13A cold day in Hades
The night sky was lit up with the brilliant glow of the full moon and many twinkling stars. A tall slender figure was standing outside on the balcony a long knee length black jacket hung from his broad shoulders. His dark ebony bangs were long and constantly poked him in the eyes. He brushed his bangs aside and lit a cigarette that he had in his mouth.
The smoke rose up and was carried away by the chilly evening breeze. He leaned his elbows on the railing and looked out into the ocean that the balcony looked out upon. A gust of wind blew sweeping away the hair that covered his stunningly beautiful face. His eyes were completely black, and they gave off a cold icy feeling. Muffled music was playing in the background. Suddenly, there was a loud ringing. He dropped the cigarette in alarm and reached into his pocket.
"Hello?" he said quietly into the small cell phone he whipped out of his pocket.
"Where in the underworld are you?!" A voice yelled out.
"Oh…outside."
"Well, get your anti-social butt in here! We came here to party for Christ's sake!"
"I'll be right down…sheesh."
"Hurry up the Furies just got here. The party's gonna get wild!" the phone clicked off. He turned around and opened the door, which as soon as he did loud eardrum busting music escaped from inside the huge house. Down the stairs in an enormous room there were huge speakers in every corner and it was packed with people. Over on the far side of the room he saw Eros sitting on the sofa talking to a bunch of people.
"Look who finally decided to grace us with his presence." Eros grinned as he saw Thanatos walking over to them.
"Hey." He said with a slight smile. Eros was wearing a tight turtle neck sweater with a pink arrow pierced heart on the center of it. Little golden strands of curly hair peeked out from under the grey beanie he was wearing.
"C'mon you haven't even had one drink all night. What's with you?"
"I'm sorry, but unlike you getting to do whatever you like, I never know when I'll be called in for work. And especially around the holidays…people tend to get reckless." Thanatos said tetchily. Eros pouted.
"Man, loosen up. I'm sure Hades can take care of things for one night."
"You mean that Hades?" Thanatos pointed over to another couch where Hades was knocking back a couple of drinks with Hermes and Apollo.
"What? Hades' here too? Man, everyone showed up tonight!" Eros grinned as he took another swig of his drink. Thanatos sighed. Suddenly someone's arm swung onto Thanatos shoulder.
"Hey, dood. Whysh aren't yoush drinking?" Ares said with a can of beer in his hand.
"Ares, how much did you have to drink?"
"Juss a couple of beersh and shom tequila…and shom gin…and shom screwdrivers…no lotsa screwdrivers…and shom…"
"Okay, that's enough." Thanatos said putting his hand over Ares mouth. "Ares…you're drunk, gimme your keys. I don't want you driving tonight."
"But…I'm notsh drunk…I'm juss…juss…oh hell take my keysh…" Ares dug into his pockets and handed his keys over to Thanatos before he stumbled off.
"See how much fun Ares is having? Don't you wanna have fun too?" Eros said to him. Eros handed Thanatos a beer.
"Dude, one beer ain't gonna hurt ya."
"Fine, if it'll make you shut up."
"It will." Eros smiled. Thanatos opened the beer and just as he was about to chug it his phone rang. Thanatos dropped the beer and reached for his phone.
"Ah! You're wasting precious beer!" Eros said staring at the beer soaking into the carpet. Thanatos shook his head and sighed. "What an idiot." He thought.
"Hello?!" Thanatos yelled trying to be heard over the music. "You have to talk louder!" He shouted.
"I said we need you over at Nemesis's place pronto!"
"Okay, I'll be right there."
"Wait, Thanatos! Bring Hades with you too."
"Okay, bye!" Thanatos hung up.
"Who was that?" Eros asked.
"That was the witch…I mean the bitch…I mean...Lachesis."
"Ah! What does that hag want with you?"
"I dunno. Guess someone died and needs to be escorted to Hades."
"Where at?"
"Nemesis's place."
"Ha! Serves them right for having such a lame party…and I don't believe Eris and the Graces actually went too."
"What do you care if the Graces went to Nemesis's party?"
"Because! I wanted to hook up with Thalia!"
"And what happened with you and Psyche…last I remembered didn't you say it was true love?"
"Hey! I told you never to bring her up!"
"No, you didn't."
"Oh…well, I meant to!" Eros chugged his beer. Thanatos slowly walked away from the drunken Eros. He walked over to Hades and tapped him on the shoulder. Hades turned around.
"Hey, Than! You want to join us for a drink?" Hades asked. It didn't seem he was drunk, but then again it would take a lot to get him wasted.
"No, Hades. We need to go now."
"What? Already? What for?" Hades suddenly got a pouting lip thing going on.
"We need to take care of a job."
"Can't you do it?"
"Lachesis specifically asked me to bring you."
"Ah…fine…" the silver buckles and chain on his black baggy pants twinkled as he stood up; he grabbed his jacket and swung it over his shoulder as he finished off his beer and threw it over his other shoulder.
"Okay, let's go." He said as they both weaved through the crowded room and out the front door. The driveway and all sidewalks for a mile in each direction were packed with cars.
