Hello everyone! Thank you all so much for reading my story!

Yeah, I decided to instead post the info chapter and the first chapter together... sorry about that.

Now, POVs will change, from Nico's to Percy's to... whomever I feel needs to tell the this story so that it moves along. I will try to make it obvious who's POV it is.

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and The Olympians

Sea Green Eyed Killer

Disgusting. Horrible. Unclean. Psycho.

Damn killer.

With his pathetic green eyes.

I get a damn killer as my dog.

Fucking perfect.

Percy Jackson. The one who murdered his mother, his father, his eight year old brother. Jason got a guy who sold tech on the black market. Reyna got a guy who forged fake documents. Will got a girl who was in a band illegally. I got a guy who killed his own family. Just my damn luck! Not only did this disgusting human being get a second chance at life when he should be tried for first degree murder, he was qualified to become a hound and actually get to roam the streets of Attica. Sure, he will need to be accompanied by me, but it's like he's walking free after what he did!

Who in their right mind would kill their own family? Who would do such a thing? It was completely... it was a... it's insane! I hate him. I hate Percy Jackson with every fiber of my being. That damn man, who was lucky to have a family... and he kills them! A family. A beautiful family from what the reports had said. He was crazy, insane, psychopathic. He doesn't deserve a second chance. He deserves death, but even then, death would be a sweet release. I see the hounds in training board the train and see the small train start take off. That damn Percy Jackson looked back twice, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing, before getting on. My scowl deepened and I turned around, wanting to leave the facility.

It had been a long day. Two days ago, the higher ups had asked me to board the train in disguise, there were some criminals being transported. That was today, and I completed my mission, although I felt sullied. I wanted nothing more than to go home and take a shower.

"There's a helicopter on its way to take us home," Jason said out loud.

"Nice, we'll get home pretty quick then, we won't have to wait for the next train." Will smirked.

"Hey Will, wasn't that your brother there?" Chris asked him.

Will turned to look at him, his lips tilting down. "Yeah, and we also saw Octavian's older brother too."

"Does Octavian know his brother is a hound?" Annabeth spoke up.

"Don't think so." Will shrugged his shoulders.

Soon we heard a loud noise and I looked up to see the helicopter land on the roof.

"Well, let's get going." Rose said as she started to walk back inside.

I still couldn't believe that that killer got a second chance. It wasn't fair. It was wrong. I felt my lips tilt down as we continued to walk. We turned a corner and stopped in front of the elevator. Rose pushed the button and soon, it came down. We all boarded the elevator and Jason pushed the button for the roof. Slowly, we ascended up and I couldn't help the memory that surfaced. A memory that I did not want to remember.

The noises... the sounds...

I still remember how confused I was when I got home from school. I was confused because as I walked closer to my house, I saw Enforcers and three ambulances in front of my house. As I got closer, I saw the neighbors outside, standing close, talking to each other.

"Unbelievable! He was such a calm man! He loved his wife, his children... how could he do such a thing?" That was Ms. Betty's voice. She always seemed to make the best cookies.

"Was the boy inside?" Another voice asked.

"No, they say he's at school... poor boy, when he gets home, the emotional pain he's going to feel."

"I'm sure they'll offer him the injection... maybe?"

"That won't erase what the father did..."

"Not to mention, he'll soon have to face this line of work, I'm not so sure they'll give him the injection. My son, I told you how he became one of the Enforcers... and he-"

"Honestly Elma, the boy's family! The tragedy that occurred and you're talking about your son!"

"Oh Betty, I was just explaining..."

I got closer and closer, my pulse picking up, a cold feeling settling in my stomach. I didn't know why, but something felt off... I saw my house finally come into view. I started to pick up my pace but stopped once I saw the EMTs rolling out in a gurney a body. And then another body. My blood ran cold and I stopped dead in my tracks. This... couldn't be right... I couldn't actually be seeing this, could I? My eyes must be deceiving me... I ran up to the first Enforcer I saw.

