About that time the doorbell rang.
"Mrs. Whitson?", said a voice.
Oh, crap, Rachel thought. The voice talking was one of her teachers.
"We see here you have brought some guy to your dorm room. He needs to leave or we will send the resource officer after him". About that time Brimstone heard them and turned the water even hotter, to the point it came to a boil. He had a power that he hadn't told Rachel about yet. He could hear conversations from the Underworld. He heard his dad talking.
"Ha ha", Hades said.
"He believed me, I told him if he went to the coldest place he could find then his powers would come back. But really if he stays at about 270 degrees they will return for as long as he is hot. They will only return fully when he gets mad enough to kill. Then they will come back". Brimstone turned on Rachel's MP3 player she had in the bathroom. He read the song list out loud.
"Mesh Sugar, Bring Me The Horizon, Skillet, Shrine Of Malice, Ice Nine Kills".He turned on Ice Nine Kills and started singing along to their Elvis cover of Can't Help Falling In Love. Hades played Elvis all the time in the Underworld so he knew this song. He sang while Rachel argued with her teacher.
"Mr. McClain there is no one here", she said. Mr. McClain lived just outside of the dorms and he and the other teachers would take turns keeping an eye of what goes on to make sure everything stayed safe. About that time he busted through the door.
"Rachel I know I saw someone". Brimstone shouted back.
"Yeah, you old dog what are you going to do about it. You might think your something but I promise you, I am the last person you want to make mad tonight".
"Oh, you punk!", screamed Mr. McClain. Brimstone wrapped himself up in a towel, and walked out of the bathroom. He had boiled himself so the heat would stay long enough for him to get rid of Mr. McClain.
"Oh, my God, Rachel, look at him. His entire body is tattooed and he looks younger than you. Get out of here you creep". Brimstone really didn't feel like arguing. He walked over to Mr. McClain looked him straight in the eyes and told him to go turn the heat up, but he did it telekinetically. Mr. McClain walked out and in about five minutes the heat was on.
"H-h-how did you do that?", Rachel said astonished.
"As long as I am heated up I can use my powers. Since it is cold outside I cannot use them outside. I have many more powers than your moron teacher taught you about".
"Well, tell me. I'm curious". Brimstone told her about all of his powers. Mind control, which he just used on Mr. McClain. His invincibility, his age, his fire and telekinesis. Then she brought up a question.
"You said you were an Olympian. Like Percy J-".
"Ugh, yes like Percy Jackson and his filthy bunch. They put a label on me the day I met them. I don't like my dad, I wanted nothing to do with him. Why do you think I lived in England. Well, yes I was abandoned by my parents. But, when I was old enough I could have went back. First I went to half-blood camp and they wanted nothing to do with me. They tried to kill me. I want to be good. So bad but no one will give me a dang chance. I am not my parents. I was not raised by my dad. Yeah, I am a little rambunctious but I am not Hades".
"Well, I haven't put a label on you. If you will do good, and I believe you will. You can stay here with me. You can act as a student here. A transfer student from England. We can get you a dorm and you can be a student here", Rachel explained.
"Well, that sounds lovely but what about these stupid tattoos, you know my dad said once my time here is complete then they will be gone and I will be a human, then I will be normal, no more Olympian bull crap", he said hopeful as a tear came out of his eye.
"What will I do about these tattoos?".
"I'll cover them up with makeup the best I can. No one will be able to see them".
"We can try, I guess", he said.
"I have to go to bed, I have class tomorrow. I'll ask when you can register tomorrow. Now, listen. You can't be called Brimstone anymore. You are now..", she thought a minute.
"You are now Jake. Jake Kastwell. Me and you have been talking for a long time and you decided to come to America to go to college. You are 19 years old, same as me".
"Whatever you say", Brimstone said. Rachel made him a bed in the living room and she went to bed. That night, Brimstone had a terrible nightmare. The sky opened up and he saw his father, the machine Brimstone had build came out of the sky. The one his mother had tried to steal, then everything went black. The next morning he didn't remember a single thing.