Disclaimer: I do not own Devil May Cry or Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I only own the OC Damian Redgrave.

The walk back to the diner from the water park didn't take long. When the group arrived in the diner parking lot, they found the God of War waiting for them, as he sat on his elephant like motorbike.

"I'm a little impressed." Ares said to the group. "I honestly didn't think you kids would make it out alive. Despite being a crippled fool, my brother does make some half-decent machines from time to time."

"So you knew it was a trap?" Percy asked while Ares shrugged.

"Bet that crippled black smith was surprised when he netted a couple of stupid kids."

"You know you should treat him better. He is your brother after all. I thought family was supposed to look after each other not fight." Damian said while Ares snorted.

"Sap. Where is the fun in being all fun and loving when you could just fight it out? Besides I have enough fun messing with ole Hephy when I'm lying on top of his wife." He said with a sick grin on his face that made all four of them feel disgusted at the man.

'How could someone like this be a god?' was the thought running through their heads.

"You're a jerk." Damian said as Percy shoved the shield into Ares arms. Damian saw the man was obviously trying keep his temper under control since his eye sockets which were burning like wild fire was causing his sunglasses to melt a little.

Ares grabbed the shield and spun it in the air like pizza dough. It changed form, melting into a bulletproof vest. He slung it across his back.

"See that truck over there?" He pointed to an eighteen-wheeler parked across the street from the diner. "Thats your ride. Take you straight to L. A. , with one stop in Vegas. "

The eighteen-wheeler had a sign on the back, which Damian could read only because it was reverse-printed white on black, a good combination for dyslexia: KINDNESS INTERNATIONAL: HUMANE ZOO TRANSPORT. WARNING: LIVE WILD ANIMALS.

Percy said, "You're kidding. "

Ares snapped his fingers. The back door of the truck unlatched. "Free ride west, punk. Stop complaining. And here's a little something for doing the job. "

He slung a blue nylon backpack off his handlebars and tossed it to Percy.

Inside were fresh clothes for all of us, twenty bucks in cash, a pouch full of golden drachmas, and a bag of Double Stuf Oreos.

"I don't want your lousy—" Percy started

"Thank you, Lord Ares," Grover interrupted, giving Percy his best red-alert warning look. "Thanks a lot. "

Ares looked like he was about to disappear before Percy spoke up again. "You promised me information about my mother."

"That's true, I did." Ares said, rubbing his chin before he smirked. "Since I'm in a giving mood I guess I can share a little info with you."

"You sure you can handle the news?" He said as he kick started his motorcycle. "She's not dead. She was just taken."

"What do you mean taken? Percy demanded. "Why would anyone want to take her in the first place? She has not done anything wrong."

"I mean she was taken away from the Minotaur before she could die. She was turned into a shower of gold, right? That's metamorphosis. Not death. She's being kept." Ares responded. Percy looked like he was going to ask more questions before his bike roared with life.

"See you later kiddies," he said as he revved his Harley and then roared off down Delancy Street causing whatever car were on the road to part as he raced past.

"I really hate him." Damian said as he watched the God of War leave.

"The feeling is mutual," Percy said as his hands were balled into fists and shaking slightly.

"I swear you two are just asking for trouble," Annabeth said shaking her head.

"Well next time, Ares better be nicer or he is going to find that shield we brought him shoved up where the sun doesn't shine." Damian said with a growl. The others couldn't tell whether he was being serious or not and by the look on his face they did not want to know either.

"Well, if we're taking the zoo express," Grover said, "we need to hurry." He pointed over to the diner and saw two truck drivers who they figured must have been the owners of the truck just finishing their meal and were beginning to stand up.

They ran up to the truck and began to climb in one by one. It was dark but they could just about to see with the light that was being created by the moon.

There was a single walkway going through the middle of the truck which led to some crates at the other side of the truck. Along the walkway were multiple metal cages. The scene in front of them was one of the saddest scenes Damian and the others had even seen.

In the cages were a zebra, an albino male lion and an antelope. The antelope had a balloon tied around one of its horns and its legs looked so skinny they were not sure if it could stand at all.

The zebra meanwhile was matted with chewing gum all across its fur that had stuck in and its fur looked like it losing its colour.

While the lion was skinny. So much so that its ribs was visible. Its cage was small it barely had room to move and its blanket beneath it was both in tatters and soiled on.

Littered in front of the animals were various bits of food that were in the completely wrong cages. The meat had been thrown in the Zebra and Antelope cage while the turnips and vegetables had been thrown in the Lion cage. It was if they were trying to make the animals suffer so much that they would even taunt them with their own food.

"What the hell?" Damian asked angrily at the sight.

