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10. Chaos, Death, and the Underworld

Ryko hadn't come to work for two days straight. Sadie had gone to his house to check on him.

"Ryko? Are you in he-OH MY GOD!"

Ryko was clutching his head, obviously in an intense amount of pain.

"He needs something to sooth him. Is there anything you do that he likes, like dance or sing or-"

"I can sing."

"Of course you can, you're Aeila's daughter. Go ahead."

She sang. Ryko slowly came back to his senses.

"Sadie?"

"Yea."

"Thanks."

"Anything."

"Alright. How many days haven't I been to work?"

"Y-You don't know?"

"No, I don't."

"Two days."

Sadie sighed.

"Anubis!"

Anubis appeared from his portal of darkness. This time, he was wearing an Egyptian headdress. He also wore an anhk necklace.

"Yes, Sadie?"

"Talk to your brother." He turned towards them.

"He's having trouble with the hosting, like most."

"Why?" Asked Sadie.

"There are 5 parts of the soul; The ba, the personality, sheut, the shadow, which is like a backup of the soul, the ka, the existence, the ren, the name, and the ib, the heart."

"Not good with Egyptian mythology."

"Don't break the forth wall, Sadie. Anyway, all of this is doubled into the body. Two names, or identities, two personalities, and so on. It's a lot for one person. Ryko, though, will be able to handle it. It's just that what causes this is that he and Hades have two different personalities. Literally. Hades likes to focus directly on his task while Ryko likes to socialize and have fun. Like what I said to you last night… he's having a hard time coping…"

Time froze. Hades looked like his original self, unfrozen in time, while Ryko was frozen, again in his original self.

"Not being able to talk to you."

"Sadie, I can share Ryko's thoughts. He likes you very much. He can't put up with not being his normal self around you."

"So basically, he's going insane."

"Most do. But Ryko won't. He's strong."

"But this is hurting him! How long-"

"A day."

"That's what I wanted to hear."

"I'm getting weaker too, Sadie. I will need a host."

"No."

"What, you? No, I already have a good idea…" He smiled.

"Without a sheut of a doubt."

Unknown Location, 8:00 AM

Ares was thinking really hard. He hadn't realized you could fuse together like that! He had to take action against them, but how? Then Ryko jumped through a portal of fire.

"We can agree on one thing." Said Ryko.

"Defiantly." Said Hades.

"What would that be?" Asked Ares.

"We're here to kill you." They said in unison.

Hades shot three fireballs at Ares, who dodged them. Ares threw some playing cards, but it was no use. He was about to try and mesmerize them, but since Hades was there he couldn't. He was about to scream and run when a portal of dark red opened and a hedgehog stepped out.

He was red with some yellow and orange mixed in. His sclera were white but he had no pupils. His fur was once again a mixture of orange, yellow and red.

"It's been a long time, brother."

"Not long enough."

"Who do I have the utmost pleasure of meeting this time?"

"I am Apophis, Creator of Chaos."

"And I'm really scared now." Said Ares.

"What do you want?" Time froze, but the area around it was red. Visions of war and death surrounded them.

"Anubis has found a host."

"Why does that concern me?"

"It doesn't. Just a little news. What I'm really here to talk about is that the others aren't happy with you."

"They never are."

"Well, they really don't like what you're doing. They threaten to attack you."

"Bring them on. I don't care what I or Anubis does, but we do what's right, unlike you." Apophis shrugged.

"Chaos within Ma'at, Brother."

"What is this Ma'at crap you and Anubis always talk about?"

"We were based on Egyptian gods. Anyways, you need chaos to have order. I must go. This will probably be the last time you see me in a while."

"I hope so."

Time unfroze. Ryko and Hades were one once more.

They flung more fireballs at Ares and Ares managed to only get hit my one of them, which left a burn mark on his leg.

"Alright, my friends, you won't be fighting me very longer! It's time I go." He vanished.

"Coward!" They screamed.

"Ryko, I can separate now, but it's going to hurt."

"Please do."

It hurt. Very badly. Once they separated Ryko collapsed.

"Thank you, Ryko." Said Hades. He brought him back to his house and laid him down on his couch.

"Now I wonder who Anubis got to be his host…"

Ryko's House, 4:00 PM

Ryko didn't come to work again. Sadie was getting nervous. She opened the door to his house and saw him sleeping. This was the real Ryko, she was sure of it. A note was lying near him.

Let Him Be.

Hades

She nodded. She leaned over to see the door to Ryko's backyard. She wondered what was in it…

Ryko's House, 4:15 PM

Ryko slowly awoke. He looked at what he was wearing.

"I fell asleep in my combat outfit?"

He went to his room to put on his casual outfit. He took a look on his radar and noticed someone was in his backyard. He smiled. That could only be one person.

Ryko's Backyard, 4:20 PM

SAMs, machine guns, cannons, mortars, everything. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"Ya know Sadie, some of my targets think they're safe when they fly. I prove them wrong."

She turned around. Ryko was as casual as she'd ever seen him. He was wearing converse high tops. His gun belt was gone and he wasn't wearing his sunglasses. He was still wearing his necklace.

"Why do you wear that necklace all the time?" Sadie asked.

"It belonged to my dad."

"What happened to your dad, anyway?"

"He was doing a contract when he got shot by his target multiple times. He went to the hospital and bled out, but not before giving me this."

"It still has blood on it." Ryko nodded.

"Yea. Why don't I show you around some more? If you thought this was cool, wait till ya see my garage!"