Hey fellow quarantined Descendants,
So Twisted and I are now in official quarantine. My brother and I are sick, but are being told to stay home and rest unless we get worse. So now, when we are able to write, it's remote... Twisted's favorite! (Insert all the sarcasm here)
Anyway, welcome to another week of updates. Last week we saw Uma and Deez wrestle with demons and monsters while Harry and Gil did everything they could to pull them back.
This update, something unexpected is going to take them by surprise. We hope you enjoy.
-Dark-
"The Mistress of Evil has pulled back the Goblin squads that were patrolling the edges of town." Pain explains, holding a partially rolled scroll in front of his face.
"So something had to have happened, right?" Panic asks as he paces twitchily back and forth behind Pain.
"Seems like something knocked some sense into our fair fairy." Hades rubs his chin thoughtfully, "Nothing about my Firebug though?"
Pain and Panic look at each other and blink.
"Do you mean the Mistress-"
"The Firebug!" Hades slams his hand down on the arm of his chair, "The girl parading around as a boy, the one that is so fucking entertaining, the one the fairy is afraid of."
"Oh, yes. That Firebug."
"Unfortunately we didn't hear anything from Master T."
"But speaking of fires, if fires are interesting to you oh master," Pain bows deeply.
"There was a fire in the red lantern district." Panic continues quickly.
"And a death." Pain adds with a small glare at Panic.
Hades raises a brow. "Whose death?" He steeples his fingers together thoughtfully.
"A priest named… Fro-" Panic gulps, "Uh, Fro low?"
"Then where the hell is the Firebug?"
"Sorry our Liege, Master of all things dead, but we did not see Master T, or hear any news of our Mistress Hyades either."
Hades narrows his eyes as he rhythmically taps his steepled fingers together. Huh. If Frollo was dead, that meant the Firebug was somewhere else. But where could the Little Shit have run off to? And why wasn't he terrorizing Baby Cheeks for both capturing him, and summoning his daughter? It didn't make any sense and it was irritating him. Didn't the damn kid know he was his entertainment? Fucking disobedient little brat, didn't he understand his place as his entertainment?
"Okay-" Hades stands up and claps his hands once, "New plan. Maim yourselves while I go find my daughter." Firebug was never far from fire, so if something was going on with T, his daughter would know.
Pain and Panic both stand up straight as they salute him before tackling each other as they start scratching, swinging, and biting each other's tails in a whir of chaotic fighting.
He lets his senses branch out, searching the thread that kept him connected to his daughter. Unexpectedly she'd started hiding herself from him, but if he really focused, he could still feel a slight vibration pulling their shared thread taunt in her direction.
"Huh…" He glares into the distance as he walks out of the temple, "What in the underworld is she doing way over there?" He drags a hand down his face, "Ugh. What a pain." Even after all these years he missed his ability to just teleport. Walking just made him feel so disgustingly mortal.
Damn kids being a pain in his godly ass.
Deez frowns as she arranges more stones along the bottom of the basin she was slowly turning into a swimming pool. She kneels and holds her hands over the rough surface, melting the stones until they smoothed out.
This project was starting to consume her entirely. Every moment not spent helping Gil was spent here, until Gil forced her to rest.
It was their new routine. Work themselves to exhaustion and repeat the next day. Part of her wondered if her nightmare the other night helped Gil justify staying in this cycle for now.
She shivers. That had been a bad nightmare. At some point, while avoiding the image of T's legs and feet, her mind had connected that the burns were probably worse when he'd dragged her down the well. As if her brain needed an excuse to bully her.
It backfired though. Sure, she woke up feeling like a monster, feeling like she always did in the deepest, darkest part of her mind. But Gil pulled her back. Reached into her nightmare and pulled her out.
She blushes. She hadn't been able to explain her full dream to him, but she knew one day she would tell him how much of a hero he was. He made her believe she was good. Gil chasing all the bad things away and growling his displeasure at her negative thoughts was hard to argue with.
It made her stomach twist in a weird but not unpleasant way.
She smiles as she stands, resting her warm hands on her hips as she stares at the 'deep' end of the pool.
