Demi-God: The Lost

Twenty-Two

"What's your name?" He asks while trying to put the jewelry back together. The woman snatches it, she stares at the silver jewel for a few moments with a blank look on her face.

"Osiris." The guardian of the underworld. She defends Hades and is his most loyal advisor. Flynn follows her through the gateway path and to the large arch that stands before the entrance of his castle. It's got statues of ancient warriors that served the king of hell. A few are familiar but most of them aren't.

"This pendant, did Persephone give it to you?" Flynn shakes his head.

"My grandpa did." She closes it in her fist tightly before muttering a few non English words. Once she opens her hand again it's completely fixed. All that remains is a faint crack line.

"How did you..?" She drops the pendant in Flynn's hand.

"You'll learn it someday when you need it." Her empty white eyes stare at Flynn as they reach the final doors to Hades. She sighs, "He's not going to like this one bit." She mutters mostly to herself.

She raises her arm and the doors open slowly. A tight feeling spreads through Flynn's chest as he takes the first step inside. The man who rules the dead sits just beyond this door. The first thought on his mind is; What's he like?

Osiris guides Flynn down a hallway decorated in skulls and fancy gems. The closer to the throne room they get the more plant life begins to show.

Osiris stops in front of a large door and mentally prepares herself. The doors and hallway around it are decorated nicely with greens of all kinds.

The doors open and Flynn's immediately shown a massive room with a ceiling so high it could probably touch the stars. There's two thrones in the center, one decorated with plants and flowers and birds, and one with dark stone and a few skulls. Half of the castle is very obviously Hades, dark and a few dead soldiers, and the other half is Persephone, plants and animals.

The plant throne is empty but the one next to it rests a man. He's in his late 20s with short curly black hair and matching black eyes that have red irises. His cheek is rested on his fist and a sly smirk across his lips. The sight of him sends shivers down Flynn's back. That's Hades, the king of the underworld and the god of death.

Flynn walks into the room nervously. His gaze shifting from the throne to his feet. "Osiris. Why did you bring this mortal to my throne.?" The woman next to Flynn tensed ever so slightly.

"He is a child of Persephone." A loud bang fills the air forcing Flynn to flinch hard. Hades had slammed his fist on the arm of his throne.

"Where is my Wife?" He grounds out. Osiris glances at Flynn then back at her king.

"Elysium. The first chamber prisoners of Tartarus broke free and are causing havoc there." Hades leans back in his chair, the blood red color in his eyes staring into Flynn's soul.

"I assume she's attempting to fix it?" Osiris nods briefly, "Foolish woman." He mutters under his breath. He stands up immediately and walks towards Flynn. The much taller man towers over Flynn, his devilish eyes burning holes through Flynn's rosie pink ones.

Hades grabs Flynns face and moves it back and forth as if examining him. "You sure took after your mother." He scoffs. Flynn brushes his hand away and stares at the man.

"You have to close down Tartarus." The demand brings a smile to Hades' face.

"And why would I do that? These old coots want to remove me from my throne. Why should I help them if I'm so incompetent?" He isn't wrong.

"You'd let your people die?" A loud scoff fills the air and Osiris steps back. Hades's eyes are glowing with an ominous aura and a skeleton forms from bones behind Flynn. It looks like Dresmos. The familiar cigar hanging out of his mouth.

"Remove him from my underworld." Hades rubs in between his eyebrows and returns to his throne. His black and red empty gaze watching tiredly.

"No!" Flynn shouts as Dresmos wraps his boney arms around Flynn's torso. Before he can shout another word, the ground opens and suddenly he's outside the bar again.

"Stupid Hades!" Flynn shouts and kicks the skeleton bones that now rest on the ground.

Well that didn't go to plan at all.