Underworld Takeover part 2
Disclaimer: read chapter 1
The imps made it to Olympus, and they were facing Hermes. "But it's really, really important!" Panic cried.
Hermes was standing in gateway, and wasn't going to let the imps in, "Sorry babes, the no minion thing is an absolute." He slammed the gate, and flew back to the minion.
Pain's hand was stuck in the gateway, and he was crying out in pain, "YE-OUCH!" He was pulling his hand out of the gate. Once he managed to pull it out, he fell pass the stairs, all the way to a cloud. He looked at his hand, and it was throbbing red. Panic flew to Pain, and Pain said to him, "We gotta get rid of Hecate!"
"Now you're talking crazy!" Panic said, "That would take somebody really brave!"
"And strong!" Pain added.
"And heroic!"
"And affordable!"
The imps paused, then smirked as they came into the same conclusion.
Back in the Underworld, Hecate was chuckling wickedly as she was watching Hades' flame in the crystal growing. "Soon Hades' power will be drained, and I will be sitting pretty."
"Pain! Panic! What the hell are you two yelling about?!" Hecate and her wolves glared at Natalie coming in the throne room with her damp hair. Natalie glared at Hecate, and gasped. Natalie's eyes grew wide when she saw Hecate, and thought that she's, "HADES?! Is that you?! Holy cow, you didn't tell me you were turning into a girl! If this is one of your schemes to find out what Aphrodite thinks of you, don't bother. She hates your guts."
Hecate floated towards her, staring down at her with confusion, "Excuse me?!"
Natalie glared behind Hecate, and saw her two wolf minions growling at her, "Pain? Panic? If this is a new look, you two are doing, I gotta say I like it. You two look scary and dangerous."
One wolf scoffed, "We are not those idiot imps."
"Mm-hm," the other wolf said, "That is very insulting."
"Uh, hello?! Who are you supposed to be?!" Hecate floated in front of her.
"Oh come on, Hades. Don't pretend that you don't know me-"
"I'm not Hades, you idiot! Who in Tarturus are you?!"
Natalie chuckled thinking that this was the prank, Hades was planning, "Okay, Hades-"
"No! I am not HADES! Don't you know who I am?!"
"Yes, you're Hades, who transformed into a girl."
"What makes you think that?!"
"Well for starters, you have blue hair, the fangs, and you have two minions just like he has."
"If I were Hades, don't you think I have flames for hair, fast annoying speech, and disgusting yellow eyes?"
Natalie paused, and was thinking about it, "Hm... Good point. If you were Hades, you wouldn't have insulted yourself; and would've gone red."
Hecate scoffed, "Who are you anyway?"
Natalie shrugged, "Nattie."
One wolf chuckled, "Nattie?! That is a weird name!"
"Yes, it is very weird," the other wolf agreed.
"Nattie is just a nickname," Natalie explained, "My real name is Natalie, but people normally call me Nat or Nattie. Mostly Nattie. Now if you're not Hades, then who the hell are you?" Natalie asked Hecate.
"I'm Hecate, Demi-goddess of Witchcraft!"
"Hecate?" Natalie raised a brow, "Mm... Hecate... Hecate... Mm..." She shrugged, "Never heard of you."
"What?!" Hecate cried in anger, "You don't know who I am?!"
"No. But I gotta feeling you're going to tell me."
Hecate scoffed, "Queen of the night? Witchcraft? Ring a bell?!"
Natalie paused, "Mm..." She shook her head, "Nope. Doesn't ring a bell. Are you supposed to be a good witch or something?"
"I am a GREAT WITCH!" Hecate exclaimed.
"Okay! Okay! Chill out! Look, anyway, Hecate, what brings you here to Hades' domain?"
"What brings you here?" Hecate smirked.
Natalie smirked back, "I asked you first."
Hecate chuckled, "Let's just say that I'm making changes to the Underworld."
Natalie smiled, "Hades send you down here to redecorate this joint? It's about time! Hades always complains that he hates living this cold, gloomy place; but I keep telling him that he doesn't like the place gloomy, make it un-gloomy. But does he listen? NO! Well until now at least, now that you're here."
"I'm not a interior designer!"
"You're not?"
"No! I'm here to takeover!"
