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Once he heard the name of that god, his eyes widened in disbelief. Hades began storming out of the throne room but as soon as he hit the doorway, he was gone.
Leo looked at Nicole for a moment completely confused at what just happened. Nicole herself was smiling wickedly. "To Olympus!" She laughed and grabbed his hand and pulled him into the shadows. Within moments they arrived at Olympus, well, more like the top of the Empire State Building. Leo looked around for a moment and furrowed his brows in confusion; he thought that Olympus was on a mountain...in Greece.
Nicole moved to pull open a door, once she did so, something clicked and the wall moved to reveal an elevator that seemed to be made purely out of gold and in the elevator there was an Omega etched into the back. Leo looked at the elevator for a moment then at Nicole.
"We're supposed to get into that thing to get to Olympus?"
She raised an eyebrow and looked at him like he was crazy, "Of course we do."
After a few moments of hesitation, they got into the elevator and pressed against the walls as soon as it began to move. It didn't take that long for them to reach the top but once they got there, Leo stopped Nicole. "We should go back to camp..."
She stared at him for a moment and then nodded. "Alright, shadow travel?" Leo pursed his lips slightly and then nodded.
Nicole let out a small breath and nodded some, grabbing his hand; she pulled him into the shadows. Within moments, they were back at camp.
BACK AT OLYMPUS-
Hades stormed into the main room, when Zeus addressed his he ignored his younger brother completely and stopped in front of Hephaestus, his glare was dark. "You."
Hephaestus blinked and looked at his uncle completely confused, he raised an eyebrow in question. He didn't dare say a thing, not yet at least.
"Your son! Your son got my daughter pregnant!"
Hephaestus held up a hand to his uncles and shook his head. "What on Olympus are you talking about? And which son?"
Hades nose twitched lightly and let out a small breath, "Nicole is pregnant, or that's what she told me, and your son, Leo Valdez, is the father!"
Hephaestus stayed quiet for a moment then he shifted in his seat. All was quiet in his throne room except for Aphrodite's little squeal of pleasure, along with Hermes and Apollo's snickers.
Zeus finally stood up and walked over to his brother and son and spoke. "Brother, why are you so concerned?"
"Because! It's his son's child! I don't need a quarter grandchild of Hephaestus!"
Hephaestus furrowed his brows a bit and crossed his arms slightly. "Well! I don't need a grandchild that associates with you, uncle!"
Athena stood up from her seat quickly and stepped in between the males, "Father, uncle, brother, calm down." She paused and looked at them both what seemed like forever but finally she continued, "Would you not love the grandchild anyways? Uncle Hades what if Nicole got pregnant from a son of mine, or Apollo's, or even Hermes? Would you prefer that?"
Hades let out an aggravated breath and shook his head a bit, "No not really. At least Hephaestus's kids are useful..."
Hephaestus smirked to himself. Athena continued, "And brother what about you? As your kids would put it, would you rather have Leo bang some other girl?"
The god of Forge and Fire furrowed his brow in thought for a moment before shaking his head a bit, "No, I suppose not, a child of Hades wouldn't bother Leo that much. So I guess I'm not as upset now that I think about it."
Now that everything calmed down with the gods it was quiet, it would have stayed like that until Hephaestus disappeared, where did he disappear to? Camp Half-Blood.
When he was there, the god's voice boomed. "Leonardo Valdez!"
Leo and Nicole were at the lake laughing each other, but when they heard that their blood ran cold. Leo's eyes widened a bit as his head whipped back to camp were Hephaestus, his dad, was standing.
The two demigods scrambled up and ran over to the god. Leo's face seemed to be pale, but he stood in front of his dad and gave a small smile. "Y-yes sir?" The gods eyes flashed down to the Hispanic boy, he looked like he was analyzing his son. Yes Leo was the 'chosen one' out of all his children but sometimes he wasn't sure.
By this time other demigods began gathering around to see what was happening. Hephaestus was in a form he took when around demigods. He looked like the late child of his, Charles Benkendorf, except larger and more calloused hands and scars on his face.
Some of the campers had to excuse themselves; most of them knew Benkendorf, those left. The demigods that didn't know that particular camper stayed and looked at the god in awe. The Hephaestus kids that gathered stared at their father, most their faces lit up with excitement while their eyes were filled with sadness.
After Hephaestus was done calculating Leo with his eyes and placed his large hand on the boys shoulder and spoke. "So you got someone pregnant? Do you know what fatherhood is? You know you may have to marry her, right?" Leo's face turned a bright red and he quickly looked back at Nicole and mouthed 'help me.'
