Incident at Rave Land

Kore plopped down on her couch as Sam rested out on the balcony. She pulled her phone out scrolling through it. 'Bing!' Aidon's number popped up. It was a picture of Aidoneus and Phillip, Aidoneus looked annoyed whereas Phillip had a huge smile on his face. She laughed, the body of the text said "Phillip says hi and that your new phone will be arriving next week" she swiped down to continue to read "He says he will never run out of business with how many phones I go through" there was an eye rolling emoji at the end. Kore responded with 3 laughing emoji.

Another Bing! Went off as she received a message from Katrina. She backed out of Aidoneus 's message and went to read hers.

"On my way! Make sure you and Aidoneus are decent!" There was a kissing face emoji placed at the end. Kore turned bright red as she responded "KATRINA!" She couldn't help but laugh, if it wasn't for her, she wouldn't be where she was today. Sam jumped up on the couch smelling of the sun, he snuggled her feet letting her know he was done sunbathing. She got up to close the sliding doors as dark clouds started to roll in in the distance.

Aidoneus received text message after text message. One was from Hestia, asking if he was ok, another from Hera asking if he ever followed up on what she told him at the ball, and another from an unknown number stating that there was a rave going on downtown tonight and the Hyperion he wanted to ask questions to would be there. He let out a frustrated sigh, and shot Kore a text.

"Dinner at 10? I have business". Three dots popped up; she sent a frowny face followed by an O.K. He flooded his arms, his mood ruined. Adrian and Peter shot each other's looks as they pulled up to Aidoneus 's mansion, they saw Minithe waiting outside leaning on her car. Adrian quickly exited before Peter, he walked up hoping he could direct her away before his boss saw her. Aidoneus saw the commotion, rolled his eyes and flung his door open, surprising Peter who was on the other side.

"Aidon!" Minithe shoved Adrian knocking him into her car.

"Skila! *" Adrian spewed as he caught himself on the tail of her car.

* Bitch*

"You alright o fílos mou?" Aidoneus looked over at Adrian. Minithe jumped on Aidoneus forcing a kiss on his lips as he was distracted by Adrian. He threw her off of him, she landed on the gravel with a 'thud'. She looked at him pleadingly.

"Why are you so mean my love!" she outstretched her hand towards him for help up, he glared down at her, eyes glowing, infuriated that she removed the feeling of Kores kiss he received this morning. He ignored her and started to walk to Adrian.

Adrian stood as his boss walked towards him, he adjusted his tie and nodded that he was ok. Peter helped Minithe off the floor, who shoved him away and followed Aidoneus .

"Aidon, please! That woman is no longer with you! You're really going to ignore everything we've been through for the past 4 years for some booty call?" She was brushing herself off while following him, he stopped in his tracks and spun around.

"Voúlosé to!" He roared at her "How dare you speak of her that way" he angrily pointed at Minithe."Aid..." He cut her off.

*Shut up*

"She is ten times more than you will ever be!" he paused running his hands through his hair while pacing "I have never loved a woman more than I have her, she accepts me you fídi*, she sees me!" Minithe pressed her lips together tightly, tears welled up in her eyes from the venom he spewed. He stopped in his tracks, closed his eyes and sighed.

*snake*

"Minithe, you let power corrupt you. Your desperate need to be accepted has made you what you are today, leave!" He turned to head inside. Minithe clenched her fists tightly, blood slightly spilled from her palms. She charged Aidoneus .

Peter lunged to grab her, but it was too late, she reached out and slashed Aidonoeus right on his neck with three claw marks, splashing blood on the gravel. Adrian grabbed her as she turned and cut Adrian on his face with her nails. Peter snatched the enraged woman and wrestled her to the ground.

The marks quickly steamed closed, leaving three brand new scars. Minithe smirked as Peter shoved her face into the gravel.

"You're mine! And now she has to see those, every time you two see each other! She will know you're mine!" She laughed as Peter pulled her off the ground, the air became unbearably hot as Aidoneus swiftly grabbed Minithe by the chin, scorching her face; she screamed in agony.

"And now your face matches your insides" he aggressively removed his hand from her face, the smell of burnt flesh filled the air. "Get her out of here before I kill her" he stormed off. Peter shoved her into her car and slammed the door on her, sobbing she turned the key to start her car. Adrian and Peter flipped her off as she slowly drove off.

Aidoneus shoved the doors open to his room as he strode in. He Paced the floor holding his neck, cursing. He turned and went into the bathroom, looking in the mirror, his reflection revealed the fresh marks on his neck. He smashed his mirror, sending glass flying. He leaned on the sink panting in frustration.