Natalie gasped, "Don't tell me! Hades replaced me with you?! He never told me that he's going to fire me?!"
Hecate's eyes grew wide in shock, "What?!"
"The woman doesn't get it," one wolf muttered to his wolf companion.
"No way. Doesn't get it at all," the other wolf said.
Natalie didn't pay attention or the wolves, "Look, I may be a lot of things! It's true I gripe, I moan, I complain, and say things to tick Hades off! But being the Assistance to the dead is MY JOB! And nobody takes my job, unless I say so!"
"Listen, Maddie-"
"It's Nattie!" Natalie snapped.
Hecate rolled her eyes, "Whatever. I'm not here to take your job! I'm-" Hecate paused for a moment, "Wait! Wait! Hold on a minute... You work for Hades? You're one of his minions?"
Natalie scoffed, "Okay, now I'm insulted! I'm a henchwoman! Do I look like an imp to you?!"
Hecate smirked, "Hades never told me about you. I thought he only has two idiot imps."
"Well, I do work here. Hades never told me about you!"
"Well, Nancy, what do you serve here?"
"First of all: it's Nattie! Second: I'm mostly the Assistance to the Underworld."
"How do you assist?"
"I don't know. Help Hades come up with ideas to take over Mount Olympus, do chores, be supportive, and I'm his massage therepist."
Hecate smirked, "Really? You don't say?" She put her arm around Natalie's shoulder, "You know I've been looking for a henchman or woman for quite some time now. I think you're the perfect fit. Plus I have this tension on my neck that needs treatment."
Natalie chuckled, "Hecate, I'm flattered. Really I am, but I already have a boss. Two bosses is just too much."
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that."
Natalie raised a brow, "What are you talking about? And what is that over there?!" She pointed at the crystal with a flame inside that was growing bigger.
"Oh that." Hecate smirked, "You see Nelly, I can't tell you that. If I did then you might tattle on your boss."
Natalie rolled her eyes, "Please, I don't normally throw people under the cart. Okay? Don't worry about me, I'm not a tattletale. And by the way... IT'S NATTIE!"
"If I tell you my plan, you have to promise you won't tell a soul."
Natalie paused then shrugged, "Sure, why not."
"Nuh-uh, I want you to really promise! If I tell you, how do I know that you're not going to escape the Underworld, and spill the beans?"
"Look, Hecate, I'm not that type of person to be noble."
"But how would I know?" Hecate then snapped her fingers, "AHA! Swear it on the River Styx!"
Natalie paused then said, "Alright. I swear on the River Styx that I won't say a word about this to Hades."
"Or anybody else?"
Natalie sighed, "Or anybody else. By the way, even if I wanted to tattle, I can't. I'm... grounded."
"Grounded?"
"Yeah, Hades says no TV, no going out with friends, no nothing!" She groaned, "He can be such a jerk sometimes!"
"Don't worry about that, Mandy." Hecate smirked, "As soon as Hades' flames go out, his powers will be drained! And I will be ruler of UNDERWORLD FOREVER! HA! HA! HA!" Hecate gave out her wicked laugh.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Time out for a sec!" Natalie gave out her timeout sign, "You mean to tell me that you're here, because you want to take over the Underworld?! And Hades doesn't know about this?!" She smirked, "I gotta say, I'm impressed. You're more evil than Hades."
"So how about it, Matt?" Hecate asked, "You and me work together to take over the UNDERWORLD!"
"Hm... It does sound interesting; but what about Hades?"
"I wouldn't worry about him. He's becoming weaker by a minute. And Mattie, I can be a better boss than Hades at any day. I won't punish you at all. I'll give you everything you want. I'll even give you trendy clothes than... that!" She gestured Natalie's blue shirt and vest, blue jeans, and black boots.
Natalie was officially insulted, Okay, I picked out these clothes! And my name is Nattie not Mattie! "Okay, what about the imps?"
"I fired them."
"Literally or-"
"Not to worry," One of wolves said, "They're out of domain."
"Yes, they won't be coming back here again," the other wolf said.
"Hm... Why not? I'm bored, I can't leave. I want to get even with Hades for grounding me, so what the heck. And don't worry, I'm going treat you like I would treat my boss."
Hecate smirked, "Perfect."
Natalie smirked, "Yeah, outstanding."
