Nico saw Hades, a dark figure, lurking in the corner of the infirmary. When he saw that Nico was awake, he approached him, angry.

"What in the name of, well, me is wrong with your fucking boyfriend, Niccolò? Get him under gods dam control, he's killed a fucking demigod, and three dumbass mortals today! Isn't he supposed to be saving those stupid gods dam fucking lives?"

Nico's eyes widened, and he managed to utter the word, "What?" scared, no, terrified that what his father said was true.

"What, is he your fiance or something now?" Hades asked sarcastically, yet still angrily waiting a response.

"No! No, it's just... I didn't know that he'd... you said three people?" he asked, frightened.

Hades nodded, and Nico cursed to himself in Italian. "Che cazzo!"

"HEY!" Hades yelled, looking to Nico angrily. "Language."

Nico rolled his eyes, saying, "Aren't you the one who cursed," he started counting on his fingers, "Six, no, seven times in the spam of three sentences?"

"Yeah, so?"

"And don't you think I'm a little old to be told "Language" by my own father?"

"You can't curse until 30!" he said, and Nico grinned.

"Technically, aren't I like, 90?"

"Shit," Hades admitted, then said, "Fine, no cursing until you're 100!"

Nico rolled his eyes, then remembered what was most important. He said, with fear in his eyes, voice, and soul, "I have to stop him."

"Indeed you do," Hades said, checking his nails, somehow bored with this conversation.

"Da~ad, stop it! You look even gayer than me right now, QUIT IT, and answer my fucking question!"

Hades rolled his eyes. "What-everrrrr,"

Nico was getting seriously pissed off now. "So do you know where he is or not?"

"Nope!" Hades responded, only looking at Nico for a moment.

"Then I'm leaving, get me the hell out of--"

"--But I know where you can find him."

"Really?" Nico said, excited his dad was finally helping, and that he might be able to save his boyfriend.

"Well, no..."

"Then WHY THE HELL DID YOU SAY IT?" Nico screamed, over his father--(yeah, really acting like one right now)--'s bullshit.

Hades shrugged. "But I do know he's somewhere near McDonalds. Also, while you're there, do you mind getting me a happy meal? 6 piece nugget, extra fries--"

"Oh, HELL no. Not after that shit you just pulled."

Hades rolled his eyes. "Mehmeh meh mehmehmehmeh"

He snapped his fingers, and Nico was shadow traveled to his favorite place in the world. Dairy Queen.

"Really Dad?!" Nico yelled to the ground, flipping the underworld (and also Daedalus' labyrinth) off as aggressively as he could.

He walked out the doors, apologizing to the worker about his outburst, and looked across the street. There was his favorite place in the world, along with, until about 2 days ago, his favorite person.