Failtasmic Chapter 3-Technical Difficulties

I swear, I had meant to have this chapter up ages ago. It was pretty much done about half a year ago. I just keep getting busy with other life things, like new jobs and school. I'm in university now, so if I don't update for a while (again), you know why.

"...No."

"What?" The Lord of the Underworld roared, the flames on his head flaring red and orange.

"I said no. I'm not doing it." Syndrome, whose fiery red hair matched Hades' flames, crossed his arms over his chest. "I mean, what's in this for me? Nothing. Jeez, talk about a rip off. I give you access to my technology so you can conquer Mickey, and you'll just keep treating me as the same second-rate villain every one of you thinks I am. Thanks, but no thanks. Okay?"

Hades growled at the mortal. "No, that is definitely not okay, you little..." He stopped, taking a few deep breaths. The flames on his head returned to their normal blue, and he gave the redhead his most winning smile. "Look, Buddy, if you do this, and we win, I can promise you you'll get the respect you so richly deserve. You'll be hailed as the guy who made it all possible. You give us the means to defeat the mouse, and you'll be a hero among villains. Deal?"

Syndrome scowled back at him. "Don't call me Buddy. And no, no deal."

"Well, I gave you a chance." The blue god said, sighing and turning to leave. "Guess we'll just have to go with Drakken instead..."

"Wait a minute."

Hades grinned to himself.

Hook...

"Drakken?! You've got to be kidding me! He's a complete moron! He's not even a real inventor!"

"Well, who else could do it? Dementor? Yagoobian?" Hades asked, turning back to face the supervillain.

"Oh, don't even get me started on Yagoobian! His stupid little bowler hat is smarter than he is!"

...Line...

"I'm the only one who could possibly do this, Hades."

The god raised a flaming eyebrow. "Oh really?"

"Really."

"Prove it." Hades challenged.

"I will! I'm going to build you a device that can get you into Mickey's subconscious, and trust me, it's going to be way better than anything anyone else could come up with! So there!"

...Aaand sinker!

So this is a little shorter than usual, but I felt that this was where the scene should end, and I like doing one scene per chapter. Ideally, future chapters will be longer than this… Cross your fingers.