Author's notes: Ok, this is the shortest chapter and I would love to extend it but I am out of ideas how. Please comment and give me some ways to make it longer. Thanx =)
We hitchhiked from Long Island until we got to New York City, where we decided to take a detour and get some food. "So, where do you want to eat Cathleen?" I looked over at her and realized she was staring at all of the buildings and boutiques there. "Hey are you still with me or did your brain run to the closest sports store for something Yankee related." I laughed and she finally came back to her senses.
"I'm sorry Ryan, what did you say?"
"I said 'did your brain run to the closest sports store for something Yankee related.'"
"Oh ha, ha, very funny Ryan. No, I just love being in the city with all of these people and buildings around us. You may think its weird but I don't care." She paused and looked around some more. "Now, what did you say before you started making fun of me?" Her eyebrows raised but she still didn't look at me.
"I asked if you wanted to get a bite to eat but if you want to just keep looking at buildings and people all day that's fine with me."
She finally looked at me, "I want some food. How about we get some Italian food?"
"That sounds like a good idea." We looked around and decided to get some Italian food from a local restaurant called Cibo Degli Dei or translated into English, Food of the Gods. "Wow, that's kind of funny, don't you think?" We laughed and headed over to the restaurant.
The restaurant was just a small café type place, but it had amazing pictures of the gods inside of it. "I don't even know what to order. Do you know what you're getting?"
"Of course, I'm getting the chicken riggies. That is my favorite Italian dish ever."
"Well, I think I'll get the chicken alfredo. I haven't had that in a long time." The server came over to our table and she was the kind of girl that Cathleen and I laughed at all the time. She wore clothes that only spoiled children wore, had on enough makeup to make an elephant turn a different color, and had an attitude like she-was-the-greatest-thing-on-the-planet-and-we-were-lucky-to-have-her-here.
"Um, welcome to Cibo Degli Dei, my name is Kristen and like what can I get you to drink and stuff?"
"I'll just have water." I said
"I'll have the same but with a lemon and a lot of ice please." Cathleen had an obsession with chewing ice.
"Sure kiddies and do you know what you want to order already or should I give you some time to think?" The kiddies' part was unnecessary but we let it slide.
"I'll have the chicken alfredo please."
"I'll have the chicken riggies please."
"Ok then so I have 2 waters, 1 with lemon and 1 without, an order of chicken Alfredo, and an order of chicken riggies. Ok your food and drinks will be out shortly." As soon as she was far enough away, Cathleen and I both started to laugh and couldn't stop ourselves.
"Oh my gods, does she need all of that makeup on?" I was turning red from to much laughter.
"I don't know, but I bet I would be rich if I sold her clothes for money." We continued our laughing fit until we saw her coming back to the table with our drinks.
"Here you are kiddies; your food will be out in like 10-15 minutes." We suddenly heard yelling from a table on the other side of the restaurant.
"Look kid, if you didn't have the money to pay then why did you come here in the first place?" Yelled a waiter to a kid who looked no older than 15 years old.
"Because, I was hungry. Is that a crime?" The boy asked back.
"Well if you don't have any money kid, then yeah, it is a crime. Now either puke up what you just ate or your going to be scrubbing dishes for a week." The man picked him up by the collar of his black shirt.
"I would let go of me sir. My father would not like it very much if you hurt me."
"Yeah right. If your father cares for you so much, then why is he not here right now?"
"He cannot leave his job right now, but when you die, he will have a field day with your soul." That last part caught my attention and I knew he was not an ordinary kid.
"Hey! How much does the kid owe anyways." I screamed from across the restaurant.
The waiter looked at me and yelled, "This punk owes me $4 for his meal and drink. Why, are you going to pay for him?" I walked over to him and slipped him a $5.
"There, that's for the food and your tip, now kid, why don't you come over to my table with me and my friend over there and after that, you can tell us what you meant by your father having a field day with his soul." We walked back over to the table where Cathleen was looking at me as if I was some kind of crazy person.
"Why did you do that Ryan? Now we have even less money to travel with if we need something." She wasn't mad, she was just confused.
"Did you hear what he said about his father having fun with that waiter's soul and not being able to leave his job?" I whispered into her ear. "I think he may be a demigod of Hades." She looked at me nervously and then at him. "Hey, who is your father exactly, maybe we know him?"
He looked resistant to tell us but I guess he decided that we were all right to tell. "My father is Hades, god of the underworld."
"I knew it; you are a demigod of Hades. So, what's your name and how old are you?"
"My name is Jeremy Hagid and I am 15 years old." He looked at us skeptically, like he already had and idea of who we were. "So now that you know who I am, who are you guys, who are your parents, and how old are you?"
"My name is Ryan Pavid. I am 17 years old and my father is Poseidon."
"My name is Cathleen Vander. I am 18 years old and my father is Zeus." At that moment, I realized we had a child from the three most powerful gods up and off Olympus.
"Wait, you guys are both demigods too? That is awesome. I always wanted to meet another demigod but I could never find one and now I found two." Jeremy was ecstatic to find out we were demigods but we had to stop him from talking now because Cathleen and mine's food was here.
"Ok chicken alfredo for you and riggies for you. If you need anything else, just like ask ok?" Kristen then walked away and we started to eat our food. During our meal, Jeremy would not stop trying to talk to us about what we could do with our powers and if we ever met our father's and blah blah blah blah blah. After about 10 minutes of trying to eat our food in peace, we finished, paid the bill, and left with Jeremy following us.
"So, where are we going now guys?" He was starting to get on my nerves.
"We don't know where we are going yet, but it has to be a place where our fathers can't get to us." Cathleen said. Jeremy was quiet for about 10 minutes before he finally said something that would help us for once.
"I know, we could go to the place my dad told me to go for. Maybe we could be safe there from any kind of wrath from the gods." Cathleen and I looked at each other and decided to hear where this place was.
"Jeremy, where is this place?" She said very nicely. If this place really was safe from the gods' wrath, then maybe saving this kid was helpful after all.
"It's called the Lotus Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. It has said to be enchanted to where if you go in, you never want to come back out and that time passes very fast while your inside. 10 minutes inside could actually be 10 day or 10 years out in the real world."
"That is a very helpful place to go if you're in a bind. All right then, I guess we're off to Las Vegas everybody." Cathleen and I took out all of the money we had left after we paid for dinner. We still had about $400 left, which was plenty of money to get three train tickets to Las Vegas. "Jeremy, you are coming with us right?" I asked, already knowing what he would say.
"Of course I am. You people don't know the way to the casino after you get to Vegas, do you?" With that said, we took a taxi to the nearest train station and started our journey to Las Vegas and the Lotus Casino and Hotel.
"Just great Kristen, you let 3 demigods of the most powerful gods in existence get away from us." The waiter said to our old waitress.
"Chill out Mason, we already know where they are going, do we not? Now all we need to do is follow them on the train station and just take them out." They smiled a very devious smile and followed us to the station