The Plan

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We were sitting down in Popeyes, enjoying our sandwiches and fries. All of us got spicy because... well what demon doesn't get spicy? Treis was taking it to a different level, he took the top bun off and poured the sweet heat sauce on it. The three of us stared at him strangely as he happily munched his sandwich. He took a break when he noticed our glares.
   "What?" he asked innocently, he looked at his sandwich again realizing the issue. "You guys don't do this?"
   "No-just no," Jal said, face palming.
   "What wrong with it? It's sauce, this is the purpose," Tre said and stood up.
    "Tre, there's already sauce on the sandwich," he also stood. "That sauce isn't meant for that sandwich!"
   They started to raise their voices, soon they entered a heated argument about chicken and sauce, almost as fierce as the pineapple on pizza war.
    "Is it really that serious?" Mi sighed.
    "Honestly, it doesn't even seem like that bad of a combination." Mi and I were getting opportunities to talk like this a lot, almost like it was on purpose.
      I glanced over to the arguing bunch, they both let a smile slip then went straight back to arguing. I decided if they beat Hercules with all of them intact, I would get them all the chicken sandwiches and sauce they wanted.
      "Well at least you didn't join in."
      "I don't usually join arguments," I told her.
     "Why not?"
     "People often don't take me too seriously because of my age, even if my point is right."
Mi shrugged. "I'm sure it's hard for people to admit someone younger than them is making a good point. I don't think it matters though, age that is, as long as the intelligence is there." I wonder if that applied for more than just arguments.
     "That was actually pretty enlightening, maybe you should be motivational speaker or something."
    "Pfft. I don't know about that I don't really like people."
    "You like me though, right?" I immediately realized how that sounded when I finished saying that.
    Suddenly Tre and Jal sat back, exhausted from hounding each other loudly and sloppily demolished the remainder of their food.
    "Alright let's go," Jal said walking through the exit. We followed close behind. I tapped his shoulder.
    "What's up."
"I am going to buy you guys so much food."
   "What?" He asked, looking at me like I'd grown another eye.
   "Never mind." We all piled back into the car, Thanatos whipped around to look at them.
"We won't be making anymore stops so we could get to Yellowstone quicker," he said and immediately pushing the gas. I was about to ask why he was being so urgent, when I remembered his job.
The god of death, I don't know if people still died if he wasn't in the Underworld but, the fact that he was rushing clearly meant staying in the mortal world so long was causing some problems.
He was making record time now, speeding down the highway like there was no tomorrow they were going from city to city in mere minutes. I could tell this wasn't normal mortal travel.
In thirty minutes we reached Yellowstone.

Thanatos passed through Grand Teton National Park and took us through Yellowstone's south entrance. Somehow evading the entry traffic that came with visiting any national park. We drove through a stretch of greenery, trees, along with some rivers and lakes, for what would've been miles if Death wasn't driving the way he was.
Death dropped us off near the West Thumb Geyser Basin. We gathered our stuff and spilled out the car.
   "Be safe, I would hate to see any of you in the Underworld." His tone didn't sound all that worried. "May the gods be with you." I was making sure I had everything in my bag, when I looked up the car was gone.
"What was that?" Mi asked.
Right, she had been asleep all the times we'd talked about our "Uber's" identity.
As Jal explained to her she appeared increasingly confused. When he finished she looked like a nuke went off in her head.
"Why did no one tell me this?" She shouted. It was the loudest I ever heard her speak.
   "You were sleeping half the time, we just didn't get the chance." Tre said.
   "That's not an excuse," she insisted.
   "That's all I got, take it or leave."
   "Ughh, you're too much," Mi sighed. I felt like this could go on all day.
   "Okay gang, we have some sightseeing to do." I joked.
"Speaking of, why exactly are we here?" Mi asked.
   "A hunch," an answer I'd told them before.
   "No no no, a non-cryptic answer please."
Truth be told, I'd been a little afraid to tell them. Afraid of what they'd think. But time and time again they'd shown how much they believed in him.
   "We're looking for Ouranos."

I watched the gears in their heads turn and they came to a conclusion on what I just said. Treis' gears moving faster than Jal and Mi's in this case, considering his knowledge of greek mythology was probably just as extensive as my own.
   "The father of the titans, former lord of the heavens. How could he possibly help us?" Treis cried. "Isn't he just as crooked or more so than Kronos?" He sure was asking a lot of questions. Understandably, of course.
   "I-I want to get his help," I found myself doubting my own words, now that I was speaking them out loud.
   "How could he help, if he could help? I know how smart you are but, let me remind you. Kronos cut him into little tiny pieces and his pieces weren't even put in a specific location, like Kronos."
   "I know I know, it's far fetched. We have to try," I said trying to get him on board.
   "Okay," he started to calm down. "Even if he is somewhere here, assuming his pieces moved west like the rest of the greek world. What would you want from our great-great grandpa?"
   "I want to have him curse Hercules."
   "Would he even help us," Tre was outraged again, he stomped around with his hands on his head. I'm sure he couldn't believe what was hearing. What a time for Mi and Jal to tune back in to everyone's favorite conversation.
   "I'm not really sure about the history but, if Lucas thinks it could help us then we should go for it." Jal said confidently.
   "I think so too," Mi agreed. The backup was really a boost I needed.
   "You. Two. Do. Not. Understand. It isn't just that he might not help, which is if he even still exists. Chances are, he could kill us with the blink of his eye if he felt like it."
   "And trying to fight Hercules at one hundred percent is suicide so, pick your poison I guess. I'll only be putting myself in danger I wouldn't risk you guys."
   "You know what Lucas, you're crazy," he looked me in my eyes and a wicked smile spread across his face. "That's exactly what I like about you. Anything you do I'm with you. If you die though, I'm coming to the Underworld to take you from death myself."
   "Thanks," I said, matching his smile. "Now let's do what we came here for.

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