Nico had royally screwed up this time, and it was worse than anything else he had done before. Being the angel of death he was always given some slack as many simply feared his power. This time he had done more than could be forgiven. He currently stood in the huge throne room surrounded by his angelic brethren of heaven standing before three archangels being given a sentence. He hadn't meant to do anything at all, he was simply trying to enjoy himself for once in his long existence. He should have known what he was doing would have very dangerous repercussions but he didn't care at that point to think clearly.

He and his friend Percy, the angel of the sea, had been amongst the clouds watching the mortals before Nico would have to continue collecting souls. Nico suggested we start messing with some of the humans and Percy agreed whole heartedly. It started out innocent enough with us shifting a few things and spilling a few others. Then we were assaulted by demons, outnumbered, and overpowered and Nico attempted to shadow travel them out but he lost connection with Percy and he fell.

Now this wasn't falling down stairs, no it was falling from grace and it was all my fault. Percy would lose his wings, power, and memory until another angel convinced him otherwise. He was now vulnerable to Luke and his demons, and with Percy's power that was a dangerous thing. So here Nico stood in front of Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael being punished. Jason, the angel of the air, and his only other friend tried to defend him but Nico immediately stopped him as it was his fault and his fault alone.

"So Nico, you do not deny you are responsible for Percy to fall from grace?" Michael asked.

"No, it was my fault for not thinking my actions through. I will accept any punishment you give." Nico said.

"This is a very unique version of punishment. You will go down to earth as a teenage boy and retrieve Percy before Luke finds him. Jason will go with you to help against any demons you find and Annabeth will be your contact here in Heaven. But you are not to return until you have Percy. Am I understood?" he boomed.

"Yes sir." Nico said quietly.

The room emptied as the archangels left. Jason and a few others came up to offer help but it was futile. Annabeth was a close friend of Percy and the angel of wisdom, and he often wondered if there was something between the two. Percy never said anything and it just made Nico wonder more, especially since he was hopelessly in love with Percy. In his wildest hopes Percy would fall for him and they could be happy but if anything was clear is that if anything was going to happen it would have a long time ago.

"So you ready to go find him?" Jason asked.

"I guess, but I have no idea where my shadows could have taken him. He could literally be anywhere on the whole planet."

"Well I guess that's why you have me." Annabeth said walking up.

"And how does that help?" Nico asked.

"I designed the person finder. So you and any other angel that has to find people can locate them anywhere in the universe. Of coarse since were using the one here it'll be much easier. The portable ones still have a few bugs I need to work out but the one in the observatory should work."

"Wow, didn't know it would be that easy."

"Finding him yes, but do you have any plan to convince him he's an angel. He won't have any memory of it and will have and entire different life built around him. Parents, friends, family, everything. You can't simply walk up reveal yourself and expect everything to work, plus Luke will be after him now."

"I know, but it can't be too hard, right?"

"The only other angel that fell from grace was your sister, Bianca, and she did it on purpose. Over time she noticed you and came to remember everything but stayed on earth. He doesn't belong there anymore than you do, so find him and bring him back quick."

"Thanks for the motivation."

She simply rolled her eyes and walked towards the observatory to begin the location process. Piper, the angel of love, came up next and hugged Jason fiercely before kissing him. Nico rolled my eyes and averted his attention as he had been dealing with this for a year now. He was even there when they started dating which was extremely awkward if you asked him. He cleared his throat to get their attention and once they broke their love session Nico motioned to talk to Piper privately.

"Can you tell if their is anything going on between Percy and Annabeth?" he asked.

"Why do you ask?" she retorted mockingly.

"If there is then maybe I can get his memory going again. So?"

"No, they're just close friends. He always had eyes for someone else, though whether he knew it or not I couldn't tell you."

"Thank you for the helpful information."

"Hey, I'm not the one who caused this mess."

He frowned darkly at her as that had been a very low blow and was not necessary. Nico always kept his anger in check because with his power, the only ones who could match him were Jason, Percy, and the archangels. He supposed the Lord Father was above everyone, but he had been gone for so long most had forgotten about him. Piper noticed his change and took a step back with some fear on her face.

"Sorry that was low, but you know him the best Nico. If he was to remember anyone, it would be you."

"You think so?" he asked shyly.

"I know so, because even if he's oblivious, I'm not. You don't go forgetting someone who's in love with you that easily."

"Shhh! How did you know that?!" he whispered.

"Please the way you looked at him was so obvious. Even Jason could figure it out. Just don't forget that when your down there. Your his only connection to our world now, so if he is going to come back your the only one who can take him."

"Thanks Piper, for everything." he said sincerely.

She smiled and then hugged him and skipped back over to Jason to prepare for their departure. He unfolded his wings and looked at them for a moment. They were so different from everyone else's. Jason's were a light blue for the sky, Annabeth's were a cloud grey, Piper's were a light pink, even the archangels had light feathers being completely white. Nico's on the other hand were solid black, like the night sky. People talked about wings like Will's whose was sun yellow, or Thalia's whose was silver but never Nico's.

The only one's who had dark colored wings were him, Percy, and Luke. Percy's were an ocean blue, dark with a splash of green and always changing with his mood and the ocean. He loved that how he was so unpredictable, but being the embodiment of the ocean, and its changeability did that too you. The other was Luke, the fallen archangel. He originally had white wings like Michael and the others but when he was cast out into Hell, he changed. They became a dark red, like blood, and he became a very cruel being.

