"Oh~, dear!" Aphrodite sighed as the oven began glowing before exploding, chunks spraying everywhere as she tried in vain to avoid the GFO's (gross flying objects). "'Dite, dearest!" a tall usually serene red-headed woman called as she climbed out of the now decimated oven. "Artie," the first girl sighed once more, "Can't you use the door, just once? Even Hera's tantrums don't wipe out my house as quickly as your arrivals." 'Artie' sighed as well, and then smiled while dusting herself off, "Don't care. Just came to tell you that the Underground citizens have been coming around more. Hera wants the three of us to meet this guy that has befriended the LEP after stealing a whole bunch of their gold." Aphrodite sighed again at Artemis' antics, "You couldn't have told me this without exploding my newest experiment?" she was beyond exasperated with her rash friend. Artemis turned her big green eyes on Aphrodite and she knew all was lost, "At least let me change first," she finally conceded, though she was NOT happy and she would ensure everyone knew that. Artemis pumped her hand in the air, a gesture she had acquired two or so decades when Hera decided they would return to the Americas.
"Root! What in the name of Hades' Realm happened to you?!" Hera all but screeched at her old friend. "Hades happened," he grumbled, he truly was happy to be here, but he knew that she had traded a king's ransom to have is soul placed in her care. And Hades had only consented because Persephone had asked him how he liked Cerberus for bed when she saw how close to tears Hera was. Having seen the condition Root was in; she vowed vengeance for her friend on the pixie that had caused this. She would assemble her best 'assassin' force, her hunter, her temptress, and herself. Not to mention enlisting in the help of LEP and their little human friend. Oh yes, Opal Koboi would pay…