He walked away...
Persephone stood staring at her husband as he nearly ran out the door away from her.
Away from what she had done...
Her hand suddenly went to her lips that were hot and red from the kiss she had tried to have with Hades. But he had pushed her away, had not wanted what she was going to give...
Hot tears of rejection suddenly came to her eyes as he quickly tried to wipe them away. This plan, them, everything was now over because she had made the mistake of trying to have what she could never possess. She wanted freedom, she wanted love and passion, and none of that was to be had with her dark husband.
"Because" she said quietly "He doesn't want me..."
No, it was something more than that, something she felt that she knew Hades did not...
The rip in her heart hurt more than anything as her hands firmly tried to place themselves above her heart, trying to stop the pain, the tightness that was in her chest. But it was no use, she could do nothing, no movement nor action would stop this thing tearing her up inside.
Slowly she sank to the floor, her eyes dry of tears as they stared out into the air of her room, her lost blue eyes knowing not what to do. She had come here for refuge, for comfort, for some kind of salvation for her freedom. But now it seemed all lost...
"I need to go" she said to herself but her body did not move. Where would she go? Where would she stay? She had no money, no way out...
Suddenly she stood up, a fire burning in her chest where the tightness had been. She couldn't rely on Hades anymore, and she had practically made a fool of herself just now. No, if she was going to do this, she needed to do it on her own. Quickly she stripped off her dress and changed into a white T-shirt and red skirt as she dawned some boots so her feet could carry her far.
Only one word kept resounding in her head the whole time her feet carried her out the door and out of the Underworld.
"Run."
"What I'm telling you is true" Hades said getting frustrated as his brothers babbled on at their table. Hades had joined his brothers Zeus and Poseidon at one of Zeus's corporate towers MT Olympus Inc. as they discussed the events from the other night.
"A Nemean Lion is almost out of the question" Zeus said shaking his head "You sure it wasn't some kind of mountain lion or some escaped thing from the zoo?"
Hades rubbed his temple at the stupidity of his brother sometimes as he sighed and said "No brother, for the last time, it was a Nemean Lion."
"What business would it have at a club though?" Poseidon said as he scratched his head full of dark brown curls.
"I have no clue, but it was after Athena and the others" Hades said.
"And what business did you have at that club anyhow?" Zeus said raising an eyebrow at him.
Hades eyes darkened as he looked away and muttered "Persephone was there..."
"What was that?" Zeus said with a small smirk on his face "Did you say "Persephone?""
"Yes dear brother I was out watching my wife at a club" he said with a bit of a sneer "I was being a bit protective over the things that belong to me, unlike someone I know who lets the wrath of his wife follow whoever he fancies this week. And it's a good thing I was there, Athena herself was having trouble with the lion."
"A Nemean Lion" Poseidon said to himself "What could have caused such a creature to come out?"
"I'm not saying you shouldn't have been there Hades" Zeus said shrugging "I just merely find it comical that you were in such a position. You must be very jealous if you were spying on your wife."
"I am not!" Hades said snorting.
"Ha!" Zeus said pointing.
"Would you two cut it out" Poseidon said getting a bit annoyed "We do actually have a situation on our hands. What if there are more monsters? Do you think Enchidna could be back to making monsters?"
"If she is we will hunt her down and slay her just as we did before" Zeus said rocking back in his chair as his arms crossed. Hades noticed his suit was almost getting too small for his bulking figure.
"We won't know anything unless another creature shows up" Hades said "Until then I suggest we lay low and keep this lion business to ourselves."
"Agreed" his brothers said in unison.
Hades heard his rational words come from his lips, but deep inside he had a dreaded feeling that this wouldn't be the last time they would see another creature from the darkness...
Persephone's feet carried her out past the Underworld, out the the very outskirts of the county of Olympus. She had walked and ran and sprinted for hours now, so far that she thought she should be in the next city by now, but still the road led on, no streetlights, only highway in front of her. She made herself avoidable to mortals, but no doubt some god had passed by and noticed her wandering.
