Chapter 2
Nico stared at the scene, dumbfounded. He couldn't believe the two greatest heroes to grace the earth (well, in his opinion, anyway) and the boy he couldn't deny he had feelings for, were dead. He had felt souls leave the battleground, he had just been too immersed in keeping himself alive for another second to attempt to see who the souls were. But looking at the bloody bodies lying on the ground, he could not deny the deaths. He felt his heart crumble. Another two deaths to add on his conscious. He shoved aside his own feelings, something he did often nowadays, and looked around. He saw Piper leaning on Jason, sobbing her eyes out. Tears also leaked out of the son of Jupiter's eyes. But Nico could tell he tried to keep himself strong for Piper. Frank was also crying, a hand covering his mouth. Nico felt another pang of hurt when he saw how devastated Hazel was. He was about to go over to his sister, to comfort her, when he realized another thing. Leo was not among the seven. He realized Leo must have been another death. Nico turned around and noticed how everyone, even the gods, had given them some space to mourn the deaths. He could see Poseidon's tears streaking across his face. Athena had kept an emotionless face, but you could see the glimmer of sorrow in her swirling grey eyes. Nico struggled to keep a blank face as he stared at the broken bodies, even as he felt a trickling in the corners of his eyes. He shadow traveled away from the sad sight to somewhere where he could mourn in peace. After all, no one was going to miss the son of Hades.