"Kitten!" She jumps at the voice behind her, eyes widening as she turns to face her father.
"So, this is where you've been hiding." Hades grins. "Don't blame ya kid. This is probably the nicest spot I've seen in this shit heap. Good taste. I like it. I see you're already putting in a nice little spa or pool. Add a palm tree or two and you almost have a small paradise for you and your followers." He chuckles as he crosses his arms. "Hephaestus must've really fucked me over if you can melt stone but not these stupid cuffs."
Deez blinks. Why was he here? "What's goin-"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Hades waves her off dismissively. "I know our deal Kitten, just here outta pure boredom. I can only rock so much guitar and watch so many stories. I wanna know where that little interesting shadow of yours has run off to." He crosses his arms.
"T?" Deez bites her bottom lip as she inches closer to the shallow end of her empty pool, "He's um, not doing well right now."
Hades snorts, "Kitten, that little ball of entertainment is never doing good."
She shakes her head, "No, I mean he almost died." She presses a hand over the ache in her chest. It still hurt to admit out loud. "Harry found him and, he looked bad…" She hugs herself, wondering why she was suddenly so cold.
Hades lifts his brow, "Again? Yeesh is that why he dipped out and stopped stirring the shit pot?" He frowns. "So, what almost took the kid out this time?"
"I don't know," Deez shivers, "I think Frollo, but Gil said something about the place Harry found him in."
Hades' lip lifts in a slight snarl of disgust. "Gross. Kid's way too good to be taken out by him." He sways slightly in place as he looks around the cove again, "So, Gil huh? That the kid beatin' the shit outta something in there?" He asks as he gestures with his thumb towards the cave entrance.
Deez sighs and nods, "We make swords together. Well, I melt the metal and he shapes them."
"Huh," Hades chuckles. "Is that what you kids spend time doin'? Coming up with weapons? I like it. Smart."
"It was T's idea." She smiles, though it quickly drops again, "He saw me making glass and then suddenly he had us making swords." Why was he suddenly so interested, so complimentary? And why did she want to keep explaining things to him? She presses a hand to her chest, already knowing the answer.
"See. That's what I like about your little girlfriend. Always coming up with the interesting stuff, and equally interesting himself. Kid's full of surprises. Keeps you on your toes." He salutes her before he starts walking towards the cave.
"Wait, no! Where are you going?" Deez asks as she rushes to climb out of the pool.
"To go talk to this Gil kid, yeesh," Hades rolls his eyes, "you're acting like Imma kill him or something. Retract the claws Kitten, your old man's just curious about something."
"Just talk?" She glares as she edges to get between him and the cave entrance.
"Eh." Hades shrugs. "Depends on how quick he answers." He responds vaguely. "Just tryin' ta get some answers as to what happened to my entertainment."
Deez sighs, "Can I at least warn him?"
"Sure." Hades shrugs as he walks over to the cliff and leans against it. "I get it, I get it, he'll be in awe that I'm seekin' him out. I get it. It's not every day a god calls on a mortal."
Deez turns, rolling her eyes as she runs into the cave, "Gil!" She shouts as she races towards the anvil.
The bright tings and tangs suddenly stop as he throws the hammer down and comes running. "What's wrong Deez?" He asks, skidding to a halt in front of her scooping her up in his arms protectively.
"Uh…" Deez immediately wraps her arms around him, "My father wants to talk to you?"
"What? Senior is here?" Gil stares down at her. "Why?" He asks in confusion. "He wants to talk to me?" Sounding for all the world dumbfounded.
"He and T have a relationship based on entertainment. And he wants to know what happened."
"Okay…" He swallows hard, as he places her behind him, "Stay behind me." He frowns.
"Gil-" Deez steps beside him, "please, just-"
"Mhmm." Gil keeps her in place behind him, "Just, please, for me?" He asks with an edge of desperation in his tone. "It'll make me feel better."
She bites her bottom lip, but nods in acceptance, "Be careful."
"Thank you," He breathes out heavily before he kisses the top of her head. He turns and starts walking out of the cave cautiously.
