Hades - The Black Robe

Part 3: Temptation (230 words)

I have to cancel my game with Grim Reaper, Yamraj and Lucifer because an angel is here with a message from Brother Zeus. I can't ignore his messages. Last time I did, he started a proxy war.

With the look on her face, I figure out that she finds it hard to believe that someone with a messy grey hair, untrimmed beard, loose v-neck, hippy waist jacket and bell bottom can't be the Hades. Well my style doesn't exactly scream evil, does it?

"What is the message, my dear brothers have for me?" I ask the young angel while offering a scotch.

With a bit of disgust, she answers, "Lord Zeus expresses his gratitude to your service. Underworld has new kings, no more it is unprotected, so Zeus requests your return to Olympus."

That angel couldn't even digest her own words. "No!"

"Don't let yourself burn in this damnation. Return to Mount Olympus, to your brothers and sister. For millennia, you have been alone, accused-"

"Don't put effort if you don't want to-" I order as her monotonous voice annoys me. "My answer is absolute."

I observe an expression of relief from her eyes. "Tell them, I am proud-," She flies away before I can finish. "I think I heard a 'tch'."

I get up with my glass of scotch and stand on the balcony of my castle, "Alone, huh?"