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Attempting to break into an apartment was perhaps the worse idea that Remigio had ever came up with. It was late at night and he decided that since the apartment looked quiet that he would head in via the open window. He didn't know about Gabe who was passed out on the sofa in front of the tv as he entered through the main bedroom's window and slowly made his way through the smelly home. A few times Remigio wanted to gag at the smell of old sweat and other smells he never wanted to smell. Holding back a few gags, he managed to find Percy's room and after looking around he managed to recover one of the kid's shirts. Looking out the window and over the mud caked boots he frowned when he couldn't see over them to the alley and went to make his way back out of the room. Nothing in here felt like it belonged in the underworld, not a single thing. Deciding to check out the rest of the apartment just to make sure he froze when he spotted a gross looking man who was raiding the fridge as he stood in the hallway.

Remigio was scared, this man didn't sound all to friendly through the door and he was sure that in person he was even worse. Swallowing and slowly moving back he would of made it back to the main bead room if not for the glass bottle that he slipped on alerting the man.

"Who are you!" he shouted as Remigio struggled to get up only to have a glass bottle break not far from his head. "Get out!" another bottle was chuckled before the man attempted to charge after Remigio as he darted to the bed room. "Thief!" he shouted ramming in the bed room door which tripped up Remigio allowing the man to stumble up to him. "You little rat," he growled as he swung to hit Remigio. His breath was heavily with alcohol and his wild look was haunting but before he could make contact with the young demigod, Remigio was gone .

A loud yelp and grunt filled the alley next to the apartments as Remigio fell out of the walls shadow and onto the hounds tail with Percy's shirt still in hand. "Sorry" he muttered shaken up and tired despite the fact that was still scared. "Here smell and follow," he said as he put the shirt in front of the hound who sniffed it a few times before shaking it's head. "Go on follow it." he groaned as he went to climb on and tied himself onto the hound before they shadow traveled out of the alley.

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When Remigio came to it was because of the sudden loud booms and flashes of a storm that was right above them. Looking around he was confused as to where they were at as they were under some bridge and the smell of sea water and pine trees mixed together oddly enough. "Hey," he muttered quietly only to notice that the hound was watching something that was in the distance before it darted out into the rain and wind carrying Remigio as well. "Hey wait, wait!" he shouted only to find them following after a car. Holding on tight and being pelted with rain and wind on both sides Remigio could only focus on the lights ahead of them though when a bellowing sound echoed around them making the hound growled lowly and bared it's teeth making Remigio yank his cane off his bag and hold it the straight section as he looked around in the rain. Another monster, Minotaur.

It bellowed angrily at both the hound and at Remigio as if telling them to back off. The odd family member growled deeply and barked angrily before jumping off the road and into the woods. Remigio's heart was beating fast at the almost monster fight which he would of ended up being a part of due to him still being tied on. But as the storm howled at them Remigio couldn't see a thing ahead of them while they ran. That was until the lightning strike which flooded the place with light for a few moments allowing them an idea of where they were at and where the car was at.

"No, we'll only intervene if he tries to kill him." Remigio warned a she untied himself and pulled back on the collar forcing them to watch the scene play out before them in the safety of the trees instead of where the Minotaur was stalking up to. Dark gray eyes open wide and searching in the dark. It didn't take long to spot Percy and Grover from before now with the goat legs. Watching how the minotaur fumbled with the car only to turn his attention to Percy, Grover and the mother Remigio held on tightly to his cane he didn't want to expose the weapon, at least not right now. Watching as the mother pleaded with her son to leave and take Grover with him to the tall tree Remigio forced himself not to say anything more or less react. This wasn't his family, and he had a job to do. If someone was going to die it was going to happen unless it was Percy. And yet when his mother was caught he watched Percy not sure what he was going to do of if he was going to break down right there as his mother went up in a display of light. And yet while the boy didn't break down power seemed to surge through him and before long he was fighting the monster bare handed and in the end killed it like he had killed Mrs. Dodds.

Though killing the monster that turned his mother into golden light didn't put an end to the morning and while crying he lifted up Grover and headed up the hill and into the valley bellow.

Remigio slipped off the hell hound who was now a lot more calmer as the rain stopped and the storm over head was slowly calming. Giving a heavy sigh he trudged through the mud and grass as he was followed up to the hill where they stopped at. It looked like a small town maybe a camp of some kind with the number of small buildings and the fields that were off in the distance. Looking around Remigio looked back at his hound. "Come on, we can probably find somewhere to hide at." he said motioning for the hound to come closer only to have it whine and pace back and forth. "Hey whats wrong? Come on it's just a tree and hill, I'm sure that their not going to hurt you."

"I think its more of what he can't do that's upsetting him." Morpheus said as he pulled Remigio away from the pine tree. "Don't need that lush bothering us with you crossing the borders. Anyways good job, you got the boy to camp. Now come on, lets get the both of you cleaned up and not smelling of hell hound any more." Morpheus said as he noticed that Remigio was refusing to look at him.

"But Hades wants me to keep an eye on him to make sure that he gets to him."

"Oh come now, I'm not going to put you asleep alright? As for Hades, he's a bit occupied at the moment. Sent me instead." Morpheus grinned as Remigio looked at him. "While he's at camp there's nothing that you can do, besides there's someone else there to help get him on his way okay? Now come on there's a dinner not too far from here with a motel."

Remigio was thrown off, not once had his own cousin been so eager to talk to him more or less spent so much time around him. "Wait, why did you send me to Goshen instead of New York like you said?" he asked frowning only to have Morpheus wrap and arm around him and lead him off the hill as the hound followed after.

"I got called away, had to put you down somewhere. I just figured that in a car was safer than lets say a park bench or anything. "

Remigio nodded his head as he figured that what was said made sense. But then something else popped up. "Wait, father said that interaction between gods and godlings were limited. Why are you here?" he asked as he looked around unsure if something was going to happen or not.

"Well if that's the way you want it." Remigio shut his eyes tightly only to feel himself wobble some and looked around confused. He was in some motel lobby with a dinner across the street from it.

"Hello there dear, do you need a room?" a woman asked as she smiled at Remigio who looked at her slightly confused. "Don't worry dear, I won't hurt you just give me a few of those coinsss and I'll make ssssure you have the besssst and ssssafesssst room around." she said making Remigio's stomach drop and slowly inch for the door with his cane in hand. "Oh come on Remigio, don't be like that. Morpheusss requesssted that I give you our bessst room, your family won't do you any wrong." she said with a smile as Remigio simply stared at her unsure what to say more or less do.

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Morpheus sighed as he adjusted his coat and looked at the muddy hell hound. "Well that was easier than expected, now for you." he said as the rope fell off from around the hound's neck. "Just hang around here, and our comrade will invite you in."

Well now we know where that hell hound came from...