Zethes was showing me trophies of Zeus knows what, I was super bored, if Nick didn't have a reason I'd kill him. But while he was talking his head went up, and he looked at a door in the corner of the room. "Hold on, I need to check something." He said as he walked to the door. He then opened it and stepped inside. I then walked back and looked at Johnny. "Have you noticed anything weird?" I asked him. "Not yet, I hope Nick found something." Johnny told me. I nodded. But then I heard something, I turned and it came from the door Zethes went through. Then I saw Nick fly through the wall! He flew out and hit the couch, knocking it over. "Nick!" I said loudly. I then took the bow out of my bag, a friend of mine designed it to where it would stay in my bag, it was a nice thing to have. Then Johnny pulled out Jag, his dagger. I drew and arrow and let it set, it was aiming for the hole Nick came out of. But then Zethes jumped out. "Now, why did you have to do that, now I have to kill you friends and bring you as a hostage, not a guest!" Zethes said. I then let the arrow fly, I was tired of this. But then Zethes shot his hand up quickly and caught the arrow in his hands, he then darted his head towards me. "You're so pretty, maybe you can be my new statue!" He yelled at me. Then his hand started to glow and he shot an ice spike at me.

But then I saw Nick jump over the couch and landed in front of me, then he grew a giant ice spikes on his arms and blocked it, he saved my life. "Hephaestus, Athena, Apollo, and Hades, sound familiar?!" Nick asked him, the spikes were still on his arm, and he sounded pissed off. "Just olympians, nothing important, besides, Athena is gorgeous, and she feels great." He said with a smile. "Pig!" I yelled at him. But before he could tell him something, a dagger went into his arm. "AGH!" Zethes yelled clutching his arm. "Thanks Johnny!" Nick yelled as he ran up to Zethes, he then smacked Zethes with his ice arms, Zethes went through the back wall, I was starting to think that this house had weak walls.

Nick was about to follow him, but then he turned back to me. "Keys in the desk, let them free through the cellar!" He said, he then jumped through the whole in the wall, and Johnny was right behind him.

I was so confused, but I think I got the message. I ran to the door Zethes went in earlier. In there was a cluttered office, but I quickly opened one of the drawers, and laying on the top was a black key, it had flames and a hammer on it. I grabbed it and looked around for a cellar. I didn't know what to expect, but not a small trap door in the ground, but it was there, I opened it and saw a ladder. "For the love." I muttered under my breath.

But I strapped the bow over my shoulder and climbed down. It was a deep hole, and looked like it was dug up recently. But as I was climbing I could hear fighting and comotion from upstairs, so I knew I needed to hurry. I thought I was close enough to the ground so I let go and landed on my feet at the bottom. This place looked weird, it was made of old stone that was molded and smelled horrible. But it was a small room, the size of a closet, the only thing in here was an old style door, like a castle door. I walked over and opened it.

There were four people, laying on the ground with there arms held by iron shackles. They were wearing old tattered clothes, but one guy stook out to me, and I knew who he was. "Dad?!' I asked Apollo. He then looked up at me, his hair was a big mess and he was filthy. He was also just wearing a pair of tattered jeans, this wasn't like him. But when he saw me his blue eyes went wide. "Bethany?" He asked me. "What are you doing here?" I asked him walking up to him. "Look, I'll explain later, please just get me out of here!" He said yelling. I was going to to, but a women interrupted me. "Not your key Apollo." She told me. "Oh shut it Athena, you're just saying that!" He yelled back at her. "No, she's right, it's mine." A big guy said, but I knew who he was by the name on his jumpsuit, Hephaestus. I then walked over to him. "Look, I figured you met him, but Nick is fighting Zethes right now, can you please help me?" I asked Him. he then looked up at me, like a prisoner looks at the warden. "Why not, just get me out!" He yelled at me.

I didn't say anything else, I just unlocked the iron shackles. Hephaestus then slumped to the ground, he was struggling to stand a bit. I grabbed his bigs arm and helped him up, and he stood lumbering above me. He looked like he was as tall as Tyson, he was pretty intimidating, except for the fact one shoulder was lower than the other, so he looked like a hunchback.

