Rachel laughed as she and her friends walked down the school hallway.
"Yeah, I have practice this evening why?", they heard their friend Thomas say.
"Hey, Tom, walk to class with us". Tom hung up his phone and walked with them.
"Who was that?", Rachel asked.
"Uh, nobody", they knew it was some girl as Tom had a new one every week or so. They walked into history class and sat down. This month they were learning about Ancient History from around the world.
"Okay, guys and girls", their teacher Mr. McClain said.
"Today we are moving on to a different country, I know you all are tired of Greece", he laughed.
"Today, we are learning about England. English mythology".
"There is a part of England that believes in the beginning there was a battle between good and evil, and the son of the evil leader rose up against his father and killed him and helped the good to win. Now, they do not worship him. He is merely a play thing. A cool story for the children. He isn't a god that they worship. He is said to live in The Underworld.
In your books turn to page 546 and read along with me". At that moment thunder clapped and the power went off.
"Oh, there he is!", Mr. McClain shouted and lunged under his desk for the amusement of the kids. He got up and started reading from the book.
"Now, it surely puts a damper on trying to show you all pictures of this dude, he's really cool looking, but with the power out, it's impossible. So, I'll describe him to you". He began.
"First off, his species. He is a spawn from The Underworld called Brimstone. He resembles what we would think as a monster under the bed. He is said to be very handsome. He is said to be very old in his species years but be a teenager in our years. He wears a black cloak put together by chains, he has a dumb, but funny sense of humor. He has pyro and telekinesis, he has wings of brimstone and fire. He can transform into a fire monster, said to protect humanity. His other names are Hades, and Alec".
"So, there's the rundown".
Rachel's mind began to wonder.
"Oh, and he is covered in his tribal kingdom's tattoos. And is said that he will come to earth and protect everyone from the returning of his dad and meet his soul mate, turn into a human, loose the tattoos and live happily ever after".
Wow, she thought. That sounds wonderful.
Mr. McClain taught for another hour or so. Then school let out, Rachel went to cheerleading practice in the rain, and then school let out. She was walking to her car when she heard something, something from under her. The ground began to shake, then cracked open. And something came up from out of it. Something insidious.