More hilarity ensues in another chap!
Enjoy!
Rayne's POV
The crowd turned as I finished slapping Adonis across the face. The prince had just bought two tickets to the Orpheus Never Look Back Concert and he thought it would be a good idea to ask me instead of taking Helen with him. Hercules and Icarus's eyes were wide as a red hand print rested on Adonis's right cheek.
"You're a cheating asshole is what you are" I told Adonis before I walked over to Hercules and Icarus.
"Whoa Rayne!" Icarus exclaimed. "That was epic!"
"Yeah I never seen someone do that to Adonis" Hercules agreed.
"Thanks boys" I stated. "Sorry that you didn't get the last two tickets"
"Herc maybe your father could help" Icarus suggested.
"It's worth a shot" Hercules said.
"Good luck you two but I don't think Zeus is going to do anything" I told them.
"Maybe but it doesn't hurt to ask" Hercules replied.
The three of us then parted ways and I needed to go see the Fates again.
Lately I haven't been having anymore dreams or visions but that image of Hades kissing me never once left my mind. I was going to hang out with Alduin but he and Cassandra were on a date if you called it that. The two of them haven't said anything about being a couple just yet. After school got out for the day I made sure no one followed me while I went into the direction of the woods nearby. I couldn't afford someone knowing I worked for Hades or worse that I was a hybrid of dragon and phoenix blood. I came to a stop in the center the forest before my body took the form of flaming feathers. I gave a shriek as I took flight. The flight to the Fate's home took about twenty minutes since school was farther than the flight from the Underworld.
"We knew you would be coming back to see us" the Fate's greeted as I landed at the entrance of their home. My flaming feathers disappeared as I returned to my human form.
"New flash ladies you know everything" I teased them as they invited me into their home.
My comment got the three of them to laugh before we came to a stop.
"What is it you need now Rayne your visions and dreams haven't been bothering you as of late" Lachesis asked.
"I need to know for a fact that your eyeball wasn't having a glitch" I answered.
"The eye never lies young hybrid" Clotho replied. "Besides you should be thrilled to have a god as your mate"
I felt my face turn red when she said that. I was about to answer when I caught the scent of Hercules and Icarus.
"What the hell am I going to do if they find out I'm here my cover's blown!"
"We'll distract them while you sneak out" Atropos said.
"Thanks I owe you guys one"
I looked around and saw a rock I could hide behind. I ran over and hid behind the rock just as the Fate's shouted.
"Never!"
Hercules, Icarus, and Pegasus entered the cave while I watched.
"What you ask would require reweaving the Tapestry of Fate!" Lachesis snapped.
"And the Tapestry must never be rewoven" Clotho agreed with her sister as she took the eye from her older sister. She then tossed it to Atropos.
"Even for a handsome, strapping, smooth skinned son of Zeus" Atropos giggled as she grabbed Herc's arm. I held back a laugh as Atropos flirted with Hercules who looked mortified she was even doing that. Hercules tried to make a break for it but Icarus suggested he distract the Fates while he went to mess with the tapestry. Atropos grabbed Hercules again and hearts surrounded her as she held his face. That was my chance to get the hell out of dodge and shift to my phoenix form outside. Charon waved hello to me as I flew over him and I gave out a shriek in reply.
"Incoming Phoenix!" Pain shouted as I flew into the throne room and reverted back to a human state.
"Rayne babe"
"Boss" I growled.
"Sorry Sparks I take it your day was alright?" the god of the dead inquired. He looked bored out of his skull.
"Actually I" I was about to reply when the alarm signaling a new arrival made me jump.
Icarus's ghost shot past us and the scoreboard went from 99,999 to 1,000,000 souls.
"Another ding, Bada Bing" Hades sighed. "Thrilled I'm absolutely thrilled over here, gah who am I kidding around, yo imps!"
Pain and Panic hurried over to Hades.
"Um actually we prefer to be called Agent Assistants of Darkness" Pain suggested.
"It looks better on the resume" Panic agreed.
"Whatever we'll talk about your job descriptions later right now just go take care of the new arrival"
"Yes sir!" the two of them said in unison giving Hades a salute.
"Or Rayne could do it" Pain suggested.
A growl escaped my lips and the imps tensed when I did that. A flash suddenly made Pain, Panic, and I jump.
"Whew did we not pay the bill?" Hades asked.
