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Oli didn't recognise the place he'd been flung into; it appeared to be some kind of abandoned building, the paint peeling away and revealing the brickwork underneath. His confusion was heightened by the fact that his vision seemed to be flooded with a forest-green tinge.

"Let her go!" he heard himself yell.

There he was, stood not three feet from himself.

"I promised you I would destroy everything you love. Now I hold everything you love in the palm of my hand!" Oli heard Hades reply.

He turned to see the monster with Charlotte clasped in his gauntleted hand.

"Oli, I love you. You hear me?" Charlotte told him, tears running down her face.

"Don't talk like that, everything's gonna be fine. Please! Just let her go. She's innocent!" Oli's duplicate cried.

"Now, I will finally be free of your kind; once and for all!"

Two pinpricks of light appear in the centre of Oli's vision, expanding outwards as the image flickers and distorts.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" is all he hears from his duplicate as the image completely vanishes.

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