"W-what happened? Why are you all in my house? What's going on?" Panic seized me, made me tremble with fear at the answers that the Enforcers were sure to give me.

"Are you Nico di Angelo?" One of them asked me and I nodded my head, confirming the answer.

"There's someone that needs to speak with you. Please, follow me."

So I did, I followed the Enforcer to another car, and there I saw a woman with light brown hair, forest green eyes and fair skin. She was wearing a blank pant suit with a dark green shirt and a black suit jacket over the shirt. I knew her, I had met her a few times. Her and my dad were long time friends. Gaea.

"Hello Nico," she spoke softly, her eyes sad.

"Hello Gaea..." I said, then looked away, a question itching to get out.

"I am... sorry to inform you my dear, but... your mother and sister..." Gaea spoke, getting straight to the point, not even needing my question to tell me what was wrong.

I shook my head, not wanting to hear but knowing I had to.

"Are dead. Killed, by..." her voice faltered, "your father..."

My head snapped up. My father killed my mother and sister? My beautiful mother and sister? Why?

"No... no this is- wrong..." my mouth moved on its own.

"I am so sorry my dear, but... Anna, she- recorded the sounds of struggle- she tried to detain him in the house... my dear, I am so very sorry... my Enforcers are out there, right now looking for him, we will not let him escape. I will do everything I can to find Hades... I will." Gaea said, determination in her voice, knowing she had to be the anchor for the distraught boy.

This couldn't be right. I couldn't seem to wrap my head around the fact that... my own father had killed my mother, the woman he loved, my sister, his own flesh and blood. I couldn't- didn't want to believe it. I just... this was a dream. This had to be a dream.

But this wasn't a dream. It wasn't and I broke down crying in front of Gaea, who offered kind words and a hug as a form of comfort. What sort of comfort could be provided when a person finds out their family had been murdered?

"Nico?" Jason interrupted my memory and brought me back to the present.

"Yes?"

"We've reached the roof, let's go."

I nodded once and followed the rest of my colleagues out to the helicopter. It had been an exhausting day, having to disguise myself as one of those criminals and having to ride with them for four hours, sitting near them. A scowl formed on my face as I boarded the helicopter and sat next to Rose.

She turned to me and smiled a bit before opening her mouth, "I just got word that Gaea wants to see you before you go home."

I groaned lowly but nodded nonetheless, if Gaea wanted to see me, I'd go to her. She had helped me so much after the death of my mother and sister and after my father ran off. She had taken me in as if I had been one of her own; no knew what had happened to Gaea's children, and she had helped me grieve. She was a wonderful person and I would do anything for her.

"Okay, thank you for telling me Rose."

The helicopter took off and we were all given a view of Attica. Down below, I saw people going to and fro, walking, going in to stores, having lunch outside on this beautiful day, in cars probably going to work. School had been let out, so there were kids out, walking home, joking around. The streets below were clean, bare of any trash as all the streets of Attica usually were. At this time, a few stores started to close up while others remained open. Quickly, the helicopter made its way to the AECPC and landed on the roof. We made our way out of the helicopter where an elevator waited for us, inside was an Enforcer, Don, he waited for us to board.

"How was it?" Don asked us as soon as the doors closed.

"Eh, a bit boring." Will shrugged his shoulders.

"Easy for you to say, you didn't have to ride in a train with them." I rolled my eyes at him.

Will looked over at me and gave me a smirk, making my cheeks fill with color. "Well, maybe I can help you... unwind later?" He raised a single eyebrow at me.

"Oh god, get a room you two," Jason made a show of covering his eyes.

"Shut up, Jase, leave them be," Reyna playfully shoved him.

"Although it would be nice if they didn't flirt so openly," Annabeth gave me a pointed look but I saw the smile forming on her face.

"First off, I don't flirt with him out in the open it's him, don't pin this on me." I crossed my arms across my chest.

