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Sora~Herc. Feeling any better?
Meg~well…same routine. Wonderboy thinks his days are over. And phil thinks it’s all in his head
Goofy~gwarsh, herc. We know you’re a real hero!
Donald~Hey, where’s ann?
Hercules~oh…she’s with Phil.
Meg~She’s been in a funk too actually…
Hades appeared to taunt everyone. He told them about the underdome opening and what would happen if Hercules refused to play. He disappeared again after threating to hurt meg. Ann came through the entrance a short while later
Ann~there you are. Phil wanted- oh hey sora, Donald, goofy. What happened?
Sora~hades happened.
Ann~I don’t suppose you’ve seen auron then?
Donald~not yet. Why?
Ann~He’s been acting weird…and he disappeared recently…
They all heard one of the doors opening and saw auron going through
Sora~Let’s check it out
Ann~I want to come
Hercules~stay here. I can tell that you’re close with auron. I don’t want you to get hurt or mess something up in the caves. You could accidentally cause a cavein
Sora~We’ll be right back. We’re just doing some recon
Ann sighed and nodded

A short while later, Auron had come back through cave entrance, followed by Sora and the gang. Ann went to Auron
Ann~Auron, what is going on? You’re acting weird
He didn’t respond or look in her direction as he made his way to the boat. She grabbed his free arm, but he brushed her off hard enough to make her fall to the ground
Ann~Daddy!
His next step faltered, but he continued. Auron got on the ferry and Pain and Panic rowed him to the coloseum
Ann~I’m gonna kill Hades!
Hercules~What do you mean? What happened?
Ann~Let me go kill that b*****d
Donald~She means business
They tried to stop her from going down the caves
Hercules~You can’t just waltz down there, and you can’t go around killing either
Ann~Watch me! I’m more than okay with staining my hands red again
Goofy~Ann this is not okay
Ann~Neither is controlling people
She shoved them all away and continued on
Sora~She’s too strong. We need to do something!
Hercules~There’s no way she’s stronger than me though
He got up and bear hugged her from behind. She struggled against him
Ann~Let me go! I’m gonna go after Hades and kill him!
Sora~Ann, please stop! There has to be another way
Ann~No! He’s going down! Let go!
She struggled more and Hercules’ arms slowly moved
Hercules~Guys…She’s actually getting free. What do I do?
Ann~Get off of me!
Sora~I don’t know!
Donald~Throw her!
Goofy~Where?
Sora~Hercules!
The half-god jumped into the air then hurled her into the ground. After a moment they heard her crying. They slowly made their way to her
Sora~Ann? We’re really sorry
Ann~I’m…I’m okay…this is just s-so frustrating…
She sat up and wiped her eye
Goofy~Did you go easy on her?
Hercules~No…I panicked and threw her full force
They all stared at her
Ann~w-what?
She wiped her nose next
Sora~Why is Auron so important? I thought you guys were just friends
Ann~He’s my father…We didn’t tell you you sooner because the situation is complicated…Like really complicated
Hercules~I can see why…He does look young
Donald~You’re from different timelines?
Ann~At best. I might not even exist for him
Sora~That’s…wow…Guys, we need to do something
Ann~I’ll-
Hercules~I think you should stay here to calm down some more.
Ann~You’re right. You guys go. I’ll stay here
They all sighed
Sora~Ann was right though. Hades is controlling Auron somehow. He was using some sort of doll…
Hercules~That sounds very familiar…I think Hades might be controlling his free will
Ann clenched her fists
Sora~Ann, you have to stay calm if you want to help him
She sighed, but nodded
Ann~You’re right…but this makes me so mad…I just…
Sora~If you want to go look for the doll with us then you need to calm down. If you keep getting riled up like this, you could cause a cavein and then we’ll never save him
Ann~Okay…I understand…Hercules also already said that
Hercules~I am right though
Donald~You promise you won’t go crazy again?
Ann~Yeah Donald…I promise. I still want to go with you guys
Hercules~stay a bit longer before you guys go…looks like we got company
Hades had appeared again

After the god had left with Hercules to go to his coliseum, the party left to go to hades’ lair again. Once inside, they found the doll in plain sight on the table
Sora~well that was easy
He went to grab it
Ann~Dumbass wait!
Sora~hey, you don’t have to swear
He grabbed it anyways, and glowed red and started to spazz as if he was electicuted. Goofy grabbed him to help and then donald, but they started to glow in the same manner as sora. Ann sighed and pulled sora and the doll apart
Sora~hey! How were you able to resist it?!
Ann~Auron is still young, and if hades was controlling him, I expected the worst and figured these were auron’s nightmares. Listen
They stayed quiet and heard auron’s pained voice ringing through their minds for a minute.
Sora~That must be in auron’s heart…
Goofy~Sounds like he had a pretty hard life…
Ann~yeah. He tried hard to protect his friends. But he couldn’t change their resolve. He learned after the fact that their sacrifice was wasted
sora~but that’s what really made him stronger
donald~let’s go bring it back to him
ann~I’m holding onto the thing. You three don’t have a good track record with holding things
sora~But…
donald~Let her
goofy~Auron is her father
sora~Okay fine…
they headed back to the main entrance

