HI! So i'm just saying, this story is made out of pure fiction, and no exact location or date during their quest. i just wanted to bust this story out there. Also, please review on how i wrote it. i wanted to copy Riordan's way of writing, so please tell me about my progress. Enjoy! :3

Percy stood at the Argo II's balcony, staring unsurely at the demigod in front of him.

"Nico… no, there has to be another way! I'm not going in there again." He told the child of Hades. Seriously, between going down fighting monsters, even if there were hundreds, no, thousands of them, and going straight into the place they were gonna go to if anyways they failed, it was obviously no contest.

Nico stood up straighter. He'd grown over the past two years. Monsters who would take a look at him would no doubt go crying for their mommies. There was just this aura (no, not the wind spirit or whatchamacallit) that seemed to hang around him that clearly sent one simple message: Danger.

"Percy," he said, looking the older demigod in the eyes, "you know it's the only way. Unless, I don't know, you wanna go there fighting hundreds of monsters thirsty for your blood. We have to do it!"

Percy swallowed. He wasn't sure. A few years ago, the kid had led him down there, saying the lines he was saying now, 'we have to do it! it's the only way!', only so that the Lord of Death (or underground? Or riches?) would put him in a stone cave for fifty to sixty years. Now Nico was doing it again. Trying to lead him into the Underworld, trying to help. Percy wasn't too excited about it.

"Percy," Nico said, as if reading his thoughts, "I promise it's not a trap. I'm not tricking you. Plus, why would I? I've already proved myself to my… father." He said 'father' like how you would say monster. Like he really still couldn't believe the Lord of the Dead was his dad. Not exactly the dad you would invite for parents-teachers' conference.

"I'm not saying yes, but… we should consult the others." Percy decided. Nico nodded, as if in satisfaction, and said, "Yes, that would be fine. Good night, Percy." And he disappeared back into the Argo II, presumably back to his room.

Percy knit his eyebrows together, thinking. A week ago, Nico had offered a solution to their problem. They were supposed to go face Gaea, but in their way, was a sea full of, I don't know, bloodthirsty monsters all awake and waiting eagerly for their yummy demigod suppers. It was dangerous, even too dangerous for the sons of Jupiter, Hades, and Poseidon. Nico had told him in private, saying there was another way to get past that place w/out having to face all those monsters.

He sighed, and trudged back into his own room, eager to resign for the day.