Sing for the Abyss [Greek Mythology] hiatus

2: A child howls to his kin

Tartarus had always been a very busy place, with shades, also known as souls, crowded up inside the underground palace. There where millions, no, billions of shades roaming all over the place. Everyone was sent here when they died, well, their souls at least. People would be reborn, punished, and judged there so they could have their souls recycled.

Indeed, Tartarus was no place to enjoy. Only few enjoyed the haunting place, Hades and Hecate mostly. The Titans had holding cells in the depths of Tartarus, a place in which creatures, whether they be mortal or gods that had built up their sinful selves laid punished for eternity. 

The screams of the Titans where a lullaby, a lullaby that cursed all the souls in Tartarus. Hades enjoyed these screams. The screams only showed that the Olympians ruled all, and that if someone were to disobey them, they would be punished just like the Titans. 

Although Hades lived in his own little world most of the time, he found it very disturbing that the mortals where breeding like rats above Tartarus. Most of the Gods and Goddesses found this somewhat disturbing as well. They disliked the fact that mortals no longer appreciated them, and that mortals built their gadgets and contraptions with thought. Mortals thought they were so great, inventing new appliances and such, but they never looked at what was really important, and what was very close to themselves. This was causing the deities to 'die,' which would have never been expected. 

However, a certain deity would show mortals who to believe in, cherish, and even fear. 

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Hades was sleeping on his throne, a black, smooth rocky throne with countless rare jewels dabbed onto it. He was laying on it sideways, his legs hanging off of the arm of the chair. There was wailing and yelling all around, drifting around Tartarus like the Winds do around Earth. However, Hades ignored this, sleeping soundly like a plump baby. 

All of a sudden, a piercing shriek filled the room. Hades opened one eye, interested in what was happening that caused this strange shriek. Loud stomping shook the walls and the ground. Harpies fluttered around nervously, and some exiting the entrance to the depths of Tartarus. Hades could merely guess what was happening, but wasn't expecting what would happen next.

A large grey form smashed through the entrance, his bonds the color of diamonds trailed behind him. It was indeed a Titan, his name being Coeus. Hades almost smirked, smelling the tangled aura coming from the Titan. O, how that aura was so common in Tartarus. The aura of madness, insanity. It smelled so beautiful, fluttering off the grey Titan.

Coeus bounded off to the Gates of Hades' realm, his steps so large that he was to the gates in only a few seconds. Hades finally untied his smirk, watching calmly as Cerberus rushed to the scene. Cerberus was the ginormous three headed dog that guards the Gates of Hades' realm, making sure alive mortals don't get in, and no creature get out. This was the perfect situation to see what Cerberus's actions would be, especially against a Titan, and the Titan and Cerberus were pretty evenly matched in size.

They collided, the Titan yelled a war cry, and lounged at the gigantic dog. Cerberus bit the Titan's shoulder, ichor, deities light pink blood, sprayed around onto the rough ground beneath the humongous giants. Coeus grabbed the dog's paws, in which the paws were trying to smash into the Titan's head. However, Cerberus' strength was by far greater than Coeus' because of the long amount of time the Titan had been tied up, he had less strength then he would usually. 

Cerberus jumped back, the Titan limping into perfect position because of the harm Cerberus had inflicted on Coeus' leg. If dogs could smile, Cerberus would be grinning like a rabid wolf would. He jumped up, opening all three mouths to bit on the Titan's neck. Although, the unlooked-for happened.