Nicole blinked a few times and stepped in front of Leo and smiled slightly, "Lord Hephaestus, I understand you may be upset with Valdez but you see this is all a misunderstanding." She hesitated for a moment, "I'm not pregnant, and I won't be for a while, a long while. but we got bored to death and decided to play a prank on my father."
Hephaestus pressed his lips together and then looked at Leo for a moment before letting out a small breath. "Fine, I understand you guys are just kid, and when is it not fun to play a prank on god?" A small grin appeared on the gods face before he clapped his hand on Leo's shoulder. "She's a keeper son, I wouldn't let any other guy have 'er."
Leo's face flushed a bit and he shook his head. "We're not dating father..I just met her a few days ago.." The god's eyes flashed to Nicole for a moment, then he gave a small nod in understanding before he moved back and disappeared in a burst of flames. All the demigods near by adverted their eyes while this happened.
Nicole moved to lean against the nearest tree with a small sigh. Leo glanced at her for a moment then shifted to hold out a hand for her. "Wanna go get something to eat?"
Her dark eyes moved to meet his, then she quirked an eyebrow. "Sure, food can't hurt." She placed her hand into his gently as he pulled her off the tree and began leading her up the hill so they could leave camp.
Once out of camp they headed towards the city, they slid inside the first fast food restaurant they saw. Which happened to be a McDonald's. Nicole hummed in content as she moved and ran to the front (the place was pretty much empty,) she pressed her hands against the counter and began telling the cashier what she wanted.
Leo glanced around the place letting his eyes land on every structure mistake. He was tempted to go fix them but he got interrupted when Nicole called for him, asking what he wanted to eat.
After they officially finished their orders they went to sit down and wait for one of the employee's to call their receipt number. "How do you even have enough money for all that food, Nicole?"
"Drachma's."
He raised an eyebrow, "I thought we weren't suppose to use those in the mortal world..." She let out a small breath and leaned on the table some.
"Drachma's are gold, cash for gold Leo, cash for gold." A small smile appeared upon her lips.
Moment's past and the lady at the front had finally called their receipt number, Nicole practically jumped up and ran over to get their food. She moved and sat the trays...yeah, trays. Down and sat down herself, sitting one Happy Meal to the side while she handed Leo his food.
They ate peacefully, a small giggled escaping Nicole once in a while, but she stayed pretty much silent, Leo on the other head kept rambling about all the imperfection's the in the establishment. After taking a sip of her drink Nicole leaned on the table, and pursed her lips in thought.
"Y'know you can forget everything my father said..he's a bit, crazy?" He glanced around quickly to make sure nothing appeared or happened, because gods had a short temper especially when one of their kids dissed them. Nicole smirked lightly and shook her head quickly.
"No big deal, Valdez. You're my friend right?"
"Yeah.." he crossed his arms and leaned back slightly and raised an eyebrow in question, even though he hadn't known the daughter of Hades that long he knew she always had some plan in mind, whether is be good or bad.
"Then we can take things like that," A small smile played on her lips, as she winked. "Unless of course you were thinking of asking me out, then you'd have to go through some trials." She laughed a bit and moved to pick up the trash to throw it away.
When she left to throw the things away, Leo's mind wandered. What kind of trials? Gods, Nicole was strangely enticing. And she's dark..and beautiful. His mind stopped wondering when she returned she grabbed the Happy Meal and glanced behind her.
"Want to help me feed the dead?"
"Is that a question?" She narrowed her eyes at him, and he gave her a cocky grin before completely answering her. "Sure sure, I've always wanted to help someone feed the dead!"
Nicole snorted lightly and moved to turned around to the front door of the McDonald's establishment, and he followed after her.
Once they were out of the place they headed to the right to the nearest graveyard, it was about six when they got into the graveyard. They moved to the back of the graveyard, then found a hole that was already dug from a few days ago. Nicole moved and crouched at the grave.
The daughter of Hades began pouring the McDonald's into the grave and soon there was fog and a bunch of souls moaning out. Nicole usually pushed them back this time she just let them eat the meal.
When the souls were done eating they sort of dispersed, Leo watched this all in amazement. The son of Hephaestus watched a lot of things that most people would find strange, but by far this was the weirdest thing ever.
Nicole smiled to herself once the fog disappeared, then looked back at Leo. "So, uhmn, wanna go back to camp? Or...go do something else?"
Leo quirked an eyebrow, he wasn't sure how to respond. But he shrugged in response, right now he didn't care what they did.