A/N yes i'm redoing this story, i felt that where it was headed was not good. So i'm going to redo it before it gets to the point of no return,
Hope you enjoy it.
Percy pov 1st person
"Crack," went the whip as it hit my back, I flinched at the pain, I fell to my knees dropping the contents of the container I had been carrying.
Water spilled everywhere and began to turn to steam as it hit the hot ground, "Crack," went the whip again causing me to let out a moan of pain.
"Why do you torture me like this," I asked as dragged myself to my feet again, picking up the empty container as I did so.
The winged beast started laughing, a horrible, screeching laugh that had haunted my very existence since I arrived at the fields of punishment,
"Why?" said the Fury "My dear you've been a very naughty boy, so much so the Judges thought that you deserved to be put in my care," it flew down closer to me, "It's not often that Lord Hades gives me such an assignment, and I intend to take full advantage of it, now GET BACK TO WORK, the water isn't going to walk itself now is it."
With that I went back work, carrying the empty container back towards the stream I had originally filled it at. You see my punishment was to carry water from a stream and bring it to a well on top of a hill, if I fill the well to the brim I get to go free, but everytime I get close the well seems to grow downwards. Making my job impossible to complete, reaching the river I bent down, filling up the container with water.
Suddenly the whip cracked across my back, causing me to drop the container in my hands. I turned around to yell at my tormentor, however when I turned around the Fury was kneeling on the ground. Sensing a presence I looked in the direction the Fury was facing, what I saw made my blood run cold with fear. For walking towards me was Hades. Lord of the hell that had become my home over however long a time I've been here. The Lord of Darkness was tall, he had black hair and oily skin, the robes he wore showed the faces of tortured souls of people who really pissed him off.
The Lord of the Underworld begins to size me up, "so you are Perseus Jackson?" he said in a menacing voice.
"Yes," I said straining to remember anything from my past, "I believe that was my name."
Hades just nodded before turning towards the Fury, who was still kneeling on the ground, "begone Alecto I wish to speak with Perseus in private." he said as he grabbed my arm.
"But my Lord," protested the Fury "you said.". "I said begone." interrupted Hades, the Fury began to fly away, muttering angrily to herself. Before I could thank him for getting rid of the creature that had tormented me for so long, my world suddenly was consumed by darkness.
The darkness cleared, revealing that I was now in a throne room. Three thrones stood before me, the middle one was the tallest of the three, while the other two were equal in size.
The smaller thrones were occupied by two woman, who looked like they were mother and daughter, the middle throne was empty before Hades walked over from his position at my side and took a seat.
"What's HE doing here?" said the woman to my left, she was the more motherly of the two woman.
"Yes," said the woman to my right "what is he doing here HUSBAND." the way she said that word made me think that their marriage was not a happy one.
"This is Perseus," explained Hades "he's here to help solve our little problem,"
"Oh finally," sighed the woman on the left "it's about time you hired someone to kill those brats of your's"
"Indeed." agreed the woman on the right.
They began to talk about how great it would be when these "brats" were dead.
"ENOUGH," yelled Hades rising from his throne " Demeter, Persephone, I will not be responsible for the death of my children,"
"Then why would you bring us a former outlaw and murderer," Persephone asked confused.
"Murderer?, outlaw?, who was I when I was alive?" I thought to myself.
'Because, i want someone to protect my children, and to do that they may need to hurt some people who get in their way," explained Hades.
Instantly the two women began to argue with him. I coughed into my hand to get their attention, while I was technically at the mercy of the these three super powerful beings, and I didn't remember who I was when I was alive, I still didn't like just standing here looking at them while they argued.
The arguing trio all turned to face me, "with all due respect sir and madams, i would like to know why you brought me here?"
The two woman huffed before simultaneously disappearing in a puff of smoke. Leaving Hades alone and slumped in his throne. Sighing he got up and started to walk towards me, "brought you here to make a deal,"
"What sort of deal?" I asked. In response he waved his hand, the air shimmered showing the image of two children in mid conversation. "These," he said "are my children Bianca and Nico DiAngelo, I want you to protect them until I can safely bring them here without arousing suspicion."