ann~Pain! Panic!
They yelped and ran into each other
Sora~hey, you promised not to go overboard
Ann~Those bozos respond well to fear. Otherwise they refuse to do anything
Goofy~That can’t be true
Ann~I’m not asking nicely just to get across. I’d rather swim
Donald~Let’s just go. Herc’s in trouble
Sora~We need to talk later ann
Ann rolled her eye but agreed anyway. Upon entering the arena, they found Hercules at the edge trying to stop auron from bringing his blade down on him.
Sora~Auron! No!
Ann~Dad!
Hades~Dad?
Donald~This belongs to you!
Ann threw the statue at them, and it exploded overhead. Auron stopped, and Hercules finally got to rest.
Hades~What happened to our mutual agreement? I can give you a clean slate, but you have to work with me here
Auron~Maybe you didn’t hear me the first time. This is my story, and you’re not a part of it
Hades~That’s it! *teleports* This game is over, “dad.” I’ve played by the rules long enough, now we play by my rules
He snapped his fingers and brought meg over and dropped her into the pit of souls. Hercules ran past hades and dove in after her
Ann~You son of a-
Auron smacked her in the back of the head with his sword
Auron~language child
Ann growled but did not retaliate
Ann~If he comes anywhere near us, I’m gonna go after him
Auron~I’m surprised you even bothered to tell me
Hades~This is gonna be good
He teleported into the ring and started to prepare an attack
Ann~Let’s see how well you do against a demon!
She screamed and charged at him
Sora~Demon?
Auron~Family nickname on her mother’s side
Donald~This has become a one-sided fight
Ann~I finally get to wail on something! I’m not gonna stop until I die or I kill this b*****d!
Hades~Hey! Wait! Slow down! I can arrange your death if you give me a chance
Goofy~Should we help her?
Auron~No. She’s just like her mother…I’m curious if she has a boyfriend…might calm her down…
Ann~I can hear you still
Auron~Don’t get distracted. Hades is the target
Hades~This is her distracted?!
He threw her to the side then advanced on the others
Hades~that’ll take care of her for a bit. Now for you guys
Sora was about to step in but auron stopped him
Sora~huh?
Hades was hit with a cannon of water before ann screamed and attacked again
Sora~how did you…
Auron~Just like her mother
Hades~I’ve had it! I’m not going be beaten single-handedly by a brat!
Ann~You are not allowed to call me a brat!
When she swung, hades stopped her. He started to glow red and push her swing back
Ann~You’re not supposed to do that
Hades~I am the lord of the dead! I can beat any brat I want!
He pushed her arm back further then hit her shoulder with a firaga ball
Auron~ann!
Sora~Let’s go!
They advanced on hades with Hercules joining them. Auron went to ann and carefully rolled her onto her back
Ann~It hurts so bad…
Auron~he dislocated your shoulder. You won’t be fighting again anytime soon
Ann nodded and choked back a sob.
Auron~You only need to sit out for a little while
The party soon weakened hades. He teleported away from them all, but unaware of his surroundings while backing away, fell into the pit of souls.

Back at the entrance, they got together to look over their injuries.
Sora~looks like hades got you good ann
Ann~It hurts so much more than it looks
Auron~We need to pop it back in you know
Ann~s**t…
Auron~Hercules, hold her
Hercules~No way. Last time we did that she almost broke free and I threw her to the ground
Ann~you guys stay away
Auron~He could be the one to pop your shoulder back in?
Goofy~Why does this frighten you ann?
Ann~My medical practitioner can flick you and send you flying 100 meters.
Auron~ann, you’re being unreasonable
She backed away until she bumped into meg
Meg~Come on ann. You know you won’t be able to fight until that gets taken care of
Ann~do it quick…
Auron came over. He brought his other arm out of his coat and held her arm
Auron~This will hurt just as badly as it came out. don’t worry ann. I used to do this for your mother. Meg, hold her steady
Ann~wait, but, but, but
Donald~How about we count to three?
Ann~o-okay…one…t-
Auron popped her shoulder back in causing her to scream
Ann~b*****d what happened to three?!
Auron~I’m still your father
He smacked her head
Ann~It hurts like hell!
She punched him, but screamed again for using her bad arm
Auron~Go get some rest
He motioned towards the stairs of the underworld. She muttered under her breath and he smacked her again on her way past him
Hercules~I’m really surprised she didn’t attack back
Auron~She knows better. Would you mind making sure she doesn’t do anything to help phil? She needs to rest
Hercules chuckled~You’re doing a great job caring for her. You stepped into the roll very well
He and meg followed after ann. Auron gave a smirk and turned his attention to the party. He thanked them and said his farewell before following the other three up the stairs.
Auron~Where’s ann?
Hercules~she was kinda wobbly so I was gonna help her over there to sit.
Auron~Then she fell asleep on you as you supported her
Hercules~yeah…
Auron~Hehehe which is why I sent her up here to rest. I’ll take her. Where did you say she could lay down?