Suddenly another alarm that sounded like a burglar one rang out and I winced. The ghost of Icarus shot past us and this did not go well with Hades.
"That soul left! It left! Souls do not leave the Underworld and who has the code to this alarm?!"
"Uh I think it's your mother's maiden name?" Pain suggested.
That got me to do an anime fall before the imps hurried off to shut the alarm off. Once it was off I told Hades the good news.
"Boss you know the Tapestry of Fate?"
"Yeah what about it babe?"
"Well Hercules rewove it that's why that soul left"
"Really?" Hades asked in interest. He then conjured an image where Hercules and Icarus were talking.
"Good work Rayne" Hades praised. "Remind me to give you a bonus later"
"What about us?!" Pain demanded. "We work hard too!"
"We'll talk about it later boys" Hades replied.
The Lord of the Dead then transported us to where the Tapestry of Fate was.
"My genius little nephew why didn't I think of this eons ago knitting needles" Hades told Pain and Panic. The imps gave him the needles and Hades started to knit into the tapestry and then a flash of light blinded my eyes. I shook my head after the flash of light finished blinding my eyes. My eyes then went bug eyed when I saw that I was on Mount Olympus. They widened more when I saw that I was actually glowing like a goddess. The dress I wore hung off one shoulder and it was black. A red train flowed behind me and small sparks of flame lit up around me every few seconds.
"Rayne is that you?" I jumped to see Hercules walking over to me.
He was now a god and he wore his movie get up.
"Yeah it's me Herc looks like we're immortals now"
"Yeah"
"Shhh quiet son your father is coming" Hera said nodding ahead of us. Herc and I turned to see Hades with Pain and Panic walking towards us. And what was sucked he was no longer in his Underworld outfit. Instead he wore Zeus's toga over one shoulder and he even had Zeus's hair.
"The King of the Gods!"
"The ruler of Olympus"
"Hades" Pain and Panic shouted.
"Hiya son" Hades greeted Herc.
My eyes went wide while Hera went over to Hades.
"Oh darling you're the best" she then kissed his cheek and I felt an anime vein come onto my head. Yes I was jealous so sue me!
"Jealous Rayne?" Aphrodite asked coming over to me.
"What hell no!" I snapped. "Uh remind me again Aphrodite what goddess am I exactly I forgot"
"You're the Goddess of Resurrection because of your phoenix bloodline Hades thought that was a good fit for you"
The Goddess of Resurrection?
You had to admit Hades had a good imagination. After he was done talking with Hercules I went over to the boss and grabbed his wrist so I could talk with him privately.
"Goddess of Resurrection really boss?" I questioned. "You could have just left me mortal in this alternate reality!"
"Babe consider it your bonus for telling me about the tapestry to begin with besides you are half phoenix and that firebird symbolizes second chances"
Hades then patted my red hair before he went back to his new throne. Hera went over to him and put herself in his lap. I had to get out of here to see the Fate's again. I shifted to my phoenix form once more and took flight. The Fate's better had a good explanation about this damn mess. To be honest I preferred Zeus ruling Olympus than Hades as much as I hated to admit it. When I entered the Underworld my eyes went wide to see that Cerberus was a full grown three headed dog. The great beast barked at me in excitement wagging his gigantic tail.
"Hey yourself mutt" I greeted him becoming human.
The three headed god barked again and he licked my face. I chuckled before giving all three heads an affectionate pat on the nose and went to where Charon was.
"Hello Rayne what brings you down here?" Charon asked.
"Business with the Fate's" I replied.
"Hop aboard"
I got into the boat and Charon began to row away from the shore. A short boat ride later found myself in the throne room of the Underworld.
"Well if it isn't the Goddess of Resurrection!"
I jumped when the Fate's called out to me.
The three of them were caged up.
"This isn't funny you three!" I shouted walking over to them.
"You're the one who told Hades about the tapestry in the first place Rayne" Lachesis stated.
"Yeah I know I f**ked things up" I growled.
"You gotta admit young one being a goddess suits you" Clotho added.
"Rayne what are you doing down here?"
I turned to see Hercules in the room looking for the Tapestry of Fate.
"Well if it isn't the strapping young Hercules" Atropos called out.
"Right on schedule" Clotho added.
"I'm here to fix the tapestry" Hercules said to the sisters.
"We know!" the shouted in unison.