"Yeah okay, because it's only on Will's end that the attraction's there." Thalia smirked my way.

"Thank you Thals, someone's on my side," Will gave me a smile.

"You guys are like little kids, bickering back and forth," Chris snorted.

"Thank god my stop is here, I can't stand to be near you guys any longer. I'll see you later." I said as soon as the doors opened.

"I'm hurt Nico," Jason feigned sounding hurt.

"So, that's confirming that I am going to be seeing you later on?" Will asked me, a single brow raised, a playful smirk on his face.

"Shut up Solace," I rolled my eyes as I got off but I couldn't help the small smile that came across my face.

I made my way to Gaea's secretary, Minerva and saw her typing away furiously.

"Hello Minerva," I tapped her desk softly and she looked up at me. Those intense gray eyes; so similar to Annabeth's and I swear if I didn't know better I would have said Minerva was her mother, regarded me.

"Hello Nico, how was the mission?" She asked politely.

I shrugged my shoulders, "it was alright, I am tired though."

"Well, Gaea is waiting for you, you can go in." Minerva went back to her work at hand.

"Thank you," I said as I made my way to Gaea's office.

I went past these double doors, that were made of glass. They slid open once I came near enough and I went through. Gaea had a huge office that overlooked Attica, the view of the community was amazing. In the center, sat a huge wooden desk, made of oak, dark brown. Off to the side was a lounge chair, black and soft to the touch. On the other side was a shelf full of different drinks. Water, juice, snacks even, all there. Even alcohol, well the synthetic alcohol; in Attica and Tribeka, we weren't allowed to drink actual alcohol nor use drugs, they were banned.

I saw Gaea overlooking the community, a drink in her hand. Gaea had helped me after the death of my mother and sister. She had given me a place to stay so I wouldn't be put in a foster home and she had paid my way in college, once out, she had given praise to the people in the AECPC and because of that, I was given the job of an Enforcer instantly, only having to go to training for three months instead of the mandatory six. Gaea was more than a family friend to me, she was family.

"Hi Gaea," I say to her, a smile making its way on my face.

She turned to me and gave me a smile of her own, "Nico, my dear, how are you? I bet you're tired, and I won't keep you long, I promise. I just wanted to make sure you were alright."

That made me smile. Gaea was always worried about me. It was endearing, and nice to have someone worry about me, in a motherly way.

"I'm fine, and it's okay. I figured you would want to know how things went on my little job." I strode over to her and sat down on the lounge chair.

"I told you it wouldn't be difficult." Gaea smiled at me as she came over to sit beside me.

"You were right about that, not difficult but pretty exhausting considering I was with them since yesterday." I made a face to which Gaea laughed at.

"Well, did anything interesting happen? Or was it all a big bore?" She sipped more of her drink, a piña colada I guessed from the smell it gave off. And most likely it had no alcohol in it.

I thought back to her question. Did anything interesting happen?

While on board, the only thing that seemed remotely interesting was the fact that that hound, my hound to be specific and I had made eye contact while the train made its way to the facility. It was nothing, but I still remembered the way he looked at me. It was annoying.

"No," I scratched my cheek, "nothing interesting, it was all... pretty boring."

"Well, I'm glad nothing serious happened, now, I'll let you leave. I'm sure you're pretty tired." Gaea brushed some hair away from my face.

"Thank you Gaea, I'll talk to you soon."

I stood up and left her office, I said goodbye to Minerva and rode the elevator all the way down. Once the elevator doors opened, I stepped outside and into the lobby of the AECPC. The floor was black marble and the walls were a light gray color, the doors slid on their own and were metallic. I didn't have anything to do for the day, and there was no work to be done in the office. Annabeth had me do all of my paperwork on time, the girl was very diligent. And so, that left my afternoon free. Well, all the way until around 8:30 when I would be having dinner with Jason, Reyna, and Annabeth. I looked at my wristband; all Enforcers had one, and looked at the time. It read 5:38, I still had a few hours to kill.

