"It's... a long story." he sighed.

"I said that the anger and vengeance of a God was thrust upon you." he repeated.

"...it was MINE." he muttered.

"And I never intended for it to be found." he went on.

"...or even accessed." he admitted further.

"But... of all people, YOU had to find the spear."

The man looked at Roxie, and narrowed his eyes.

"...dear." he greeted her.

While this was happening, Hal was watching... and was almost overwhelmed by the sheer mana and presence he was feeling. However, he suddenly realised that Izzy was still there, and looked over towards her, seeing she looked ready to pass out from the pain in her head.

He was silent, before leaning close and whispering to her.

"Make the wish and you'll be away from here."

Hal just snapped his fingers, and Izea was gone, disappeared from where she was, and back in her dorm. The walls there were specially insulated, like all others, to mute mana going in and out, but he knew it wouldn't quell THIS level of mana completely. Hopefully enough to where she could tolerate it. He then sighed and stood up, before making his way into the room with the others.

"Can I get an explanation here?" he asked, his tone VERY close to demanding it.

The man looked over towards Hal, and raised an eyebrow.

"Did you not hear what we were saying earlier?" he asked.

"I did." Hal responded. "But I would LOVE some more details." he added, holding back his anger and irritation.

"Especially how YOU are alive." he then said to Roxie. "Last I checked, whatever it was that had possessed Mira's body had attacked you and successfully KILLED you." he commented.

"...which explains the massive pulse earlier." the other man muttered, shaking his head.

Hal still looked a little confused, before the man, Heph, stepped forward.

"Allow me to introduce myself." he said.

"Hephaestus." he revealed.

This caused Hal to almost recoil back physically from the sheer surprise of it all.

"You're... the Greek God, Hephaestus?" he asked.

"In the flesh." the God responded.

"And this... is my ex-wife." he said further, gesturing to Roxie.

Hal's jaw almost dropped when he heard THAT.

"But... Hephaestus' wife was..." he went on, trailing off at the end, almost unable to finish the statement.

He looked at her sharply and growled slightly.

"Nobody was supposed to find that weapons chamber." he told her.

"It was hidden away by Zeus, HIMSELF." he stated.

"And even then, how was I supposed to know that one of my descendants would find it and touch it, thereby activating it!?" he then exclaimed, unknowingly dropping a HUGE bomb on Mira right there and then.

"So no, do NOT start with THIS crap again, Aphrodite."

"Well, when your wife wants nothing to do with you, and then CHEATS on you, yeah, you tend to seek pleasures elsewhere." he responded with some matching venom in his tone.

"HOLD IT!" Hal yelled.

"So whatever it was that possessed Mira was a soul YOU trapped in there for revenge?" he asked Hephaestus.

"Not exactly." the God replied.

"See... our marriage was a loveless one that she didn't even want to be in." he told her, gesturing to Roxie. "She cheated on me, Ares told me, and I was filled with anger and desired revenge." he explained further.

"However, I also realised this was not entirely her fault. So, using my unparalleled smithing, I crafted a weapon, and imparted my anger, jealousy, and desire for vengeance into it, and then sealed it away so I wouldn't need to deal with it." he said further.

"...admittedly, I did NOT expect it to... become somewhat sentient..." he then admitted.

"All right, seeing as YOU seem to know everything that's going to happen, and have absolute perfect future vision, TELL ME." he responded, looking at her sharply.

"WHERE should it go?" he asked.

"Where will it NEVER EVER be found?" he asked her further.

"Tell me." he stated.

"...." Hal was silent, before looking off to the side.

"...yep, they were married, all right..." he mumbled under his breath.

He paused for a moment, thinking about it.

"...huh." he muttered.

He then grabbed the spear and squeezed his hand around it, causing it to disappear from where it was. Completely and utterly.

"And there we go." he said. "Buried at the very bottom. Several hundred feet further down, I might add." he told her.

He was then silent again for another moment, before sighing.

"Look, I'm sorry, okay?" he said to her.

"I didn't anticipate this." he went on, looking at Mira next.

"And I'm sorry YOU were dragged into this unnecessarily."

Hephaestus was silent for a moment, before shaking his head.

"Go find a place." he said.

"Come with me." Hal told her, making his way to Kiah and lifting her up in his arms.

"You can both rest in the medical wing." he went on.

"...I have a lot to tell you, and you won't like a lot of it." he then said further, shaking his head a little.

Roxie then looked at her ex-husband, and saw he genuinely looked like he was feeling bad about this.

"I'll expect a more detailed and full explanation after you two have cleared things up." Hal told Roxie, before she could really comment on much.

Hephaestus seemed to see Roxie's confusion, and sighed.

"I guess he wants the entire story from YOU, seeing as you're affiliated with this place." he told her. "If nothing else, just a condensed version, without the two of us at each other's throats." he went on.

He then paused for a moment, before snapping his fingers.

"Before I disappear from your life again, this time hopefully forever, may I ask of one small favour?" he then asked.

Meanwhile, Hal bit his lip when Mira said what she did.

"In a very big way, potentially." he replied.

"Charlie is dead because of what was possessing you, but... well, there are OTHERS more liable for that..." he growled, but then shook his head.

"Mira... that... that thing attacked Peyton. She's in the medical wing now, where they're trying to save her life."