So I got this idea when I was rereading the last book. Percy mentioned Nico entering Olympus with his dad and I exclaimed to the empty room, "That must have been an awkward ride!" Thus, this fanfc was born. Read, review, and try to bear with me and my awkwardness. :/

DING! The elevator that would take them to Olympus arrived on the ground floor of the Empire State Building. Nico groaned internally, he would have to ride the entire six hundred floors up with his father, Lord Hades.

The doors closed behind them and the music began to play. "Stayin' Alive" filled the silence between the two. Nico stared at the numbers slowly increasing. They made it to 125 before Hades cleared his throat.

"I suppose I must thank you for pestering me into this battle. It seems it wasn't as hopeless an endeavor as I thought."

Nico, stunned, took a moment to respond. This was more affection than he had probably ever received from his father. "Um, thanks Dad." He stared at the ceiling, hoping it would tell him what to do now. He had said a lot when he was yelling at his dad in the Underworld, but this was different. "Hey dad, can I, uh, ask you a question?"

Hades stared down at his son with contempt, and maybe a little respect. "Does the Helm intimidate you?"

Was it him, or was the elevator getting warmer? "Only a little, I just think this would be easier if you took it off."

"What would be easier?" The Lord of the Underworld asked his son. Several moments were passed in silence, bringing the Bee Gees into focus.

"Whether you're a brother,

Or whether you're a mother.

You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive."

How ironic, Nico thought. 460, 461…

Nico stood up straighter and looked his father in the eye, "I'm sorry I disobeyed you, but I'm no Percy Jackson. The world needed him. It was his destiny, his prophecy to fulfill."

"Haven't you grown wise?" Hades said, staring at the doors. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Nico steeled himself, there was more he wanted to say, but Hades spoke before he had the chance.

"You know," He started, "You remind me of your mother. Bianca got most of it, of course, but I see her will in you. Don't misuse it."

547, 548, 549…

The cheerful song of an era gone by continued to unnerve Nico, "I won't, Father. I will prove to you that I'm worthy of being your son."

"You already have," Hades said quietly, but his words were drowned in the elevator's signal that they had arrived.

Nico started; maybe things would be alright between them after all. But his father was the King of Darkness and the Lord of the Underworld, nothing would ever be easy.

Leaving the elevator, he got a strange image of Apollo in a silk shirt and bell bottoms dancing to seventies disco. Shaking the image from his head, he followed his father through the demolished streets of Olympus.

Originally, this was going to be just awkwardness. It was going to be really uncomfortable for both parties, but I realized they didn't have too many nice moments in the book. (Besides that really cute one at the end of the last one) So I made this! Thanks for reading.