I nodded my head, I felt like I was use to this type of work. "So who am I protecting them from." I asked, Hades waved his hand again making the image disappear, "My Brother Zeus, he always had it out for my children."
I knew of the ancient rivalry between the Big Three, mostly from the new souls that entered the fields of punishment or passed by on their way to elysium. He had noticed that most of them were either children of Poseidon or Hades, there rarely a child of Zeus.
"What's in it for me?" I asked, " you will be released from your punishment, and your memory will be restored." Hades replied
"It's a deal." I said hurriedly, not wanting to give him the chance to reconsider, " when do I leave?"
"You will leave immediately, you'll find all your old belongings through that door," he pointed towards a wall the opened to reveal a hallway. I started towards the door, eager to leave this hellhole, Hades had one more thing to say to me before I left,
"One last thing Perseus," he said striding towards me " the world has changed quite a bit since you were alive, so don't be surprised if things are different when you arrive on the surface,"
"Nonsense, how much could the world change in a few years?" I replied laughing, Hades just looked at me.
"You died in 1882, it's now 2007."
"But that means." I said, shocked.
"Yes," he said "you've been dead for a 125 years."
I shook myself from my stupor, I couldn't let this opportunity pass me by, no matter how long I had been dead for. "Besides," I told myself "not that much could have really changed, could it?"
"Alright," i said "where do I go?"
Hades pointed at the door again, "once you pick up your stuff Alecto will take you to the location."
I groaned inwardly, I thought that I was done with that bat bitch for good, "ok boss i'll be off now," I said as I walked towards the hall once again.
"Remember Perseus," called Hades "no matter what you must protect my children."
With that i entered the darkness and began my new adventure.
Time skip
I don't know how long it had been since I entered this hallway, but it felt like it had been days since he had last seen any light. I began to wonder what exactly I had gotten myself into, when suddenly I went around a corner and all other thought were pushed from my head.
Standing in front in front of me was one of the few things that I could remember from my past, "Blackjack," I yelled, running forwards at the same time.
The horse neighed when it saw me, nuzzling my neck when I wrapped my arms around his neck in a hug. "What are you doing here boy." I asked the horse, Blackjack only neighed in response,
"My Lord Hades thought you would need a familiar form of transportation." said a familiar voice from behind me. Turning around I saw the Fury Alecto, she stood next to a table which had a bunch of different sized objects on it.
"Come," said the Fury gesturing towards the table,"Lord Hades is not the most patient person in the world."
Walking to the table I couldn't help but smile, on the table was all my most beloved item. There was my twin colt revolvers, they were still in their holsters attached to my ammo belt, beside them was my Winchester rifle, it's holster was attached to Blackjacks saddle, there was also some of my old clothes, including my old hat. I took off my jail clothes replacing them with my old ones, i noticed there was a bullet hole in my hat, "wonder where that came from." i thought to myself. Putting on the ammo belt, I began cherishing the familiar feeling of my guns. Picking up the saddle I turned to Blackjack and started to strap it on to him. Once that was done I started to rummage through the contents of the saddle, finding only some basic survival supplies and a change of clothes. As I was about to close the bag I noticed two more items and picked them up, they had been hidden at the bottom of the bag. One was a small polished box, the other item was necklace with a locket attached to it. The box was locked and couldn't find the key, so I put it back in the bag and opened the lockette. Inside was an old black and white photo of woman and two children. I felt a connection to people in the picture, I just couldn't tell what type of connection it was, or who these people were. Placing the lockette back in the bag as well, I took a deep breath preparing for whatever I may face.
"Alright I'm ready to ride." I said as I turned towards the Fury. "It's about time." was all she said before walking down yet another hallway.
I started following her calling back to Blackjack as I did, " come Blackjack we have a job to do."
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