New life

I woke up with a groan feeling the rats around my body and coughing I saw them immediately flee on my movements before wheezing I spoke, "Hello anyone here?" I was then met by the screams and torments of the imprisoned and nodding I grabbed a chair before sitting back took a few moments to adjust to the deeper and pressing pockets of air onto me and my eyes to adjust to the dull and limited light, "You fell hard!" a voice spoke and looking into the darker greeny-gold eyes of the captive he spoke, "We have a god down here!" I walked up to the captive clutching my ribs I gritted, "Yeah and you?" "Names Atlas!" "A Titan!" "We are all down here unless we fucked Zeus!" causing the others to laugh before crying again felt the torture and torment continue, "Is there any other non-made free person here?" "You are the only one!" he whimpered and looking in I couldn't see what it was but he obviously felt the burn or cut, whatever it was meant to be, "Is there a list or record!" "Stop this and I will tell you what I know!" I nodded before seeing the golden lights started to press combinations until it stopped, "The list should be other on the desk that is where the last enforcer had it, alas he wasn't immortal like you or us and eventually died, he also has an office with our files in!" I walked over to the desk and looking through the crumbs of food and plates retrieved the journal before opening it spoke, "Everyone in here recorded?" he nodded causing me to say, "He lived?" "He had an room next to his throne which overlooks the whole place it is just up the stairs on the balcony!" I nodded before moving to where the light was clear looked up to see the the faint light of Hades' realm above me and looking down spoke started to call the names out, "Atlas! yes he is here wait weren’t you meant to be holding the Sky up?!" before pressing the combination again, "You promised to stop it!" "I promised to temporary stop it not to permanently halt it, I am going to examine each case and reevaluate the sentences until then business as usual"

"Gaia?" "Here!" "Leto!” “Here!” “Phoebe?” “Yes!” “Helios?” “Yes!” “Kronos?” and looking there I saw him suffer even worse than the others causing me to look into the last one on this floor and smiling saw the women laying down on the floor crying in a ball, “Get away from me, Get away! No!” she whimpered and looking at the combination pressed it once again to see her relief as it stopped, “Asteria?” “Yes!” “Aren’t you meant to be dead?” “That is what Zeus wants you to think! I escaped him and Poseidon betrayed me to him, no one hears your protests down hear or believes it!” I nodded before saying, “Charge?” “Probably disobeying Zeus!” I looked down at the note before saying, “It isn’t recorded on here on the cell it says, “Heresy against Zeus and fighting in the war! Hmmm!” I pressed it again before barking out, “I am James son of Thánatos and Cersei, grandson of Hades, Persephone, Ares and Aphrodite and I will treat you all fairly or as fair as I can if you behave! Now I am going to interview you all again when I get the record outs and assess whether you deserve a greater, lesser or no torture anymore! You will get to state your defence and I will decide what you get, not that bastard Zeus, not Hades but me!” I walked away before saying, “Oh Yes, lying makes it worse! So I am going to tour this place, get the documents and start the process!” “James!” Asteria spat and looking at he she cried, “ You have a parcel!” I looked down and seeing the book looked down at it to see the records and the flicking through it I saw how the pages changed the never decreased in size and looking back at the front there I saw an papyri which spoke, "James, I am so sorry for this, you were never a waste of space and you aren't a burden. I respect your decision but find the need to stress you of the lies the prisoners will tell you and the horror's that will lay in it, even I don't venture down it but maybe this will help, you can have what you need and with that I grant you the title King of Tartarus and with that the power to judge the those incarcerated for yourself. If you need anything just ask me and it will be delivered! I don't say this much not even my own children but I love you son and I will support you and like Persephone will miss you" I looked down and seeing the armour and Hades Bident read, "Hephaestus had made you an armour which impenetrable by basic weapons and protection from the heat you will encounter, my Bident to remember me by and your fathers sword to go with Athena's shield" I scooped it up and leaving spoke, "I won't be long and pushing the doors open walked out to see the burning pools of lava and the other souls being tormented in their own ways with one of the closest examples was Tityos who was stretched out and having his livers constantly pecked out by two vultures over and over again and Danaides who carrying massive water jugs tried to fill a cracked bath up and looking over to another saw a flaming wheel constantly spinning watched as Ixion constantly span around and adjusting the armour slid the crown onto my head and instantly felt my breath disappear as I felt a sharp pain in my chest and feeling my heart beat in pain felt my breathing stop and my heart stop, "I am now definitely dead!"

I walked up the stairs that seemed to go on forever and smiling there I saw the throne perched there at the top the balcony overlooking the virtual torture dungeon and walking up to it put the shield by the led of the throne walked up to it and seeing the rusty sword I spoke, "Time to get to work!" as I sat down on the throne and seeing it turn into a flame-ball around me spoke to the metallic creature, "First Prisoner!"