Pluto wanted to hit something to ease his frustration. He was pissed off but not only at Ares and Zivon but also at himself. He felt he could have stopped his if he had just been around more. "We can't do anything now. If we stop it now it will only hurt them both, but if we let it go it will be Zane who feels the price", he felt helpless which was something he rarely felt. "If I know Zane he will be hiding out in Tartarus. I may even be able to take a guess at exactly where. I don't even know why to began to find where Ares may have taken Zivon though."

"Why don't you go and find Zane and try to ease the pain till we get Ares to stop this. And I'll go find Zivon and stop Ares before he puts Zane through any more pain." She said her heart feeling like it had been put through a grinder over what her baby boys were going through but especially Zane because while Zivon might not be feeling the pain of their aging Zane would be feeling every little thing that they went through as they aged. She also felt hurt because Zivon hadn't come to them, his real parents when he wanted to be aged he went behind their backs and managed to hurt his little brother at the same time.

Pluto met her eyes, as much as he didn't want her near Ares, he knew she would not accept it any other way. There sons needed them and he was better prepared for the trip to the underworld anyway. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her, "Be careful", he murmured, against her lips. He partly blamed himself for this happening, if he had better control over the underworld, his son wouldn't have felt this need to do this. He wished Zivon had come to him. They may have been able to help him, now all they could do was try and keep Zane from to much pain. Pluto pulled away from Ellie and disappeared from the room to help Zane.

Zane lay curled up in a ball in the middle of a bed, in a little shack in the deepest pits of Tartarus, which was covered in blood and sweat. He had long ago lost the ability to speak, the screaming on the first few hours had done that his lip was a bloody mess where his teeth had bitten through when he had tried to stop himself from screaming. He didn't have the energy to move his whole body feeling like one massive aching bruise.

He really wanted a shower, so he forced himself to move it was one of the rare times between the waves of pain that he could actually move. He managed to climb out of the bed and stand on shaking legs he clung to the bed till his legs were stable enough for him to take a step, he kept one hand on the wall at all times as he slowly and carefully made his way to the shower he shrugged off his clothes and climbed into the shower getting the water to the perfect temperature he relaxed against the wall and felt the muscles in his back slowly relaxing and he felt better for a moment before screaming in pain as his legs grew painfully fast at least 3 inches in a few seconds unable to support his weight on his legs he slid down the wall unable to help the sobs that escaped him as he curled up in the bottom of the shower in a ball wishing for death.

He sobbed mentally cursing Zivon and Ares for doing this too him and immediately feeling horrible for doing so. He had told his brother to go and had thought that he was ready for the pain but he was terribly unprepared for the pain he was feeling. He slowly drifted off into a painful sleep, his mind already locking away his memories of Zivon, it was an unforeseen consequence of the aging.

Pluto appeared in the cabin and cursed when he couldn't see Zane but could hear the shower running. He ran into the room moving first to turn the water off, checking his son for a pulse. His heart broke at the blood on his son's lips where he had bit it in his pain. He ran a hand through his sons hair. Pluto used some of his powers to dry his son as he pulled him out of the bath. He held Zane close to him, sending jolts of power into him. The power to heal and take the edge of the pain his son was feeling.

Pluto used his power to put new sheets on the bed and cloths that would change as his son grew. He placed him carefully on the bed and rested his hand on his sons forehead, stroking his fingers through his hair soothingly. He kept up the slow pulses of healing power. He couldn't take the pain away fully from his son but he could take the edge of it with this power. It would not aid the power already flowing into his son to age him but help with the healing and pain that the growing would cause his son. It was something he had learned from Apollo and was now glad he did. "I am sorry Zane. I should have been paying more attention to Zivon's unease", he mumbled to himself. The power he was putting into his son would eventually tire him which was why he couldn't keep it as a steady flow. He just hoped that he could last long enough with it to get his son through the worst of it.

Zane slowly slipped into a deeper sleep when Pluto used his power to take the edge of the pain it was the first time he had been pain free in more than a week. He snuggled closer to his father feeling safe and mostly comfortable for the first time since the whole thing had started. He stirred for a moment at his fathers words but soon slipped back into his deep sleep it was the first proper sleep that he had in the same amount of time.

Hours, moans and screams of pain later he slowly woke wondering why he wasn't in pain, it was the only thing that he could remember, pain and heartbreak though he racked his brain and couldn't think of why he was heart broken. "Papa." He said, wrapping his arms around him and hugging him tightly. "You're here?" He questioned, he knew there was a reason that he shouldn't be here but he couldn't for the life of him think of what it was at this very moment.

"Why does it hurt Papa? Did I do something wrong and am being punished for it?" He asked it was the only reason that he could think of to be in this much pain over, he couldn't think of what he could have possibly done that was so bad to deserve the pain he was receiving he looking up at his father with tear filled eyes. "Whatever I did I'm so so sorry can you please make it stop?"