Atropos then grabbed out the eye and tossed it to Lachesis.
"But beware young hero for you will learn"
"That Fate has taken an ugly turn"
"By now we're sure you can deduce"
"The Tapestry's guardian is Zeus!"
A flash of fire suddenly hit Herc and he went flying landing on the ground face first.
"Hey you okay Herc?" I asked.
"Yeah I'm good Rayne"
Herc's eyes then went wide when he stood up and I turned. In front of us was Zeus with flames surrounding him. Hermes appeared as a winged imp and I face palmed.
"No one touches the Tapestry" Zeus said.
"Uh sir isn't that your zany nephew the son of Hades"
"So it is long time no see kiddo" Zeus's flames then returned to their normal blue. "Hello Rayne"
"Uh hello Zeus" I replied.
Hermes took off to tend to Underworld business while Zeus continued.
"Hercules I didn't recognize you or else I wouldn't have blasted at you"
"Father?" Hercules asked.
Hades suddenly appeared next to Hercules and my eyes went wide. The boss had a shower cap on and he wore a towel around his waist. I turned away because my face blood red. I didn't have a good look at Hades's physique earlier and hot damn he was well built. I heard the Fate's chuckling and I shot them a glare.
"Whoa!" Hades exclaimed before he disappeared and reappeared in Zeus's toga. "Father why that would be me"
"Hades I'm terribly sorry brother" Hades shot Zeus a look before Zeus continued. "I mean your highness I thought your son here was an intruder"
Zeus brushed off dust from Hercules. Hades chuckled before he went over to Zeus and stated.
"That's why I'm the King of Olympus and you're the lonely keeper of the Underworld" Hades teased as he straightened out Zeus's outfit.
Hades then took Zeus to talk to him.
"Man this sucks" Hercules said walking over to me. "All I wanted was to go to a concert"
"Dude we make mistakes so don't" I was about to continue when Zeus suddenly flared orange and Hades got a lightning bolt ready.
"Duck!" I shouted as I grabbed Herc and we both ducked to avoid getting zapped. The lightning bolt hit Pain and Panic turning their bodies black. Zeus then threw a fireball at Hercules and Herc grabbed an Underworld stalagtite and used it to block the flame attack. The fireball bounced off the stalagmite and it hit Hades in the back. I high tailed it over to where Hades was since he was about to fall in the River Styx. I grabbed his toga and pulled it backward.
"Son of a!" I shouted as the two of us fell on the ground.
"Thanks babe" Hades said.
It was then I realized the fall got me to land on top of Hades. My face went red before I got out of his lap. The throne room then shook and Hercules quickly put the stalagtite back into place. But the cavern gave way and Hades stood up.
"Grab him!"
"Yes sir!" Zeus stated before turning to Herc his flames turning orange again. Both Hades and Zeus were coming upon Hercules when Icarus suddenly flew into the room and he tossed Phil on top of Pain and Panic who tried to attack Herc's feet. Icarus's wax wings made Zeus bald.
"Ha look at that I'm bald"
"Oi even as King of the Gods if you want to do something right you gotta do it yourself" Hades stated before conjuring a new thunderbolt. Icarus grabbed Hercules and flew him to where the tapestry was.
"Fix the damn tapestry Herc!" I shouted at Hercules.
Hades shot me an annoyed look after he did his ninja technique with the lightning bolt. Then he threw it forward meant to strike Hercules. The Tapestry of Fate's image that had Hades as the King of the Gods and Zeus as the Lord of the Dead wasn't so lucky. Hades chuckled before he realized his mistake.
"NOOOOO!" He shouted in horror as the lightning bolt hit the tapestry burning the image to pieces.
Hercules quickly tied the ends of the tapestry together and there was another flash.
"Damn I got a headache" I growled as I shook my head for the second time when that white light blinded me. When my vision cleared Icarus got the two tickets for the Orpheus concert. I breathed a sigh of relief glad things were back to normal.
"Hey how did you get here before me?!" Adonis demanded looking horrified we got the last two tickets.
"Fate's a bitch isn't it?" I taunted Adonis.
Adonis growled before he stormed off like the spoiled brat he was.
"The tickets are a gift young hero" Herc, Icarus, and I looked up to see the carvings of the Fate's talking to us.
"A token of our appreciation" Clotho said after Lachesis.
"And remembrance of our time together" Atropos finished.
Later.
