Underworld

Ellery barely battered an eyelid at Da Vinci and when he disappeared ahe smiled. "I didn't like him anyway..."

Like everyrhing else Blake seemed to say bathing in the styx had risks. She wasn't a fan of stripping down and diving in to a river with about sixyeen people here to see. "Screw that, I want to go to bed." She mumbled finallu complaining about her tiresome. She examined her nails frowning at the cracks formming in the black paint.

She looked at the group before she gave in. "Fine but i need a power nap later.." She took one last look at where 'Period Man.' as Ellery decided to nickname here had previouslty stood dark eyed and bored.

Asper looked over the map, if Hitler had truly taken over the Underworld. Then Hades Palace would be the perfect place for him to issue out commands from. Blake's idea of bathing in the River Styx was not a bad idea at all, however Asper did not see how much it could help. If Hitler could truly kill Gods, then immortality wasn't going to save them.

Lucas came up alongside him, asking for help. Asper listened to his plea and nodded to him, saying, "Theoretically, I may be able too, Time is very strange in the Astral itself. All of history is recorded in the Astral, so yes, the energy does exist." He stopped walking, facing Lucas and placing his thumb and index finger on his forehead. Asper closed his eyes, concentrating deeply, his Astral body disconnected from his physical. Three weeks ago his body would of gone limp and he would of been unable to operate it while Astral projecting. With as much power as he had now though, he was able too use his physical body and his Astral body at the same time. The sensation was indescribable, like existing as two different being who were both linked yet separate.

Asper journeyed through several distant instances in time, all of history may of been recorded in the Astral. But it was unchangeable, one could only spectate. He did not stick around to watch though, he searched through all the energy. After a few short seconds he found the energy he was looking for, Asper drew from the energy, letting it travel through the link that his Astral and Physical body had, going directly into Lucas. Asper joined back with his physical body once he felt he had given enough to Lucas, he did not plan to stick around in the Astral side of the Underworld. Who knows what powerful entities could of been born there.

Asper opened his eyes back up, and removed his hand, "There, I hope that can do for now. I envy your position, I felt the nature of that energy. It felt ancient and powerful."

Raiden heard from the others what was happening and quickly felt overwhelmed. He was not sure what any of this meant, Hitler was a devil, well of course he was but Raiden would never have guessed that he would encounter the man.

Now they were trapped in the underworld with a map and without a purpose. Maybe they could just leave.

But as you continued to walk down the street of this empty city, you heard the song again... Louder this time. It seemed that the closer you got to reaching the edge of the city, the closer you got to the songs source.

But something isn't right... you glance at the windows of the building you are passing...
And an endless sea of eyes stares back at you...

The crew sped of in all directions not knowing what to do next. Everything was confusing, every clue lead to another and none seemed to have a purpose. Raiden walked with his head down trailing behind the crowd listening to the same sad song. No matter how hard he tried he could not find the source and it bugged him.

Then from the front came Stella, when Raiden spotted her he lifted up his head and smiled, trying to look as friendly a possible. She told him a funny joke and so he laughed. "hey no problem, I don't think anyone wanted them anyways, I'm not cool enough." Raiden then scratched the back of his head and talked again, "so what do you think of all this, I mean with what has happened and what we are doing now?"

Blake walked further down the street with the others. He felt odd, as if he was being watched. Blake was being watched though, by the Void, it had even told them so. Blake looked around anyway, he didn't like being creeped out. Shivers shot down Blake's spine as he saw many eyes staring back at him from the ruins of the city.

The song began to get louder... Blake thought, and he thought... He had heard that song before but where... "The Nazi anthem!" Blake exclaimed.

Blake turned to everyone. Blake allowed his armor to become his old steel-plate armor and his shield appeared on his arm, Misery at his side. Blake smirked, his smirk was trapped within the mask of his helm. "The're Nazi's coming." Blake said.

Blake began to worry about Ellery again. He didn't know why, he had never cared about anyone this much except his two little brothers. Blake cursed himself. He was a war expert, not an emotions expert.

"Shizer." Ellery almost smirked but even she was made nervous by this.
She stole a glance at Blake and noticed he looked worried and distracted. It wasn't like Ellery to care but something inside her made her ask "You ok?" She asked it was an overly dumb question none of them were ok if Hitler could kill gods.

Staring in the direction of the music Ellery began to fade. Her skin just seemed to disappear. It started at her feet then rose upwards pausing at her hips then shooting up over the rest of her. "Da f..." She was still there and she could see and here but she couldn't see her own body...she was invisible. "Guys...this is weird...where has my body gone or have I got some damn invisibility thing going on?"

