Chapter Nine: A little help from Hades
Carly's POV
It really pissed me off that we could no longer do iCarly. By now, millions of iCarly fans were logging on to the site only to find out that there was no show today. No show today or ever. It was all due to the fact that if we did iCarly, monsters would track down our signal and come after us. To be honest, I was really beginning to hate being a demigod. All you did was run and hide from monsters. I wanted my life back. I wanted to be normal. But then again, was I ever really normal? I mean, I had been a demigod all my life, I just didn't know. So was I ever normal? I don't know.
Spencer was oddly quiet. This whole trip Spencer had been acting weird. He was more serious and less playful. Had Spencer all these years been acting like a total goofball? Freddie's mom had been acting like an uncool overprotective psycho all these years so could it be that the Spencer I had known for my whole life wasn't the real Spencer? And maybe Sam's mom wasn't really a careless filthy lowlife? Nah, Sam's hadn't changed a bit throughout the entire trip, but Mrs. Benson and Spencer have. I was really confused. All these questions had just suddenly popped into my head for some reason.
Spencer pulled over at the next gas station. I hopped off the motorcycle and waited as Mrs. Benson pulled up next to us. Sam's mom poked her head out of the passenger seat.
"Where are we?" she asked. Spencer shrugged.
"I dunno, I haven't been paying much attention to the signs," he said. He walked over to gas store but it was empty. He then walked back and put some money into the gas machine slot and began to fill the motorcycle.
"By the looks of it, we must be somewhere near…" he was interrupted by a loud growling noise that was coming from the woods. I instinctively reached for my hair clip/bow. Freddie and Sam came out of the car. Sam was holding her sword and Freddie said "Maia!" to get his sneakers flying. Spencer backed up a little, bumping into me, causing me to stumble backwards.
"Spencer!" I screeched. He turned to me and pulled me up.
"Sorry kiddo," he said, emotionlessly. I rolled my eyes and quickly focused my attention back to the woods, where the growling had come from. The growling noise came again only this time it was louder. Sam was shivering. I don't know if it was out of fear or out of excitement. Sam seemed to like fighting monsters more than me or Freddie, so it was hard to tell.
Suddenly, out of the woods, sprang a large black beast and it was huge! It looked like a dog and it had two small horns growing out of its head. It had red glowing eyes and teeth so pointy, they made Sam's sword look like a toothpick. It was at least eight feet tall. It growled at us, but did not come any closer.
"Should we attack?" Freddie asked. He was hovering above Sam and I. Spencer was about to say something when a cold evil voice came out of nowhere.
"Young heroes, it would not be wise to hurt your only hope to get to camp on time," it said. The voice was so calm and evil sounding. It sent shivers down my spine. Spencer stepped up in front of us.
"Lord Hades show yourself!" he shouted. The voice laughed evilly. The earth beneath us began to shake slightly. Whoever this Hades person was, he was not friendly.
"I have no intention of revealing myself to the likes of you, mortal. I simply have sent you a…what may I call it…ah yes, a gift," A gift? This 1,000 pound beast was a gift?
"Lord Hades, what makes you think we will trust you?" Spencer asked. I was still looking around to see where the voice was coming from. Hades laughed again.
"You have no choice! If you want to get to New York tonight, you'll have to take the Hellhound. Otherwise, you'll be too late!" Spencer seemed to be weighing out his odds. The Hellhound was still a few feet away from us, staring us down menacingly. Mrs. Benson and Sam's mom (I couldn't call her Mrs. Puckett for some reason) all came out of the car. Freddie came down and landed between Sam and me.
"Sam, you know who Hades is, right?" Freddie asked. Sam had a little more knowledge of the gods than me and Freddie because of that God of War game she played. She nodded.
"He's the god of the underworld. He is ruthless and mean. I wouldn't trust him," she said.
"Spencer doesn't seem to trust him either," I said. Spencer had said he doesn't trust Hades and Hades had said that he had no choice. Now I didn't no exactly where we were, but I knew it would take at least a day to get to New York. Freddie nodded.
"Yeah, he doesn't sound too trustworthy either," he said. Spencer and the other adults had stopped whispering to each other. They all turned simultaneously.
