“The Rise of Zeus – Chapter IX (Pt 3)”
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 (cont.)
“Hades,” Chiron says with a smile, “welcome back.”
“It’s good to be home, dear Chiron,” Hades replies with a smirk. “Apollo, Hermes, Hera, good to see you all again.” His eyes fall on Aphrodite and they immediately light up.
“Welcome home, Hades,” Aphrodite purrs, giving him a wink.
Man, I almost wish that they’d just get together and get this whole pointless chasing each other stuff out of the way. I mean it couldn’t be more obvious that they both like each other, so I don’t understand why they can’t admit it. It would be a whole lot easier—not to mention less uncomfortable—if they just got over this little flirty phase.
“Come inside,” Chiron says, interrupting the awkward series of eyelash batting that Aphrodite and Hades are doing at each other. “You must have many stories to tell us about your travels.”
“Oh, that I do,” Hades says, finally tearing his eyes away from Aphrodite. “I’ve got news of your precious mortal heroes.”
Apollo and I exchange a glance.
“I’m not telling him,” Apollo whispers. “It was your vision.”
“Yeah, but visions are your responsibility,” I hiss back.
“A vision?” Hades’ sharp voice makes me wince. “Haven’t your visions already done enough damage, Apollo?”
“I don’t control them,” Apollo snaps back, fire in his eyes. “All I do is help facilitate your state of mind to be able to enter into the vision!”
Final Comments: It’s hard to juggle so many gods and goddesses and just characters in general, especially since I’ve got two individual storylines! I hope the number of characters doesn’t cause confusion…
Overall Rating: 😬
