“The Rise of Zeus – Chapter IX (Pt 1)”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

ZEUS

I don’t know what it is about Hades, but at the mere mention of his name, my face contorts into an ugly grimace. I swear, it’s an involuntary reflex to his name.

As the car skids to a stop in front of us, enveloping us in a cloud of dust, I can’t get the grimace to go away. Maybe this is just my new look. I mean honestly, it’s about the same look as models make as they go down the runway. So if they can pull it off, who’s to say that I can’t?

“Your face is doing that weird thing again,” Apollo whispers into my ear.

Okay, so maybe I can’t pull it off. I take the time for the dust to clear to relax my facial muscles into a smile.

“What are you doing?” Apollo hisses. “You look like a creep.”

“Well, I’m sorry, but it’s either this face or the other one.”

“Fine, go back to the other one then.”

I scrunch my nose up and stick my tongue out at him before letting my face settle back into its grimace.

The dust finally settles, revealing the sparkling black car in front of us. The purple skull design on the front is unmistakable; only fans of heavy metal and the God of the Underworld would grace their car with a design like that.

Final Comments: I feel like this is one of the parts I’ve written where I’ve immediately known that I wanted to change something. I think during edits, I’m going to take out the entire two first paragraphs and start at “Your face is doing that weird thing again…” because it’s a lot of telling in the beginning rather than showing. But I will also say that it’s nice to get back to Zeus after so long.

Overall Rating: 🙂