I walked out of the building and stepped outside in the fresh air of Attica. It was a nice day out, not too warm but not too cold with a nice and fresh breeze blowing. I started to walk to my apartment which wasn't at all far from here, it was just a block away. My thoughts went back to the sea green eyed killer. After the one month of training, he would soon have to live with me for one year until it would be decided if he could be trusted to live on his own. I would have to actually live with someone who had killed his own family. Just my luck.

My apartment came into view but I was still seething with anger. I just couldn't stop myself from hating him. Percy Jackson had had the luxury of no one taking his family away, a family that loved him and he killed them all. How could a person do that? I started to get agitated and decided to do a little workout once I was inside my apartment. I ran up the stairs, took my keys out and unlocked the first door before going inside the building. I ran up the stairs, that could be found on the left side once a person walked in, and ran up all the way until I reached the fifth floor. I went down the hallway, turned left and came up to my door. Taking my keys out I quickly unlocked the door and slammed it shut once I was inside.

"Welcome Nico, would you like anything to eat? Do you wish me to run your bath? Would you like to change your interior decor? There are some new things on the market." Anna greeted me as soon as I stepped in.

"Anna, shut off." I commanded as I took off my jacket and threw it on the sofa.

"Are you sure Nico?" Anna asked me once more.

"Yes, now shut off." I soon saw the panel on the side turn off and knew I was alone.

My apartment was nice, a bit too large for just one person but I liked it. It was up to date on all the new furniture and tech and I was constantly changing it up. The walls were a light blue color, the floor was wood, a dark brown color. The sofas were black leather and there was a coffee table in the center that was glass. The TV was propped up on a shelf and the DVD and cable below it. There was an opening off to the side that led to the kitchen. I decided to go in and get two bottles of water and three granola bars for my workout. The kitchen was open, the stove, oven, dishwasher, and fridge were all stainless steel. The marble countertops were a mix of dark and light brown, the cabinets were black, the walls in the kitchen were white. I opened the fridge and took out my snacks, then I made my way for the dojo room I had Anna build.

I went to my bedroom to quickly change into more comfortable clothes. My bedroom walls were a light gray, the furniture was black, on the floor I had a few rugs. My duvet was dark purple and my bed was King size. I opened my chest and took out a simple white shirt and black sweatpants. After changing, I grabbed my things and made my way to the dojo.

I opened the door to the dojo; unlike everything else, this door didn't automatically slide open by itself. Inside the floor was wooden and light brown, a big black mat covered almost all of it except for the edges. The walls were an off-white color, and propped on the walls were different weapons. A bow and arrow, a few swords; all different styles, there were daggers. Gaea knew about this room, and although this stuff was banned inside Attica, she had made an exception for me. Guns, like how police officers used back then were also banned. I had told Gaea that I just wanted to learn how to fight with a sword, the rest of the weapons were decoration. I had no idea how to use a bow and arrow, nor a dagger, but they seemed like good decorations.

So I learned to fight with a sword and took lessons from a teacher Gaea hired, after that, I practiced sword fighting on my own and made this dojo where I could be alone. I left my food on the side and went over to the wall were the swords were propped. I picked up a sword, third on the row of swords and went over to my dummy in the corner. The sword was a long-sword, the blade was sharp and the handle was bronze with a red gem in the center. I took my stance and exhaled slowly before swinging, hitting the dummy in the chest. I thrust my sword and hit the side.

Percy Jackson. He killed his family. A killer gets to walk free without a sentence.

That hardly seemed fair.

With the back of my sword I hit the dummy in the head before turning the blade in my hand and slashed across the dummy's chest.

I kept hitting and slashing the dummy more and more. My anger that someone who had done something that was beyond terrible and they were given a second chance made me see red. Before I knew it, the dummy was in shreds and I was sweating bullets. I looked at the time on my wristband and saw I only had forty-five minutes to shower and get changed to meet up with Jason, Reyna and Annabeth.

