CHAPTER 7

Palutena awoke with a fright upon her soft bed among the clouds. She gazed at the different levels of Skyworld. Different levels of Gods oversaw different portions. Zeus, being the mightiest, was the true ruler of Skyworld, Palutena only controlled the lower portion of it. Looking down at her bandaged knee, memories of the previous night flashed back.

"Pit! I need to find him!" Leaning upon her staff to ease the pain a voice piped,

"Lady Palutena!" Pit came running in the temple, out of breath.

"Pit!" Coming to his aid, she then asked, "Is everything okay in Skyworld? What happened?" Pit grabbed onto Palutena into a tight hug. She sensed a very odd feeling from the hug, her head now feeling cloudy.

"Yes everything's perfectly fine! Just stay in bed today okay?" Breaking the hug, Pit smiled a big grin and then began to exit.

"Maybe he's right… What's the worst that can…" Trailing off, Palutena collapsed on the floor.

Outside the temple Pit began to laugh manically. The white from his clothes melted away to reveal Pit's darker counter-part, Dark Pit. "Can't help but feel sorry for ya! That spell should work.."

….

The feeling of cold metal pressed up against Pit's wrists and ankles, making him shiver. Shaking his head, he opened his eyes to find that he was in a dark room with only a torch to provide minimum light. A feeling of familiarity rushed over him, causing his body to physically panic. Where has he seen this before?

"Where am I?! What's going on! I demand an answer!" shouted he.

"Oh he demands an answer, does he? How very interesting…" A sly musky voice whispered. A tall figure emerged from the shadows only to reveal a woman. She had large jet-black wings, wore a mask that resembled a bird. The discomfort struck fear into Pit's heart while her right metallic hand glimmered in the torchlight. Claws were took the place of fingers which ran about a foot long each. "Did you know that you can't trust anyone? Even the Gods?" She chuckled.

"Who are you?" Pit commanded, putting on a mask of false bravery. Truly he was terrified, every fiber in his being rejected the situation, causing him to feel surreal.

"I am the daughter of Hades, Mesperyian, Goddess of Punishment and Torture. I've heard that a certain little angel did my daddy over. I'm here to even the scores…" Pit could decipher that she wore the mask not to conceal her identity but to hide her burned and horribly scarred face. She was betrayed by Aphrodite some time ago and was never quite the same afterwards. She truly was kind and gentle at one point in time though. Grinning a devilish smile she advanced to Pit, licking his flushed cheek and dragging her claws down his burned side simultaneously. "Tehe! Let's have some fun! It's been a while since I've had an angel in my shackles!" His body petrified with fear, Pit struggled to be free of his tight chains but to no avail. He felt her cold claw tear his clothing, his sweaty skin now sliced.

"Please! I haven't done anything wrong!" Pit pleaded. His whole body shook with rejection and fear while he felt the slight burn of the open wound.

"Nothing wrong? Nothing wrong!? Hahahahahhaha! My dear little angel we have all sinned at one point or another! You took the body of my father! I may never be able to hold him again because of you!" Yelling in frustration her knee made fierce contact with Pit's stomach, blood gushing out of his wound. Having the wind knocked out of him, he struggled to get it back to shakily reply,

"Palutena will come to save me! I have faith that she knows my whereabouts!" Pit felt the wound spilt further, causing the mild burning to become an overwhelming sense of panic.

"Hahahahah!" Mesperyian laughed maniacally. "You actually think she could possibly tell where you are! That's cute. I had my own little angel place a spell on pretty Palutena. She knows not of your whereabouts for the next 24 hours. It's perfect! Don't you see?! She won't be able to hear your screams!" Diving her claws into Pit's abdomen he gave a blood-curtailing scream that would have deafened anyone's ears. It wasn't the physical pain that gave him so much sorrow, it was the fact that he was truly, truly alone now. "I just have to hang on for 24 hours…" Pit thought.

"I would have fed you to the two-headed beast of the underworld but it seems you had already defeated him. Therefor I shall make your stay- less that hospitable.." Leaning her head against his chest she began to run her fingers through his messy hair.

…

After recomposing herself Palutena, not following 'Pit's' suggestion, invited Poseidon to collect Zeus alongside her.

"Are we ready to head out?" She spoke, rubbing her temples.

"Indeed, are you feeling alright my dear?"

"Yes I think I just hit my head or something."

The two Gods reached Zeus's palace at long last. Entering the palace Poseidon bellowed,

"Zeus! It is I, Poseidon with Palutena. We have an important matter to discuss with you." Out of nowhere Zeus popped up, startling Palutena and Poseidon. With a sharp gasp Palutena fell to the floor.

"No need to be so formal my boy! Hahaha! You should have seen your faces!" Zeus looked like an older God, however, his face untouched by time. His small but thick beard softened his muscular face. He patted Palutena on the back and then he bellowed, "Nice job fighting off the underworld invasion by the way! Pit must have been one good leader!" Palutena awkwardly accepted the praise.

"Oh thank you." Closing her eyes she tried to use her senses to locate where the little angel was off to now. Flashing her eyes open, panic coursed through her body. "I- can't see him.. I'm always able to see him.. Something isn't right here.." Holding herself tightly she bit her lip in worry.

"That's quite odd indeed. After this I will 'sea' what I can do! Hahah oh I crack myself up sometimes!" Zeus laughed along but only for a moment before asking,

"So what's so important that you had to come so far up from your temple?"

"It's Hades again; he is trying to regenerate his body." Palutena answered.

"She thought up a most brilliant plan, if I say so myself. She believes that we can create a barrier so his soul could never leave the Underworld. Of course she would need my power, her own, possibly the Goddess of nature, and yours."

"It was Pit's plan actually," she added.

"Hmmm, I understand. If I leave the outter part of the Skyworld, it would be more prone to attacks. However I will help you. First though, we need to find that brilliant lad of yours, Pit was it? I will tell my son, Hermes, send word of his disappearance and to retrieve Pit if he finds him."

"Thank you sir," Palutena bowed.

"Come on Palutena, let's see if I can't cure your sight," Poseidon smiled.

Thank you for reading this chapter! I'm so excited to be writing the next few chapters! It's so much fun learning more about Greek Mythology! I never realized how close the game followed the actual mythology! I'm also thinking of taking weekends off, it would be easier on me and you!

Updated 8/16/15

Updated 6/17/15

Finally! I think the major edited is finished! I'm still going to look over the next chapters to ensure that this story is what I intended it to be.