"Where's your car?" Thanatos looked over at Hades. Hades was tying his long dark hair into a ponytail.
"I didn't bring my car; I came with Hermes and Callisto." He said as he pulled on his jacket. "Why don't we take your car?"
"See over there? That black Jeep?" Thanatos pointed over to the sidewalk.
"The one that's boxed in by three other cars?"
"Yep, that's mine. "
"Oh." Hades simply said. Thanatos sighed. Hades just stood there wishing he was still at the party.
"I can get it out!" a cheery voice said from behind them. Eros came outside and smiled. "Gimme your keys."
"There is no way in the Christian belief Hell I'm letting you touch my car, and besides even if I did you wouldn't be able to get it out of there. It's too packed, there's not enough room."
"C'mon trust me…I'm a terrific driver!" Eros persisted holding out his hand.
"Eh, let him try, couldn't hurt." Hades said as he stood there shivering from the cold.
"Of course it could hurt…it could hurt very badly."
"Than…I'm freezing my buns off…I don't care how we get to Nem's place, but we better find a way soon or I'm going back to the party…this cold's killing my buzz."
"Fine! Just please…please…don't hurt her." Than hesitantly handed his keys over to Eros. Eros happily took them and jumped into Than's car and started it up.
"Okay…I think I got it." Eros said as he carefully backed up and looked over his shoulder. Suddenly the back of the car hit the car behind him.
"Oh!" Eros drove forward and hit the car in front of him. Again he tried to get the car out, while Than looked on with his jaw-dropped and wide-shocked eyes. He couldn't believe what was happening to his precious car. Than looked over at Hades with a I'm-gonna-kill-him-than-you look. Hades just shrugged his shoulders.
"Umm…sorry I couldn't get the car out, but I did dent Jason's car." Eros said handing back Than's keys. Than's eye twitched.
"I'm gonna kill you!" He screamed, but Hades held him back before he could attack Eros.
"Show some compassion…I was just in accident." Eros said taking a step back.
"I'll show you compassion…with my size twelves!"
"Wait…you still have Ares' keys, right?" Eros asked.
"Yeah…what of it?" Than said through gritted teeth as Hades still held him back.
"Well, we can borrow his car. I doubt he'll be going anywhere tonight. C'mon he'll never know." Eros tried to calm Than down. Than was just about to break free from Hades grip and strangle Eros when Hades spoke up.
"Yeah, that sounds like an idea. What ya say, Than? Borrow Ares' car for tonight?" Hades asked.
"Argh…fine!" Than gave up. Suddenly his phone rang again.
"What?!" Thanatos said angrily as he answered his phone.
"What the Hell is taking so long! This dude's soul is totally trippin' he needs guidance, now!" she screamed so loud that Than had to hold the phone away from his face and the other guys could hear her too.
"Ah…Lachesis?" Hades asked. Than nodded and rolled his eyes as Lachesis continued to yell. Hades took the phone from Than.
"Hello, Lachesis." Hades said in a sweet voice.
"Hades? Is that you?"
"Yes, my lovely, what can I do for you?"
"Please get over here quickly. Everyone's complaining about the spirit running around." Her voice was softer now.
"Okay, we'll be there as soon as we can. Can you hold out for just a little longer?"
"…Well…okay Hades, but please hurry." Lachesis' voice suddenly turned all sweet. Hades hung up the phone.
"Ah…it's good to be sexy. Women can't help, but be captivated by my beauty and charms."
"Get over yourself. All because Lachesis is obsessed does not make you by any stretch of the imagination a heartthrob." Than calmly explained this to Hades.
"Silence, peasant!" Hades furrowed his brows and pouted.
"Okay, let's hurry get this over with, I'm so looking forward to home." Than dug through his pockets, but he couldn't find the keys.
"Where the heck did I put those keys?" Thanatos scratched his head.
"Hey, guys! C'mon let's get going!" Eros shouted out as he pulled up in Ares' car.
"That little pick-pocket…" Than said as he wondered how Eros got the keys from him. Hades strolled over to the car and opened the driver side door.
"Move aside." He said as he pushed Eros into the passenger's seat and took the drivers seat.
"You coming or not?" Hades asked as he leaned out the window. Than had a horrible feeling about this, but the sound of Lachesis's haggish voice screaming at him was enough to get him into the car. Than kicked Eros out of the passenger's seat and Eros crawled into the backseat still heavily intoxicated. Thanatos strapped on his seatbelt and took a deep breath. Hades smiled and started up the car.
"I'm sorry guys."
"For what?" Than asked suspiciously.
"If I kill us, I just want to apologize beforehand." Hades smirked as he stepped on the gas.
I wrote this last year for my history class...it was a ancient greece project I think and I had to write a story about a God/Goddess...and sinceI wanted to be out of the norm I have created them in a image of a bunch of college kids getting drunk at a Christmas party...I wrote it in december. I wrote a lil bit more than what I have up here, and I'm not really expecting this to go far...i just post it up here for the hell of it. My friend seemed to find it amusing so why the heck, might keep someone entertained for a few minutes...or not. shrug