I think this is what would happen if Sanguine and Nico got chained together. This was pretty fun to write. I hope you enjoy! :D
"That's what happens when you follow your heart," Sanguine tells me with a shrug, "you only get hurt." I look at him. It isn't the first time in the last five minutes I've wanted to punch his stupid face in. "She ain't worth it."
"Shut up," I mutter. I try to move, but the chains keeping us to the tree are to tight. "Damnit!"
"That ain't worth it either, Nico," he tells me casually. I groan. Why out of all the idiots in the world I get stuck with him I don't know. I look around trying to find something, anything that can help me. Sadly, there's nothing around. I see my sword and skull ring resting on a rock five feet away. "So, anyways, about that Athena girl you like, she's not worth your heart if all she does is make you sad."
"Sanguine," I say, bitterness rising in my voice.
"Yes?"
"Shut it!" I snap.
"I'm just trying to give you some advice"
"I don't need any advice from you," I say, trying to get the point across.
"Fine," he says with an exasperated sigh. Finally he goes quite. "So how are we going to get out of this?" I sigh and hang my head. Can't this guy even stay quite for thirty seconds? I can see why people are afraid of him when he comes to kill them. A bad guy whom talks and talks and talks when he's trying to kill you can't be fun.
"I don't know. Maybe if you stop talking for five minutes I can figure it out!" I yell. I see him raise his eyebrows at me in questioning, but he doesn't say anything. I look at the chains again. They were stainless steel, shiny, tough, and splattered with dried blood. "What would Annabeth do?" I ask my self.
"You see, there ya go again, talkin' about that Athena girl!" Sanguine says over dramatically. I glare at him and can tell he's suddenly afraid of me.
"Just help me figure out how to get these damn chains off!" I snap at him. He sighs and looks at the chains. "If we can figure out how to get my ring, I can get these off of us," I tell him.
"Oh, well leave that to me," he says. I look at him confused. Suddenly, the ground under him opens up and he sinks into it. I watch, my eyes wide as the ground closes back up, leaving only cracks. I look as the ground in front of my ring and sword explodes and he rises up. I see him pick up my ring then fall through the ground, just to come back up next to me, back in the chains.
I look at him in disbelief. "Here ya go," he says handing me the ring. I don't take it. "Here," he urges.
"Could you always do that?" I ask, anger welling up inside of me.
"Yeah."
"Then why didn't you do that three hours ago!?" I yell at him.
"Well you see, I forgot," he says. I can tell it's a lie though.
"Don't lie to me," I say darkly. The ground around us starts to rumble as it responds to my energy through the ring.
"And don't become pissy," he responds evenly.
"Why didn't you get us out earlier?" I ask again.
I see the wicked smile that spreads onto his mouth. "Well, you can thank your little cousin Percy Jackson for that." I groan again.
"What did he do and why does it involve me?" I ask him.
"He stopped me from killing a small black girl. He said that if I did manage to kill her you would come and kill me in the worst way. I wanted to see the power you have, and let me say that I honestly am not impressed," he explains.
"Little black girl?" I ask not looking at him. The anger inside of me is rising quicker now.
"I think her name was Hazel," he tells me casually. "I don't understand why you would come after me if I killed her. She's obviously not your girlfriend since you can't stop talking about that Athena girl-"
"You tried to kill my sister?" I ask very, very slowly.
"Oh, so that's why," he says. Now the anger is at boiling point. The ground starts to shake even more now. In front of us, it starts to crack open and a skeletal hand grabs onto the ledge. I can feel the fear start to rise in him and despite myself I start to grin. "Well, it looks like my time here is done. Goodbye, Nico di Angelo Son of Hades. We will meet again." And with that I watch him disappear into the ground again. I take a deep breath and the ground seals itself up again.
"Nico?" I hear Hazel call. I look up just as she comes crashing through some bushes. "Nico!" I can see the relief on her face. I smile at her.
"Hey," I say cheerfully.
"Dude, what happened?" Percy asks, as he comes behind her. I look at them.
"It's a long story." I watch as they walk over to me and Percy cuts the chains with his sword like they were butter. He pulls me up and I smile at him. "Thanks, Percy," I tell him. He nods thinking that the thanks was for getting me out of the chains.
But really, it's because he finally kept his promise. He protected my sister.