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Aidon found himself at the beach. It didn't take him very long to reach there and his car was parked at the side. He had one purpose now and he was determined to fulfill it somehow. Taking a deep breath, he stepped out into the wave shore and continued his descend. He exhaled when the water reached his neck. He had been climbing down stairs, as he was cleverly capable. He had been banished but his father might forgive him. This was a part of his plan. A deceival.

His head submerged, his eyes opened and he knew he was now entering the underworld past the stairs. He quickened his pace. He was getting restless. The french doors were huge, stretching out left and right where the end was impossible to tell as it curved inwards. All he had to do, anyhow, was put his palm against the door, and it opened up for him. He had assumed his father would have made it otherwise but he realized then, that his father had wanted him to come back ever since he left.

Aidon felt half bad about what he was about to do.

When the doors opened, to accept his arrival was the dark black carriage which would fly him over the river he has no intention to cross. There was no horse, only the faint smoky shape of one and to maneuver it was a hooded figure. Aidon sat on the seat calmly.

"Take me home." He ordered.

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His parents had greeted him with tears and love, glad their son had returned again. They had asked when Dia would be coming in and he had said soon.

He was going to betray them, and for that, his heart pained, begging him to change his mind. He waited until his father left for a meeting with the other Gods, knowing it would take days to end, and asked his mother to go and keep Dia occupied, giving her some company and explaining why he was no longer with her.

When his mother left, he entered his father's Room of Revival where his father kept important healing items, and most important of all; the Golden Fleece. He stuffed it into a backpack and realized he had to retrieve her soul before he left. To do this would be a great pain as Cerberus would be annoying.

He approached the three headed giant slowly, the closer he got, the smaller the ferocious beast became until at his footstep, it was no more than a puppy. He bent down and petted the pup as he picked it up.

"Cerberus? I'm going to put you to sleep alright? I need to recover an important soul and I need you to be quiet about it, ok?" He asked. The pup's heads yipped in response, licking his hand and falling into a relaxed state so that Aidon could put him to sleep. He put a forefinger on the pup's head, immediately causing him to fall asleep and he put the pup down. Before him stood the four gates.

He walked into Asphodel without a moment's hesitation. His entrance caused all the residents to stop and turn to him. They all gathered around in neat rows and bowed. The souls were faint, almost transparent but not nearly enough, and they had a faint glow. How would he find her among the thousands and thousands of souls? And in a few moments, Thanatos might be at the gate to lead in the newer souls of today. All the souls bowed down to him on one knee.

"I... I'm looking for Kylie..." He said loudly. He hoped she still remembered his voice. "It's me... Aidon..." His voice grew fainter towards the end.

It was a small movement but he noticed it, just a flicker in the corner of his eyes. Hundreds and hundreds of miles past the meadows, from the Isles of the Blessed, a tiny single soul stood up slowly. The soul was making it's way towards the meadows, crossing the bridge of separation. All the souls parted to give way for it and the soul approached, although slowly, in a fraction of a second. It stood in front of the Olympian Heir and bowed.

"Aidon..." He recognized her voice and her features came into view now, shifting and moving.

"Kylie..." He took her hand and began to hurry out. "We have to go."

"Wh-What?! We can't leave we're dead!" She stopped and stared at him. By now the other souls had gone back to doing whatever they had been. A strange look crossed her face. "Why don't you look like the rest of us...?" She said slowly. Aidon sighed, scared to tell her.

"Please Kylie. Ask your questions later we really don't have time." Aidon pleaded. She complied and allowed him to take her out of the gate. She whimpered a moment, as if in pain. The gate would hurt her but not for very long. Just as he was about to enter the carriage, Thanatos appeared. Not his full form, the little part of him that was released and allowed to roam in order to carry the souls to their destined places. He had many pieces of him that if restored to his full form, would be able to destroy each and every single living thing on Earth. Therefore, to contain him, he had been split up. Parts of him to do the given job, like his reaping self who reaped the souls of the living mortals on earth, his punishing self who punished all the souls in the fields of punishment, his soul judging self who judged the souls and decided where they belonged and this very one. He stopped and stared at the heir and the soul he was holding. Behind him stood rows and rows of souls awaiting to enter the gates. Thanatos gave a look of confusion. Even as a little part, he stood tall, dressed in a black hooded robe. Aidon motioned for Kylie to stand behind him.

"Young master..." Thanatos bowed. The souls behind him followed. "What are you doing?!" The God stood tall.

"I have to return her back to Earth she was wrongfully taken." Aidon tried to explain.

"Young master... You have to pay a price..." Thanatos warned.

"I know..." Aidon knew. He was willing to take that risk. He had read about it, hoped that as he was a God, the catch wouldn't apply to him.