If anyone has any suggestions or comments, feel free to review! First fan fic, so I'm just trying this out, but the characters and plot are going to come together.

There were twelve monsters around us. Some were hell hounds, which I suspected caused the howling, and the others were empousa. I hated the she-devils. They were always around to screw up my day. Not to mention, they always tried to seduce my father and kill him. Not exactly a good way to stay alive when you're around me. If you haven't noticed, family is everything.

"Hello forbidden one, nice to see you!" the head empousa laughed.

"Go to hell," I retorted.

"We've been tracking you for weeks now, missy. You're a headache for everyone it seems. You have to die now!" Her smile was at war with her words. If you couldn't hear her, you'd think we were old friends.

She turned to Nico next. "Hello sweetie. Quite handsome." She winked and started stalking toward Nico. I say stalking as in she wanted to make him want her, to tease him, to control him, and take him for herself to do as she wished. It made me sick.

"Don't think so, bitch," I retorted and threw my knife right into her unexpected chest. One down, only fourteen to go. The others screeched at the death of their leader, and I knew the big shebang was about to go down.

I turned to Nico, "There are too many of them. I have a plan, but listen to me when I tell you to move, okay?"

"I trust you," was all he said.

Then the fighting broke out. Nico was amazing with his black sword. I was more than shocked when he summoned four skeleton soldiers. I have to admit I stopped and stared, causing me to almost die. If Nico hadn't sliced the hell hound who pounced me I would have been dinner.

"Whatever you're supposed to be doing, it would be good if you did it fast!"

I snapped back to reality, pulling the lighter out of my pant pocket. It was always there in case of an emergency. I always lost too much energy to risk fighting this way, but with Nico there to help, I felt confident I could succeed. I struck the lighter, and using my powers, controlled the flame to move into the high grass, where it quickly caught fire.

It took about ten seconds for the flames to build enough. I summoned it around me until I was cocooned. This time it was Nico's turn to be shocked. Good thing his soldiers seemed to have no problem taking hell hound bites for him.

"Nico, get back!" I was vaguely aware of him moving backwards, the two soldiers left standing in front of him. He was still fighting, but most of the monsters were concentrated on me.

Two hell hounds lunged, but while they were in mid-air I threw my hand out, summoning the fire to wrap them up, burning them to dust. The empousa snarled, and a few of them also made the mistake of coming after me. Between the two of us, it only took a few minutes for the entire group of monsters to be desecrated. As soon as the last she-demon was killed, I turned to Nico.

"You're a son of Hades," was all I managed. Then I fainted.