Hecate sat upon her throne, twirling her hair around. It was a slow death day in the Underworld and these days were always boring. Her two faithful Empusas, winged wolves that served as her familiars, were sleeping on the floor of the throne room. Both were equally bored.
Suddenly, the room began to shake. Hecate sat upright in her throne and the two Empusas woke from their nap. Hecate jumped up from her seat and looked out of the window to see what was the matter. A stream of flame poured down in front of the window, causing Hecate to jump back. She stuck her head out the window again and looked up to see a massive black dragon clinging to outside of the skull shaped palace.
Hecate cursed and barely was able to pull herself back inside before another stream of fire poured out of the dragon's mouth. Hecate gestured for the Empusas to follow her and they flew out onto the bridge leading away from the palace. The dragon spotted them and released another stream of flame to create a wall of fire directly in front of them.
Hecate turned back to see the dragon fade away and a glowing orb of green light appear in its place. The orb flew over to the bridge and stopped in between Hecate and the place. The orb took the form of Maleficent.
"Who on earth are you?" Hecate asked, clearly angry.
Maleficent gracefully waved her arm. "Why, I am Maleficent, the Mistress of All Evil!"
"And what do you think you are doing?" Hecate spat furiously.
Maleficent chuckled lightly and replied, "I am here to reclaim the Underworld for Hades."
Hecate shook her head in disbelief and anger and fired a bolt of magic at Maleficent. Maleficent merely lifted her staff which absorbed the bolt like a lightning rod. Hecate felt the power draining from her as the staff seemed to suck up all of her magical powers.
The Empusas flew down and tried to dive-bomb Maleficent but she tapped her staff on the ground and gravity pulled down the flying wolves to the bridge. At the same time, the hovering Hecate fell to the bridge as well. Maleficent then tapped her staff on the bridge again and cracks began to develop.
Maleficent smirked. "This is where I get off."
Maleficent then disappeared in a flurry of flames. The bridge began to crumble and break apart. Hecate tried desperately to run back into the throne room and off the bridge, however, she was unable to run fast enough and the bridge completely collapsed. Hecate and the Empusas fell like stones into the River Styx and were never seen again.
Maleficent rematerialized back in Hades's throne room.
"Hades, you can come out now," she called.
Hades reappeared in his former throne room.
"Hecate is dead?" Hades asked hopefully.
"As a door nail," Maleficent replied with a smirk.
"YES!" Hades shouted in excitement. He pulled Maleficent to him and planted a big fat kiss on her lips. It was only seconds later that he realized what he had done.
"Sorry," Hades said backing up, "Sorry. Don't know where that had come from."
Maleficent seemed equally stunned but she quickly reoriented herself.
She tried to play the whole thing off as a joke, "Well it could have been worse. We could have disappeared in a flurry of flames and made love."
Hades chuckled at that, more to ease the moment than because he got the joke.
"Well anyways," Hades said, trying to change the subject, "Thanks for all your help. You were a real life saver!"
"You too," Maleficent said, "Um... I should go."
"Okay," Hades replied, "Hope I see ya around soon."
"You will," Maleficent said smirking.
Hades sighed and plopped down in his old throne. It had been so long since he sat in it that he forgot how uncomfortable it was. Hades made a mental note to purchase and new throne and went off to bed. He finally had his kingdom back! But, for some reason, it just wasn't enough to satisfy him anymore.