Nico di Angelo: Son of Hades, Ghost King, and... Demon Hunter?

Chapter Two- In Which Exposition is Best Served Warm

(And the author decides to give up on page breaks)

Nico awoke with a yawn as the Impala slowed to a stop. "Where are we?" He asked drowsily, stretching as best he could in the back seat of a car. "Oasis Plains, Oklahoma," Sam responded. "Apparently, some construction guy fell down a hole and suddenly ended up with the kind of brain deterioration that comes from the later stages of mad cow disease."  Nico gave a confused look. "It just... happened?" Sam nodded.

"Okay, as lovely as this conversation is, we've got some questions to ask, and the sooner we can figure out what the hell happened here, the better," Sam announced, taking the keys out of the car and stepping out. Sam and Nico followed after shortly and questioned the partner of the previously mentioned dead construction guy.

After getting nowhere fast, the somewhat-newly formed trio decide that the next place to go would be the area of death itself- the construction site.

Now, conveniently, there was an open house barbecue that very day! And guess who's attending it? The developer! Now, that's plot convenience if I've ever seen it (And trust me, I have. Did you even read chapter one?).

Walking up to the door, Dean, Sam, and Nico were met with the previously mentioned plot-convenient developer, who greeted them... warmly.

"Let me just say. We accept homeowners of any race, religion, color, or... sexual orientation." He eyed Sam and Dean quickly before glancing down to Nico. The three just stared at him.

 "... We're brothers," Dean finally explained, gesturing to himself and Sam. He then pointed at Nico. "He's our orphaned cousin on our father's side. We came looking for a house for our dad and our cousin here."

The man blinked several times. "O-Oh..." he mumbled, somewhat embarrassed. He quickly put a professional persona back on and smiled at them. "Well, please, follow me to the backyard!"

After an embarrassing meeting with the head of sales (who greeted them the exact same), Dean split from the group to go speak with the director, while Sam and Nico sat outside and held an awkward conversation with the head of sales. The two quickly noticed a spider heading towards her and stared at it, though for different reasons.

Nico eyed the tarantula longingly. 'If only I could set one on Annabeth...' he thought. The logical part of his brain told him that Annabeth wasn't at fault, and he was being stupid and jealous. However, his fatal flaw completely overshadowed that side of his mind, leaving Nico with frustrated jealousy and blind hate towards her.

Sam quickly scooped the spider into his hand and delivered it to the teen who was watching from afar. After a few more short exchanges, mostly with the director and the teen (his son), the three leave the barbeque and load into the Impala.

"Yeah, the director said the kid is fascinated with bugs," Dean explained when the topic of the teen was brought up. "There were beetles were the other guy died... you think it's him?" Sam asked. Dean shrugged. Dean turned back to Nico to ask his opinion, but paused when he caught him glaring out the window.

"Pull in here!" Dean demanded as they passed by an empty home, ready to be sold. Though Sam was driving, the Impala was his brother's car, and he quickly obliged, pulling into the drive way. Dean quickly got out of the car and opened the garage, inviting Sam to drive the car in. Sam gave him a weird look but did so anyway, Dean shutting the door behind him.