I managed to fake smile. I just stood here in the same spot with my arms crossed. I turned my head to see Hades staring at me. I don't like the idea of him watching me. It just makes me feel... different. I wanted to tell him to look away or to do something else. Somehow I couldn't. I knew that it wouldn't be very smart of me.

"Go ahead, explore your new home," Hades said.

I shook my head. The last thing I need is to get lost in a place called 'my home'.

"Why not?" Hades asked as he smirked at me.

I didn't reply, instead I just stared at him. What would be the use of answering some question if I don't even know what to say... yet?

"Very well," Hades said. "Why don't you meet my other minions then?"

"You have minions?" I asked.

"Yeah, except they're more like you would say... imps," Hades said.

"Imps?" I asked. "Why would you...?"

I didn't finish my question because Hades interrupted me.

"Don't even ask," he said while he massaged his head.

I just shrugged. I couldn't blame myself that he was like this. Maybe he goes through a lot of bad moments. I'll make sure I ask him, later, when it's the right time, though.

"Pain! Panic!" I heard Hades scream.

I looked at Hades wondering what would happen next. All of a sudden I could hear the door opening. To small creatures, I guess, were Pain and Panic. One imp was tall, skinny, and blue-green looking. The other one was short, round, and red. They came running in the door.

"Pain and Panic at your service," they both said at the same time.

They were trying to stand still, but they accidentally bumped into each other and fell down on the floor.

"Are they always like this?" I asked Hades who was shaking his head in annoyance.

"Boys, meet Meg," Hades said as he introduced me to Pain and Panic.

"Who's Meg?" the tall imp asked.

"She's Meg," the short imp said.

"I know she's Meg, but who is she?" the tall imp asked.

"What do you mean?" the short imp argued back.

"You know what I mean," the tall imp said.

"I do not know what you mean!" the short imp screamed crossing his arms.

I wonder what they meant. Do they argue on daily basis? Then, a few seconds later, I saw them whispering to each other. They nodded their heads and smiled. The tall imp walked towards me and held out his hand.

"I'm Panic. Nice to meet you, Meg," he said.

I shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you too, I guess," I said.

"I'm Pain," the other imp introduced himself.

"So you guys are Hades' minions?" I asked with curiosity.

"Yup! We are his one and only best minions," Panic said.

"Not only that," Pain said. "We are the best in helping him with the Mount Olympus takeover."

"Mount Olympus takeover?" I asked.

I turned around to meet Hades' eyes.

"You're planning to take over Olympus?" I asked raising one of my eyebrows.

All Hades did was nod.

"Why didn't you tell me in the first place?" I asked.

"You never asked me anything, babe," Hades said smiling.

I don't see why he's proud of that. Shouldn't he be trying to make up an excuse?

"You could've gave me a hint, you know," I said annoyed.

"No questions, no hints," Hades said. "That's how it works."

"That's how it works," I mimicked Hades without thinking.

Hades smirked. Oh no! Not again. Maybe I should keep my smart mouth shut.

"Great," he said. "We all introduced ourselves so you guys can leave now."

"So where do I go?" I asked trying to take this chance as an excuse.

"Not you, Meg," Hades said. "These morons right here."

I saw him motioning to Pain and Panic to leave. They didn't leave, though. Instead, they just stood there batting their eyelashes.

"Hey, boss," Panic said. "We know who Meg is now."

"Yeah, boss, we know who Meg is," Pain agreed.

Hades rolled his eyes and sighed. "What now?"

I heard Pain and Panic laughing.

"She's your girlfriend and you brought her here to live with you," Pain said.

"Yup. I agree with you," Panic said. "That's why she was surprised about the whole Mount Olympus takeover."

I looked at Hades to see how he would react. He had the same expression like me. We both had the disgust face. He leaned towards me and whispered something next to my ear. I smiled at him and nodded.

"Guess what?" Hades said to Pain and Panic.

"Yes, boss?" they asked.

"I'd start running if I were you guys. I wouldn't want to get burned into crisp," Hades said as fire appeared on his hands.

Pain and Panic nodded sheepishly and ran out the door.

"Oy, minions," I heard Hades say.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"To be honest with you they're so annoying," Hades said. "I tell them to do something, instead they end up doing something so foolish. They always have something ridiculous to say."

"Sounds like you can't even stand them," I said.

"You're right, babe," Hades said. "That's exactly right."

"If you don't like them so much then why don't you just get someone new?" I asked.

Hades raised one of his eyebrows then he smirked.

"That's exactly why you work for me, now," Hades said as he got closer to me.

I didn't like where this was going, so I started to take small steps backwards.

"Maybe that's why you own my soul," I whispered looking at the floor. "So I could work for you."

