A/N: For a second I didn't think I would get this chapter done in time, but I managed. Enjoy!

At first Meg wasn't sure how to go about finding out where Hercules was being hidden. She winced as she thought of him. For the past few months she had been trying her best to not think of him, but that was hard when she was living beside the river where she first met him. It had been a mistake to hide there.

At first she had been angry that Hercules killed their children and then tried to kill her. Then an overwhelming sadness enveloped her and all she could do was sob her heart out. Soon, days turned into weeks and then into months. Still, Hercules did not show up and find her. Which she half expected him to do.

Meg couldn't help daydreaming about the eventual reunion. He would find her because he loved her and apologize, giving her those dizzying kisses he was capable of and everything would be all right. Yes, the memory of him going crazy would always be with her, but she was positive someone had inflicted madness on him. Maybe Dionysus? He was able to make people go mad. Though she didn't know why he would do that to Hercules.

Then Hades showed up and casually explained that the reason Hercules didn't bother finding her was because he was already wrapped up in another's arms. Meg unconsciously closed her hands into fists. A lone tear escaped her left eye and traveled down her cheek, eagerly making its way to the corner of her mouth. She tasted salt and bitterness.

How could he find another woman to be with? For three years she was married to Hercules and then once again she found herself in the same situation as the last time she let herself love someone. Life wasn't fair!

How could Hercules betray her like that? He often whispered in the night to her that he would love her forever. Was this how long a demigod thought forever was? Meg's teeth clenched. She wasn't sure if she even wanted to find Hercules. How would she react was she saw him for the first time after that disastrous affair? Would she start crying or hit him?

Calm down, she scolded herself. You're a big girl. You can tie your own sandals and everything. Meg nearly choked as that reminded her again of Hercules. Why did she listen to her foolish heart and let herself fall in love with him?

She shoved those thoughts out of her head and focused on the task Hades gave her. That thought made Meg snort as she realized that she was in caught in his clutches. Once again she was his human soul that had to do his bidding. Meg shook her head at the irony of the situation. I guess history is doomed to repeat itself.

Her first impulse was to ask Zeus, but she immediately dismissed the idea. Zeus pretended he liked her well enough though there were times when she caught him looking at her with so much loathing that she feared for her life. Hera didn't bother hiding her contempt for Meg. She had a feeling they didn't like her because they would have prefered Hercules chose an immortal life. They had seemed happy enough at first until they realized that Hercules would be too busy between being a hero and spending time with her to visit them much.

Meg sighed unhappily, then had a mental image of the one god that was always kind to her and she smiled. Hermes would help her. Meg was sure of it. "Hermes," she prayed a loud. "I really need to talk to you." Meg hoped he would hear her prayer and didn't have to travel to one of his temples. It would be too long a journey and Pegasus wasn't around to assist her.

To her relief, the comical looking blue god with rose colored glasses appeared with a dramatic burst of bluish red clouds.

"Meg, baby!" He grinned. "Long time, no see. Not since—" Here he stopped and a sad look crossed his features. "Anyway, what can I do for you?"

"I need to know where Hercules is."

Hermes blanched and coughed. "Yeah, well about that…I don't think its possible for you to see him."

"Why not?" Meg demanded. "I'm not going to kill him if that is what you are worried about."

"It's complicated." Hermes let his feet touch the ground briefly before going air born again. The wings on his shoes fluttered rapidly.

"I know he has remarried."

Hermes gulped. "How did you know that?"

"Hades told me."

"Hades is back?" Hermes shot up higher in the air. "We gotta—we gotta tell Zeus."

"Zeus already knows," Meg said with some amusement.

"Really?" Hermes looked puzzled. "I wonder why he didn't tell us."

"I need to see Hercules," Meg brought him back to the more important subject.

"Uh…" Hermes looked uncomfortable again.

Meg mentally sighed. After she married Hercules she promised herself she would never do this again. Meg sank to the ground pathetically and produced big fat tears that clouded her violet eyes. "I just want to see him one more time and ask him…well, I guess it doesn't matter." She covered her face with her hands and sobbed loudly.

Hermes was even more uncomfortable as he watched the girl in front of him cry her eyes out. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt," he mumbled to himself. He cleared his throat. "Please don't cry Meg. I'll tell you where he is, but you never heard it from me. Deal?"

Meg brushed the tears away. "Deal." She sniffed for good measure.

"Zeus hid Hercules and…his new wife, probably from Hades." At that moment he peered suspiciously at her. "You said Hades told you Hercules had married again. Did he put you up to finding out where he is."

Meg shook her head. "No," she frowned darkly. "He came to gloat that my life wasn't as wonderful as I thought it would be." Hermes searched her face and seem to come to the conclusion that he could trust her.

"Hercules is on Mount Olympus."

Meg's face fell. "But that means I can't see him."

"I'm sorry."

"Wait!" A thought came to Meg. "You said that his new wife is in hiding too. Is she on Mount Olympus?" Slowly, Hermes nodded his head.

"Hera thought it would be best if she were made a goddess because Hercules wouldn't leave without her." Meg felt real tears blur her vision as she let the news sink in.

After incinerating everything in sight, Hades finally calmed down. "I'm cool, I'm fine," he told himself. "Just need to think about this for a second." His brain went into high gear. "Okay, obviously I have to have Wonder Breath's help to save god and mankind. Who am I saving them from?" He thought about the prophecy. Beware the Earth as it shifts in her sleep. Things unseen stir in the deep.

All right the Earth is obviously Gaea and she is waking up. Things stirring in the deep, could mean Tarturus, but wouldn't he know it if things were stirring? Maybe not. Obviously, he would fail if he didn't have Hercules help. Which did not help his ego at all. Hera's rage caused the madness. Throwing all into sadness. Well, that one was easy. Hera made Hercules go mad and he killed his children. But what did Hercules going crazy and Gaea waking up have to do with each other? What chain of events were started?

Hades began to suspect he wouldn't know what was going on unless he let things play out for awhile. So, he would wait on killing the Sunspot. A devilish grin threatened to tear his face as a truly delicious thought came to him. The prophecy never said he couldn't kill Hercules afterwards.

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