"This is kindness?" Grover yelled. "Humane zoo transport?"

He probably would've gone right back outside to beat up the truckers with his reed pipes, and Damian would've helped him, but just then the trucks engine roared to life, the trailer started shaking, and they were forced to sit down or fall down.

Everyone slowly moved to the back of the truck and sat with their backs to the crates while Damian and Grover were looking over the animals that all had sad looks on their faces.

"Water..." The Antelope begged as it's head rested on the ground. Grover, who was closest to the antelope, opened its cage and grabbed a giant plastic jug of water that was stored at the back of the truck and poured some of the water into its bowl. The antelope quickly drank the water and Damian and Grover could both hear the Antelope saying thank you to Grover. Damian also removed the ridiculous balloon on it's horn and threw it aside.

Next was the Zebra that was crying out "food," and "someone get these things of me." No doubt it was referring to the bits of chewing gum that littered its back. However it was Percy that got up and entered the cage this time and was beginning to remove what peace he could while Grover and Annabeth slowly picked up the bits of meet.

Damian went over to the albino lion's cage and just looked at the beautiful animal in its hazel colored eyes. The lions eyes were old as if filled with wisdom but it held so much pain and loneliness. Lions stayed together in a pride.

Damian opened the cage and went inside. "Damian! What are you doing?!" Annabeth hissed.

Damian ignored her as he crouched down in front of the lion before holding out his hamburger meal from the diner. The lion lifted it's head upon smelling the food and leaned closer as Damian put the burger down, allowing the lion to eat, but slowly. It must've been a while since the lion had a good meal.

"Thank you." He heard and saw the lion looking at him. The lion had a deep male voice, so at least Damian knew what gender it was. "It has been a while since I've had meat. Any longer and I probably would not have survived much longer."

"You're welcome. I hate to see animals suffer like this." Damian said, getting a hum from the lion.

"Tell your friends that I won't harem them. Least you aren't like those other humans that did this to us."

Damian was about to but Grover had obviously heard them talking and relayed the message to them and he could see Percy and Annabeth untense their body.

"You should help them, they need it the most." The lion said, looking at a smaller cage his own. it was covered by a rusty blanket. Damian exited the lion's cage and walked over, crouching down before he grabbed the blanket and slowly moved it off the cage. What he saw surprised him.

Two tiny wolf pups with amber eyes stared up at him.

One of the wolves was pitch black and melted so well into the darkness that you would not have seen the pup if it was not for the amber eyes. The pup itself was small and Damian figured he could have probably picked it up with just one hand.

His gaze turned to the other wolf pup and he had to admire how beautiful the cub was. The cub was as white as snow and looked to be only slightly smaller than the black pup. When the moonlight hit the pup her fur was like a cross between white and silver that it sparkled a little.

Grover came over and gasped. "No way."

"What is it?" Damian looked at him as Grover crouched down.

"Direwolves." Grover said with awe.

"Direwolves?" Damian said in surprise as he looked at the pups. "I thought they went extinct about 13,000 years ago."

Grover shook his head. "No, they are just so rarely seen many believed that." He explained. "Most go about their lives not seeing one, not even the Hunters of Artemis use Direwolves. These ones are said to be faster than any other wolf type in the world."

"The Mist most likely shows them as regular wolf pups to the drivers." Damian stated, getting a nod from Grover. "How big do they grow?"

"Well, while normal wolves grow to about hip level on a person, Dire wolves grow to the size of a horse," he said causing Damian's eyes to widen. Percy and Annabeth walked up behind them and listened, their eyes went wide as well. "They may be small now but in the future they will be enormous. Easily the size of full grown person."

Damian looked back down at the wolf pups that still looked at them, scared. Damian lowered himself to their level and slowly opened the cage door, causing the two pups to back up slightly.

Grover did the same with Percy and Annabeth, Grover telling them that the pups are frightened enough. Too many faces so close to them will scare them even more.

"Where are we? I want to go home." The black wolf said in a young male voice, very young, like a 5-year old boy's voice.

"Where's Mommy?" The white wolf said, this one with a girl's voice and it sounded so heartbroken.

"They want their mother." Damian said to the others before he looked around but saw no other cage with a wolf in it.

"They were brought in here together." The lion said, drawing Damian's attention to him while Grover translated for Percy and Annabeth. "They had no adult with them."

That made it clear to Damian. The mother was dead.

Damian looked at the pups. "Easy, little ones. I'm not here to hurt you." He whispered to them. "You don't have to be afraid."

Slowly, the black wolf moved closer. "P-Promise?"

Damian nodded. "I promise."

