"Ah, shit." Nikita grumbled to herself as she stood onto her feet. Her fear now disappeared into the air was now replaced with the sudden urge to be strong and powerful. And of course with her knowledge of Greek mythology she knew exactly who she was looking at. "Eros, to what do I owe your drop in?"

Eros chuckled. "So you know who I am." He chuckled again while Roscoe too stood on his feet, his hand still gripping the backpack but now it was open and his hand was inside it. "I came to finish you off."

"Why?" Both Nikita and Roscoe ask him in anger. The two look at each other and then back at Eros.

Eros stepped forward and Roscoe moved forward while Nikita stood her ground. "Because demigoddess, you have become a nuisance to me."

"And why is that Eros?" Nikita though had an idea why Eros is so ticked off.

"One name only, Anteros." Nikita held back a scoff. She remained silent and she could feel Roscoe's eyes moving from her to Eros and back. "You see you have smitten him, just like my mother to my father." He took another step forward and Roscoe mimicked his movements. "And I am not a fan of it. Not one bit."

"Well I am sorry. But I am leaving today and you will never have to deal with me again I can assure you."

"I know that. But that will not suffice." Eros sprung forward suddenly.

Roscoe worked fast. He pulled out a small sword from his back pack, which fell to the floor with a thud. With a push of a button on the bottom of the handle the sword extended out to a full size sword thanks to air pressure lodged in the bottom of the handle. Roscoe stepped to the side directly in front of Nikita and held the sword up in a defense position. Eros flew up and dodged the defense. Eros then swooped down and attempted to take Nikita from behind. Roscoe spun around her and she moved immediately out of the way. With a swing of his sword he hit Eros on his arm. Eros screamed in pain and he pulled out his bow and arrow though this time these arrows aren't meant to cause love in strangers. The arrows flew through the air and Roscoe moved out of the way as fast as he could but he wasn't fast enough to dodge a last arrow that hit him in his right leg. Roscoe fell to the ground, his sword discarded for he grasped the wound in both of his hands. Nikita ran to him and kneeled on the floor. Eros laughed and climbed higher into the air. Then with a mighty dive he went straight for the two on the ground. Nikita stared up at Eros as he became closer and closer. The song Holding Out For A Hero ran quickly through her head as she threw herself over Roscoe to protect him. Just as she suspected a hit she instead heard a grunt from right above her and then a crash. She looked up and saw Anteros, his back bruised and a little bloodied for some odd reason, but there he is. Holding Eros up against the wall with a hand on his neck.

"If you even cause a scratch on her Eros." Anteros warned before he threw Eros across the alley.

Eros crashed against a dumpster. He stood groggily and looked straight at Anteros. "Oh you do not have to worry about that brother. The only thing I am going to do to her is snap her neck." The two love gods then started to fly towards each other when black fire suddenly erupted on the ground just moments before they were to hit. Anteros flew back and stumbled onto the ground, Eros crashed against a wall and he held himself up with his hands.

"Ah, shit." Nikita repeated as she stood and helped Roscoe to his feet.

Roscoe who had an arm around Nikita's neck stared at the fire. "Who?"

"Hades." Anteros answered for him. He quickly went to Nikita's side.

The fire disappeared and Hades in his dark colored robe a gold sash coming across his chest from his left shoulder. His long black hair reached just before his waist and it was worn loose. He looked around the damaged alley and then he laid his eyes on Nikita. There his eyes stayed until they moved towards Eros. "Come before me Eros. I would like to see you." Eros walked over to stop just feet away from Anteros. Anteros moved closer to Nikita, squishing her into Roscoe but also keeping her safe from Eros. "Now," Hades started, "what is all the destruction about?" When no one answered Hades only scoffed. "Fine. Do not tell me. But I shall tell you now that Zeus has called for every single one of you. You will wait in the Underworld until he is ready to take you."

"Ah, shit." Nikita repeated for the third time.

