‘Ffffuuuuuuuu–’Well to say things hadn’t gone as planned would have been the understatement to understate all understatements. Hades scowled as he fled the scene on Mt Olympus, before his dear bro got him back for his stunt. His mind was running a mile a minute,Hercules had gotten his strength back.Which meant their deal had fallen through, and there was only one way that could have happened.Meg had done something stupid. ‘Great. Of course she did.’
Hades stormed back into the Underworld. The place he considered both a home, and a prison. He’d almost gotten out of this basement. Almost gotten to rule over everything and finally make his annoying family know how it felt to be the ones cast out and ridiculed. He’d been so close.So close.“RAAAAGH! WE were SO CLOSE!”Somehow he’d held back from letting his anger get the better of him this long, but of course it wouldn’t last. Now the room was charred to ashes, and he was right back where he started. Hercules had been a great big thorn in his side since the little brat was born, Hades grumbled as he realized he should have just snuffed the kid out while he had the chance. Instead, his victory had been ripped clean from his grasp.“So close that we tripped at the finish line. Why? Because our little nut-Meg had to go all noble.”Now her soul was floating down the Styx. She was trapped here forever, and after everything she did to try and get her freedom, she threw it all away for one guy. History really did have a funny way of repeating.‘I hope this one was worth it, Meg.’