Then it her if the others did this they could escape nazis with zero casualties...hopefully. Honestly she didn't care a lot but it crossed her mind.

Then as you reach the edge of the city a massive cliff lays before you which forms a 100 foot drop straight into a gently flowing river...
but the most frightening sight is what lays beyond the river...

A vast wasteland and a huge army that goes out as far as the eye can see...
But wait... this was no army... These were millions of slaves...
They sung out in unison loud and filled with sorrow, in perfect harmony.

We were wrong...So wrong
*echo*

To cast you out, into the dark...
*echo*

We are lost...all alone...
*Echo*

No hope, no reason to exist...

Save us now from the man...
The man who rules the shadow...
*echo*

Raise the gods! Bring them back! Revive the ancient lords!
*echo*

Oh save us! Oh release us from this prison!

Oh raise the gods!
From the pit of endless chaos!

Raiden smiled at Stella's compliment but unfortunately things got a lot more strange.

"Ellery you turned invisible!" Raiden exclaimed and then turned his body invisible as well. It was a fun neat trick that could certainly help out a lot. Raiden stayed invisible for a few minutes but returned to his normal self so that no one thought he had run off. The they came to a cliff.

"Woah..." Raiden said quietly as he looked out into the horde of slaves. "I think they need our help, we can not just leave them like this." It killed Raiden to see so many people in bondage, he knew they must do something, but this was far out of his reach, he needed help, the others need to help.

"That is sooo neat." Ellery smirked not that you could see it. Ellery giggled and thought of all the trouble she cause like this. After she got bored Ellery came back in the flesh and marched to the cliff edge. "This could be a trick or death trap however. What if helping them means our deaths? That wouldn't be smart because then no one xould help them e bees information first." Ellery rushed seconds after Raiden's orginal comment. She was a quick thinker but she always thought twice before she said something just to take caution.

Blake sighed and began to think. "Do any of you know a man by the name Moses?" Blake said with a smirk. "Ten plagues, all of them weakening Hitler and his men killing many of them using our powers. Then the last plague, set the slaves free, kill Hitler." Blake said. He didn't know how they were going to do it, but he knew they could.

Blake scratched his head. "Or..." Blake said re thinking. "We could just go and either kill or 'temporarily kill' the slavers and get the slave to go wait in the fields." Blake thought aloud.

Blake noticed Ellery staring at him. He couldn't help but smile and stare back into her brown eyes. Blake felt like the slave were already free and Hitler was already taken care of. Then Blake had top tear his eyes from Ellerys and look back onto the slaves. To feel that way wasn't right. He was too happy. Blake didn't know what was going on... Do I like her? Blake thought to himself. Blake had always been too busy with wrestling, chess, and school for girls. He had never had a girl friend. But the again Blake never really wanted one.

A gust of wind blows past you and seemingly out of no where. A single large floating boat appears before you...

An elderly man stands in the boat with a long paddle and an emotionless face.

"You must be dead or pay to cross..."
He said is a rasping voice.

She had no idea but something about Blake made Ellery smile but as if trying to hide the smile she started to turn away sluggishly as she replied to his ideas casually "Nice ide-" her voice became silent and her head snapped to the other direction when she saw a boat in the corner of her eye and then yet another old man. "What is it with all the old men in this place? Are we in the retirement home for the dead or something?" She thought out loud each word pouring out as if she were complaining about some place in the real world, The world of the living.

"Well, I'm not gonna rip out my jugular to make your old cabbage ass happy, so name your price? Just not cash because quiet frankly I am broke and how ever much I love dead people none of these guys are going to be slaughtered for this so one of our lives isn't an option either." She asked stubbonly and darkly. Apparently The Goddess of Darkness,Chaos and Death didn't approve of old men wanting something off her.

She raised an eyebrow with crossed arms waiting for his anwer even though inside she doubted it would be one she could actually pay.

The elderly man studied Ellery, then his eyes widened and he bowed before her.
"My lady, I was unaware that a goddess of Death was sent to us. Please forgive my unworthiness!"
He then jumps out of the boat and grovels at Ellery's feet.

"It has been to long since we had any hope here my lady! Please release the ancient ones and save this forsaken land!"
The old man then starts weeping...

Ellery thought for a moment when the man began to weep and it made her wonder slightly.

"Ok, Right I no We, will help you, if you help us across. We know your situation very well and we want to help." Ellery wondered for a split second if she should try talking more formally but that took effort and saving this elderly man and his fellow dead was going to take enough effort as it is.

