Atticus, Patch, Drell, Iolaus, and Hercules were soon at the entrance of where the journey would start.
"You are a very brave and wonderful boy," Drell put his arm around Atticus. "I admire that so much... I really wish you could've been my son."
"Don't you have a spell to let that happen?" Patch whispered to Drell.
"I don't wanna break Patrick and Emily's hearts." Drell replied with a small chuckle.
"Aw, you're nicer than you claim to be." Patch smirked.
"What? Me, nice? No! I... Pssh..." Drell shuddered.
"Why not then use your magic to go to a dimension where Atticus gets to be your son?" Patch whispered to Drell.
Atticus soon covered Patch's mouth. "Don't give him any ideas."
Drell chuckled at this. "Anyway, Hercules, you don't have to face the Hydra alone."
"Hercules, don't go." Iolaus frowned.
"I must, Iolaus." Hercules replied as the wind gently blew.
"But the Hydra is dangerous." Drell said.
"No mortal who has ever laid eyes on it has lived to tell the tale." Iolaus added.
"I have, Iolaus." Hercules said.
"I've seen it too, but this one might be different." Atticus said.
"You have?" Iolaus asked them curiously.
"In my dream," Hercules replied as he held his head. "I fought him and I lost. And now, if I don't fight him again, I'll be lost forever."
"I didn't fight, uh, him, once, someone I knew did." Atticus said.
"Really?" Iolaus asked. "Who?"
"Yes, Atlas, who?" Drell smirked.
"I don't remember his name, but I do know that he was strong and fast and he fought the hydra." Atticus said.
Drell smirked and slightly rolled his eyes.
"Then let me go with you..." Iolaus begged Hercules.
"No, I'll do this with Atlas." Hercules replied.
"Yes, with the two of us working together; it should be easy." Atticus said.
Iolaus then stayed behind as Hercules and Atticus went off together. Patch was about to go with them.
"No, Patch, you should stay here." Atticus replied.
Patch whimpered sadly as was his dog nature.
"Stay with Iolaus and Drell." Atticus said.
Patch whimpered.
"Don't even try..." Atticus frowned.
Atticus and Hercules soon continued on their way.
"Come along, Atlas." Hercules replied.
"Right behind ya." Atticus nodded.
Once they got to the river, they got on a boat Atticus had made with his strength. The two paddled across the water together. And where unknown to them, a crocodile was looking ready to eat Hercules, finding him less of a challenge than Atticus. He went into the waters to get himself a meal out of the strong demigod man. Hercules and Atticus were unaware of this as the crocodile soon ate the strong demigod man.
"HEY!" Atticus glared.
The crocodile simply shrugged at him before feeling something going on with his mouth.
"Spit him out RIGHT NOW!" Atticus demanded.
The crocodile shook his head until his mouth was then forced open. And where at first, it was opening a little by Hercules, only for it to be opened all the way by Atticus.
"This is ours, and that's mine, thank you, forget you...!" Atticus took the boat and oars out and rushed out with Hercules to get back into the water.
The crocodile was angry with Atticus for taking back his meal.
"Go eat some ducks!" Atticus pushed away the crocodile. "We're not on the menu!"
The crocodile soon chased after them, wanting to eat the both of them.
"Ooh, I am so not ready to be a crocodile's dinner!" Atticus groaned.
They soon swam away and where the crocodile soon saw Iolaus, Drell, and Patch swinging in on a vine.
"Drell and Patch?" Atticus asked in surprise. He soon focused back on the crocodile and punched it with an uppercut, sending it flying into space.
"Hercules, let me give you a hand." Iolaus insisted on helping his friend.
"Now will you two accept our help?" Drell asked.
"Atlas and I need to do this alone," Hercules replied. "How will we face the Hydra?"
"We'll find a way." Iolaus vowed.
"Yeah." Drell said as Patch nodded.
They were then all in the boat and going down the stream.
"Does anyone else hear rushing water?" Drell asked as he was trying to sunbathe.
Patch soon got worried and he soon pointed forward. Drell removed his sunglasses and gasped in fear. Hercules and Atticus panicked as they tried to paddle away from the waterfall. Atticus started to paddle at super-speed.
"Faster!" Drell rushed him. "I can't swim!"
"Drell, we're going around in circles because Atticus is going super-speed on only one side." Patch whispered.
"And here comes the drop." Drell sounded unfortunate.
They soon fell down the water fall.