Hades only chuckled at her. "Come all of you." Fire emerged again but this time a gate took its place. Eros was the first to walk in, Anteros who took in his hands Roscoe's book bag and inside it his sword, now reduced to its original size and then Nikita and Roscoe and finally Hades. Fire came up once more and the gate disappeared.

-*- The Underworld -*-

While the four followed Hades through the Underworld no one talked. Eros walked directly behind Hades and Anteros stood right behind him. Roscoe still limped against Nikita who stood once again in the middle between Roscoe and Anteros. The Underworld is exactly as Nikita pictured. Gloomy, dark and cruel. Around her she saw the souls of the dead either being tortured countless times or being forced to work. Nikita took a deep breath in and it came out shakily and worriedly. Suddenly her right hand gets grasped. She looks down at it and sees a hand intertwined with hers. She follows the arm that leads to Anteros. He remained looking forward, his face hard and serious, a face she hasn't seen him with before. She grips his hand tighter. She wishes that she could just wrap her arms around him and feel utterly and completely safe but Roscoe is in need of her help. Suddenly a howl echoed against the pillars of the Underworld. Hades sighed and shook his head. They turned a tight corner and Nikita had to hold back a laugh, Roscoe on the other hand chuckled.

There lay Cerberus on his back with Persephone on his belly scratching him. Cerberus' three Doberman heads licked their mouths as the scratching continued. His legs kicked against the floor causing a small rumble. Persephone giggled. "Who's the good guard dog? Who doesn't let souls escape? You do. You do!" Cerberus' three heads barked in happiness, their tail causing a small breeze. She laughed and looked up. "Oh!" She cleared her throat and patted the dust off her toga which is just a white robe with a blue scarf that dangled from her arms and went around her back. Her brown hair is the same length as Hades and there were two clips at the sides of her head creating a simple, but elegant, design in her hair. She stood and slid off Cerberus before he sat up. "Hello Hades. Who do we have here?"

Hades groaned. "How many times do I have to tell you Persephone? You cannot give my great beast scratches."

"He likes it though." She looks at the big dog. "And he's such great boys." The heads all barked.

Hades placed a hand on his forehead. "Just keep an eye on them while I go inform my brother that I have them in my position." Without Persephone's answer he turned and left.

Persephone shook her head at her husband before walking over to them. "What did you two do this time?" She asked with a smile on her face. Eros scoffed and walked away. He came to a stop at a stone and sat upon it. "Hm." She turned her head towards Anteros. "Well. Would you like to introduce me to your fellow trouble makers?"

"Yes. Of course." He turned and with his hand he motioned towards the person he names. "This is Nikita. She's a secret demigoddess and this is Roscoe, her protector."

"Oh. Well nice to—"

"So I guess you use contractions too brother." Eros interrupted as he once again turned his head away.

Persephone cleared her throat. "As I was saying. Nice to meet you two."

"Thank you Persephone." Nikita said.

Persephone looked at Roscoe. "You're hurt."

"I'll be fine."

"Nonsense. I have some herbs with me that will help." That's when Nikita noticed a small modern pouch on Persephone's hip. She pulled out two leaves that Nikita recognized aloe vera.

"Just aloe vera won't heel him Persephone." Nikita said softly.

"Yes yes I understand but then I'm a goddess." The goddess kneeled on the ground. "Lay down Roscoe." Roscoe, not really knowing what to do, did as he was told and laid before Persephone. She immediately went on to working on his leg while she spoke to the others. "Why don't you guys sit down as well and maybe you can tell me why my father is so angry with you."

Anteros sat first, pulling Nikita to the ground with him. He still held her hand while they sat. "It started when Nikita came to Greece Persephone. I believe she stayed unbeknownst to me or the other gods and goddesses days before I first saw her."

"Actually, it was only a day." Nikita said.

Persephone giggled. "Well Anteros, it seems you've noticed her quicker than you thought."

