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In Chicago:
Kaie glanced up from her newest Amazon buy. Someone had set off one of her wards. A demigod was in her neighborhood. She didn't like demigods in her neighborhood.
She stood slowly and stretched before moving to the window and scanning the sidewalk outside. No one caught her eye till he turned the corner.
Tall with spiky black hair and skin that could stand to see more of the sun. He looked to be in his early twenties but carried himself with the stance of a fighter. Kaie couldn't stop herself by appreciating how well he filled out his faded jeans and worn leather jacket that must be painful in the August heat.
She tried to place which god or goddess was his parent. Zeus, Hera, and Artemis were all immediately eliminated. It couldn't be Poseidon. She had made sure to know what the son of Poseidon looked like. She had to be careful now that someone alive had Achilles's curse. To steady for Hermes. Not handsome enough for Aphrodite or Apollo. Too handsome for Hephaestus. He moved like a fighter so her best bet was Ares or one of the lesser gods or goddesses. He looked too brutal to be one of Athena's.
She shrugged and moved into the kitchen, a box of doughnuts she had yesterday beckoned. The demigod was coming to her, no reason to worry...yet.
On Olympus:
"What did she say exactly?" Apollo was annoyed. First those idiots in San Fran were unable to truly comprehend his lyrical genius now his Delphi wasn't working properly.
He crossed his arms, a knot of annoyance forming between his eyes. "The forgotten child." One of Athena's daughters let out a small sigh, repeating the words for the fourth time.
Apollo wasn't sure which annoyed him more, the fact he didn't know what that meant or the fact that Athena's daughter had the audacity to be annoyed at him.
Back in Chicago:
Nico entered the building, wrapping the Mist around him so he could move unseen by the cameras that littered the hallways. He let the tendril of energy guide him, surprised by its strength. He stopped, and apartment door blocking his path.
He thought briefly about walking away, telling his father he hadn't been able to find anything. His survival instinct won over. Going back to Hades without an answer wasn't an option.
Three bronze sixes hung from the wood of the door almost as if telling him this was the right apartment. Nico gritted his teeth. It was probably just coincidence but he was a demigod. For demigods it was rare for anything to be just a coincidence.
He rapped his knuckles against the wood once, hoping no one could answer and he could simply break in and get answers that way. Following human laws was a pain in the ass. The door swung open and he cursed his bad luck as his gaze raked over the woman standing in the opening.
She was about his age, tall for a woman, a few inches short of his six foot two. A dark green tank top and black yoga pants revealed a slim body with elegant rather than trashy curves. Muscles marked her as someone who worked out regularly, real workouts not the junk dance workouts most women did these days.
His gaze was drawn to a strange silver tattoo that wrapped around her left upper arm. Dark red hair fell in loose waves to the middle of her back.
"Yeah?"
She snapped a piece of gum annoyingly as he dark gray eyes met his. The unique shade stirred up a memory but he couldn't pin point where he had seen them before. There was no fear visible, strange for someone confronted with a strange person at their door.
Nico realized that he didn't have an excuse for being here. He fumbled mentally and failed to come up with anything half convincing.
"What ever you're selling I'm not interested in. Nice jacket though." The woman interrupted his train of thought before shutting the door in his face.
Nico turned away, unsure of what to do. All he knew now was that there was a woman who had more power than any demigod he had ever met living in the same area as several creature deaths.
This definitely wasn't a coincidence. Nico glared at the sky as he exited the apartment building, silently cursing his lack of answers.