The Prophecy, Chapter 6

Jim woke up when the door slammed back.
He heard footsteps fading as he tried to figure out what he was doing there and why his hands were chained to the wall. Where was he?
He was supposed to be on a trip to the Grand Canyon with his best friends, not chained to a wall in some cell.

He looked around. This wasn't like any "room" he'd ever seen. The walls were made of stone, but the ceiling had markings, like shiny blue rose pedals, all over it. The door was made of stone, and the lock had those similar blue markings all over it.

In the middle of the room, a pillow floated on thin air like a ball held up by a wind blower. The pillow was carrying a blue crystal orb. Jim thought he heard voices inside it, but he tried to shake that crazy thought off his mind. He tried to break the chains but it was like that when he pulled them, they got stronger. The chains drained his powers, and whatever they were. But it was like those chains were some kind of magic, dark magic.

Jim thought of his mother and her eyes. What had that staff done to her? She just vanished into thin air, like steam.
"Don't help them!" She had said. But how could he help them? What did they want with him?

Jim was ripped from his thoughts when a man with blue fiery hair and pointy teeth walked into the room.
He had pale skin and his eyes were almost yellow. He was wearing a sort of black clothing with skull pins in it.

"You can try and try, but those chains are enchanted, and no matter how you struggle, they won't break. And you have to keep your powers until we bring your girlfriend down here. What was her name again? Ariel wasn't it? You know you talk an awful lot in your sleep. Mommy mommy what do they want with me? Boohoo.." He said and laughed right into Jim's face.

Jim got so mad that he almost ripped his arms off when he tried to break the chains one last time. He felt a cold sting in his chest. The man was right, those chains were enchanted and they were actually draining his power, whatever that was.

"I'm Hades by the way, and you are?" Jim felt surprised. Those men went to an awful lot of trouble to kidnap him, but they didn't even know his name? What was that? Jim shook his head. "I'm not going to help you. Whatever you do to me. I won't do anything for you."

"Oh that's a shame. I was kind of hoping, you know, if you want to see your little mama again"
Jim's heart started pounding. "What do you mean?"

Hades started walking around. "You see, if you help us, by creating as many chains like these, and the staff you obviously saw my friends use last night, we would be able to bring your mother back. But we can't do it if you won't help us." Hades said with a frown.

These last words blew courage in Jim's chest. "I'll do it, whatever you say, if I can see my mother again. Please I'll do anything." Hades smiled. "Good, I'll be here first thing in the morning."

Hades walked out of the room smiling. The others were waiting on the hallway. "Did he buy it?" Frollo asked. "Of course he did." Hades said and smirked. "Now we just have to get that girl and everything will be perfect." The closiers gathered their stuff and walked together towards the dark halls of the golden palace.