HADES

Rides

The sound of Hades boots hitting the pavement echoed in the whole tunnel. He walked faster when he saw the time on his phone. The sound of the train arriving could be heard in the tunnel and he sprinted towards it to reach it. Weirdly enough, it didn't even stop and continued driving from the station. Frustrated, he cussed out loudly and hit his fist on the train, seeing the few people in there shudder away in fear. That was not the time for him to miss his fucking train. He had been out on a walk in the dark when he had seen some armed men approaching where he stood with a smoke in his hand. He had slipped away carefully and ran for his live through the forest and out the other way. 

After taking deep and long breaths to stop his panting,  the train had already cleared his vision. Just like in a creepy movie, he saw the sight of a girl standing on the other side. She was wearing a short silk dress with her shoulder length locks framing her face. Even though he knew nothing about brands, he was positive that the clothes she was wearing might have been worth a pretty penny. He wondered what a girl like her would be doing in the underground metro station at this late hour, but shrugged off the thought. Instead he pulled out a cigarette from his leather jacket and lit it up quickly. His eyes closed at the mere feeling of the cigar between his lips and he felt the stress being released from his body. It was safe to say that he was highly addicted to the cigarettes.

All this time, he could feel Celinas stare on him. He just expected that she was shocked at seeing a guy like him, by the looks of her. She looked like one of those rich girls in the posh movies who didnt even open doors and ate fancy and small meals, he thought to himself. What he didn't know, was that the East side was filled with people trying to outgrow each others beauty and even though she didn't like wearing fancy clothes all the time, it was expected from her. Not to mention Sebastian, who bragged to every male in the East of having the most beautiful girl always pressured her into wearing something skintight and exposing. 

 Hades tried to not look at her again, but it was the reflex from each time he heard her mummer something about "wrong address" under her breath. Seeing as the two were alone in the station, it wasn't hard for him to figure out that she was praying for something. He looked at her blankly to see her with closed eyes and head held up to the sky. Her hands were holding on to her cross necklace and she shivered lightly by the cold. Before she could catch him staring, I looked away.

They both stood there for a while with her staring at him occasionally and him smoking one cigar after another. Celina had lost the way to find the tracker and was now on her way home. She was scared shitless, but at the moment she was busy staring at the hooded man who was on a mission to kill his lungs. While she was busy in her thoughts, Hades looked at his phone to notice that no train had driven by in the past ten minutes.

"Pretty little thing" a mans voice echoed in the station and Celina whipped her head to see some creepy men approaching her. Hades looked to the other side to see three men approach the pretty girl. She backed away in a corner and furrowed her brows at them. "I bet you look even prettier without this" he spoke again, tugging at her dress. Celina slapped his hand away and pushed him back. Her attempts were weak and the man quickly grabbed her hand. His other hand traveled around her body and she struggled to break free from his grip. The other men laughed loudly and threw dirty comments about her body and how they would use it to their advantage. Celina was beyond scared now and regretted ever leaving the mansion. She thought about Greta and what her parents would say when they found out about where she was. 

"Come here" the other man said drunkenly and grabbed her neck forcefully to kiss her. Celina slapped his hand away and as a result, a hard slap was delivered to her cheek. The sound of the men laughing didn't cover the echo of the slap. 

The sight registered in Hades brain quickly and he whipped his head to the tunnel that would lead him to the other side. Being short on time, he patted his pocket and felt the knife that had been there to sooth him throughout the years. Just when he was about to doubt throwing the knife at the man, Celina screamed out in panic; "Stranger!"