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That night was cold. It was bitter. He saw no reason for it to be different from the other missions. But his life was changed forever that night. 

“Hades, over here.” 

He obeyed, approaching the commanding officer. 

“When the mission is over, eliminate Dr. Carter and Special Operative Timur.” 

Hades immediately knew something was wrong. “Why?”

“They’ve defected to the enemy. Now, I repeat, eliminate them when the mission is complete.” 

There was nothing he could do, except calmly follow orders. Something he would regret later. 

Waking up, Hades groggily stirred. Although he didn’t need as much sleep as a normal human, he was still exhausted by the black technology. Regardless of how different his physiology was, the black technology could still leave him severally crippled if overused. The link between himself and the black stardust was painful, but it was pain he deserved. He had taken so many lives in the past, he deserved pain. He should have died in that mess with the others, but he didn’t. He somehow survived with this stupid demon in his head. No matter how much pain he deserved, he was going to find a way to put that d*mn witch out of her misery

Arising, Hades heard the infernal voice. “Glad to see you’re awake!” 

Somehow, the concept of being greeted by Persephone’s annoying voice wasn’t that great.

“Shut up.” Hades countered. Although he sounded completely calm, he really wasn’t in the mood for this garbage. He hated Persephone with all his heart. Not that he’d ever admit that to Persephone. He was pathetic enough, he didn’t need something else for Persephone to use against him.

“I get the impression you aren’t that happy with me.” Persephone commented in an oh-so-innocent voice.

“I don’t see how anyone can like you.” Hades bluntly stated.

He had to start over and track Alessio again. Emotionlessly, he accepted that fact. It was true, whether he wanted it to be or not. He had no clue where Alessio was on the ship, nor did he think that Persephone would help him. As he walked, he suddenly realized he wasn’t on the ship anymore. He was in a… cavern? Tunnel? Underground?

The location was unfamiliar to Hades, as it did not seem to be on Earth or Omicron. The walls of the cave were decorated like a mountain palace, but at the same time was rugged and natural.

“Accept your fear and cowardice.” 

“Wait, what?”

There were others with him. A sharply dressed teen, a man in long outdated armor, a professional looking lady, and… Alessio.

“Kill them.” Persephone sang out.

Maintaining his blank state, Hades bit back his anger. He wasn’t an animal, he wouldn’t go as low as to attack a child like that.

But he was already wielding a sword at that age.

Hades tried to not think about that. Yes, he had voluntarily trained to become an Ehrenvoll Knight at the age of twelve. Officially, he graduated from Schatten School, inheriting his father’s sword, the Muramasa.

“Monster!”  

On the surface, Hades appeared unmoved, but that was not the case inside his heart. Every night, he feared going to sleep, knowing he could return to them in his nightmares. He’d see their lifeless corpses, Timur and Noah clashing with him. He was tired of fighting them almost every night, tired of all the death he’d see. He was far too weak to stop any of the chaos. He had given into his spite and anger. He had killed. That was all he was. He wasn’t the neutrality the Schatten school taught, or the traitor Noah was. He was just violence and death.

“All must enter or all must die.” 

Fine. Hades had no reason to live. If this was his day to die, he was okay with that.

 

(Well, heck. This is going to be interesting.)