"Oh. So you're Gil." Hades greets with a chuckle. "You're an entertaining one too. Trying to punch a god? It was almost cute." He pushes off the wall.
"Um, kay?" Gil narrows his eyes, as he tilts his head to the side. "What did you need?"
"Right, boringly down to business." Hades rolls his eyes, "Where was the little Shadow at?"
Gil tilts his head before he straightens up with a frown as he puffs up his chest. "Why?"
Hades rolls his eyes, "Curious as to where the Firebug went off too. I was expecting big things from him and then pfft. I get squat." Hades explains.
"I told you he wasn't doing well." Deez rests her palm on Gil's back.
"And I asked Lover Boy here where the little Firebug was being kept." Hades crosses his arms over his chest.
Gil narrows his eyes, "What were you expecting from T?"
Hades rolls his eyes, "Yeesh." He shakes his head, "A fire or two? Some destruction? Retaliation on the Fae for lockin' him up and summoning his fire goddess. Some general chaos and mayhem against her coterie. I mean not much, but it's pretty entertaining to watch a babe terrorize the isle's biggest boogeywoman."
Deez narrows her eyes at the double entendre of babe, but keeps her mouth shut. Uma didn't want Gil knowing about T being a girl, but she couldn't do anything about it without drawing Gil's attention to it.
Gil's brows furrow, before he closes his eyes with a heavy sigh. "T didn't make a deal with you too did he?"
Hades laughs, "Not yet anyway, not that I don't plan to offer. And the Firebug loves making deals, so I'm sure he'll take me up on it."
"Ugh." Gil frowns as he brings up his hand and pinches the bridge of his nose, "Harry found him in the red lantern district." He volunteers.
"Where the fire was?"
"Fire?" Deez furrows her brow as she inches closer to Gil's side so she can see his face.
Gil nods his head, "Yeah. We tried to burn it down when we went back to make sure Frollo was dead."
"So, you know what was done to the shadow then." Hades narrows his eyes.
"No…" Gil frowns, as he shifts uncomfortably and drops his eyes. "Just, ya know, where he was being kept. Harry's the one who figured out where he was and res-found him."
"So, Harry's the one I need to talk to then?"
"No." Deez growls as she shakes her head, "Harry and Uma are taking care of T, so leave them alone."
Hades narrows his eyes in thought. "I know our deal Kitten, I'm not going to hurt your followers."
"Do we have the same definition of hurt?" Deez demands as she tries to get between Gil and her father, only to have Gil stop her with an arm around her waist.
Hades snorts, "I won't put my hands on them if that's what you're afraid of. I just want to know when I can expect Firebug up and running a muck around this lame, boring-ass isle."
"Deez," Gil whispers calmly as he picks her up by the waist and presses her to his chest protectively. "Can't we send him to you when he's healed?" He frowns, "It's not like we'll be able to stop him once he finds out he's being sought out by you." He rolls his eyes, clearly not thrilled by the fact.
Hades purses his lips as he rests his hands on his hips, "Just how bad is the firebug?"
Gil looks away, "Not great, from what I saw in that room."
"Oh, you saw? That makes this easier." Hades rolls his eyes as he bends to look him in the eyes, "Don't move." His hands coming down on Gil's shoulders.
"No!" Deez screams as she struggles against Gil's hold, "You said you-"
"Sshh Kitten. The more he fights the worse it'll be and I doubt your tantrum will help things."
Deez freezes, her eyes wide as she stares up at her father. She should have known better than to trust him.
Gil squares his shoulders as he holds Deez to his chest tighter, and meets the god's eyes with a glare.
"Not hurtin' him Kitten. Just taking a little peek under the ol' mortal hood." Hades pulls away from Gil and quickly helps the pale, shaking boy to the ground, "Fuck kid, talk about a ball of rage." He steps away. "Yeesh." His face pulls back in disgust, "What the fuck is up with this isle?" His lip curls in displeasure.
Deez shifts to support Gil, tears in her eyes as she kneels in front of him. She wraps her arms around him protectively, pressing his face against her shoulder, "What have you done! You promised not to hurt him. You said talk!" She screams at her father, at the god accusingly.