I looked back at the dummy and saw how torn up it was. Did I really just do that? And over a hound especially? I shook my head and put my sword back. I made my way to my bedroom and went to my bathroom.

Twenty five minutes later, I was out and already dressed. I looked at my watch and saw the time was 8:11, I decided to make my way over to the restaurant we were all supposed to meet at. I turned Anna back on and left my apartment, made my way to the elevator and went down. Once the doors opened, I made my way out and walked down the street. The place we were all meeting at was a small and cozy burger joint, not exactly well known.

I walked down the clean streets of Attica. All around me were people, with friends, family, children, lovers, every single one of these people had someone. Someone to call their own.

"Tyler! Watch out Tyler!"

I heard a girl yell and I looked to see this girl about twelve years of age, with mocha skin and light brown hair calling after a boy, younger than her and so similar. I figured they were siblings. The small boy fell down, he was chasing after a squirrel when the girl finally caught up to him. He started to cry out in pain at his scraped knee.

"Tyler, are you okay? Mom! Tyler fell down!" The girl looked back to her brother. "It's okay Tyler, we'll make it feel better."

"Hey Nico," Bianca called to me.

"What Bi?" I asked, slightly annoyed.

"All I'm saying is be careful, okay? This little skateboard trick of yours, you could get badly hurt." Bianca touched my shoulder.

"I'll be fine so stop worrying about me." I shrugged off her hand.

Bianca grabbed my face and made me look her in the eye, "Nico, I'm your big sister, I'm always gonna worry about you."

I shook my head and continued to walk to the burger joint. Someone was probably there already, waiting. I walked past a vendor selling hot dogs and past a girl walking her dog, her friend joking with her. The more I walked, the more I realized, I barely paid attention to the drones that were all around the community. They seemed to have gotten better at blending in. A few minutes later, I found myself in front of the burger joint. I opened the door, walked inside and scanned the place, looking for a familiar face.

The burger joint was small. The tiles were black and white, the tables were wood and they ranged from booths to two seaters to a four person seating. Overhead, there were beams and off to the side was a music machine. I soon saw a blonde head of hair and walked over to the booth the blonde had picked out.

"Hey Annabeth," I said as soon as I got close to her.

She looked up at me, "hey, sit down. Reyna's already here, she just went to the bathroom." Annabeth went back to reading her book.

"Art Of War?" I said, taking a look at the cover.

"Yes, I read it once before, a long time ago, now I'm just rereading it for fun." Annabeth smirked up at me.

"Heavy reading." I muttered as I tapped my fingers on the table.

Soon enough, Reyna appeared. I saw her make her way from the bathroom to our table.

"Hey Nico, how was your talk with Gaea?" Reyna asked me as soon as she sat down next to Annabeth.

"It was fine, she just wanted to see how I was and all that."

"Mm, well we're just waiting on Jason, I don't know why he's taking forever." Reyna tapped her fingers on the table as she looked to the door of the restaurant.

Ten minutes later, Jason came in and sat down beside me.

"Nice of you to join us, not like we're hungry or anything." Reyna teased Jason as soon as he got to our table.

"Sorry guys," Jason rubbed the back of his neck.

"I was half tempted to just order without you Jase," I elbowed him in the side.

"Dude, sorry I just got held up, I got word from the higher ups that my hound, Leo," we nodded our heads as Jason explained his delay. "Well, he's good in technology and mechanics, I mean I took a look at his results of the tests Anna ran and it's like the guys some sort of genius or something. Anyway, he's gonna be working with me and Calypso from time to time."

"So, he's gonna have two partners?" Annabeth asked Jason.

"No, well, I'm his official partner but whenever Calypso's in a jam, Leo's gonna help out." Jason took a look at the menu.

"That's weird..." Annabeth said as she signaled a waiter over.

"Yeah but what can you do," Jason shrugged his shoulders.

