Will's Angel
Summary: About a week after the war between against Gaea, Nico goes missing. Will assumes that he left both camps for good-like he'd been talking about. Of course, this doesn't exactly help Will's mood. After the war, the patients at the infirmary had become, seemingly, endless. Then, he figured, since Nico had avoided him since the war, that he wasn't interested. And, the last thing he needs is to search for Nico. But, when he finds a cat in the woods, what happens?
A/N: Yes, I know I have a fanfiction called Nico's Solace. It's kind of a joke with me. Because Solace is Will's last name, and Solace means comfort in a time of distress. So, since 'di Angelo' means 'the Angel' in Italian, Nico is 'Will's Angel.' See? Yeah…
Chapter 1
Will walked into the infirmary. He had been there yesterday, working from 3 AM to 12 AM today. All shifts had been made longer, due to the larger amount of people who were injured. And, he was constantly getting IM's about healing techniques from Camp Jupiter. Originally, he had been excited to share and trade healing tactics with some other medics. But now, after a week, it was just boring.
"Hey, Austin." Will greeted his brother with a yawn.
"Hey Will. Um, we've got a problem. This girl said she got scratched by something in the woods, and when we gave her Ambrosia and Nectar, nothing happened!" Austin replied.
"I'll be right there." Will said, yawning again.
Will followed Austin to the girl, and then he saw the girl. She was scratched up pretty bad. Will walked over, and first examined the scratches. Then, he sang a hymn to his father in ancient Greek. The girl healed up, but she still had tears in her eyes.
"Hey, what happened? Are you okay?" Will asked.
The girl sniffled. "Yeah. I saw a black thing run past me, so when I tried to stop it, it scratched me."
"Well, I think it was a cat. And by the looks of it, clawed and angry."
"Will, how'd you know that?" Austin asked him.
"One of my mortal sisters had one."
"You should probably check it out."
"Yeah. I'll go."
Will walked out of the infirmary, and towards the woods. He heard noise coming from the green. He looked over. It was the counselors. He walked near, and heard them.
"Nico's gone!" Lou Ellen exclaimed.
"Where could he have gone?" Annabeth asked.
"Maybe he's at the roman camp?" Piper suggested.
"No way. I'm pretty sure that someone convinced him to stay here." Percy said.
"You're right! Will might know where he is!" Jason said, running towards the infirmary.
"If he did know, then he would tell us." Connor pointed out.
"Yeah, besides, Jason went the wrong way. Will is heading towards the woods to find this thing that me and this girl saw." Travis said.
"Then we should go there!" Katie exclaimed.
Will ran to the woods. He remembered why he was there, and stated looking for the thing. Then, he realized he had forgotten to ask for a description of the cat. Then again, if the girl hadn't seen it, then she couldn't give a good description.
"Here, kitty kitty kitty!" Will said.
He heard something go, meow. He followed the sound. Then, he saw it. A black cat with almost entirely black eyes, looking up at him.
"Hey! No scratching! I need t get you to Annabeth and Percy. Come on." Will picked up the cat, and it put its face in Will's chest.
Will walked to the green, and spotted Annabeth and Percy.
"Annabeth! Percy!" Will hollered.
The couple walked to him, and then saw the cat. The cat mewed and purred when Annabeth petted it, and it did nothing when Percy came near it. Will saw that Hazel and Frank were being IM-ed. The cat looked up at Hazel, and then turned to Frank, and looked like he was going to scratch the IM. Will put it down on the ground.
"Hey, guys. Have you seen Nico recently?" Will asked.
"No, but I know he's in Camp Half-Blood. His sword is there." Hazel stated.
"That's a relief."
"Yeah." Percy agreed.
The cat looked up at Will and mewed. "Alright, all right." Will picked it up, and started walking to his cabin.
When he got there, he flopped onto his bunk. The cat hopped up after him. It looked at him quizzically.
"You're probably wondering who Nico is, huh?" Will asked.
'Mew.' The cat said.
"He's this demigod who fought with me, Cecil, and Lou Ellen in the war. He's an amazing guy; brave, strong, gorgeous…" Will trailed off.
"Meow!" The cat jumped up.
"Wow. You seem to like that word. Gorgeous. I think I'll call you Gorgeous. Besides, you do remind me of Nico."
Will petted the cat. The cat purred, and arched it's back. Will chuckled. He decided he could skip the rest of his shift and take a nap. He closed his eyes, and felt something fluffy and warm crawl onto his chest and lay down.
"See you when I wake up, Gorgeous."
~The next morning~
Will woke up to something jumping onto his face.
"Woah there!" He exclaimed. "Hello, Gorgeous. Sleep well?"
"Meow."
"I take that as a yes. Now, I've got to go to Archery. I have to teach some new campers how to shoot."
"MEOW!"
The cat jumped onto his shoulders.
"Well then, I guess you're coming too."
The cat purred contentedly, and crawled into Will's arms. Will hugged the cat closer to his body. The cat purred contentedly, again. Will shrugged, and walked towards the archery area. He put the cat down on a nearby bench, and then walked towards the new campers. He saw one girl, having trouble with the armor.
"Hey, aren't you the girl who was at the infirmary yesterday?" Will asked.
"Oh, yeah! Hey! Thanks, by the way. Can you help me with my armor?" The girl asked.
"Sure. What's your name?"
"Jenny."
The cat hopped off the bench, and ran to Will. Will helped the girl get her chest-plate armor on, and then the Jenny tripped on something. Will grabbed her before she hit the ground, and helped her up. Jenny smiled at him.
"Thanks, cutie." She said.
"Flirting doesn't help with-" Will started to say.
The cat jumped up, and into Jenny's hair. It hissed at her, and started clawing at her hair, her face, and then it jumped down and started scratching at her arms. Will pulled it off of her.
"Sorry! This cat!" Will exclaimed.
At that moment, Jason ran over to him.
"Will! Some naiads and nereids got into a fight in the canoe lake, and some campers got hurt!" Jason shouted.
Will cursed in ancient Greek. The cat jumped into his arms.
"Okay, let's go."
"No time to run. Gotta fly!" Jason picked up Will, as he had already started flying.
"MEOW MEOW MEOW!" The cat protested.
"No time to argue, Gorgeous!" Will said, holding the cat tighter.
Jason flew the three over to the canoe lake, and dropped Will and the cat into the water. Will saw Percy underwater, trying to get them to calm down. The cat screeched when it hit the water.
Will swam over towards the canoe, and pulled them out of the canoe lake. The cat was still in the water, flailing and kicking. Will grabbed the cat, slung him over his shoulder, and walked out of the canoe lake.
"Hey, Will! We assigned you to a search team for Nico! You're with Travis, Connor, and Katie!" Annabeth yelled to Will.
"Oh great." Will muttered.