All his memories off his twin were gone, he felt empty and heartbroken but didn't know why he would possibly feel either of those emotions maybe his father would explain it too him or maybe it had always been like that and he just hadn't noticed before or told anyone about it.

Pluto felt his heart break at every moan and scream that passed through his son's lips and sent bigger jolts of power into him at this moments to keep his son asleep. He fell silent when he saw his son stir at his words and settled to just watch him, sending a quick mental message to Hades to explain his situation. They had once been one in the same and still had a bond that helped them run the underworld in harmony.

Pluto didn't think his heart could break anymore until he heard his son's clearly scared voice. He had been watching him for hours by this point of time and held Zane closer to him when he moved to hug him. He ran a hand through his son's hair, even if his son now looked older, he could still hear the child he had been. "Of course I am here Zane. I will never leave you when you need me."

Pluto hated the fear in his sons voice and the reason it was there and sent more healing power into his son, wanting to stop at least some of his pain. He hated Ares for pulling the two boys into this, "I am sorry Zane but this isn't your fault. Your brother did something foolish and I am sorry that you are the one to pay for it Zane. I wish I could do more to help you son, but I am no true healer."

"Brother?" He asked cocking his head to the side in confusion. "I don't have a brother, do I?" He looked up at his father worriedly biting his lip he was shocked that he had forgotten about a brother but he didn't think that Pluto would lie to him. "Why can't I remember him?" He asked with a whimper, searching his memories for a whisper of his brother but he didn't find any memories. He hid his face in his fathers side. The thoughts were soon pushed from his mind as more pain washed through him and he bit his lip to hold back another scream of pain, unable to help but let out a soft hiss of pain. Gritting his teeth till it was over he breathed rapidly trying to calm down.

Pluto looked down at his son, he found it hard to refrain from using all his powers to stop Zivon's pain straight out now. But he knew that if he did this he couldn't help him through the rest of the pain. He pushed some more of his power into his son, just hoping that it was in fact helping with some of the pain. He also hoped his memory lose stemmed from the pain not some more sinister plan of the god of wars. He put a hand on his son's head, knowing he was wasting his power, but looking for a memory of Zivon in his sons mind that he could pull forward. In doing this he felt a fraction of his sons pain and had to but his lip to keep from crying out. He pulled back knowing that it would do no good right now. He sat talking about the things that he remember two of them getting up to as they grow up.

Zane listened to him before letting out a loud scream his body convulsing as the strongest wave of pain that he had felt so far washed over him. He felt a wave of blackness wash over him and embraced it gladly, his body going limp before convulsing a few times his body growing rapidly to that of a 20 year old his bones cracking and growing before another crack as they reset themselves, he let out yells and moans of pain.

He curled up closer to Pluto as the pain got worse, before he relaxed again painless for the first time in almost three weeks. He slept for almost an hour more, before his eye lids started fluttering.

Pluto held his son close, now sure that he could not offer his son more then his presence and love. He couldn't stop this pain though he would take it on himself if he could. Pluto watched him as he slept, finally looking pain free. He saw him stirring and ran a hand through his sons hair. He was so much older now and Pluto wanted nothing more then to make Ares pay for this. For the pain he had caused his sons. He knew Zivon would not have taken things well when he found out the truth and would probably be naming himself.

Zane slowly woke up with a sigh, he didn't want to open his eyes and wake up. Realizing that it didn't hurt his eyes flew open and he smiled happily at Pluto. "I don't feel pain." He tells him in an awed tone filled with happiness. "I didn't think it would ever end." he says with a sniffle snuggling closer to Pluto glad that his father had been here to comfort him because after Pluto had come he had be better able to handle the pain. "Can we go home? I really want to see mummy?" He asked with a pleading look.

Pluto smiled when Zane said he had no pain. He was glad to hear it and knew that Ellie and Zivon would be waiting for them. Time passed differently down here, so what felt like hours to them was probably merely minutes for his wife and son. He ran a hand through Zane's hair, glad to still see his son there, "Of course we can go home. Your mother will be waiting for us and so will Zivon", he replied. "Your brother made a mistake but he still loves you Zane, never doubt that. Ares can be a good liar when it suits him."

"Zivon." He murmured with a smile a feeling of warmth and love washing over him with the name but still no memories appeared of his brother. "Can we go see mummy? And Zivon?" He asks with a sad smile he wanted to be home already snuggling closer before he knew it he used his powers to transport him and Pluto to his home. He opened his eyes looking around the room seeing his brother crying he cocked his head to the side staring at a boy that sat on the bed and his mother who stood there he moved over wrapping his arms around his mum and hiding his head in her neck he started to cry. "Mummy." He murmured between sobs.