Calypso

Hades may act as though he doesn’t care about anyone, but his facade is easy to see through when he looks at Cerberus. It’s the only time I’ve seen him look somewhat happy.

Hades glared at me and I returned it. If he’s looking for someone to be afraid of him, I’m not the one he should expect that from.

Demeter bursts into giggles as Cerberus licks her cheeks. Behind her, a rose bush sprouts up from the ground. Poseidon’s grip on my arm tightens. I look back at Hades and he nods.

I walk over to Demeter and shoo away Cerberus. She glares at me before I point out the roses growing behind her. She jumped up and tenderly touched the petal of a blood-red rose. Demeter looked back at the handsome dark-skinned man smiling at her.

“I did this?” She pointed to the bush with a grin. The man nods slightly. His index finger rested on his lips.

“Your emotions must have triggered it somehow,” he whispered. Demeter squealed happily as she rushed over to the man.

“Oh, Dionysus,” she sighed. Dionysus had straightened his back as soon as she’d touched him. He waggled his eyebrows at her while everyone groaned at their annoyingly cute friendship.

Demeter must know how lucky she is to have a friend. I make acquaintances, not friends. You’re lucky if I don’t have a weapon aimed at your back.

Looking around, I spotted a glowing elevator I could’ve sworn wasn’t there before. I pointed it out to Poseidon, and he gave me a ridiculous grin before telling Zeus about it.

He rushed to the elevator, saying, "Well then, let's go." I watched as they all crammed into the elevator. Are we going to blindly trust a strange, glowing elevator? Great.

A hand led me into the electrified deathtrap on my back. My last chance to survive was still inside the temple as the doors slowly closed.