"Alright Hades, we accept your offer, now what do we do?" Spencer asked. Hades laughed.
"I knew you wouldn't refuse such a great offer," he bellowed. "Now, climb on to the Hellhound and you'll be in New York in a matter of seconds." Seconds? Did he just say that we'd be in New York in seconds? This was unreal!
"Wait!" Sam's mom interjected. "How do we know you're not trying to play us?"
"Now why would I do that?" Hades asked.
"Because," Mrs. Benson said, "If the gods fall, you'll be the supreme ruler of the world!" Hades chuckled.
"Now why didn't I think of that? Silly me. But no, I have no intention of that. Besides, Even if my brothers and sisters do fall, that Typhon is a piece of a work and I have no intention of going through the trouble of defeating him myself."
"That's 'cause you can't," Sam muttered. Hades obviously heard that.
"Have you something to say, hero?" Hades said. He sounded a bit offended. Sam looked up, startled. She seemed to have not expected him to hear her. She shook off her startled face and got back her usual mean face.
"You can't defeat Typhon on your own!" Sam said confidently. "If all the other gods together can't beat him, then you certainly can't beat him alone." We all turned to look at her. She was smiling like a little girl who had gotten her older brother in trouble.
Sam's POV
Yeah, that's right. I told Hades off. The others were staring at me like I had done something extremely crazy, but all I had done was tell the truth. If the other gods couldn't beat Typhon together, then Hades sure as hell couldn't beat him all by himself.
I was expecting Hades to get really angry or something, but he just laughed. I still didn't know where his voice was coming from, but it seemed to be coming from right under us.
"You dare speak to a god like that? You must have a lot of guts, young hero, but guts aren't enough in this world. You can be brave, but it takes courage to be a real hero," he said. His voice was so evil. It radiated evil. Kind of like Ms. Briggs at school only like a million times worse. I honestly didn't think that was possible until now.
"I have courage!" I said, although I barely believed it. Hades laughed.
"We'll be meeting in person in the near future, hero. We'll see if you have courage then." And with that, the evil atmosphere was gone, meaning Hades had left. I don't what he meant by us meeting in the near future, but the mere thought made me sick. I had no intention of meeting Hades in person but a thought in the back of my head said I had no choice. I decided to ignore it .
The Hellhound was still there, eyeing us. It just stood there quietly as if waiting for us to do something.
"What was that all about?" Carly asked. Spencer began walking towards the Hellhound.
"We have to ride it," he said. What, was he crazy? I was not getting on that!
"Spencer, you said you didn't trust him. Why are you doing what he asked?" Carly asked. Spencer stopped a few feet away from the Hellhound.
"Like he said, we have no choice," Spencer continued to walk towards the Hellhound and when he was close enough, he began to climb onto it. Ok, Spencer was officially crazy. Well, crazier than before.
Freddie's mom followed after Spencer, then my mom, and then Freddie flew onto the Hellhound. It was now me and Carly left. I still had my sword in my hand, so I slipped it and it turned back into a nail clipper. I sighed heavily.
"We're gonna have to do it, Carls," I said. She looked terrified and deep down, so was I.
"Come on you guys!" Freddie called. Carly hesitantly approached the Hellhound very slowly. When she finally reached it, she was helped up by Freddie and Spencer. Now it was just me. Ok Sam, you can do it! I began walking towards it taking baby steps, but trying not to look too afraid. Freddie was edging me on, and to be honest, that helped a lot. He didn't even seem to care that I was obviously scared. He just smiled and said, "You can do it Sam! Come on, you're almost here, just a little more!" In case you haven't noticed, my greatest fear in the world was dogs. Well no just big dogs, and this one was definitely the biggest dog I had ever seen. When I finally approached it, Freddie helped me up by himself. I was blushing a little when he pulled me up and I caught a hint of red on his face too. I think his was more of embarrassment. He likes Carly not you! I reminded myself. It was just how things worked. Me and Freddie were never going to be together, ever. I positioned myself behind Freddie and in front of my mom.
The Hellhound then began to run. Slowly at first, but then picking up speed. We were about to run into the gas station wall. It was right in front of us and the dog was not going any slower. We were about to die.
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