"I-It's o-okay D-Deez." Gil responds shakily, as he pulls her into his lap, wrapping his arms around her protectively as he looks above her to study the god curiously.
Deez sobs in relief before she hugs Gil tighter.
Hades watches the two curiously before he chuckles with a shake of his head. "You really have made quite the group of followers Kitten." He steps forward to ruffle her hair. "Proud of you and your cousin." He frowns.
"What are you going to do?" She snaps as she glares at her father.
"Well first things first," He kneels and grabs her face in a firm grip. "Try not to fight Kitten." He warns before their blue eyes clash together.
Tears pool in her eyes as her life flashes uncomfortably in her mind.
"Huh." Her father stares at her curiously. "You've been busy I see, and not just getting stronger." He stands. "And I'm…" He looks away. "You're half-human you know. Start acting like it."
Deez takes a deep breath, "I know I'm only a demi," she swallows hard as if she could rid herself of the burning in her chest, "like you've ever let me forget it." Her eyes drop to the sand.
Hades brings up a hand to rub the back of his neck sheepishly. "Yeah well, I'm a shit dad but there are worse."
"Find what you were looking for?" She asks bitterly, still holding Gil tightly.
"So-so." Hades frowns. He crosses his arms and taps one hand on his upper arm. "Take care of Lover Boy will you?" He turns and throws up a hand behind his back before he starts walking away.
Deez glares at her father's back until he vanishes out of sight around the outcropping of the cliff.
Only then does she take a deep breath, shaking herself of her memories before she turns back to Gil, "Are you okay?" She stares into his eyes as she holds her hands to his cheeks, afraid of how cold he felt.
"Uh, I've been better." He admits as he brings one hand up to rub his neck. "That was… intense and unexpected..."
A tear falls as she blinks and turns away, "Yeah. Sharing your life experiences with him is at the very least uncomfortable."
Gil's face twists in concern before he wraps his shaky arms around her and falls back into the sand. "Is that what it was?" He stares up at the barrier. "Uncomfortable is a good word for that..."
"At least that's all it was this time." She bites her lip as her brow furrows.
"Weird he would care to know so much… How worried should we be about T right now?"
"T caught his interest before the upgrades happened at the shop. Probably even before that, he just never had a face to the scent." Deez sighs shakily.
"Fuck," Gil growls uncharacteristically as he brings his fist down to the sand.
"I'm worried about all three of them. Something caught his attention, he hasn't bothered to look at my life since-" She closes her eyes.
Gil nods, as he sits back up and forces himself to stand, only to wobble and fall on his ass. "Damn it." He shakes his head.
"You need to rest." Deez glares as she pushes him to lay back.
"This is so fucking dumb," Gil growls. "If our family is in trouble…" He tries to stand up again.
"He could have killed you, Gil." The very words make her heartache, "Stay still for a moment."
Gil looks up at her with a furrowed brow. "He could've killed..." He pales before he's back on his feet, placing his hands on her shoulders. "Fuck that, come on."
"I'll go, but you need to stop and catch your balance."
Gil frowns, looking torn for a moment before a look of acceptance crosses his face and he lets himself fall back to the ground. "Alright. Go. I know you'll be faster without me. Just promise me you won't do anything stupid, and you'll come back to me."
Deez bites her lip as she kneels next to him, "I-"
"Deez, you need to go warn them." He says sternly. "If there's a chance that can kill-" He chokes, "Go! I'll catch up when I can, promise. But I know you're faster than him. So, go warn them!"
"Okay." Deez nods. She quickly kisses his cheek before she turns and runs.
"Deez!" Gil called out, "Sweater!"
"Right!" She rushes to the cave entrance and scoops the black hoodie up before she continues running.
Seriously? What the hell was wrong with people- with mortals? Stupid, disgusting worms.
And just how the hell was that kid okay? Either of them? Besides being little balls of rage. Did that make them strong? Was that why his daughter was as obsessed with them as they were with her?
He'd always known the filth and corruption of the isle ran deep, but it never interested him enough to look into it. That was before he knew how much there was.
