Chapter 9: The Son of Zeus

FANG

"So this world is all about the greek legends?" Gazzy asked.

Riku nodded and said, "Hercules, Zeus, Hades, they're all there. They even had Icarus for a little while, but..."

Gazzy smiled and said, "I can't belive we're going to meet Hercules!"

Iggy smiled and said, "Please be very descirptive, I want to know what this place looks like."

Riku smirked and said, "It mostly a huge arena with lots of coloums and fire pots, unless you go down to the underworld. Then you have to have a special charm or you'll be drained of all your energy."

Iggy smirked and said, "Got it. So any idea on where to find the lighting of Greece?"

I said, "Herecules is Zeus's son. Zeus is the god of thunder and throws lighting bolts."

Gazzy smirked and said, "So we ask Hercules about it, grab it and go."

Riku shook his head and said, "No it's not that simple, it never is. There maybe heartless on the surface of the world and Hades kind of has it out for anyone with a keyblade."

Iggy said, "Well we should be fine then. Sora has the keyblade."

Riku raised his hand and a keyblade appeared.

I stared in shock and Iggy yelled, "What's going on? The blind kid want's to know!"

I said, "Riku has a keyblade..."

Riku nodded and said, "So does Kairi and the King. So yeah, Hades has it out for me."

I looked behind Riku and the portal thing lit up.

Riku smiled and said, "That's our queue to go."

We walked into the green circle and the lights began to glow.

"Whoa..." Gazzy said, as we stood at the foot of the massive coliseums.

Riku smiled and said, "Welcome to The Colosuem of Olympus."

A man walked out with bright red hair, bulging muscles, and a thing of leather armor on.

Next to him walked a small creature with goat horns and legs but had the upper half of a small pot belly man.

Riku smiled and said, "Yo, Hercules! Phil!"

The small guys name is Phil? Man he really got the short end of the stick.

Hercules and Phil walked up to us.

Herc smiled and said, "Riku! Long time no see! Did you find him?"

He nodded and said, "Yeah, we found him, he taller than you now."

Herc laughed and said, "I'll have to see for myself."

Riku shook his head and said, "He's not with us. We had to separate. The heartless are back and..."

Phil said, "We know, they were all over the coliseum, but we took care of them."

He looked at us and asked Riku, "So who are your friends?"

Gazzy stepped up and said, "I'm Gasman, Gazzy for short."

I waved and said, "I'm Fang."

Iggy said, "My name's Iggy and if you don't mind telling me what you guys look like..."

Herc rasied an eyebrow and asked, "Why? Can't you see me?"

He replied with a smirk, "Nope. I'm blind."

Herc looked at him completely shocked and said, "Sorry I didn't mean to..."

Iggy smiled and said, "It's really not a big deal, I lived without my eyesight for years and I've done fine. I the best cook in the group and I can..."

Phil said, "Yeah, that great kid, now as for what I look like, I'm a sader. A half goat, half man combo. Herc here has bright red hair, huge muslules, and leather armor."

Gazzy looked to the sky and asked Riku, "Is this place a go, or a no?"

Riku looked at him and said, "Go for it Gazzy. Be warned, you might run into a flying horse."

He smiled and unfurled his tan and white wings. He jumped up and took off into the air.

Gazzy yelled, "Iggy come up here it awesome!"

Iggy smiled and said, "Sound good to me."

He took off with his white wing speckled with little black dots.

Herc and Phil stared at the two flying kids.

Riku looked at me and asked, "Why aren't you up there?"

I shrugged and said, "I don't feel like flying right now."

Herc looked at me and said, "You have wings too!?"

I unfurled my pitch black wings and said, "Yeah."

Herc looked at Riku and said, "There's has to be a really intresting story behind this."

Riku nodded and said, "There is, but it's not my story to tell. It's Sora's."

I tucked my wings back in and yelled, "Gazzy! Iggy! Come down we need to get back on track."

The two fluttered down and landed.

They tucked in their wings and walked back up to us.

Herc smirked and said, "You guys might give Pegasus a run for his money."

Phil nodded and said, "Now you said, you came here for a reason."

Riku nodded and said, "We found a way to get rid of the heartless for good, but we need to find these special keys."

"One of which, is 'Lighting of Greece'. We were wondering if you guys know about it."

Herc nodded and said, "Yeah, it a legendary spear. My father said he would give it to the person or people who solves the three impossible task of Olympus."

