I've never really been able to process what happened there. It all happened so fast, it was like in a dream. We were standing there, holding on to our last pieces of strength and hope. Then he yelled, and they attacked. I don't remember to much of it. I killed one after another, until they stopped coming for a second. I overlooked our situation. Austin and Kayla still stood on their wall, shooting arrows. Percy and Annabeth fighting back against back. Katie sat down holding onto her arm, Travis standing in front of her, protecting her. Everyone was fighting fort heir lifes. Suddenly I saw Nico. He was trying to keep two of them off his body. One was sneaking up behind him, ready to attack. I screamed and started running towards him. But i was to late. The claws planted in his back, he fell down. Suddenly everything stopped. The creatures vanished. It was over. But not for me. My legs froze, my heart stopped. When i finally found the strength, I ran to him. I kneeled beside him, and held his hand. "Wi-…", he tried to say my name. Our friends gathered around us. Tears were shed. Normally people would start talking nonsense, things like everything was going to be okay, their love would save them and he would survive. But I didn't, because I didn't believed I could do was send a prayer to Apollo, but I guessed not even Apollo could saved him then. Nico was dying, and there was nothing I could do about it. "Will…" He finally got to say my name, and it was the most beautiful goodbye I could've imagine. The way he said it said so much more than the cliché 'I love you'. "It's okay my love, you can go", i said, trying to hold back my tears. He smiled, his grip on my hand loosened. He didn't breathe anymore. His beautiful black eyes were staring into an unending distance. Nico di Angelo was no more. I stood up, and looked at my friends. "Let's go home."