As Lucifer marched his forces to the large gates of the Prison, they met no resistance. No armies or forces met them on their way to the gate. During this time, Lucifer thought of several things. His place in the universe, was he a puppet of himself, was he destined to win the throne of the Prison? Nothing seemed clear to him, but he pressed onward until his forces reached the large dark gate. When they arrived, a large booming voice was heard from the citadel of the Prison.

“You have come to take my throne, just as the others before you! No matter, you will die like the rest of them!” All at once a large roar erupted behind the gate as it began to slowly open. Once the gate was opened, a large force of demons charged at the front line of Lucifer’s army. The demons had no weapons of any sort, they just charged like beasts at the trained soldiers. Lucifer’s forces held the line as they waited for Vulcan’s war machine to arrive and fire upon the gate. The demons seemed to halt their assault, but the fallen demons were risen from the ground and fought again. They were resurrected and had to be slain again. Slowly, Vulcan managed to position his machine to fire at the gate. The demons were an unending hoard, they were dark as the abyss around them, they attacked with such ferocity that the front began to buckle. However, Ares arrived and began to turn the assault in their favor once more. Ares let out his powerful fire breath, that scorched the field in front of his troops, the demons screamed in pain as they were set ablaze, they could now see the faces of these terrible creatures and they resembled angels. They were deformed. Lucifer could not think on this for too long as the gate was blown open by Vulcan’s weapon. Lucifer signaled Jupiter and they flew past the assault from below with a squadron of 15 angels. They flew through the main gate and up to the citadel where a large opening was. There the squadron descended into a large throne room. The room was lit by flames on the walls, they were dim but still managed to light up the room. Suddenly, a voice emerged from the throne.

“I have been expecting you, Morningstar…my dear friend” Lucifer recognized the voice from somewhere, but he could not place the time he had heard it and replied

“Who are you?”

“I am…. was…your brother. You may have forgotten me, and it seems like you have.”

“Answer me!”

“You do not know…. pity.”

“I will not ask again.”

“I am the angel of death, sent here by our father to defend this realm from those who seek to use its power. I am Pluto or as you may know me…Hades.” Lucifer looked at the throne as two red eyes glared back at him.

“Angel of Death? Angels cannot die!”

“Oh yes they could, before your time perhaps. Angels were not resurrected during my service, they lived long lives, but their bodies would pass, and their soul would remain. The soul would be sent here to stay in this Prison as to not upset father’s balance of the Universe. I was sent here to conduct his plan.”

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“Plan?”

“Our father created everything, including this place, but he did not have direct control of it. Before our kingdom was mobilized, heaven was the paradise of angels. We would never fight, until the portals began to emerge. The first only popped open a few at a time, but as we managed to close them, more and more would open. The outer city would be flooded with them and soon enough, entities would travel through them. The entities were the first angelic souls to become corrupted by this place. Angels would begin to die, and their souls were sent here. The entities would need to be stopped and that is when father began to institute mandatory service. Angels were his first creation and his most loyal, but the entities were no match against an Angelic army. I lead the first forces and marched them through the portals to ensure that father’s kingdom would never fall. We set up a fortress here and created our own portal to transport troops and supplies. We marched on the citadel that housed the entities, the battle was long and hard fought, but we managed to win. I slew the Warden of the Citadel and claimed his throne for father. The citadel was ours, but our portals mysteriously were destroyed. We had no way out, father would not come here, he left us to our fates. That is why Lucifer you are here is it not? To finish his mission, to conquer this realm for him, well I will not let you do that. No one will conquer this place.” Lucifer then heard a voice in his head once more

“Told you he was dramatic.” Lucifer then responded to Hades.

“You failed in your mission, but I will succeed in mine.” Lucifer drew his sword and charged at Hades.

“So be it.” Hades stood from his throne and his wings were nothing but bone, his face was drained, and his armor was still angelic, but it had no energy left. Hades drew his blade and charged at Lucifer. The swords clashed and Hades grabbed Lucifer with his other hand and threw him at the wall. Lucifer slammed into the wall and saw Hades charge once more. He was able to dodge his attack and swung at the back of Hades’ chest piece and slashed right threw it. Hades yelled in pain as Lucifer gave the signal to Jupiter and his squadron to attack Hades. One by one the troops stabbed and sliced at Hades to no avail. Hades would stand up and scream in demonic. A forcefield would shove all the troops off him and send them into the wall. Hades looked at Lucifer and spoke

“Father had cursed me to this task, leave now and tell him that I will continue my duties. I will swear fealty to him once more and we can change this place to be the realm it was supposed to be.” Hades dropped his blade and knelt at Lucifer’s feet.

“Please brother, I ask you to do this. I beg you.” Lucifer stood over Hades and thought for a moment and then whispered in his ear

“He is gone…I am sorry.” Lucifer shoved his blade into Hades and with his life beginning to slip away Lucifer looked at his brother once more in his dark red eyes and saw slaughter of angels and hatred. He saw all the events that Hades was talking about and in his last moments, Lucifer lifted his arm and absorbed Hades’ soul. With this new power he heard the voice one last time.

“Welcome, Lord of Darkness, keeper of the Underworld, and whatever title you want. Best wishes.”

Lucifer stood over the lifeless body of Hades for a moment and remembered when his own father cast him out of Heaven for doing what he thought was right. Now he was the ruler of a realm, he now has the power to change destiny. Lucifer walked to the throne and sat down, as he did so the sounds of battle outside began to stop. Jupiter looked outside the window as the demons where all kneeling toward the citadel in recognition of their new leader. Lucifer looked at his troops as they began to kneel as well. Lucifer began to smile at this sight and knew that he was their father now, their leader, their savior.