Styx and Stones
Written By AvengerArch
Prologue
A man walked through a dimly-lit tunnel. Stalactites hung from the ceiling. The walls were made of red stone. The small amount of light in the tunnel came from the rocks, mysteriously shining from within the red surface.
The man was clothed in a black suit. He had short black hair, a black goatee, and a scar that stretched
from his right eye to the corner of his mouth.
He walked up to a wall made of stalactites and stalagmites, growing so large that they completely barred the way.
Red mist swirled around the mans palm, then a sickle appeared in his hand. He swung it at the spires of rock, and they all shattered. The sickle vanished, and the man walked into a large chamber. There was the sound of rushing water above, and a large stone pillar stood in the center of the room. A dark cloaked figure stood beside the pillar. He had glowing green eyes that shone through the darkness that enveloped him.
"Don't do it, Cronus," the cloaked man said in a raspy voice.
"You can't stop me, Charon," the man named Cronus said.
"I know," Charon said, "I'm warning you. You will wake the great serpent. It dwells in the Styx."
"Your lying!" Cronus' eyes widened.
"No, i am not."
"I don't believe you," Cronus said. The sickle appeared in his hand again. He swung it and ripped a chunk out of the pillar. Immediately green water rushed out of the hole.
"So long," Cronus said. He waved his hand, and a black hole opened in space. Cronus walked through it, and it disappeared.
"The world, is doomed," Charon said. He disappeared into a cloud of blue smoke.