Chapter 29: Sons of Hades

Agrabah

Iago felt annoyed. He had defeated Emma Swan, Jafar, Ursula, Prince Aladdin, and Prince Eric without spending much effort. They now laid sprawled out across the floor of the royal throne room. He was about to kill them when suddenly, Rafi appeared in a cloud of magic smoke with Hercules, David, and Hook. Iago then revealed to Rafi that they were brothers. David and Hook rushed to Emma and tried to see if she was ok.

"You're my brother?" Rafi questioned.

"Amara never told you about me." Iago said. "I suppose that makes sense. From what our father told me, she hated my very existence."

"My mother loved all her children." Rafi said.

"Amara is not my mother." Iago said. "Did she ever tell you why you all left the Underworld?"

"I assumed it was to get away from Hades." Rafi said.

"Not just Hades." Iago said. "She wanted to get away from me. Hades wasn't faithful to her. He got another woman pregnant. Months after you all left the Underworld, I was born and Hades killed my mother. He blamed her for Amara taking his other three sons away."

"How do I know you're telling the truth?" Rafi asked.

"Look what I've done to the Savior, Jafar, and the sea goddess." Iago said. "Look what I've done to Ariel and Jasmine. Only the son of a god could accomplish all this."

"What are you doing here in Agrabah?" Rafi asked.

"I initially came to get revenge on my magic instructor Jafar." Iago said. "He wasn't here, so I took over the throne, knowing he'd return one day."

Rafi was standing by the doorway and Iago was standing at the other end of the room in front of his throne. Suddenly, next to the large windows, a large cloud of magic smoke appeared, revealing Cyrus, Taj, Alice, Regina, Maleficent, Will Scarlet, Anastasia, and Mary Margaret. Cyrus and Taj soon ran to their brother Rafi, who they had not seen in quite some time, and embraced him. Mary Margaret ran over to David and noticed that their daughter was badly hurt. Regina and Maleficent stepped in the center of the room and face Iago.

"You're the evil wizard that's been causing all this trouble?" Regina asked.

"You're barely more than a child." Maleficent said.

"Why do people keep underestimating me?" Iago asked.

Then, Iago thrusted his arm forward. Simultaneously, the two women were magically lifted off their feet and flew backwards until they hit the wall hard. The Evil Queen and the Dragon Queen had incredible power, but even they were no match for a god. Alice ran over to Cyrus.

"You must be Iago." Cyrus said and then turned to his brothers. "We have enough power to take him down."

"Wait." Rafi said. "Iago is our brother. We are all sons of Hades."

"That can't be true." Cyrus said.

"It is true." Taj said. "He is our brother. I was in the room when Hades told our mother that he impregnated another woman. That's why we left the Underworld. She couldn't love him after he betrayed her like that."

"At least Hades didn't try to raise you." Iago said. "He killed my mother after I was born and then proceeded to be the worst father in all the realms."

"So you hate him too." Cyrus said. "May I propose something? We are all planning to go to the Underworld. Hades kidnapped my daughter Sophia. We're going to save her and kill our father. It seems only fair that you should help us kill him."

"I don't need your help to kill him." Iago said.

"Yes you do." Cyrus said. "Otherwise you would've killed him by now. I know fate has kept us apart. If you truly are our brother then help us. Help us kill the man who ruined all our lives."

The eyes on Iago's skull staff started to glow. At the same time, a red aura surrounded Emma, Jafar, Ursula, Eric, and Aladdin. Within moments, they were completely healed and stood back on their feet. David and Mary Margaret hugged their daughter. Iago next waved his arm in the direction of the statues of Ariel and Jasmine. Within moments, they were consumed by magic smoke. When the smoke cleared, Ariel and Jasmine had returned to normal. Eric and Aladdin then went over to embrace them.

"I'm sorry for what I've done to you all." Iago said.

"Well I don't forgive you." Jafar said. "If you all want to die fighting a full fledged god, then be my guest."

Jafar then consumed himself in magic smoke and disappeared. Ursula soon did the same.

"I knew we couldn't trust them." Emma said.

"I will join you on your quest to save your daughter and kill Hades." Iago said. "My brothers."

"We aren't going with you." Eric said. "Ariel and I want to go back to our home on Hangman's Island."

Iago then wave his arm. Ariel and Eric were then consumed by magic smoke and disappeared.

"I returned them to Hangman's Island." Iago said.

"We will not go with you either." Aladdin said. "We must stay here and rule Agrabah as its rightful leaders."

"We wish you all the best of luck." Jasmine said.

"Are we all ready to go?" Alice asked. "The God of the Underworld has my baby held hostage."

"You must not be so hasty." Hercules said. "We'll need all our focus to kill a god."

Iago then used his magic to created a large magic cloud of smoke that consumed himself, his three brothers, Alice, Mary Margaret, David, Emma, Hook, Will, Ana, Regina, and Maleficent and transported them all the the Underworld. Even with all that power, could they still take down Hades?

Underwater Kingdom

Ursula magically appeared in Poseidon's throne room underwater. She had not been here since she and Jafar murdered her father Poseidon, God of the Seas. There was a merman inside the throne room as well. He was one of the royal guards.

"Have you returned for the funeral my princess?" The guard asked. "I regret to inform you that it's been over for about an hour or so."

"I don't care." Ursula said. "I came back to take my father's place."

"Zeus decreed that he would take control of the seas." The guard said.

"That's because he was Poseidon's closest available relative." Ursula said. "I am his daughter. The throne belongs to me. Zeus will understand that. I am now the Goddess of the Seas."

Camelot

Jafar appeared in the forest outside of Camelot on a bright sunny day. He left the others to face their deaths in the Underworld. Since he failed to retake his throne in Agrabah, it was time for him to decide what to do next. It didn't take him long to come up with a new plan. However, in order to achieve it, he needed to talk to Merlin. Meanwhile, the others were about to enter the Underworld. Alice and Cyrus were about to get a shock when they realized what Hades had done to their daughter.