And it just so happens that I actually need someone to kill all the Lotus Eaters in this building without me being there. I gave the six headed hound the order to kill every lotus eater that wandered away from the people's view, to find and kill every jailer in the dungeons and protect those imprisoned. I ordered it to remain unnoticed and to help additional forces to take the lotus eaters place. This was going to be the definition of a hostile takeover.
After having given these orders I left the room, but only after I throughly cleaned every surface that could have come in contact with blood. On my way back to the casino I met up with the Di Angelo siblings again. Neither of them knew what had transpired in my room just now but they told me to stay out of it since they saw a large group of servers enter it.
It seemed that they didn't see me entering first. I thanked them sincerely but told them not to worry since, as to my knowledge, the room was unoccupied.
I said my goodbyes to those two and then pulled my phone out of a hidden pocket in my shirt. I dialed the phone number of Sylvia, the leader of the rescued demonesess. Then I invited the other demons I had rescued in to the call.
"Hey guys and gals. I have a proposition for some of you since not everyone has returned to hell."
"And what would that be, Percy? Don't tell me it's to start a taxi-company." said Damien.
"No, so you remember me telling you all about the timeless casino in Las Vegas? I am currently inside and I have decided to take it over since I can't get rid of it for now."
"Why can't you? And what do you want us to do?" asked Sylvia curiously.
"THE casino need to remain functioning for atleast two more years since it is currently home to two demigods that are only supposed to appear after those two years. And the reason I called is to asked all of you if your interested to start working here as we will silently replace every lotus eater inside."
"Sure thing, most of us got bored a while ago. Let us just call some of those that returned to hell. I'm certain there will be more people interested. But would you like to tell us what exactly we would be doing?" Damien responded.
"Right now the casino and hotel just need to remain functional but other than that you have free reign on what and how to do things. Mind you, I don't want any sex trafficking or other stuff like that. The only other thing I want from the hotel itself is that all the demigods inside are located and returned to either their divine parents or pantheon. Also, if fate allows, I would like to eventually branch off into the business sector and maybe eradicate Trium Virate before they become a bigger issue in the future."
"Any limits on what we're actually allowed to do or just that?" Sylvia asked.
"Listen, I don't care what you do as long as it is consentual so as long as there are no drugs and sex slaves, atleast those unwilling and unpaid, are involved, then I don't mind. Actually I might as well already get started on one thing. We need a base for future assassination business since I plan to involve some of those as well."
"Sure thing boss, this will be fun."(Sylvia)
"Yeah sure but do tell. What will we do with the money?"
"Besides proper saleries and investments I think we will find a way to use it for different things like research, helping people, building homes for cheap rent and what not. Of course the employees get the most benefits."
"If we're really going to do that then yes, I am in. We will gather the people. Anything else?"
"Ah yes, two things. There are currently several escaped zoo animals running around the city. Please bring them in to the Home-Dimension safely. The other thing is that I currently have a Chimera in the shape of a six headed hellhound slowly and silently killing all those monsters. So do hurry."
"Got that. See you then. Damien out." he said, before promptly ending the call. Sylvia followed silently.
Shortly after the call I arrived at the arcade section of the hotel, where I was sure to find Grover while he was playing a PvP online shooter game, dressed as a tree." Die human! DIE!" he screamed as he gunned down a whole team, aka four players, with a mini-gun. Only to somehow sneak up on another player to deliver the most embarrassing and emotionally traumatizing finisher, as he ducked under the player, stabbed his crotch, threw him off as the player had collapsed on him, broke his knee when he stepped on it, gutted the poor bastard only to push a grenade into his intestines before finally backing off, putting three bullets in the guy's head and walking of as the body exploded behind him.
I watched the entire thing, utterly in awe. I didn't know Grover had it in him while I didn't think he would be a hippie, I atleast took him as a pacifist.
I had to pry him from the console because he didn't want to let go. His thoughts changed rather quickly when I told him that I heard of a forest fire outside.
That sobered him up real quick.
Annabeth was where I had expected her to be. She was currently playing Sims 4, talking and monologing about the Sims mistakes and how they could have avoided them, while sending them swimming only to remove the ladder. In short, she was currently reenacting the old biblical god as much as the game allowed. Instead of trying to get her to leave peacefully, me and Grover grabbed her shoulders and dragged her away. She was throwing a temper tantrum the entire time.
Soon we reached the exit, where the valet tried to convince us to stay, only for him to get a nice little present from me in the form of a poisoned dagger. Of course I had launched it towards his crotch, where it was now firmly lodged inside, letting the man bleed out from his dick if the poison didn't get him first. As we left, the credit cards of the lotus casino still with us, I saw how the bleeding slowly stopped and the man getting up again, it looked like someone was inflating a Ballon animal. His laughter began to echo hauntingly through the alleys around us, only to be cut of short once we rounded a corner.
Further back, still inside of the Casino I could hear how bones and flesh were ground and ripped apart, hungry maws eating every server, valet or otherwise disguised lotus eaters. But there was another sound, even more hidden.
"Come on guys, put on those suits and clean up those messes. We can't let even a single member see what has happend." came the muffled, but still recognizable voice of Sylvia.
The demons had arrived.
And Grover, Annabeth and me?
We recently highjacked a car and are already enroute to Los Angeles.