Artemis left Khloe at the inner temple alone. Before Khloe could say a word, Artemis dashed off to join in the battle with her father and brothers and sisters. The temple was far enough away from the action that Khloe didn't know what was happening, yet close enough that she could both hear and feel the intense battle that was raging on between the Titans and her family. "What on earth is going on…" Khloe wondered aloud. These Titans were supposed to be imprisoned deep in the underworld. Something fishy was going on, and she was determined to figure out what.
Stepping quickly and quietly, Khloe made her way to the outer temple and tried to peer over the gardens. She could barely make out shouts between Apollo and Artemis. "Artemis! Behind you!" Apollo shouted, and Artemis quickly turned and shot her arrow into the shoulder of a large, burly creature, who quickly stumbled back and fell into an array of foliage. Khloe continued to walk around, finding hiding spot after hiding spot to witness the fierce war. Hermes was locked in an aggressive fight with Epimetheus, the Titan who grabbed her earlier. "Get off of me, little man!" Epimetheus shouted as he tried to hit Hermes, which was like trying to swat a fly. "You attacked my sister, you monster!" Hermes shouted and stabbed Epimetheus' arm with a short dagger. Epimetheus, seizing his short chance, retaliated and punched Hermes. "Take that, little man!" Khloe stepped back and her hands flew to her mouth as she gasped. She wanted to help so badly but she was not a fighter. She ran to the very corner of the temple closest to the major action and hid behind a column. From here she could see her father Zeus fighting with Prometheus, the leader of the Titans.
The two were hand in hand in combat, both struggling to overcome the other. Finally Zeus slammed Prometheus to the ground, but Prometheus rolled out from underneath him and then slammed the ground with his fist, which caused a pillar of stone to rise and overcome Zeus, trapping him. Khloe, who was watching intently, shivered. "Release me, Prometheus!" Zeus shouted, enraged. "We are not under your authority now, Zeus. I must thank your son Heracles though for freeing me from that wretched torture of the eagle, daily eating away at my liver. But today, we all are here to seek our revenge from tortures and imprisonments." Prometheus paced around Zeus. Suddenly, a dark cloud arose from the edge of the mountaintop and from it emerged Hades, god of the underworld. "About time you showed up!" Zeus shouted angrily. Hades walked slowly towards Zeus, ignoring the battles and the Titan nearby. "Sorry, but you know that the underworld is oh so far away from Mount Olympus." "Look around you, Hades. Explain to me how they escaped!" Zeus wasn't cooling down. "I can't explain how they escaped, but I can bring them back down to their rightful place." Zeus opened his mouth to say something, but Hades stopped him as he slid his bony finger down the stone encasing Zeus. "Under one condition." Zeus hesitated a moment. He knew how much Hades resented him for his many years of rule over the worst place possible on the planet. What he wanted though was entirely a mystery. Hades continued and spoke in a voice that made chills go down Khloe's spine.
"I know how much you love contracts… Let's make a deal."