As they began to leave the dungeon. All of hell was let loose. Hera's smile disappeared and tugged at the door. She looked back at the dark cell screeching. Athena screamed in fear scrambling onto the bed and hiding under the covers. The lights went out for a minute and Hera went wild when they came back on she was crying, collapsed on the floor shaking the door. Athena scratched at the wall. Then they did something that truly scared them all. They talked. Not the lost, mad voice Her had. But in a rational way that showed how upset they were.
"Please. Let me out. Please! Hades, brother! Protect me! LET ME OUT!" She screamed rattling the door and sobbing harder.
Athena wept softly collapsing to the ground and curling into a ball,"Ares. Ares. You coward! You broke your promise! Let me out! I can't! Please! ARES, HELP ME! PLEASE LET ME OUT!"
Suddenly, they heard a scream. It came from upstairs. Only Nico and Hades recognized it, Nico looked over at Hades and the latter had gone pale. He bolted out of the room and went upstairs, the rest, weapons ready followed.
No one noticed that the door to the dungeon was not the only door open.
They had made it upstairs and Hades ran into what seemed like a family room. Here he saw something that broke his heart. On the floor curled in a fetal position, holding her head, and crying was Persephone. Hades kneeled next to her and put his hand on her shoulder. She screeched in fright and lashed out. Hades, taken aback, let go of her. He touched the fresh cut on his cheek and looked at Persephone who scrambled away from them to furthest and darkest corner. Then they looked at her eyes. She was gone. Why? Well, Persephone had the same wild glint in her eye.
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The demigods and Hades had somehow gotten the screaming Persephone into a cell. She slammed at the door in fright screaming strange words and finally she gave up on the door but started to slam onto the other walls.
They were panting. It wasn't easy carrying her. Next to Persephone's cell was Athena's who was reacting the same way.
"Can't we do anything!?" Annabeth exclaimed.
Hades shook his head staring into the cell that held his wife.
Thalia sighed unable to see this and turned to leave, but the cell across from Athena's, Hera's cell, caught her eye. It was quiet, but what worried her the most was the door was open.
Soon the rest noticed what she was looking at and turned to the cell. They all went pale and Percy muttered,"Oh no."
"But...but how did she-?" Annabeth stuttered.
"What matters is finding her right now!"Hades demanded.
They scrambled off in different directions but once they searched thrice in every single place it was evident that Hera was no longer in Hades' palace.