When he said that, the black furred pup went to his outstretched hand. Damian slowly picked the black pup up and wrapped a blanket around the pup which began to snuggle into the blanket, happy at the new source of warmth.

It was then that the white furred pup slowly moved towards Damian. Doing the same as before, Damian gently picked her up and put her in the same blanket with the other pup.

When he did, he moved over next to one of the crates leaned his back against one of the crates and outstretched his leg. He gently placed the two pups on his lap wrapped in the blankets.

"He's no nice and warm..."The white wolf pup said before she drifted off to sleep with her brother.

"You seem to be quite taken with them," Annabeth said as she sat down beside Percy as she watched Damian gently stroke the two wolf pups and tried to suppress a girly squeal at how cute it was watching them curl up in his lap.

Damian looked at her. "Wolves have always been my favourite animals. I love how they work together in packs, how dangerous they can ben on their own, yet even more so as a pack. They are one of the greatest predators of the animal kingdom. I guess you could say they are like the modern day Velociraptors from Jurassic Park. I love that movie."

"It'd be awesome to own a dinosaur though." Percy grinned.

"Like the T-Rex." Damian snorted, getting a nod from Percy.

"You two are unbelievable." Annabeth shook her head with a smile. "Dinosaurs have been extinct-"

"For 65 million years." Damian and Percy finished with eye rolls. "That's a common fact."

The next morning, Damian woke up as the truck drove over some bumpy terrain. he groaned tiredly before rolling his head to get the stiffness out his neck. Suddenly, he felt paws push up against his chest and something lick his chin. He opened his eyes and looked to see the wolf pups were awake and both licking his face happily.

"I take it you two had a good sleep." Damian stated as the pups now snuggled against him. "My name's Damian, what's yours?"

"I'm Shadow." The black wolf said. Of course, with fur as black as that, he'd be a shadow in the night.

"Luna." The white wolf said.

"Nice names." Damian said, gently stroking the heads of the two.

"Where's Momma?" Luna asked, causing Damian to stiffen at the question.

"I don't know where she is, little ones. I'm sorry." Damian said sadly, watching as their faces fell and they whimpered. Damian held them close. "Don't worry, I'll look after you both from now on. You can stay at the camp I'm at just now, you'll be safe there."

"Really?" both Luna and Shadow asked, getting a nod from Damian and both licked his face happily, getting a chuckle from Damian.

Damian closed his eyes and sent a prayer to his mom.

"Mom if you can hear me, please can you teleport or transport these wolf pups to Camp Half Blood. I think they lost their mother and as much as I want to keep them with me, I can't risk it since I'm on a quest. Send them to Chiron."

Damian sat there and looked at the wolf pups, waiting for something to happen until they began to shine in a bright silver light.

"I'll see you both soon." Damian said to the wolf pups.

"Bye Damian." They both said before they disappeared.

Damian smiled and prayer to his mom again. "Thank you mom."

Suddenly the truck stopped, getting Damian's attention and alarm before he woke up the others. "The truck's stopped!" he hissed. "Hide!"

Annabeth quickly threw on her cap and turned invisible. Grover, Damian and Percy had to hide behind the crates since there was not much else to hide behind.

"Man!" One of the truckers said as they opened the truck doors and stepped inside. "I wish I hauled appliances." He climbed inside and poured some water from a jug into the animals' dishes.

"You hot, big boy?" he asked the lion, and then splashed the rest of the bucket right in the lion's face.

"I swear I will eat you!" The lion growled, Damian stifled a laugh.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he yawned.

Grover tensed, for a peace-loving herbivore, he looked downright murderous.

The trucker threw the antelope a squashed-looking Happy Meal bag. He smirked at the zebra. "How ya doin', Stripes? Least we'll be getting rid of you this stop. You like magic shows? You're gonna love this one. They're gonna saw you in half!"

"That's it." Damian muttered before he stepped out of cover, getting the trucker's attention.

"What the-"

"Sup." Damian greeted up before punching him in the face, knocking him out cold. Damian then jumped out the trailer, and Percy, Annabeth and Grover could heard ht situation outside.

"Hey, where did you-" The other trucker was cut off as the sound of fighting was heard before something hard slammed against the trailer and then there was a thud before Damian came back into the trailer.

"That's them dealt with." Damian said while opening the cages for the animals to be free. Damian then looked at the lion. "Much as I know you'd want to, please don't eat them."

"I don't eat junk food, anyway." The lion huffed before leaving. The lion, the Antelope and the zebra ran down the streets of Las Vegas.

The questers jumped off the trailer.

"Viva Las Vegas, guys." Damian said, getting snorts from the others...

And that's it for this chapter.