Blue Flames Rise
Chapter 2
AN: So Hadley's speech towards the end is my take on Chris Villain's song Make It Hot. Credit for it goes to him. I would also like to say that my rough drafts are all handwritten so what I think is a good sized paragraph hand written is actually really short but I'm too lazy to add to it. That is all.
3 months previously…
The clashing of swords could be heard all across the wharf. A teenage boy with a short, spiky mess of orange hair crouches on the mast of a different ship in the wharf. The sail hides the boy in shadows as he watches the fight down below.
As Mal turns to leave through the pipe, she looks up and sees the telltale burnt orange vest with black stripes and a flash of green eyes looking directly at her. The boy gives Mal a small salute before dropping down from the mast into the water below. The half pixie nods before running through the pipe to meet the others at the limo.
She climbs into the vehicle next to Ben and quickly closes the door. "Step on it! Conner was there so the other Furies know we are here!" she says looking out the window to see if the orange haired boy, Conner, followed them.
"The Furies? As in keepers of the time string?" Ben asks confused not fully understanding the history of Olympus.
"Those are the Fates. The Furies dealt in vengeance. They saw all crimes and made the offender pay. It's where one of the gangs on the Isle got their name," Mal says after smiling at her King's adorable confusion.
"That gang always caused more problems for Mal than anyone else. They never seemed to be villains or heroes. They are somewhere in the middle," Carlos says as he scratches Dude behind the ears. "Hadley and Mal never got along. Conner is second in command to Hadley. If he was seen, she is close by."
"Who is Hadley's parent?" Ben asks.
The purple haired beauty clenches her fist as her eyes briefly swirl with green magic. "Hades."
Meanwhile…
On the far side of the Isle bordering the Uncharted Forest, a large steel warehouse sat. The entrance was falling off of its hinges exposing the pitch black interior. Gusts of chill air continuously leaves the building despite summer approaching. Conner's tiger ears twitch as he enters the freezing entrance corridor. The inside of the warehouse is kept dark to hide the boxes of riches. Riches as in shiny stones that are the equivalent of jewels on the Isle. Rows of metal shelves were filled to the brim with large wooden crates. Ivory skeletons shift the crates nonstop. Bones crunch under burnt orange combat bots as Conner heads down a tunnel in the back of the warehouse.
"Mal defeated Uma. Now would be the time to claim more territory," the tiger reports leaning against the tan clay wall.
Inside the room Conner entered, a teenage girl with dark blue hair was lounging on a bed reading a book. She glances up at her partner with a smirk. Emerald eyes turn yellow as her hair begins to flame up. "For once Mal proves to have a use," she states setting the book down beside her.
"Are you sure that this is a good idea? Uma is really pissed off…" Conner warns sitting down on the corner of the stone framed bed.
The girl widens her eyes and leans forward to punch his arm. "We've been partners for 10 years. You know me! Uma will go after Mal and Harry is reckless! Now is our chance!"
She climbs off the bed and grabs her black leather vest off of the floor. After pulling on her vest, she grabs Conner's arm.
"We've been kept down here! But not anymore… now there's something to fear! Time to start a war!"
"Seriously, Hadley!" Conner says as he is pulled to his feet. He chuckles and ruffles her hair as his ears twitch in amusement.
Hadley rolls her eyes and bats his hand off of her head. "I'm tired of being on the sidelines when I know that the world should be mine! I'm done pretending that everything's fine! They're not ready for this power of mine!" she continues as her eyes glow a brighter yellow. She pokes at Conner's chest before walking out of the mostly empty room.
Conner rolls his eyes and follows his partner out of the opening in the wall. They run through the tunnels until they hit the heat of the outdoors a few minutes later.
"Can't you see the smoke rising? Can't you feel the heat? There's no way that they're surviving cuz you know I can't be beat! So I'll bring the fire and make it hot!" Hadley says as a blue fireball briefly flickers in her hand. She smirks and closes the rusted metal door shut behind them.
"I see your point. We've been taking names here and taking names there. You've got big plans in the making and we ain't playin' fair," Conner laughs as he runs and jumps at a dead tree close by. His claws dig into the bark as the dead vines sewn into his black pants blend in with the rotting bark of the tree. As the young goddess runs towards the broken down metal buildings, the tiger cub follows along jumping from tree to tree.
"Can't you feel the flames? When I'm done, they'll remember my name. Princess of the Underworld… feelin' my fame. Making the Fates go round changing the game… the temperature is rising. Can't you feel the heat?" Hadley says before reaching the Core Four's clubhouse. "A war is coming, brother. Mal will burn under the heat. Vengeance is a bitch, it's time to remind her why we are called the Furies."
Present Day, Castle Beast
Mal was sitting at her desk in Ben's office. She was looking through the birth records from the Isle trying to determine who to bring over next. She had already decided to bring over Conner Khan, Raja having wanted to meet the villain cub.
"Hey Ben… can you come here for a second?" Mal asks holding a birth certificate in her hand.
"Is everything okay?" Ben asks seeing the look of shock on his True Love's face. He gets up from his desk and walks over to his dragon. He takes the paper from her and wraps an arm around her. "Mal… we're bringing her over," he states after looking at the birth certificate. Ben sets the paper down on Mal's desk before taking her hand and leading her out of the office.
On the birth certificate, the name Hadley Olympia was at the top. Unsurprisingly, Hades was put down as the father. However… it was the mother line that shocked Mal. She has a sister