Adrian was sitting on the stool in the kitchen as Peter pulled out a first aid kit. He applied some rubbing alcohol onto a cotton ball and dabbed Adrian's cut, causing him to wince, he smacked Peter's hand away.

"Gamó̱, that wench!" He took the cotton ball away from Peter and held it to his cheek. "I hope she burns in hell" he placed the cotton ball down. Peter slapped a band aid on him, smacking Adrian's cheek while putting it on.

"O fílos mou, Aidon made sure to give her a taste of the flames she will meet when she heads there". Adrian smiled at Peter's words, seeing her get her just deserts made him smile, he extended a hand and Peter clasped it, he pulled Adrian up into a chest bump, they hugged and patted each other on the back before cleaning up the counter. They headed out of the kitchen to check on their boss.

Kore flipped through the news channels; all the stations had a broadcast of Aidoneus 's video. She sighed and shut the T.V off, reaching over to scratch Sam, who rolled over for belly rubs. She glanced down and saw the time. It was barely 4:00. 'I have to wait till 10?' she pouted at the thought. She was taken out of her thought as a knock came at her door.

She shoved off the couch, heading to see who it was. She looked through the peep hole to see Katrina standing there. She let her in, as Sam ran up to her licking Katrina's legs. She laughed at the sensation, bent down and greeted the dog.

"My, my! You're just so excited aren't you!" she said in a baby voice to the dog. Kore closed and locked the door behind her, she made her way over to the kitchen to offer Katrina a refreshment, she declined.

"I was thinking we could head out up to the shopping district?" Katrina continued to pet Sam as she spoke.

"I don't know, I have to take it easy, per Doctor orders" she said as she poured herself a glass of water. She brought the glass up to her mouth and took a sip.

"Ooh, Pish posh! You'll be with me; I'll make sure we take frequent breaks" she stood up and walked over to Kore, smiling at her.

"I do need to go to the grocery store..." Kore trailed off. "Alright, but you'll take Aidoneus 's wrath if he finds out" she set her glass down and went to grab her coat and purse. Katrina laughed "Don't tempt me with a good time" she winked at Kore who rolled her eyes at her. The two said their goodbyes to Sam as they exited her apartment.

Kore entered the passenger seat of Katrina's Honda Civic, buckled herself in as Katrina turned the keys in the ignition. They pulled away from the curb. Kore was flipping through her phone, the videos kept popping up. She sighed, pulled up her text messages and wrote Aidoneus . "Heading to the store with Katrina" she hit send. She didn't want to worry him, but she also wanted him to know where she was going. Katrina put on her left blinker.

"Kore..." she turned the corner "I saw the videos" her face furled into a frown. Kore fidgeted, looking out the window.

"Look, I've known the rumors for a while" Katrina took a breath. "I'm not surprised, Aidoneus has a complicated past" she switched lanes "The key now is to have patience sweetie, it's scary but we all have monsters we're battling". She placed her hand on Kore's thigh and patted it.

Kore appreciated Katrina's words. When she first saw the video, she did feel a hint of fear, but then relief washed over her. She wanted to know Aidoneus , all of him, she would stand by his side for as long as she could. 'Am I wrong to not be afraid' she looked out the window as the thought crossed her mind. Katrina turned the cars turn single on again; the dull blinking lulled in Kore's ears as she shut her eyes deep in thought.

They pulled up to the supermarket parking lot, Katrina found a spot in the front and parked. The women exited the vehicle, Kore's phone went off. Bing! She pulled her phone out and checked it, the text read" Please be careful". She sent a kissing face emoji and put her phone back in her pocket as Katrina walked up with a shopping cart.

Aidoneus sat at his desk as his phone went off. He glanced and saw it was an emoji from Kore. He sighed, shuffling through the papers on his desk, rubbing his neck. He was getting frustrated with the investigation he was looking into; he felt like his brother was running him in circles. The number he texted about the Hyperion's internet activates only barely managed to tell him about the rave that was going to happen tonight. 'They can't be this quiet' he thought, as he flipped through the crime scene photos Adrian brought him.

He stopped on the photo of the victim, frozen in time holding the apple towards the sky. His eyes slowly went to the snake exiting her torso. He quickly pulled out the photos that were taken of the Adamos family. One had Dimitra Adamos receiving a gift on her birthday, it was none other than the snake that was exiting her body at the crime scene.