Why did it make his skin crawl? What was this? He shoves the thoughts away, utterly repulsed.
It didn't matter. Right? Not to him. He'd seen worse in the underworld.
"Where are you going now?"
"To visit with your cousin." He waves his hand dismissively at his daughter. "Thought you'd stay with Lover Boy."
"You said you wouldn't hurt them." Deez snaps as she runs in front of him and stops.
"And I didn't." Hades rolls his eyes before he picks her up by the shoulder, easily moving her out of the way so he can continue walking.
"I've seen that stupid trick kill people." His daughter glares as she runs back in front of him, "How the fuck can you argue that it isn't hurting them?"
"Yeah, the weak-willed who can't hack it." He flicks his wrist. "So, unless you think your followers are weak…"
"I don't care. Leave Uma, Harry, and T alone."
"Well, I-" He stops before turning to look at her with narrowed eyes. "Need to know something."
"What?" Deez shakes her head, "What do you suddenly need to know that you can't just ask like a normal being?"
Hades rubs his chin thoughtfully. "Because I doubt any of you would be very forthcoming with the answer, and I have a burning desire to know if every one of your followers have been..." He blinks down at her. "You'll get it when you're older." He continues walking.
"Oh my gods!" Deez groans as she continues with him, "You don't get to use that."
"Eh. Watch me. I'm not explaining it to a…" Hades looks her over curiously. "What are you like, fourteen?"
Deez blinks before an incredulous laugh escapes her lips, "Seriously? If you have no idea then how am I supposed to know?"
His eyes narrow, his face pulled in a dramatic frown before he shrugs, "Dunno, figured that was Pain and Panic's job. But either way, you're way too young, and luckily... Innocent, I guess and I'm not-" His face pulls in a grimace, "I'm not having this conversation with you Kitten."
"I never expect you to have useful conversations with me unless it somehow benefits you, so don't worry." Deez rolls her eyes.
"Ouch." He holds a hand over his chest. "I'd like to think some of them have been meaningful. We just talked about the Firebug like three weeks ago or something."
"Sure, I'll give it to you, you're not evil, just a jerk." Deez claps her hands.
"Thank you." Hades bows slightly. "I'll take it."
"But I don't trust you."
"Good. You shouldn't trust any adults on this shit pit."
"I thought we were working together or something?"
"Hey kid, this might not seem like it, but this is us working together. I just like knowing what I'm getting into… things with."
"Then look at it later and leave them alone for now."
"Better to just rip off the band-aid now Sweet Cheeks. Besides, I want to see how bad off the Firebug is."
"He's burnt. Like badly burnt. I know you saw it in my memories."
"Yeah, and I saw a pool of blood in Lover Boy's. Burning doesn't do that type of damage. And as I said I want to make sure my entertainment is up to snuff when they wake up."
Deez stops in her tracks, "Pool of blood?"
Hades rolls his eyes as he takes Deez by the shoulder and starts guiding her towards the docks. "See, innocent. I'm not bursting that precious bubble your followers are trying hard to protect. As you said, jerk, not evil."
Thankfully they fall into a silent walk until they reached the edge of the dock.
"Fuck." Deez gulps, shaking her head as she jerks backward into her father.
"Uh-huh." Senior frowns as he picks her up like a football under one arm and continues walking.
"Put-me-down!" Deez screams the moment he crosses onto the wooden path of the docks, panic making her voice shrill as she fights his hold on her.
"Would you rather not be there for your cousin?" He goes to put her down on the dock, with no intention of actually releasing her.
He blinks in surprise when she grips his arm tightly and bites his wrist all while kicking his side.
"Ow." He looks at his wrist to see if it was actually bleeding. "Retract the claws Kitten." He continues walking.
"Put-me-down!" Deez continues to scream, "Putmedown. Putmedown. Putmedown."
"Yeesh, you could wake the dead with that hollering Kitten." Hades chuckles, "And are you sure that's what you really want? Because when I tried you bit me like a rabid cat." He sighs as he throws her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"Fuck you!" Deez cries as she continues to fight him, kicking and screaming as her fiery fists beat his back.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Hades chuckles, "Never would have guessed you had this in ya kitten. Not gonna lie, kinda proud of you."