Meanwhile, Hercules was watching the sheep, until he got unexpected visitors. "Surprise!" Hercules turned to see Panic and Pain standing there.
"Remember us?" Pain asked. Hercules immediately stared swinging his cane, and the imps stared flying, trying to dodge it.
"Wait! Hercules, my hero!" Panic cried.
"Friend of the down-dronten!" Pain added.
"We've come in peace!"
The imps held out their two fingers, and placed another arm behind their backs, "Honest!"
Hercules paused, while staring down at them. He said to them, "This better be good."
Moments later, when the imps were explaining the situation to Hercules; the young hero asked, "HA! And you want me to break the crystal, and get rid of Hecate?!"
The imps nodded, "Uh-Huh!"
"Look even if I wanted to help you, which I don't, I can't leave the ship. I-I-I'm responsible for them," Hercules explained while rubbing the sheep's head.
"Who cares about those stupid sheep?!" Pain asked.
"The future of the Underworld is grimmer than usual!" Panic cried.
"I swore that the sheep will not leave my sight!" Hercules said, "Sorry."
"AAAH! Listen to us!" Pain cried in frustration, "Hecate is worse than Hades! The devil you know is a lot better than the one you don't! And if anything happens to Nattie, when Hecate is ruling there-"
"Wait a minute! Nattie?! Nattie is in the Underworld?!"
Pain nodded, "Uh-huh!"
"What is she doing there?"
"Um..." Pain paused trying to think of a lie to protect Natalie, "Um... Natalie got captured by Hecate, and probably using her for... um-"
"Wait! I get it! If you think you can trick me into thinking Nat is in trouble to help you, you're mistaken! I bet she's not in the Underworld!"
"But what if we're not lying?" Panic asked, "You do care about her don't you?"
"Are you kidding?! I wanted her to notice me since I've met her-" But then he frowned, "but I'm not going to fall for that trick! I have a responsibility to take of the sheep, and that's that!"
Panic secretly smirked, because he formed a plan of his own.
"But-" Pain was interrupted by Panic, who covered his mouth to keep him from talking.
"No problem. No problem. We'll be going now," Panic pulled Pain aside, and began whispering his plan. Pain then formed a smirk, and they both snickered. Hercules didn't pay attention to them; he was too busy helping the sheep.
Ten minutes later, Hercules was sitting down with Pegasus, sleeping under a tree. While they were napping...
ROAR!
A lion appeared and began chasing the flock. The sheep made a run for their lives, and that woke up Hercules. He gasped, "The sheep!" He jumped on Pegasus, and they were flying towards the lion. Hercules cried out, "Get lost, pest!"
The lion was roaring, and suddenly, he turned into an imp. Not just any imp, Panic was standing there with a smirk on his face.
"Huh?!" Hercules was confused at first, but when he turned to see the sheep were gone; he cried out, "NOOO!"
Pain was flying towards him, and asked an obvious question, "Looking for someone?"
Hercules sneered at the imps, and asked, "Where are those sheep?!"
"We'll never tell!" Panic cried.
"Unless you help us," Pain said.
"You'll never see your-wooly-responsibility again!"
"What kind of TWISTED SICKO threatens innocent sheep?!" Hercules cried.
Pain puffed up with pride, and answered, "We learned from the master!"
Panic began to tear up, "Hades would be so... Proud!"
"So what's it going to be?!" Pain asked.
Hercules sighed, "Alright, but first you're going to show me that the sheep are safe!"
"And you swear you'll help us?"
"Sure... No problem." Hercules secretly made crossies behind his back.
"Hero's honor?" Panic asked.
Hercules paused then sighed, "Hero's honor."
The imps smirked at their satisfaction. They both raised their hands, and said, "Deal!"
Hercules groaned, because he's not looking forward to helping his enemies get the Underworld back.
A/N: In the part where the lion shows up to hurt the sheep, and Hercules was supposed to tend the flock; it kinda reminded me of the story of David from the Bible. I love that story. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Is Nattie really going to help the person, who can't say her name right? Will Hercules help the imps get the Underworld back? Will he find out about Nattie? Review!
P.S: No flames please. If you don't like the book, don't give a bad review or read it at all. Just saying.
P.P.S: Here are the episodes that's coming up in order:
The Gorgon
The Minotaur
