Rayne's POV

Not long did Hercules defeat the hydra he became famous. Hades sent whatever monsters he could recruit and they would get defeated. Herc was now a major a celebrity all over Greece and Hades was having enough. At the moment all of us were on the rock balcony that overlooked Thebes.

"Pull!" Hades shouted.

Pain and Panic threw a vase into the air and I watched as Hades summoned a fireball and destroyed it to blow off some steam.

"Nice shooting Rex" Meg told my husband with her typical sarcasm.

"I can't believe this guy" Hades growled looking over the balcony. He then turned around. "I throw everything I've got at him and it doesn't even"

The sound of shoes squeaking made my husband stop dead and he looked down at Pain. The purple imp had Hercules sandals on his feet.

"What are those?" my mate demanded.

"Um I don't know I thought they looked kind of dashing" Pain lied.

"Bullshit Pain" I told the imp.

"I got twenty-four hours to get rid of this bozo" Hades turned orange for a second and I was quick to get my phone and hit record. This part of the movie was always hilarious.

"Or the entire scheme I've been setting up for eighteen years goes up in smoke" Hades continued as he towered over Pain who realized he was in trouble. My husband then turned completely orange. "AND YOU ARE WEARING HIS MERCHANDISE?!"

The sound of Panic sipping throw a straw made Hades extinguish his flames and my beloved turned to see Panic sipping a drink through a Hercules cup. Panic realized he too was in trouble and he stopped drinking his beverage and held the cup out offering it to Hades. He chuckled nervously.

"Thirsty?"

Hades flared up again and Meg grabbed me before Hades sent his flames everywhere. In fact the whole damn balcony shook as Hades exploded.

"I owe you one" I thanked Meg.

Pain and Panic were both scorched and Meg then chuckled first helping me to my feet and before she decided to tease Hades.

"Looks like your game's over, Wonder Boy is hitting every curve you throw at him"

She went to the balcony edge and I watched as Hades get a new idea.

"Oh yeah"

Hades then chuckled his sexy laugh before making his next move.

"I wonder if maybe I haven't been throwing the right techniques his way"

Hades approached her as he said those words but didn't use the hand gestures at her sides.

"Don't even go there" Meg growled realizing what he was up to.

"See he's got to have a weakness, because everybody's got a weakness" Hades started.

"With Pandora it was the box thing and the for the Trojans they got on the wrong horse" I stole my husband's line. My phone was pocketed away with the footage from a few minutes ago. Hades winked at me before returning his focus on Meg.

"Damn" I muttered suddenly feeling hot. I excused myself and went back into the Underworld to cool off. I went into the bedroom and stripped out of my dress and took a cold shower hoping it would lower my body temperature. After spending enough time in the shower I felt cool enough. But as I put on a dark blue dress did I feel my temperature rise again.

"Rayne what's wrong babe?" Hades demanded all of the sudden appearing in the bedroom. "I felt you were uncomfortable within the mate bond"

"I don't know exactly" I answered. "All of the sudden I'm hot"

No sooner as I said those words my skin became surrounded by flames.

"Okay now I'm getting worried about you" Hades said coming over to me. He touched my flesh and the flames that danced against my skin went out. "Something isn't right"

"It's just a hot flash"

Female phoenix tended to have hot flashes and I'm pretty sure this was the cause for the rise in my body temperature. Female phoenixes also became moodier during a hot flash episode.

"Maybe but I want you to rest Rayne" Hades then came over and scooped me into his arms. He pulled the covers back and placed me onto the bed. I felt sleepy all of the sudden and decided to close my eyes. I don't know how long I slept but when I did I was hungry. And I mean very hungry.

"How is my wife feeling?" Hades teased.

"Better but hungry as hell"

"That's good babe" Hades kissed my forehead before proceeding to conjure a meat related dinner which I devoured in mere seconds.

"You're in a good mood" I told my husband once I finished eating.

"That's because Meg is Hercules's weakness babe and the time for the planet alignment is fast approaching"

"S**t I slept for almost a whole damn day?!" I exclaimed.

"That's right babe, which reminds me we will need to see the Fates once we have Olympus under our belt, I think they will be able to tell what's going on with you"

My beloved then helped me to my feet and then snapped his fingers. My dress replaced with the same dress I wore when Hades proposed to me, which included the gold wrist cuffs and upper arm bracelets. Only now I had my gold circlet on along with my rings on my left hand.

"It's show time babe" Hades said taking my left hand and kissed it. We then disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

The next chapter is a pretty big one.