Phil listed off the task, "Carry a cloud down from sky to the ground, create fire without lighting a spark or using a existing fire, and climb to the top of Mt. Olympus within 30 minutes."

Iggy and Gazzy looked at each other and Iggy said, "We'll take a crack at them."

Phill laughed and said, "I'll humor you and let you try it."

He pulled out a stone with a rune on it. He held it to the sky and said, "The challenge of three impossible has been taken up by two newcomers!"

A bolt of lighting stuck down and a man walked out.

Herc smiled and said, "Hi dad."

He smiled and said, "It's good to see you my son."

He turned to Gazzy and Iggy and said, "I am Zeus! Do you truthfully take up my chalange, in belief that you can solve it?"

The two nodded with excitement.

Zeus stood up and said, "Then let the test begin!"

A cloud of black smoke appeared and a man with blue skin, blue fire for hair, and a black robe walked up.

He smiled and said, "Well this should be fun, for a couple of minutes."

Herc said, "What are you doing here Hades?"

Hades smirked and said, "Watching these kids fail, what else! I mean the first test should eliminated them immediately..."

Riku shook his head and said, "You haven't met Iggy and Gasman then..."

Zeus said, "Your first task is to bring a cloud down to the ground."

Gazzy smirked and said, "Piece of cake."

The two jumped up into the air and unfurled there wings, gently flying up to the clouds.

Hades looked up and said, "I call cheating! Clearly they're not mortals..."

I unfurled my wings and said, "Yes we are."

Hades asked, "How..."

"We were just born with wings on our backs..."

Iggy and Gazzy flew up to a cloud and used there wings to push the cloud down to ground.

Zeus smiled and said, "You have done it, young ones. The first task is complete."

He waved his hand and the cloud went back into the sky.

Zeus looked at them, and said, "Now for the second test, create fire without lighting a spark or using a existing fire."

He waved his hand and a large stack of wood appeared.

Iggy smiled and said, "That's easy. Gazzy grab the one we made in Hollow Bastion."

Gazzy pulled out his bag, and pulled out...

"A BOMB!? They made a bomb in Hollow Bastion! This is nuts! Two kids, not to metion one is blind, make bombs!" Riku yelled.

I sighed and said, "They done this a lot more times than I can count. This is kind of their specialty."

Gazzy looked at him and said, "I'm setting it for a minute."

He set the clock and placed it in the wood.

I looked at them and said, "I would take cover if I were you."

We all ran behind pillars, except for Hades. He laughed and said, "Like that thing with create fire...Please..."

Gazzy yelled, "3...2...1.."

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The bomb detonated cathing all the wood un-fire.

Hades turned around and said, "THAT THING BLEW UP!"

Iggy smiled and said, "Oh sweet music to my ears! I love the sound of detonation!"

Zeus smirked and said, "The second test has been completed. Now for the third, you must reach the top of Mt. Olympus with 30 minutes, you time begins, now."

Gazzy smiled and said to Iggy, "80 degrees up, for about 8 miles."

Iggy nodded and said, "Race ya!"

He took off flying at lighting speed.

Gazzy smirked and said, "Your so on!"

Gazzy lept up and began flying as fast as he could.

Phil looked in disbelief and said, "Those two are going to do it. They going to pass the test!"

Hades fire turned red and said, "How can mortals be so powerfull to figure out the impossible test?"

Herc said, "Not to metion, one of them is completely blind.

" Hades fire shot up more and said, "WHAT?!"

Herc laughed and said, "Yeah the older kid is blind, sure doesn't act like it though."

I nodded and said, "That's a bird kid for you."

Zeus smiled and said, "They have done it!"

He waved his hands and they appeared right in front of us.

Zeus smiled and said, "Congratulations, you have earn, The Lighting of Greece."

A spear appeared, with lighting surging through it and it bared a mark that looked like a crown with a heart in it.

He handed it to Gazzy and Iggy and said, "This weapon allows you to summon lighting and give you two the power to never be harmed by my element ever again."

I smirked and said, "So you two can't be electricuted. Nice."

Hades looked at them and said, "This isn't over! Not by the slightest!"

He turned into a cloud of black mist.

Riku smiled and said, "Man, you guys really pissed off Hades."

Phil smiled and said, "You two offically have my respect."

Herc smirked and said, "And my help."

He tossed me a rune and said, "If you guys need me, lift up that rune and say my name. It only works once, so use it wisely."

I smiled and said, "Thanks."

Riku looked at us and said, "We should probably get back to the ship. The others will be waiting for us."