Chapter 4
Wow 4 chapters not bad.
Still idek
Will and Nico were surrounded. The evil Roman centaurs and corralled them into a corner. Nico couldn't go in without coming out looking like a pincushion, and Will was out of arrows. Will still wouldn't let Nico use any of his powers, even if Nico insisted it was the only way.
"Will, we are literally going to die, yet you still won't let me shadow travel us out of here." Nico said angrily.
"If you shadow travel you will melt into a pool of darkness, I'm not letting you! Doctor's orders!' Will shot back.
"Oh, so I guess dying right now is better than being able to live?"
"Nico, if you have any idea the doesn't involve ki-" Will was cut off by an arrow in his arm., then another in his leg. Nico jumped back to catch him.
"Gods." Will hissed. Usually their positions were switched. Nico lowed him onto the ground as gently as he could, giving the centaurs a death glare. Some of them shifted uneasily. Nico snapped the shafts, then carefully removed the arrowheads. Nico stood up. "Nico, don't you dare-"
Nico ignored him, then stepped over him, and dark waves seemed to be radiating off him.
"No, if you do it I swear I'll-"
The centaurs hadn't like the fact that the Son of Hades was here before, but now a few of the younger ones skittered, then turned and ran away. Some of the older ones went to chase them down, shaking their bows and clubs. Nico glared at the twenty-something remaining centaurs. "Leave. Now." Nico said, his voice resonating through the woods. He raised his arms, and legions of undead soldiers burst out of the ground. They ran off, chattering and fighting the centaurs. One centaur had the sense to shoot at Nico, but one of the zombie stood in front, taking all the arrows.
Within five minutes, all of the centaurs were either dead or being chased by dead Roman legionaries. Nico stumbled back, exhausted.
"I'm starting to think-to think you don't listen to me." Will said when Nico plopped down. Will was visibly more pale, and sweating profusely.
Nico scoffed. "No?" He started to dress his wounds, the exact way Will had showed him how to.
"I sit corrected." Will said, the ghost of a smile on his lips.
"Shut up." Nico said, leaning back against the rock.
Will took out some ambrosia from the backpack, which was now open on the ground between them. He took out a portion and gave it to Nico. "Eat it." Will said forcefully.
"You should probably eat some too." Nico said, eating the small chunk. It tasted like homemade pasta.
Will pulled out a spray bottle of nectar. He sprayed it onto the bandages, allowing it to soak in. He took a bit of ambrosia, eating the lemon-y tasting square.
"Come on, Solace. We still have to get to Camp Jupiter." Nico helped him up, then slung his good arm around his neck.
"No shadow traveling." Will said.
"Fine." Nico said, salty. He took on a portion of Will's weight and set off towards the direction of the Roman camp.