“The Rise of Zeus – Chapter IX (Pt 4)”
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.)
“Right,” Hades says dryly. “Sorry, I just forgot how much I don’t care.”
Man, Hades can be so annoying sometimes.
Hades’ black eyes land on me and I freeze.
“So,” he says, slowly walking toward me, “what exactly did you see in this vision of yours, dear brother?”
“Um, well—”
Wow, I forgot how articulate I am around Hades.
“It was about the mortals, wasn’t it?” he scowls.
“How did you know that?”
“It’s always the mortals,” he says, rolling his eyes before turning to Chiron. “Honestly, I don’t understand why you still train them. They always end up turning evil and coming back to hunt us down because we’re more powerful than them.”
“Now, now, Hades,” Chiron says with a frown, “we’ve been over this before. The mortals need to take care of themselves. And, regarding your point, my heroes rarely ever return to cause trouble.”
“Oh yeah? What about Leah?”
“Yes, well that was one—”
“Joey. Bianca.” Hades holds up his fingers and starts counting to prove his point. “Pablo. Chen. Eliza. Har—”
Chiron holds up a hand and Hades finally stops talking.
Final Comments: I feel like I need to add more to the “they always end up turning evil and coming back to hunt us down” part… More motive is probably needed for it to actually make sense… Or maybe it works as is because Hades doesn’t fully understand the mortals’ motives?
Overall Rating: 😅