"I'm not kidding you three that alternate reality was f**ked up" I told Lachesis, Clotho, and Atropos. The four of us were in my room.
"Well Rayne part of that reality" Lachesis began.
"I don't want to know what happens in the future alright?" I growled. "I've had enough for one damn day"
"Fair enough" Clotho agreed.
"But you were jealous" Atropos teased.
"We're not having this conversation again girls" I scolded them as I stood up.
The three of them laughed before they did their disappearing routine with the eye. I face palmed and left my room to talk to the boss.
"Sorry your plan went up in smoke boss" I told Hades as I entered the throne room.
Hades didn't say anything and hell I didn't blame him. Pain and Panic were taking care of some new arrivals which explained why they weren't there.
"I'll get other chances babe" Hades finally said.
"Indeed you will remember the Titans will be unleashed once the planets align" I reassured him.
Hades looked to me before a smirk came to his lips.
"Rayne babe"
"What?" I asked.
"I'll say this once you really looked beautiful as a goddess"
That got me to shut up alright. My face went red and Hades chuckled.
"You were also jealous"
"Oh hell no we're not going down this route again boss" I growled giving Hades a time out signal.
"Rayne why do always get defensive when I even bring something like this up?" Hades questioned.
"NYOB, none of your business" I replied.
Hades turned orange and I smirked. Gods I loved it when he got mad.
"Boss you really should control your temper"
"Says the hybrid who likes to beat me up after I scorch her" Hades countered.
"That was one time Hades and if you do it again I'll repeat the gesture"
That got Hades to suddenly smirk.
"What's with the smirk all of the sudden?"
"Babe you're attracted to me aren't you?"
His smirk of his widened even more.
"I'm not answering that go ask the Fate's if you want the answer" I replied.
Hades's POV
"Oh ladies!" I called to the Fate's as I entered their home.
"What is it now Hades?" Clotho growled as I came upon them. "We were about to go to sleep"
"I'll make it quick has Rayne been coming to see you three?"
"That's between us and her" Lachesis answered folding her arms across her chest.
"Come on ladies please help me for once?" I asked.
"You aren't going to leave unless we give you some information" Lachesis growled as she plucked the eye away from Atropos.
The eye levitated into the air and an image of myself holding an unconscious Rayne in my arms came into view.
"I don't like the looks of this ladies" I growled feeling my flames spike.
"Be quiet and watch!" Clotho snapped.
In the vision Rayne was lifeless and I saw myself kissing her. This got my eyes to widen in shock. The Rayne in the eyeball was dead and for some reason I was mourning her death. Her body then became surrounded by flames and her body turned to ashes.
"This isn't funny!" I roared shooting my flames everywhere. The Fate's ducked when this happened. "Do not tell me she is supposed to die!"
"Watch the vision!
The three of them shouted in unison. Growling I watched the eye again. The ashes then turned into flames again and a newborn phoenix rose from them before taking human form again. Rayne stood before my future self and I watched as I embraced her. The image disappeared and it landed in Atropos's hand.
"That vision is only one of two outcomes and if Rayne should live it's up to her" Lachesis explained. "You may not admit it now Hades but you are attracted to the hybrid"
"Don't put words in my mouth" I growled.
"It's the truth Hades so you might as well quit denying what you're feeling" Atropos added.
"Alright I think I've had enough for one night, yeesh" I said before transporting myself out of the Fate's home. Instead of going back to my throne room I went to Rayne's room. My little phoenix was sound asleep and I quietly walked over to her.
"You confuse the hell out of me babe" I told the sleeping Rayne. "But the Fate's are right I am attracted to you"
I then bent down and placed a kiss against her forehead careful to not cut her skin with my fangs. Afterwards I transported myself out of her room leaving to sleep.
Rayne's POV
"You confuse the hell out of me babe"
I couldn't believe Hades had the nerve to come into my room!
What the hell was he thinking?!
"But the Fate's are right I am attracted to you"
I wanted to open my eyes right then but I couldn't because the boss thought I was asleep so my eyes remained shut. I then felt something on my forehead and I realized it was Hades kissing my forehead. When he did that I remained perfectly still and when I heard him leave did I open my eyes.
"Holy s**t the Fate's were right"
0.0
Do my eyes deceive me?
Or do Rayne and Hades admit to like one another. XD
Even more reason for you guys to look forward to them getting together!
