"What the", she thought. Just then fire flashed from out of the ground.
"Gah, gah. You need to get that stupid Cerberus a leash, dad", said the thing that came up from the ground. It stood up and looked at Rachel.
"Hi", it said.
"Um, hi?".
"I'm Brimstone, or some down there call me Hades. I apparently resemble my dad. And my mother named me Alec but no one calls me that". Rachel was trying to contemplate everything he was saying.
"You are Brimstone. The English spawn from Hell?".
"No, no", he laughed.
"I am Hades's son. I was lost at birth he didn't know I existed. I went back to the kingdom cause I thought he would welcome me back but he kicked me out and took away my powers".
"Okay, we had learned about you today in school. You are the son of Hades. You have a lot of tattoos, obviously", she said observing the tattoo's all over his body.
"You have pyro and telekinesis and a funny sense of humor. You killed your dad- ". At that he burst out in laughter.
"Boy, I wish. What kind of bull crap nonsense they teach now?".
"I was abandoned when I was born. I was raised in England, that is why I have an accent, I used to have powers, they were took away by dad just a minute ago. I used to could shoot fire out of my hands and move things with my mind. I could sprout wings and fly, I could turn into The Hades. That is one reason they sometimes refer to me as Hades. My dad said I had to first find a purpose here and find love, ugh, I hate that stuff. I have to help people here then I can go home".
"Okay, finish this story at my dorm", Rachel said.
"At your what?".
"My Dorm. College dorm. Ever heard of it?'.
"Um, no. We have cells in the Underworld. They are these sick little mini prisons where you sit and talk to the servants, of course I haven't ever been in one. Dad picks the scum of the world to work for him and then kicks his son out, isn't that a fine way to treat a family member". Rachel laughed.
Darn, she thought. He is kind of funny.
"Well, let's go", Rachel said as she took him to her car. Rachel turned on the car and immediately heave metal music started blaring.
"Wow", Brimstone said.
"This is unlike anything I have ever heard. What is it?".
"This is music. Heavy metal music. You like it?".
"Yes, yes. Dad likes bluegrass. He is obviously oblivious to modern culture it has been over twenty thousand years since he has been to earth, back when I was conceived".
"Well, there is one thing my teacher said that was right about you. You are very old in your species, but very young in human years".
"Yes, yes", he said in his thick British accent.
"I am one hundred twenty thousand years old in Olympian years and I am 17 in human years. Say, what is this song. It is absolutely... I don't know the words to describe the way it makes me feel. Oh, you had better be glad that I did loose my powers because the last time I felt like this I burnt down part of the Roman Colosseum".
"Makes you fell powerful doesn't it?".
"Yes, it does. I like this feeling. Like, literally if I had me powers fire would be shooting out of every square in of my body right now".
"This is Rational Gaze by Meshuggah".
"Mesh..Mesh...Mesh sugar?"
"Meshuggah".
"They are Swedish".
"Oh okay, neat". They made it to Rachel's dorm and went inside. She noticed he was shivering and he fell over.
"Oh, no. Brimstone, Brimstone", she shouted.
"Heat, I am made completely of fire, I must have heat or I will die".
"I don't regulate the temperature here. I don't have control over it. Here, get into the bathtub and turn on the hot water".
"Hot water. Yes, that will surely work", he said weakly.
"Maybe it'll help with the hangover too".
"Hangover?", said Rachel.
"Yes, that is the reason I was kicked out. I was drunk with the hangover and slapped my mother. Old crone had it coming to her, she stole all my makeshift dogs from England and tried to take them back with her". Rachel realized she didn't understand much of what he was going to say. She left him alone in the bathroom and went and sat down in the living room.
"Oh, gosh, what have I got myself into?".