Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or any of the characters.
(LPOV)
Bleep Bleep Bleep! An Alarm sounded through out the deck of the Argo II. We were not under attack so I had no idea what was going on. Almost on instinct I ran to check on the rest of the crew because that was one of the things that could set off the alarm, on of the crew members being hurt or in danger. Jason and Percy were the easiest to check on since they were both on the deck as well.
"Jason can you control the wheel for a while. I need to check on everyone and make sure nothing is wrong." I yelled at him.
He walked up to the wheel and took over as I went running off. I passed everyone else but Nico minutes later as I was running through the halls. Soon they were all following me.I knew Nico was in his room, when we had woken up this morning we took a shower then he went back to him room to get dressed, upon making to Nico room I threw open the door and ran over to Nico who was laying on the floor laying completely still. I froze on spot fearing the worst. Annabeth and Hazel however immediately ran over and felt for a pulse.
"We need to get him to the medical bay now his pulse is weak." Hazel said sounding slightly panicked. I still stood there not sure what to do till Annabeth was yelling my name. I immediately picked Nico up and stood making my way out of the room heading to the medical bay. As I lay him down Hazel collected some nectar and ambrosia. After she handed the ambrosia to me she propped up his head and began to try to coax some of the nectar into him to start the healing process.
Annabeth who was keeping track of his pulse reported a slight change for the better which lead to us slowing down a bit with the nectar so that we could get him hooked up to the machines in the medical bay. The machine would monitor all of his vital signs and now Annabeth could help us out a little. However since she was free she decided to go to his room and look for any clues that could tell us what was wrong. After she left Nico took a turn for the worst. His heart started to beat erratically and he started to convulse. About five minutes later he stilled completely. Me and Hazel stood at the foot of his bed after cleaning up any mess the fit had caused and reattached the monitor that he had torn off. Looking at Hazel you could see the worry in her eyes as she watched her brother and then looked over at me.
"Someone will need stay with him in case something like that happens again," I told her, "You should stay with him being his sister and all, if you need me I will be in the engine room." With that I walked out of the room. Once to my destination I sat down with my back against the wall. about five minutes later Hazel walked threw the door and sat down beside me.
"Who is with Nico?" I asked her.
"Annabeth came back and she is sitting with him. She could not find anything that could have caused all of it, and Leo I think that you should get some time to sit with him to. We could take shifts, you can take the first one. If something happens we push the panic button, okay?"
"Okay thank you Hazel." I said standing up and walking back to the medical bay. Once there I nodded at Annabeth and went to sit in the chair beside Nico. As I sat there I started to think about all the good times that we shared. Some of the more important ones standing out to me such as the day we got together and when we told the rest of the crew. those were some of the few times that I have seen him smile. After about ten or fifteen minutes I heard the heart monitor start to go crazy again and dreaded what was to follow. As soon as he started convulsing I pulled anything that was breakable away from him. He soon stopped and unfortunately that was not the worst of it. I looked at the monitor as soon as it started going ballistic and saw my worst nightmare become reality. The heart monitor showed a simple flat line. I pushed the panic button before running out of the room and to my bedroom. Nico had left his jacket here this morning and it was still laying beside my bed from the night before. I picked up his jacket and curled up under my blanket with it wrapped around me trying not to cry. I must haven fallen asleep because the next thing I know I am panicking as someone sits down on my bed and pulls the blanket from my head. when I look up I see Hazel sitting there looking at me.
"You okay?" She asked me.
"Should I not be the one asking you that?" I said sitting up.
"I am not the one who just watched my boyfriend flat line."
"I will be fine beside I have to work on the ship."
"Leo you just watched him die you are not expected to go back to being normal immediately"
"Hazel, I know that but If I do not I will lose it. I will break down. I am better off just going back to normal and fixing Festus, and putting all of my grief into my work. That I what I plan on doing as soon as we take care of his body, but before we do that I would like a bit of time alone with him to say goodbye. If you do not mind when I am done could you do me a favor and take care of that please I do not think I could do it without breaking down."
"Okay Leo I will."
I nodded as I walked out of my room and back to the medical bay. From the looks of the room they had attempted to revive him, however when the realized that the attempt was in vian they stopped and unhooked him from the machine. I walked over and sat beside him taking his hand and kissing it gently. Normally we were not this affectionate toward each other given our godly parents but given the situation I figured it would be acceptable.
"Nico please let this be a joke. I get it you are just repaying me for all the times that I have pulled some sick joke on the rest of you, but seriously this is just not cool. I guess it is real right? You are not going to open you eyes and tell me you are sorry. Goodbye Nico, I love you." I got up and walked back to my bedroom where Hazel was still sitting on the bed. I did not say a work as I walked over to my bed picked up Nico's jacket and walked back out heading to the engine room this time. I got to work as soon as the door shut behind me. What ever I was doing was on instinct because I was lost in my thoughts. A little while later Piper opened the door and walked over to me to pull me into a huge bone crushing hug. I just sat there not moving.
"It will be okay, I promise, I know that it will be hard and it does not seem like it but just give it some time and it will all work out." She said lightly.
"I hope you are right. Gods know that I miss him already, It just wont be the same with out him here. Is Hazel do not yet? I do not want to know how she did it I just want it to be done please. I do not want to have to see his body again knowing that he is not going to open his eyes and be okay."
"It is done Leo, if you want to talk to me just come find me and I will do anything I can to help you." She said as she stood and walked out of the room.
Right as she was opening the door to leave I whispered "Thanks Piper I appreciate it." After she left I stood grabbing his jacket which I had let fall during the hug and walked to Nico's room. Once there I sat down on the bed and let out all the emotions that I had help in all day long as I cried for the first time since we found Nico laying on the floor this morning. I guess that holding in all the emotions of the day had worn me out and I cried my self to sleep for the first time since my mom died.