"Ow!" Roscoe hissed.

"Oh sorry." Persephone apologized. "Pushed down too hard. So what happened after that?"

"Well," Nikita started, "he didn't come to me that day. He came the next day when he saved me."

"He saved you?" Roscoe asked in disbelief before hissing in pain again.

Nikita nodded. "That day we went to the market. I got separated from you and Alex and he brought me to you guys." Roscoe just starred at her. He was about to say something else when Nikita continued. "Either way that was the day we first truly met."

"Then afterwards, I believe it was two days later, when Anteros came to the hotel balcony to tell me my singing was—"

"Is." Anteros interrupted.

"—is beautiful." Nikita said.

"He went to the hotel?" Roscoe asked dumbfounded.

Ignoring his question Anteros continued for Nikita. "Then it was another two days, meaning yesterday, when we met again." He paused. He looked up at Eros. "I believe this was the cause of the problem Eros?" He asked his brother with so much hatred in his voice Nikita sank back.

Eros' head came up suddenly. Persephone was looking at him, in fact everyone was. He scoffed angrily. "You told the freaking girl you love her and you have the gull to say that you do not love me the same."

"Eros, I never loved you the way I love Nikita." Anteros answered in a clipped voice.

"It is like that human girl all over again."Anteros' whole body twitched and his grip on Nikita's hand tightened. Eros groaned and once again lowered his head. Anteros glared at his jealous brother.

Roscoe looked from Eros to Nikita. "He told you he loves you?" Then he looked to Anteros. "You love her?"

"Yes Roscoe." Nikita answered. Roscoe turned his head back towards her. "And I love him." Anteros smiled for the first time since he came to save her.

Roscoe blinked and groaned. "Dad's totally going to kill me for letting this happen."

Persephone patted Roscoe's leg. "You're good and why would your father harm you?" She stood. "You can't prevent two people from falling in love. Human, demigod or goddess or a full on deity. It just happens, as does jealously." She turned her head towards Eros on the last part. She looked back at the pair who sat together on the floor. "I can piece the rest. Anteros told Eros, he got mad and charged towards Nikita in an angry rage. Wouldn't be the first time a god got all jealous." Persephone smiled as did Nikita. Hell almost every single god and goddess got jealous at some point except maybe Artemis who swore off all men and sex and love. The only goddess to still be a virgin.

"Oh, Persephone." Nikita said. "I noticed that you use contractions like Anteros and that you have a modern pouch. Why's that?"

Persephone giggled. "Anteros and I have become modernized. Of course I more modernized than him. I completely love the modern time. I in fact have a few friends, both male and female, that know I'm a goddess and they are the greatest. At first they worshiped me but once we became really good friends and I convinced Hades to not kill them for not worshiping me," she giggled, "everything's been great."

Nikita nodded. "It was the same for me. Every time I get a new protector."

Roscoe helped himself up. "I don't remember worshiping you." He said as he stretched out his leg. "Good as new." He muttered.

"Oh yes you did." Nikita said as she stood and this time she pulled Anteros up with her.

"Still don't remember."

Hades at that moment appeared. "Come. Zeus is ready for all of you."

Persephone walked towards Hades. "Be gentle with them Hades."

"You are coming with us." He simply replied.

"I am?"

"You are." He turned his head to Eros. "Come on Eros. Zeus is especially mad at you."

"Joy." He grumbled as he stood.

Hades stood and started to walk towards a gateway that Nikita guessed Hades used to get here. Behind him went his wife, who waved goodbye to Cerberus, who just barked, then Roscoe, Nikita and Anteros. Anteros then let go of her hand and stopped. Nikita stopped as did Roscoe. "You go on. I'm staying with my brother." Understanding him the two went into the gate.

Eros walked to Anteros. "It would have been easier to never have talked to her."

"It would have been easier if you controlled your jealously and anger." With that the two brothers walked in the gateway which then closed immediately behind them.

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