Uma's brow furrows at the distant sound of someone screaming. She stands and walks towards the window.
"What the hell be ah goin' on-" Harry's eyes widen as he sits up in the bed beside T, "Fuck! That be ah soundin' like-"
"Deez!" T's eyes shoot open as he springs up, looking around in alarm at the shrill scream.
"T! Ya can be ah fucking layin' right the fuck back down is what ya can be ah doin'." Harry glares.
"Hook?" T blinks in confusion. "What the fuck is happening?" He looks around the cabin with a frown. "Where the fuck is Deez?"
"Ya got T Harry?" Uma snaps over her shoulder as she runs for the door, "Yensid, with me." She barks
"Aye." Harry quickly agrees.
"As you wish Captain." Yensid agrees not needing to be told twice as he shuts the door behind them.
"Ya be ah hearin' me, T." Harry snaps as he turns, lightly gripping T's shoulders, "Be layin' the fuck down before ya be ah poppin' yer damn stitches."
T's face darkens as another scream penetrates the cabin. He meets Harry's stern face with a glare. "You can't be serious." His eye twitches as Harry easily pushes him back down to the bed.
"Aye, I can be bein' serious." Harry nearly growls, "I be ah wantin' ta be knowin' too, but I ain'nah takin' me eyes off ya if ya be ah wakin' up just now. Fuck only knows what ya'll be ah doin' and ya ain'nah in any state ta be doin' shit."
T opens his mouth to argue before he glances down and notices the IV in his arm, and the black stitches standing out on his pale skin. He quickly shuts his mouth with a snap.
"Good lad." Harry lets out a sigh of relief as his eyes dart to the door and back.
"Well, what's fucking stopping you?"
"The fear ya ain'nah gonna be here when we be ah gettin' back." Harry snaps.
"Where the fuck am I going to go!? Go fucking see what's got her hollering like a fucking banshee!"
"She's supposed ta be at the fuckin' cove with Gil." Harry grimaces.
"Well, she's clearly a shitty listener!"
"So are you!"
"Go fucking see what the fuck is happening!"
"Ya promise you'll be here when I be ah gettin' back?"
T rolls his eyes, "Yes Hook, now go!"
"I be ah swearing ta Neptune T, if I be ah comin' back ta any damn bloody footprints there be hell ta be ah payin'." Harry glares as he slowly starts sliding out of the bed.
T holds up his arms incredulously, "Will you just fucking go see what the fuck is happening?" He snaps. "Clearly I'm fucking useless, doesn't mean you have to be."
Harry takes a deep breath as he walks backwards to the door, "I swear T, if ya be pullin' shit-"
"I'll leave it the fuck in, I'm not an idiot. Will you just go see what the fuck is happening you stubborn fuck!"
"Look who be ah fuckin' talkin'." Harry glares before he opens the door. He stares at T before slamming it behind him.
Uma stares at her Uncle in horror as he walks up the plank with Deez flung over his shoulder fighting, screaming, hissing and biting at him. What the hell was happening?
"Let her the fuck go, right now." Uma glares, eyes narrowed and a dark scowl on her lips as she pulls her sword from its sheath.
Yensid stands beside her with a perplexed expression.
"You want her back?" Hades pulls his daughter off his shoulder and holds her in the air. "Come and get her."
Deez bites his wrist.
He chuckles through the pain as he manages to maintain eye contact.
Uma growls as she stomps her way over. "What the fuck is this about uncle? Let her go, she's mine!"
"No! Nonono! Leave her alone!" Deez growls.
Uma looks to Deez in confusion. Leave her alone? She was the one dangling like a fish on a hook.
"Stop! Uma! Stop!" Deez screams.
Uma ignores her as she continues forward angrily. "I'm here, now let her the fuck go!"
"Gladly." Hades drops his daughter and takes her by the shoulder. "You're my niece so you get a warning, don't fight me on this and you'll be fine."