He had met Luke on many occasions being death and all but he never liked him. Luke was pale with bleach blonde hair and a nasty scar from Michael running down the side of his face. Unlike what humans thought he didn't have horns, or bat wings, or carry a trident. He had a sword with human iron on one side and angelic silver on the other. He could kill anything with that sword, except me, and no one dared go near him. Luke was always courteous around him, considering Nico could easily match him in power and skill. He use to look up to Luke before he was cast out and if fact Luke was his only friend back in the day.

Nico launched into the air as he pushed those thoughts aside and flew towards the observatory. He saw as all the other angels went about their business. He saw Frank, the angel of war, train troops in the yard. Hazel, the angel of riches, sat behind him every watchful and loyal to Frank. The observatory stood tall in front of him, a giant tower in the clouds with a huge dome on it summit. It was one of the tallest structures in the realm and it belonged mostly to Annabeth who designed it herself. She had a few disciples such as Malcolm, and a few others.

It wasn't empty though, she kept the knowledge in there for anyone to use and so that meant the lower levels were always filled. The upper levels were her quarters and personal teaching rooms, and a huge balcony and party room. She sure knew how to throw parties and every now and then even Michael would come to enjoy himself. It was one of the few times Nico felt welcome here, which was very rare. He had a house here but he was on the go so much, so when he was here it wasn't for long. In fact this last stay was the longest one he had ever. A whole two months spent up in heaven relaxing before he would go right back to work.

He landed at the front gates and walked in ignoring all the stares and whispers around him. The library was busy as usually and he simply walked past and up the stairs to the highest level. It took a few minutes but once he did Annabeth was leaning over a table writing something down but he could see her telescope was busy at work. He waited for a minute and when she stopped writing he cleared his throat and she looked up. She quickly set down what she was writing and smiled before motioning Nico over.

"So did you find anything?" Nico asked.

"I did, he's in New York City. With his supposed mother, Sally Jackson. He goes to the local high school and is apparently seventeen. I found a person to house you guys, his name is Chiron and he's a local samaritan, teacher, and preacher. He'll know you guys are coming soon so he'll be your place of refuge and he'll enroll you and Jason into school with Percy."

"Thanks, that makes this a little bit easier."

"Not so fast though, because there has been an increase of demon activity in the city. Most likely Luke is scouring the place for him, so once you find him you'll need to protect him. Good luck down there."

"I'll try."

With that I flew off back to my house to grab a few things before I left. First was my sword, black Stygian Iron, with one cut I can kill anything with it. I pressed my hands down on the blade and it slowly shrunk until it was just a simple black ring with a small silver skull on it. This made it easy to blend in with mortals on important work. I slipped it onto my finger and grabbed a few mortal clothes that I had acquired over the years and threw them into a bag.

There was a knock at my door which turned out to be Jason flipping his coin, sword, javelin thing. He had a bag and he had his wings ready to go and simply nodded and came in. He looked around at my rather abysmal living space and stayed silent while I finished packing.

"I made a suggestion to Annabeth that while were away she renovate your house, this place looks old." Jason finally said.

"I don't mind seeing as I don't stay long."

"You do realize there are things called reapers that can do your work for you?"

"Yes, I just like to keep myself out of people's way."

"Whatever, and where's your sword? You always have it."

I held up my hand with the ring without even looking up and he didn't say anything and that made me think of something.

"Before we head to school I need to take you shopping for clothes."

"What's wrong with my clothes?"

"Sure the ones you have are fine for here and small trips to earth but this is long term. When was the last time you actually spent at least more than a week down there?"

"Um, I think Columbus had just landed in the Caribbean?" Jason scratched his head.

"Jason, that was almost six hundred years ago. Your going to need new clothes."

"You need them too!" he said.

"No, I was down there for the past five years before you called me up here. Mine are only two months out of date."

"Fine." he huffed.

"Look were trying to blend in without raising any attention. Luke has hundreds of demons all over the city looking for Percy. The less we stand out the better."

"Yeah I know, its just weird how quickly they change."

"They have to. They don't live forever down there, it makes room for new ideas to start. Its one of the reasons why I'm down there all the time. Its fun to interact with them now and again. Pretending to be a teenager, going out, partying, seeing movies and all that. You guys have simply lost your humanity staying up here all the time."

Jason didn't say anything he simply nodded and smiled slightly. To him this would be difficult as the last time he spent down on earth New York didn't even exist or was an idea in someone's head. Nico on the other hand has spent decades living down there simply blending in and having fun trying to forget how alone he was. Being death had its perks like being avoided by demons, because they were nasty, but it had pitfalls. One was everyone was either scared or put off by him. He had extreme power, and was so different from and angel or a demon that most of both just avoided him.

Every so often some arrogant angel or ignorant demon would mess with him. The angel would learn their lesson and never mess with him again, the demon on the other hand would simply never be seen again. He didn't care all that much, it frankly annoyed him, but he put up with it. He had to or he would have all of Heaven and Hell of his tail. That was something he could do without. Nico shouldered his bag and motioned to Jason and they both left the house and went to the main gates.

They were huge golden gates with two angel sentries guarding each side. People lined up in front to be judged on whether they got in, were sent down to Hell, or had to wander the earth until they found peace. Heaven was filled with people and was always growing whereas Hell never got bigger only more packed with people. Luke would then send them out as demons to do his work to make room. They took off from there and descended to the world below.

Nico only thought about one thing, Percy, wherever he was, stay safe.

So had this crazy idea at one in the morning and decided to try it out so let me know what you think and if I should continue. Enjoy and review. -starwarswiz