Shadow
When darkness comes to light
Part 2
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I walked to the entrance, and I yell, "Hades! I'm here!" and conjured the only spell I knew, a simple fire tunnel, up into the sky. After about fifteen minutes of waiting after that, he appeared through the doorway. All I knew was that there time connects to whatever world I come from, so I knew how long it actually was.
"Hello Hades." I say, and, had my love not been dead and me not having black scars on my back from all the times I protected Annabeth, I would have smiled at his shocked face. "Uh, P-Perseus? Is that you?" He stuttered. "Actually I go by Pnigmós now. Call me whatever you like, I just want you to realize that I have power here." I beckoned behind me, which was a lake that dwarfed Michigans. "Okay Drowning, how long has it been for you? 30 years? 50? 100?"
"3 years, 7 months, 9 days, 17 hours and 54 minutes. I'm that obsessive. I know that in my homeworld it has been around 328 years, correct" I asked. He replied "327, actually. And why should I not at least try to kill you, seeing as though you raped Annabeth."
"You don't actually believe that crap, do you? Of course not. And just to prove it to you, follow me." I said. "Follow you where?" He asked. "My house".
He followed me down into the depths of the lake, and soon we saw a house. My house. As we entered, I loosened up. Still no smiles, but I was no longer so formal. "Hades, please change into that outfit, armor makes the dogs uncomfortable." I said. He instantly changed into said outfit, which was a silk tunic and cotton pants. At that moment, two hellhounds came charging in, and the first time in a long time, Hades saw me smile. I patted the two dogs on the head and requested Hades to continue to follow. We descended some stairs. We passed an alchemy table, a number of handcrafted journals. Mine of course.
I poured a potion into two cups. I handed one to Hades, the other I drank myself. "Drink it" I said, "And you will find the truth." And so he drank.
Hello Hades. I said.
How are you within my head? He inquired.
That drink, now close your eyes. He did and then I sifted through my memories, one after another until I found the correct one.
We slept separate so if one of us got attacked the other could help. Bad move. Turns out every night Annabeth got up and left. One night I woke up, I looked to her spot, and she wasn't there. I yelled out "Annabeth? Annabeth!" but to no avail. I got up and looked for her, I left the cave we resided at, and ventured into the darkness. My eyes soon adjusted, and I could see better. After maybe 5 minutes of walking, I heard something, a moan. I started running, wondering if she was hurt. Far from it. I walked into a dimly lit cave, but that was still an improvement from outside. I looked to one corner, and Annabeth's clothes were neatly folded. There was a hallway and me being the impulsive creature I am, I entered. When I stepped out, I saw a naked Annabeth, her head tossed back in the throes of orgasm. Above her was a goblin.
I began to feel so angry, so angry that I could feel water from the world above. Neither of them had noticed me, so I quietly drew Riptide and at the end of her pleasure, right before it ended, I sliced the demon in half. Black blood poured from both halves, making it look like Annabeth was drenched in oil. She screamed and looked at the one who did that, which was me. As soon as she saw me, she became so scared. My blue aura was visible and I could feel water collecting. I told her that as soon as we got out, I was reporting her to Zeus.
"Wow" was all Hades could say. "Yeah, 'Wow' couldn't you say anything that is even slightly intelligent, can't you make a comment imbued with even a little empathy?"
"Sorry, Perseus. I don't know what to say, the only anger that I can compare that to is when Maria was killed, but that was 300 years ago…"
"I have a question, can you contact any gods that will help me? Anyone who hates Annabeth?" I asked
"Well, Artemis And Hephaestus don't believe her, Hestia hates her for seducing Dionysus. Circe can't stand her because she killed Reyna for insulting her, but Circe loves you because You befriended her and helped her in Reyna's time of need. Nemesis would've helped you simply because you want revenge, but Annabeth insulted her intelligence by talking down to her during a council."
"Well take me with you out of Tartarus and collect them" I said. I need to do some things before it is time to take revenge."
"Okay, but one thing… how did you keep track of the time you have spent here?"
I showed him my watch. "The power down here keeps it going infinitely."