"Fight what?"
"I'm searching your soul."
Uma blinks up at him, "Why?"
"I said you get a warning, not an explanation."
"Please don't fight it Uma." Deez slams her fist against the deck from where she'd been discarded. She startles when Yensid grabs her, but doesn't fight as he pulls her away.
Uma stares squarely in her Uncle's eyes, doing her best to listen to her cousin as her mind swirls. Every memory she'd ever experienced flashes in front of her eyes at such a quick rate it was hard to keep her tears at bay.
"Good." Hades sighs as he looks away before slowly guiding her to the deck of the ship. "Well, good and bad I suppose."
Uma blinks stupidly up at him before a feral growl catches her off guard, "Harry?"
"What the fuck ya be doin' ta me cap'in?" Harry demands, his sword and hook in hand.
"Whoa there Guyliner, I ain't doing nothing to my niece." Hades holds his hands up, "See? Just helping her sit."
"That be a load of whale shit!"
"Harry stop!" Deez screams as she lunges at him, tackling him around the waist.
"No wait don't-" Hades' eyes widen as his daughter and the crazed boy tumble off the side of the ship before anyone can stop them.
"Deez! Harry!" Uma cries out as she jumps to her feet, nearly tripping over herself as she forces herself to dive over the side of the ship as Yensid rushes to go grab the rope ladder.
"Huh." Hades shakes his head as he stares at the side of the ship, "That was unexpected." He shrugs before he walks into the captain's quarters.
What the fuck was happening out there? T growls as he glares daggers at the door, fighting all instincts to get up and rush out, but knowing he'd just make shit worse in his condition. He was useless anyway, he'd fucked up this time. Fucking damn it. How the fuck did this shit happen? How long had he been the fuck out? The last thing he could remember was, he grimaces as he shakes away the memory with a shudder. Fucking damn it.
What fucking good was he if he couldn't even take on a fucking old man? Why the fuck had they bothered with patching him up when he was fucking useless. How the fuck had he even survived that shit? His whole body was in fucking pain, and all he wanted to do was sink into a hole and fucking die there. How fucking humiliating. He slams his head back on the pillow. His eyes narrow when he realizes he's on a bed.
Well, at least his other half hadn't woken up yet. Hopefully wouldn't. The last thing he needed was them to find out about her. It was going to be a pain in the ass to get off the ship as it was. His fingers twist in the blankets as he feels his uselessness wash over him. His helplessness. Fucking wonderful. He growls darkly. What the fuck was happening out there? This was a whole new type of fucking hell.
When he hears screaming and then a splash he curses. He sits up, grimacing at the second splash. The sudden silence afterward was jarring.
At the creak of the door, he tenses his eyes jumping around for a weapon, anything to defend himself with, only to come up short.
But when he sees the grey towering god step in, he lets out a deep breath and plops back down on the pillow with a huff. "Seriously?" He scoffs at the ceiling. What the fuck was this? "What the fuck are you doing here?" He raises a brow. "Besides making a fucking scene and terrorizing your damn banshee of a daughter?" He scowls. What the fuck was he seriously going to do against a fucking god when he couldn't even take out an old man?
"Firebug!" Hades greets with a wicked grin. "I got worried, I guess, when you never showed up to put the damn Fae leader in her place."
T blinks at the god in surprise before he scoffs, "Tch, the minute I can I'm hacking off that cunts horns." He rolls his eyes. "You must've been fucking hella bored to be pulling a stunt like this." He huffs as he sinks into the mattress.
"Eh, whaddya gonna do?" Hades shrugs, "Today has been a strange series of events I never expected. Everything from finding my daughter digging a swimming pool to finding out the treachery of the isle is deeper than I thought."
T lifts his brow at the vague response.
"Also, I was not terrorizing my daughter." Hades crosses his arms over his chest, "She wanted to talk to her cousin as much as I did, so I carried her here." He looks down at his wrist before he rolls it, "Gotta admit, she fights harder than I'd given her credit for."
"Oh. Your daughter can be one scary bitch when she wants to be." T snorts, "You carried her where she was facing the water, didn't you?"