What did she care? She was going to run as far away as possible. Far away from Zeus and her mother, far away from the peanut gallery of their kind and the stares and judgments. Far away from the city and lights, far away from...from...
"Hades" she whispered as her body suddenly stopped. She was running away from him...
The tightness had not gone away, why did she feel it so strongly?
She looked up at the stars, the twinkling lights in all the blackness of the night. It reminded her of the way Hades had made his Underworld...
"Gah!" she exclaimed trying not to think about him as she paced back and forth on the side of the highway. It was late at night now with barely any cars coming down the long stretch of pavement.
Why? Why did she think of him so!? What kind of man was he anyway?!
"He's arrogant!" she said to herself "And bossy! He thinks he knows everything and anything! He's bullheaded and stubborn and has a temper!" she started trying to think of all the things she knew about Hades lord of the dead "Though he can be sometimes generous" she sighed "And he does think of others despite what he says..." she stood for a while as her eyes closed thinking hard of her so called husband "He...he's kind...and sometimes a bit sad...but he cares an awful lot about the dead..."
"He..." she said looking up "He's...ugh!" she said exasperated.
Why couldn't she say how she felt? Why did she get so tangled up when even thinking about him?
She began walking again, just to get the thoughts out of her head by the physical activity. The air began to chill as fall was here and the darkness had long took over the sky.
The wind began blowing all around her, but Persephone was too caught up in herself to care at the moment. She wanted her heart to make up it's mind. Was she going to just keep running? Running away seemed like a really good idea, but then every time the thought crossed her mind she saw Hades's face in her mind.
Damn him, and damn everything about him.
That stubborn, obnoxious, wonderful god...
Suddenly the wind picked up strongly, the air making Persephone's skin crawl. This was not a fall wind...this was a chilled, spooky wind. The kind that only in stories boasted something ominous coming this way.
"I better find somewhere to go" she said to herself as she began walking faster now. Surely there was some truck stop along the way, some house she could seek shelter in for a few hours...
But before any hint of society was in view a loud, horrible boom rattled the air and the earth around her.
"What the?" she said to herself looking down at the ground. Was it an earthquake?
Another large boom sounded out, a combination of thunder and earth rolling under her as she shrieked quickly, her knees giving out beneath her. Her hands caught her fall but the earth again boomed beneath her.
She looked all around her, afraid to get up from her hands and knees for fear the earth might move again. But she saw only darkness and felt the wind howl around her.
"Oh Gaea" she whispered. She was terrified, her limbs stuck in place in terror as the booming sounded out again, only this time it was accompanied by a second sound. A horrible, shrill roar, the kind of cry that made Persephone duck her head down and cover her ears.
"Oh no" she whispered "No, not again..."
Another boom, this one even closer now, rattling the trees from their roots and shaking the heavens it seemed as Persephone dared to look up, knowing whatever it was could be closer than she wanted.
As her eyes peeled themselves open she saw it in the darkness, a huge Hydra with nine heads twisting around like snakes on a mounted body that was walking slowly across the land.
"Holy shit" she heard herself curse out loud.
It's glowing yellow eyes were the only distinction between the heads as they rolled around each other, all looking for something in particular. The only one that wasn't looking was the main head, who's eyes were steadfast in front looking ahead.
What could she do? She couldn't take on a Hydra by herself, her powers weren't meant for destruction only bringing life...
She had to find Hades or Zeus or any other god or goddess she came across. She couldn't do this...not by herself...
Slowly she began backing away, her knees and hands crawling backwards so not to draw attention to herself. She hoped to get in the darkness of the trees, to shield herself some from the massive creature that seemed taller than most buildings in the city. She could see the glow in the distance where the city of Olympus sat, it's ever glowing presence shining through the night.
The city...
It was headed straight for the city!