Rise of the Olympians

The portal opens as Hades hurdles through, falling to the ground. The shield, hammer, and bodies of his friends and family fly through as the portal closes. Hades is at the Edge of a cliff with green fields and a raging ocean at the bottom of the cliff.

He pants heavily as he slowly gets up and removes the armor off his body. As he removes his helmet, shakes it twice and it turns to a bead. He pulls out a set of beads out of the sac around his waist and the bead joins to the string with the rest of the set. He wraps the beads around his wrist as he turns and looks at the bodies of his friends and family.

4 mounds of dirt cover the bodies of his friends and family. Hades picks up his bident and taps the bottom on the ground 2 times. After the 2nd tap, it changes shape to a walking stick about as tall as he is. W he stabs the stick into the ground and reaches into the sac. He pulls out the Gauntlet and places it onto his right wrist. He outstretches his hand towards the ocean and closes his hand.

As He closes his hand into a fist, the gems on the gauntlet begin to glow. The orbs leave from the gems and float into the air. each of them spread around Hades. They spin slowly around him then shoot up into the sky. They stop in the sky then shoot off into different directions. Hades grabs his sticks and begins to walk off into the distance.

We follow the orange orb as it makes it way to a small stone cottage in the middle of the night. It enters a window where a young man and woman sleep soundly. The orb slowly floats toward the bed and entered the woman's back. She glowed a light orange and the glowing stopped. The woman's eyes opened and she sat up looking around the room. She looked left and right. then slowly went back to sleep.

Back on Olympus, darkness covered the once great mountain full of light. through the halls, huge cracks adorned the walls and skeletons of all the god that fought against him littered the floor. The door to the throne room lay crumbled on the floor. We see Thanatos perched upon the throne, which was once gold and silver, now made of rust and bone.

A half man, half snake monster enters the hall and bows to Thanatos. Thanatos nods his head and the monster raises his head. "You summoned me my lord?" the monster asked. "Yes, Typhon. I need you to do a favor for me" Thanatos stands and starts to walk towards Typhon. " i need you to use your dragons to hunt down Hades and to get me that gauntlet". Typhon backs away slowly as Thanatos approaches him. "If we are to end the age of gods, I need that gauntlet." Thanatos stop walking. "Of course my lord. it will be done" typhon bows, turns away, and slithers towards the door. "Oh and Typhon," Typhon stops and turns to Thanatos. "Don't disappoint me. I left you alive because I found you useful." Thanatos turns towards the throne. he turns his head back and his eyes turn black with a white dot in the middle where the pupil would be. "Don't make me think you are not". Typhon bows again and slither away.

A few months pass and screaming can be heard from the small house. The woman is in the bedroom giving birth. Hades awaits in the green field and see an orange glow shimmer from the bedroom window. A black smoke shaped like a Chinese dragon slithers through the grass behind hades. It slithers up behind him and rises up from the grass as though it was sitting. " So that's what you're planning." You hear typhon's voice emanating from the dragon. "You plan to reincarnate the gods for humans to regain energy through the human soul that will integrate with there's" Hades turns around and Faces the dragon. "Typhon so good to see you. Surprised to see you are still around since all the rest of us were slaughtered." The snake slithers around as though binding up Hades and stops face to face with Hades.

"You do know that there is no way to win this war. We are everywhere and we will find the others. It's only a matter of time" Typhon tilts his head slowly to the side. "Well tell me, Typhon." Hades lifts his right hand out and from under the dragon and the bident changes from stick to its original form. "How long do you think you will be if you find all the souls," He flicks his hand to the right and the bident flies to him swiping down at the dragon and slicing it to pieces. the head of the dragon rolls on the ground and the eye looks at Hades. " You will need more than one generation to make them even remotely powerful enough to beat him." Hades crouches to the ground, " I am aware." The dragon's eye narrows "And how long are you willing to play this game of cat and mouse?" Hades looks up at the house as the orange light dimmers. "As long as it takes. Death will not be the final word in this story. And we will be ready. Tell this to your master." Hades stands, takes up his bident, and stabs the dragon through the head. It dissipates as it impales the head.