Aidoneus flipped to the toxicity report. "Formaldehyde, Chloroform, resin and Gorgon's venom" he mouthed the last one setting down the paper. 'That's impossible' he thought to himself as he leaned back in his chair.

Gorgon venom has been out of the market since Aidoneus was a child. The family responsible for being able to produce it was one of the first families to experience loss of abilities. Gorgon venom had the ability to freeze its victims in place, making their bodies frozen like a statue. In small doses it was reversible, but the victim could feel everything going on with them, in larger doses it was fatal to anyone who lacked abilities, it was used as a torturing method by his father. How were these amounts going unnoticed?

He stood up, placing the files back into their folder. He reached over and turned the lamp on his desk off, grabbing his phone off the desk and heading towards his bedroom door. He snatched a trench coat that was hung up on this closet door before exiting. He flung it on as he entered the hallway, noticing Adrian and Peter standing there.

" Oi fíloi mou, can one of you head over to Kore's apartment? I'm unfortunately going to be late for our dinner, one of you can keep her company" he raised an eyebrow at the two. Adrian nodded, tilted his head down and exited.

"Come Peter, we need to head to the North Ophiotaurus docks, there's a party being held in one of the warehouses we need to attend" he walked past Peter, he paused, he then turned to Peter.

"Please, oi fíloi mou, put on a vest, we don't know what we're walking into." He turned back and headed to grab the car as Peter stepped off to put on a vest and grab an extra pistol.

As they rolled up to the docks, Aidoneus glanced down at his watch. '7:00' it read. They had another hour or so to kill before the place opened, there was already a steady line of teenagers standing outside, all dressed in punk-like outfits. He scanned the line, seeing if anyone was recognizable. He really didn't want to enter the warehouse once it was full.

Peter was checking his piece, making sure everything was in place. Aidoneus reached over and smacked him on the chest, checking to see if he had a vest on, he patted him on the back of his head in approval.

They turned their gaze back to the line, rain started pouring as a slight wind blew through the crowd. These types of visits always made Aidoneus nervous, he would never let his friends know, he had a deep fear he'd lose one of them this way. He can take a bullet, he can take a beating but if he gets hit by an assault rifle, he wouldn't be able to heal fast enough to take it down, especially if it was from more than one, and these families were always packing. He can look after himself, but he needed help in these situations. The air was still in the vehicle. Aidoneus leaned back in the passenger seat.

"I'll go in, and look around, see if I can find the Hyperion member before anyone else is alerted" "You scope out the place, if you see things getting heated, do not hesitate to get out oi fíloi mou" he shot Peter a glance. Peter nodded, but he knew he'd never leave his boss by himself.

The car clock clicked to 9:00, the crowd outside already made their way inside, the bouncer stood at the front, arms crossed scanning the area. Aidoneus sighed, "Let's go oi fíloi mou," both exited at the same time, closing the doors. Peter walked next to Aidoneus , both menacing looking, standing at the same size, Aidonenous's coat blew in the wind as the rain smashed into Peter's glasses.

They stepped up to the bouncer standing at the entrance, the music pounded through the metal doors. Peter felt the vibrations through his glasses, as he stood in front of Aidoneus .

"Hello, my boss needs entrance to the party' He squared up to the bouncer and puffed his chest out.

"Your boss got a name?" He responded in a low grumble.

"That's none of your concern, sir" Peter adjusted his stance. The bouncer scoffed, rolling his eyes. "No entry for anyone not on the list" He turned away from them.

Aidoneus didn't want to toy around, he wanted this nuisance of a task out of the way. He clasped Peters shoulder and moved around him. He walked up behind the bouncer and grabbed the back of his neck.

"I'm here on business, and I do not wish for the person I'm looking for to know I am here" he brought the bouncer, who was 6'7 and 340 to his knees. Steam rolled off where his hand was, the man winced, feeling his skin starting to burn from the inside out. "You let us in?" Aidoneus bent over next him, with his hand still on his neck. The man quickly nodded. He let him go and headed inside, with Peter behind him. Peter stopped and threw some money at the guard as he gestured "shh" to the man.

Aidoneus winced as he entered the warehouse, the lights were strobing, the music was too loud for him to think. Bodies pushed against each other as they moshed around to the music. He looked at Peter and gestured for him to check out the perimeter. He left quickly as Aidoneus headed to the bar in the back, making his way through the crowd of teenagers who made it in using fake ids.

