Well, after a break from this story, I'm ready to continue. After seeing the last episode of Teen Titans, a story idea popped into my mind. I got so caught up in that story, I completely forgot about this one! But, I'm back, and I hope you like chapter eight: destiny, the beginning of a three-part mini-saga, and during this mini-saga, a very startling revelation will be made…

Disclaimer: I do not own the Hades from Disney's Hercules, because that's who this Hades is.

Chapter VIII: Destiny

Part I

"So they've defeated the Phoenix. That does not surprise me." Destiny said to a red orb with Chaos' face in the center of it. Destiny was in a white and gold robe. His hair was white with strands of black in it and he had black, feathered wings with red horns on his head. He also had claws coming from his wrists and black sandals.

"Be on your guard, Destiny. That Daniel gave me a run for my money; surely he'll give you trouble."

"… …Yes. I guess… Master." Destiny said reluctantly. Destiny turned and the orb turned back into an eye and returned to Chaos' chest. "Fool. He thinks he can control me… maybe he isn't as smart as he looks."

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Dan sat in his room listening to music while looking out the window. It was seventy-three degrees today, but many people in Times Square were tired of the heat (chapter seven). "What am I doing in here?" he asked himself. "I should be out there."

In her room, Hannah thought the same thing as she lay on her bed, thinking about what Chaos would be planning next… until she looked out the window, that is. "Hmm… maybe I'll go out somewhere today,"

Jake kicked then punched a punching bag hanging from his ceiling in the basement in dragon form. He made his room down there, and had punching bags, cinderblocks and stuff like that littered all over the place. He morphed into human form and grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat off his face. He put the towel around his neck and drank some of the orange juice he had sitting on the table. "Whew…" he sighed. "What a work out." He looked at the clock. 12:00 pm. He's been training since five, nearly seven hours of training had been accomplished. He threw the towel into the open wash machine and put a T-shirt on before walking up-stairs.

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Far above Times Square, the phoenix was pulsating and starting to grow as he circled a theatre. "C, caw!" It screamed. "IT BURNS!" A phoenix saying it's burning itself? That wasn't right. The phoenix swept in through the streets, burning paper and melting streetlights as it pulsated and grew. "GAH! IT BURNS!"

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Destiny molded a car into a throne and transformed a newspaper into a long red carpet leading towards his throne. "Chaos you fool, I work for no one." Destiny had screws and bolts circle around his head and create a gold crown. "This is my world." A shadow turned into a cloaked one-eyed man who bowed before destiny. One red eye was in the center of his hood and he had black claws. He was merely a shadow man (see Generation J, I believe it was). "Shade."

"Destiny, sir, the phoenix is now under your control."

"Excellent. The master phoenix… with him under my control, and the Chaos Phoenix in Times Square, I'll have all 96 phoenixes that still live! This world is mine!"

"How, sir?" Shade asked. Destiny grinned.

"There'll be more. As more are born, they will become Destiny Phoenixes, Chaos Phoenixes with my little twist… they only obey me. Thousands of Phoenixes burning cities to the ground! They'll have to surrender to me! Plus, with you and Nightmare, if they fail, the Nightmare Legion will succeed!"

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Chaos obliterated a wall in anger. How could he trust such a being like Destiny? "Blast that Destiny, I never should have trusted such a sketchy character…" Chaos said. "No matter; a minor problem. I think I'll just sit back and watch Destiny suffer at the hands of those four children."

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Jake was about to go back down stairs when Travis stopped him. "We have trouble," Travis said. "The Phoenix is back."

"What?" Jake asked. "I thought you and Hannah destroyed it!"

"No, it escaped. It's back to destroying the city again."

"I'll get Dan and Hannah." Jake said as her ran off.

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In Times Square, people tried to escape as the Phoenix burned everything in sight. It's eyes were blank and as wide open as possible as it screamed in pain. "IT BURNS! STOP THE BURNING!" It screamed as loud as it could. Jake, Dan and the others were horrified at what had already been destroyed; it's only back two minutes and nothing remains but puddles of melted metal and plastic. "GGGYYYAHHH!" It screamed.

"We have to take this thing down," Jake said. "Dan and I will distract it, you guys try as many ice spells as you can, water can't touch this thing."

"We know; we couldn't do that last time. This time he's hotter than ever."

"That's right folks, come one, come all! Oh? The fearsome foursome! Welcome to my little barbecue! What will it be, hot dog or shrimp?" Hades asked as he held up a dog and a child.

"How about neither, Hades."

"Ah, party poopers. Destiny's Phoenix here, yeah, he's not too happy about being on fire. Truthfully, I weakened his skin, so now he has no resistance to heat. But don't tell bird butt, I told him you did that. Oh well. Strange how pain can drive one insane, huh?" Dan blasted Hades with a fireball. "Okay, kiddo. If that's the way you want it to be, then come on!" Dan morphed into his dragon form and was punched by Hades.

"…" Dan chuckled a bit before breaking into laughter. "That's weak!"

"You know, I should have lifted those weights when I had a chance…" Dan kicked Hades into the Phoenix. "This stinks. Literally." Hades said before being consumed by flames. As he was, the phoenix shrunk, and shrunk, and shrunk until it disappeared.

"Well… that takes care of two of Chaos's goons." Travis said.

"There's still Thor, Destiny and that sick freak, Loki though." Hannah said.

"Yeah…"

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"Sick freak, eh?" Destiny asked as his eyes and ears returned from Times Square to his head. "That suits him perfectly. Shade! Make sure that no matter what, Loki's next stop is Times Square."

"Yes master…"

To Be Continued…

Not much of a cliffhanger, but oh well. Till next update!