Chapter 4: Plan

Viridi teleported everyone out of the crumbling temple. A minute later, back in Palutena's temple, Moon, Viridi, Arlon, Pit, and Palutena watched Dark Pit cry over Danielle's body with saddened expressions.

"Well, isn't this place just so full of joy?" a voice asked sarcastically.

Both Pit and Dark Pit's heads snapped up instantly.

"Hades. Go away!" Pit ordered.

"What, I finally revive from the dead after the war against Anthony, and all you do is tell me to go away? Aren't you kind?" Hades asked.

"Unless you plan to tell me why Danielle died, I want you gone!" Dark Pit replied angrily.

Hades laughed.

"Isn't the answer obvious?" Hades asked.

Dark Pit's eyes widened.

"You killed her?" Dark Pit asked.

"Indirectly. You see, if the planet dies, the souls are just left lying around for me to use. So, I sent some troops in to wreak havoc and speed up the progression. While it's not as great as killing a god or goddess, it looks like I killed a demigoddess in the process." Hades replied.

"That explains the size of your army." Moon muttered.

"If it takes a ton of souls to make one monster, and there are only so many souls on one planet, then that means you've been storing up on them for a long time!" Palutena added.

"That took you a long time to figure out. But your right. I had to figure out what to do with the souls that would otherwise be doomed. So I gave them new life, as my minions, and just kept them on the planet in a sleep until I felt I needed them. And they just started piling up and becoming restless, and so with them out for blood, mischief-making became one of my prime responsibilities." Hades explained.

Dark Pit stood up, a final tear running down his face.

"We crushed you before twice, and I swear we'll do it again!" Dark Pit snapped.

He dashed forward, grabbing the first weapon he saw, which were Beam Claws, and made a beeline for the door, bursting out of it and diving right downwards, not caring what any of the others did, so long as he killed the Lord of the Underworld again.

"Dark Pit, calm down!" Viridi called out.

"He's devoured souls, but killing my own wife and your own daughter is where I draw the line!" Dark Pit yelled.

"If I might make a suggestion, Mistress, maybe you should help the young master, even should he fail. Keeping him in Skyworld won't help anything." Arlon said.

Viridi sighed.

"Alright then, let's go." Viridi said.

She granted the power of flight to Dark Pit before he could hit the ground, while Pit grabbed the Palutena Bow and went to help his clone, and Palutena did the same to him.

"Be careful, Dark Pit. If I become too weak, the Power of Flight will give out and you'll fall. Just be aware of that." Viridi called out.

"That's fine. Just make me fly as fast as possible!" Dark Pit said.

Pit and Dark Pit moved quickly to the entrance to the Underworld, and Palutena and Viridi skillfully maneuvered them in. Hades was quick to confront them.

"Well, are you that eager to die, Pitty Pat and Pittoo?" Hades asked.

Both angels didn't speak. They just raised their weapons and fired rapidly. Hades just stood there, as the attacks didn't even make him flinch.

"Those pathetic toys of yours aren't going to hurt, you know. Your going to have to take out my head and heart again to even get a shot at taking me down." Hades said.

"That can be arranged!" a voice called out from the darkness.

Hades turned around, just before his head was blasted clean off by a massive energy ray from Swizzle. Minty then appeared flying in the air in her Minty Sakura form, and she slammed into his chest, creating a large hole and destroying the chamber the heart had been resting in.

"Swizzle! Minty! Your here!" Pit called out.

Swizzle and Minty both swooped in for a final blow, with Swizzle grabbing Pit and Minty grabbing Dark Pit, dragging them along for the ride.

"We heard from a... source of ours about what was going on, and we came to help. The rest of the team is back in Skyworld." Swizzle explained.

They rammed through Hades' gut and flew out of the Underworld.


Very soon after, they arrived back at Skyworld and met back up with the others, Sugar Rush having joined up with them while Swizzle, Minty, Pit, and Dark Pit were in the Underworld. Along with that, in the time they had been gone, Viridi had started to show signs of succumbing to the same thing Danielle had and had started to grow thin and frail, but she still had strength left in her.

"Well, that was... anticlimactic." Sticky said.

"I know. I figured that would be a long more... painful." Pit said.

"No, it just hasn't gotten painful yet." Moon said.

"Yet?" Pit asked.

"Yes, 'yet'." Moon replied.

The group entered the temple's main room, and the blonde space prince pointed to the fountain that allowed the Skyworld dwellers to observe what was happening down below.

"The planet is starting to crumble around us without Danielle, and Viridi soon if we don't help her. Everyone below is killing themselves in a panic as they start to finally realize that death is inevitable. The animals, oblivious to most things that hardly concern them, can even tell something's incorrect. If nothing's done, Hades is going to re-grow his head and use those souls of the dead that are quickly racking up." Moon explained.

"He's going to do that anyway, though." Candlehead said.

"That's true, but I would prefer to not have to deal with that for another couple hundred years at least." Viridi said.

Dark Pit turned to Palutena and Viridi.

"Alright, do either of you know if it's possible to revive a god?" Dark Pit asked.

"Possibly. But why do you care so much? I figured that having only a couple hundred years of no fighting would drive you crazy." Palutena asked.

"It's less fun if they can't fly. Last I checked, you can't divide your powers to allow both Pit and Dark Pit fly." Taffyta replied.

"That is true. However, I could figure out how to do that. I've been working on extending the Power of Flight for awhile now. No luck yet, but I have almost burned Pit's wings several times." Palutena replied. She laughed nervously and then asked "Anyway, what's your plan, Dark Pit?".

"I'm not really sure. We need to know first if it's possible to revive gods that can't do so on their own." Dark Pit replied.

Jubileena gazed at the fountain.

"Well, let's figure it out quickly, before the whole planet dies." Jubileena said, gazing intently at the fountain.

Toxika thought for a moment.

"What if we gathered all the remaining living plants?" Toxika asked.

Pit and Dark Pit snapped their gazes over to the Nature-themed Activist.

"What?" Dark Pit asked.

Toxika was unsure of herself.

"Well, Danielle is... was connected to Earth, so surrounding her body with a couple hundred pounds worth of plants might revive her. And if all else fails, we could always dump her in that rewind spring you talked about before and see if that helps anything." Toxika replied.

"Well, it's our best bet right now. Might as well give it a shot, right?" Vanellope asked.

The others agreed.

"Alright. I'll get the troops moving." Pit said.


Five minutes later, all Centurions halted their duties and went out into the Overworld, searching every area a plant could possibly grow in. The Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Damon, and Crepe also joined in the search, while Toxika stayed back and used her powers to form more plants. As Danielle lacked a room of her at the temple and thus didn't have a bed, Pit's room, which had the most comfortable bed in all of Skyworld (at least, that's what he boasted), was currently occupied by the dead demigoddess and a LOT of plants. Vanellope and Palutena oversaw their respected groups work and pointed them in the right direction, away from any group of humans that looked like they would be a threat to the troops.