I was too scared to even make eye contact with him. If I did make eye contact, I would just give away a hint that I was scared.

"You're smarter than I thought," Hades said.

I slowly nodded.

"Great!" Hades said.

He stopped walking. By that time, my back was pressed to the wall. Oh great! I can't move back any further. I started to worry. There's nothing I can really do if I'm trapped here with Hades in front of me and the wall behind my back. Hades moved my chin up so I can meet his gaze. I was breathless.

"You'll be fine," Hades said. "You're an 'innocent angel'. You'll know how to do everything with no mistake."

"What if I do a mistake?" I asked.

"I wouldn't say the word if," Hades said.

He grabbed me by my waist and pulled me closer to him. He wrapped his arms around my waist and bent down forward. I, unfortunately, had to bent backwards a little bit. I closed my eyes tightly waiting for something to happen. A few seconds later after nothing happened, I opened my eyes slowly. I saw Hades' face, not far from mine.

"You're a young lady. You'll learn everything the right way, if you know what I mean," Hades winked at me.

My mouth dropped open.

"Are you serious?" I asked.

"I'm always serious," Hades said leaning his face towards mine.

That's it. I've dealt enough of this 'whatever' for one day. I quickly slid out of his arms.

"That's good, right?" I asked.

To be honest, I don't want anyone telling me what to do. Obviously Hades owns me, so I have no choice other than to obey him. Now that's what gives me the goosebumps. Who knows what he has in mind? What if I do the total opposite of what he asks me to do? Would it be better or worse?

"I think I could use this time to explore around," I said.

Hades nodded. I quickly ran out the door. I kept running, until I was far from the room I was in a few seconds ago. I stopped to breathe. I kneeled down and placed my hands on knees. I fixed the hair that was covering my face. I relaxed for a few minutes. After I was relaxed, I stood up straight. I looked around the hallway. I have to say that this place looks so complicated. Too many doors in one hallway. A really big place that is still unknown to me. The Underworld. I sighed. Someone placed their hand on my shoulder. I jumped up.

"Ahhh!"

I turned around, wide eyes, to see Hades.

"What do you want?" I asked. "You almost scared me to death. Besides, why are you following me?"

I crossed my arms. I hate it when people sneak up on my back.

"Hey, you can't blame me," Hades said. "And I am not following you, I'm just checking on you, if you don't mind."

"Of course I do mind. Do you even have any manners?" I asked.

"Not important. What about you? Don't you know how to respect someone older than you?" Hades asked. "No, wait! Let me rephrase that. Don't you know how to respect your, what do you call me, boss?"

"I do respect others, but I'm not so sure about people like you," I said. "Even if you're my boss and I'm your what, property or slave-girl, you still owe me some respect, right?"

"Did I ever mention that you do have to obey me?" Hades asked trying to act dumb.

I rolled my eyes.

"Is that the only thing you remember about me?" I asked. "If it is, don't tell me. It's too obvious."

"As a matter of fact, that's the only thing I know about you apart from your name," Hades said.

"Why did I even come here to save that jerk's life?" I muttered.

"You're right," Hades said. "Why did you come to me to save that jerk's life? Hmm, let me see. Maybe something brought you here."

"Like what?" I asked.

"The present. The future, perhaps," Hades said. "Or maybe you brought yourself here. Not exactly a very smart choice."

"How was I supposed to know that he was going to do that to me?" I asked.

"No idea," Hades said. "Maybe you should have thought twice about it."

"Just like you, right?" I asked leaning against the wall.

"Very funny," Hades said.

"Not even," I replied.

"Not that. I meant you're funny," Hades said. "I've never met someone like you before."

"Maybe because no one sells their soul to you. That's why you have never met anyone like me," I pointed out.

"Enough of your smart talk back," Hades said.

I shrugged.

"Would you like it if...?" Hades said.

He didn't finish his question because I interrupted him.

"Look at the time. I have to get going," I lied. "I really need to explore this place, since you said it'd be my new home."

"Don't worry about that. I'll show you around tomorrow," Hades said.

I raised one of my eyebrows.

"So, you're also my tutor?" I asked sarcastically.

"Haha," Hades said sarcastically. "Why don't I show you to your room?"

"Okay," I said.

I followed Hades, who was in front of me. He stopped in front of a room.

"Here's your room," Hades said.

I looked inside. I narrowed my eyes at Hades.

"What? You don't like it?" Hades asked as we both stared inside the room.

A/N: What do you say? Do you like this story so far? Do you think Meg is in character? If not, please let me know. I'll make sure I keep her in character. Thank you for those who reviewed. I love you guys so much. More is to come to this story.