He made it to the run-down bar; it was sticky and unwashed from the last use. There was another man sitting there sipping on a whiskey as some girls ran up to order drinks. The man side eyed Aidoneus as he sat down. Aidoneus ordered a whisky on the rocks, the bartender nodded while taking a look at him, a look of disgust washed over the man's face

"Didn't expect to see the infamous Aidoneus Doukas here" the man at the end shouted over the music. Aidoneus shot a look towards him as the bar tender placed his drink.

"You're not welcomed here; we don't need an incident like the parking garage that's plastered all over the news" the man shouted again, while taking a sip of his drink. Aidoneus picked his drink up and threw it back.

"Won't come to that if you would just corporate Atticus Hyperion" Aidoneus turned to face the man. Atticus frowned as he shoved his drink towards the bar tender to refill it.

"You're disrupting my means of income Aidoneus , didn't we agree we would avoid crossing paths like this?" The bartender handed Atticus his drink. Aidoneus folded his hands, still facing the man.

"That went out the window when you sent your lackeys to the parking garage." He smiled wickedly back at Atticus. Atticus sucked on his teeth as he saw Aidoneus enjoy the memories of slaughtering his men. He took a sip from his glass.

"Business is business Aidoneus , we get paid to scare you, we have to do it. I lose some men; I lose some men. Money is money."

"Ah, so you're telling me, you made those poor men suffer because someone paid you to attack me?" He responded coyly, cocking an eyebrow at Atticus. "Who was it, hmm?"

"Hippio" he quickly responded. He would not take the fall for that man. Atticus leaned back arms crossed. "We owed your family from a loan we borrowed; he said it'd be paid in full if we did this." The bartender placed another drink next to Aidoneus , who took it. He held the glass up to his mouth, looking at Atticus, then sipped on it.

"I figured" he placed the drink back down, Atticus looked at him a bit puzzled, if it was Atticus's brother who put a hit on him, he'd be infuriated, but Aidoneus took the news with a grain of salt.

"What about Dimitria Adamous? Was there a hit on her?" He cocked an eyebrow towards Atticus, who shook his head, no. Atticus knew what happened to her, but he wasn't going to say anything, he didn't want to meet the same fate as that poor woman. There were ears all around and he knew that all too well.

Aidoneus turned to get up, a random woman fell into him "Oops!" He caught her, but then felt something piece his skin. He pulled her off, she grinned evilly and pushed away from him.

"What..." he stumbled over. Atticus handed the girl some money, finished his drink and turned to leave as Aidoneus struggled to keep his balance.

"Gamó̱!" He shouted, the wound where he was stuck healed as his body started reacting to whatever substance entered him. The room started spinning, he braced himself and took in a few deep breaths, he had to focus, or he would end up killing everyone in here.

Aidoneus focused, releasing heat from his body as he burned off the alcohol he consumed, griping onto the bar, it started creaking to the heat he was emitting. The glasses around him started warping, the bar tender backed away quickly as bottles started to shatter, people around him started noticing something happening and started backing off. Aidoneus looked up, his eyes glowing, his father was standing in front of him.

Peter was up on the catwalk; he counted around 10 bodyguards that had been stationed, two on the catwalk, two towards the front, two at the exit, two by the bathrooms and two who were walking the dance floor perimeter. Luckily, due to the rave they we 'rent packing assault rifles, but that didn't mean they didn't have them stashed somewhere.

Peter glanced down as he saw several people rush towards the exit. He furled his face into a confused look, scanning the dance floor. He noticed a middle-aged man working his way to the exit. The guards started moving their way back to the bar that was stationed back there. Peter looked and saw it in flames as Aidoneus stumbled away from it.

"Skatá*!" Peter hurriedly went towards the catwalk exit, only to be stopped by two guards.

*Shit*

"I don't have time for this" he walked towards the men, who pulled their guns out towards him, he moved swiftly and unarmed the men, he threw one off the catwalk, he landed with a sickening thud as screams could be heard from the dance floor. The other guard grabbed Peter by the neck, Peter quickly broke the man's grip, grabbed him and pinned him to the ground, he snapped the man's arm in one fluid motion, pulled out his pistol and shot him in the head. The bullet made the D.J cut the music; panic ensued throughout the warehouse. Peter made his way to the floor.

People were screaming and running, some stood there while holding their phones recording what was going on. Aidoneus , his shirt and coat half burnt managed to stumble into the middle of the dance floor, catching up to Atticus. Atticus was astounded at how Aidoneus was able to still move so quickly, there were enough drugs on the tip of that knife to kill a rhino. A gunshot echoed through the warehouse as the D.J cut the music, the D.J was not paying attention until now.

