He was hurtling downwards toward a sea of white, not knowing what it held. Closing his eyes, he braced himself, waiting for impact. And he waited. Oh my god did he wait. It must have been his fate, he thought.
Holden opened his eyes and realized that he wasn't falling anymore and that it wasn't his fate to wait forever. He was laying, or rather, floating, on the clouds.
"Oh..." he muttered, suddenly realizing where he was.
Holden flew up into the air and saw the familiar golden spires of Mt. Olympus in the distance.
"I'm at Mt. Olympus! Accio Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park!" Holden said and was jumped to the center of the park.
"HOLDEN!" a voice boomed from behind him. "How I've missed you."
"Uncle Zeus! How's it going?"
"Holden, how many times do I need to tell you; I'm not Zeus. I just own this theme park."
"Yeah, duh. You own Mt. Olympus. Therefor, your Zeus. God God, you're so stupid sometimes."
"HOLDEN!" a woman shouted. Holden turned around and saw his aunt, Lisa Leslie, running towards him. "How are you?" she asked.
"Pretty good. You know, between working on saving the world and being incredibly cool and way more handsome than Dlanor, life's pretty great. How about you, Oh Goddess of Basketball?"
"So he's still on this, huh?" she muttered to his uncle. "Hey, did you say Dlanor? We have a young man working here who goes by that name, and might I say he's very nice. One may even call him, if they were delusional that this place was actually the home of gods, the God of All Goodness Who Could Never Do Anything Wrong."
"Oh, really? Where is this god so that I may, um, praise him?" Holden asked sneakily.
"Oh, he's just over there. DLANOR! WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE FOR A MOMENT?" his aunt shouted.
"Do you need anything, Lisa?" Dlanor asked.
"No no. My nephew just wanted to speak with you. Dlanor, this is Holden."
"Oh, I know Holden. How's it going, buddy? You know, I saw this strange metal object fall from the sky and land over by the--KAHG!"
Holden delivered a swift jab to Dlanor's lower abdomen, followed up by a hard uppercut to the jaw and finished off with a swift machete to the scalp. Dlanor lay at Holden's feet, gasping for air.
"I... I saw... I saw... metal... Hades..." the light faded from Dlanor's eyes.
"Cool. Thanks Dlanor, you're the best."
"Holden, wait a minute! Why did you do that?"
"Long story, don't have time. Where can I find Hades?"
"Oh, Hades Wooden Roller Coaster + Upside Down Loop Attachments is just down this path."
"Thanks Zeus!" Holden ran toward the towering coaster in the distance.
"What is wrong with him, Mark?"
"I don't know, Lisa. It must be all the video games he plays. And no, it's not mental illness or bad parenting. That would be stupid. It's definitely the video games."
Holden was standing outside the entrance to Hades, staring up at the towering beast. He looked at the line and noticed a sign.
Waiting time: ONE LIFETIME
"I don't have time for this!" Holden said, withdrawing his psychic paper and using it to force his way to the front of the line. He jumped into the coaster and launched down the wooden rails. Suddenly, he was climbing up and up and up. He reached the top and for a moment he sat still, gazing into the pit below.
"It's the entrance to the Underworld!" he exclaimed as he shot downward. He tore off his safety harness and jumped off the coaster as it entered the tunnel under the parking lot. He was surrounded by darkness, except for one small source of light.
"The Age Decompiler piece!"
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