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Talos walked beside me, her steps steady despite the exhaustion etched into her features. "Do you think Poseidon will recover?" she asked quietly.

I raised an eyebrow wondering why she would ask that, there was no way she was concerned about his safety but as usual her mind was mostly a mystery to me.

"Not as the god he once was," I replied. "But that\'s his burden to bear."

She nodded, her expression unreadable. "There will be consequences, you know that?" With those words hanging in the air we entered the portal and bid the place where we had made our last stand goodbye.

The portal opened to a vast underground chamber, Hephaestus\'s secret lab. The space was a blend of ancient and modern— a cathedral of gears, forges, and glowing runes. It felt oddly comforting, a reminder of the ingenuity that had carried us through this war.

Hephaestus himself was waiting, his massive frame hunched over a workbench where he had put the vessel of Pandora connected to life support tech. He looked up as we entered, his face splitting into a tired grin. "You want a report of what happened today" he rumbled, his voice like grinding stone.

"Later," I said firmly. "For now, we rest."

As gods naturally our injuries would heal based on how much energy we still had left in our reserve. For cases such as the vessel of Pandora who did not seem to be a high god her healing process seemed to be damaged leading to the use of life support.

The team dispersed to different corners of the workshop eyeing things they might not have seen. It really was their first time in his secret lab, the only person who knew of this prior was Hermes himself. After a while I would find some of them sitting in silence.

I stood silently at a corner and observed them. My thoughts still working on something. A while later Talos approached me again, a faint smile on her lips. "You should take your own advice, Hades."

I chuckled softly. "Perhaps."

She hesitated, then added, "You did well."

"I didn\'t know you were one for comments," I said, meeting her gaze. "I have to admit I was quite surprised you survived."

Talos stared at me longer and then turned away saying. "It\'s a great feeling solving the most unsolvable mystery ever known on Olympus. In terms of power I was weaker than Pandora but I managed to outsmart her."

I guess she must have felt highly exhilarated at the moment but to me it was rather a sense of self accomplished. For the first time since I got here I felt I was finally at home.

"Do you know Pandora\'s original form?" She said out of the blue, temporarily distracting me from my thoughts and said. "She claimed to be Gaia, the proclaimed deity that represented the earth. Apparently Pandora thought of you as the beacon to save this world."

"Oh is that so?" I asked with no interest in the matter.

She sighed and butt me on the shoulder. "Quite being so rock hard, what are you gonna do now?"

I wondered a bit and said. "Work out the underworld problems first and then maybe come back here."

Her next tone was filled with disappointment. "Then you\'ll be gone a while."

"It\'s indefinite but most likely." I replied.

She said nothing for a long while before adding. "We\'ll have our date when you return then."

"Your still serious about that? Do you even know what a date is?" I asked but got silence for a reply. Well that was to be expected, aside from all her tactics and ingenuity she really was dense. "Remember when you told me I might be a god."

She scratched the back of her leg with the other and asked without looking at me. "Yeah? What about it?"

I led her to the counter of a makeshift bar and we sat next to each other, just because I was not keen on sitting did not mean she should be in the same situation. When I was sure she had settled down I continued our conversation.

"During my fight with Poseidon, he somehow managed to kill me, after that I was sent back to my previous life where I found out I was in fact the soul remnant of the original Hades. Though I might still be him, I really am still who I was initially. It\'s a bit confusing to explain really."

She lay her head on the counter and sighed. "You\'re the real Hades from the future, it\'s not that hard to understand really. So I was right about you being a god, I guess the term otherworlder does not apply to you then."

A thought still bothered me, if I was not an otherworlder then there was no way I would be the otherworlder from the prophecy who would defeat the great evil.

Across the room, Aphrodite and Hecate sat together, their conversation muted but companionable. Hermes leaned against a wall, his eyes closed, though I doubted he was truly asleep. A closer look and I could see a mad grin on his face, it made me shiver at what thoughts he had running in his head. Ares and Eris were already discussing their next challenge, their voices a low rumble of anticipation.

For the first time in what felt like an eternity, I allowed myself to breathe. The war was over, the curses were broken, and the world, though scarred, would heal.

"Talos, I was wondering—" A glance at her caused me to notice that she was fast asleep.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I guess things were rough on you." I muttered to myself.

Her curse was now broken, the curse of knowledge, the more she knew the more she forgot her memories and emotions. Eventually in the future she became a mindless automaton engineered for chaos and destruction and now I had averted that future.

There was still the existence known as the watcher who was the embodiment of chaos itself and possibly my biggest foe. If he really was what he was then why did he never attack me, was he truly concealing his intentions or did he not really know who he was?

I had saved the world but the next challenge was already waiting by the corner. Surviving with zero casualties was a blessing as it was.

As the team settled, a quiet resolve filled the air. We had won, but the road ahead would not be easy. Still, for this moment, we allowed ourselves the luxury of hope.

Tomorrow, we would face whatever came next. But tonight, we rested. Together.

The next day there was a huge spectacle over the place, the news were a buzz with everything that had happened. There was no mention of anyone from my team aside from me. It was clear that this would not die down anytime soon.

"There are growing speculations that this was orchestrated by Poseidon, the whole of Olympus has yet to come to grips with this betrayal. There is also reason to believe that Hades had risen up to stop this threat from exclusive footage." Said the reporter on scene.

"A question still remains what will be one of Poseidon? How will Olympus adjust to this recent development? Another question begs to be asked where is our saviour? This is Persephone reporting from the grand Olympus hall." Experience new tales on empire

A few days passed quite quickly and soon The time to djscuss Poseidon\'s treachery came. The Great Hall of Olympus, once a place of grandeur and authority, now thrummed with unease. The gods convened in a tense circle, their luminous forms casting long shadows against the marble walls. Poseidon stood at the center, shackled by chains forged from celestial bronze and imbued with the binding power of Zeus himself. His once-mighty trident lay discarded at his feet, broken into shards that radiated faint traces of its former power.

Zeus sat on his golden throne, his expression grim. To his right stood Hera, her face impassive but her eyes sharp with judgment. Athena, Demeter, and Apollo lined one side, their silence more damning than any words they could speak. Even Dionysus, the ever-carefree god, looked somber, a chalice in his hand untouched.

Poseidon raised his chin, defiance etched into every line of his weathered face. "You would strip me of my godhood for daring to challenge the status quo? For seeking to end this endless cycle of stagnation and decay?"

Zeus leaned forward, his voice like thunder. "Do not twist your crimes into noble acts, Poseidon. You sought dominion over Olympus, betrayed your brothers and sisters, and endangered the mortal and divine realms alike. That is treachery, plain and simple."