Arrived in Olympic Coliseum (Terra and Eruptor's Story)

(In a town near Thebes, a boy with red hair stands surrounded by Unversed. A large one knocks him to the ground. As the boy tries to get up, brushing the dirt off himself, Terra and Eruptorrushes in to help)

Terra: Stay back.

Eruptor: We'll help you.

(Once they are defeated, they extends a hand to the boy)

Terra: You okay?

????????: Yeah, thanks.

(He sighs)

????????: Guess they were too much for me. I'm just gonna have to train harder. You're pretty tough--really handled those things. Are you here to enter the Games?

Terra: What games?

????????: The "Games" games. To see who's strongest! One day I'm gonna win 'em all and become a true hero.

???? (calling): Herc, where are ya? Front and center right now, or I'm tackin' on another 1,000 laps!

(Hercules turns to see a satyr walking through town)

Hercules: Uh-oh. Gotta go. The Coliseum's just up ahead.

(He runs to find the satyr)

Hercules: I hope I get to see you fight there sometime!

Terra: A competition... Hmm... We should find out how strong we really are.

Eruptor: Yeah, let's go.

(He leaves the town headed for a large mountain. In the Coliseum Gates area, a blue man in a toga with fire for hair walks out of the Vestibule)

?????: Geez Louise, one chump after another. It's like a who's who of decathalon disasters around here. All I need is one measly warrior tough enough to give Zeus a jolt of his own medicine. Wait...

(He sees someone enter)

?????: Dark, moody, powerful. Yes! They're perfect.

(Terra and Eruptor stands, looking at a leaderboard on the wall)

Terra: This is it.

Eruptor: Now we can enter it.

?????: How sad is this.

Terra: Huh?

(Terra and Eruptor turns to his right, but sees no one)

?????: Pains me to see it.

(He looks to his left and sees the fiery man)

?????: All that power going to waste.

Terra: Who are you?

?????: Name is Hades, Lord of the Dead, god of the Underworld, yadda yadda, how ya doin'. Hey, lemme guess, you're trying to put the kibosh on the darkness inside you. Am I right? Of course I'm right. Well, anyway, bad idea.

Terra: Wait, what?

Hades: Okay, stay with me here--darkness is inside...everybody. Nothing to be ashamed of. You play nice with it, and darkness will be your best friend. But if you go and get all self-conscious and refuse to face it, the darkness will run over you like a debutante at a toga sale. And then where are you? Nowhere.

(He places his hands on Terra's shoulders from behind him)

Hades: Now me, I look at you and I see potential. That's right, kid. You got the potential to conquer the darkness inside you. And I'll even give you some pointers. I mean, believe me, if anybody knows conquering, I know conquering.

Terra: Well, let's hear it then. How do we conquer the darkness?

Eruptor: And it's the anyway?

Hades: Easy. You sign up for the Games. I know, I know. "Please, Lord Hades, the Games?" But hey, you would be surprised what you can learn in the heat of battle. And don't worry. I'll be right there to guide you every step of the way. I'm kinda what you'd call an expert in the art of darkness.

(He smiles)

Hades: Oh, decide fast. This is a limited-time offer.

(Hades enters the Vestibule. Terra follows after)

Hades: Time to close this deal?

Terra: When are you gonna tell me how to conquer the darkness?

Hades: Hold your chariot horses.

(He holds up his hands and a quill and paper appear in a puff of smoke)

Hades: You would not believe the bureaucracy involved with these things. Name?

Terra: Terra.

Eruptor:

(He writes it down)

Hades:

(He looks back at Terra and writes something down)

Hades: What's this? "Favorite god"? Pfft, come on, "Hades."

(He writes that down as well)

Hades: There, ba-boom. Easy peasy.

(The quill and paper vanish in smoke)

Hades: I sense that you're already starting to get all warm and fuzzy with that darkness inside you. It's sweet, really. And hey, by the time you win the final match here...you'll have figured out how to conquer it for good.