Soon enough, we all gave our orders to the waiter and we were left alone. We kept talking about mundane things. Annabeth was busy going over all the books she had read in the past and finding new ones to read, she was also studying a bit of architecture at the local college and was taking a course. Reyna was busy arranging her place. It was one month until the hounds came back but she said she needed to take care of a few things. Jason said he had joined a football team of guys who had played it back in high school and college. I didn't really share much, since nothing interesting was going on in my life.

"I beg to differ," Reyna smirked at me.

"What do you mean?" I looked at her in confusion.

"What's that little thing you have going on with Will?" Jason turned to look at me, a single eyebrow raised in question.

I looked at all three occupants at the table and let out a small chuckle. "Oh that, that's nothing."

"Sure didn't seem like nothing when we were in the elevator..." Annabeth tried to sound casual.

"Well, it was nothing." I sipped some of my soda.

"Okay sure Neeks, if you say so." Jason laughed.

"Don't call me Neeks, and yeah, I do say so. Besides, it's nothing more than a friend with benefits thing..." I muttered.

"What?" Reyna asked me.

"Yeah, it's not serious, there's no feelings involved just... you know, sex. We flirt, him publicly, me a bit more privately, and that's it. Nothing more." I shrugged my shoulders.

"So you're admitting to having sex with him?" Annabeth asked me.

"Yeah, just sex. No feelings."

Before they could ask anything else, the waiter returned with our food. But as soon as he left everyone turned to me.

"And, how is he?" Reyna asked me.

"How is he in what?" I smirked her way.

"Can we not talk about this while we eat?" Jason pulled a face.

"Oh come in Jase, live a little, experiment why don't you you straight A goody goody," Reyna teased him.

"Experiment?" Jason looked at her.

"Yeah, have sex with a guy just once and brag about you living life dangerously." Reyna merely smiled at him.

"You're crazy." Jason looked at her incredulously.

"No I'm not, besides you can't tell me you've never been curious, am I right?" Reyna looked at Jason.

"Um-"

"Just answer the question," Annabeth interrupted, "was Solace good in bed or not?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" I chuckled at Annabeth.

"Yes we would, which is why we're asking you." Reyna threw me a french fry.

"That's not how you're gonna get your answer," I say as I take a bite out of my burger.

"And I'll keep throwing more until you do."

"Oh come on Nico, is he?" Annabeth asked once more.

"Why do you wanna know?" I look at Annabeth.

"Because, one time, a long time ago I was about to have sex with him. Back when we were fresh out of training. We were all having a party to celebrate and me and Will... well, things got sort of... hot and all that. We didn't end up having sex though. I didn't want to in the end, but it looked like he knew his stuff." Annabeth shrugged her shoulders as she took a sip of her drink.

"Okay, sounds reasonable enough of why you're so curious."

"Dude, please don't say it," Jason grabbed my shoulder.

"I think Reyna's right Jase, maybe you do need to live a little." I smirk his way. "But uh, yeah... oh yeah, he is... he knows his stuff."

"Nice," Reyna laughed as Annabeth giggled. "What else?"

"Oh god, I think I'm gonna-"

"Listen in full detail?" Reyna interrupted Jason.

"Sorry but I don't kiss and tell." I leaned back in my seat.

"Thank god." Jason exhaled heavily.

"Oh well, at least we got something," Annabeth shrugged her shoulders.

"Nico, you white knight." Reyna shook her head.

"Happy Birthday to you!"

I looked around at my family, smiling at me as they sang Happy Birthday.

"Go on sweetie, make a wish," my mother told me.

Maria di Angelo. My mother was so beautiful. With her brunette, wavy straight hair that curled at the ends. Her light brown eyes that reminded me of coffee. Her thin lips that curved beautifully when she smiled. My mother was slim, with a curvy frame. She had fair skin, a blush would adorn her cheeks whenever she was kissed by her love.

"I don't think I have anything to wish for..." I looked up at my family.

