Chapter 31: Hades' Downfall part 2

The Underworld

It was horrible. Hades took baby Sophia and turned her sixteen. As if that weren't enough, he implanted false memories in her head and a knowledge of how to control her powerful magic, a combination of being the product of true love and having the power of the gods. Now, as Hades battled his sons, Sophia fought her own mother and the rest of the team that had arrived to save her. At the other end of the room, Cyrus, Iago, Taj, and Rafi stood before their father.

"Reverse what you did to my daughter." Cyrus ordered. "Now!"

"That's no way to speak to your father." Hades said. "I thought Amara would've taught you some manners."

"You have no right to call yourself a father." Iago said, as he held the magic skull staff of the Underworld.

"So that's where my staff ended up." Hades said. "I would've thought you were above petty theft."

"Reverse what you did to Sophia, or we'll kill you." Rafi said.

"I think you mean 'and' we'll kill him." Taj said.

"You boys think you're really powerful enough to challenge me?" Hades asked. "I am a god."

"Gods can be killed." Rafi said.

"Poseidon was killed by his own daughter." Iago said.

"You are more powerful than any two or three of us combined." Cyrus said. "But it's you who doesn't stand a chance against the four of us together."

"You underestimate my power." Hades said.

"Were you wondering what happened to Cersei?" Rafi asked. "I single-handedly reduced her to nothing but a mere house cat and saved Wonderland from your demon army. Imagine what I can do with my three brothers."

Taj, Rafi, and Cyrus then extended their arms towards Hades. Iago aimed the skull staff at the god. Then, the four brothers released red beams of powerful magic energy. The beams hit Hades directly. Hades screamed in pain. He tried to fight back, but he could not. The power of his children was too much. He once heard a prophecy that the son of a god would be his undoing. That is why he imprisoned Hercules decades ago. Hades didn't know that it would be a combined effort by all his sons to kill him. Hades started to glow bright red. After a few more seconds, he was gone. Hades had disappeared forever. Hades, the God of the Underworld, was dead.

However, the four brothers could not relax yet. They turned around and saw Sophia using her powerful magic to fight everyone else, and she was winning. By now, Sophia had stopped flying and was on the ground. She was standing up while everyone was else was laying down. They weren't dead, but they were weak after trying to take on Sophia. Cyrus decided to put a stop to it. He waved his arm. Then, Sophia became immobilized. She was magically paralyzed and could not move. The four brothers then surrounded her. They were going to use their combined powers to reverse what Hades had done to her. They focused their energies, but nothing happened. Sophia remained sixteen years old. What Hades did to her was permanent. Then, Cyrus thought if he could never hold his baby girl again, then she would at least remember who her parents were. Cyrus walked up to his immobilized daughter and kissed her forehead. This was true love's kiss. The love Cyrus has for Sophia was powerful enough to erase the false memories Hades gave her, but not powerful enough to make her a baby again. Cyrus then returned her mobility. Sophia then looked at Cyrus and started to cry.

"Dad?" She asked.

Cyrus and Sophia then hugged each other and cried. As they did, Rafi, Taj, and Iago were using their magic to heal all their wounded friends on the floor. Once they did, Alice joined Cyrus and Sophia in hugging and crying together. Mary Margaret and David felt like they were seeing the past. They too had missed the opportunity to raise their daughter. One day she's an infant. The next time they see her, she's grown up and powerful. David, Mary Margaret, and Emma felt the need to let Alice and her family know that they would be around the help them through this, being perhaps the only people in any realm who would understand what they were going through. Suddenly, two women appeared out of nowhere in front of Cyrus, his family, Taj, Rafi, and Iago. The two women were glowing bright blue. They were spirits who resided in the Underworld. The two women were Amara and Megara.

"Mother?" Cyrus asked.

"Yes." Amara said. "It's really me. Oh goodness look at you Sophia. You were a baby the last time I saw you. I am here now to tell my sons that I am so proud of each and every one of them. You destroyed the most evil man in all the realms."

"That is why I have come as well." Megara said. "Iago, I am your mother and I too am proud of you."

The boys were happy to see their mothers. They couldn't touch them because they were ghosts. Hercules then walked over to talk to Megara.

"I don't know what to say." Hercules said.

"I'm sorry." Meg said to him. "Hades used me to get to you. I didn't want to do it."

"I know." Hercules said. "I love you."

"I love you too." Meg said. "Go back to your family. They miss you."

Iago then waved his hand. Hercules was then consumed by a magic cloud and transported to the magical realm of Olympus, home of the gods.

"You must leave this place." Amara said. "You all don't belong here in the Underworld."

"Unfortunately, Hades was right." Megara said. "A god must take control of the Underworld now that he is dead. If left unattended, the demons and spirits could rise and attack the living as they did in Wonderland."

"I'll do it." Iago said. "I left Agrabah to Jasmine and Aladdin. I don't know where I'd go after this anyway. I love my brothers, but I don't belong in Storybrooke. Besides, once I become the ruler of the underworld, I'll gain even more power. Then I'd like to see Jafar ever try to stand in my way again."

"Are you sure, little brother?" Taj asked. That was huge. Taj hated Iago's very existence for most of his life because his conception is what drove his family apart. Now, he's come to accept his brother.

"Yes." Iago said. "Go back to Storybrooke. Help Cyrus, Alice, and Sophia. They'll need their family and friends now more than ever. We will see each other again."

Cyrus, Taj, and Rafi then used their magic to consume everyone in a cloud of smoke and return them to Storybrooke. Once they were gone, Iago took a seat on Hades' throne, which was his throne now. He'd finally done it. Hades was dead and now Iago was the new God of the Underworld