"YOU....YOU " Aidoneus stumbled toward Atticus who backed away frantically, looking for his guards. Two of them ran up from behind him, holding the assault rifles they stashed, stopped in front of Atticus and aimed at Aidoneus .

A gunshot rang out, one of the guards dropped. Atticus looked around and panicked. The other guard spun to find where it came from, he aimed at the catwalk steps at Peter who managed to land a headshot on the other guard, he ducked, the other guard pulled the trigger. A slew of bullets rained down on Peter. He managed to tuck and roll down the stairs, avoiding being hit.

Aidoneus grabbed the gun, melting it in his hands as his glowing eyes stared down the guard. Atticus stood there, trembling. This was nothing like the video, Aidoneus was a pure hellion, spawned from the depths of hell.

Aidoneus grabbed the guard's face with both his hands, forcing him to the ground as he screamed in agony. Aidoneus heated up the inside of the man's skull, causing his eyes to melt from their sockets, blood and brain matter started coming out the man's ears as his screams went from gurgling to dry, the moisture being completely evaporated from his body. His face shriveled up and Aidoneus threw him to the side, falling to his knees. The floor burned blue underneath him as he gasped for air.

"Why... why father" he huffed out, looking up at nothing. Atticus turned to leave, only to be stopped by Aidoneus . Atticus looked back, shocked.

"You were..." Aidoneus interrupted him and grabbed his face. Aidoneus 's touch burned away the skin on Atticus's face, he reached up and grabbed Aidoneus 'arms, just to have the skin on his palm melt off. He screamed a blood curdling scream.

"Let me go! I'll tell you anything!" Atticus gasped as he felt his insides start to boil.

"Aidoneus , didn't I teach you no mercy" his father whispered in his ear.

"You're a monster, you're not worthy of the Doukas name!" he whispered in the other. Aidoneus shut his eyes tightly, trying to fight off his father's words. Atticus struggled to breathe, clawing at Aidoneus 'hands, desperately trying to get away from the crazed man. 

"AIDONEUS !!" His father's voice was ever so clear in his ear, he looked up at Atticus, grinning from ear to ear as he burned the man from the inside out.

He dropped Atticus's husk onto the floor, the dance floor burning, the catwalk was groaning under the heat, the warehouse empty except for Peter. Peter pushed through the intense heat to get to his friend. He tore his jacket off, along with the bullet proof vest, that burned his hand as he touched it. He winced but kept pushing forward.

Aidoneus was staring at the ground. His father stood in front of him, clapping and grinning. "My little téras*" he said as he walked up Aidoneus . He fell to his knees, his palms shoved into his eyes as he tried to wipe the illusion from his mind. His father bent over next to his ear, whispering into it.

*monster*

"A... Aidoneus !" Peter clasps his boss's shoulder; he winced as his palm started burning. Aidoneus looked up at Peter, Peter could see the pain in Aidoneus 's eyes. He didn't pull away as the heat licked his face, slowly burning him. He pulled Aidoneus up into a hug, his chest burned, the air became hard to breathe as he held Aidoneus .

"Whatever it is fíle mou, I'm here." The heat died down as Aidoneus pushed Peter away, Aidoneus 's father slowly faded away whispering as the remainder of the drugs left his system.

He looked at his friend up and down, noticing the burn marks he endured for him. The flames on the dance floor flickered out, revealing the unfortunate souls that couldn't get out. Aidoneus closed his eyes, gritted his teeth as he dug his nails into his palms. Peter placed a hand on his shoulder and guided him out of the burnt warehouse.

As they exited there were firetrucks, ambulances and news teams surrounding the area. A helicopter flew overhead, a spotlight shone down on the duo as they exited the building. The murmuring slowly died down as they emerged, Peter had scorched clothing and burns on his arms, Aidoneus 's shirt was completely gone, as were most of his pants. They stopped to gather themselves.

A news reporter ran up to Aidoneus "Mr. Doukas! How do you explain this massive misuse of your abilities!?" she shoved the mic into his face. He glared at her, then looked at the camera. He scoffed and walked off. They chased him as Peter stood between them and him as Aidoneus headed to the car. They made it to the car, as their car was engulfed by a sea of reporters.

Peter locked the doors, put the key in the ignition and slowly made his way through the crowd. Aidoneus was leaning forward in his seat.

"O fílos mou," he glanced at Peter's injuries. He turned back to look out the window. "They want a monster; I'll give it to them", he said through gritted teeth. He was done playing by everyone's rules.