Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson/ Heroes of Olympus. All rights belong to Rick Riordan:D
Warnings(in general) spoilers for House of Hades( includes Nico's part in the story and will have similar elements), adventure, angst, action, and possibly avocadoes.
Takes place after Blood of Olympus
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Jason was quiet as he traveled through the shadows. Percy had left a week earlier to spend some time with his family, and Jason couldn't blame him. Death still reeked in the air, and with the disappearance of Annabeth, camp's happy memories could not be salvaged. No one knew what happened when she left the cabin the next day following the celebration and ceremony to lament the anniversary of the defeat of Gaea and even Percy did not know where she went. As a result, a major search had gone underway. Both the Greek and Roman camps were searching even now, and the hunters were on alert. Their search had lead to the killing of a Greek demigod, his body mangled in vines, alone, found to have wandered off in the middle of the night. Jason still felt wrong as he snuck into Poseidon's cabin, the water glowing in the moonlight. He flipped the drachma into the water nonetheless and watched as it shimmered.
"Show me Nico di Angelo."
Nico's face was seen a moment later. The pallor of his skin was still hidden by the shadows, but a year avoiding the light only shrunk it more. His face had regained some of the weight lost earlier.
He did not looked surprised, only annoyed.
"What," his voice snapped.
"I couldn't sleep." Jason whispered, and without rationality remembered his first thought to contact Nico. He was not sure how it happened, their friendship. The trust that was built during the final battle out of heartbreak , which caused the Ghost King to befriend the son of Jupiter, with little rationality, something Jason did not question, their words whispers in the wind.
Nico regarded him carefully, " Something is wrong in the Underworld."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know, I'm not sure. Father has been more distant than usual and Persephone is angry."
Jason frowned in response at the answer. That could mean anything.
"Annabeth?"he asked, knowing he'd regret asking that as soon as he said.
Nico's expression turned pained but he shook his head in response. She wasn't dead. It had been a year since the battle and as he had promised, he had disappeared into the Underworld, with no desire to come back. Hazel had searched for him, but he was nowhere to be found. Even Jason didn't know, but for some reason, Nico contacted him on occasion, to check on camp activity, and although he would never admit it, Percy.
When news of Annabeth's disappearance became known, he said he would keep an eye out for her, but that was almost a week ago, and still no word.
"Will you come back?" he asked the Ghost King.
Nico would usually bite back with a comment if he was annoyed, but his eyes took on a faraway look at the thought. Jason waited in response. There was an uncertainty in his eyes.
"I'm not sure."
There was the question in his eyes that had everyone wary, and he seemed to be telling Jason his view on what was occurring.
The message was cut a moment later.
Jason wasn't either.