Then he stretched out his back with a loud cracking noise, which made me cringe a bit. "Freedom." He said happily. He then grabbed me by the shoulders and lifted me up. "Thank you, daughter of a prick!" He said with a smile. My legs were dangling, this was weird. "You're welcome." I said trying to breathe. "Put my daughter down and get Zethes, but don't knock him out, I have some words I want with him." Apollo said. "Yeah I will, just gimme a minute." Hephaestus said as he walked over to Apollo, he then spat in his face. "What was that for?!" Apollo asked him. Hephaestus then smiled. "For the time you called my wife hot in front of me." Hephaestus said with a smile, then he walked to the ladder. He then started to climb.

Let me tell you one thing, Hephaestus is not the god of speed. He was slow climbing, I wanted to scream at him, all I could do was either look up at his big smelly butt, or look straight. "Sorry, I'm a little slow." He told me. "You're good." I said acting nice. "Honey, I'm a god, I know you hate me right now." He told me. I didn't have anything to say, so I kept my mouth shut.

We finally got to the top, he got up and held out his big hand to help me. I have a policy where I don't ask for help unless I really need it, but I'll make an exception for Hephaestus. I took it and he pulled me up with a lot of strength. "Okay, where is he?" He asked me. "Backyard I think." I told him.

Then we walked out of the small office and walked to the hole leading to the backyard, and it looked like a warzone. Johnny kept running up and trying to strike Zethes, but even though he was trying his best Zethes just kept pushing him back, but Zethes and Nick were face to face death fight. Nick had cuts all over his arms, and his windbreaker was being torn up, and his jeans were ripped, blood also grazed his white hair, but Zetehs had taken damage too, with multiple cuts and bruises over his body. Zethes had a celestial bronze sword, but Nick had his own sword. It was made of ice, and the handle was white, like marble, I had no idea where he got it though. But him and Zethes were in an intense sword fight. But then Zethes kicked Nick back on the ground. "Listen here boy, I'm no normal demigod, I've lived thousands of years, I'm practically a god!" Zethes yelled at Nick. Nick just looked at him. "Then why don't you fight like one?" Johnny said from behind. Zethes then turned back and looked at Johnny with rage. Johnny then through his dagger again, and it hit Zethes right in the eye. "ARGH YOU STUPID CHILD!" He yelled as he tore the large dagger out of his eye. He then dropped his sword and put his hand on his eye...or socket. "Johnny move!" Nick yelled at him. But it was to late, Zethes grabbed Johnny and slammed him over his head and Johnny hit the ground back first. Then Zethes stood up and picked up his sword, he then held it above his head with both hands, like he was about to chop Johnny in half.

But then Hephaestus walked up behind Zethes and grabbed one of his arms with his big hands. Zethes turned around looking mad, but when he saw Hephaestus he looked scared. "Hephaestus...I was...just gonna let you out." He said weakly. Johnny then stood up and ran to the house. "I'll get the others!" He said as he ran in there. "Oh Zethes, I've been waiting for this." Hephaestus said with a smile. He then put his hand on Zethes's neck and turned him, then lifted him up, his hand was so big though it looked like he was grabbing a can of soda. But then he reached his fist back, then it started to flame up, and he launched his fist right in Zethes's gut.

Zethes then coughed up blood. Hephaestus then dropped him to the ground. "That felt good." Hephaestus said. Zethes then stood up, he wobbled a bit, but he was clutching his stomach. I almost felt bad for him.

"You!" I heard a woman's voice from behind me. I turned and saw Athena and Apollo standing there, Johnny was behind them. But Athena looked pissed off. I know felt bad for him, kind of. "You're her's now." Hephaestus said backing up. "Umm, hello sweet merciful Athena." Zethes said. Athena eyes looked full of war ad rage, she wasn't happy. "For the past month, I've been kidnapped and voilated every day, and you try to get me to calm down, try to call me merciful!" Athena yelled at him. Instead of responding, he tried to run, but Nick was there, and thrusted his ice sword into Zethes's gut, I saw the body tip come out on the other side. Nicks eyes though, bright blue, like when he uses ice, but I was scared of him right now, he looked terrifying. But he then reached his sword back out of Zethes, and he crumbled to he floor. Athena then marched over to him and stood over him.

