"give it to me!" Selena smashed the cup in her hand, watching fiercely as the glass scattered onto the table and floor, the shrilling screams of the couple in the room beside them booming loudly. "I'm about to commit murder." she warned her sister, who in return only yawned and dropped to the couch face planted.
"go ahead." Alina's words were muffled and by the tone of her voice, anyone would be able to tell she was irritated. "i'll get rid of the bodies later."
"that's all you had to say," with a smirk, Selena headed towards the door and yanked it open. "i'll be back, Ali. Have my dinner ready in five minutes."
"with a-"
but before Alina could respond, the door was already being shut. five minutes turned into ten and ten turned into half an hour. starting to worry a bit over her sister, the brunette stood up and headed out their hotel room.
"Nina?" she called out as she walked out to the hallway, stopping when she heard grunts and the voice of her twin coming from the room next to theirs. "Nina, what the fuck are you–"
"uh.. this isn't what it looks like."
Alina raised her brows and scoffed, "these don't look like dead bodies to me."
"what?" the man was quick to stick his head out from under the bed to stare wide-eyed at the brunette.
"they needed help," said Nina. "their dog grabbed a knife and started chasing them with it."
"... their dog, a normal dog... grabbed a knife?" Alina quoted, confusion written all over her face. "and what were you doing exactly? other than being snuggled up between all those pillows with a cute rat."
"well," Nina smacked her lips. "I was trying to get that knife back but it took more than five minutes. Jasper here took it as play time and so we both got tired and here we are! oh, and he's a chihuahua, not a rat."
"chihuahuas look like rats," added Alina with a small shrug. "no offense to you, Jasper."
"he says offense taken."
"Nina, he's sleeping."
"we can communicate through our minds."
"...leave that chihuahua alone and hurry up." Alina turned to take a glance at the man hiding under the bed and the woman on top of the table before scoffing and turning to walk away. "we're leaving in five. if you're not out by then i'm leaving without you."
"rude."
after waiting for at least fifteen minutes, Alina let out a sigh of relief once she saw her sister walking out of the hotel with her bags and... and with the little rat in her arms.
"Nina," Alina pinched the bridge of her nose. "did you really take their damn dog?"
"I'll have you know that they are not capable of taking care of this cutie." Nina responded, bringing Jasper closer to her and smooching him.
"how so?"
"the assholes support backyard breeders."
"no fucking way."
"mhmm," Nina nodded. "Jasper was bought of those breeders."
Alina widened her eyes and stared down at the dog, "is this why he's cute? most purebred chihuahuas are ugly."
"yep." Nina handed her the small puppy. "he's a pitbull mixed."
"oh, we're gonna train you real good." Alina cackled as she held the gray furball up in the air. "are you going to rename him?"
"obviously." Nina huffed. "he deserves a cooler name."
"which will be?"
"hmm... GREY!"
Alina only stared at her sister with a blank expression before turning to walk away.
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"where are they headed now?" the scarred-man questioned one of his many servants, the glass of wine swirling around in his veiny hand.
"I believe they're heading to a place called Seoul, sire."
Hades hummed, his eyes glistening at the burning kingdom, grin wide as he heard the screams of the tortured souls.
"Zriad and Zandor?"
"still keeping their distance, sire."
"Very well, you're dismissed. don't forget to feed the other hellhounds."
"Do we continue feeding them those humans?"
"Obviously." snapped Hades. "you think they deserve to stay in peace?"
"not at all."
with an annoyed expression on his face, the dark-haired god sent the servant away with a wave of his hand.
leaning against his leather chair while taking a sip of the red wine, he let out a groan of irritation as another servant called to him.
"Now what?!"
"Your brother is demanding you to show up for the meeting."
"there's an olympian meeting? that i was invited to?" he confusedly asked. "How did I not know about this?"
"sire, we've been reminding you for the past three weeks."
"oh... well, i'll be back then."
"whatever's the urgency, brother?" Hades questioned enthusiastically.
"sit down, Hades." Zeus sighed. "we're waiting for the rest to arrive."
"wait, I'm early?" hades gasped. "I'll come back tomorrow then."
"I said sit down!" his brother roared.
"wow, you're a lot more irritated than usual." he said before letting out a low whistle. "what's the occasion?"
"Hera." the beautiful brunette replied as she walked into the room with the rest following right behind her.
"ah, Athena." hades made a disgusted face before taking his seat. "so is there a reason why I was invited here? for the first time in centuries?"
"did you not hear Athena?"
"Zip it, Poseidon. I was asking Zeus."
"It's as she said, brother." Zeus said. "It's about Hera."
Hades sighed and stood up, "well in that case, goodbye. I don't understand why your wife has anything to do with me, chao."
"she's also your sister." Poseidon hissed.
"exactly!" Hades gagged. "how is any of that allowed? god..."
"says the one who got with our niece." Poseidon sassed back.
"how dare you?" Hades pressed his hand against his chest. "in my defense, Zeus approved."
"I don't think he really cared about his daughter in the first place."
"oh, that's tru–"
"enough!" Zeus' loud voice boomed throughout the room, the walls and objects around them trembling.
both brothers huffed and dropped back to their seats.
"fine," Hades shrugged his shoulders. "what the hell is wrong with Hera?"
"she was attacked." said Hermes.
"oh, this is good." Hades cackled. "fine, you've convinced me. I'll stay."
"she was almost killed, you heartless jerk." Aphrodite shook her head disapprovingly.
"seriously?" he put his cackling into pause, his eyes drifting over to Zeus. "by who?"
"Mireuk."
Hades grin returned, "Mireuk? God at fault for half of the world's sufferment?"
"The only one."
"Interesting." Hades hummed. "I still don't see why this is any of my business so," he stood up once again and turned to walk away. "chao."
"because he declared war."
"oh?" hades raised a brow. "and you want me to fight alongside you? please, don't make me laugh."
"Hades, you need to." Demeter said with a sigh.
"oh yeah? give me three good reasons."
"one," poseidon stood face-to-face with the handsome man. "your lovely daughters are now a part of this world, which means–"
Hades let out a big breath, swallowing the lump in his throat.
"they're in danger, plus, they're the ones you actually care about right? so what happens if... you know? they drop dead."
"don't." Poseidon found himself pinned against the wall, Hades' hands around his throat. "keep your mouth shut."
"two," Athena spoke up after the silence. "Yeomna is taking part of this war."
"Yeomna?" his furious scarlet eyes shined, turning to face the goddess. "He who pases judgment on the dead?"
"he who rules the other half of the underworld." Poseidon said with a smirk. "oh, and the one who wants to claim one of the twins as his, y'know...."
"Hades," his attention drifted over to the god of thunder. "will you or will you not join us?"
Hades growled and dropped the sea god to the ground with full force.
"I will."