Authors Note: This is a sequel to a story by Barrelracer13. It should be read before this one.

Disclaimer: The plot belongs to barrelracer13. I own these chapters and my oc Andi. And no matter how many times I throw coins down wells, I still do not own Percy Jackson.

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I couldn't believe it.

Just my luck. My dad beats the crap out of me, then comes and tries to gain my trust back and apologize. He never apologizes for anything. And what does Zeus do? He gives him more time around me by exiling him to camp half blood as a punishment! As if Mr.D wasn't enough? Is he punishing Hades or all of us?

I've been staring at the roof of the Hades cabin for a while now. It's the middle of the day and I should be at my classes, but I need some time to myself. Everybody wants to know what happened and how part of the big house got disintegrated. Travis and Connor keep asking me over and over again. I don't have the heart to tell them that their dad lost it and had a little disintegrating fest, where he almost killed me with debris.

I've barely talked to anybody in these past days. I mean, what's there to talk about? They ask such stupid questions. "Did it hurt?" No, Percy, not at all. Breaking ribs and getting a concussion is really fun. Why don't you try it? "Do you hate your dad now?" Well Conner, he beat the crap out of me, then came begging for forgiveness. He seems to be Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.

Somebody knocks on my door. I groan. "Come in."

Annabeth pokes her head into my cabin. "I came to get you for dinner. Figured that you wouldn't want to miss it." I want to be mad, but I'm not. This seems like she's truly caring for me, and plus I'm starving.

"Thanks," I mumble and follow her out of the cabin. When we reach the dining pavilion, I groan internally. Already, I can see Hades sitting at my table instead of at the head table with Dionysus. Everybody else is giving him a nice wide berth, but I don't have that luxury. I drag my feet as I walk over. He looks up.

"How do you feel, Nico?" He asks. As if showing concern now will make it all better.

"Alright, I guess." I mumble with my head down. Funny, I'm not hungry anymore. I push my food, macaroni with pesto and cut up chicken, around my plate, making little hills, then tearing it all own. Hades eats in silence. Good. Finally he's realizing that him just showing up and apologizing isn't going to cut it. That the mental wounds go far deeper than the flesh ones do. Dinner ends in silence, and people begin to drift back to their cabins. I see Percy and Annabeth run off towards the canoe lake, giggling like little schoolgirls. I sigh. Well, at least someones happy.

I look back to the dining pavilion and see some trouble at the Hermes table. No surprise there. They got a new camper about a week ago. I think that her name is Andi. Anyways, I see Travis talking avidly to her, making gestures with his hands. There's an empty spot next to him. Huh. Wonder where Conner is. A sudden movement by the brazier catches my eye. Its Conner, down on his knees, crawling towards the Hermes table, cradling something in his hands. I squint to see better, and I'm pretty sure that its either a cockroach of a small scorpion. He's moving silently, creeping up behind Andi now. I want to warn her, but I figured that the Stolls would kill me. I glance at Hades and I see that he is watching the scene too. I look back and see Conner has almost reached the table. He's standing up now, and he's reaching for her shirt with one hand, and getting ready to drop the bug with the other.

I see Andi shift how she is sitting, just ever so slightly. Connor is about to grab her shirt when, quicker than I've ever seen anyone else move, she spins in her seat, grabs Connors wrist, and looks at him. I guess the look on his face must've been pretty good, because the entire rest of the table, including his brother, breaks out laughing. "H-hey!" He stammers. Guess he wasn't expecting that. Andi just smiles.

"Drop it." Her voice is smooth and authoritative. Connor glared at her, but she glared right back with equal or more intensity. "I said, drop it." She began to increase pressure on one point on the back of his hand, until Connor was forced to release.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, okay!" He glared at her and dropped the roach. It scuttled away and back into the forest. Connor sat back down next to his brother, who was still laughing.

"Ohh, man. I wish that I had a video camera for THAT one!"

"Shut up." Connor elbowed his brother in the ribs. Travis groaned, but was still laughing. They got up, still hitting each other, and walked back towards the Hermes Cabin.

I look back to my father. Hades was still watching the Stoll brothers. I clear my throat. "Well, I'm gonna, uhm, head back to my cabin. Turn in early tonight."

Hades nodded like he approved. "Alright. Sleep well."

"Yeah, okay."