And I'm back! It's been a hectic couple of days! First it was Tech Week for our school musical, By the way, If you haven't seen The Drowsy Chaperone, you should! Anyway, I have had a lot of HW, We started a crime scene in Forensic Science and I have to do my IA, So ya..It's been busy, hope you enjoy the chapter!

Thinking

Speaking

Chapter Two

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THREE YEARS LATER….

Nico's Pov…

I grinned, looking at the text Thalia had sent me, some rich kids were leaving for the weekend, I could sneak in and grab whatever I wanted! I began making plans with my partners: Leo and Jason.

Percy's Pov…

" Three years….I had been in this cage three long years...Hope my mom is doing ok… at least she looked for me for the first three months..." I thought to myself, resting my head on my knees, trying to get some warmth. Luke had kept me locked in this cage until I promised to love him, but how can you love a guy who kidnapped you and locked you in a cage!? He barely feeds me, it's always freezing down here, He gave me a this blanket for the winter but that's it.

He thinks this will make me love him, "He's insane if he thinks that" One part of my brain thought, " Would it be so bad? We would have food and warmth!" Another part wondered. " Oh sure, fall for the guy who kidnapped us!" The first part shot back, I groaned, Great I was going insane...I was arguing with myself.

My head shot up from its resting spot as I heard footsteps outside the door. I could hear laughing drift inside, I scowled when I realized it was Connor and Travis. Travis wasn't such a bad guy, He always looked guilty when he saw me in here and he always snuck me extra food and helped keep me company if I wanted him to. Connor on the other hand, was insane! I mean he gave Luke the idea of kidnapping me, He also liked to joke around that if Luke didn't want me that he would keep me, giving me a smirk as he said this, Luke however would shoot him down.

The lock turned and Luke stepped into the room, " Speak of the devil and he shall appear" I thought to myself grimly. He grinned at me and looked for a while and then stepped closer to where I was kept, I couldn't help but flinch when he ran his hand down my cheek.

Luke's Pov…

I grinned stepping into the room, My eyes landing on my prize, he was laying against the wall of the cage, I glanced down at his body, mentally frowning, He was far too skinny and bruised, Well him being bruised was his fault, " He shouldn't of made me lose my temper, I wouldn't of hit him if he kept his damn mouth shut!" I thought, Reaching through the bars and grinning when he flinched away from my touch.

" You know, if you just told me that you loved me, you could go with us, we could go see Sally and tell her that I found you…" I told him. He glared, his eyes flashing in anger and flipped me off. " Fuck off Luke! I told you I would never love you!"

I glared and grabbed his wrist, yanking him up to the side, smirking when he yelped in surprise. " Maybe a weekend with no food and heat will change your mind!" I snarled, throwing him back and storming through the door. " Lets go! He's not coming!" I yelled through the house at my brothers and getting in the car. " Three days with no food or water should change his mind!" I thought as we drove away.

Nico's Pov….

I watched as the teens drove away and waited for at least thirty minutes making sure they weren't going to come back, When they didn't I called Leo and Jason. They got there in the next fifteen minutes, both grinning at me. Leo was a small, skinny, Latino, He was super hyper but a genius and mechanical problems, Jason was a tall, slightly muscular guy. He climbed up buildings like he was flying! Then there's me, I was able to disappear into shadows and move around unseen. We make up part of a bandit group, the others are Piper, Frank, Calypso, Reyna, Thalia and Hazel.

Leo had a computer up and running as he went through the cameras, making sure that they were turned off as well as making sure that all alarms were off. " So Jason, you got the top part and Nico, you have the bottom part, There's a huge door in the basement that has some guards around it so there has gotta be something good inside!" Leo said, raising the gate and grinning at us. Jason and I smiled back and ran inside, Jason going up and me going down.

As predicted I came to the door, finding a fingerprint lock. I rolled my eyes, " That's it? You have got to be kidding me, those are so easy!" I thought, finding the powder and tape I always carry around, I threw some of the powder onto the the lock and found the fingerprints*, I pulled off the fingerprints and cleared the powder off, putting the tape back on and waiting for the scan to be completed. I grinned as the scan glowed green and the door unlocked, I opened it and scanned the room, My eyes falling on a cage, I frowned and approached it.

" Shit…" was all I could say when, instead of riches or money, my eyes fell on a skinny and bruised boy, His sea-green eyes shooting up to meet mine in surprise.

Percy's Pov…

I managed to swallow the yelp of pain as I was thrown against the bars, clutching my wrist to my chest, and groaning when I saw the handprint shaped bruise. I sighed, dropping my head against my knees, I must've fallen asleep because when I woke up it was much darker, The door opened, " Must be luke, coming here to gloat about something" I thought, not lifting my head up.

" Shit.." Said he said, his Italian accent clear….wait ITALIAN!? My head shot up to meet dark brown eyes, " Not luke…" I thought. He spoke into an earpiece, " Umm...Jason...get down here, now!" A blond boy appeared in the doorway after a few minutes, looking annoyed, " What do you want Neeks, I swear if it's because you can't carry something, I'm going to ki-" He said, stopping when he saw me, " Oh...Umm Leo, could you come here…?" " Leo?" I thought, remembering my friend Leo Valdez. " Probably not him."

This time a latino boy appeared in the doorway, " What?" He asked, annoyed, The Italian boy, " Neeks?" pulled him forwards and pointed at me, " PERCY!?" He yelled in surprise, rushing forwards. " L-Leo…?" I asked, my eyes widening in hope. Leo rushed up to the cage and started fiddling with the lock.

Nico's Pov…

" Percy" I thought as leo rushed forwards, " Wait….Percy Jackson? The kid that's been missing for three years?" I said in surprise, Percy nodded, his eyes lighting up with hope as the lock snapped off, He slowly got out of his….cage… and stood up.

Once he was fully in the light, I did a onceover, noticing how malnourished he is and all the bruises over his arms and face. " What happened to you Perce?" Leo asked. " Oh...Luke kinda kidnaped me when I told him I was gonna break up with him….he doesn't like being told no…" Percy mumbled, shivering slightly. I rushed forwards and draped my jacket over him, noticing that he was slightly shorter than me. He grinned at me in thanks.

" We're taking him with us!" I told Leo and Jason, They both nodded, both having seen the bruises. " Don't worry", I told him, " You'll be safe with us." Leo helped him walk through the house and into the car. As we drove away I glared at the house, " You'll pay for kidnapping him." I thought.

*This is actually how we lift fingerprints!

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