"I'm sure there's something you want son?" My father asked me.

I looked so much like my father. I had his black hair, but they curled at the ends, like my mother's, and his pale skin although I had a bit of an olive tinge. His dark brown eyes that seemed endless.

"I don't know dad, what should I wish for?" I asked him.

"Well hurry it up, before the wax of the candles start melting off and start to land on the cake!" My sister said with a small giggle.

My sister Bianca looked like both my father and mother. She had my father's eyes and hair and skin, but freckles dusted across her face.

I nodded my head once and looked back down at my cake.

Happy Birthday Nico! was written in icing, ten candles were lit. The cake was covered in chocolate frosting. On the sides, crushed Oreo crumbs were on it.

I wish to have my family with me always.

I blew out the candle and looked back at my family. They clapped once more before my mom came over to cut my cake.

"Tomorrow, we're going to go to Disney World," my dad announced, and me and my sister looked at him in disbelief. "I got approved by Gaea to leave Attica and go to Disney World. Your things are already packed kids." My dad smiled at us.

"No way! Dad!" Bianca hugged our dad and I went over, running to hug him too.

"Let's eat some cake guys!"

...

"Come on, open it. I bet you're gonna like it." Bianca told me in a sing song voice.

I quickly unwrapped my present to find a set of cards and figurines. Not just any set of cards and figurines either, they were Mythomagic cards and figurines.

"No way! No way! Bianca!" I look up at her and see her smiling at me.

"Yep, I got you that, figured it was your new and latest obsession."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I say to her as I give her a hug.

"You're welcome." Bianca laughs. "Maybe you can teach me how to play this dorky game of yours."

"Its not dorky."

"Oh come on, I'm only kidding," Bianca smiles softly at me.

"Thanks Bi," I look up at her.

"No problem, happy birthday Nico."

"Nico. Nico. Nico!" I feel someone shaking my shoulder.

"What?!" I shake my head and look at the person calling my name.

"Dude, we're leaving, the arcade's closing." Jason said, looking at me in concern. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I cough slightly and look away from his scrutinizing gaze.

"Okay..." Jason said slowly, "well, we gotta go."

"Right."

Jason, me, Reyna and Annabeth all leave the place; I didn't remember ever entering the arcade place since the burger joint.

"I can't believe you actually got something out of that thing," Reyna snorted as Annabeth shoved a stuffed animal in her face.

"It's all about being the crane Reyna," Annabeth teased as Reyna rolled her eyes.

"Unbelievable."

I had no idea what brought on the sudden thought of my tenth birthday... but I was at a loss. Before I knew it, we had reached my apartment. Reyna and Annabeth had already reached their homes and now it was only me and Jason.

"You alright there Nico?" Jason asked me.

"Yeah I'm fine, just..." I let out a breath, "tired is all. I'm gonna go to sleep. Night man."

"Yeah, night." Jason kept on walking as I entered my building.

Once inside, I boarded the elevator and pushed the button for the fifth floor. I really was exhausted, I couldn't wait till I got to bed. Once I reached my floor, I walked towards my door and took out my keys.

"Hey neighbor," a familiar voice called out to me.

I turn around to see none other than Will Solace, smirking at me.

"Solace," I nod my head towards him and he gives me a wink.

"So, I thought I was gonna see you later just not this late... but better late than never, right?"

I rolled my eyes at him. Will, who was leaning against his door frame strode over to me.

"So," the blond put his hands on my hips, "I've got a problem and you're the only one who can help me."

Those blue eyes looked at me, a sort of pleading look in them.

"Let me guess, you're horny?" I drawled out.

"Bingo."

"Wow."

"Oh come on, in one month we won't have the luxury of doing this so freely when the hounds are back, let's take advantage, yes?" Will smiled at me in a charming way.

I felt my resolve crumble and before I knew it, I was leading him inside. I felt him snake his arms around my waist as he kissed up my neck before reaching my lips.