"Any last words?" She asked him. But he pulled something out of his pocket, it was shaped like a pill. He crushed it in his hands. "Quebec." He whispered. He then turned into a pile of dust, and drifted into the air.

"What just happened?" Apollo asked walking up to us. "I don't know, he's lucky though." Athena said. She turned and looked at Nick. "Thank you very much Nick Snow, you freed us and we are thankful, but I am sick of tired of these cloths, so I'm going to my realm, by now." She said. She then disappeared. "Yes, I'm tired of talking to humans, bye." Hephaestus said, he then too disappeared. I then looked at Apollo.

"I need to go to, need to get my streaks back." He said. He then looked at me. "Oh, bye Dad." I said. I then walked up and gave him a hug, even though I rarely see him, he was my Dad, and I loved him. He then put his arms around me. "I love you." He whispered in my ear. He then disappeared, he acted like a jerk but he's sweet.

There was a long silence after Apollo left. But then Nick said something. "Where's hades?" Nick asked out loud. Me and Nick then looked at Johnny. "The dude is the god of death, I'm sorry if I didn't feel comfortable with setting him free." Johnny said with his arms in the air. "Well, we should at least talk to him." Nick said, but something was weird about him. His windbreaker that was all torn up, it was fine, and the sword was gone, he now had his walking stick in his hand. His har and jeans though, those weren't to good. His hair was a crimson color, and her jeans were ruined with blood and holes.

Nick, are you okay?" I asked him. He then looked at me. "A bit dizzy, but I'm fine." He said. "Well, as a daughter of Apollo, I have medicine skills, and the nexts place we stay at were fixing that cut on your head. He then nodded at me. "It looks awesome though." Johnny said, but me and Nick both ignored him.

We stepped through the debris and walked to the small office, we stepped in and the trap door was already open, Johnny must have forgot to close it back. "Alright, where's his key?" Nick asked Johnny. "Here." Johnny said pulling something out of his pocket. It was a key, it was solid black, Hades must need a special set of cuffs. Nick grabbed the key and put it in his pocket. E then stepped down and grabbed both sides of the ladder, he then slid down the ladder, he made it look cool, so I did it too. We both landed in front if the door, it was open, and Hades was just sitting there. But where Nick wa standing, a pile of blood was starting to form under him, I really needed to check what he did to his head.

"Agh, Nick, here to set me free I hope." Hades said, I didn't how he knew Nick though. "Yeah." Nick said walking up to him, but something was bothering me, so I stepped in front of him.

"Nick, is it such a bad thing if the god of death is locked up?" I asked him. He then looked at Hades for a moment, then back at me. "I don't know." Nick said. "Think about it, someone else can take care of what he does, maybe we should keep him here for a bit." I told him. But Nick just looked at me.

"Bethany, I was homeless, you don't know the feeling of people crossing the street so they don't walk next to you, or kids pointing at you and parents telling them not to look, you don't what it's like to be alone, even if he's the god of death, he's still a person." Nick told me.

I never thought of the god of death like I am now, the way Nick said it, just a person. I then stepped to the side and let Nick pass. "Sorry, I'm here." I heard Johnny from behind me. But then he saw Nick. "Why's Nick doing that?" He asked out loud. But I turned and gave him the dirty eye, he then shut up.

Then Nick put the key in the hole, and unlocked the shackle. Then all the sudden Hades stood up, he was wearing a black shirt and jeans before, now he was wearing black robes, and he was standing over us. I immediately grabbed my bow over my shoulder and aimed an arrow at Hades. But Hades just smiled at Nick. "Know one has ever said that about me, I owe you a lot Nick, so take these." Hades said, handing Nick a card. Nick looked confused. "What is this?" He asked him. Hades then smiled. "No one would help the god of death, so I owe you a favor, when you want to redeem it just rip that card in two." Hades told me. "Wow, thanks Mr. Hades, means a lot coming from you." Nick said looking at the card. I could see the card from here, it was a joker, but the joker looked like Nick, even a windbreaker an tattered jeans, creepy.

"Look, I hate to break this up, but can you help us get to the next place?" Johnny asked him. Hades then smiled. "Of course, bye." he said. He then snapped his fingers and everything went black.