Hades shrugs, "Maybe at first. But I fixed it, I threw her over my-" He blinks, "ah, is that what the problem was."
"Well, it certainly didn't help…" T shrugs eye twitching when he feels the tug of a stitch, "So… Who went overboard?"
"Oh, also her. And Guyliner. And then Uma."
"Well, that explains why it's quiet… Where the fuck is Gil though?"
"Back at the cove?" Hades sighs again, "I told her to take care of him and she chose to pester me instead."
"Why did he need to be taken care of?"
"He may have looked light-headed or something." Hades waves dismissively.
"Mhmm…" T sucks his teeth in skeptically. "And that had nothing to do with you in any way?" He scoffs, "I'm fucking hurt, not deaf. I know you just did something to Uma, if your daughter's protests were any indication. It definitely seems you were doing something to upset her and make her desperate enough to demand the captain of this ship not fight so shrilly that the crew is pissing themselves beneath the deck, and half the docks heard it… But you're clearly out here for some type of morbid curiosity or some serious fucking boredom."
"See, you get me." Hades flicks his wrist.
T snorts, "Oh god don't say that in front of the others." He laughs. Seriously, they'd never let him off the ship. It was already teetering on that, he could tell.
Hades grumbles as he folds his arms over his chest, "Look, main goal today was to figure out where the fuck you were."
"Tada." He responds dryly.
"Yeah, tada." Hades rolls his eyes, "And now that I know you're okay, when you're well enough, come see me. I've got a few things I need to go work on."
T's head tilts to the side, "Kay…"
Hades nods, "Now to see if they fished a half-drowned Kitten out yet. Get well and all that mortal nonsense."
"We can't all be badass gods." T rolls his eyes.
"Try harder?" Hades calls over his shoulder as he leaves.
T frowns. He didn't know how much harder he could try. The last time he'd done something on a whim he'd ended up losing his shit, and making the stupidest decision of his- Their lives. And again he wasn't sure how he was still fucking alive. Spite? He lets his head fall back. Great. So now he could die of mortification.
He hadn't missed the fact that he was naked under the mound of blankets. Or the fact he could feel stitches - Ugh. Fuck him. This was so fucking stupid, and the adrenaline pumping through his veins from hearing Deez scream still had his heart racing. He wanted the floor to open up and swallow him. This was humiliating. And confusing. And, fuck- He grimaces at the vague memory of how Hook found them. He lets out a low groan. Damn it.
How had he fucked up this badly? How had so much shit gotten out of hand so quickly? What the fuck had he been thinking? He thumps his fist to his head. He was such a fucking idiot.
Heya Quarantined Bitches
So, that was pretty unexpected, right?
Who would've thought that the isle's god would show up? Certainly not these kids, that's for damn fucking sure. What do you think of his ability to follow the thread that attaches him and his daughter? We're trying to build in delicate throwbacks to the original movies these characters come from, is it working?
See what happens when you fuck around with gods? T has a knack for catching attention when all he wants is to be a shadow.
Poor Deez, all she's worried about is her friends and then her father has to show up in true OV fashion to make a fucking mess out of everything.
What do you think of his soul searching? We're fascinated with the concept of right before you die your life flashes before your eyes. So to us, it made sense to give him the ability to see mortals' lives in said flashes. It's what he did to T in the first book. What do you think?
Also, dick move right? Using his daughter as a distraction. He didn't even care when she knocked Harry and herself overboard.
And that offer he made to T. Do you think T will be able to resist going to see the god? Resist the temptation of a deal?
Sucks to suck for the sea family. Are you worried about them? About what Sr. did?
Think it's weird Senior showed up? Or does it make sense to you? Were you expecting it? Do you guys think it was in character?
Let us know your thoughts
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FANDOM! We're so glad to hear from you! We're so happy you're on the mend we were so fucking worried about you! Not that we aren't worried about all of you, cause we are, but FC was actually in the hospital. Hope all of you are doing okay out there. And we'll be seeing you next Friday at 8 pm again for another hangout, this time hopefully with fewer technical difficulties!