She looked at the man at her feet wondering if she'd said the right thing or if she'd ruined the slightest spark of hope for them. She looked at Blake to see if he thought she'd made a smart offer but then looked away again to see how the Eldery man had reacted because that was slightly more important then if she'd sounded smart or made a good, fair and mostly importantly an effective offer to the man but really they were already trying to get rid of Hitler but would freeing the old gods actually be a good idea? Ellery didn't speak of her doubts and instead remained silent with her lips shut tight.

Suddenly the old man smiled and said to Blake. I need no payment from the Goddess of Death! Come with me and I shall take you to your required destination!

He jumps into the floating wooden boat beckoning you to follow him.
"Jump in my lords and ladies! I shall assist you my friends!"

Ellery stepped in the boot almosrkfalling but not quiet. Ellery watched Blake and the others and waited for someone to join her in the boat. Ellery seemed relitivly relaxed about it but she was starting to feel the srowsiness catching up with her nagging at her joints and limbs painfully. Ellery clicked her elbow silently and shuffled down the boat so Blakevane the others could get in.

She watched them with her chestnut eyes wondering skightly because she knew not everyone was as seeing and as much a risked compared to Ellery.

As everyone enter the boat you feel a sudden lurching feeling. As if the ground below you is trying to pull you down...
Then just as quickly as the feeling had ended, the boat dropped straight down...
The wind was rushing across your face and then you hit the river below. A giant wave splashing everyone. The Boat then continued down the river and the elderly man acted as if nothing had happened.

Genesis hated the Underworld, or at least all that she had seen of it. Ellery appeared to enjoy it... then again, it was her domain. Genesis longed for Earth. The stable ground beneath her feet that only moved when the plates did or when she willed it. She especially missed the animals. Her head was weirdly quiet without some bird chirping at her or a dog begging her to play. As the boat lurched along she closed her eyes and imagined a forest, and that instead of floating in a river in the Underworld, she was sitting in a branch that swayed with the wind.

Luciano watched all these bright, bright threads of fate spark to life, interweave, and start to work in the warp and weft of the Loom of Fate. Blake, Ellery, Raiden, Stella, Allison, Lucas, Jasper, Asper, Kane, Noah, Genesis...he felt like he knew them, but he had captured but mere glimpses of them since they had awoken. He knew nothing, really. And they did not know him...and the Void had asked him to follow.....to follow into the Underworld. His antithesis, darkness and death. He was light and life, the sun and the wide open spaces underneath it. He HATED the Underworld...but they would need all the help they could get. Hitler was not an easy target. He shuddered...then gasped Friends who I barely know, do not ask this of me...I cannot bear it! But, I have seen where you fail...and I cannot allow that to happen. The Styx is death to enter, even for us. Moses' plagues will kill us as well, none are safe. We must strive to enter Tartarus without being seen, and you will need both Ellery and my help! He shook visibly, the muscles in his arms quaking as he struggled to overcome his fear of being so far underground, away from his place in the sun. Suddenly, though, everything became calm. He saw how Genesis, one more like him than the rest, faced her fear and joined the group. He took a deep, calming breath, and sat down with his legs crossed. He closed his eyes, and focused on the deck of the boat they were all on. He felt the rocking of the waves against it's sides, the creak of the eons old wood, the musty smell of air that hadn't seen the light of day ever in it's long life, and the bright strands of his future friends lives. Suddenly, he felt the weight of innumerable tons of rock cutting him off from the sun, and he whimpered aloud. He opened his eyes and saw everyone on guard around him, staring at him warily. My friends... he said faintly, with a smile, before the strain of using his newly acquired powers overwhelmed him and he slumped against the side of the boat, one arm dangling dangerously off the side. [Hope this works as an intro!]

She tried to focus on the rock instead of her craving. It was kind of stupid, really. She didn't really know how the Underworld worked, if there was some demon that would have attacked her for doing so, but the earth didn't seem that different than the earth in her backyard back in California. The comparison made her smile, but she was jolted from her thoughts when someone said:

"You'd be surprised who you can bribe with a smoke in Canada."

Genesis looked up, and her eyes widened in surprise as he lit it with his fingers. It was still new to her, that there were other people who could control elements, with just the snap of their fingers... literally.

She stood and took the cigarette with a smile, inhaling it with her eyes closed, "Thanks," she said gratefully opening her eyes and nodding towards the man, "I don't think we formally met, I'm Genesis, Deity of Earth and Wildlife."