes but then narrowed them as she refused to show fear to him.

He chuckled.

"Why am I here?" She asked

"Because I want you to be." He said simply

"Let me go." She said to him

"Why?" The man asked with an evil tone in his voice

He lifted her head with the tip of his fingers

"I have family, my sister doesn't know how to fight or to survive on her own." She explained

He thought out loudly and hummed. "After you do me a favour."

Galleria nodded, curious to know what the favour is. His gaze traced down Galleria's body and she gave him a disgusted look. She had no intention whatsoever to be looking for or being with a man who would order her around all day because she is a woman. She refused him by turning her head to the side. The man's hand grabbed her jaw and turned her to face him.

"Listen! I am Hades of the Underworld and I am feared even by the most bravest of men." He said

"Well then, Hades. It appears I am a woman." She told him sternly

He scoffed. "Go the the palace of the king Zeus-"

"What do I have to do with a king?"

He huffed. "Seduce him and soon when the time comes, kill him."

"Who is this ... Zeus king?"

"King of all the Greek heathens and the most powerful according to many therefore he is the king, that's all you need to know!"

She nodded as he let her free from the ropes that held her tightly onto a chair.

"Now go change and look pleasant for the man or I will find that sister of yours and her thread of life shall be cut!" He shouted

I go behind a large rock as he threw a blue dress at me.

"And did I fail to mention that things could get bloody?"