Well, nothing gets the ol' mood up like a giant exploding elephant cow.

"Hey Vicci-"

"Don't call me that." Victoria said.

"Whatevs Vicci ."

She got so angry I swear I saw steam come out of her ears.

When I thought today couldn't get any worse, a ginormous cow skeleton came crawling out of the Phlegethon.

"Askilyoxus, Nyx wishes your appearance." bellowed the cow.

"I thought you guys said moo." I said quietly.

"Both of you." it said deeply.

In a big cloud of smoke and fire, everything was black.

Small white dots became a human form and spoke, "Hello!"

"Oh gods." me and Victoria muttered in unison.

Nyx frowned. "Is it my outfit? I wanted to try something besides the night sky thing."

I tried to light a fire, but the darkness just enveloped it.

Instead I created a ball of light. "Oh my powers work here."

It became pure white with nothing for miles.

"Turn that off!" Nyx shouted from nowhere.

"Okay." I agreed and turned it off.

"I know you are doing something already, but I have a... erm, side quest for you. Complete it and you shall get your companions back."

"What if we betray you." Victoria asked.

"I shall kill them, simply. And rule number three, no bringing back the dead."

"Rule number six, no destroying of others possessions or claimed mortals." I said.

"Unless bestowed by Chaos."

"I doubt he'd give you permission to kill my friends."

"He did."

"Okay, so whats this quest."

"A runaway primordial has stolen a powerful weapon from my armory- my whip. Find it, bring it to me, and I shall give you your friends and take take you wherever you would like in my chariot."

"Okay, so where do we start?" I asked.

"A place called... Rome."