The man is in the front yard chopping wood as Hades walks up to the house. The man walks to the front door and faces Hades, ax in hand. "can I help you?" Hades lowers his hood. "Please sir, I mean you no harm. I must speak with you and your wife about your son." The man narrows his gaze and grips his ax tighter. "How did you.....?" The woman walks out of the house with the child in her hand. "Stop!" The man turns around and lowers his ax. "Let us at least hear what he has to say" The man looks back at Hades and Then the woman. He drops the ax next to the doorway. The man walks into the house and the woman waves her hand inside. "Please, come in."

Hades enters the house. The man is siting at a table and the woman is standing behind him. The baby is laying in a small crib in the corner. Hades stands at the opposite end of the table. "Now I'm sure you have many questions that you want answers to but I have little time. First let me introduce myself. I am Hades." The man and woman look at each other then back at Hades. "The Lord of the underworld?" Hades puts a hand to his eyes and sighs. He removes his hand and opens his eyes that are pure black. The man and woman stare in shock. Hades blinks and his eyes turn back to white with red pupils.

"Now that that's done, I need to take the child away." The man get up and the woman move to the child. "The hell you mean?" Hades lifts his hands out in front of him "Please listen to me." The man and woman keep shouting at him, swearing he will never touch their child. hades shakes his head and black smoke swells around him. He yells with a thick bellowing voice "SILENCE!". The two mortals quiet down. The man sits down at the table. the smoke disappears and Hades sits at the table.

"You both already know that your son is no normal mortal. He..." Hades Hesitates as he senses something coming. Something dark. "He is the reincarnation of Ares, the God of War. A war has been raging in the heavens and nearly all the gods have been wiped out by Thanatos. I was able to collect the souls of five of them to be reincarnated to gain power through the generations." The man and woman look at the child. "Ok" the man says, "We will protect him then. Keep him secret". Hades shakes his head. "Unfortunately, that is not an option now. They already know he is here and..." Hades looks outside and the clouds start to swell. "and they are on their way. I must take the child. Keep him safe and teach him all that i can. Help him remember who he is."

The field begins to darken as several smoke dragons swarm through it. the wind picks up as Typhon slithers onto the field as well. He stops at a hilltop overlooking the small stone cottage. He raises his hand forward and the dragons slither on forth.

Hades senses Typhon there and stands up. baring the door with the table. All the windows close shut by themselves and Hades stabs the bident into the ground. it glows bright white and the house does as well. He turns back to the man and woman. "I need to take him now. I don't know how long I can hold this barrier up." Hades walks towards the child but the man blocks his path. "You will not take our child!" The woman shouts as hissing and Static can be heard from outside. "Get out of my way! If I don't take him now , their sacrifices will be for nothing!" Hades continue walking toward the child as the man tries pushing him back to no avail. Hades eyes turn black and he grabs the mans throat. he lifts him to the air. The woman screams out. "NO!" Hades turns to her and roars "The child! Now!" The woman turns around, grabs up the child and holds it out to Hades. He drops the man and gingerly grabs the child.

Hades walks over to the Bident and turns to the man and woman. "This war is too important. Too many have sacrifice. Too many have died." He grabbed the Bident. "I know this is tough for you. But you would constantly be on the run. Constantly hiding. I will keep him safe. Keep him hidden." Hades picks up the bident and turns to the front of the house. The glowing stopped and the static noises stopped. he walks out the front door and walks out to a beach. "Consider this my thank you and my sincerest apology. You will be on your own from here on out." Hades looks back at them and raises his hood over his head. He then disappears.

Dirt is all that's left where the stone house stood. The dragons slither around around the dirt, sniffing around, and breaking off into different directions searching for the house. Typhon roars in anger and slithers away.

Modern Day

Hades, wearing black pants, black button down shirt and a black vest, is siting at a bar having a drink. Black beads are wrapped around his right wrist with a golden bracelet on his left. He glances around the bar to see the it full of college age kids. He see a group of 4 kids siting together laughing and drink together. He rubs the bracelet on his left wrist and it glows 4 gems again. " All four together again huh?" He thinks to himself. "Quite the coincidence in the same generation. But that..." he looked down at the one that still hasn't blinked, "is troubling. Where are you brother?" He Swallows done the rest of his drink, dons his fedora from the bar, and leaves the bar.

"Where could you be?"