I knew he would do what he thought was best. Beckendorf thought to himself as he watched Nico Di Angelo's boat glide silently across the black water to Hade's Palace. He was proud of Nico. Even though Nico had barely known Camp Half-Blood, he was willingly risking his life to help them, and Beckendorf was grateful for that.
And he doesn't even have a cabin to go back to when this war is over. He thought sadly. A kid as loyal to their cause should fit in…something would have to be done about that. Beckendorf sighed. This war was a big complication from the smallest of problems.
Suddenly, there was a chill that resonated throughout the underworld. Beckendorf felt like he was dropped into ice water, and though he didn't have a physical body, he felt a cold chill run down his spine. For the first time that Beckendorf had entered Elysium, the partying had come to a quiet buzz. People were whispering urgently to each other and they looked paler than normal. It must have been extremely abnormal for the party to stop in Elysium.
Beckendorf reluctantly got up, deciding that this was of great importance to him. He walked up to the nearest group of people that were standing near to the garden. They were wearing leis and holding bear cups, and were whispering quietly to each other in hushed sentences. As he approached the group of people silently acknowledged his presence.
"What's happening?" Beckendorf said quietly to the group of people, entering the circle of four people standing.
"Nico is about to die man." One of the men wearing a purple lei said. The others nodded their heads solemly. "Hades hasn't been this mad since the United Nations was created."
"Why is Hades mad?" Beckendorf asked. "What can possibly make him madder?" The three men stared at him like he was missing the obvious.
"Seriously? He's mad that Nico is trying to get him to help Zues and Poseidon in the war." Said the man wearing huge sunglasses. Beckendorf was suprised.
"But if the other gods fall, won't Hades too? Shouldn't he help the other gods?" He exclaimed. The other men sighed.
"Yeah, but Hades is too stubborn about his 'hate' to the other gods to be able to help his brothers willingly." One of them said in an exasperated tone.
Suddenly the ground shook. Everybody looked at each other with panic in their eyes. Beckendorf grabbed the nearest tree to steady himself and held on as the ground trembled. Suddenly Hades's voice boomed so loud that all the underworld could hear him.
"LISTEN UP!" He bellowed. "I WILL BE IN FACT PARTICIPATING IN MY BROTHER'S STUPID WAR. THE EXTREME RESERVE TROOPS THAT WILL FINALLY HAVE A PURPOSE MUST GET READY FASTER THAN THEY WERE IN DRILL #13,492 FIVE YEARS AGO! ENTRY GUARDS BE READY FOR RE-ENTERS AND OTHER FALLEN SOLDIERS! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"
By then, everybody was holding their hands up to their ears to keep the sound from blowing out their eardrums. Beckendorf opened his eyes after he realized he was closing them, and looked around. People we regaining their balance and were talking again, though not partying. The men that Beckendorf was talking to went over to another group of people and started talking to them. He didn't feel the need to go over to them, he knew what he needed to know.
He walked over to the gardens again and stared out to the Underworld. Now it was alot more busier than before. Troops were gathering and getting ready to go to the lands of the living for battle. Some of them were dressed as if they were WWII soldiers, Roman ones, Greek ones, and some civil war ones were there too. For once, all the lanes of the lines entering the underworld was completely empty, and skeletons sat at the beginning of each lane, tense and ready for the upcoming hordes of people.
Beckendorf realized that if there was going to be a war in the land of the living, then camp half-blood would be in it too. He knew that reality wasn't a fairy tale like that stupid book twilight. Some of his friends were going to die.
Please Aphrodite, make sure that you daughter isn't hurt. please. Beckendorf prayed silently to the goddess of love.
Instead of sitting back down, Beckendorf hurried down to the shores of Elysium and saw a skeleton with a boat idling near the dock. He ran to the skeleton and halted to a stop in front of it. The skeleton looked quizzically at Beckendorf.
"Is it possible for me to visit the entry gates?" Beckendorf said quickly. The skeleton stared at him with his empty eyes.
"Why would you want to go to the shores of the newly dead?" The skeleton asked.
"That's my business. Can I get back if I wanted to later?" Beckendorf said more strained this time. The skeleton shrugged.
"I guess. It's just that I don't get that many requests to leave Party Capital." He said with a sigh. "Get in." Beckendorf gave a nod of graditude and hopped into the black boat. The skeleton gave a push of the oar, and the boat began to silently glide to the other side of the shore.
When Beckendorf got out, he hurried to the gates of Entry and stood infront of them. Few souls that were newly dead came in quickly, but they were souls of mortals, just dying like usual. He stood patiently as he waited for the battle to begin.
Even though I'm waiting here, I hope that I don't meet any of my friends. Beckendorf thought acidly. He stood and stared into the caves of the new souls and waited.
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